The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-04

vans Characters" by Scotch minister
of Edinburgh, DR.. Alexander White, in
which he says: Every school-boy mas
Giant Despair by heart. The rough roao
after the meadow OF lilies. the stile into
By-Path Meadow, the night coming on
the thunder and the lightning ana the
waters rising amain. Giant despair ~
prehensions OF Christian ana hopelui'
their dreadful bed I'm his dungeon from
Wednesday morning until SATURDAY hie"e
how they were famished WIN huhse,'
and beaten with grevious crao-tice -
gel till they were not able 70 turh' VIZ"
many other sufferings 100 many aiu ~
Terrible 10 he told, which they endured,
,n,n SATURDAY. about midnight. when
thu hogan 10 pray and continued in pray
or tilI almost break OF day. And all that
,,roo CHRISTIAN forgot that he had the
tav In his BOSOM called Promise. IL I'M
locked every door i'm Doubling castle,
and Christian and Hopeful walked out.
Tohn Bunyan is surely the best story
teller in all the world"
Miss Jewett did much good among the
children in quiet. transformations way.
and many man and woman scattered
over the world remembers some sweet
influence she unconsciousy brought into
their lives I'm the days OF childhood
one of Miss Jewett's kind acts comes to
mind at this moment. il was the custom,
at that time in some schools. for teach
ers to punish boys who misbehayed, by
making them go and sit with the girls
one afternoon the girls favorite boy
friend had committed some misdemeanor,
and was told 10 go over and sit on our
side Of the school-room. We saw how
red that boys face was. and how asham-
ed he looked as he walked slowly across
the room and sat down right on the edge
Of the bench. We were very sorry for
him, and after school We CHANGED 30
stop under Miss Jewctt's window 10 talk
the matter over with some other girls
we met. Miss Jewett heard what we
said, as IL was summer time and her
door stood open. She called us I'm ard
asked rs why we did not make that little
boy happy by giving him some taffy
candy? But not one OF those girls had
a cent in her pocket. We looked at one
another, and our faces showed that We
thought that would be just the kindest
thing to do, but we did not say word.
The good woman evidently understood the
situation, for she broke up a new pan OF
taffv and tied up some pieces I'm five
little packages, and gave one Of them 10
each girl. and told us to go and stand on
been so far down in the valley Of humilia-
ton. passed along, and then stop him
and give him our peace offering. 1 can
tell you the expression Of that boys face
changed when he found that he did not
hold him in derision. When / met that
boy years afterward, grown into man,
he referred 10 this incident. and laughing
" said, 81 long ago got over being
ashamed to sit by the girls. l think Miss
Jewetts tafy cured me-
one morning Miss Jewett did not come
out as usual, at daylight, to take the
shutter down from her window. and when
the children passed by on the way to
school, they saw Grape tied on 10 the
door handle. Their good friend had shut
up shop forever. She had gone 10 Heay-
en-. Every child was sure of her entrance
there. And now many man and woman
scattered over the wide world has her
picture enshrined in memory with a
halo Of glory around her head. as one
Of the saints Of their childhood years.