The Republican journal., 1899-12-07
Making Calls.
As Mr.. and Mrs. Mason seated them

AS MT. duu MIS- mason seated Them
selves at the dinner table, Mrs. Mason re-
marked to her husband: "Joseph, after |
clear my work away, | shall make some
.als If the children come home from
school before my return, please tell them
II, get lunch if they are hungry
We'll, Fannie, whose hearts do you in
.end TO gladden. by your presence?'
fl shall call on Mrs. Fowler, and shall
not pass by Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Smith, ~
Ater Mrs. Mason S last remark, if she
BAD noticed, she would have seen sad
took on her husband countenance
In the afternoon after Mrs. Mason left
home. Mr. Mason was in his store alone
iart of the time, and his thoughts went
6tc * TO his youthful days, while living at
4,ne with his kind, indulgent parents.
whose example always agreed with their
accepts. He felt that in his early home
i.o fruits of the spirit could be seen, and
Tot the works of the flesh.
Mn, Mason was highly endowed by ma
urp. physically, mentally and moral
y He realized that God required more
NJ person who had ten talents than He
Ia IF person who had but five. He was
ose student of human nature, and was
.o. apt to be deceived in his estimate of
rr pie
lie realized that he was blessed in his
.. partner. There was but one thing
Nth Mrs. Mason that he regretted, and
lat was she was very apt to take people
Just what they passed themselves off
tu She could not discern the genuine
m the counterfeit. He often thought
her kindness to the needy The sun
VI. the moon never looked down and saw
turn the hungry or the weary from
"r door If there were any orphans in
place her thoughts would 90 out to
by little acts of kindness, that never
aid have been known if they had been
Ii on the subject.
eventide, after Mrs. MaSon's return,
he family were seated in their coy
fug room, MI. Mason remarked; ''Fan-
have you had a pleasant time this
noon?'
Veil, Joseph, | will give You a few
Is OF my calls and you may judge for
self, My first call was at Mrs. Smith S.
Brown was there. They appeared
to see me aud treated me with polite
...- but ! noticed that they seemed to
but very little feeling for the sick
those i'm trouble. Before | left they
.ed to know it ! had heard the scandal
Mrs. Whitney They said as She
lone widow people had made a
deal OF talk because man was
lng there. | told them never lad
M 3ughr against Mrs. Whitney and
used her name was above reproach.
Wy next call was with Mrs. Fowler.
her as usual surrounded by an at
here that makes those who come in
act will it feel that the sun always
While with Mrs. Fowler | enquired
Mis-. Whitney was, and if she was
h.,
-ueys brother, who has lately come
foreign land, is with her As he
ua family, he and his sister intend To
fheJ declining years togther. Mrs.
Len said that as Mrs. Whitney health
Ucate she does not 90 ont much She
pleasant home and ii she lived in a
1use, as people used to in the 'long
the sunshine would be there all the
-.ue She is one of the excellent of
Well, Fannie, l am glad that you are
inning to read human nature little.
ud have told you long ago what Mrs.
Vn and Mrs. Smith were, but wanted
to see foI yourself; for a man cOuvinc-
LaiuSt his will is of the same opinion
e-.. | have known those women from
Ihood. They are the embodiment of
~ and deception. In early youth
N6IE very Ituu u duilllidliuu, anu III
years the love of it has grown with
growth and strengthened with their
myth. They make a great deal OF
p talk and seem to forget that God
lures truth from the inward parts. If
is anything that ought to be despis-
Is deception. '''1'is but a thin illu-
veil no matter how it is worn
Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Smith have the
-Iu of agreeablenesS 50 well developed
It seems sometimes that they can
people to them. 1t would be worth
me Of silver, if not of gold, if they
2 good general organization, in help
lem through the world.
annie We may purloin money, and
as Laecheus said he would-restore
fold: but if we blacken the reputa-
OF a person, that wrong can never be
y lighted. 1t often seems to me, If
n 50 blest as to have a place in the
utlfIl bone above, that it would be no
ven TO me totind some one there whom
ui tried TO iniure here ON earth.
k the first thing | would do; | would
patdou on Bonded knee.
All the longest we have not long TO re
here; we want to do all we can to
our children in the path of virtue,
a4 do all we can to help MAKE the world
er The Book Divine says: ''In the
ming sow thy seed, and in the evening
.hold not thy hand -
low cheering the thought will be, when
lamps of death gather on the brow,
now that we have been the means of
ming the feet of the erring into the
IDS of right
Nr and Mrs. Mason are living exem-
y lives, and when the death angel
Us, we doubt they will find the gates
W for them. JULIA c. MUDGETT.
>iookton Springs.