| Show 4 4 4 44 ge last per I 1 S pairy tale vy harj r EJ 1 44 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 JJ J J 1 are in a rich happy bouse WF where the master be aery ants the mends of abe fam lly are full of loy and telle ity for on tills day a son and heir ha been bora and mother and aie doing well the lamp in the arr bad been partly shaded and the windows were covered with heavy cur bains of borne costly gelken material The carpet was thick and soft ahle a covering of moss invited to slumber everything bad a charming look of repose and so the bad discovered for ehe adept and well be might sleep while everything around her told of capr inese and blessing the guardian angel of abe bouse leaned against the bead of the bed while over the child was spread as it were a net of stars and each star was a pearl of happiness all the good dears of life bad brought their gilts to the newly born here sparkled health wealth fortune and love in abort there seemed to be everything for which man could elgh on earth has been bestowed here ald the guardian angel ho not everything said a volie near a voice of abe good anel of the child one fairy has not yet brought her gift but she will even it years should elapse she will bring her gift it to abe last pearl that Is want ing cried the guardian angel nothing must be wanting here and if it Is so let w fetch it att w seek the powerful fairy iet I et us go to her will come she will come some day unsought her pearl must not be missing it must be there that abe crown when worn may be complete la she to be found abere doo she dwell said abe angil tell me an 1 I 1 will pearl will you do that replied the good angel of the child then I 1 will lead you to her directly wherever she may be she ha no abiding place she in the palace of abe emperor sometime she enten the peasant a humble cot she passes no one without leaving a trace of her presence she branea her gift with her whether it Is ft world or a bauble to this child must come you that to wait for ula time gouid be long and nc acles les well then let us go for tills pearl the only one lacking amid all wealth then band in babil they floated aboy to the spot where the fairy was now lingering it v as in a large house with windows and empty rooms in which a peculiar stillness reigned A whole row of windows stood open so that the rude wind could enter at tta pleasure an 1 the long white curtains waved to nna fro in the current of air in the center of one of the rooms stood ail aik oik n colfle in which lay the body of a woman still a the bloom ot bouth and very beautiful fresh roses acri scattered her alie delicate folded hands and tin noble face glorified in death by the solemn earnest look which spoke of an entrance into a bet cr world were alone visible ground the coffan stood the husband and cl 11 dren a w bole troop the youngest in the fathers arms they were come to take a last farewell look of their mother tin husband kissed her hand which now lay like a withered leaf but which a short time before 1 ad been diligently employed in deeda of lm e tor tl cm all tears of sorrow rolled down their cheeks and fell in beav drob on the floor but not a word wa spoken the silence which reigned here expressed a n orld of lah allent estepa still bobbing hey left the room A burning light in the room and a ion red akk rose far alane the flame which fluttered in the draft of air strange men cai ie in and pi aed tl e lid of the coban over the dead and drove the nails in while he blow a of the hammer reeo unde 1 11 0 ES sue is nine cuir IN THIS noun TUB aisom TO A LOI OP ahn house anil echoed in the hearts that w ere bleeding ft hither art thou leading me the guardian augel lien dwells no fairy choso whoso peirl coul 1 be counted among the best gifts ot life ea el e la here here la this sacred hour replied the angel pointing to a corner of the room and there where in her lifetime the mother hid taken her peat amid flowers and pictures in blat 8 ot tt 1 ere she like the blessed fairy of the houfe had welcomed husband call dren and friends and like a sunbeam bad screal joy and cheerfulness her the center and heart of them all there in that very spot sat a strange woman clothed in long flowing garments and occupying the place of the dead felfe and mother it was the airy and her mime was hosrov A hot tear rolled into her lap annl formed into a 1 arl glowing with all the colors of the rainbow the angel seized it the glittered like a star with sevenfold radiance the pearl of sor row tho last w hleb must not be ant ing the luster an I 1 explains he meaning 0 all the other pearci do you we the shimmer of the rain bow which unites earth to heaven feo has there been a bridge built be and the next through the night of the grave w e gaze upward beyond alie stare to the end of all things then we glance at the pearl of florrow in which are concealed the wengi which shall carry us away to eternal happl negi |
