Little Girls

I can r.ot well imagino a lióme moro incomplete llian that one where t lie re is öo littlu giil to atiind in Uie void cf the doinestic eircle which boys can riever fill, aud to dnnv al] htmrts within the maffiü rii g iiy tho ñámeles churra of her pre.-enee. Tliere is Bomethiiig about lililí; giHs whicli is espuciaüy lovMa ; een tluir willtui, nt.uglity was Beem atietly vnid of'evil wfaeru they are to soun fblíov.ed hy tliül s-voct peni tenca that overüovvs n saetí gKicions sliovver.s. Yonr boys are gi'eat, noble fellows, gciierous, Inving, aml full ot good impulsos, biit tliey iré noisy and deinonsirativo, and dearly )S you love thein, you are glad tbir place isout ot doorn; lut Jennio, with ber l:gbt ttep U ülwjys beside yu'', ulie briags thu Slippers for papa, and uith her pretty dunpled lintrei's, uniold the papef for liim to ruad; she puts on a lliimble no bigger th.in a fairyV, and, with soiue very mvsterioüs combinsttion of "dolí ragf," filia up a small rocker by marnran, with a wonderful assumption of womanly difínity. And vvho shall tell how tho liitle thread of speech that fiows with such Fweet, silvery lightness from thoee innocent lips, tvvines itself uround the tnotlie 's heart, never to rust, liot oven when the dear little face is hid among the daitsies, as so uiany raothers know. Btit Jennie grmvs to be a woninn, and there is a long and shilling track fr.irn the hulMatohed door of uhtldhood, tiil the L'irl IiIooiuh iei.o the nüiture woman, There are ihu brolheit who al wayg lower their vmces vvhen they lalk to thfcir sister, and teil of the spoitn in which shu lakes alaiost as mueh interest as they de, wbile in iurn rhe inst niets tbem in all the little mi oor detuiln of tinme life, of which lliey would giow up ignnrant if net for her. And whut a sliiekl shè is upon the duwning tuunhood wherein fü muny teuipiatmiih lie. Alwajs her sweot pruséoce to guard ind inspire thein, a check upon protani:v, a living sermón on imraorlality. iiovv friigrnnt the cup ol tea h hands thfim at tha evening meal ; how eheery her voice as slie relates the little inci flentt of the day. No silly talk f iricipi.'nt boaux, or love of yonng men met on the promenude. A girl like tbal hs iiü empty spuce ia her he;id for sm-h thougbta to run hot in, ind you dou't find her .pending the evening in the dun parlot wuh a questionable voung rntin lor her coni[i;iny. VVhcti her lover comes, he must say whut he has to nky in t he f.unily sitting room, with fathor and mother, or, if he is asliained to, ihere is no room for him there. JoiMiie's young heart has nol been filled by the pernicious nonsense which resul) in so many anbáppy inarriages or ha.'ty d'n orces. Deur girl, she thii.k?" all the lime oí what o good home che ha?, wh;t dear brtheri?, and '.:', 1 iii.ied knees, OraVfeX the blussing of Heuven to rnt on them ; bilt shö does not krnnv hnv far, yery lar, lor time and "ternity, her own pure aiaiiir-lê gnes, how it wifl ruiliiite as a blossing in'o o' her h"iiie uhere a Hiter's itiuinoiy will be the uonaeCrated gfouod of the p st. Chen-h, then, the lituègJi'H, dnnpled Jarlii as, who te:r thgir apniiF, and uut the talile-cloths, and fat the suur:i ï', and are themselvcs the - ligar and siii otlifê! hp% ibem die?s and undref tfieir doll baöfes to thcif riearr's content, ard (ion't teil ïln m T"in ïhamb ard Red Ririirtg Uod ure fictinii?, luit leve :he:n uloée tiU iliuy fiid it out, wtiieh tiuy wil all con hóob. Attiwor ill the f'.uiiiv qne-tii)i)8 thoy !Jk, irnd don't iiiake füil i'f their l),ib' tlu-nloüy ; and whei) ycu ïnn-t wliip thtíní, d it so ihai if you should rernornbeï it, it wouid not bo witli tt-;up, for u alet inany üt l!e girls lose thew h'Id s;n!ilen]y bciore the dojr from wliioh thi-y hrva escaped is slint, and find their wiy back to the angels. So hu fentle wild the ditrliiifi, and see u liat a trad? if snnshine wiil fuilow in tlie wake (it the littl.e liolibii;ji heatis thiit daüy tind a gieatmauy hard prabiems to sdIvb,