The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-11-04

when she seized her hair, It seemed a.
If she had. in wild terror. erasped )
eoiiug serpent with her right and.
No teurs! Comrades oil the little one
came in and Wept over the coffin:
Hefgbbors came IN and the moment
they SAW the still face OF the child tht
shower broke. 30 tears for her. God
gives tears as the summer rain to the
parcbed soul; but in ali the universe
the driest and hottest. the most seorrh.
ing and consuming thing is a mother
heart if she has neglected her child.
when once it is dead. God may for
give her, but She viii never forgive her
self. The memory viii sink the eyes
deeper into the sockets, and pinch the
face, aud whiten the hair, and eat up
the heart with vultures that will NOT
he satisfied, forever plunging deeper
their iron beaks, oh, You wanderers
from your home, go back to your
dutyt The brightest flowers in all the
earth are those which grow in the
garden OF a Christian household clam
herring over the porch of a Christian
home.
Here are a man and wife; they
agree in nothing else, but they agree
they will have a home. They will have
a splendid house, and they think that
If they have a house they will have a
home. Architects make the plan, and
the mechanics execute ii; the house to
cost 100000 1t is done, The carpets
are spread; the lights are hoisted;
curtains are hung; cards Of invitation
sent ont. The horses in gold-plated
harness pranee at the gate; guests
come in and take their places; the
flute sounds; the dancers 60 mp and
down; and with n grand whtrl the
wealth and the fashion aud the mirth
of the great town wheel amid the
pictured walls Hal this is happiness.
Float it in the smoking yiands; sound
it in the music; whirl it in the dance,
east ii in the snow of sculpture; sound
it up the brilliant stairway; flash it In
the chadeliers, Happiness, indeed
Let MS build on the cente2 Of the par
floor a throne to Happiness; let all
the guests, when come la, bring their
flowers and pearls and diamonds, and
throw them ON this pyramid, and let
itabe a throne, and then let Happi.
ness, the queen, mount The throne,
and we viii stand around, and, all
lifted, we will say. Drink,
D queen! live forever" But the
guests depart, the flutes are
breathless, the last clash of the
impatient hoofs is heard in the
distance, and the twain of the
household come back to see the queen
Of happiness on the throne amidst the
floor, But, alas! as they come
back, the flowers have faded, the sweet
odors have become the smell of a char
mel house, and instead of the queen of
happiness there sits there the gaunt
Of Anguish, with bitten lip and
sunken eye and ashes IN her hair
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