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Winter.
0 Charity 1 how blest thy name ! The . starving poor without thee die ; The earth is gladdened by thy fame , As deathless as Eternity .
'Tis well , the Winter King and Thou Dost come to mortals hand in hand ; The cheering comforts given , show The deepest gratitude demand .
The Winter Harbinger of spring , A season ' s rest for fertile lands- — Refreshing wholesomeness doth bring , And Nature's fruitful heart expands . Sheerness-on-Sea .
Amabel Vaughan.
AMABEL VAUGHAN .
BY BRO . BMKA HOLMES , Author of" Tales , Poems , and Masonic Papers ; " "Mildred , an AulumnRomance ; " "My Lord the King ; " " The path of Life , an Allegory ; " "Another Fenian Outrage ; " "Notes on the United Crd . ers of the Temple and Hospital , " $ c , fc .
CHAPTER II . A VISIT AND ITS RESULTS . HHHE Reverend Thomas Brig , M . A ., was the incumbent of one of those newl y formed JL and populous parishes which abound in the outskirts of London , his residence
being in that highly respectable , but by no means aristocratic , neighbourhood already noticed . Amabel Vaughau , or Mabel , as she was mostly called , was his niece , an orphan who was adopted by a rich uncle with a benevolent heart and large family , residing in one of the Northern Counties . He had brought her up from childhood , and , when I knew her , she was a credit to 7 MS training , and her family . Perhaps Fitzgerald did slightly exaggerate when he talked of the universal homage paid to her , but she certainly did not lack admirers , and out of some half dozen avowed
suitors , she very soon chose to distinguish her cousin and his friend . But I am getting on too fast , aud must dismount my Pegasus to look for the cab ¦ which in its name has immortalised him whom it is to be presumed was the inventor oi ori ginator of that delightful vehicle . However , " hansom is that handsome does " and so that ' s a bad pun , and not at all to the point , and Lord Dundreary is out of date . " Well , here we are at last , " cried Fitz , as he jumped out of the cab , " and by me sowl its not the horse ' s fault that we were not tossed into smithereens before nowsmall
, blame to the infernal crater !" " Now , Fitz , don't think you ' ve got the brogue , because you haven't . But what a nice little place this is ! What a pity there's no garden ; your fair cousin would look just in her -element tending the delicate plants , and busying herself here and there amongst the beds of flowers . " "Miss Vaughan at home , Janet" Fitz asks , not heeding his friend .
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Winter.
0 Charity 1 how blest thy name ! The . starving poor without thee die ; The earth is gladdened by thy fame , As deathless as Eternity .
'Tis well , the Winter King and Thou Dost come to mortals hand in hand ; The cheering comforts given , show The deepest gratitude demand .
The Winter Harbinger of spring , A season ' s rest for fertile lands- — Refreshing wholesomeness doth bring , And Nature's fruitful heart expands . Sheerness-on-Sea .
Amabel Vaughan.
AMABEL VAUGHAN .
BY BRO . BMKA HOLMES , Author of" Tales , Poems , and Masonic Papers ; " "Mildred , an AulumnRomance ; " "My Lord the King ; " " The path of Life , an Allegory ; " "Another Fenian Outrage ; " "Notes on the United Crd . ers of the Temple and Hospital , " $ c , fc .
CHAPTER II . A VISIT AND ITS RESULTS . HHHE Reverend Thomas Brig , M . A ., was the incumbent of one of those newl y formed JL and populous parishes which abound in the outskirts of London , his residence
being in that highly respectable , but by no means aristocratic , neighbourhood already noticed . Amabel Vaughau , or Mabel , as she was mostly called , was his niece , an orphan who was adopted by a rich uncle with a benevolent heart and large family , residing in one of the Northern Counties . He had brought her up from childhood , and , when I knew her , she was a credit to 7 MS training , and her family . Perhaps Fitzgerald did slightly exaggerate when he talked of the universal homage paid to her , but she certainly did not lack admirers , and out of some half dozen avowed
suitors , she very soon chose to distinguish her cousin and his friend . But I am getting on too fast , aud must dismount my Pegasus to look for the cab ¦ which in its name has immortalised him whom it is to be presumed was the inventor oi ori ginator of that delightful vehicle . However , " hansom is that handsome does " and so that ' s a bad pun , and not at all to the point , and Lord Dundreary is out of date . " Well , here we are at last , " cried Fitz , as he jumped out of the cab , " and by me sowl its not the horse ' s fault that we were not tossed into smithereens before nowsmall
, blame to the infernal crater !" " Now , Fitz , don't think you ' ve got the brogue , because you haven't . But what a nice little place this is ! What a pity there's no garden ; your fair cousin would look just in her -element tending the delicate plants , and busying herself here and there amongst the beds of flowers . " "Miss Vaughan at home , Janet" Fitz asks , not heeding his friend .