St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-03-26

What though the mad waves sweep DER tn
deep and the pilot be asleep:
He will waken when you call. and bid the tenn.
And the day-star Of His presence Is beacon
light will keep
Your course Alright DER stormy seas toward !
port OF peace,
Tin at last. lifc's stormy voyage past, your soul
shall anchor cast,
In the haven Of His Heaven where the weary
ind release.
Naomi McD. Phelps. In Interior.
PRETTY MISS SPARKLES.
Her Seeming Misfortune Resulted
In Ultimate Happiness
She had the brightest eyes and the
sunniest smile to be found within the
four seas. She might have her mo-
mcnts of depression, rs we all have.
and she might 1t times fame out in .
rage when things went wrong and her
blood wasvnn;-hnt this only redeemed
her from smoDdeoIy Of cheerfulness,
and gave her the variety that belongs
to a rich psture. OF the darker. the
more suflen. passions, she had not .
trace; and the worst that could be said
of her wse that che was s'soon up" and
''sometim } toyn." But in general she
was miss Spsrkles;" and the name
expressed III that the world loved or
cared to KNOW.
She had occasion enough for the ex-
ercise of her brightness. 1or she was IN
H.
might h3 found In . couple Of fine
hearted hrptherA ono Of whom was on
. Texan ranch and the other In ono OF
her majesty's ships rs lieutenant in
the Australian seas Either of these
men would have protected her with
his hearts blood; but with all these
miles between her and them, they were
not very efficient Greathearts; and poor
little Miss Sparkles had practically no
one but herself IS her guardian and
caretaker. For years she had fulfilled
certain duties in the house Of IN old
friend. She had been Is the adopted
daughter of the widow who loved
her. trusted to her. and found her
own happiness in the association
which gave herself . loving COM
panion and Miss Sparkles m A.
fcctionatc home. But trouble had
come between the two and IN enemy
had sowed tares. q enemies have the
trick of doing.
Anne, the old servant who had lived
with her mistress these twenty years
gone, had never quite liked tho close
association Of Miss Sparkles with tho
mistress She grudged the cares that
were given on the one side. and the
protection that was granted on the
other. She thought that Miss Spariles
would be vast deal better employed
getting her living in some quasi. mental
way that would teach her her own
place, rather than living here . the
daughter of the house where never .
daughter was wanted: What did
missus want with . young person
around when she, her own
old Anne, was there to look after her
comforts and see to her fads and fam
cies? And IL she did want anyone,
why should she not have her own
niece Oracle, sister James eldest. and
Is fine . girl Is ever stepped9 She was
and quite rs good . companions; and
she was the eldest Of seven. and il
would be 1.-THE worlds for sister Jane
10 find her such . good situation -
this of -0issus' would BE- So she set |
herself to work to try and Dust Miss
Sparile4 from tia place and wriggle
her niece Oracle into Il
Heaven knows what she said. but
she said something that proved quite |
efficient for its purpose; and for the |
first time in their joint lives together |
he kind old friend and quasi-mother |
began to doubt, to suspect and find
tault with her adopted daughter. The
nome which had once been like . soft |
warm nest lined with down became
low . cold. hard, priclkly perch, where
,ooting was not too secure. Miss
sparl<les, who in times gone by had
lever been known to displease, could /
low scarcely please the lady. Mrs. Ora
name, who in times gone BY had
lever spoken = harsh word TO
Ter bright-eyed companion, now scarce
yer spoke . kind one Poor Miss
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