TWO MOTHERS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 332, 9 January 1889, Page 6

TWO MOTHERS.

On oithcr side a window Thatoponod to the west, They guarded each a treasure, A cradle and a nest. And always when al, evening Hank down the summer btin, Four little heads wore in the nest. And in the eradie one. Without, Uio feathered moLhcr Koptimthlul watch and ward ; Within, tlio human mother watched ; Abo\ c 1 lie n Matched the Lord, And RiUintc there in silence, Cnhroken by a word. There grow (o bo a bond bol ween The woman and the bird. So that when ea 'h bad cradled Her oir<-|M"nu lorthe nigh I, She looked loseo that nil within The other homo \\ as right. There <"imo a linieot storm without, A time ol ixi'\oj w ithm : Mho c-hn ir blood vacant barothctwipr Wlicrc once a bud had been. And when onco mote the window Stood open to tin, west. A viddencd human face looked out Upon a bhatteied ncsl. Ah. stiMnue I ho link tlnit bound thoin, l ( . en in j. r ucJ ho threat! 1 l-'oor little friend !' the woman ciied. ' \ro botli honic-j dc 3 olate ." Wiule iierchcd unseen above liei , Ij lion a woodland spra.\ , The small brown bird sal mourning Whom slio IhotiKlU fat av»a\. .\i>'l but the empty o ib, Tne molhor all alone, blie on! \ chiipjd, "Poor lluupf, poor f l«lng% Her little on" has down !' The Mm sonic down : forsaken I'uii^ ( ithei little bed. The human K'l.irdi.iu was Rone, The "-entry bird had tied. Yet still the Lord kept watch above. To }„i\ o Hi'i child en rest; Jlis lo\e was o'er tho omply crib And ocr the empty nest. C \fIOLKNJ., Lr-SI 1L FJKI.P.

It is a mi-eiablc economy to save time by robbing >our-c f of nece^-ai j plcep. ' I heai you luivo had an addition to your family, Mi i-Jrown.' JSrown (sadly): ' Multiplication, my dear madam — twins.'

A liLLlo j^iil begging for some sugar in her lea was told that --he had had several lumps alieady. "Wlieicupon she pitiiully s;tid, ' Vc&, mamma, but you &cc they mtlo away fro. '

l'iofcs-or Huxley Ctili-3 it 'a covollilloraT flicotyleclonoii-s exogen, with a monopetaloufc coiolla and a central placontalion.' If 3'ou me in a liuny, you can cull it a primrose itibtead.

'What is tho ' Lady of Lyons?"' asked Lama, looking up iroin hor book. ' Lyonc*' 5 . of course, ,\ou jroo^c/ 1 epliecl Tom, with an expression of much loftiness and e uper»oi wisdom. A little «irl, when asked by her mother about suspicious bite^ iv tho sides of a uo/>cn apples, answered. l Peiha})B, mother, they have been frost-bitten ; it was so cold last night. ' >

' What can 1 do ior you to induce you to <*o to bed now V a^kcd a mamma ot her live yeai old boy the ofclicv evening. ' You can let me sit up a. little longer,' was the you.ngstcv\ response.

Bait, tia\e Oub — Country Minister : 'Little boy, what amII your iathor sa;y to a, u'ir fishing on Sunday?' Little lioy : 'If you kin wait a minnif. he'll tell you. He's just gone In dj£ inure bait.' ' You seem to enjoy telling libs, 3 dryly remarked an old lady to her little niece the other day. ' Ye-, auntie/ replied the aulul child. '1 think I do: but ] enjoy ."■ecin cc _ r you mwillow them more.'