Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-08-10

shouc, anu the cake very mfrac
e Of beauty. This Doll put away car,
fully, under lock and key, and b,
fore Mrs. Hazett retired, she viewed
} with a satisfied air, the loads O
dainties on the pantry shelves.
} The morning dawned. Th
guests arrived, and soon the momen
tons hour came, when Dolly-swee
and fresh aud fair, in her whit
robes and blossoms-was united {,
the man. Of her choice. Then fol
lowed the usual congratulations
and mayhap tear or two from tn,
pretty eyes Of the bridemaids,--ans
amid the buzz and hustle, the house
wife stole away, to oversee the com
plesion of the wedding breakfast.
But with what amazement sh,
glanced in the pantry, so daintily
arranged the night before! A farm.
er's despairing glance over wind.
tossed field of ripening grain was
scarcely a comparison.
Pies devoured, the flaky crust
sprinklea over the ashen floor like
rosn nent showers keep the earth moist {
ser getation Is looking remarkably well.
Is are in good condition, and travel.
,-'orrespondingly pleasant, even in an
SIG or on McCune Cycle.
neigratifying to note that the sick of
struck the keynote of the trouble
at once.
The boys have been helping
themselves! Their mother never
could keep sweetmeats from them.'
But Mrs. Hazlett was not one to
fold her hand in despair. Twenty
minutes swift work put all to rights;
and, though the wedding breakfast
was not as perfect as she had plann-
ed it, 10 one but herself, her help,
and those boys were the wiser.
Luckily the BRIDES cake was safe.
Dolly's forethought had saved that.
But if there was turmoil in Mrs.
Hazlett's mind, no one guessed it,
looking at her calm and pleasant
face.
The morning passed, and the
young wedding pair departed, fol.
jests; and after while the guests
went away, too, and the family were
alone.
That evening Mrs. Hazlett took
the boys to task for their misde-
meanor. At first they seemed to
regard the matter in the light of a
good joke, then grew sullen. But
she did not leave them in that
mood. Her manner was earnest,
yet kind; and before she was through
with her lecture, their faces had
heightened to gravity, and they
really seemed convinced that their
actions had been wrong.
The discovery, that their educa-
ton had been sadly neglected, was
not long hidden from her keen
mind.
The farmer assured her, they
would not 60 to school, their very
ignorance was their greatest shame
now. Her course was promptly de-
cided.
The eldest could read tolerably.
First, she coaxed him to read little
scraps of news to her, from the viii
lage paper, while she sewed in the
evenings. Mike and Pug amused
themselves, ere-while, by plying
Puss with broken spur,-but grew
drowsy. Even Jim yawned over
the locals. But shor. sketches were
introduced after an evening or two,
and their interest in quiet pursuits
gradually awakened.
After a while, she discovered she
was growing somewhat rusty in
grammar. Indeed, she feared she
was forgetting what little arithme-
tic she had learned, and was sadly
at a loss in geography.
The farmer did not see that il
made any difference If she had.
Secretly, he thought grammar would
not help make the butter, and geo.
graphy poor aid for housekeeper.
But he wisely let his wife have
her own way, without interference,
since she permitted him to doze in
his great chair during the exercises.
For she needed strong, young
eyes to help her; besides, she must
keep busy fingers at her sewing.
She was very stupid too,-the
boys would have to read lesson to
her several times, before she could
repeat it; and then she would blum.
der, and have to be laughed at, and
corrected. This would have proved