Aunt Sally And Limping Joe

The f'illowing was recltod with flno effect ind most npily nppllt-d by tho author, Mrs. UaryLoWQ Ulckinnou, ut the iMilroil opera loutse hu me time go. Th o too ofton forgott'ii i rut li is quaiiitly reiterated ttmt In all thts larrlugoofllots of wlllt, la hII thls effervesince of opinión among reformen and uut treformers ol tmih sexes, men and womeii, h long as the world Itands, must riso and lu LI together. 3at of the nhadows of long ugo A ritu1 two tlgures I nned to know ; l''i(itKcB iionifly, nd aaoar and -low. Uf uld Auni Sally and Lirnping Joe. Sim i lt their utory and (juickly told, rtiry hüd lont ibefr iiilvor they uever had i- . Vhey were oot very witty and, being old, almbouse kept tbem oat of the cold. Aunt Siilly wats wiry, and aharp and thiu, A.nd JoeJ oo tlptoe. .icurci; reacfied her chin. He hud one hort lee which could never hf-in, To vie with the loog one out or iu. AuntSally had ontlived curse ; Had quite forgottfti her empiy punse - And siie (houbt the pnorhuune and patipersi hers ; Pook 'hem, live Jiot. (or beiter or worse. And all thu week witn a busy hand Shr worried and hurrled the bousehold band. She watched the house aud goveroed the Und IJke an ufllcer, ever on comniand. InciudiiiK i u her weepfng claim 'I iic rint to iH'Mir tor al who cume ; The right to comfort, or checr or bltiine, To clndf tbe lazy and belp the lame. She nniifd the eick, aud her figure tall Wrtp tirt-i to anwer the chJldreu' cali ; And Joel. verieBt baby ot all. Was sro ld cd and coddled to hearU COütont, Ever followjüg S.-illy's bent. And ever marvelling wtui sbe meaut. On Sandays she was Sally still ; And bueiled to cbarch wi'h a week day wül. llow oft have I xeen them upon tbe hill Ab Ihey tao8'd from tibi by thü old ptonc mili, Sally and Jofl. wldc by sid ; Hut hls hnliing hop, and l er hurr:ed trido. Muit' by little th-: pair divide, ' TUI diHtance betwetn tnera KM dnnty and wide, '1 neo thoueh che nevi r changed lier pat'e, Or limped hia limp to buil the case, Still Bhe wou ld bilt, wiih patieut face, TUI he came uear tbe hj-c ed place. In old black gown, would, cruw-lke, percli Od wrtynide ti ne, lunth nhady birch, TUI Joel, ever In the lurch, Stamped straight beaide her loto church. Ah me ! the yeara would count a ecore, Since I have ever tho't helor; Ol Sülly by tbat old chuxh door, Of Jours thump alonji ttu: Hoor. 1 know nor. 11 the puinu strau1' fat'. Tnat hurrled her- and made üim late, Pursned them to the beavenly gate ; lint. lf It did, then öally'd wait. - And eo - o, tilend inunt you or I, Wnose fervent spirit seekB th : aky, Who, eaííer, long lor lulier day, Wait for the laggarda by the way r It may or lt m iy not be a lault, That sisters haeten or brotheie halt r It lutttterd not what door Hwiugu wide, Neither alone can Walk iuuide. Slowly are movlng the wheels of thouht, Slowly ever are great deeda woagtit. And men BOaj linter and womeu wait, Thelr waya eau nuver be ceparate. - They are not all tnartls- tn tbe van Of each brave movement behold a man, And rnany a manly hand vt nf baok To help a wom m on llle's rough tmck ; And I count it better, if one be strong, To lose the first strain of ft song, To mlfs the flrt foam from the cap, Thun drink ere a thirstier eoul comee op, 1 Tin even bet ter to be duet bliud. Thun grow impatieiit that behind Sume houI may lag on upwurd rond, Kach step we swiftly could have trod, It may be wrong, but yet I kuow, Whether I journey t'adt or elow, Whether or In cowds I (jo, Pm glad Aunt Sally stoppedfor Joe.