Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-02


hill. and he could not understand why the
next moment, with unwonted blows, ne al
most urged it into run.
She returned to him on seventh day, and
after q lingering illness was restored 10
| health, except never more would her para
| lyzed ankles support her weight. But she
was not unhappy. He had kissed her on
that seventh day, and her quickened mem
ory ever retained his words of endearmeut
The 'best ROOM and the 'sitting room
were thrown into one, and it seemed strange
to them all that there had ever been time
when there was no such thing as mothers
room." Facing the south and the Chestnut
Hills an ample piazza was built, and through
the heightened window Hannah could guide
her inYalid's chair, and inclement indeed
twas the day when jesse, on reaching the
summit of Walton's Hill, did not see the
waiting and loved form that urged his horse
more rapidly home. The milkhouse, en-
bowered in a noble oak and beautiful will
low, more than ever was her favorite resting
place. The scent of the milk and the rich
odor of the butter had their charm, and the
quiet rippling of the water against the pol
ished tin pans soothed her. but because it
was so central, jesse, at his work, passed
there often, and when unobserved his kiss
of love and quiet words of endearment made
very musical her voice as she uttered: He
doeth all things we'll"
"Yes, Jesse, thee must go to Yearly
Meeting. Elizabeth will expect thee, and
thee has never yet seen little Jesse. 1
know will be lonely, but it will be a
change for thee, and it will do thee good,
go thee must surely go. That settles it, for
since got injured you have all so humored
me that you have made me quite tyrant
who can not bear opposition" Thus pleas
antly urged, and because he saw that she
had set her heart upon it, Jesse went to
Yearly Meeting at Philadelphia. AT Ellz-
abeth's house he saw melodeon. He did
not know exactly what it was, but because
of its similarity to the pianos he had seen
in store windows, he knew it was musical
instrument, and he was somewhat displeased
at this appearance of conformity to the
world, but with the reserve of the Quaker
and the caution of the countryman
he said nothing. One evening few friends
had gathered at his daughters house, and
young married woman played the
melodeon and sang a few hymns. He
| had been reared in an exclusively Quaker
neighborhood, had never attended any place
of worship but Friends Meeting, and unless
some stray notes of an election band had
| fallen upon his ears. had never before
| listened to any music, and for the first time
in his lite he then heard the human voice in
song. What were his thoughts or emotions
| his impassive Quaker face refused to reveal.
Presently, with one OF those clear, tender
voices, SO much in demand in religious
meetings, the lady sang Jesus, Lover of
NV Soul" which so interested Jesse that he
went to her, and in quiet. stately way, said:
will thee be kind enough to sing that
again for me?" and when with deeper
| pathos she concluded that marvellous hymn,
Jesse was not the only one of the little COM
pany who did not dare to trust his voice to
thank her.
Elizabeth was surprised at the almost i'm
perious tone of her placid father, when,
about noon of the following day, he said to
her: Next month will he the sixth month,
and the country is then attractive to city
folks, and then 1 will expect thee to visit
us, bringing thy friend, Emma Lippincott. 3"
tsWhy, father, of course 1 will De pleased
to come home, but Emma has husband and
young child, and it may not be convenient
for her.
Elizabeth, my daughter, thee can, thee
must make it convenient for her. Thy
mother will be glad to have Emma's child
with thy child to visit US, and the country
air will be good for the children. Elizabeth,
thee will bring her, will thee not?''
Strangely moved by her fathers pathetic
could fulfill her promise, the daughter yet
responded:
Father, will bring Emma with me"
"Thanks, my daughter. Perhaps 1 may
as well tell thee now as later. have just
bought one OF those melodeons for $780,
"Fatherl why, father! is that so?"
"Yes," and Tearing to expose his emo
tions, and also fearing that his daughter was
inwardly reproaching him to- wasting her
patrimony, he hurriedly added, ''tor 1
thought it would comfort thy mother"
"But, father, mother does not know how
to play on the melodeon."
"And that is just the reason why I want
thee to bring Emma Lippincott with thee
Perhaps, she could teach thy mother to play,
and she has so many lonely hours. At any
rate, mother could hear her sing that hymn
she sang last night"
Reading her fathers heart for the first time,
with fearful voice, Elizabeth said: Father,
kiss me; father, kiss thy daughter" He was
with woman, so he dared to weep, and
there was something of wrath mingled with
his sorrow over the education which, till
then, had made him almost a stranger to
that daughter.
At every unwonted expenditure, as was
particularly the case when he bought so
costly melodeon, Quaker thrift would en-
Ter lUS pTOIeSt; Uub ILLS is I1aQQan
never failed to win the victory And she
learned to play, and Jesse thought that she
could sing Jesus, Lover of NY Soul" al
most as we'll as could Emma Lippincott.
That Jesse Lukens SO strict Friend, sit
ting on the upper tier of seats facing the
congregation, the clerk to the monthly
meeting, should so conform to the world
bore heavily on the consciences of some of
the Friends, but because he was a Lukens,
and Jesse Lukens, they did not deem it wise
to interfere.
Flowers and books and larger life, life
in which love was not voiceless, came in
the wake of music, and "mother's ROOM
was not only the center of the house, but
young Friends on frst-day afternoons ac-
companied their parents there, finding in
Aunt Hannah's sympathy and tenderness
which not unfrequently hallow confirmed
aff1iction, something, they knew not what,
which elevated them. The years rolled on,
and his whitened locks showed that Jesse
was no longer young, except in heart, and
when Hannah died in his arms, murmuring:
"Jesse, will return to thee on seventh
day." he knew when to date the beginning
of his real life. Later the large envelope
enclosing his will was opened, but Elizabeth
needed not its provisions, for the executor
had placed in her hands a small package,
which, on opening, she found was the mod
est collar her mother had bought during her
first visit to her at Philadelphia, with her
fathers simple injunction: Daughter,
preserve this.
Mining Stocks.
NEW YORK. August 3l-Belcher, 800; Best
& Belcher AIS; Caledonia B. H. 800; Chollar,
go; Colorado Central, 100: Consolidated Cali.
fornia and Virginia us: Commonwealt 235.