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Show ejj r' "r " ir -r - -r r w -r 4 STUBBORNNESS S Oy AOOIE GRAVE3. li 'l b Mil lurv Sedwiupor is i, , mi i 'liiev Inil inn sKihen to uli u'l.er for ivnt i(i yrum. mid dur.i i Unit ll,int nine ehllmen hod lievn limn to tin in Vh,n tli Ornt child wus io liii d !iai h.ul hud ti hitler ex-eliiuui' ex-eliiuui' ..r u.niN tnunts Hint muld not be fonthon on eltlier side, ltui n short time after Die Mom' iiiilrrel Die seen. U child entel.d this wot Id, o. llltllill.b ImiiIi IiiiiI MUnrii neM'i lo Kpenk "u nil their dying day' tie) I torn-muni I,. live topether as man iiuil WlfO. llun liiiplieiiiil iui4 iihii liui II diM.lrc MH u VPrj rufp ,r ,,lu and ii hnini- wns upldoin dem-rteil een by Die jrre.ilest iiroMMntliui. Mitu tli- were mnrrbil he wn ntnoKfii mid hc sixteen. So, ut Die end f ttteniy to yosrs Imth wi-r still (hi it uns Ktrni gc tlml joiuli coiilil If du stubboin. TIiIh uiis es-P'n es-P'n 1 by Uifir Puritan oncvtry, fioiu ubiili they Inherlled the Iron bo. nd ii , inmj tlHW tertmil principle, 'ib , n.viii uurd uiiiht be kept ut tuiy cot. I Ii in a hi rangy life, but derlng all tin uiuh the trnjfcdle, tt'rldciila aud i m nli' i if exlsleiice luid iul bin ii i!,. t,inv. It win iim ex i' . uli but not uniileiiMitit P i m . itors to enter Into mhIi ' ' Ciiiitrary to exi e. tiitlu tile niv (i- cpiitloni wiier taint. nil iM'iiis line iiiu-l',nn nil I"'1 ' f eultute, making t la - i '' 'i .uilims. In f.ui. Die hm -, i, ,i i ,, ,mlts tar j,,, C,nil Ittg h -lunt'itj. ' Al iiiloin ut, ,n required or wlil)i wn, ili ii.d iui by the pnrentx n- Hun mid Diniuitli the ehlldien li o,-d of iiiiiuih. or. If ton young, the mihjeit ninttvi was written mid ilellt eied In I' it fiirin. It wns qtlile ein ' U'lileiit, there weie so miiu ( lilldceii Nt'Ulii r pnrelit trliil to lower Die oth I er In Die Ktliiinllnii if tin. i!ldien, It Milt xitnpl) n ciim of ouih keeping his dlanlty preserved mill IiIh uinl m j tnit. Theie eie weddings iind denili In Die lioiue. but (i'ii tlu"-c did imt alter Die KltuuDon. If Die liiiii-e Ii id lturiK.il It would still hae ln.cn Die j atne. All the children "turned out" ex ivedliudy well, the eldest deelnpug Into a skilful surgeon. One du In summer he and his wife were lsltlug Hie old homestead, which wns situated I In the country. The weather wns ex I teptlomillj hot so hot that no one I had been iible tn sleep well for cural nlglux The dm tor made some lemon ade nnil Khik It out tn the family, who were ult sitting under Die twin maples In (he front yard In n short time It I wn. noticed that the father wns sleep Inc Vet until niiier wnv roaih ilik iinjoiie tiy in wiil.t- him. When It win. I tried ( (mild nut be routed ' Aliirmeil iln- nirriul lilm to Die Iimiii (Hid luld lilm ,m n.roiuh In t(. living mihiiii. I lie doctor m May id j with lilm until the otliers llnlKlied Die i Iniir'cil mi il win ii Dio Meeper aw oke. l lie liMiki-il ut his koii mid liHiulrcd ' lint bail happened. , "1 think, lather, your heart may be i little wrong dun t you think In C 'an' aiy thing .liould hiippui ynti bud I betliV tell tuutliei your wishes ' ( A Mltijrlsliig look, of gliiNluevvfnr n ilyjngt'ersnn flatbed over the fit- ' tin i s fuie I "Ves, son, bring iimthir." c Hut molliei's fiiee wns. tw Med wlili gilef us she Diicvv lieelt lipnn Die ' pinvtrnte fm m ' I "Mary 1" "John I" Miiiiiltiincoindy. . 'I he doctor left Die room mid up pi-uriij'to the tistiiiilided ehlldien with v a wide giln on his face. .i "Ihey me having n heavenly tln.e . In Dieie," till ei Hug bis thumb tnwnrd Die dour lie bud Jiii emerged fmin c "Die snvelest lun'eyiiiiiiin - they me I Die lllhshlcM. piiiiiilesl nniile vnii . iimlil Imagine 1 ltu fuilier stliT iUiM' Of tirolllllle III Ills ll'IIUllllldl'. ' them's .nut :i iblns nils liliu I Just v look flihiinlHue nf ii cimd ii0i iiinln 1'ieltyj rniisli lieiituielii in finite n mull l(i, tliliil lie tiilpbt be living lull 1 tboiiulil Die i iim- ueedeil mid de )i lived It," ei Ii |