REFLECTIONS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1055, 22 April 1882, Page 2 (Supplement)

REFLECTIONS.

At church I sat within her pew, OJPew! ~...' But there!heard No pious word— I saw alone her eyes of blue! I saw her bow her head so gracious, O'Graoious I .The choir sang, .. The organ'rang— And seemed to fill the building spacious. I could hot hear the gospel.law—- ;," " ,".0,-Lawl' : -' '' ■."" , ily. future bride. .Was by,my side— Without a'ginglo fault .w'flawi And when pealed forththeorgan's thunder—- • :' ; 0 Thunder .!■•' ! '"" ■; I fixed my eyes.' Inmute surprise. To her whoso beauty was: a wonder, • To mo that maiden'wias'iriost dear, 1 ■ "■■ OT)eafr'"^ f ' : ' : And slje' was mine, Joy too divine ''! For human words to'picture hero. Hpr love seems like a'priiyer.to.bless met ' ".' ,'. 'o ( ,blesßmel .Sefofe'she'.eame. , ~ My,'iife was!tame, My rarest .joys, could me. , ; The sorvice done, we sought.the shore— - ! v.' .. oShore! . ' ' i . , And-there, we ..walked, ' And sadly talked— More sadlytalked than.olef before. I thought sh'e'was the typo of goodness—- '' ' ,! ' "O'GoodnessJ ' But dnlthat'day I heard lier'toy',' Plain words' whoso very tone was rudeness! ' We stayed'.beyond,the tide-mill's dam I .! '■'•'•'' : "":"ai)am! ■/■""■.•-"■• i - She jilted'm.e . And now,l. see .', .. ; That woman l, fl''lb've : is'ali'a' sham.

~" ' ' kj> ah\ bil i.-.i' h 1 S\ A i, "\one of the recent mpwvemikfe'ittthe jpro- : miction of lnoo is the introduotlph of shaded ; ' fonts in the flowers and patternsj'gmng thefei by.yarying the ( appk'cation of the two stitches «sM»iM^aking.).the''fiowers—the " toile " .which forms.the close tissue,.anithe_'.'grill6," 'empl6y?d k in'tKemof e'openpart" tern.., The system is so suocesafully • applied jxf the Ja'ce.qf sranqe that it has been adopted. witlisthq great§Btsucccpa,'.'.':;''.' , .V i .TJiereis alegendiegardingtheintroduction of this manufacture into Flanders. A poverty-, stricken but pious young girl was dying .of love for a young man whose wealth precluded ajihopes'iof "marriage, • One night, rj3 she "sat i weeping,, at her sad fate,; a beautiful; lady, entered the cottage, and, .without, saying-; a, word, placed on her knees;'a green cloth ' cushion, with its bobbins filled.with the, fine threads .which on .autumn eveninga,, float in the ajr, ,ahd;]iyhich-,the pe'ople.call'.'fils de.la jVier'ge," " " ' ■'., '..''' . . • '"., ! The lady, though of romantic bearing,, was a praotioal.rnanufacturer,"„ She.sat ;dbwn in. sileace,, and with-her nimble, fingers taughfci the unhappy maiden how to .make all sorts of. patterns'and .complicated switches'.',, ' .■. ' :;As,daylightapproached,, the maiden had. her art,'. and' the; mysterious \ visitor • 'disappeared;- The price of ;the,lace soon mado, the poor girl rich.'. She married'the, m'an; of surrounded liyed, happy and rich,' for, she had; kept jthe 'secret for herself. • , One, evening ~when the littje folks were, playing.rpuhd i her kneoby the .fireside, and. |her husband sat fondly watching, the, : happy. ; grpiipi;thelady,suddenly made,heria'ppearv ance, amongthem. Her bearing wis distant,. Sheseomeji stern.;and,sad,, and, this time addressed'her protege in a trembling voice., [ .".Here, 1 ' sh'e.sau},,"you enjoy peace, and abundance, r while without.: are famine and. 'trouble, I helped you; you have not helped, ' your .neighbors.;, The angels weep for you and turn away their faces," , . ..; ' ~ So, the next day the woman arose; and, ; going with a green cushion and its bobbins ta .her hands, w'ont,.from i cottage, to cottage, offering all who would be taught to instruct them in the art she.hadheraelf miraculously learned, So they, also .became .rich", and Belgiumbecame.famous for this manufacture,