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Short StoriesAnna With A Pleasant Home.Anna, having obtained leave of her mistress, soon found her... The Way To Overcome Evil. A little girl, by the name of Sarah Dean, was taught the pr... Early At School. One Sabbath evening a teacher was walking up and down in th... The Bit Of Garden. Young children like to have a small piece of land for a gar... The Happy Family. There are a great many novel sights in the streets of Londo... The Glow Worm. On a summer's evening about half an hour after bed time, as... Or The Unexpected Meeting. I must tell you who were Lettice and Myra. They were the da... Telling Secrets. There is a company of girls met together, and what can they... The Echo. Little Charles knew nothing about an echo. As he was playin... Good Companions. One day, says a Persian poet, I saw a bunch of roses, and i... The Reward. A teacher in a Sabbath School promised to supply all the ch... The Boy And The Gold Robin. A bright eyed boy was sleeping upon a bank of blossoming cl... Mother's Last Lesson. "Will you please teach me my verse, mamma, and then kiss me... Jane And Her Lessons. It is a mark of a good scholar to be prompt and studious. S... Harvest Song. Now the golden ear wants the reaper's hand, Banish eve... Jonas And His Horse. A horse is a noble animal, and is made for the service of m... Flora And Her Portrait. "And was there never a portrait of your beautiful child," s... Anne Cleaveland. Anne was the daughter of a wealthy farmer. She had a good N... The Parting Scene. In one of our western cities was a poor woman, in the garre... The Transferred Ghost The country residence of Mr. John Hinckman was a delightful... |
THE EXPLANATION.Lettice's father was a man of education, a scholar, a gentleman, and had much power in preaching. He received one hundred and ten pounds per year for his services. Her father's illness was long and painful, and the family were dependant on others for assistance. "We at last closed his eyes," said Lettice, "in deep sorrow." He used to say to himself, "It is a rough road, but it leads to a good place." After his funeral, the expenses exhausted all that was left of their money--only a few pounds were left when the furniture was sold, and "we were obliged," said Lettice, "to give up the dear little parsonage. It was a sweet little place. The house was covered all over with honeysuckles and jessamines; and there was the flower garden in which I used to work, and which made me so hale and strong, and aunt Montague used to say I was worth a whole bundle of fine ladies. "It was a sad day when we parted from it. My poor mother! How she kept looking back, striving not to cry, and poor Myra was drowned in tears. "Then we afterwards came to London. A person whom we knew in the village had a son who, was employed in one of the great linen warehouses, and he promised to try to get us needlework. So we came to London, took a small lodging, and furnished it with the remnant of our furniture. Here we worked fourteen hours a day apiece, and we could only gain between three and four shillings each. At last mother died, and then all went; she died and had a pauper's funeral." From this room the orphan girl removed soon after their mother's deceased, and located among the poor of Marylebone street, where Mrs. Danvers accidently met with the two sisters, in one of her visits among the poor, and for whom she obtained the work which led to the unexpected meeting related in the previous story. Next: JONAS AND HIS HORSE. Previous: OR THE UNEXPECTED MEETING.
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