The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-03-08
THE LITTLE CARD.
BY PAEsY.

Knocked for whatsoever man sow
eth that shall he also reap"
1--WE ought to obey God rather
than man"
"He kneeled down and cried with
loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin
to their charge"
Don't you wish Uncle Henry had
had time to say just few words, so /
that we might have felt real sure p
This was the question Matte Rey- /
nolds asked her mother wistfully one
night, soon after Uncle Henry had
been buried. The mother brushed I
the tears away from her eyes as she
spoke. ave cannot help wishing
that, Matte dear, OF course; but
then he said great deal more than
had any hope Of hearing him say,
and we ought to be thankful
A day or two afterwards Matte
was rushing through the hall, after
her usual fashion she was a very
busy little person, and often lost
time by making too much haste. She
had in her hand one of Uncle Hen
RVS books, which she had found when
she was putting away things from
his shelf She had seated herself to
look at it, and spent more time than
she thought turning over the leaves
and looking at the pictures. Now
she was trying to make up for lost
lime by hurrying, and ran against
the staircase, knocking the book
from h. r hands. Truth compels me
to say that she was still looking at
the pictures, or she probably would
not have been so blind. When the
book dropped on the floor there fell
out little card. Her card the very
one she had given Uncle Henry, and
about which he had never said a sin
gle word. She picked it up, the tears
coming into her eyes as she looked.
Had he ever read it 1t was inclosed
In a book of which he seemed to be
very fond, for he had marked some
of the verses with his pencil and
behold, on the card under "There IS
none other name." was written in
Uncle Henry's own hand, "True ="
Almost Matte felt as though Uncle
Henry's voice had spoken to her
from Heaven to give the message
that she had so longed for. He had
found 1t out, then, in time. He did
not use to think that such things
were true he had come to know it
before God called him away. The
thought made Matte very happy.
She could not help showing the card
now to those who had loved Uncle
Henry, among them Cousin Harry,
his namesake, who lived only little
way from them, and of whom Uncle
Henry had been almost as fond as he
was of Matte.
Harry" Matte said to him that
evening, "see what | found III one of
Uncle Henry's books. This is the
card gave to him on his birthday,
and he never said one word to me
about it; but see what he has writ
ten. o, Harry aren't you glad that
he wrote Just that one word 2"
Harry studied the card with a good
deal of interest. Yes" he said after
a thoughtful silence, ''it was good
deal for man like Uncle Henry tc
write. 1t looks as though the caro-
helped him. Bible verses are queer
Matte, as true as you live! The Bi
BILE seems to be a pretty big book
sometimes. When you go to it i
looks as though you couldn't fine
your place, but sometimes when 6
fellow goes to it and picks out verse
and carries it around with him, it i
astonishing how many places it fit:
into! | have tried it now and then
3 Have you?" asked Matte. look
ing interested. Harry was not in
the habit of speaking so frankly or
these subjects. She had not known
how much he thought about them
although everybody knew that Har,y
Be- Wheeler was a good boy. Il should
not wonder if this card helped him a
good DEAL" continued Harry, still
looking at it with thoughtful eyes
.'It looks as though it had been used
and studied some. Ofeourse it made
it nicer to have it given to him by
somebody that he thought a great
deal of. l wish somebody would give
me card that would help me out OF
scrapes."
And then Harry drew little sigh
He was cash boy and general errand
boy in store where things did not
always go smoothly.
81 will give you a card" said Mat
tie. II am one who thinks a good
deal of you, Harry, and l have a
beautiful card Miss Peterson gave
it to me. She gave me package of
five or six cards, to keep or give
away, Just as l thought best; and
there is one l would like to give you
real well, Harry"
"All right" said Harry complac-
emily; "I'm your boy" But his face
flushed little when Matte brought
it to him and he read the words:
"We ought to obey God rather
than man"
''Do you think that applies partic-