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Show 9 '"f I-- w( I . L t .A Tfife WORLD the birds, but way beyond through s. the she They?" asked, dreamily; who, dear love?" and ahe used the very name, though he knew it not, that the little mate had Just called his bride, for love Is always the same. The robins," answered the child. You are too blgh, mamma! Be aoft! Right here, do you see? The dearest husband and wife, and he haa the reddest breast, and they have been talking ao! Listen, mamma. Just hear! St THE ROBIN'S NEST. Young Glen In Leallea Popular Monthly.) HE apple tree, against nestling the old white house, had put on Its new spring gown. Never before did the leaves come out so green, nor the shy buds blush so deep a plulc; never before did the bees hum so loudly, or the wind carry the fragrance so far. On one of the sweetest mornings In nil the May came two birds to the tree two robins. In their honeymoon, who were out in search of a house. They put their heads first on this side, then on that; wished, perhaps, It had been a cherry tree; calculated the probable number of small boys In the neighborhood who were making collections of eggs; the angle-worcrop In the fields below; In abort, all those minor g details of less Interesting to an outsider than to parties concerned. Robin Red Breast bent his head very near his wife, and they talked It all over with a great deal of twittering and many a tender glance! So sweet a spot, dear love! Shall It be here? Nobody heard what the little brlde-blr- d said. If she spoke at all It was very low there was need that but one should hear perhaps It was only a look. Be that as It may, the mate Btretcbed his brown wings twice, thrice for the Joy of It, and darted off and away, down over the meadow, his red breast twinkling above the green. "Home! home! home!" he eang over and over; home! home! Ills heart was overflowing, and he could not keep it to himself. All this while bis wee wife was taking account of her surroundings. She hupped on one twig, then on another, twisted her head, and turned her bright ryes, until one might Justly conclude flu? had viewed the matter from every hide. She saw one thing, too, that neither had noticed before. Tt rough the open window, framed In with apple boughs, some one was watching them a child with great chirk eyes and a halo of golden hair. So sweet a face but, oh, so thia and white! If the little bird had been on the bough just above she might have seen that the child rat in a large wheelchair sat without moving, her hands clasped in her lap, and hardly daring to breathe for fear of frightening the robins away. stood still, too, The little bride-bir- d looked her all over, und waited. By the time her male had finished his tour apple-bough- (Catharine house-huntin- Ik1 THEY SHOULD WATCH. In her excitement she Epoke so fast n that the heard, and slopa long straw in his with ped short, bill, which was to serve as a foundation for the house. He rolled his round eyes awhile, then turned and looked at his wife, hut she was hopping about with the urmost unconcern; so after souse rellcctiou, he, too, went Oh! breathed the little to work. girl, with a luug sigh of relief, "be is going to stay, after all. I thought I hail scared hiui away. The robins did not go, however, and in some mysterious way it rame to he aiterne a rod. thing that, .iVy should build their nest b .low the win, dor,-and that the ill tic girl, and often the sweet lady, too, should watch. The shy wife might have told ycu that some of th Bhris woven Into the sung home had been found hanging con veil c:i the twigs, as though from the win low, this, fallen had they not to mention an supply of crumbs, o:i!y waiting to lie gathered when no one was at hand. Ia the as in ours, fortune distributes her f ;ivors ut.cvu.Iy. husband reWhen the bright-eye- d membered how r.iat.y of bis friends their families from the lnct to Furm-rtin re vves a puffed feeling in l.is lu oil which he did nut try to mate-robi- j j rver-rcad- y bird-woii- d. t j tmpiueys. lime went on. and by &rd ly the bird's nest bur.g complete. Tim little girl had waited as patiently as the builders had work'd, and their joy was one. They also reive who only stand and wait, great Mii'oti said they, too, perhaps, who only love and wait. Mamma, mamma, there will be nestlings now, and the old birds will teach them to fly. I have longed tc see it all my life, hut I could not go tc them, you know, and bo they have come to me. The mother noied the fi.int tinge or the cheek, the hrislit look in the eye and blessed the robins in her heart. Yes, they have come to you, my bird like to like aud jo;i shall ecu them fly. But birdlings do r.nt grow in a day, and tlie child watched from the great whrtd-clinwith patten- born of sufa and life of p.iin washed unfering. til five round ccp lay in the nest, tinted with heaven's own Hue. At lust oh, ihe j y of it!- the blue shells broke, and five btratrc. soft a: yellow tilings, with great cv nrsiicl under lb" inoii'T-wiiig- s nestled and eul.i.c, u mil t wings would hardly cover tVin. aud the t so Hied all too small. Tim lirow:i , lumbers heart was l.urring wuh Jnv to, for that mailer, was the fulh- er'H but site kept her lore to herself and it warmed the hird'.ings. while his ran over In one continual song from t lie The little gir! top of the tn-elooked like a guaidiun spirit from So ay SWEET A FACE, of the fields, however, for reasons best known to herself, she was ready lu SO begin. Should it be the crotch at the corner, or the cue rigid under the window between the two big boughs? The ciotili at the corner was wider, a fine hiTPzy locality, but the oilier was so Fhidtrrcd, no 011c imild possibly peep fiuM without. Some fmd.sh people, you know, always will take to love in a cottage." They wasted very few words over tl.e matter there is little argument when hoih urgue on one side it was ail taken out in hopping and mamma! whispered the little girl at lh? window; come softly! 1 think they are building a nest! She turned her head by inches in her There was fear of making a stir. a light step, a rustle of silken skirts, and a lady stood by the chair a lady who had eyes like the child's, dear pyes! In which the love almost covered the pain quite hiding It when the little girl raised hers to look into them! Her hands played as by habit with the curly hair. She, too, looked out, not Mamma, sobered down The father-robi- n with five wide mouths to feed, the mother had to stretch her wings a little further every night to keep the nestlings in. The spple buds had long since swelled Into blossoms, the blossoms had flown off on the wind In scented showers, leaving the small, green balls that were to be apples In the far-ofall, and the leaves had turned to a darker hue. The little girl rested on pillows now. In the wheelchair; her mother lifted her when she iooked down Into the nest. Mamma, how long will it be before the robins fly? she asked. The mother laid her bead by the one on the pillow, and the child caught only the whisper that was not meant for her: Oh, my love, my love! stood alone At last the wheel-chaby the window. The little girl lay very still within the curtained bed. I must not miss it, she whispered, You will watch, morning and night. mamma, dear, will you not, and wake me when the birdlings fly? The answer was always the same; I Lie am watching. I am watching! still for a while and rest! The times for resting grew longer and the times for waking short. The sun, sending his last shafts of light through the leaves one late afternoon, touched the eyes bo often closed, and they opened at his kiss. Take me Is It sunset? she asked. up, mamma. I have not said goodnight to the robins in so very long. Tenderly the mother lifted her, while the sweet breath of the meadow came up on tho breeze, and the leaves were quivering in the golden light. The robin was winging his way home; the brown mother was crooning a slumber song to her nest. The child stretched out her hands, the radiance glorifying face and hair. 'T.ood-uifhmy birdlings! Mamma, sec how the sun goes down! I Twill be so beautiful think they will not stay! The heal drooped wearily on the piliuw that Ymi will wake me so early night. mamma, dear! The Ftars shone and paled, the gray light stole slowly buck a,i.ii:i. und the faint, faint blue to tho sky. And in pii?.',l:it.f-c,'.vait'?il.e cary .l came, and two went out into me sunrise. into the hush of tho sweet young day leaving a void in the eld white house that nothing cn earth could fill. The one who wets loft stood very still nt the window, aud looked through the apple boughs with iyca that saw them not. There was no need now that love shon'J lii.lc the paiu. As she turnel aw.iy Imr glarce fell on the robin's iuid. I.o! it was empty-on- ly a broken she'll lay where live liirdUngs had nml.l beneath the motlurs wings. Then the t urs ci.r.io to eyes that bad not wept, and a great thanksgiving to a:i actiiug heart -- for iter early.' darling, who lnd "wa km: and lor the robins, who had waited tc fly wiih her. by. ff ir m chlrping. NO. 23. AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, SATURDAY, MAYS, 1S!7. VOL. IV. ed good-nigh- t, t, ico.-iin- g 1 THE .V OLD Holiday VIRGINIA rigure Thai from 1 egg-no- g - - I , MM-;- iu-- . I cub-gist- s , - . tree-own- er r big-taile- st I I cou.-idcrab-ly - rL-in- lmsl-lK-i- -a haif-a-dcze- ti - Itimipiii-arei- l irw. What has Income of the old Virginia fiduicr, whose Sir vices used to lie ill mrcssiiut di maud ai the holiday season and who was know'll ami greeted by all lilt; young, r people for miles Of old there c.iil lie no around? (Tirintiiias in t lit country wi: iiout him. says tli' Richmond Dispaii h. lie was as indispensable as ilie .ihildrcn's bowl. 'the roaststockings, the ed shoal, the mince pie or i In sniffed turkey. Ho was the impoiiaiil functionary at every dance and 'ailed out the figures in an unchangeable voice, which gnw fieieer and fici .r ns he lies our old armed up to his work, is J. it fiddlt friend i.icl.'d a: il his bow unsl rn' g? Has e been lii alde to wl; li tu;.i' the inva-jiu- n of his territory by .:e piano and VV hear lie piaitti ape:.' ? We f:.i s in if him i:y seldom now: wlnregs bis he times hypone at t'h Minis mine vv;..-- on every tongue in d li is bow wielded over n.nny will a as a seept.-lhij-pfor him Llmt he ng tubji cs. I'efo e ti is typo blind suit ibhaus cMinei. lr. lieiuge W. I'.agl.y. he great humorh-- i aim player upon tin neurt Filings of men, in numerous k etches, and the rounder of this pareniln-sler, n ills delightful, re.iiisMe immor-th- ei and described ones, bits del Virginia lid. Her. And as they did: for in is becoming above. rare as the buffalo upon tin- - western Hut well he served his day My birds, my hirtls!'' she whisper- prairi s. ed. over her clasped hands; my very, linl generation before he laid down tie Oddle und de hoc. very own! The color that had come with the One .f the lrrriil. robins slowly faded from check and -- How did Hogan yes get thot oye? eye as the birdlings in the nest grew I dlibrpted me blrt'day Brogan one the old house in the stronger, lnsht aveniu. Juilfie, grew weaker, and still the days went ir , Hkn FIDDLER. MODEL sufficient to tramp into the kitchen the dilapidated and broken down furniture from other parts of the house. When this Is done It is unreasonable 1897, The (Copyrighted, by to expect that the servants will take Building Flan Association.) Very little attention is given to the any pride In the room or make the There le furnishing of the kitchen, even in the most of its possibilities. most particular households. If a new really no excuse for this course, as the house is beiag built the careful house- coet of excellent new kitchen furniwife may charge the architect with ture Is merely nominal. There should certain conveniences for the room, but be two plain deal tables, a large one generally the matter Is left wholly to and a small one, the latter just about his directions; unless he Is a tyro he the height of the range or stove. Thie Is not apt to disappoint expectations. will be found extremely convenient In Modern improvements in plumbing cooking If drawn close to the range, and in ranges provide the most con- to hold utensils. The chairs should It is be of the kind that have solid wooden venient of permanent fixtures. scarcely necessary to warn one against seats, but there should also be at the old style of shut in plumbing, that least one comfortable rocking chair, left innumerable crevices and crannies anything that is In the nature of an to give lodgment to dirt and vermin. ornament and that haa no utilitarian The very best results are obtained use la wholly out of place and should from the use of iron pipe Instead of be banished from the kitchen. The lead, and if this be used there is much design presented has a kltehcn arrangless chance of "sweating, and the ed In accord with the suggestion conof the adjacent tained In article. consequent rotting A description of cut: A, movable tawood, particularly if the pipes he painted. The woodwork of the kitchen la ble; B, boiler; C, closet; E. low table; counter shelf; II, chairs; M, dressfully as important as that of any of F, N, towel rack; P, pantry; R, range; er; 1b the rest of the house. Fine genT, hinged table; V, veranda. S, sink; as as is and any good erally chosen, other wood; it should be oiled and THE SHEEP OF LEBANON. given several coats of hard varnish, or else painted In yellow or buff. They Are Fittraiil I.lka ha Famous (leeae of Klrsaliurs. Fartlcular attention should be given Harry Fenn, the artist, haa written to the use of thoroughly seasoned for the St. Nicholas an account of his visit to the famous cedars of Lebanon, which place is also noted for its silk. Mr. Fenn says: Wherever a handful of earth can be made to rest upon a ledge, there a mulberry plant grows. It Is a picturesque and thrilling sight to see a boy lowered by a rope over the precipice, carrying a big basket of earth and cuttings of mulberry twigs to plum in ills hanging garden. Tho crop of leaves, fodder for the worms, is gat lie led in the same way. By such patient ami dangerous industry have tli cse hardy mountaineers been able to make their wilderness of rock blos- XtiPtm j:V, UYVfcM som into brightly colored silks. Not a liAjfcw'r.ti', . ..r 'iw, i.r 1.J in single leaf is left on the trees by the time tlie voracious worms get ready to ramrEcirv vizir, spin their cocoons, but a second crop wood, for the dampness aud stain arc conn s on la'i r, and a curious use is The trying, at bes. arid j.bnu should be made of that. purd open as little as possible. Ail closets chases one of those quvi-and cupboards xhouid be built from the Syrian i.hcip, tlie tail o' which weighs floor to tho cm'iiiB without the a!L.'it-r- t winter pounds when at the lull matuopening above or below. Tho doors rity of 1;m fatiifss; and then a strange should cover Juol as much of the front smiling prove, s begins, not unlike the as possible, liming room only fur a fattening of the Strashurg geese. narrow jamb and a shallow sill in When the sheep can eat no more tho order he t when hey arc opened the woiutn of tho house feed it; und il is entire cUerior slum 1.1 bo exposed to no uncommon sight to era a woman view. K:u tin tiware tubs are cheaper going out to make an afternoon call, in tlie long run than wooden ones, alleading her sheep by a siring, and though their initial eost is cany in g a basket of mulberry leaves greater. Hut if wooden ones must be on her arm. Having arrived at her Mic squats oil the used, ho su1 they arc put itt nu.st friend's hoti.-e- , carefully, as under tin: best of con-t- ! gioiitid, rolls a ball of midheiry leaves actors they give more trouble lliuu in her ripht hand, ami it into the any other kill hen liiliijcut. Khccp's U)o,.:'!i, then works tin sheep's The drain pipe and naps below jaw up and down with tin oLIkt hand fdii.ii. hi char the floor so that one r.inv till k!i- thinks the iiunitliful has been easily (lean anusnd them. The roping chewed ciiuugh, when she thrusts it rb'uibl go rlr-- to the wall and down the t'uinnt of the miforiuniite ft'ntii it should be a high spla.-dboard, animal. The funny port of tlie while a fi.iaricr round lieu ling should is that probably gosrover the Joint between tin- two. Tlie sips of liie village are rialed around hot water boiler should not be Jammed the yard, all in tlie same tightly Into tho corner, but should operation. Of course the sheep get stand a few inches fioni the wall. This immensely fat. ami that is the object; wi'.l prmit II to be ('leaned on all sides, for at the killing lime the fat is tried an important consideration if the boil- out and put into jars, as meat for lbs er lie of copper. Above all tilings do winter. not stint money In laying the kitchen floor: this must be constantly at rubbed, ! Hood. Witty and if the wood checks and splinters The second wife of l)r. Edwarfi tlie task is heart breaking. Only the Hodges, long tlie organist of Trinity ('ll tin'll. New York, was ft Miss Moore, of New York, a woman or line mind Like und fascinating rmivvrsntion. reto she had devoted wife, a many member that before her muiriagu sho at tlie man who had laughed u li: She was at huidniml. lie was to ome attracted by Ir.s n ;; .ir.i'ice and linl eominent yet his dress, one. She had ruthless a vmis him upon ncmin. Dr. at the gate of him met of Georgia pirn sitouiT g Moore. riemeiil ' lu i! ?c(l in narrow Firi;u, and i: "Ybn is lie.1-- she asked, coing In. . It is no econPave fie'p cpt lier imiis, n, that Why. r'i'i'.ih." omy to ).' a cheap Hour will, tl.e idea is the .(.'ic.e !" Dot nr of iJip. p.iinc upon a covering (f oil nr me!" returned Mie. "Di thought clolli or oilic" fimiiar oM Scotch icildh r!" an was it A very co'iini'ia mistake is nrc!e in And when (die was tn.iined to hill, in a link mat Is ton smnil ventured to pun upon l.is profession .he und in providing nu place for the called him hf,i' "old Knvlhdi ami d coining of ilislicF, a fink is never loo Another idle given him hy her t, ( ven fur the Final lest futinly, ail tongue vins 'the iiicfTablo it will permit it it is wMl Id put lieiiiu.-- e she loved Hodges in llodgo," in ii'.ic Hat is a couple uf sizes luig'-n'her service he than iinu-than nctiii (1: at both cuds should lie was one of Th'-imarriage used. ever wide iliaining shelves, an admirable for clever as greatest happiness, feature, if one can afford it is a panel the was side of life, Intellectual in lm she This of tiling adjoining the Fink. shone hrichtcsi in the should lie capped with a (strip of wood her rharneter home. She was one of of walks containing books, from which may be daily who are always giving without hung hasting spoons, collander, meas- those whether they reto think ures, etc. As to furnishing proper, stopping was the constant reward her and 'this Is a very simple matter, although ceive, of love. daily tribute many people seem to think that it ia SUGGESTIONS FOR A KITCHEN. 1 t'.n-.- ln-- l r ln-- ra-lc- ! , ilrcss-ing- iil-l I n;-e- nmi'-ii.il- . pwl-uli- 1 li,i-.:- cvcr-iriui- y r 1 -- .' |