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Article THE WORK OF NATURE IN THE MONTHS. ← Page 7 of 7 Article AMABEL VAUGHAN.* Page 1 of 3 →
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The Work Of Nature In The Months.
The same poet clrcuvs a lesson , with Avhich AVC may well close our thoughts on early Spring , from the little Field Mouse , Avhich HOAV begins to come forth again : — "Mousie , thou art no thy lane , In proving foresight may be vain ; The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft aglee , An' lea ' e us nought but grief an' pain , For promis'd joy . "
Amabel Vaughan.*
AMABEL VAUGHAN . *
BY BEO . EMBA HOLMES , Author of" Talcs , Poems , and Masonic Papers ; " "Mildred , an AulumnRomance ; " "My Lord the King ; " "The Path of Life , an Allegory ; " "Another Fenian Outrage ; " "Notes on the United Orders of the Temple and Hospital , " § c , ( ye .
CHAPTER IV . —A " . Mabel's visit Avas IIOAV concluded , and she was going home to the North with Fitzgerald as an escort as far as Doncaster , where he had some business . ' Marcus came with Miss Griss to see them off . As it happened , they Avere all early at the Great Northern Terminus— -Avhether by accident or design I cannot tell—so they strolled up and down the great platform
chatting pleasantly together . " I say , Mark ! " Mr . Fitzgerald observed , as an old Avoman passed them , laden with bundles , in an aAvful flurry lest she should lose the train , although it Avanted a quarter of an hour or tAventy minutes before it started , " does it strike you who that old party is like ?"
" I think I have seen you before : I think I have seen you before ; Your face seems to be so familiar to me , I think I have seen you before . " Mark chanted in an undertone as he walked along by Mabel ' s side , "And so I have , but Avhere the dickens it was I can ' t remember . Ohnow I have it ; I believe it ' s old
, Mother Stoddart—or somebody very like her . " "Anclpray Avho is she ? " Mabel inquired . " Oh , our old nurse of No . 3 Ward at Hertford . She Avas a nice old party , " Mark continued . " At Hertford each Avard consists of three stories ;—the ground floor is the boys' day-room—just off Avhich is the nurse ' s parlour ; the second floor is the large dormitory , in which half the boys sleep , adjacent to which is the nurse ' s bedroomand
, above is the attic where the rest of the boys sleep—Avith the servant ' s room adjoining . " Old Mother Stoddart was a sensible ivomari , and not ivishing to bo disturbed at ni ght , she turned all the turbulent boys into the attic overhead , Avhilst the quiet ones re posed in the dormitory .
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The Work Of Nature In The Months.
The same poet clrcuvs a lesson , with Avhich AVC may well close our thoughts on early Spring , from the little Field Mouse , Avhich HOAV begins to come forth again : — "Mousie , thou art no thy lane , In proving foresight may be vain ; The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft aglee , An' lea ' e us nought but grief an' pain , For promis'd joy . "
Amabel Vaughan.*
AMABEL VAUGHAN . *
BY BEO . EMBA HOLMES , Author of" Talcs , Poems , and Masonic Papers ; " "Mildred , an AulumnRomance ; " "My Lord the King ; " "The Path of Life , an Allegory ; " "Another Fenian Outrage ; " "Notes on the United Orders of the Temple and Hospital , " § c , ( ye .
CHAPTER IV . —A " . Mabel's visit Avas IIOAV concluded , and she was going home to the North with Fitzgerald as an escort as far as Doncaster , where he had some business . ' Marcus came with Miss Griss to see them off . As it happened , they Avere all early at the Great Northern Terminus— -Avhether by accident or design I cannot tell—so they strolled up and down the great platform
chatting pleasantly together . " I say , Mark ! " Mr . Fitzgerald observed , as an old Avoman passed them , laden with bundles , in an aAvful flurry lest she should lose the train , although it Avanted a quarter of an hour or tAventy minutes before it started , " does it strike you who that old party is like ?"
" I think I have seen you before : I think I have seen you before ; Your face seems to be so familiar to me , I think I have seen you before . " Mark chanted in an undertone as he walked along by Mabel ' s side , "And so I have , but Avhere the dickens it was I can ' t remember . Ohnow I have it ; I believe it ' s old
, Mother Stoddart—or somebody very like her . " "Anclpray Avho is she ? " Mabel inquired . " Oh , our old nurse of No . 3 Ward at Hertford . She Avas a nice old party , " Mark continued . " At Hertford each Avard consists of three stories ;—the ground floor is the boys' day-room—just off Avhich is the nurse ' s parlour ; the second floor is the large dormitory , in which half the boys sleep , adjacent to which is the nurse ' s bedroomand
, above is the attic where the rest of the boys sleep—Avith the servant ' s room adjoining . " Old Mother Stoddart was a sensible ivomari , and not ivishing to bo disturbed at ni ght , she turned all the turbulent boys into the attic overhead , Avhilst the quiet ones re posed in the dormitory .