Grand Rapids herald., 1893-05-07

A1. ofusrf On Fit4u0>fH UNt. oo0 y
sVssiBsa- II son~ s,rsag- phrases
vsss grated on his Nsw Ensisad YER
sss~l.g h go because for rft~en years
of his youth - hAd followed sAs SEA-
sad sAs 80 so return the compliment,
sAsssafssr followed him hsa oy the
uns he was thirty ave he had Laid up
snD~gh moaey to return, . thrifty
baaAsior. sni. buying q little farm on
Pfsiaassd Hiii. settle down to his idea
Of life. ana become the amusement O.
pAss II sAs village an oracle - the rest
We bpys s.iored Cnele josh. for 30
go sl~sys rssiv - riz our bosts spin
us yasns 0 week ioax amt al oar
packets with sppl-s red aud rus-~, ss
his O~u honest face With the belle. q.
she village Uncle josh hat no such
favor; 10 would wear a p,s- tail In spi,s
.. seotf AMI r.monstranc-, he would
Gno.e . eetty pipe; and he did swear
kh- . sailor. from mere habit and fs~.
getfuiness FOX 10 man not prof-ssediy
rsasspss had = tivin-r instinct of rever-
ener and worship than ne, but /, WAS As
distinctive IA him - swear =. 10 wa. to
trs.the. aud some of our boldly -pecu-
is.iss and l4~ -d~spising youngsters
held that IL Vas No harm IA him. any
more than ''gosh' and '-rhunder' were
o. us for he really meant no more.
However Uncle josh did not quite
r. .proeate the contempt ~ the other
-sx s~scrs long he began 20 make sun
dsy night sisitA,ioas AZ Deacon stones.
- brush hls IA, o aorninx" to step
sPry. aud wear a stin collar and stock.
u -. -. ka.A
with the pig-,sii. long after Jacket and
taripsuhn had been Dismissed the ser
vice. ~ the village directly discovered
that Josh Crane WAS courting ths
school mistress. Miss Eunice.' who
boa r,iesl at Deacon stones What Miss
Eanis-'s surname might be l never
knew nor did II much matter; she WAS
the uso~t kindly timid. and lovabls
creature that ever tried ~ reduce dis
trfr, school into manners and arish-
rnetic. sh. lives in my memory still, .
tai. Sigh, figure, with tender brown
eyes. and Q sAd face. ia b.'oad lovely
forehead shaded with silky light hair.
and her dress always dim tinted. fadssi
perhaps. hu, scrupulously neat,
Everybody knew why Miss Eunice
looked 50 m--sly sad. and why she was
still Miss Eunice: she had b~en dis
app-,intsd sh. had loved man better
than he loved her. and therein copying
the sweet angels. made a fatal mista<r.
bros- h.r Girl's heart aud went to keep
ing school for living
One day Nr~ stone announced 20 old
Mr. R~nney who was a deaf as pest.
snd therefore very useful. passively. in
spreading news confded 10 her. a. this
vs- ia the church porch that Miss
Eunioe want . going 10 h-v Josh Crane.
cause he want = professor. but she
didn't want nobody 10 tell ont" -
Sv-ry body did
n ~as true that Miss Eunice was n
sincerely religious woman. and though
yssh Cranes simple. f-rv-nt love-mAk-
tns had stirred a thrill within her .he
ksd thoush' quit. impossible. still she
did not think !, was right To marry
ir-slisioas man. and she told him ID
with a mers hrmn->s that quite broke
down puor Z lncle Josh. AMI he went
book 20 his farming with profounder
s~~pscs than ever for Miss Eunic-. and
. n,sera bic opiason Of himself
He vas = person withou, guile ~ any
sors. he wonli nave cut oS hls pig s-taiL
sosa his t-sbacco 4eg. tried not - swear
fo~ her sase. ba. ne could not preutend
" bs pious. and he did not
A yes~ or two ass~rwArd. however
WHEN roth axd ~, psst The shv
nes- % meeting and hal >et aside. II
n, forgotten ne past. There was n
viva of re,igion in Pisind~ld no r-eas
excitement hu' a quiet srrinyinr IN
~ "good s~-'~ ~oyvn IN psst genera
,ior~ /, nav 80 ,ni among the soS.-
sns-i hearts aud mois, eyes w~-r 'hces
~ tncl- Jo-h Hts mothers prayers
hal slep, in the leaves ~ his mothers
Bisi- and now they awake 20 IN
an- -s-ed
--rn~-' sod homes, vss h~ that 'or
-hois week after NJ hsi been evan
in~d ard approved hy ,h- church com
mitite~ a. q proha'ioser. he never cuc-
thought q Miss Eanic-. when. sudden
". az he was reading his Bib. and
esu,> .~rc~- The houorsbl. mention os
her nar,- ~ sh~ spo~rl- he rseoIlerses,
--ifh a -c-t - .ham~fsc.-i delight taat
nov v-rhsPs shs would have him. %,
wita ~ farther ceremony than reaue-
tus his dusty isx -roiorei hair ~ o. er
hY rs~sn- 81 . pscs-t-crmh. and wash
ing h.~ hsnsis .s the pump. s~sv n"
ssrrsds - the ~chossl house. svh~r-i y ~As
Miss Eauiee- custom - linxer sf'~
-cho>i siii me Ar. Was burnt lov enough
~ 'rese up
Josh Loosesi in a the window ~ ~
''N,rou<hs -. In hls own Phrase. along
siste ,he school ss ssd there sss the
is~dv ~ sis lo-.. knitting bin. s.cs q
'us. 18th an -npsv -hsr NOS, prop
tssa.iv piss~a s>ssds s~v N fr.sn, ~ tho
3v~psass. Js.h' h~sr. rn>~ up ~tg ~
w. sss ne <uc-s~j as 'it,ie q snocs "a
hD gveat snncsi-s coaid rSect. rss
sssssso IN and sss hin>-lf So~n on -
-hAx .n psrcxvssa - b~ssfai nrss NO
vt-> seapes ~ Nc Eunicss dropped
sy-s ard csr>iss~a, Knitting - Ne sss
Nsll H--~r miss.~s. ~verv now sna
sh-n clearing h- 'hrs'st = vain ss-
sr-sr. - fr.-r<t,sr- 80 rsri,. 'sil ne
,--zsh i~sr-a.> ~nouga - Tsds
jssA tr,c sss sssddi. ~ seins~ ,rd mo
si-d e~~r -i,h Ne - Esnsce T-r x,s
--lN.co IN -. oss A. ~ b. = r~sl
p,sas r,sr. can you fee W hsv. ni-
ncv
WA N.S Evnic~'. LITTLE tram -iirs
lips snsvver-c Z -anro. sav hn' knew
{. 49, sstisfsc.crv ~ Joss. fer hi- ats,
r~v.~~nt .rnvsi s- sftsr he Tssher-d ID
her fssyv words "a. - sis.p sfs hsnts
suf ssr An.n. A. z .rrr> cody had
.sis..s hi~~sfrg r-rhsrs ~ 60. that
10 hss re-~i--d cn~ IN Ni- Fnni--