, 1891-03-19

walk. uurI babe lu...' alI''.' ' nrr
3 and make a good Isln for her lyt tlo~
when she got big enough
l told her Jest how hard it wa for the
little creeter TO be put here in the midst
| Of sorrow and troubles and dangers, and
how we must all of us be jest as good 10
her ~ we could ont Of pity for the desr
little lonesome creeter.
So ! reused up Babes pity for her, and
-he was all animated about helpin' II
her. and then l told her the baby had
come 20 bc % great blsEsIu' and comfort
fu herr -hc WAS only patient and good
10 hr-
Sud. ouu.r you see, the very fact Uf
pt- narru'fod don kindness to~n0w, Lav-
n.r.' -rrlt things for b. r, was ihrsurest
way Of maxim her love hvr. for it is a
graf lJrt iu oar humlu nsIuT. THAT you
emit !rvr I'm that Won have injured in
any wHv And ut the same time, Il You
have ever been good tp anybody ou ".
ways feel softer towards 'rm ever after
wards uUd mallcrer
GURUS. amt IL.
But 80 Is % fafJ
Aud -pazr the reason X it is that you
have sort o. lowered yourself in your
own estimation 10y dom a mean. uukind
act. and sy. iu order 10 satisfy your men
tax criticism % yourself, 90 make it right
with your own soul, yuu lay hold and
bring mp all the faults You can Of that
person to Justify sour owu act. And so
Won keep on that mental uaggiu' at EN-,
that uncomfortable sort Of a ferllu' to-
wards en- makes you restless and uneasy,
and y0u feel glad and relieved every
time You stand justified to your con
seriousness by lgetchiu' EN- In a bad act
Hniut It so5 Now, honestly, haint it,
Why, | know it Is, and 30 ! made sure
that Babe should begin right,
Tor II you do a good. helpful thing for
a person your hull soul feels comforta-
BILE, and you bring up unconscious men
tai r~casonin's why you did it. it was be
cause they were so good. so smart, etc,
etc.
And so you keep OF a~feelin' good and
comfortable, and Won keep on n prOvin'
up to your own self. TIL you get fairly in
love with EN-. Bless you it you don'tl
a very cuuuu thing. But the way /
do, when | get holt Of a strange fact or
truth, / don't expect to explain it full
to myself bcforeI act ont.
No, I grasp holt Of it and use it for my
own then, and afterward wonder at it to
my hearts content,
So Babe got to thiulin' she was neces-
sary to little SHOWS happiness, and that
tickled her little self esteem, Jest es if
she was a older child. only accordin' to
her weight.
She got TO thinkin' she must watch
over her or she would get hurt. which
called out all the good protectors
motherly impulses Of her little soul
which was in her-stll ucrorliu' to her
weight, forty pounds more OF less
And day by day Babes love for the
little creeter grew till it was fairly bean
tiful 10 see EN- together, and so Josiah
said. and Thomas J, said so, and Tirzsh
Ann and Maggie and Whitield
And rs for Miss Pixlcy, ! thought to
myself, disappointmcuts or not, / have
got TO give her a talkin' TO. ind the very
next time ! see her.
She had gone when Babe aud | went
out OF the parlor-the Babe with happy
bright eyes and | with kinder Thought.
full, pityin' ones and all four on en-
kinder wet.
But the next time | see Miss Pixley
alone | tackled her, and she as good rs
promised me she wouldn't ever say to
any woman's child what she hal said to
Babe.
And don't believe size will either, for
she's got good in her
She haint such "A bad creeter after all,
and, good landl what can you expect
seven. right along. one after the otheri-
Josiah Aliens Wife in Ladies' Home
Journal.