‘ thirty miles, each cttri-ying on their head it

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ttASZAttl)’S GAzEi"rt«:,’ DECEMBER. 13.

THE It.t.tNois CENTRAL RAit.soio.—'l‘ht-. Chicago (Illinois) Tribune says :—“ Of the , 00,000 acres of land granted by the State to aid the constrttc ' ' 000,0t acres yet remain unsold. Taking the sales made since the land office of the company opetied in this city as a test, the fund realized from the lands alone will not fall short of $45,000,000! It is thought that the road, completed and fully equipped, will be clear proﬁt to the company, to say nothing of the $20,000. 000 of money that will in due time be piled up in their treasttry. This great work promises to be the most successful speculation of the age.”

lN1't:ititt.trtiuAot-: or Cousi.\'s.—'l‘|ie Nor- folk Reflector says that the Assessor's re- turns of Huron county show 11 blind, 12 deaf and dumb, 12 insane, and 12 idiotic persons in the cotttity. 'l‘hc parents of ﬁve of these were by relation cousins be- fore marriage. 'l‘ltrce oftlie five. 2 blind, and 1 idiotic, from infancy. The fifth was deaf and dumb for it time not ascer- taincd—probably from birth. It is pro- bable that the number of parents so re- lated to each other is larger, and there was no information obtained as to part of them.

A Goon \‘Vu-'s.-—lii the eighty-fourth year of his age, Doctor Calvin (fliapin wrote of his wife :—“ My domestic eti- joymeuts have been, pcrliaps, as near; perfection as the liuiiian condition per-?

mits. Site made my home I/to /;lm.s-mtl—l est spot on col‘!/I. to me.

And now tliati slip. is goite, iiiy worlilly loss is [lt‘l'l'('(.'l.”; How’ iiiaiiy ll. poor‘ ft-llow \\'l)lll|l lN‘l saved {roiii stiiciili-, front the l)t'llllCllll-l iiry, and the ;.'lllltI\\’.\', i‘vei'_v yi-at‘, llflfl he been lllt‘.~‘.\'i‘ll with :<i:i:‘i it wit;-3 . “ Site lltiltltl lioiiii- the pli~zts:ttiti\~:t spot: to tile on tiztrtli." \‘.'h:.i it ;:rtti;-.l triliitto] to that \\'()l|l.tll‘S liivi‘. tiiiil pii~t_\'. ;tiiiT cmnn)r)u ::t‘|l.\‘t'l lilllll(‘l' (llili‘l't‘l|l \\'tl-4 the lC.~‘lll]lt)'.l\' of an old ltlitll, Sttfllt‘ llll't"‘ \'C:‘.t‘s :i~_ro, iii tltv 'l‘.iiiili.~;‘ yard ...‘ .\’l‘,\'t'i \'iii~l; i-iiv: “ l tli-.l:i’t i:itt~iii.l to lcill iii‘-.' wiiL:: liti. slit: \\.‘::;: :i \'t‘l'_\' .'l‘:l" ' " w -tii:i;:." l."l'i*.ii'lt vrrio %;i with ttiu l ."’--1./it//'.v ./om

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']‘m.; 7,i:i,ri \\'ii.\it:\:.——-.\ii ‘H rc.~'|ioritlt~itt .~';i\‘s—‘ ‘ The l il~t“«::' -- plaiitiiig, lt.it't't~.~‘tiii;r, ;jt‘llll|'r[. lllk‘-\\'tltl(l,.i dl'it\l'ltl! w:it<‘I', tllllltll“ <-""'li"'.'I~ t-'*”"‘ “l

it'.:ii t:itt'-,1

"tll_,_‘L’,l2t_~'f,.

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... the (:l)lltlt't'll, itidi-oil, all the li.ivtli >1 i-I lllt“ worli il.'llttIi{_' the 7.tilii.~', i~' pt-i'I'.».-::i«'i| li_v t!:<-i

woliti-ti. 'l‘lie lltt‘ll built) the litits and ii it- cos, tllllli, illlll ttilte cute t>i'tltt: t~. .'-=, \\.iti'li tlin gtirtit.-its, and tltl\'t' :i\vti_v tho l>iitl.~', and wild [)l'1.~‘, liuiit, loIItv.'.t'. tltttl 'll"=tli l"" V.‘ anti lllls is pretty tiiut:I. lllI' (‘.\‘lt‘i'.l oi I wit-

cll)itlth\,‘lllt‘lll; lint the di i_ll'ilIlt‘<l w-iiiii-ii worlt "M

from tnoi-niiig till nigh’, and if om. of lltt'l|l. ghows any .~‘yiitptotii.~i ol la’/.itie.~‘.~', Slit‘ is r-’tll'i‘

oft; l)(_‘t|li-l|_|__[ frotti licr ttiiritt-rt~if:il liii.~'nitiid,

who givt-at its ll l't‘ttsttlI for his ('(I."-(ltl(‘l, ‘ l I paid too ttiutiy cow.-i f r you to let you re-

Iiitiiti idlt-; you shall work and pzty the by your labotir all which I paid for you’. It h_.ve often seen it native wotiittn tliggiiig without cessation ll'l'lll titoruitig till_ iti;'.lIl with her heavy pick (native hoe) :ii the hard hillside, liavitig tin iiilii-t stisptsiiiled in a leather suck on her ltttt‘-‘; and alter her dtty’s work, she would lt’!tttI‘tl l)ti.llt.‘ with a large bundle of fire-wood on her |m¢k_ the pick on her sltottlder, and the child oti her htit-.k. It is no llllcvlllttlon sight to see a company ofnntive wotnml :.',0' in into Pietertnttritzlturg, or D’U_t-ban, from their Krttttls in the country, distant

bulge: of Indian corn, holding little less than it bushel. A man, tisually the lins- bsnd lends this cotnpany. El"-‘B °"d?'5 when’ to rest and when to march, cﬂ|‘f)'"'g himself only his shield and spears; ﬂ_ﬂd when they reach the marltel. "9 §""°d'l)’ takes the money, with which be PM’! l_l'°

aye.-nmgnt tax, or buys cows, and ‘Will! ‘chem ‘u nwni, the number of his wives. The Zulu‘ women are so several)’ l’°“l°" for laziness stid unfsithfulness to their lius- bmdg thin they run awav and attach them- selves to other men at It 8'3"‘ dl'"“'°°' But it‘ they are found they are most cruelly treated.

WWI: t.iitiili.tr “till the lllilll-_§l.i of alt-t-PW-. :

‘.-lltl .~lt-: .ti-t‘t;'»..l

THE PAS'l'0ll‘S Blill)l-3.

Grest was the etrnslernstion in the litilstown of Ferris. when Mr. Bryce, the Pastor of itqjrimi ‘l ‘l'_"°"ll":l community‘ returttetl lrom sn curstoti to sortie titirtlierii county. snd brought _ I a wife! Was such it thing pos- thle 1 Did he tint lttiow that for the asking, sud u very little attkiig too, he might have had Miss Uhestetﬁeld, and a hundred s year into the bargain ? could he liiive fttiled to have noticed the attentions ofthe Hitrpers, who had evidntttly no other motive than a desire to secure lfirtt lot‘ Kate or t\laryAnnl and a shove sll, could he have been so hardened as to despise the scarce t'.nttet-:tl- ed regard of pretty Lucy ll--resford T Yr! tilt fttllv of tnttnlttnd !—he hail turned away from all N ltfltltl 8-Illongsttltetn sortie pettniless northern beauty, whose newfsngled ways would disturb the oeiglthonrltood. l So spoke the gossips of Ferris on the etening

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of the return. 'l‘he_v had hitd evidently it nntiuit , lb” l’"‘l" in

‘that the minister could have no right to diiipoi-iei "Ye: M'' B""l°"t ‘ml ‘ ‘l"°°' '‘"l or may

lof ltiinself its an ordinary indtvi.lu:tl-perhaps a 5 ‘ ':'."" ” - _ ‘

ii I!" t'|iII~.' of Church and l2ttll|,!lC,',! .tion, to tit.-cidc! ’\';,"yt ‘ml l‘"“°" B“"""‘t ‘ l""' d” 3"” for ltiin on whom he should liestnw his slfectioiis, ''“"‘l I _ _ . WM,” have Mt" more in accmdance Wm, ulezrl .MII5‘Clle8|Prllelt'l leaned against s stile, and

‘ view. said with emphasis. “Mark my words—tht.-i

Meanwliile the object of their rt-mttrlts was receiving a visit front Miss Chesterfield, for no eoiisidcrittiort oftlelieacy cnnld avail to keep that lady from the house until is r-easnnithli-. lioitr for cstlls slioitld have arrived : her rurinsitv was excited, and "sit a it-etnher ofthe ehurclt" she had it right to see the bride. We find her there- lore in the tttode~t tlrttiting rnntti.

“You most have had 4 di.-tnztl journey" raid the visitor, ftitiiig her black eyes on the satiny face before her.

“l||'»lt‘9ll. no." said the bride, with a glance at her litisltttittl.

“Well. l mes t. if your ltave mucli_/celing. i\lrs. lr_veo."—tlte l:t~i two words come forth wit i a rtspetity it is itiipossiltle to convey to the rmnler.—- "lint perltaps you had not a very happy lto.tie,ttntl so p2lllltl_' with your parents did not till}.-t't you."

The hlue t.-yes of the young t-.'i’e flllt"l \vitlt teats, but tiotivittg the rising ezilonr in her hus- lt.ttid'.-t hrow, she hasteiii-il to reply to the course ttttt-r:itii't's that had tlisplt-'t.~'t'tl lititt.

“l /tad 1| li:tpp_r ltoriio," slit-. sziitl, “and it \\.':|.s' \\lll| 5tltlllt'!‘.\ l listdie it f.tri~\v-ill, lllll l lrttl l)t".'lI so

my p:trr-tits and .~i~ii'rs \‘t.'ti’, for in. xiii,-i-_ mi t'iit-i.-iliii, t.-wt l in ll tl tiiti_ in iii» st-i-it-tv of— ttti:.iti, l eoiﬂl tin: well he .~.iti'.o-.\liil.” Slit- ].‘llll.‘t' I, ttittl lIill.‘lll‘v :'.tttlt't.‘pl\', llllll lllt' ii:-Urir, lll is lo-in-_5 .‘<\.tV,ltli| , (.llt'\V oil‘ the llll:"lllitt| oi il|L'lI lllI\'\I'll'iI.itv' ui ‘Ni “You ltl\"f 'l.||l . Hill! (‘.\'l“ll-‘Tll $(‘l’I|l"‘)~’ from Mr .tu tn. tilt»--::i-at, _\li~. (,‘l.«~,i. rlii-l,|_" ¢‘.\l'tlil‘l|l ll" .-al llll‘ l:i.'-V. "l tiislt you i'ou..l liiivii lit-:trii l.l'!l t|‘I ‘\Vttt’ltlll.‘i'.-.I~ 1' ll \\':t~ I at \\lI it lllll -- :lI.ll‘(l. l t..

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illitte \‘HIl‘ll‘t‘illlllIl ii K-H-7 .- ‘i ll ~-‘~ tawlwtl i-ti1iit..l.t‘ 1._'. "t-i \t t_' .ilI‘. lll_\(‘.‘ t'it:.li. iii-' lg. Vi) Ii;-i-I; -i ,:i;;;!p, 't'\-'i:.~itl ll ti)‘ :- |'.llI‘_" " ‘-Zr. l e" ' '!t'.‘ i-rt-li:il>l\

g.e s.-i‘ 33 iii ii-!t.di = ls» \ l:;l i,-on ill."l‘v his .~t:tt?"l

Uh _'-l.3.iiIl\l lll‘il1lIl\’ tllti\ .t-- in turn lii:i=l

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is the i , ‘iii tilt’, (ﬁts. list-' " ’ iii-i‘ llttaltri \\;i~ too oliligiiig to l.~~,i1'it,-, ant,’ lttt-|7ltl»I‘;_‘ lllt iitrtrtniiwit with tlii-gr:-t-I-i-I‘ ..ii L‘.\;"Lll.‘|I1't (l i.itts‘.« lnii, llll? “trig t in: til llIl_' t-.\‘.;.i.g. Ul I-’1ll‘ll..,

f‘»ll.~s (.'lit's‘-Mrtit M v its not \<‘l’V lo tl of lll|?.‘l". "‘l\.'\\' stat-it p.,-4.-.ui.~ Stlt‘-—~i|ltll ‘~llff motioitid I ih-p.-.tt .stt..otii :tsl\'lt:' for an (‘l.t!t'rU.

" it‘ ltlllltlilt nlir-ii t~lIt-3 hail [tfll|t’tl. “iii of ti;-tit please.’

"l do not tiiitletstantl.” said the wife. ltIIililliI_' up, "'l IItt'tllI that music tviil send her oll'.it anv tiuii-.," t_‘X|Ilt|:lH'll In-r contp'inion.wii|o it til rice ol stib.tiicd liutnotir that was lfI9blSlllIlP,AQllJS laugh- ed lit-atrtily,:tttd their began it grave. ti-htilie, \\lIlt'lt was stopped iii the tnidst ol'ii—no m‘:llt't' how.

Three days passed away, and Lory Beresfitril had tint yet crossed the p.t.~’toi-‘s tltresliold : Liter hail done so iuuclt to prepare the house for his return !

"l Zllll surprised,"saiil Mr. Bryce; “ Miss Bete.-turd is the most unceimoniuus person .l know, yet she has not welcottted you, Agnes There is sottie mystery here . ’ And truly ther was a mystery‘ which s woman alone cottln unritvcl. At length she came. Agnes was not Ilituf, for Mr. Bryce had requested the wife of one of his descons, s woman ul some edticati--n, and most attractive piety. to be present when his hride received her visitors; and the two were slresdy friends. Lucy was embsrrasscd but Ilr‘I encouraged her so kindly, that she snort got her» gwkwsrdtiess and engaged in saturated Presentlv the door "[ll'nltl, and Mr. llrvcs esmein. iss Beresf--rd was the first to ietnsrk his entrance. With rill s woman's intuition, Agnes lesrned the secret of the ties upon her brow, lter sudden silence, her sbruh

, .\;_it.t.~ ' P033! .<.~ii-«,3 the ititriins issttig i\li.—s t.'|;r.-tiirlivrtil just wltcn \'l' 7

A for cottvetsstlttn.

ili-ck;-d lattice: and s‘ o (':t'I'-t! ex 1l'l"~'.’!l\' to ask 1 .

ill i’.

s-.3.l .\‘.r. l’tvi:.~. 1 -

departure. Poor Lucy! she hsd then loved in Vito, 1. But, sltliough Agnes could in a few Illmlluuts discover this, her husband was, happily. uncoit.-ciniis of it.

‘- Miss Bsrtefotd is certsinly changed" he slid ttnd tltst wss sll.

llut Agnes, ltow did this sﬂect her! We! Illa not amrry with the young and certainly beautitul creature who had presumed to love Itim. end who wsstlnttbtltt.-s. saddened by the happiness of his new home? llsd she generosity to sympathise with the grist‘-itticlten one, and strive to comfort her or would she turtt away to her uwnjov and so forget it all l Let the wttrtti tesrs she sh-d that evening when her husband was not by ; the o-srnest prsyer she utfereil in behalf of all such svirrowing spirits. the written resolution thst she would, God helping her, bring comfort to that heart ; give forth their loud re l . "And so. Miss Cliesterﬁeltl, you went to see

piano-lingering and French to no good, i\lr. can take

jahberiiig will cotne liortort," and a minister, who sut.-li a wile Is that, ought to be ashstned

nut ‘ho farmer looked sort of hotly. is she?

"A faliinrmble. musical, Frencltilied doll.” said the lady : why, her very bi-tittct wotthl have told .uu that l”

lllr. Burton went home, ‘-;'ll:trv," said he. “dont you go nigh the p'trsnn's wife.”

“ \Vlty not.” ttsktd the dams’

,‘Sho is one of your hiiristocrats," replied [the liusbttnd ; “and we don't want none of her icre"'

shocked. “And she's that it

30 Mrs. Burton returned lioitie.

A fortnight had passed; Mrs. llurton was preparing it coitifortuble ten in the diamond p:;.ieil window of her l(llcl".‘n. There was It ;;r.-title knock, and the pastor and his wife pas-

Lucy looked up in surprise.

" It is strong language, lknotv," said Agnes, " but it is not true‘! '

The girl burst into taesrs.

" You cannot understand trial you here never under

my grist-It is s

not Agnes felt the truth of gisnend they wept gethor.

"It is not true you have given your heart where you can hope for no return!" the young wife asked tit len th.

ore moment Buoy hid her fees; then with

is sudden ener she cried, " ssk me no more. but help me, be p me, to cru.-It this love forever! for it tnust——" ter voice sunk to it hollow

Wlllspor-—" it must be done; he is the husband ofioputher now." h

ey knelt togetlterand the oun ,the it wife, prayed for the striekenyone gwho bovlirdd beside her. What wrestling with high heaven, whet burning words of it onised eiitreaty. whet title, melting adjursttons in the name of “ C rist that died!"

ey rose and for some minutes there was unbroken silence ; then Lucy t_hrew herself into the arms of er new friend. ' A nes” she exclaimed “ surely our God has taught you how to give tne aid. l A-unto that he will hear these prayers and help tne to act ariglit." The bridp‘s true heart was full ; Lucy went

on.-

“ And lonee hated you!”

“ llaledl" cried Agnes, starting.

“ Yes, wlierijyou first came here! but you have won me b your love! and now, Oh, Agnes; what friend have I in the trorld—an orphan like my pastor's bride .".'

“ Agnes embraced her fondly. From that time she was as an older sister to the neglected Lucy. Would you know the result of her tuition. Go, risk the people of Mr. lleybttrn‘s charge, and they will tell you that their pas- tor's wife for such is Lucy notv—-is all they could desire!

ls it possible, dear \lr. Bryce, thttyou have invited Miss Cliesteriieul to stay with you while her ltouse is pitititcd!’

ed itito the room. i\lrs- lliirtoit felt eorifnsod. her hoiit-st pride forsook Iier, slio eourtsied and would liitve led thorn into the parlour.

“Not so," R:tlt.l .\lr. lll"\'t?t} "I told my wife of my lll'.lll_V pl.-tsatit ft‘tl.-tll’lIll{lll;::<l in this old hllI‘lIt'll, with it~tliro:13iii‘e-plitee, until its l'tt.~::

l'.t|VU to taste tl.e tea :t'iil sit llL'\l(lt3 the roses!" “Yes i-ide said :2 swi-et l\llllll_V voice at

-t

lit-.r elbow, “fbetl. .':it'iii liiiuso, .\lrs. litirtoii, and l WUPC tolenru tho .‘»l't‘l't‘t of ‘ire-.iil iii:il:iti«:, For -vhlcph iiiy litishaiid gives yott so much credit V

\\'li.itt"‘ was the good ‘.\'0lll.'lll to say? she i'(llllIl rt-fuse iiiitliiiig to that Volt‘-' and .~=tiiile—-‘

itlltl the t-niitrliiiir-tit to l!"l' l|<lll~. '..ilui‘y. ‘,~'lie 1,,‘-.-it -:oi’.i \\ if- l'" ‘Hi t.‘ :i rtli Sn OWN in lltti lit‘-mi‘. ’ til’ llii) kiti-li lit o'.'.'. and. l'.iviit,:; pi-~'»-~ Iii - ' iii» iv‘ ' am

it-odiycliiiiiiifoiii-Hl..:>icl.i ui"t .. ltomelv ("2\l‘llll‘lt-\'.i'll‘iJ the " tvi-ll l)l‘u\\ . , ..

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rim. of "tiieli the lZlllll.\lL‘!‘ ltlltl Fll|ll\'t‘ll.

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lllitl li|t_' ,1;--oil t.ii'e \\':i:i lit lior lllti~‘t .ir:iiy lii;::ioui'. triieii the l{llt'll\‘ll tl'.)')l‘ llvw ,.,.i,., and tie l':irt.-it-1' stoinl l.t~.".ii‘e 1'lt’lil .\lr. |"--,-,-.~ trim? llil'\\‘1ll'l ll‘.ltl i:l.iu-l; li:ttiils— it \'l'tt$t 5,,._-_-,-(‘V t_I_;'il»t,’, such it‘! ho tww the firi 'j-..- mutt if-lliill iio t:ioi'o rt-.~i.~'i t Iii‘-‘-—~'t!l‘t'. thiiii Lie '2 i.-- l'illllll i‘-wisr ti" i.;'.i.i.. Hr-;,,.,. y,,,1;;,, -» . \\' ~iiL Ll.i'.iii-git [lie itttt'o~ (llltilill till ""27: ' ""l}'«“l"’

.. _',,,, ,, ~ V_\|'li'It‘ll’.', i.i.t'.iiit." stti-l ‘ ‘l .‘.‘Jll wn ."-l i-nin.: to our ..i«..ii|.. like at t'ii.~', l \voiiivl nevi,-r -. 1 to .‘-lisp; L‘.‘t.;tt-rliul.l and kept lti_\

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..rv :t\'-':|‘.'- -- ‘ll:-..-'i'in:in" said liis \\'it"«'. “ .\li.<-i ~': lll \roii't thank yiitt hr ti".‘iii',_' that. ~- Nt'\'t‘l‘ iniiid." said the furtiier, I’m right ..1,,,; to S“, you Sir, illitl tliat'.~' all about it." t. It was iiiiioiilight \\'lI.‘ll our frietiils lient their ﬂltﬁttl liotni-ward. 'l‘lie good folks wotclieil them its ihey (_‘|'t>SR(.‘(.l the meadow. The farnier Win! the first to speak. ‘ -‘ What a beautiful prayer he made to be

Clicst;ir- 7 Y

, _ ‘.11 3“.l.L,\,,d 3/_-/»," put in the wife, " I cotild have listened ‘.0 her sitigingall night lono ”

-‘ I like to hear her talk," said the husband, and he drew his hon across his eyes as _ie ailJed, "especially about our little Minnie,

‘f ." mueyeg, yes, and tho voice trembled as she spoke, “ she has cotnforted me more tha_rt any one yet. Ali, if I was only it Christian, like to them .'°‘ _

It was evt-ning—and while Mr. Bryce was doing duty for it. friend at ti. distance, Agnes Lucy Berresford sat in long and earnest conversation. t the last the_ younger Indy um-w aside her work, ‘elclt|llnlng—-" Oh, my friend what must I u?’

-- you have not told me what your deep sor-

9 3 3-

tier , _, ‘tit’.

, .

So spoke the de:i.con’s wife one morning as she stood beside her frieiiii at the kitchen tultlit.

“ Yes" s;ii:l Agnes lookiiig up froth her pie- crust. *' l li:t'.'~: ii the it, \lr.~:. (,‘1ift izi.

“ Alter all the ill-ii.ttti-.t:l I'Clll.tX‘l(.i she has

le.”

“jti.-at so. I nieaii to cure her."

l\li'.~'.. L1lil'tiiii'.~t litco grew lll'l‘,jiltC".'-—-

" lit it. at _',‘ii'.i;' ft-ct," :~1ie .s.ti.l.

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tints at th:n;_v ltt!i__'ttllt."| ; .\;gni-s riceivetl ling lt'§7ltliS In llli‘C'lllll1!}' azt and very itichli-s-i_r, one lessons in lt:l|ll'il. Ru‘:-tly she drew Miss (Tit:-stivtlietil into the lII|il~'.’.~' of their point-r neigh- houis; \\ il|int_rly she \lI‘ltlt’tl tip to her the liotmtir of their llIlllx'tl tllorls; t-;tr.-lully she studied all her watits and wishes. The heart must have been hard, indeed, t- at eoiilil tvitlistatid ~‘-itch t-(Torts ; the fortress ln-gait already to show - igtis ot surrender.

"I di-n’t know hmv it is.” said Miss Chester-

tield to her friends, “but ulietlii-r l like that Mrs. llryce or not, she will luv: um, and I cannot prevent it l" And, ere she left that hospitable roof, the enemy had become a friend, her ardent admiration —nsy ev~n her affection, had been won, in fact, Miss Chesterfield was c rt:

“Dear Agnes,” said the pastor "yon hug mule me vi-.t-y ha‘, ! There is not one ofour people who does ttot see the wisdom of my choice.”

She laughed her merry lsugh. “I do you credit then” said site, then pausing for s ntoment, she siltled ettrnestly,“Ah llenry,ol' myself! can

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row is," replied Agnes; l.)h ". in all his distress it Cltristittit has need of prayer; let me thenl urge 0l| to prey.’ _ “ lycttnnot; at least not as I once did.” I “Then you have not yet forgiven Him who , lsid his sorrow upon you?" i

do nothing !"

He looked down on her with s thoughtful smile, sntt felt whst treasure he had tslten to his hearth and hcsrt.

Such was the l’sstor's bride !—TIte Freeman.