The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-11-09


boisterous 'mongst all the people. It's |
Jest as if there was somethin' of Sum |
day sacred feelin' in the grandness of it |
ALI"
Frugal and hard working and indus
trious, Eben Jenkins and his wife had |
found little time for even the simple
pleasures within their means. But
now there had come to them priv
ilege passing beyond mere pleasure,
and Weakening to life the unworded de-
light of new thoughts and purposes and
ideals
The same earnestness that entered
into their daily duties ruled them, in
their visits to the various buildings
and exhibits. The children asked ques-
tions, and the parents answered them
as best they could. Every moment of
the few days they could spend at this
marvellous world gathering, must mean
something to ali of them. Eben Jenk-
ins was a machinist, and possessed, to
a large degree, the inventive faculty.
Many were the devices fashioned by
his skill, and used by his employers
with profit, but thus far they had
brought him no financial gain, a never
ceasing cause of regret to his wife, who
often demonstrated with him, for
''spendin' so much time evenin's at
somethin' that didn't bring no pennies
to their poclSits." His answer always
was, that he didn't count as wasted
what might do somebody good some
time"
He was standing one day before an
,vhil,;t ,f oobi,,o in, ,x,hinb l,n
greatly Interested, when his wife re-
minded him of the passing time. II do
declare, Eben, it seems like you was
measurin every inch, an countin ev'ry
screw, an calculasin' ev',y thing bout
that machine!'
"Don't grudge me a little time here,
Alviry! This seems to clear up some
thin I've ben studyin on for ever SO
long, an as sure as ! can make it work
we'll none of us ever be sorry we come
to the worlds fair"
They had spent nearly week at the
fair, and had but one more day to stay.
They had been to Names state build
ing, "just to see," they said, ''if it
would seem like home" and, sure
enough, they fancied that the hills
were nearer and that they could al
most taste the salt sea breeze. The
childhood days came back, and the vii
lage schoolhouse under the bending
NAPLES and the old-time memories
were full upon them, as they sat down
to rest and recall more wildly life's
early scenes.
The children, Hiram and Ruth, had
wandered a little distance and We're
| fol ,rf +f "a caatnl olpnp q
bench. And so you little folks have
come to the worlds fair?" he was say
ing to them. "Can't you tell me your
names?'
my name is Hiram Newton Jen-
kins," responded the boy, "an' my sis
ter's name is Ruthie Newton Jenkins,
an our father an mothers over there,
an we've all been in the Maine buildin'
COS they used to live there when they
was little, like u.s."
Suddenly the stranger rose, and, call
ing to the children, hastened to the
place where their parents sat-
':Alviry, have you forgotten me?'
Mrs. Jenkins looked up at the bronzed
face of the strange man for an instant,
and then cried out: Brother Jacob,
that we've mourned as dead for many
years? For all the world, miracle, an
nothin' else!"
Explanations quickly followed. ia
cob Newton had left his home in Maine
long years before for the far west.
Sickness and lost letters and removals
had followed, and so the brother and
sister had drifted apart. This year he
had been down to the old home in
x.l. -. Go,
his return trip. And still more news
he had to tell, about the death of an
old aunt who had left three thousand
dollars to this brother and sister in case
they could be found within two years,
failing which, the sum was to revert to
a certain charity.
Words cannot paint the blessedness OF
such reunions Tenderness and JOY and
. strength spring up like flowers and
wreathe with beauty life's duties and
its trials.
, ''Eben Jenkins" said his wife to him
, in tones of unwonted gentleness, don't
YOU know the hull world seems differ
, ent from what it ever did before? Sort
! of swimmin' roun' in smiles like! An
I'm so glad, it's all come bout through
! us goin' to the worlds fair. / never
shall feel bit sllerry bout your havin
6 your own way after this!"
+ "Someti Alviry, I'm thinkin' il
9 amt our own way were havin SO much
, as It's the Lords way. Want it the
. Lord that put it into the minds of al
a the nations to come together an bring
9 their treasures an show 'em to eact
= other, an how can it help bein' bless
|, in to all who go to seek the knowledge
:, He's set out like feast before 'em! IT:
. sure enough like settin' down to oul
= He'venly Fathers table an partakin
of His bountyw-Ella Dare, in Inter
Ocean.
: Russian Ignorance.
4 "Why does Russia linger in ignor
4 ancaon answered David s JOrdan