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Show - X jfteme8 5rom Sitglish V I Classes of branch SlormaL t I I GRANDMA. Tho hoydny of llfo for grand mu Booms to hnvo gono: n osd ttiougbt to me. and vot not ead; for na I look baok now I can soo a halo of BUUBhlne that alio has cast Into many lives, warmlug ihom comforting thorn. For In those days Bho entertained aa woll as hor daughter-, aud oh 1 tbo splendid splen-did dinners she nave. Ono of mv oarliest roooHeotions whb of ono of these dinners at grand ma's. Thon alio wns ns young da tho youoKest, skipping nud mmoingnbou-nmong mmoingnbou-nmong hor grnndohlldrou, taking not tloo, with a world of slgbp, of tho tears and sorrowa or onoh, ns oaoh oamo to hor with his potty com plaints. Grandma was hospitality itself. Nothlug who too good for hor ilfly odd children nnd Brandohiidrou. The best of Hold aud farm was eat before thorn. Dlunor culled, all ruahod in to tbo dining room, lifting up their headB to snuff tho odora that came tbruugh tho open door of tho kitohou beyond. And ohl what u dlunor: no better than many u ono sluno: yot tit for kings to alt down to, Thero bofore tho many warm plates woro tho dishes arraugod In ordor, oaoh bnapod up full of uomothlug thnt steamod and smokod uud fnltly forced ono Into a disposition to "fnll to" aud eat. Aud it ono were not In n mood to cat grandma's guests werq always so jolly and Hgbtheartod that ono forgot his troubles nud ludlgoat tion. jn ligedJ ur?u I atfarjlwMlilwImpa? nwliis nlS?or Tnfrflbyr fiat by their wivos. nud wives lytliolr oblldien, aud every husband did his bent -by vnrloun little odd thriiBts, and compliment?, and coy retnarlto to nifik" hia wifo fO'l liko il queen, and forget her ou huueehoid oart-a Tbo when in turu looked admirlnaly on their hnsoiuids betweon tho Intervals Inter-vals of looking Into tbo children's difficulties and pereeivlng iiatoux thorn a bsoomiug doo rutn. Grandma in tuoan dnyM, with tb uBeUtaiico of Jane, elwaye ineinted ru wtiitlog en her comnaay. If hoyo i effttrrd to httlp her Hhe poultlvtsty ot-jected, ot-jected, SHjiui!, "Why, no, my dear: sit right whero you aro. 1 can do il quite eiiellv. " To another she would say "Oh, no, just sit still-, aud lock aftor tlioeo children, and koep their little haudo oil tho hot plates. I'll bo br.ek, Martha, iu u moment." Then off sho would fly us lightly us wisp of feather, returning under tho woigbt of n heavy turkoy that was now taking hia la&t roll iu n great pluttir of gravy. i'hna were wo entertaned by graud-mn graud-mn boforu eho became so feeblo aud faltering. Hut no it Is quite differ tint. Grandma no longer trots about to tho whims of all her grandchildren; grandchild-ren; sho no loncor gives those great feaato at which all tbo familiea UBed to gather. Sho is older now, nud cnunot do what wo know is in hor heart to do. Bho sits now rockiuu, geutly forward, goutly backward oh bing her life away tho eamo gentle littlo womuu as of old ; but tho llrm step Is gono, tho onoocioar eyo gropes for moro light, tho ear listotiH only for a 8weot nnd weloomo nail -tha call to a rauowed and higher life the call to InuiiortRlitv. WALTER LUNT. |