THE COMMAyDMKNTS.

BY CEO. A. BARER, JR.

"Love your neighbor as yourself"So the parson preaches;

That's one-ha- lf the decalogueSo the prayer-boo- k teaches.

Half my duty lean doWith bat little labor;

For with all my henrt and soulI do love my neighbor.

Mighty little credit, that.To my self-deni-al ;

Not to love her, though, might boSomething of a trial

Why the rosy light that peepsThrough the glass above her

Lingers round her lips you seeEven the sumbeams love her.

So, to make my merit more,I'll go beyond the letter;

Love my neighbor as myself ?Yes, ten times better.

For she's sweeter than the breathOf the spring that passes

Through the fragrant budding woods,O'er the meadow grasses.

And I've preached the word, I know.For It was my doty

To convert the stubborn heartOf the little beauty.

Once again success has crownedMissionary labor.

For her sweet eyes own that 6hoAlso loves her neighbor.

Htnmfffl A WIDOW.

It was most unaccountably uncom-fortable. I was conscious of it, andyet I could not seem to get my mindoff the subject. It was early in theevening yet, scarcely seven o'clock.Should I go to the theater, and in themimic life forget my own annoy-ances ?

I aroBe, walked to the window andlooked out. It was a cold, disagree-able night. Pedestrians hurried by,wrapping their coats closer aboutthem, while the thousand streetsounds came to my ear upon thefrosty air with dear metaliio ring. Iknew it must be very cold, and instinctively I turned back to the cheer-ful grate and comfortable arm-chai- r.

Jf a friend would only drop in, I tho't,if anything would happen to relieveIhe tedium. But there was no pros-pect of it, so feeling that I nevercould get through the evening alone.J buttoned up my great c iat, and put-'tin- g

on my muffler started out. I hadno definite idea whero I was going,but the secret of all my discomfortwas that I was In love with two wo-

men.IDon't throw the paper down, dear

reader, and declare that euoh a stateof affairs is not within the bounds ofpoBsibiIit3', and that I deserve to beent to Salt Lake direct, whether T

will or no.Don't do that, I say, but let me ex-

plain. Perhaps I wasn't at that mo-

ment in lovo with two women, but Icertainly was over head and ears inJove with one, and head and ears en-

gaged to another.Now that certainly was enough to

make a peaceful, law-abidi- ng citizenuncomfortable, to make him afraid ofhis own thoughts and still more ofhis own actions.

It came about in this way. I hadtwo years before met Julia Leeds.She was a beautiful girl, had a fortunein her own right, was smart and in-

telligent, and was the belle of the city.I met her at parties, sooiables, con-cert- s,

operas, everywhere, in fact, andafter a time I had the extreme satis-'faotio- n

of learning that I was prefer-red to all thecrowd of fortune hunt-ers that worshiped at her shrine.And then it was in an evil hour thatI proposed and was accepted. Herheart, she assured me, was in mykeeping, and had been for a very longtime. Bless hepretty face and sweetvoloe! loan almost hear those mus-ical tones even as I write.

I think I believed myself in lovewith her, though I do not know thatI ever paused to speculate upon thepeouliar state of my feelings.

I was a young man, good-lookin- g,

so to speak had, I fully believed, afair share of intelligence, and Juliawas a beautiful,, angelic girl. I hadwon the prize for which so manywere striving, and I was satisfied andproud of the achievemeut. I did notthink I cared any thing about Julia'sdollars. I kuew that I would nevermarry a homely or disagreeable wo-

man if she poasessd the fortune of theAstorB, I was certatn of that faot, forI had been aimed at by two or threerich women, ugly enough to break upa funeral, and never hit. So I knewit was not Julia's money but Julia'ssweet ways and means of making her-self attractive. And I had not adoubt when I asked her to let meshare her fortune but that my heartwas In the matter had not a doubt Iloved her to the fullest extent ofwhioh my nature was capable.

But it fell out one dav. or rather Ifell in one day, the company of KittyBlanohard.

I did not know who Kitty Blan-ohard was. I thought at first glanceshe was a school-gir- l. Perhaps it wasthe book she oarrled in her little neatly-gl-

oved hand that gave me the im-preeei-

or possibly it might havebeen the jaunty little "jocky" thatsat so prettily upon her head andshowed her glossy, curling hair tosuch advantage. It might have beenthe short dress and the sprightly stepor may be the very small and perfectly-fit-

ting boot.I don't know what it was, but I cer-

tainly did think she was a school-gir- lat that.

But there was something in theglance of Kitty's eye and In thewords she spoke though I have norecollection of any thing she saidthat told mo very decidedly that shewas far beyond" task-maste- rs.

I went home that night and thoughtabout her until bed-tim- e, and thendreamed about her until moruing.For a week I saw nothing, night orday, but black roguish eyes and danc-- lIng curls.

I went to parties, and theaters, andconcerts by myself, in hopes of meet-he- r.

No UBe. She wasn't there.At last, despairing of ever proceed'

ing any farther independently, I wasforoed to inquire of the friend whohad introduced me a proceedingvery distasteful to me, as I did not j

uja "."' WPto.a'WMjWWHWWB!

wish to advertise my business, or inother words give him reasou to eus- -

j pect I was at all interested.But I did ask him who Kitty Blan-

chard was, and was sorry for it thenext minute for the reply was instan-taneous:

"She's a widow."Now, if there was any one thing

that I secretly despised, that I had anunmitigated contempt for, it was awidow. F had seen them often oldwidows and young widows, good-lookin- g

and otherwise but they all hadthat melodramatic air about them,had the same way of talking aboutthe virtues of the dead. Mr. Pende- -

grasp, or Shuttlecock, or whatever thename might be, and insisting thatthere never was to kind and good aman. I don't know why they do this.I never heard any one say. It cer-

tainly is not the bait that would hookme.

But Kitty Blanchard had not oncealluded to the defunct Adolphus, andI had certainty talked with her fiveminutes.

I wondered how long since the sodswere neatly fitted over his restingplace how long the little bird hadsang his requiem in the droopingbranches of the etc. T guess I didn'tget any farther than that before I rec-collect- ed

that Kitty wore no weeds, butthat she was very bewitching in anI hadn't the ghost of an idea wheth-er her dress was blue, green or gray.I could not have told that she woreany dress, only that I remembered itwas short, and that she had a foot thatI had been nearly crazy about eversince.

I had heard somewhere that a ladywas best dressed when you could notremember a eingle thing she had on,so, while I had rny doubts about theapplication of that rule to all cases, Iwas willing to concede that KittyBlanchard was the best dressed wo-

man in the city. And the earth musthave been heaned a vear over thatsilent resting place possibH more,for Kitty, I was certain, differed fromthe widows I had known. She didnot move around in black robes witha cambric to her eyes for three hun-

dred and sixty-fiv- e days, hopping outon the sixty-sixt- h, with beaming eyesand a pink bonnet. No, sir! I knewbetter than that.

Just then a horrible thought tookpossession of me.

Perhaps the earth had never beenheaped or fitted ; perhaps the littlebirds had never been uotifled aboutthe requiem perhaps the deceasedAdolphus was still a resldeut of thistroublesome world.

In that case Kitty was a grass will-

ow and and I didn't like them atall. They were worse, if possible,than the genuine article. Never hadseen one yet that wasn'ta a . Well,I did not know after all why I shouldbe so averse to grass widows, or, infact, widows of any other persuasion.

So I discarded the widow question,and thought only of Kitty's brighteyes and bewitching ways.

I am sorry to say it, but I think Iquite forgot all about Julia in thosedays, and after I had again met Kittyand had passed one or two eveningsin hpr society, I know I did. In fact,I did not know that there wasanybody else in the world.

I was fearfully in earnest. Kittywas everything that was perfect, shesang and danced, and played andtalked and read, and, in short, dideverything that was interesting andI learned after awhilo that the "sodshad been neatly fitted" two years be-

fore. She told me that, and it wasthe ouly allusion she ever made to tin"gone before" sharer of her joysgriefs, I'm sure she never had.

This was about the time my troublecommenced.

Tliiugs had got to just this pitchunon that stormv cold evening ofwhich I spoke at the commencementof this story.

I didn't like Julia any more, and itwas astonishing how insignificanther dollars looked to me. So I con-

gratulated myself on being a betterman than I had in my secret mo-

ments believed.I was certain that Julia loved mo,

and I did not know how I was goingto get out of the entanglement, but Icouldn't marry her with my heart aburning, Boething furnas of affectionfor Kilty Blanchard.

She hadn't any money. I kuewthat, but I loved her bo that I wouldhave been willing to sacrifice a dozensuch fortunes as Julia's for the sim-

ple assurance that I was dear to her.But I was bargained for, as good as

sold, everybody thought, and I couldnot ascertain the state of Kitty's feel-

ings until something should turn upto help me out of my difficulty.

Two or three times the thought hadentered my brain that I would seeJulia Leeds and make a olean breastof it, assure her that I had all respectand friendship for her, but that I hadbeen mistaken iu my feelings, that,iu short, I loved another. That wasthe orthodox way of doing things,and it was the only way that at firstoccurred to me. Then when I con-

sidered upon it I was afraid. Juliawas a bright, high-spirite- d girl, andbelonged to an influential family, andif she chose to make things unpleas-ant I knew she would do it. So I feltthat I must resort to stratagem getJulia in love with somo other fellow,when I would be the injured party,and could not only display my mag-nanimity, but also get the gentle be-

ing whose lightest word, etc.And now I have got quite back to

that frosty, cold night that formed theopening of this confession.

I am now ready to tell where Iwent.

"Why, you went to see your wid-

ow, of course!" exclaims a prophetioreader.

No, I didn't. I went to see a veryintimate male friend, rejoicing in theeuphonious name of C. EllsworthPercival. He was n great lady's mau.He loved the whole sex, and they,the ladies, God bless them ! took tohim naturally.

I found him, and told my story,and asked him what I should do

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he but ho could readily imagine,after my description, that she was thewas the "one altogether lovely."Quotations were natural to C. Ells-worth Percival, and he could alwaysexpress what he meant in languagebelonging to some one else.

Julia Leeds he did know, and hewould call there few times, get up alittle flirtation, or words to that effect ;

I could get jealous, pick a quarrel,break the engagement, marry thewidow, and let Julia find somebodj'else.

It was all as easy as rolling off aslippery log.

So it was arranged.C. Ellsworth Percival began calling

upon Julia, and I continued callingupon the widow and keeping awayfrom Julia.

I think I was more happy for thenext few weeks than mortal has rightto expect. I called on my adoredKitty as often as I could frame an ex-

cuse to go there, and as often as I dared without an excuse. She was gen-tle, pleasant, everything. She likedmy society, I knew, but she hadmost wonderful faculty for makingmau feel that he had no rights orprivileges in life. I couldn't accountfor that.

Consequently I was very sur-prised one evening to find her sittingvery close to a long-whisker-ed indi-

vidual, who was tenderly holding oneof those identical little hands that Ihad been raving about for months.She arose very gracefully as Ientered,and well, I never did know just howshe did it, but I found out by some-

thing she said that I was an acquain-tance, and that Dr. D'Arlemont orsome such confounded French name

was her affianced husband, or shewas his affianced or somethingof that kind I didn't or carewhat I was only cansious of the factthat I wasn't an3Tthing or anywhere.

I believe I congratulated the widowand said "I hoped I didn't intrude,"talked a few moments about theweather, and made my best bow andgot out

I must have walked fifteen milesaround the city before I reached homeand I don't I had taken threesuccessive steps in all that distancewithout '"confounding" the widowsand wishing the whole race to thed ogs.

But I came to my reason alittle it was .near morning when Jdid I made up my mind that Iwould show her as though she need-ed any showing. My mind wai madeup that was certain. I would callupon Julia Leeds right away, and ze

for my late inattention andwo would be married right away. Islpt an hour or two on that.

I was a little sore arouiid the heart,aud very achy around the head wh;;I awoke.

The postman was early that mor-ningtwo letters lay on the table atmy bedside.

I took ono of them, doubled up mypillow, raised myself on my elbow,and broke the seal.

It was from C. Ellsworth Percival,telling me that he was married thathe bad been exposed, took it, had itthe natural way, and that the crisiswas past, or in other words the cere-mony had been performed the even-befor- e.

He hoped I was satisfied, andinsisted that he owed me a debt ofgratitude for putting him in the wayof securing so lovely and lovable awife. Then followed some badinageabout the widow with the soulfuleyes, and many good wishes for mysuccess in that direction.

The other was from Julia her-

self, inclosing wedding-card- s. Thecontents of the letter I do not remem-ber, but I know it was dignified iutone, and I was informed that I wasreleased from mjT engagement, thatshe harbored no resentment, but thatI must never, never seek to see heragain.

And I never, never did.

"Entertaining" a Friend.

A wife, when she has received suit-able notice, can get up a suitable din-

ner for her husband's friend. Shedoes her level best, working withoutstint until repast which pleases herin every particular is bpread. Thenthe following conversation takes placewith the guest:

"I hope you'll be able to make out ameal."

"I shall do nicely, I know," hesays.

'I am really ashamed of the table,"she rattles on.

Why, you ueeden't be," he pro-tests.

"But it's all his fault," she explainsnodding toward her husband. "Henever gives me warning scarcely, andit's such warm weathe now that thereis nothing you can keep on baud foran emergency."

"Why, you've done nobly, Ithink ;

couldn't have done better," assertsthe guest, beginning to lose his inter-est in the topic.

"O, I hope you don't think thisanything of a dinner," she says, look-ing with anxious pride over thespread. "You must come up again,and let me know before hand, and111 promise you something decent toeat."

"I'm sure this oan't be beaten,?'protests the guest, with a sense of be-

coming depressed."Oh ! bless me, this is nothing but

a picked up dinner, just the same aswe have if alone. Do try anotherbiscuit ; I don't suppose they are fit toeat, though," she says, with increasedanxiety, as she observes their delicatecolor and flaky texture.

"They are beautiful," he hastily explains, feeling very uncomfortable thewhile.

"You must take the will for thedeed," she observes. "I didn't seewe were out of bread till the last mo-

ment, and then I hastily made upthese. I didn't think they'd be halfway decent, as there was no time towork them."

And so she rattles on with her dis-astrous comments, the dear old fraud,while he continues to protest, andcontinues to feel more and more likegetting up and flying away. Dan

didn't know little widow, j Nctvs.

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