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' ■ • . ^ X'tcUytyiwlnti lii.d^Mid woldf totogether, and many kln^Mkria wlU ipjoloe pt llie umlly yonng frmale:oompaai6h,j m AJUglO Wlil..never get< !-. One m'enthlkter, and Angle 'ib walking ttafl&fr irioue " Thank you,” replied George; '■ I have no doubt union. Bnt none are ntoinfhappy thap t|te ol$ jady along withiBanaroft’s daughters <1 lived in i&arper%; ot her fatWe 'house, wringing her hands ill irfM I shall be as successful as the Grecian sage was in Baxter at witnessing the■'marriage of her children, family tonryeaniand' bho-.itover did like Jchlldreb,- despair. George and Annie ihpve gpne ehskiiows . I. •• •<* OB, this search for wisdom." , . . , ias she calls them. , „; " and 1 am svre she will not like: Annie Bancroft, ahd not whither. Ho ode can give her one ray oTltgbt. And thus the two parted—one to meet his family, THE ANGEL’S . Two years, have passed,»fcd the ,;hpme; tf George then there wlU .be trouble." : i.. 11. ; • . It iH mystery to OL the other to ponder over the past and plan fcrithe' and< Mary is blessed jby^e preeoppe-ifd»little u Yes, I ata afraid It wUl be so," replied her com- The calm face of the beautiful orb of night ie future. ; " daughter, who bears npohjtseherub Awe the Image panion. • W.But see, the people are nearly all .gone, whining upon the diver sheet of the Mississippi, and ! i ■1BT: iWltH,—A BMBTT.' Early on the following morning George, according; of. both its father and mother,'the fulthloe typ and and’we must hurry or we shall bo left-alond’ ^1 a thousand start 'taid tbeir aid to render the scene to agreement, was found a| the house of death," high forehead of the fortpex,and the rpgulpy features * ____ . M- , more beautiful • All1 is quiet, wave the rippling of , ,t CHAPTER L a After comforting the little orphan and giving or­ and mild expression of the letter, speaking of Intel­ CHAPTER III.' the-water and the hum of voices on board tho Bert i - The> sun; r-Jiiab -going■ down ‘behind the hills . ders in regard to rth'o dlspojiitlon of,the body, he; ligence and love oombinpd^y>- ' f bird, aa ehe glides op ; the With her freight of “ Well, Annie," stdd her father about two (norths tlnges- the clouds with rainbow- httes; all nature hastened to consult ah old- lady friend, who he felt- human Mnls.- x **»«■ > • ■ ■■■ Love lights tho sacred temple of the sonl; <, after bls mprriage, "how do yon like your new teems sinking into repose, and yet hangs trembling sure would odunsel him aright ■ , WbU\inteUect expands(Bn^rfomprehonds,tbewholpr’ A young man alts apart from the merry group on mother?” .* on -the wheele 'of time, that- tnan may sketch the “ Well, my son, wbat has brought you here bo- Th# IJftle Annie is po^ibar years q? agp, snd deck, apparently more absorbed in thought than in "Oh, I should like' her, father, if the would like beauty of the scene. Not 8 sound is heard save the early this -morning?” qald old Mrs. Baxter, as peaoe and prosperity stUl ifelgn in the hoMehoJdt contemplating tbe beauty of tbe scene. A few feet me."’ ‘ ’ gurgling of yonder, - tiny, , the sighing of from Mtn Stood a young :girl gating out upon tbo George.entered, looking rather excited. . . ■ , , . but, alas I every Joy hsa,-lhj .sorrow, evpry sunshine Whht .pakes youthink she does not like; you, the passing xepbyrs around ns, ahd -the booarional “ "Well, mother," said he, “ I came to ask you to its shadow. • The frdl ftwtt^f Mary ls Jost sinking waters and wandering back In fancy to those she |800 hotes pf some feathered songster of. the forest, for tby liltle pet?" ' -1 \ ' , 100 advise, me upon a subject 1 know but very little beneith the heavy hafld of. consumption, a dlqaaee had left behind/ • .• ; eoo we are apart foom the busy haunts of men, and are *1! do n’t know,' iltfher; pMy she told-her mother about” And be related the incidents of. the past she inherited from, hpr.mother. The ■ btefr medical “ Father,” she suddenly exclaimed, " what makes JOO tho other day she wished she ootdtf Hite me ; and she r, 160 refreshing oarselves in nature’s temple. But while twenty-four hours. aid is'consulted—bnt 1t|l ,ln valn. Th* reaper Is yon look sk sad F' ■ . ' 76 ,we -are rmuring the sun has Set, the dews ‘are would,not say so if sh»dld like me.” - ' “ My son,” she replied, *- you have acted wisely, ’ there, and he will gather-tmt harvest home.;- - ■ “Beoau'se I’ feel so, my Annie," was bio answer; roer- falling; the* shadows of night are creeping o’er us, “Nonsense, my little Ono, shb does like you very icriber and I feel sure the holy ones will assist you to keep The , mild face of the old lady Baxter to again seen for it was Annie and her father. ' rtliau and we must hasten on to the little cottage at the inuob, and ^ou must Mot think of this again." your promise. If you will call for me this after­ bending over the 8tripkop..form, and b?r hands are “ Well,' dear father, do try to be happy. You said r each One evening some time after this conversation foot of yonder hill. ' noon, I will fco with you to see the ohild, and will again ministering fo 10 Wpnts. George U aWst yon should be happier away—and now you are look* , It is the'home of the widow Bancroft, and her With Annie, George was detained at the store mnoh then advise you In regard to her." constantly at the bedside of the loved pm and the Urgso sadl What'do yin See in the beautiful sky Boston i^ter then usua), and in reaching home, as he passed only eon, a lad of ten yeare. For-nine years tbe At two o’clock George And tbe old lady were en­ yon are watching so closely ?’’ ■ avoid little Annie is coptiqually,joking if herptother wlli Annie’s door ;on bis''way to hls. wife’s room, he. rt Che widow has toiled to support her child, and now tbe tering tho house. of sorrow. Yes, of sorrow 1 for not get well again. ' , “ Nothing, my child 1” he replied; “ I was think* inkof thiuglrt fb h^trd a sound as if some one were,cry-: hand of disease is laid hekvlly upon her. - For many sure it now dwelHn that young, desolate heart Ab ing of yonr angel mother, and wondering if she knew ■ribers Months pass on, and still the lon' ing. He paused to listen, and distinctly heard An- 4> queet- days she has been unable to leave-her bed; and the they softly opened the door tbe frail form of the or­ It is now midsummer, and fthejehadowsif-evening my sorrow, and would sympathise.with me and lutern little George has administered to her wants with un­ ale’s ‘voice. - On! entering, he found her crying bit* i phan was seen bending o’er the sheeted dead, pray­ are covering the earth Uke -a gloomy palL Tha^ky watch over you.” ■ ■ threes tiring care, and AU lhe lore h mother has bestowed ing God to take ber home to d^ell with ber mother. is dark with heavy clouds, hud t’the distant thunder . •• I believe she can, father, for last night I dreamed ulioas; " What is the matter, my dear 7" said he. Ulons, fapon him is nowused to soften the pillow of the Ay- Mrs. Baxter and George stood still and gated upon betokens an approaching-Morp..' Boon the iviv|d of her. I dreamed she came to my bed, smoothed '••Oh,father,"sobbqd theohild,*'I am eounhap­ medal Ing;one. ; Yes; the fend mother is passing on; and the angello face of the little bud as she prayed to the clothes, put her hand on my bead, and told me a lightnings illume the dark.doafuAbovApfc«d the py I My mother telle me she does tiot love me, and : as the child uttered the last words of his evening be transplanted beside the parent flower in heaven. - great many things; said she- knew all, and would i, will heavy thutfder peals forth like the voice of an avqng the tells me 1' must go away to a boarding-school; re-pay prayer, the angels here the toother homb, and be " Ob, I cannot Wonder at your promise," said the' ingangeL ‘ • 1 ’ "i - bless and watch over mo. Then ehe loft me, and I wksjeft alone. < Yes, alone in the wide, wide world. old lady, the sound of whose Voice startled the little < aqd while 1 am gone she will try |o learn to love me.. lagged " Usten I” said -the invalid;<“the voice of God-to woke np and heard snob sweet music, and I was not Oh,tdear, de^ father I oannot go." uae of -uA few days after that loted face had beetudMpi. •cne-fromjier devotions, who cape forward and fell । calling me home through. the n;ed|njj of the' angry at all afraid. I have been thinking of it all day." ' ,*‘ Woll, my'dear, yon need not go; be a good girl coaled .from his view, he wks leaving the little cot­ down at their feet frotp utter exhaustion and grief - “ I wish 1 oould believe it was more than a dream," elements, and: my hour- to copfe5 MbKq\noh my hb^gotoslmpkaiid Iwill see your mother about me. tage to try his Urtune in the clty of the three hills; combined. > loved ones; for £ am • hM>pj. A^.Mre^^Loea tho said the father. "But oome, my dear, the dews are or in whdre, with truth upon his brow and ambition With- " This child is very,sick," said tbe old lady, “ and. angels .who'have falling, and you must go below and try to sleep." mid be ‘''■yfhMnau.fo^ toean 7 said Qeorge to himself u tended ih hls Mui, he is sure of success.17 ■ ■ ehould be immediately remoyed mm' this place, <■.< One blessing one farewel^kn^wdMM^milw relop. Ulrtltwo-days: aftw his -arrival we And him eta; iis chamber; and foundf hip wife rapidly where she can have good care’, or I fear she wlU not ’ e^rlt xm. The 'rea^r^'d'of|^'-4<»o2i3tie.:ile< _ „ . , UHAWEB ty, ,______ployed-in- a’ large publishing house on Washington live; and if you think it best 1 will take her home psoWg tha'BCor^appatertly mu