The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 21, 1901 Page: 5 of 10
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when tlio uunt be-
lieved she was ar
ranging ft highly
lesirabln engage
ment for her niece,
and <m the prin-
ciple of dong
wrong that g«««l
may come. m! «* kept
back I In* notes of
i his obviously poor
HllltOI
FATHER
TIME SETS
OUT A
NEW TREE
HER HAPPY HOME.
1 hear the cold rslti hinting
On soddt ii roof mill Ihwii.
Kilt the hearth Ik swept uiifl r mill I "1
The curtain* all undrawu,
The merry Yul< l!r«> tin Iters,
The imllt.w lu in i >-11 ■ lit fill-
On sof'ly 111• tc-< 1 inriM'ls.
And k-.iyly fr tinned wall*
OLD AND NEW.
I cannot Joy wllli those who halt
The new-born >ear;
I rather grieve with those who give
The dead Old Year
A tender tear
The New what know 1 of the New-'
1 km w the Old!
God's betilson upon lil« corse,
e On which the mold
I,lm Miff and cold
Here In the shadow let m« stand
Add count Hu m o'er.
The blessing" that he brought to m>\
A precious stole -
I asked 110 more.
He brought me health a priceless boon
To me and mine.
He brought me plenty for my need*.
And crowned my shrine
With love divine
Ah! when 1 think Hii(Tu i d with tear*
I feel my eyes -
Of w 11 the dear delights he brought;
Yet iltark he Ilea
'Neath WInter skies
Therefore I cannot hall with Joy
The new-born year;
1 rather grieve, with those who give
The dead Old year
A lender our
ter/cn/ears'
YcartTvcs
11 / \LTER CARSON
! 1A / leaned back In the
\mjW easy chair, drawn
j W W up before his sit
1 T_ T I ling room tire at
his Duke street
chambers In I/on
don. The clock had
iHtrib'k Hi ami t be sonorous boom
jjrotn Big Hen came floating over the
Kreen park us * sort of benediction
J til.- m:'i'ti> ' • v i ti > '••■>' 1 b" roar
I be great city without wan not lack
g in Us element of melody, and the
>Ue if merry revelers In Piccadilly
impleted a drange yet fascinating
It ensemble. Passing down the
cct rami' three young nu n singinj
t fil.i Southern song, "l'se gwine
k to Ulxey " The words and the
liu.y startled Carson from the rev-
. Into witch lie had fallen. Sitting
ight In his chair, he said, aloud:
What memories that souk recalls'
v my loneliness grows upon mo!
^it a fool I was ever to have in-
ked In the thing failed love! But
I've tasted the poison and must
('arson often felt
desolate, but never
so utterly as then,
and as he paced the
floor the laughter
of the happy crowd seemed to mock
him. lie rang the bell and ordered
some tea The demure little maid
looked at him, and. going down stairs,
said:
"Poor Mr Carson, he looks so
strange and miserable!"
Ketiirning, she found him sitting in
his chair gazing with half closed eyes
Into the fire. Placing the tea on a
small wn ket table by his aide, she at*
traded his attention b> the question.
"Anything eHe, sir?"
"No," was the reply; "but, see, this
Is New Year's Eve. You've been a good
servant to me, at least. Buy yourseli
something." handing her a sovereign.
The amount of the gift bereft the girl
of the power of speech and with a
curtesy, eloquent in itself of gratitude.
Khe left
Carson sipping his lea. again solilo-
quized. It's now within an hour and
a quarter of the New Year. What
will that year bring into my life? It
cannot bring the light ol love and
companionship The same round of
weeks and months, and so it will be
tc\ the end Teu years ago, in Old
Kentucky we said 'Good-by.' It was
a 'good-by' forever."
Apostrophizing the absent woman,
he continued "Mdla. Leila, to my
grave 1 take with me the love I bear
you. Wh> did we live to be parted bo
ruthlessly? What strange fate has so
guided our destinies''"
He turned to the story of Evangeline
and read of the sufferings of that
heroic character The rending soothed
him and he tell asleep
The clocks were striking the twelfth
stroke of midnight when he awoke
He bnrelv opened bis eyes, then closed
them again, and listened to the Joyous
salutations of people meeting in the
streets lie was not selflsh. neither
was he bad natured No man who
every truly loved can lie altogether
either. As he listen ' he said:
"1 wish for all u bright New Year,
and l.eila, my absent Leila, whom 1
shall never see again, may your lift
know no sorrow, may yours never be
the aching heart, and 'lay you Ue
blessed lr your children growing up
around you My Leila
Me did not finish the sentence, but
the tears came trickling down his
cheeks as he realized his barren life.
Then he became conscious that some
one had route Into the room and been
h witness of his weakness and his se-
cret secret hecaust society said Wal-
ter Carson carried his heart on his
le by the icsiilt What's that re
Pleasing Why cannot I be of i HjefVP VVHH incapable of deep affec
nay throng outside? Here In this
lit) crowded city 1 am as lonely
1 man lost In a desert.'' He rose and.
|g to the other side of the room,
led a enbiitet and tQOlj from It a
lie of letters, some dozen They
faded and bore traces of much
|ilng. After reading, ha replaced
and. walking to the photograph
child on the wall, indulged In
kquy
|ktiow you not, my sweet child,
pour mother was always, and al-
InniMt be everything to me. How
intl cruel seenm the world! Your
and I parted ten long
lis night, to meet again
time' What happened to pre
lis';' I wrote many times, but no
(ever rca Ned me I'hree years
Ave separated a letter aim- from
[id in It I lead Now that I am
M, perhaps ><iu will writ a.' LI fit
fcl a blank, and 1 came to Lou
wayfarer caring not what bo-
ld me I turned to literature
j vc been What people call SUO
But what U sun ess without
Ii er to e\ pei lem . I hat w hlcli
lit other than a metallic gratl-
Elghleeu months went by
next beard from youi mother,
Iii your photo only reached me,
lli'll all has been silence' You I
married a good man. and 1
r her and for you. too, baby,
tion So sitting tip and turning round
he was startled to see seated on a
chair a tall lady, clad in deep mourn-
ing and veiled no heavily that lie was
unable to distinguish her face
"Madam." he inquired, too taken
aback even to get up "I should like to
know why I am thus honored9"
"I came In with the New Year Not
an omen tof ill luck, 1 hope." replied
i a musical voice, "hut I first want to
| Know if Walter Carson is not an os-
i sumed name''"
"Why do you ask such a question?"
"For the best of good reasons, and
v,'ars I as voti will not tell me. perhaps you
In t wo I
u may grow up in her foot
I KNOW YOl' NOT SWEET CHILD.*•
will allow me t > s.i> that I think your
leal name Is Herbert Wilton." pro-
. , , , i ceded the inv.-terlous stranger,
drrumslatices tinder which his i , . ,
,. . . . , Carson was utterly unprepared for
o the girl went astray were to I «m ■ • •
, , , , ihis and his surprise was painfully
sterlous, but, as a matter of ■ ' ' , .'
Ily explained. The girl wa < manifest Vppearlng not to notice It.
liter of a country lawyer, and w' ""
mule her acquaintance when tinhnppy I know, Mr. Wll-
tttaylng In a ooarding house ton. I shall not call you Mr f arson.
ishurv. In which he was I am certain of It. ause I was watch-
Her reason for being In ' « minutes before you
opened your eyes Can I be of any
i that she might improve a
negleetet! education, and
taking singing lessons nt a
music In the neighborhood
t took away this unwanted
,'rom among the large fatnllv
o lie a companion acn.ss the
nd, suspecting her of fllghtl-
ed her letters In the capa-
rtllnn The flrMt • ( Carson's
3 was a cautious man and
nmlt himself to paper until
ot resist doing so- arrived
I help to you?"
I "I don't understand' you, madam,"
answered Carson. "I have no trouble,
at least none that you could assist
me In."
"Has It any connection with an old
love affair?" very slowly asked the
veiled visitor.
"I must decline to discuss my pri-
vate matters with an utter stranger."
replied Carson, Jumping up.
"Am 1 an utter stranger. Herbert?"
\
responded the stranger, aluo rising
and at> sue did to throwing back her
veil.
"Ijella!" gasped Carson, looking
Incredulously Into her face.
"Yes, Leila " was the answer whis-
pered. while her arms stole round his
neck, "come buck to you with the New
Year, never to leave your side until It
so pleases (Sod."
Then they sat down and she fold
him how. three years before, after be-
ing left a widow, she determined to
find out what had become of the sweet-
heart of her younger days. How, by
a chapter of happy accidents, she
learned that he was In lxwdon. How.
on knowing this, she hurried overland
and sea. and Just at the birth of the
New Year entered IiIb room. She saw
thn tears fall from his eyes heard her
name mentioned, and his blessing go
out to her. All doubta were then at
an end.
"My children will be here by the
next boat, and you must be to them a
father Now I must go, as I'm weary
with the excitement of the day."
( arson drove her to her hotel, and
to him the New Year hells never
seemed to have rung such merry peals.
They rung Into his life a New Year Is
every sense, \ few days later there
was a quiet marriage, and on the fol-
lowing New Year's Eve, as Carson and
Without, tin rtU lit in t
The huirtcli s- rt i'wlf
Hut I . -I'll lit I I
fttrcum* (hi thin' Hie
I lew Ii the KUId'-li, In "
To the dull ih -t ried
We have laid a shlnu
lack ii nd «"
oinplutn.
>f lhe tl"
tttlling lain
44 the la Mil,
*treet,
llllttl nil)
Kor the iionu w>1 wandering feit*
For tlod hnth bleescd u richly
Willi health and go>dl> cheer
And this lh the happy Chilstma« nlghl
The best night of the year!
And the' there ate vacant chairs. «h me'
At hearth and board to-night
Their cups are filled and garlanded -
Thelr plai ea warm and bright)
And t sit among the children.
(Too tiled to lomp or lease)
Anil ovei lh«. pretty golden ring
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Of hends about my knee*.
While the night and the rain {tiiw wild-
er—
I watch anil listen and wait.
Kor u step on the hIiIiiIhk pathway
A hand at tbi garden a.rtu!
Kor now Is the holy, happy limn
When utrlfi and rancor cease,
And the Messenger Angel brliig'"th
To all "(lood Will and l'eaee!"
And, oh! If his loving hand should bind j
Of the silver threads of rain
8orne stronu, bright el«w to lead the loM j
And wandering heme again!
CAME
THE NEW
IN WITH
YEAR."
his wife listened to the hour of mid-
night strike, they thought, with hearts
full of love and gratitude, of the Joy-
ous meeting twelve months before.
Ilopca of the Future.
With the coming of the New Year
all our hopes of future good for our-
selves and for humanity at large re-
recelve a new Impulse and an ac. ession
of power. If we are alive to the wide
extension of knowledge, the conquest j
of the material world, the imminence ,
of new and important discoveries and
changes which shall make the possibil- |
itles of life more interesting and beau- !
tlful, we cannot but rejoice that v o
are born into this wonderful ep<«'K I
Tennyson's po?m. written in the flush j
of young manhood, voiced the scion- i
title fact in eloquence that can never i
be forgotten, but the thoughts of men I
are widened by the process of the j
suns. II I* truly to the thoughts of men j
that we owe all the triumphs of civll-
lia"on. the triumphs of religion, art.
Industry and science, as In the laat re-
sort all that Is and all that we hope
for resides in the thoughts of men and
in the feelings and emotions which
give birth to these thoughts, and be-
tween which there Is such a constant
interaction,
Hnlnnclnit Otir Hook*.
When the year Is ended and the
final summing up of accounts is finish-
ed, It Is comforting to look back and
to be able to say, in all sincerity, that
we have done the best we could for our
solves and for those about us. It is
more than comforting to see that we
liavo gained something, that our ef-
forts have been crowned with success,
and that we are by this advance-
ment enabled to score a victory, even
though it may lie trifling, over ad-
verse circumstances. It encourages us
to redouble our efforts to make a bet-
ter showing for the years to come, to
so order our affairs that this season's
gain will be but the beginning of bet-
ter things, and that the great and
grand fabric of our future may rise, J
ever Increasing, ever more and more
beautiful, and end in a noble, manly,
womanly. Christian, symmetrical char-
acter that will malte Its possessor
known and honored of all men.
To tlir Young.
While the opening of the New Year !j
a significant season for persons of all
ages. It is especially so to the young
and those in early maturity. There is
so much ahead of the youngsters; so
much for them to look frward to, to
hope for, achieve; so much that will
help them to make their lives worth
living, and to make thr> world the bet-
ter for their having lived lu it
Welcome the new year Welcome
its work, its cares, its responsibilities,
Its trials, crosses, losses, sorrows and
bereavement*. Welcome Its work,
because It Is only by work that wo
achieve successes and make ourselves
strong for the toils and tasks that aro
to come. Welcome its caret, for they !
are tho world's educators, developers
and teachers, and they lead us Into
those ways of prudence, thoughtful-
ness and moderation which nro tho
forerunners of prosperity and plenty.
—H, 8. C.
Brace up' Acquit yotiraelvos like men; ,
Swear off! And don't swear on agalo. ,
—L. A W. Uull«ti
Wdcoine it;, responsibilities. Heavy
though they may be. they but
strengthen mind and muscles for the
coming fray They are the skirmishes
in tile battles, the campaigns that
make soldiers of us. and teach us how
to buckle on our armor and gird our
selves for the fight
Welcome Its trials. Kor out of
them we come purified and refined, an
tho gold that is freed from the dross
and impurities that belong to Its crude
and natural condition and c'ing to it
until they are purged away.
Welcome Its crosses and losses for
ihey but emphasize and punctuate the
story of regeneration and the heroic
careers of those who kept straight on in
l.h path of duty, never hesltuting,
never turning aside, never holding
back their hands from doing that
next thing" thai the faithful look
upon as the point galued in the daily
warfare of life.
Welcome its sorrows and bereave
ments They teach us to look upon
this world as not our permanent abid-
ing place, but that we have a house
not made with hands eternal in the
Heavens whither our loved ones have
gone before, and from the windows of
which they are beckoning to us to
come up higher.- Rev John Hall.
UNHAPPY NEW YEAR'S DAY
aCuV, .
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9.>j&
I petulantly)
Mrs P
kiss me now
Mr. K. "The Idea of
your age wanting to be
would think you were a
Mrs. P. < suspiciously)
never
a woman of
kissed One
girl of 18 "
"What do
you Know about girls of IS''"
Mr P. "Why. tuy dear weren't win
lis once yourself?"
I orgvt !\l tnfnrt ui3«* .
Welcome the New ^ eal s spirit It
comes with the h pe-ilay. the day upon
which we ail like to put behind U6
all of oni past misdeeds and uils«or
tunes, to turn the traditional new
leaf, to start nil over again, and set
If out of our many times unhappy and
unfortunate environment, we cannot
build por.iethlng more creditable to
ourselves, more satisfactory to oui
Maker and more worthy to be record
ed In the great ledgers wherein debit
and credit are ki pt by unprejudiced
hands 11 S. c
NEW YEAR'S ADVICE.
There Is u fou thai wutchea
Your comfort to destroy,
Assuming sIlMl I'M of evil
To Interrupt your Jn\ .
To k> ":i hi in al a distance
Should lie youi purpose true,
K" "never trouble trouble
Till trouble troubles you!"
Knell da> lie may remind you
Of sorrow that's In slnre:
Kai h da> with hints and shadows
I'erplex you more and morn;
Kill go not forth tu meet bitil
As many people do,
And in vet Irouhb iruubl#
Till trouble troubles you!"
'Tl* lime enough to worry
When misery appf.tri
'Tls tlnn enough for Wco|.ilnR
When there's excuse for tears;
Ho ever at I In fountain
(if priyei your faith renew,
And "never trouble trouble
Till trouble troubles you!"
for the> ivlio borrow trouble
A re iii>vi i out of it• • 111
O'er every fare■ sod evil
'Pilev worry, fume, and fret;
And If you would lie happy
Another course pursue.
And "never Ii inble trouble
Till trouMc troubles you!"
Anticipating pleasure
May io>'i relief from pain;
A nt Iclput ing sorrow
Is nuver any kiiiii;
And H you would be "heerful
In mind and body, too,
Then "never trouble trouble
Till trouble troubles you!"
\ew/(uir>)
you must never
I am sure Miss
morning."
said Ray, "and I
lies I nn llupplne s
In the yeai Ju t dawning take note o:
the good things as well as the ill I
have heard it to'.d of a bright old ladj
that all her life she kept a book she
called her "pleasure book," and that
she always found, on looking over It
at each year's end that no day had
passod without carrying in Its train
some little llilte of happiness -St
Louis Republio,
Estelle, Maude and May Bobbins
stood in the window with their heads
( lose together
"1 am so sorry," whispered Estelle
"I do so want to niifkc mamma and
papa a New Year's present and I have
spent I'll my money every cent
"So have I. ' said ltos> and I have
not kept even a piece of ribbon m an
ounce of worsted
"It is too dreadful." Maude whisper
ed. "If that horrid Miss Croker had
not insisted upon our buving those lit
tie hooks at the fair we would all
have had plenty of money I wondei
how long she is going to stay. She Is
so fussy,' said Maude Nothing suits
her. Sometimes she says This egg
Is too soft, la/.zie, take it away and
bring me another Then Uiat/.le makes
up a fnc and I have to laugh."
"Well, luil Maude ' said Eslelle, who
was I he cldvsi, that is wrong. The
who : hired to wait on the table
Should m\e| in.ll> faces IK, mutter
what happens, and
laugh it her again
Croker saw you thl
"But she is ft'ssy,
wish sin- would go home "
"Mamma likes her," replied Estelle.
"You know she vvas mamma's teacher
once and nine one left lier a big for
tune and so she stopped teaching
"And mamma suy>, too. that she is
very charitable and gives heaps and
heaps to the poor people," put in Rat
"Then I wish she had bought those
hooks herself Instead of making us
spend all our money." grumbled
Maude
"if we had been honest and said
rli'ht out, 'I want all my money for
myself.' perhaps she would ' said Es
telle
"Tomorrow is New Year's day It
is too late to get anv thing now," sigh-
ed Ray.
"If we only had some of that lovely
wool Miss Croker has been winding
for the last three days, we could knit
mamma some beautiful mats for her
dressing case I could knit one be-
fore dark," said Estelle, mournfully.
"Could you. my dear '" bald a voice
close behind them
The three children turned and saw
Mls9 Crokei sitting lu a rocking chair
Just behind tin m. They did not
know how long s>he h d been there or
how much she had heard, but she had
three large halls of brilliant colored
wool in her lap.
"Are you sure. Estelle, that you
eotild make a mat before dark?" said
Mhs Croker, looking over her spec-
tacles at the three blushing facet be-
fore her Maude and Ray answered
"Yes," very shyly.
"Then," said the lady, "sit down
there on the sofa and I will give you
each one of these balls of wool."
"You are very kind," said Estelle
"Thank you. Miss Croker," said
Maude. But Ray, remembering that
Miss Croker must tin card her say
she wished she would go hoiue. want
ed to hide herself. However, she
canto out from behind the curtain and
seated herself close to ICstello. Miss
Croker then gave them each a crochet
needle ' I tils blue ball is for you."
fthe.sald, placing the wool in Estelle's
lap. The mauve for you," and she
dropped another ball Mil Maude's
hands, and the pink for little Itosy
Ray "
The children laughed merrily but
at the lady's last words thplr faces
grew very Jong. "Now, girls," "I
want three mats for my dressing case
at home and I know you will be ile
I thtcd lo make me a present before I
go, which will be vary soon now." She
looked at llay while she spoke mid
then left the room,
"Horrid thing'" said Ray, as the
door closed "I won't knit a mat for
her. I thought she meant to give us
the wool."
"It Just serve* us right for talking
about mamma's friend as we did," re-
plied Estelle "We will have to knit
them Conn Ray, I'll begin yours,
and Maude, don't you remember?
Make a chain of three stitches and
the next row plain."
They were all three fond of tills kind
of work and presently forgot their
disappointment,
The sun was lust setting when Es
telle said "There, that's tho last of
•he wool ,<ud my mat's done. But Just
see what a big wad of paper Miss Crn
ker rolled her wool upon." She tossed
the paper under the grate artid fasten
ed off her knitting neatly.
"And mine's finished," naid Maude,
and here Is another groat roll of pa-
per, and there l« something hard In
It Maude opened it slowly, laughing
as she did so A bright five dollar
gold piece
'Oh. look! Just look! I wonder If
Miss Croker meant in put It there'"
'1 am sure I don't know," answer-
ed Estelle. but wait until Ruy has
finished her mat then we will go
and ask her."
"It is done," sail, Ray, "and here Is
another five dollar gold piece. Ks
telle, you'd better get a poker and pu'l
out that paper you threw under the
grate." ,
Estelle soon had the paper In her
hand, and sure enough, there was a
third gold hidden away In It.
"She must really intend them for
us," said Hay. "I feel so ashamed
because she heard tne say. 'I wish
she would go home.' "
While tin three gl is with the money
in their liautis and t lie mats in tbelr
laps weri wondering what they ought
to do, Mi s Croki r walked In.
' So I see my mats are finished," she
said. "They are very pretty and 1
will keep ihem always In i•• membrane*
of my three little friends.'"
Estelle liebl up (lie shining v.oin. "I
found this In tny ball," die said.
"I put, it there a.i s little surprise
for you," replied Mis • Croker, "and
now I hop' you < in buy some small
gift lis your niainaia and papa. Then
she added, "Conic children hurry on
"AND THE 1UNK POU I.ITTLW
ROSY RAY"
your wraps and 1 will take you down
town to choose your presents."
Never did three llttb Jrls dress In
such short time
Mil Croker tool> tiiein to such won-
ilerftl tores and w n so pleasunt and
kind thut the thru little girls never
forgot that New Year's Eve.
The gifts that tin v carried home to
their parents which were selected
under Miss Ciokv's advice were reaK
ly very pro'ty
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