The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-11-19
The Wisdom Of Solomon

work over which her needle was |
rapidly dying, and for one astonished
moment let her hands fall I'm her lap,
while her indignant eyes flashed at her
cousin.
Jennie Carter, you must think L
am an idiot ; you are always triumph
Ing over me with your Bible quota
lions, m I'm not such o goose as to
accept that for inspiration ; il dosen't
even sound like Scripture"
Jenny laughed in her quiet fashion,
and reached for the Bible from the
table near her.
1T is Scripture, nevertheless, and
l call 1t excellent philosophy, IL 1t did
come from Solomon
"Oh, SolomonI Well, one never
quite knows whether he is talking
from h standpoint of the preacher or
the man who sets himself to know
madness and folly.
Listen" said Jennie. "you shall
heed unto all the words that are
spoken, lest thou hear they servant
curse thee for ofteptimesOalso thine
own heart knoweth that myself like
wise hast cursed otherss.'"
Let me see 1t. Well, it certainly
Is there, but never would have be-
lieved it,"
And, don't you see," said Jennie.
" that having counselled us sometimes
TO shut our eyes and ears to unpleasant
things as b most comfortable way Of
getting along, the wise man enforces
his argument by appealing to our own
many things have you said and thought
IN your heart that would condemn you
If they were proclaimed 2"
But think Of shiftless, slatternly
Norah telling Bridget that L was
crosser than forty bears, and an angel
from Heaven couldn't suit me-"
she was only expressing her opin-
ion of you to a friend, just AZ you are
telling me your opinion of her"
She is seiftless and slatternly-"
"And you are an admirable house
keeper, but a little Inclined"
Jennie paused, and Mrs. Wallace
laughed but colored uncomfortably, as
she said, frankly:
Yes, l know Pm not amiable; |
Ieel strongly, and so L speak strongly.
Words often seem to me entirely in
adequate to express my feelings"
But suppose you did not express
Them"
mot when l see Norah stirring her
omelette with a ley silver spoon,
using achina cup to measure butter in,
dho u GCd-GOWcl lOr " uOluSr JuSl
wait till. you are mistress of a house,
my lady"
"Do you remember Aunt Kate's
way, and how many years she managed
that crotchety Mary? Her girls used
to say she had eyes in che back of hel
!, head, but this was the way she useC
them. She would find occasion to de-
something about the stove, and say
Bring me a holder, Mary; 1 won
!, spoil your nice towels > or that was
, lovely omelette yon made this morn
ing, Mary, but don't you think it TASTED
of silver? And when Mary fairly
days, Aunt Kate just kept out of tn,
. way and pretended not to notice tina
!, anything was wrong"
r That may do with servants, per
3 haps, If anyone has the grace, bu
when it comes to children you mus
r notice their faults"
, mot always; it seems to me il
were pretty sure my children mean
) to do right should not be too carrfu
> to inquire whether they succeeded il
. every instance. l declare to you
Nelly, ] have seen children in beauti
I full Christian homes whom | pitied a
sincerely as | do the heather on on
) streets, and who seem to me to hav,
no better chance of growing up witt
. any adequate conception of right an,
! wrong"
. Mrs. Wallace murmured somethin.
t about old maids children, but he
/ cousin went on:
"They lived in perpetual terror O
transgressing some law, or calm.
down in some way q rebuke the,
l seemed to be always lodging Il reprov
ing glance or a word of criticism. JUS
as others dodge ar expected blow. |
, seems to MT inevitable that they mus
} either grow up utterly callous to re
proof and disapproval, or become habi
tually deceitful and hypocritical.
, Mrs. Wallace, whose eyes were Away
alert, started up, exclaiming sharply
!, Nov there goes Arthur straight
across the lawn, and | charged him t,
keep oil the wet grass"
Wait a minute, Nelly" begged he
cousin; don't you hear the band
The little fellow thinks If nothing bu,
the music; he is not d~.sobeying, only
forgetting: Suppose you don't see him
this time"
Mrs. Wallace frowned a little, but
sat down, and in a few moments hel
little boy come in with glowing cheeks
and sparkling eyes, wild with delight
at the music and the gay uniforms
1t would have been u hard heart thai
could have resisted his e%nthutiasm
and Mrs. Wallace only said with 6
smile:
You're mammals own boy for music
but don't forget about the grass it il
ls very wet after the rain"
"Oh, mamma" said Arthur, LOOKING
regretfully at his feet, 81 didn't think
about The grass, | was in such d hurry
I'm so sorry"
Never mind now" said his mother.
Mamma knows you meant to remem
Der and she'll excuse you"
Mice mamma" said Arthur, patting
her cheek as he ran away.
Jennie" said Mrs. Wallace after a
moment of silence. Solomon was
right. Do you know what [ was going
to do? | was going to call Arthur
straight back and make him sit in his
chair half an hour for d~isobeying me.
We should both have been angry and
ten to one | should have had one of nv
regular battles with him. | declare,n
she exclaimed, biting her lips, "there
ne goes on the grass again"
But the little fellow only took one
impulsive step toward his playmate,
who was calling him, and then turned
quickly and went by the long circuit
of the gravel walk.
There" said Jennie, 81 call that
obedience"
81 am going straight down to praise
Norah for the way she has polished the
brass, and If | find her raking out
cinders with the carving-fork, ri hold