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476 ®%e qLtatft t* [Saturday,
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We should do our utmost to encourage the...
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A LYRIC OF LOVE. Heaven hath its crown o...
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THE UNSEEN WITNESS. (LEAVES FROM A JOURN...
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476 ®%E Qltatft T* [Saturday,
476 ® % e qLtatft t * [ Saturday ,
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We Should Do Our Utmost To Encourage The...
We should do our utmost to encourage the Beautiful , for the Useful encouragesits ^ lf . --
A Lyric Of Love. Heaven Hath Its Crown O...
A LYRIC OF LOVE . Heaven hath its crown of stars , the Earth Her glory-robe of flowers ; The grand old woods have music , Green leaves , and silver showers ; The birds have homes where honey-blooms In beauty bend above ; High-yearning hearts their rainbow dream , And we , Sweet ! we have love . There ' s sorrow for the suffering poor On Misery ' s bosom nurst , Rich robes for ragged souls , and crowns For branded brows Cain-cursed ; But cherubim , with clasping wings , Ever about us be , And , happiest of God ' s happy things , There ' s love for you and me . We walk not with the jewelled great , Where Love ' s dear name is sold ; Yet we have wealth we would not give For all their world of gold . We revel not in corn and wine , Yet have we , from above , Manna divine ; then we ' 11 not pine , Do we not live and love ? Thy lips , that kiss till death , have turned Life ' s water into wine ; The sweet life melting thro' thy looks Hath made my life divine ; All Love ' s dear promise hath been kept Since thou to me wert given—A ladder for my soul to climb And summer high in heaven . I know , dear heart ! in our bright lot May mingle tears and sorrow ; Well , Love ' s glad rainbow ' s built from tears To-day , with smiles to-morrow ! The sunshine from our sky may die , The greenness from life ' s tree ; But ever , ' mid the scathe and storm , Thy nest shall sheltered be ! I see thee ! Ararat of my life , Thou smils ' t the waves above ; Thou hail ' st me Victor in the strife , And bcacon ' st me with love ! The world may never know , dear heart , Half what I ' ve found in thee ! But , tho' nought to the world , dear heart , Thou ' rt all the world to me ! Gerald Massey .
The Unseen Witness. (Leaves From A Journ...
THE UNSEEN WITNESS . ( LEAVES FROM A JOURNAL KEPT BY No .. ' ) IN OUR STREET . ) By CATHERINE CROWE , . TJTHOH OP " SUSAN 3 I 0 PLEY , " " LILY WAWSON , " " NIGHTS 1 DE OP NATURE , " & C . Part V . Viiilst the scene took place which has just been told , Mrs . Joddrell had been
ip stairs dressing for dinner . She had been with Mr . Leslie to see the pictures t Somerset-house , and had only arrived at the door just before her husband ; ml , unconscious of Ann ' s neglect , had ascended to her bedroom . When he came down , she was surprised to find Sarah laying the cloth , and to earn from her that Ann was up stairs packing up her things , Mr . Joddrell laving desired her to quit the house immediately . Sarah said she believed hey had come to very high words .
Now , it is not easy to say whether it was from anything peculiar in Sarah s nanner , or whether it was from that strange presentiment of mischief—that nyBterious foreshadowing of evil , that sometimes easts its cloud in our path —but it was evident to me that my mistress felt herself pervaded by a sense af unxicty and solicitude that had till that moment been quite unknown to lier . Mr . Joddrell had retired to a little back room , where he kept his books and papers and daily washed his hands when he came from the office before sitting down to dinner j and , instead of going to him as she always did , if
she happened to be . out or up stairs when he came in , she waited in the dining-room till he entered j which he did not do till Sarah told him the dinner wan on the table . It was this unusual proceeding on her part that first awakened my attention to tho impression that had been made upon her and to the singular influence it had upon her manner ; an influence not likely to bu diminished by her first view of her husband ' s face . Their eyes met aa ho opened the door , and the heart-free " Well , Henry ! " with which
she daily unconsciously greeted him , and which , on this occasion , she had , for the first time in her life , I fancy , consciously prepared , died upon her lips and yet she was innocent ; she had done no harm ; nor , I firmly believe , thought any . Why , then , did she quail before her husband ' s eye ? Why was her whole being shaken with terror when she read Ann ' accusation in his face ? Perhaps it was that she had suddenly eaten of the tree of knowledge , and saw into her own heart . Howbeit , they took their seats at the table in silence . Mr . Joddrell asked her if she would eat fish and mutton , as usual , only that there was a difference in his voice it was lower and without alacrity , constrained ; and he did not call
her Lizzy , as he was in the habit of doing . Sarah , who was a good creature , bustled about , and tried by her own life and activity to make amends for the death that seemed to have fallen on the other actors in the drama ; for , knowing what Ann had said , she perfectly comprehended the scene before her ; and her presence , and the noise she made with the plates , and knives , and forks was really a great relief , as my mistress felt when dinner was over and she quitted the room . There they sat with averted eyes , for , after the first encounter when Mr . Joddrell entered the room , they had studiously avoided a second ; my master silent , both from constraint and design ; my mistress only from the former , for she was a timid woman . Had she been less so ,
and had she had resolution to speak firmly , and force her husband to repeat what the girl had said , the truth that was in her might have prevailed , and averted a world of mischief . As it was , neither said a word ; he looked straight at the window opposite which he sat , and she drew patterns on the tablecloth with breadcrumbs . The pudding was eaten in the same silence ; and then Sarah removed the dinner things , and they were alone , without any immediate hope of interruption . Upon this , however , Mr . Joddrell rose , and taking : a book which had some relation to his business from the
mantelpiece , he turned the leaves backwards and forwards , as if he were seeking for something . I am inclined to think , however , that his mind was very differently occupied ; for , by this time , I had acquired some penetration and knowledge of the world , and saw further into people ' s thoughts than I used to do . I could not help wishing my mistress had had her work down stairs ; and so , perhaps , did she ; but I suppose she had not courage to do so unusual a thing as fetch it . So she fingered her wine glass , and made shapes of her d'Oyly ; till , at length , Sarah entered to say that Ann was
ready to go . " Well , " said Mr . Joddrell , " let her go I " " But her wages , " said my mistress ; " there ' quarter due to her , and a month over , instead of warning . " " Send her in then ! " said my master ; and Ann , who was waiting in the passage , entered , whilst he went to his own room to fetch the money . " Well , Ann , so you are going ? " said my mistress , mildly . " Yes , ma ' , " answered Ann ; " I ' ve no need to stay in nobody ' s house as don't wish me , thank God !" " I hope you will find cause to thank God for going , " replied my mistress , " I hope you will merit His favour by saying nothing of us that you know to be untrue . "
" Me , ma ' am ! " exclaimed Ann , with the indignation of offended virtue , but at the same time reddening to her eyes ; " what should J say ? My own affairs is enough for me , and I never minds other people ' s , I ' m sure . " I think my mistress wished to say more , for she hesitated ; but not knowing what had really passed between her husband and Ann , she was at a loss how to proceed ; and Mr . Joddrell entering with the money put an end to the conversation . The wages paid , Ann flung out of the room with the same air of independence she had for some time strained herself to maintain before her master and mistress ; and in a few minutes they heard the street door shut upon her . Whereupon my mistress rose from her seat to look through the window after her ; and then , as if she had suddenly recollected something , she hastily quitted the room , calling Sarah .
But I observed that when Sarah ran up to the kitchen stairs to learn what she wanted , she only desired her to get tea at the usual time ; and then she retired to her own room , and having locked the door , she sat down in a large easy chair that stood by the bedside , and resting her elbows on the arms , she remained with her eyes fixed , and her person immovable , for upwards of an hour . She looked like a person that had been stunned by some sudden and strange intelligence . At the end of that time Sarah knocked at the door to say that tea was
ready ; and after arranging her dress a little , and making an effort to assume her usual demeanour , Mrs . Joddrell descended to the drawing-room ; and , as Mr . Joddrell did not make his appearance when the tea was poured out , she sent Sarah to inform him of it ; but he desired her to tell her mistress that he was busy , and would thank her to sand a cup to his study , which was done . The things were not removed when I saw Mr . Leslie coming up the street with a brisk step , and Page just behind him . Mr . Leslie knocked , and when Sarah opened the door the other , as he passed , gave him a knowing shake of
the head . At the aama time my mistress ran out of the room , I think wich the design of saying she was not at horns ; but , if so , she was too late , for Mr . Leslie was on the stairs before sli 3 had tims to say anything . " I hope you \ mv 3 not drank t . V said he , " for I have actually had no dinner . My landlady has been quarrelling with her cook , and I found the house in such an uproar that it' it , had not been too lato I . should have came back and quartered myself on you . Where ' s Joddrell ?" " He ' s below , " said * my mistress . ?* I'll let him know you arc liorc . "
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 10, 1850, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10081850/page/20/
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