The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-29

beCa use, WHlIe lne lduX 10 NuOHl IL WIS
left had small income, there was always
the possibility of a sudden need Of money
illness or death-and the giyer thought
that this thousand dollars would be Il
nest egg held for the day of trouble. |
dropped in to congratulate my friends.
They have a sweet. old home, filled with
furniture that is old fashioned, and they
are gentlefolks Before | could say a
word in regard to the bcquest my hostess
said
BOUGHT A BROOCH WITH THE
MONEY.
Agnes. you must show Mistress Bah
your diamond brooch"
| looked sufficiently surprised to invite
an explanation. This was it;
Perhaps you heard my dear, that
Cousin Nancy left me a thousand dollars:
Well, in looking over nay really hand
some things, | gave my solid silver tray
and cream jug to Mary. when she was
married, and the pearls that Were my
wedding present to Louise. when she was
married So there was nothing really
handsome left for Agnes so when this
money came / went right down to Tiff
fany's and bought diamond brooch, so
that Agnes might feel she was not neg
lected"
TO be honest, was so surprised that
wondered that the giver of this money
did not rise from her grave and indulge
in few words of a snIphurous faint.
And yet the recipient Of the brooch and
the purchaser thereof, seemed to think
that what was right had been done.
Another woman, a lady, was widowed
when she twenty-five; she had lame
child, a tiny girl. Her husband left only
a two thousand dollar life insurance The
widow and her child went back to live
in a household where the getting bread
and butter was already a difficulty, and
every mouth counted Everybody who
knew the widowed one felt glad about
the life insurance. The people who were
most intimate with her best concluded
that she would use it to open a little
neighborhood store, and SO make II home
and living for herself and her sick child.
SHOULD BE CARED FOR LIKE
LAMBS.
When / called to see her / was told
she was away. / concluded she was Wis
iting some friends. My second call found
her at home, and then | was told that
she had just gotten back from New
York. She went on to say that She had
always wanted to see New York, and
that she knew poor Harry, who had al
ways been an indulgent husband, would
have liked her to co. and, then, too, she
hadn't wasted her money on lot Of nom
sense, for she had stayed six weeks at
good hotel and bought herself a pair of
IL h ~
felt that this was a sensible purchase,
because when she was dead her little
girl could have them, and diamonds were
always good. Her entire family sympa-
thized with her, and thought she had
done what was right. Afterward ]
heard that my behavior was criticized as
cold-hearted. They said ! looked as if
thought she ought not to have spent the
money as she did. / never knew before
what a truth-telling face l had. But
really it does seem as if there were some
women in the world who needed to be led
and cared for like lambs.
Our men are, the most of them, nine
teenth century Bayards. But they insist
upon showing their generosity and their
love, as they think best, without giving
much thought to the effect that every ac-
ton has on the world at large. Duties
are not pleasant burdens, but when one
does ones duty, no matter how unpleas-
ant it may be, there is certain pleasant
satisfaction that permeates one that is
understandable. 1t is a sort OF mental
shaking hands with oneself 1T is the
absolute recognition that one has done
right, and done right without hoping for
any reward
DUTY RHYMES WITH BEAUTY.
Yet the reward for a duty done is a GER
tainty, but a certainty that may not come
just when You expect it. How mean you
DO feel when you let somebody else do
your duty! How miserable and low you
do seem not only in your own but in the
worlds eyes! 1t must be easier, / think,
to get over committing one great crime
than to satisfy oneself with Sinking the
duties Of everyday life Some people
don't even like the word duty" they
forget that it rhymes to beauty, and
they also forget how many kinds Of beau
ties there are. There is the beauty that
is but skin deep, and of which you grow
weary; and there is the beauty of heart
and of life which makes somebody a de-
lightful companion forever and forever.
When you are seeking a wife you want
to look for that one who possesses beau
ty of heart-it may be that she has
beautiful face, too, but remember no mat
ter how beautiful that is, it viii change,
for old age comes to everybody He is a
visitor to whom we cannot deny our
selves He dulls the eyes and wrinkles
the skin, and bends the back, and makes
husky the voice, but unless you are lack
ing in love and kindness and in sympa-
thy, he can never touch the heart, so