Saved From Suicide

Ií. i( woiiderfuliy strange how elEght c ■ircuiistinu-!1 will soinciinií's averi a terrille cjataetrophy. A íew weeia sinra brigfit, intelligent young student: a Btranger In tlii.s ciiy, was kepffrom hla recitnt ons, mut-li to hi- regret, by ;i t$i:ght illness. One day )n landlady , having gome triends witli Ikt .-i.ncl knowtng the ycwng man ■vvas a lint' musi-ian. thoaght she ■woiilil aek him 1o entertain thnn, íor b lime. Bte went qutetly up etalrs to liis robm and gjently i.-i])p:'(l on his loor, .nul was told to come In. Sbe lnvitcd him to tlie parlor iPhere he entekainèd the grutsts a long time. It was afterward learaed ihat just as the lmoïïk ivas lieard at tlic door, tli' younsí man liad raised a pblal oí loadly poiBon to liis lips, and in aiKrtïier eecond "voiild have taken a draug-ht dom Tvhich no recovéry was posaftl?. In complylng with tlie requeet oí liis laiullady. liis mind was diverted from his awíul purpO3e, and his iife' eaved. He hatl already WTitten to his parcnts ot' hls intended suicide and his heart broken mother at o:e started from her ter distant" lióme in Minnesota to take home the body of her lear toy. "Wluen she fouml liim alive no one can deecribe tlus joy that filled her heart. He retumed home with lus ïnother. Th ring the nfflnent tahle sprend, Tley ring of that sweef molden Vh( comes, with modest, silent treai, Wlth elfts for poor folk ladeu. - Christmiis Hcüs. _ tm k i il i III III