..^--^'•*^'^-^-^-^.^.. '•^. '>^. ^- i r*^ ^*^'* <^' ^' ^ ^ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ENGK055ED BY F-jSeiV YliEU ffiATt1EW5 M^II fi c^i\ O? IRe pi\?er a Quaker -. liis drc55 of a 5ober Kue vCa5 iRade; "My coal ar\d Kai mu^l be all of I carvrvol go any otKer \?^ay^ " TKen. Ke buttoaed Kij coat ^^(raigKC j,-^i^;- -• ^P ^° ^^^ cKirv. ^^^V\nd ^Caidly, solemnly, waded irv, ^^^^ And Kis broad-brimmed Kat Ke pviUcd dowT\ ti^Kt -^■^^-^- — — Over Ki5 forcKead, 30 cold and Bui a strong' wind carried avt'-ay ^ Kis Kat; =_ A moment K^ .•silently .si^K^d over ^IKat, ^And iKen, a«5 K^ cJ-az^d t^ (Ke ^ farCK«^r ^^Kor^, TKe coai ^lipp^d off. and ^as ^een r\o n\*^pe. 1!' ^ J I' iu.m "As Ke entered KcaN?<^i\, Ki^ 5*.iii of oVay Wet\t quietly 5 all ii\g- away- away "Ai\d iAoi\e of tK^ awg^h que^iio,^- cd Kitw 7\boul iK^^ vvidlK of Ki\'5 b'^aVer^ brin\."^ "H^^ ^Ncxt cam*' Dr-. Walt.s witK a bur\- dle o{ p5alii\s Tird lAiefly up tiA Ki^s aged arm^^ "And Kyii\i\3 as many, a Very wi^^ IKilAg, TKal Ib^ p<^ople iiA beaV^iA, "all .y7g^-^r^:^%»... , 1; ^ vt n d " mi o K t ^ _ ^^ ,sirvt^. But I (Kovio-Kl tUat Ke- K^^avcd ai\ ai\xi*^Hi? .si-^K, ^-s ?\.s K"^ ,sa\v that ttx*^ riV^r ran broad 7\rvd locked ralKcr ^urpn's^d, aS; on^ by oiA'^ , 1 TK^ Psaliivs and HyiiM\s ii\ t K^ NX^aVt" \)e^r\t down. And a Rep Kiti\, wilK Ki.s n55., Can\e \)C^egley^ (Kt" patiei^n ot ^^ ^o d 1 i i\ e,s5 , =^ But he cri^d, Dear iiv^ \vl\a£ ^Kali ^'' 1 do? rrK^^wat^iS^Ka3~5oak^d fK^m "" tKr<^vi^K atAd wm-^: ^^^% n?^. iKwA tKcre oi\ iK'' v\\'^v, far at\d 'wid'^, J\wa.y tKvill Kardly |Ss!»i=s»_ do, As I'm 'close commurvion/ f^ cro55 >X/^i£l\ y^u; YouV^ bound, I kn^w, iP (K^ r^alnvs of bliss, But you n\u5f <^ tKat ^^ay, and FU §° this." 4> 1 Ken sCrai^Ktw^ay pl(.ii\oii\^ witlv all l\i.s iiiiokl , m 7\way"0^ tK<^ Icil -Kb^ trieml at lK<^ figKl. !^ 'W «.I^V>''', '-^p-^i't tKe\^ \v^M\t' tp^'n\ tl\is w^rld ^^^^^^$"^^ af last C^gctKeiy^^tKey erJepcJ in. IW °And ixoxjc'^ v5,'Ke|\ tK^ piV^r was rollirv^ or\, p-s_^J^ Prc5by{«'riai\ cKurcK w^'rvi doNx^rv; Of \3>70ir\ei\ rUer^" ^ccn\^d aw iiM\vim«?rabl^ iKp^lAO, t-' ^■'*"'!'' But tRe n\ei\ I could count, as iK^^v pa.s.s- yili^f" ^ ed aiol^o••. ^^^j^"^v_'y\rvcl cotxc^rnirvg fk^ poad^ tK?y c;o(.ild TK^ old OP tK^ lAew wav, wKieK it could be, Nor ever a mon\ent paused C' think That both vvovild lead i^ iU^ viv^v's brink. i\x\d a ^ound of nuirmurirvoT long and loud 4 Came c\?^v up from i\\^ moving; crowd 1. lovt'r'^ \n the old way, and I'm ii\ _^^s«^^ the i\e\v, ^TKat b (Ke fabe, and iKi.s [5 i\\^ —"^^^^^^ irue," — c Or, " I'm ii\ i\\^ old way, and yoviV^ ''^ in the uew^ TKaf is the faUe and this is tK«^ true'.' But LK«^ brelKren only .sccnAed ft> 5peak, Modesl tKc" sisters walked, and me«"k, T^nd if ev^r one of {Ken\ chanced (^ .say Wka£ (.rouble^ ^Ke n\et witK oi\ Ihe way, liow sh^ longed {^ pass t^' tk^ oiK^r 5ide^ IHor feared C° cross over (K^^ .sw^-il- ing fide VX voice arose from iKc bretKren tKcn: "Let no one ^peak but fKe Koly 1— men;' For have ye Y\oi Keard the words of Paul, z_ 'Oh, let the women keep ^ilenCe all?' I watched them long in my curious dream. Till iKt-y siood b_y t Ue bord<"r^ oi' ll\e stream, TK^r\, just as I tK'^iirfKt, i\\^ tw^ way5 m^t, But all £K^ br-f'tkren were talking yet, 'And w-ould talk or\, till fK^ hcav- ii\0[ tide Carried theiyy ov