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Sold by Chemists and Grocers in Air-tight Tin Canisters, at 1s. 6d., 3s., 5s. 6d.,etc. * 5- ELL, Annie Stevenson, I'd often heard of people as had W. nourished vipers in their bosom and was stung to death AVA's, by them, but never did I think that such a thing was to - happen to me, who have been the friend of the widow and the orphan, and taken the bread out of my own children's mouths, as you may say, to give it to the ungrateful and the undeserving. There'll be a judgment on such conduct, that I'm very certain. You can't expect to prosper while you goes on in this way.” “It isn't prospering that I'm thinking about,” said Annie timidly, moved almost to tears by Mrs. Mesham's harangue. “What I want is, just to do right whatever comes of it. I'm very sorry to have acted wrongly for so long.” “And who says you've acted wrongly?", demanded Mrs. Mesham, striking her hand on the little round table in front of her in a way that made Annie jump. “I should like to know who's a better judge of right and wrong than I am, who have sat under Gospel ministers all my life, and had the Bible at my fingers' ends before I was as old as your Isaac.” The younger widow had no answer ready. She looked all round the room in which they were sitting—Mrs. Mesham's parlour—and she absently rolled up the edge of her black apron, before she replied, “I know you're a better scholar than 1 am, cousin Sophy, and I can't find the proper words to set out my meaning, but it seems to me that as I was brought up to the Church I ought to have stood by it, and that I went against my conscience for the sake of pleasing you.” “And who ought you to study to please, I should like to know, if it's not one that succoured you in your affliction, and has stood your friend through thick and thin 2" rejoined Mrs. Mesham fiercely. WOL. XI, H “We're told to be humble in the Bible, and you showed a deal more Christian feeling when you was ready to be guided by your elders and betters, and took my advice in everything, than you do now that you're setting up to judge for yourself.” Again Annie paused and pondered before replying. “I think it was more judging for myself when I left what I'd been brought up in, and what my Richard had tried to keep me to,” she said presently. “Then if you'd been born one of those black niggers that worship an old cow,”—there was some confusion between Negroes and Hindoos in Mrs. Mesham's mind—“you'd have thought it more right to stick to that than to let me lead you into Christian ways, I suppose.” “I shouldn't have felt it right to have gone to the Gospel Hall only out of cowardice,” responded Annie in a low voice; “and that's what I have been doing,” she added more boldly. Mrs. Mesham threw up her hands. “I wonder you have the face to sit and say such things,” she said. “To think that you can have been under good Mr. Price's ministry pretty near five years, and yet as dark at the end of it as if you'd never heard a word of Gospel truth in your life s” “I’m very ignorant, I know,” said Annie blushing ; “and it's partly because of that I feel myself so wrong in having put myself out of the way of being taught. My Dick said our Lord Jesus left the Bible and the Church to be our two helps, and 'twasn't for me to think I could do without one of them.” “And you call that Mary place “Church, do you? inquired Mrs. Mesham sarcastically, shifting her ground a little, “I call it a Popish Chapel, or next door to it.” “Have you ever been there 2" asked Annie simply. Mrs. Mesham could not speak at first for surprise and rage. “Been there 2" she echoed, as soon as she could find voice; “been there! what do you take me for, Annie Stevenson 2 Things have come to a pretty pass if I'm to sit here and be insulted by you, that I took under my roof out of charity, as one may say.” “I didn't mean any harm,” stammered poor Annie in great distress; “you mustn't think I forget your kindness, cousin Sophy, it's just that which makes it so hard to me to go against you. I only meant that if you was judging of S. Mary's by hearsay, p'raps you might think it worse than what it is. They used a different Hymn-book from Richard's this morning, but the prayers were every one the same as in his Prayer-book, and the sermon was all about our Lord's coming to His disciples after He'd rose again. from the dead.” Mrs. Mesham groaned. “And you sitting there, and your boys, too,” she exclaimed, “and me fancying you at the 'All, as you ought to ha’ been 1 Oh the deceitfulness of such goings-on' " “I came to tell you about it on purpose not to be deceitful,” pleaded Annie in a firmer voice than that in which she had spoken before. “I wanted to speak to you last night when I came into the shop, but there were so many customers I couldn't interrupt you.” “Don’t tell me! You was glad to find an excuse not to speak, I'll be bound,” retorted Mrs. Mesham, unsoftened. This was true, so Annie could only look down and blush, much ashamed of the timidity which had made her feel it a relief to find her sharp-tongued cousin too busy to attend to her. She uttered a little voiceless prayer for courage, for she had a good deal to break to Mrs. Mesham this afternoon, and had sought a private interview with her on purpose that she might announce without reserve the new steps she was going to take, besides telling of those which she had taken already. “I'm a poor creature, I know,” she began humbly; “and besides it does hurt me like to vex any one that's been good to me; but if you'd been at leisure then I was going to tell you that I went to what they call an Instruction in the Mission Room of S. Mary's Friday night. It set out all the reasons for belonging to the Church, and so plain that even I could understand them; and after what I'd been a feeling of for some time, and what I'd heard from Miss Betsy, it seemed to drive the truth home to me so that I couldn't turn my back on it no longer. I can't go to the Hall any more, cousin Sophy, I really can't, nor yet let the boys go either.” It was evident that Mrs. Mesham looked on this as a declaration of war, for she gave a kind of angry snort; and then assuming a tone of studied coldness, remarked sarcastically, “I don't suppose as the 'All will be shut up in consequence. It don't depend on Mrs. Stevenson and the Master Stevensons for its support as I'm aware.” Annie coloured again—she was very sensitive to satire-but made no reply; and after an instant's pause her cousin went on, “I don't know as it'll suit me to have lodgers in the house of a different persuasion from myself, it's what I haven't been used to, but I must think that over. One thing however I'm determined on, I'll not have that rascal Isaac a-taking my vegetables about any longer, I do believe he's at the bottom of all this silliness of yours. You're that weak and that ignorant that just to please a little imp of a boy, as ought to be made to know his place and keep his thoughts to himself, you'd take your whole family to destruction, body and soul. You'll be sorry for it when it's too late, I dessay, but don't come to me for pity! Them as quarrels with their best friends must be content to take the consequences.” To say the truth Annie was not at all sorry to have Isaac dispensed from his duties as errand boy. She had made up her mind to send him and the three others to S. Mary's schools, after due notice to their present master, and she felt it would be much better that he should be able to attend there in the morning as well as in the afternoon. But, notwithstanding, it cut her to the heart that he should be dismissed in anger. |