asv 'gn^waiT V5 EXPERIMENT. ^ALL FOE THE BEST. box, relic of Miss Clorinda's "bad solemn feast on Thanksgiving day. poor, inconvenient tenement house, 1 MISS J0Ej3 spells," was fastened to the side as a To have killed a white Brahma pullet but the tender care their children lav- *'-& drinking trough, and when the coop would have been the slaughter of the ished upon them, made this the happiest A Thanksgiving Story. 4 A Thanksgiving Story. was securely staked down, close to goose with the golden egg over again. winter of their lives. Clorinda! Mis' Hough's the back door, a nest of hay was 'Who was that I heard talkin' "Say, to So Josepha went at the making and Robert succeeded in obtaining steady ,**-*."^L"i made in one corner, and a substantial baking of her pies with joyful alacrity, work, though not such as he would you just now?" asked Mr. Cary, as he *v dea d. perch fastened firmly across the and Clorinda had just laid the codfish have chosen, but he was wise enough entered the kitchen door. "The mercy's sakesl you don't say whole habitation. Mrs. Emerson on the table to flake and soak it for to understand that if he wished to accomplish "Miss Jorden," replied his wife. proved propitious, and a white Brahma the dinner to-morrow, when the door so,e" answered a thin, shrill voice from chintz-covered rocker which held anything, he must begin at th chicken was installed in this opened and Mr. Hough, stumping in, "She wants us to drop in to help eat the bottom and work his way up. The mansion about the 1st of May with laid down on the nearest chair a plump girlas relieve/d th mother otf the greateA turkey this evenin'. Mr. Hatfield and MisOs Clorindla Mills'' lean figure n*trfd an mulnoliniTA1 wv-#-4-l-k s--M 4f 4-1*. *m.** 4 MlCP1/niriin "f\X? liesIAA ^AIIWA 3 young chicken, a bag of cranberies all due honors. part of the household workmeanwhile the new minister and their wives are faded, chalky face. and a big red cabbage. It really put life into this small adding a little to the general to be there. We are to stop on the Miss Joe put her arms akimbo, and house to have an object of such dailv "I knowed ye had squashes 'nough," fund by their busy needles. way home from meetinV looked at her with her habitual expression interest and care. The chicken was he said, looking out of the window When spring came Robert obtained named at once for the sake of some straight at the pump-handle, as if nobody a position as under teacher in the of endurance. She was thin, "How does she know we are gom' to "handle to 't," as Miss Joe said, and was in the kitchen, "andand academy, and Alice, leaving Katie to too, but muscular, strong, energetic. meetin'? I am sure it is not Sunday," -THE it very soon learned to know that well, she allers looked out fur ye care for tho old folks, found her music "Clear grit," the neighbors said, but returned Mr. Cary. BEST TONIC "Peter" meant asummonstohismeal Thanksgivin' an I allers calc'late to." had at last served a good purpose, she had all her life been oppressed and "Why, William, you know this is "It's the knowin'est cretur," exclaimed Then he stumbled out of the door, and daily she bravely submitted to This madktim, combining Iron with por smiling Miss Clorinda who really depressed by this weakly, ailing, whmning, drawing the back of his hand across Thanksgivin'," urged Mrs. Cary. the wearisome monotony of a music vegetable toiica, quickly and complete)** fores nftMh Indigestion, Weakacw sometimes forgot her aches in the his eyes. And they had their chicken teacher. impractical sister. Clorinda "I am thinkin' it is mighty little Impure BHM(i,JUaIaria,ChiIlaaa4jreTn antics of her pet. Every night Peter pie, though Miss Joe's experiment Though Katie spent most of her time suid NeanJfJtt. had all the complaints any mortal we've cot left to give thanks for," returned It is an on failing remedy for Dfaesaesof tt was taken into the kitchen for fear of was a failure. in the dingy garretno one except her Kidney* and liver. the old man with a sigh. frame can entertainaccording to her rats or weasels, till at last it was big sister knew of the patient work that It is invaluable for Diseases peeattar to enough to leave the coop and perch Women, and all who lead sedentary Urea. own showing. was destined to add Katie Cary's "Never distrust Providence, William. ItdoesnDtrajoretheteeth.canseheadaehcar on a beam in the wood-house at night. name to the long list of talented artists. "Clorinda isgreatly afflicted?" murmured Seed time and harvest, He has promised, produce constipationnikn- Iron medicmada. A "Virjrinia Lieutenant Bra ve and And never a chicken grew so fat. It It enricuesand purifies the blood, stimulate* After the girls understood that fat, kinkly Mrs. Potter, the and we have his word for His True Enough to Rescue a Colored the appetite, aids the assimilation of food, relieves would patter in at every meal, to be Robert was really to be trusted, hew as lieiirtbura and Belching, and jtreagtbens care even unto hoary hairs. Man, new minister's wne, when on her tenth Comrade. fed out of the sisters' hand*, and taken into their secret, and the conspirators the muscles and nerves. man, don't take on so. He is the For Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude,IM3* tA call on the "Mills girls," as Stafford wouid flit up into Miss Clorinda's own enjoyed many happy momenta "One young soldier, at least, has Energy. it has no equal rocker and go to sleep on the cushion same God that told the children of hiding away from the old people's people called them. JIBf OThc genuine has above trade mart said made a reputation during the Apache after tea, with her lull consent and sharp eyes. Israel to go forward, and did he fail crossed rod lines on urrurper. Take no oUwx "Lord, yes!" snapped Joe. "She's campaign," said an army officer to a approbation. ai4ea^kr sawatSHnacrii eo., 'YOBS, sat The long hot summer had been succeeded to open them a way'" and Mrs. Cary TUTT had everything on the face of the created reporter. "I mean Pecond Lientenant Meantime the sqmishes prospered. by the golden autumn, and left the pudding she was stirrins, and airth, save an' except small-pox "Gues! you'll have pies enough," Thanksgiving had returned to gladden Powhatan H. Clarke, of the Tenth crossed over to the corner, where laughed Clorinda, whose interest in and consumption. Them is to come." the closing year. In the Cary Cavairy, who has been twice publicly her husband had drawn the old the chicken andgarden had kept har in home nothing had been said about With a tiny house and garden of complimented by General Miles recently the open air more than she had ever arm-chair. the feast that they always had been their own, the interest of $2,000, and for gallant service. He deserves been in her life before. "I have tried to serve Him for forty wont to enjoy on thi*. happy day. At Miss Joe's tailoring, the two women "Well if they ripen up good, lean =el jesurs, Rachel, and it is a little trym' credit not only for his bravery, but the church door Robert was waiting 'em to the ta\ern. Miss Emerson to be left homeless when mv hair is with old Bet and Dolly, when the oth- contrived to live, with no luxuries but for the manly way in which he has she's agotn' to have them railroad gray and my eyes are dim," he er members of the family came out. 2 5 YEARS IN USE. Clorinda's patent medicines, and no performed unpleasant duty. He is a folks, engineers, you know, to board replied. He proposed a short drive through amusements but Methodist meetings Tb Graatett Medical Triumph of the Ag* son of Powhatan Clarke, of Baltimore, this winter, and she's bespoke all lean "It is written, 'I will never leave thee the glowing woods, but merely went and a "posy bed." let her hev and Clorinda, there ain't formerly from Virginia. You SYMPTOMS OF A nor forsake thee," she said softly. by a winding joute to the dear old one among all her Bramys that can Mrs. Hough, a well-to-do farmer's "And yet, Rachel, the home we have farm-house, where they found the TORPID LIVER. can imagine how distasteful it is for hold a candle to Peter. I hefted the biggest worked so hard to pay for will be same conveniences they had left a wife, who lived near by, had been one a young Virginian to be compelled to on' em last week, and they wa'n't knocked down to the highest bidder year before. Everything was in perfect Loss of appetite, Bowels costive, PSs 8 of their most faithful and considerate serve with a colored regiment. In the head, with a dull seasatloa in rh no ways to be compared with him to-morrow. The roof ove** our heads order, and a fat turkey smoked friends. She not only sent them potatoes, back part, Pain under tbo abonldcv nearly every instance such officers do 'Do tell! Well, we've cosseted him up shelters us to-night for the last time. at the head of a well-filled table. To blade. FaiEaeu after euting, with nditx* apples and choke pears, in their so! He's eet and eet all he could swaller, With a cold, stormy winter at hand Inclination to exertion of body erxnht*^ add to the bewilderment of the whitehaired everything in their power to be assigned Irrituoiiirr of temper, Lioveopirits, vyWte seasonwith now and then a jug of and it would be strange if hedidn't we will be cast helpless out in the snow. couple, a new deed for the farm to some other regiment. And, a troiititf o* having neelectcd name sl&ty. grow some. I don't see why he don't buttermilk or half a dozen egssbut I can see nothin' befoie us but the lay on the father's plate. "To our Weariness, Dizziness, Flattering at lb in failing, they never cease to express hav no comb nor spurs. I thought Heart, Dot* before the eyes, Hcadarfts poor-house," he answered bitterly. dear parents," was its only explanation, every Thanksgiving she gave them a over the right eye, Restlessness, wlrtoGtful their dissatisfaction. Young Clarke, they always had 'em." "It seems hard, William, but the but the father and mother were plump chicken for their ceremonial dreams. Highly colored Uriae, uaeh "Land' ne ain't nothing but a chick." Lord will provide if we but trust him," who was graduated from West Point not long in cumins to the knowledge CO&ST!PATiOR5. pie, half a squash for pies, and a However, even when summer pa^bed sobbed the poor, tired woman. that their self-denying children only two years ago, never made a TUTT'S P1U8 are especially adirrrtett quart of cranberries from the swamp by, and cool sweet autumn days &et in, "I'm a thinkin' we've been all to such cuse-s ouo dose effect? SUCK had been saving their hard-earned murmur, and has repeatedly shown change of feeliii jns to astonish the suffcree on the upper farm. It was a real calamity when the big squashes lay like golden wrong in bringin' up our children. If wages for this precious gift. The man Thcy Increase the Arpetite,an caape ftV the stuff he is made of. to them when a severe attack spheres on the grass and along by the body t* TL.e l-'lewU.thij* the syrteru w, we had been satisfied for them to begin who had purchased the dear old homestead nourished,KTM1 Wrh rTowic Action currant bushes, Peter made no show where we did, instead of where we tor less than a fourth of its value of typhoid fever took her out of her the MisestWeOrcane.Ueeular tttoolsttr* "You remember his rescue of awounded pn)tiuw-|.M|Pji of his proper crest and knightly appendages. left oft, the farm need never have been had entered into obligations with ice ttB 4 'Ir.rray S*..iM.Y. ground-floor bedroommusty for colored corporal was made the He was fat, lazy, happy would mortgaged." Robert to transfer the deed as soon subject of a front page illustration of want of sunshineto the dry and nestle in Miss Clorinda's lap like a pet We did it all for the best, fatherwe as he could repay the money invested GRAY HA IR or WHISKEKS changed to Harper's Weekly, lately. That was sunny graveyard, gay with daisies, GLO'isr BLACK by a single application cat, and follow Miss Joe all over the meant to do our duty, and if we made with simple interest. Katie's pictures not exaggerated a particle. The corporal this J)TK. It imparts a natural color, tit* asters, golden rod and the heaven-blue house, with an attachment so evident a mistake, God only knows all about had brought a handsome price, and Instantaneously. Sold by Druggists, osent had been wounded, and his companions it." the old lady more than returned it. by express on receipt of $\. gentian. this, added to Robert and Alice's savings, had fallen back, leaving him Office. 4 4 Murray St., New York "Ungrateful children is the sorest redeemed the farm and the team But at last November came. The "Well, I do say it," rejoined Miss exposed to a terrible fire and unable punishment that can be visited upon that their father loved next to his Governor's proclamation was read Joe, "she's ben and had the typhoid to move. Clarke rushed out, and, indulgent parents. I hoped, when our children, besides purchasing a new, from the pulpit four squashes were bad. And she wasn't real strong. PARKER'S notwishstanding the bullets which children were small, that they would easy chair for each of the parents. stored on the upper pantry shelf Land! we shall miss her awt'lly." HAIR BALSAM plowed the ground about him. although take care of us in our old days but Robert and his assistants had worked thirty had been driven off in Mr. "She ought to hev took Rawle's a strippling, shouldered his the popular favorite for dressing instead of supporting us, they are burdens hard to change the old-fashioned, Emerson's wagon to delight the souls Red Receipt right along I told her so. the hair, Restoring the ootor wounded companion, though black, when gray,and preventing Daadruff. on our worn-out strength. The heavy furniture before the service closed of hungry railroad workers with I told her she'd oughter doctor for and carried him beyond danger. This It cleanses the scalp, girl3 can sit and see their mother in the old church. The old folks abundant pies through the coming them faint spells," moaned Clorinda, stops the hair falling, and is is only one of the instances of his heroism." wearin' out her strength for them, and were too glad to express their feelings, sure tc olease. 50c. and $i. sues at Druggist*. winter, and in Miss Joe's purse $6 rocking harder than ever. Robertwould to God we had buried but they fully agreed, while the tears the result of her horticultural labors PARKER^STOM !M "I don't know about tha$, Clorinda. "It is astonishing," continued the him in his innocent childhood." coursed down their cheeks, that this lay comfortably stored for some Sometimes I think thim things officer, "how many youngsters are was the best Thasksgiving that they The mother sighed heavily, and then time of need. haven't done you no great sight o' Tie Best Conga Cart you can ns coming into the army possessed with had ever enjoyed.Christian Observer. replied sadly: "If Robert would only good, and you've took about all the' Monday came the Thanksgiving and the best known preventive of Consumptissi. the same indomitable pluck and recklessness. do right, I would be willing to begin was to take, certain." squash was stewed and strained. PARKRR'S Tome kept in a home is a sratraH to They Reem to have no fear keep sickness out. Used discreetly it keeps die life anew. It seems to me his reformation Tuesday came the spiced currants "Why, Josephy Mills! You do' blood pure and the Stomach, Liver and KjAmty* of danger, and are ieady to do their would give us both a new lease were tetched from the cellar and examined. know how Dad I should ha' been ef I in working order. Coughs and Colds vaxusSk before Mrs. Chase and Her Daughters. 'on life." duty, no matter what the consequences it. It builds up the health. They were not fermented at hadn't taken 'em. Like enough I If yos suffer from Debilitv, Skin Erarpdass, may be. It is such officers "But I have given him up. There Prom an Interview with Ex-Gov. Sprague. all. At tea time Peter came coaxing should ha' been lyin"* in my grave this Cough, Asthma, Dyspepsia, Kidney, Urinary c* The ex-governor, referring to his that furnish an example to their men, is no rest for us, but in the grave. and pattering about for his supper, ten year ef I hadn't ha' doctored." Female Complaints, or any disorder of the Ijipgy. divorced wife, said with much tenderness Stomach, Bowels, Blood or Nerves, don't wait and of whom any country would be His destruction is only a matter of his eyes bright, and the late-appearing "Well, that's so mabbe ye would." till you arc sick in bed, but use PAKJCKX'S Totuc and feeling: Mrs. Katherine Chase time. When I think of the bright proud. Young Clarke's recent exploits comb fresh and red. He was Miss Joe worked for and waited on to-day it will give you new life and vigor. is a woman of lare attainments. She promise of his early years, I almost would hav been rewarded with a Victoria I white and plump and held his head on HISCOX A CO., N. T. Clorinda continually, but she fled into Sold by Druggists, large saving baying fa size. has a brilliant mind and many accomplishments. Airs the college that taught him the Cross if performed in the British one side and peered at them with a the shed and clattered the pots whenever She is a woman of ardent use of intoxicating drinks," exclaimed army. Give the youngsters credit for look of demure fun. her sister began to moan about affections, and nature has been the father, earnestly. their deeds, say I. I happen to know her poor weak back, her feeble digestion, Miss Joe looked at her sister, and munificent in bestowing upon her rare "It was evil associates, William, not that Lieutenant Clarke is as modest the "neurology" in her knee, or Miss Clorinda looked the other way. cha-ms of person and manner. She the book learning, that ruined our as he is brave. His father did not the "sciatiky," in her hip. Just now, A chicken ought, by all laws of cookery, will bring up her daughters well and boy. Who knows but God may save even know of his rescue of the colored however, they were both absorbed in to be killed and dressed more they will make tine women. The world 1,000 A8E1TS, Mm AM WQ88L him yet? He does not forget the prayers Corporal until he saw the illustration Mrs. Hough's death. than two or three days before it is has been very inconsiderate in its we have put up for him." in Harper's, and even then he could "We shall feel it dreadful, come cooked but Stafford custom was contented ForJOHNB.OOCGH'S snti inly new book-JnstpobEkW treatment of her. She is devoting "I reckon not, but it is hard to save not induce the boy to talk of it. He Thanksgiving," sighed Clorinda, whose ^"LIWHeTSOTBS^H^. to slaughter its animal food herself to her children, to bring them a-Aonfirmed drunkard," returned the desired to turn it off as a simple matter infirm digestive organs never quailed over night. If Peter was to be parboiled up to be good and noble women, an fc[her. of duty. He is not the only brave betore a good dinner. next day, and set away to cool A perfect treasnry of good things a ssrisa sCZJOni honor to their blood and parentage, PlOTXTESS painted as only "Not too hard for the grace of God. youngster in the army, either." "Well, I hadn't thought on't in that before encrusting and baking, he must and she should be permitted to follow With him all things are possible. It JOHN B. QOUGH p'int of view exactly," said Miss Joe, be killed and picked to-night. Both these instincts of maternity without is hard to give up everything for no cheerily. "I don't know but what sifters knew it. They had thought intrusion of public comment or The Hidden Luxury of Affluence. fault of our own, but God rules, and can paint them. It {(tm, ta pef 'twould seem kind of folksy to hev about it and dreaded it silently for a scandal. Every word thus uttered maju-r.t fonn.hiB hetrt tlH/CXfeS*,feii it must be all for the best." our own vittles for once Thanksaivin' week. This was the last minute for most stimnfr anctdwtes, io*r*tl** Clara Bell in Cincinnati Enquirer. she may endure, but can the children what manifold exparieaesjKj jworal The old man shook his head with a Day. Seems as though I'd just as action. Miss Joe looked at Peter Return we now to my young Irlend, remuii&coiieeA. coverlseabS live it down? Mrs. Chase was always weary sis,h, and his good wife, the ptiblisaed. Tf tAnderma* 3u*# lieyis be thankful to the Lord' as the nestling against Clorinda's gown and As she stood before me, between the pstUos and the spvu of bus somnrare a high-spirited woman, accustomed to partner of all his joys and sorrows, quite irroett Ubte. A mAjpnUk. neighbors once in a while." looking up, expectant foracrumb. doffing of one habit and the donning exercising her own will, and she will cent Royal Octaro VofoxM, ea drew her chair closer to him, took his "I can't do it," said Miss Joe, loudly "Why, how you talk! I never heerd fainlnir nmrly TOO pages ana 2*) of another, she was a dream of elegance. always do that." Speaking of Mrs. flujx.rb Sugravmgn. cold hands in her own, and deep silence and oromptly. "I can't and I of the Lord's sendin' chicken an' WC VJ fi HT enter*ei*. She was clad to the neck and Chase's means, the ex-governor said: fell upon the gray-haired couple. ffC VfAll! ins. inleUigiim ow*. won't. Ef you want chicken pie for squash an' cranberries to folks 'taint to the shoe-tops else I should not have vassers to upi| this hrx.k to &S "Mrs. Chase is well off she inherited The ased parents were not aware tens of thousand* who a.rt wnSOno Thanksgivin', Clorinda, you can slarter really what you could call manny, seen her or have thought of exposing some property from her mother, who for it. Hocomprtltton. and it is nowout tailing an ntaen that their convei'sation reached other the cretur yourself. So there!" nor there ain't no sech miracles as 10 to 1. Xbttsters, Editors, Critics, tc, eiv it Uiels died when j-oung, and also from her her to my readers. The skirt that fell twqu&iifieaendorsement and wish it Oodhpred. 4{I'B ears than their own. Tears sprang to manny and quails in these days." iwwti jmtrCtMf toaudNtuatir.andattae sameatuo*y tyKCl'LUverjdani&n-te Miss Clorinda burst into tears. father. There were only two children. to the length of a complete dress was Specia Terra girau Sen for large .lluatrt terriiuHratU*]!-. cr a tMonuvHi fra-euum he* Exclusive the eyt^ of two of their listeners, and "Well, the Lord helps them that containing alTpartieulsrm. Addres A Gk. "Josephy I'd a'mosfc as lieves kill 'nd I gave them $50,000, in their own a simple sheet of India silk, trimmed Alice and Katy Cary, in whispered SON 6: CO., ibs. helps themselves, Clorinda, and I do 97N. ClarkSi.. aolcawx lE- eat you! I don't care a cent for no right. Judging from her usual conversation twelve inches deep with lace of the comments, agreed that mother's time hanker to be a mite more independent pie, but I set by Peter like my eyes, NEW G00DS1 LOWEST PRICES! in money matters and her most intricate and exquisite design, to rest had come at last. Robert, than we be, a good many times. I've and I couldn't no more eat him than business tact, she must have sufficient which she said her father's mother stretched lazily on the old-fashioned got an idee, and I'm going to foller it I could you, as I said afore." to make her comfortable, if used with had brought from Europe when New sofa, could not fail to catch the sound up. I saved them last squash seeds't Miss Joe laughed, but the laugh discretion. That she will do. I learn Henr J. Lute, York was hardly more than a village. of the voices in the adjoining apartment, Mis' Hough sent us, and I'm going to quavered. "Guess I should be a'most that her style of living near Paris is Her corset was of pink satin, edged and, though the girls never dig up a corner in the garden and hev too tough for you to eat, Clorinda very plain, but respectable and comfortable. with lace, and covered over with embroidery thought of taking him into their confidence, a hill o' squashes. I can get roadscraping's but you've sot my mind to rest. I've She will probably complete in white silk, so delicate that he resolved that, in spite of enough to manure 'em, and been a-thinkin' and a-trettin' in'ardly the education of her daughters in Paris, his father's distrust, he would help answer Dealer in- only a close inspection revealed its they do say dish-water's fust best to quite a spell about this matter. I and will then return to the United his mother's prayers. artistic workmanship. About it, almost make things grow and I can peg 'em DEY GOODS, hated to give up your Thanksgivin' States to reside." He knew the farm had been mortgaged to her throat, was a veiling of along in front of the current bushes, dreadful, but I couldn't noway see to keep him at college, and he lace, ending at the sides in little sleevelets so'st they won't swamp the beets'n GROCERIES, my way to kill Peter. We'll have to Jaad promised to see it lifted but instead of lace, each decked with a pink things in the bed. I b'lieve I can do't be thankful on squash pie and spiced A Story of Ralph "Waldo Emerso n. NOTIONS, ETO. of paying it off, he had been bow of silk. With childlike gratification as well as not." currants and fish cakes but I couldn't yearly adding to its interest. A sense she perceived my surprise at and Among the "Recollections of Eminent "Well, s'posin' ye can? Squashes be thankful eatin' Peter, not if I had Kiesling'a Block* jof his ingratitude almost overwhelmhim, Men" by the late Edwin P. Whipple, admiration of these beauties, and this ain't chicken, norcranbe'ries.nuther." a Fourth o' July cold collection along (ed and to hide his emotion he the genial and gifted critic, is a led her to invite me to examine her "I hain't got to the end of my idee with him." flEWULM, MI5S. itook his hat and hurried from the story about Emerson that illustrates treasures in bureau drawers and closets. yet you wait a minit. I dono but ogUlfCnY "No, nor I nuther, Joe bless the {room. in droll fashion the impression made Lace, silk, satin, nainsook and what spiced currants will be jest as creeler, I couldn't stand it without by the transcendental philosopher "Heisofftotownnow, to spend the good with chicken pie as cranb ry delicate linen that felt almost like gossamer him, and I think fish-cakes are the upon the bucolic mind: day in adding sorrow to the overflowing sass, and we've got plenty to ^tew up in the hand were substituted in best of vittles!" cup poor father and mother are compelled an' spice." all her garments for the cotton, woolen, The raciest testimony that ever The sisters slept the sleep of contentment to diink," sighed Alice. "'Taint no ways the same things," flannel and muslin of nearly all the came within my knowledge to the and got up in the morning Robert caught her words, and paused said Clorinda, plaintivflly. soundness of Emerson in practical rest of our sisterhood of women. I with a sweet consciousness of impend* for Katie's reply. "Well, it's another thing, and that's matters was delivered by a sturdy, am not an inexpensive personage, as ing evil forever removed. "If he is doomed to a drunkard's just as good, mebbe better, for a stalwart Vermonter in a car on the women go who work for what they But where was Peter? He did not grave, the sooner he fills it the better change. And concernin' a chjeken, Fitchbure railroad. My journey was wear, but I declare it seems to me, as come to breakfast. He was not to be for us all," she returned in a hard why, we can buy one of them Bramy to be a tedious one of "three hundred though what this little heiress wears found anywhere. For an hour they voice. of Mis' Emerson cheap while its real miles, and when I took my seat in the hunted anxiously when just as Clorinda in hiding under the dresses she is seen Robert waited for no more, but little. I shouldn't wonder, el she'd car I felt that my fellow passengers was peering under her hand into in costs her as much for a single outfit rushed madly across the meadow, and sell it for ninepence." i, would give me no such glimpses into the dark corner of the woodshed as my whole wardrobe costs in a year. crossing the little brook at its bottom their characters as would be afforded "I don't reefy see, Joe, winy t'won't where Joe had climbed over the pile to sought refuge among the rocks by a ride of ten miles in a stage coach. be just as hard for you to raise that inspect certain old boxes and barrels, I 3aid I had never seen such elegant in the wood beyond where he allowed In a railroad car the passengers are one bramy chicken as 'tis for Mis' Peter flew right out into the inspecting wear in the great shopping stores, and great sobs of remorse to shake his gloomily reticent, as if they expected Emerson to raise hull broods. Seems Josepha's face with a loud and exulting, her answer surprised and gratified me, strong frame. Feeling his own inability to be launched into eternity at any as though ye was countin' of 'em some "Cut-cut-cut-cut-cut a-dacut!" and as many another pleasant discovery I to break the fetters that bound moment in a stage they indulge in all in advance." the astounded and confounded woman have made in that house has done. "I him, he humbly carried his burden to the fury of gossip and reveal themselves "Well, we can't always tiell, I can screamed out suppose these things can be got in the the One who is ever ready to help and while praising or censuring others. cosset one, where I couldn't twenty. "Clorinda Mills! for the land's sake! Broadway stores," said she "but I when he returned inthegatheringdusk There were two persons in front I can get it, anyway. Ninepjence won't As sure as you're born. Peter's laid get very little there except the materials he was ready to gladden the heavy of me, mighty in bulk, but apparently break us as I know of, and) if I do mv an eoe!" for my clothing. Father tells me *Jj hearts in the desolate home with the too absorbed in their own reflections everlasting best to make it} live ari' it This settled the matter. The sisters that the women who make up garments joyful tidings of the victory he had to speak to each other. The train, as don't, why, there 'tis it's a dispensation. had never kept chickens in their lives for these stores are not at all won. usual, stopped at Concord. Then one But I guess it'll live." before, and had taken it for granted properly paid, and that the low cost of the giants turned to the other and "We have something for which to So Miss Joe proceeded to.'the woodshed, that Mrs. Emerson would not sell of most things women buy is due to a lazily remarked: "Mr. Emerson, I give thanks yet," cried the father in where, with the staves of an old them a hen, and, indeed, it was an SODA competition that denies fair pay for hear, lives in this town." "Ya-a-s," tears. "Here I have been doubting barrel, a broken hoop-skirt^ nails and oversight on the part of the good woman hard work. I have made up my mind was the drawling rejoinder, "and I understand God's love and kindness, even while he a hammer, she proceeded tct construct herself. But this unexpected development to use my money better than that, so that in spite of his old notions was preparing my heart's desire for the most astonishing hen-lcoop possible. consoled Clorinda and Joe mother and I hire everything made, he is a man of considerable pro- jny thanksgivingksong." for the weakness they had shown Th next wee they moved into a and pay good prices direct to the. 1 about killing their pet, even for the In one corner an old sedlitz-powder EootiixtihoAlYarLL women who do toe work."