,libraries47        ,illustration3      
,,mrs4 ,,leslie',s ,,bible ,,pearls4    
,the ,pearl of ,love3  ,,or1  ,,josey',s
 ,,gift4  ,,by ,,mrs4 ,,madeline        
,,leslie4  ,love is the fulfilling of   
the law4--,,rom4 #ac3aj4  ,,boston3     
,,published ,,by ,a4 ,f4 ,,graves1  #bj 
,,cornhill4  ,entered according to ,act 
of ,congress1 in the year #ahfh1 by     
,,rev4 ,a4 ,b4 ,,baker1  ,in the        
,clerk's ,office of the ,district ,court
 for the ,district of ,massachusetts4   
,to  ,,frank ,,randall1 ,,ruth1 ,,may1  
,,randolph ,,morgan1 ,,and ,,james      
,,waldingfield1  ,,children ,,of  ,d4   
,f4 ,,appleton1 ,esq41 ,new ,york1      
,,these ,,bible ,,pearls ,,are          
,,affectionately ,,inscribed ,,by ,,the 
,,author4     ,,contents   ,,chapter ,i4
                          ,page         
,,josey',s ,,ride              #aa      
,,chapter4 ,,ii4  ,,the ,,two ,,nurses  
#ba  ,,chapter ,,iii4  ,,the ,,wrong    
,,baby            #cc  ,,chapter ,,iv4  
,,josey',s ,,temper            #dh      

,,chapter ,v4  ,,josey',s ,,christmas   
#fa  ,,chapter ,,vi4  ,,the ,,burned    
,,baby           #gd  ,,chapter ,,vii4  
,,josey',s ,,sorrow            #hf      
,,chapter ,,viii4  ,,josey',s ,,gift    
#ajj     ,the ,pearl of ,love4          
,,chapter ,i4  ,,josey',s ,,ride4       
,please mamma1 may ,i go to ride with   
you8 asked little red-cheeked ,josey    
,codman4  ,mamma was tying on baby's    
silk hood1 and did not answer for a     
minute4  ,i would let him go1 urged     
,aunt ,fanny4 ,he can sit between us2   
and he wont be a bit of trouble4  ,josey
 clapped his hands4  ,i'm going1 mamma1 
isn't ,i8  ,can ,nurse get him ready    
quick enough8  ,yes1 indeed6 ,run1      
,josey1 for your new hat4 ,nurse bring  
his sack from the hall4 ,it's fortunate 
,i curled his hair before dinner4 ,it's 
all dry now2 come1 pet1 stand still     
while ,i baste in a clean ruffle4  ,baby
 ,emma didn't like so many wrappings    
around her neck1 and began to throw back
 her head in an alarming manner4 ,mamma 

gave her to ,nurse to carry about1 while
 she put on her bonnet4 ,then the       
carriage drove to the door4 ,papa had to
 be called from his study4 ,nurse       
scrabbled on her hat and shawl1 and at  
last they were all seated in the back1  
and the driver cracked his whip1 calling
 out to his horses1--  ,go on6  ,why6   
said papa1 ,i didn't know ,josey was    
going4  ,but ,i am4 ,isn't ,i1 mamma8   
cried the boy1 his eyes dancing4  ,i    
should think so1 answered mamma1        
laughing4 ,i don't know as it was best1 
we shall be out late4  ,oh1 we'll manage
 somehow1 said ,aunt ,fanny1 ,josey is  
such a good boy6  ,nurse1 began mamma1  
you must be careful what ,josey eats for
 supper2 only bread and butter1 with a  
cup of milk4  ,yes1 ma'am4  ,and if he  
grows sleepy before service is through1 
take off his jacket and let him go to   
sleep4 ,you will be in ,mrs4 ,reed's    
nursery4  ,yes1 ma'am1 where we were    
before4  ,baby's asleep1 so soon1 said  
,aunt ,fanny1 watching the infant's head

 nodding over ,nurse's shoulder4 ,lay   
her down4 ,she'll sleep all the way1 and
 be as good as a kitten4  ,don't let her
 soil her new cloak1 ,nurse1 said mamma4
 ,fanny1 the cloak looks beautifully6   
handsomer than ,i thought it would4  ,i 
always liked that color1 answered ,aunt 
,fanny1 it's real bird of paradise4     
,untie baby's hood2 now ,nurse1 she'll  
sleep easy4  ,mamma and aunty were on   
the back seat1 with ,josey tucked in    
between them2 papa and ,nurse1 opposite4
 ,papa turned from one to another as    
they spoke2 but he did not listen to a  
word that was said4 ,there was to be a  
great meeting in the ,tabernacle ,church
 that evening1 and he was to preach4 ,as
 they rode along1 his mind was fixed on 
what he was going to say4  ,mr4 and     
,mrs4 ,codman did not always live near  
the great city where they were now      
going4 ,their home was more than a      
thousand miles away2 but they had come  
here to reside for a year or two1 and   
had rented a pretty cottage nearly ten  

miles from town4  ,on three sides of the
 cottage1 there was a piazza1 with      
pillars all covered with woodbine and   
honeysuckle4 ,in the barn at the end of 
the garden1 was a horse which the       
clergymen used for his daily ride to the
 ,post ,office4 ,when they went to town1
 they always hired a hack from the      
stable4  ,mr4 ,codman was a very learned
 man1 as well as a faithful1 devout     
minister4 ,everybody loved him1 for he  
loved everybody1 but especially little  
children4 ,if he were riding through the
 village1 he always liked to watch the  
boys at their play1 or the little girls 
trundling their hoops4 ,whenever there  
was a cry of distress he was off from   
his horse in a minute1 ready to assist  
the child who had fallen1 or to relieve 
any one of their troubles4  ,the        
children of course loved him4 ,many a   
time in the early spring1 as he came out
 of his gate in the morning1 he would   
find a group of them standing there to  
say good morning6 or to offer him a     

bunch of violets4  ,sometimes papa took 
,josey on the saddle before him2 and    
then how the children would shout with  
glee1 and press up to speak a word to   
the pretty boy4  ,mr4 ,codman was not   
the minister of the village1 though he  
sometimes preached for the clergyman2   
but he always improved every opportunity
 to tell those around him of the love of
 ,god1 who sent his only ,son into the  
world to save sinners4  ,illustration3  
,,jessey ,,learning ,,to ,,ride4 ,,vol4 
,i4     ,,chapter ,,ii4  ,,the ,,two    
,,nurses4   ,at seven o'clock ,mr4 and  
,mrs4 ,codman and ,fanny started for    
church4 ,dr4 and ,mrs4 ,reed went1 too2 
and another clergyman with his wife1 by 
the name of ,matthews4 ,mrs4 ,matthews  
had been invited to tea1 and had brought
 her baby1 a little girl1 nearly the    
same age as ,mrs4 ,codman's4  ,soon     
after they were gone1 ,ann perceived    
that ,josey was sleepy1 and easily      
persuaded him to lie down on the bed4   
,then the two nurses1 having had their  

supper1 began to chat1 while they tended
 the babies4  ,look now6 said ,ann1     
dancing ,miss ,emma on her lap1 the two 
of them look as much alike as a pair of 
kittens4  ,except1 answered ,martin1    
that your ,miss has black eyes2 and     
mine1 blue4  ,that's true for ye1 but   
then their mouths are the same1 and sure
 enough ,i thought before1 that no baby 
could equal ours for a small mouth4  ,in
 the mean time ,emma and ,rose cooed and
 coquetted with each other in the very  
best of spirits1 until a late hour1 when
 they both went quietly to sleep4  ,feth
 and a pretty sight they're making1     
suggested ,ann1 pointing with some pride
 to the bed2 the two little ones lying  
side by side1 and ,master ,josey across 
the foot1 with his rosy cheek resting on
 his hand4  ,it looks for all the world 
like a baby asylum1 was ,martin's       
laughing reply4  ,i wonder what ,mr4    
,codman is preaching about1 she added2  
,i would like to be within sound of his 
voice1 it's a treat to hear him4  ,i    

heard ,miss ,fanny saying to her sister 
that the text was to be from ,ephesians 
#d3cb4 ',be ye kind one to another4'    
,you know it's before the ',young ,men's
 ,society1' he's preaching to-night4    
,and fine words they are to put before  
any society4 ,i'll ask ,mistress to tell
 me about it to-morrow4 ,sure1 ,i've    
read in some good book1 that kindness to
 every one would just turn this wicked  
world into a heaven1 like where the     
angels live4  ,i believe it would1      
replied ,ann1 for if everybody loved1   
sure there'd be no stealing1 nor lying1 
nor any such wickedness4 ,and then1 why1
 there would be no prisons1 nor jails4  
,indeed1 ,martin1 ,i think it must be   
the finest text in the whole ,bible4    
,because1 added ,martin1 in an approving
 tone1 the greatest kindness of all was1
 when the ,lord of glory himself loved  
us poor sinners so well that he couldn't
 bear to see us ruined forever1 and so  
he gave himself to die on the cross in  
our stead4  ,would we have had to die   

there1 if he hadn't8 asked ,ann1 with a 
look of awe4  ,not just there1 maybe2   
but we would have had no hope of being  
happy1 because there was ,god with a    
sword over our heads2 and he couldn't   
take it away1 till somebody1 equal to   
the whole world of people1 suffered the 
penalty in our stead4  ,i see it now1   
,i've heard ,master explain1 that ,jesus
 being the ,son of ,god1 his blood was  
more precious than the blood of all the 
human race2 and if all the sins of all  
the people were washed in it1 there     
still would be enough to save millions  
on millions more4  ,well1 murmured      
,martin1 after a pause1 we can't be kind
 enough to people after such an example 
as the ,lord has set us4  ,the great    
clock on a neighboring church struck    
nine4  ,they'll soon be home now1 she   
added1 springing to her feet1 ,i'll just
 bring my baby's cloak and hood from the
 closet1 and have them ready4  ,it's a  
fine night for a ride1 said ,ann1       
bringing ,josey's coat and cap1 and     

laying them on a chair4 ,baby slept all 
the way into town1 and ,i expect she'll 
sleep going home4  ,you have to go      
nearly twice as far as we do4 ,it's     
scarce six miles to ,easton ,parsonage2 
but then ,mr4 ,matthews is a very       
careful driver2 ,mistress would like to 
ride faster than he drives2 ,i wish we  
were going the same way6  ,every moment 
footsteps were listened for2 but not    
till half-past nine did a carriage drive
 to the door4 ,then ,aunt ,fanny and    
,mrs4 ,reed ran up in a great hurry4    
,come1 ,ann1 said ,miss ,fanny1         
hurriedly1 we're late and must be off in
 a minute4 ,you put on your sack1 and   
,i'll dress ,josey4 ,mrs4 ,reed has     
offered to put on baby's cloak and hood2
 and1 ,martin1 you had better get on    
your bonnet1 for the other carriage1    
with ,mrs4 ,matthews and ,mrs4 ,codman  
in it1 will be here directly4  ,the two 
nurses ran to the back room1 where they 
had taken off their outer garments1 and 
in less than five minutes1 ,miss ,fanny 

appeared with ,josey asleep on her      
shoulder1 and ,nurse behind her with    
baby ,emma1 closely wrapped in her cloak
 and hood4  ,mr4 ,codman cut short his  
wife's good byes1 by saying1--  ,it will
 be midnight1 wife1 before we reach     
home2 so1 with hasty adieux1 they jumped
 into the carriage and drove off4  ,mr4 
and ,mrs4 ,matthews followed directly1  
turning down the opposite street1       
,martin screening her baby's face from  
the night air by a thin veil4  ,it was a
 bright1 beautiful evening1 but rather  
cool4 ,mr4 ,codman held ,josey close to 
his breast2 and his wife1 with a warning
 to ,ann to keep ,emma well covered1    
began to talk earnestly about the       
sermon4     ,,chapter ,,iii4  ,,the     
,,wrong ,,baby4   ,in this way they rode
 on for four miles4 ,almost half way1   
,fanny observed1 as they passed the five
 corners2 ,i suppose ,mr4 and ,mrs4     
,matthews are home by this time4  ,just 
then1 ,josey awoke with a start and cry 
of alarm1 which roused his sister1 and  

made her open her eyes4 ,fanny1 who sat 
opposite1 pulled back her hood to quiet 
her1 when1 with a shriek1 mamma cried   
out1--  ,we've got the wrong baby6 ,oh1 
,nurse1 you made a mistake6 ,this is    
,mrs4 ,matthews' ,rose4 ,husband1 stop  
the driver1 quick6  ,are you sure8 asked
 papa1 who had been taking a short nap4 
,sure8 ,can't ,i tell my own baby8 ,emma
 has black eyes2 and1 look for yourself1
 is this my baby's dress8  ,i see no    
difference1 my dear4  ,but1 ,frederick1 
it's awful1 and every minute we're going
 farther away from our little darling4  
,well1 my dear1 if you are positive1 we 
must turn back1 but it is a great pity  
such a mistake was made4  ,mrs4 ,reed   
dressed both the babies1 explained ,aunt
 ,fanny1 trying to recover her senses1  
after the fright4  ,and ,i only carried 
down the one she gave me1 argued ,ann1  
choking back a sob4 ,i saw it was our   
baby's cloak1 and ,i never mistrusted   
the right one wasn't inside of it4  ,it 
was a difficult matter to make the      

driver comprehend that he was expected  
to go eight or ten extra miles to change
 babies4  ,why isn't one as good as     
t'other8 he asked1 grumbling4 ,the      
horses 'll never go through with it1 and
 at this time of night it's no use4     
,but ,mr4 ,codman1 who was now wide     
awake1 and well understood the distress 
which agitated his wife1 without the    
squeeze she was giving his hand1 and her
 continual ,oh dear6 ,oh1 my poor baby6 
now said1 firmly1--  ,we wont waste     
words about it4 ,we must go to ,easton  
parsonage as quickly as possible4  ,i'll
 take the short cut1 then1 across the   
moor4 ,the moon is so bright ,i can keep
 out of the ruts4  ,but then we lose the
 chance of seeing them4 ,they may have  
found out the mistake earlier1 and be on
 the way to meet us4 ,drive on6  ,but   
driver still demurred1 muttering that it
 was a bad job1 and he couldn't be going
 over the ground four times without good
 pay4  ,how much do you want for        
yourself8 asked the gentleman4 ,i hire  

the carriage by the month4  ,a couple of
 dollars is little enough4  ,i'll give  
you three2 now drive on4  ,the carriage 
door shut with a snap1 and they started 
off1 driver lashing his horses with the 
whip4  ,we must look out that they don't
 pass us1 said the clergyman4  ,i'll    
keep watch1 responded ,aunt ,fanny1     
decidedly4 ,i wonder what ,josey would  
say if he were awake8  ,if our driver   
had been a father1 exclaimed ,mrs4      
,codman1 he wouldn't have asked why one 
wouldn't do as well as t'other4  ,hem6  
exclaimed ,aunt ,fanny1 indignantly4    
',twouldn't have hurt the man to have   
heard your sermon to-night1 brother4 ,i 
don't think he's very kind1 any way4    
,he was probably at the ale-house1 and  
had taken enough to make him cross4     
,had he heard you describe how ,god     
rewards our love to others by peace in  
our own hearts1 he would have been more 
kind4  ,well1 ,fanny1 be as tender in   
your thoughts as you can4 ,it is hard   
for the man to lose three or four hours 

of his sleep4  ,o1 you always are ready 
to find excuses6 she answered1 laughing4
  ,i ought to practise what ,i preach1  
oughtn't ,i8 ,he looked archly in her   
face4  ,i hope ,emma wont wake1 said    
mamma1 anxiously4 ,little ,rosa sleeps  
as quietly as a kitten4 ,how strange    
that none of us noticed the change4     
,it's no joke1 said ,fanny1 though she  
could not help laughing4  ,they were    
going over a rough part of the road1 and
 ,josey1 after growing restless1        
suddenly started up4  ,are we most home8
 he asked in a sleepy tone4  ,we'll get 
there by and by1 answered his father1   
cheerfully4  ,i'm afraid we shall have  
to go all the way to ,mr4 ,matthews'1   
said mamma4 ,next time1 ,i'll dress baby
 myself4'  ,miss ,fanny sent me to put  
on my bonnet1 urged nurse4 ,she said you
 were in a hurry4  ,no one is to blame1 
nurse1 said her kind master4 ,it is     
simply unfortunate4  ,mile after mile   
they drove on1 only meeting an          
occasional carriage1 until they came in 

sight of ,easton ,parsonage4 ,here the  
lights were all out1 except one in the  
chamber2 and there persons could be seen
 moving about4  ,a vigorous knock soon  
brought ,mr4 ,matthews to the door4 ,i  
heard wheels1 he said1 and more than    
half suspected who it was4 ,we made a   
sad mistake4  ,martin came down1 her    
face very red1 bringing baby ,emma1 and 
,ann gladly gave up her charge4  ,mrs4  
,matthews soon appeared with marks of   
tears4  ,wasn't it dreadful6 she        
exclaimed1 with a fresh burst of grief4 
,i wanted to go right back4 ,we were    
only two miles from the city when we    
found out we had brought away the wrong 
baby2 but ,mr4 ,matthews said no1 we    
must keep her till morning4 ,he thought 
it very careless of us1 but--  ,there   
was no carelessness about it1 urged     
,fanny1 indignantly4 ,mrs4 ,reed wanted 
to help2 and she put on the wrong       
cloaks1 that was all4 ,there was never a
 thought with us of not coming back4    
,brother wouldn't have hesitated if it  

had been twice as far4 ,we knew you'd   
want your baby1 and we wanted ours4  ,i 
thought you would understand that we    
should keep your little ,miss till      
morning1 explained ,mr4 ,matthews4  ,but
 mothers have such tender hearts1 added 
,mr4 ,codman1 and we ought to thank ,god
 for it4 ,come1 wife1 we must be off4   
,we have fourteen miles to go1 and it's 
almost twelve o'clock4  ,there's a      
difference in ministers as in other     
folks1 whispered ,martin aside to ,ann4 
,mr4 ,matthews scolded well1 and        
wouldn't hear of going back2 but your   
master did as he would be done by4      
,just like his text1 returned ,ann4 ',be
 ye kind one to another4'     ,,chapter 
,,iv4  ,,josey',s ,,temper4   ,it was a 
little past two when the weary family   
alighted at their own door4 ,for the    
last few miles1 the moon had been       
clouded2 the horses were tired2 and they
 had to drive with care4  ,tell ,cook   
we'll have a late breakfast1 said mamma1
 taking her babe with a kiss4 ,now1     

,nurse1 go and get all the sleep you    
can4  ,the following morning1 ,josey    
couldn't remember coming home at all4   
,he opened his large hazel eyes very    
wide1 as ,aunt ,fanny told him what had 
happened4  ,i'm glad we found her2 isn't
 you8 he asked1 again and again4  ,baby 
,emma received a great many extra kisses
 that day1 and the next1 and whenever   
mamma thought about the mistake4 ,but   
one week after another passed on1 ,mr4  
,codman preaching once in a while1 until
 ,spring came again4  ,when ,emma was a 
year and a half old1 she was full of    
mischief2 and ,josey1 who was now five1 
sometimes got out of patience4 ,he was  
just learning to read1 and liked nothing
 better than to sit on ,aunt ,fanny's   
knee and hear her tell stories4         
,sometimes ,emma1 finding no one        
watching1 would get to mamma's basket   
and overturn all the spools1 or tangle  
the thread1 and then ,aunt ,fanny had to
 start up and attend to her1 and stop   
the stories very short4  ,or baby would 

climb on a chair to her brother's shelf 
and pull his nice books to the floor4   
,once1 indeed1 he came in from a walk1  
and found mamma busy with a caller1 and 
,emma1 who had been left there while    
,nurse went an errand1 doing a great    
deal of mischief4 ,she had a new book in
 her hand1 and just as he found her she 
was tearing out three or four leaves1   
laughing and shouting with delight4     
,josey ran to take his book away2 but it
 was too late4 ,his ,christmas present  
was spoiled4 ,poor boy6 he cried as if  
his heart would break1 and was very     
angry with his sister1 more so than his 
mamma had ever seen him4 ,he struck her 
little fat hand1 exclaiming1--  ,you are
 naughty6 naughty6 and ,i don't love you
 any more4  ,the visitor rose to go1 and
 ,mrs4 ,codman did not detain her4 ,she 
was so grieved at her little boy's      
actions1 she could scarcely command her 
voice to say good-bye4 ,she rung the    
bell for ,ann1 and then1 taking ,josey  
by the hand1 led him away to his own    

chamber4  ,he glanced up into his       
mamma's face and saw it was very white1 
and he began to be sorry for his bad    
temper4  ,oh1 ,josey6 she commenced at  
last1 seating him on her knee1 do you   
know how you've grieved mamma8 and then 
the tears began to roll down her cheeks4
  ,emma tore my best book1 he said1     
softly4  ,emma is only a baby1 ,joseph1 
and didn't know any better4 ,if you     
hadn't struck her1 papa would have      
bought you another one4 ,but1 ,josey1   
you gave way to your anger1 and told    
your darling little sister that you     
didn't love her4  ,i think she's too big
 to tear my pictures out1 he said1      
sighing4  ,she must be taught to let    
your things alone1 answered mamma1 and  
you must remember to put them out of her
 way2 but all the pictures in the world 
wouldn't excuse you for treating her so 
unkindly4 ,don't you remember that      
pretty verse you learned last ,sunday8  
',be kindly affectioned one to another1 
in honor preferring one another4' ,papa 

explained to you what it ,meant4  ,i'm  
sorry1 mamma2 but ,i want my pretty     
book4  ,i'm sorry1 too4  ,she said these
 words in such a sad tone that ,joseph  
softened at once4 ,he threw his arms    
around her neck1 exclaiming1--  ,mamma1 
,i'm going to be good and love ,god like
 little ,samuel in the temple4  ,she    
held him close to her breast1           
whispering1 ',he who loveth ,god1 loveth
 his brother also4' ,this is what ,st4  
,john tells us4 ',if a man say1 ,i love 
,god1 and hateth his brother1 he is a   
liar4'  ,oh1 mamma6 ,i'm real sorry4    
,and he says1 too1 ',my little children1
 let us not love in word1 neither in    
tongue1 but in deed and in truth4'      
,what does that mean1 mamma1 to love in 
deed8  ,it means that it does no good   
merely to say ',i love you1 ,i love     
,god2' but we must show it by our       
actions4  ,how could ,i show ,emma1     
mamma1 when she was tearing my book8    
,think for yourself1 ,josey4  ,he looked
 very serious1 his cheeks growing more  

and more red1 but at last he said1      
softly1--  ,i might have taken the book 
away1 and put it up high2 and ,i might  
think1 ',she is so little1 she don't    
know any better2' and after ,i said1    
'naughty1 naughty6' as you and papa do1 
then ,i could kiss her4  ,yes1 my own   
darling1 that would have been           
,christ-like1 loving1 kind1 and         
forgiving2 and your heart1 instead of   
burning with anger toward your precious 
sister1 would have been filled with the 
sweetest emotion1 such as is implied by 
the words1 ',be kindly affectioned one  
to another4'  ,may ,i go and kiss ,emma 
now1 mamma8  ,yes1 darling2 and ,i hope 
you will learn how pleasant love is1    
especially between brothers and sisters4
     ,,chapter ,v4  ,,josey',s          
,,christmas4   ,spring1 ,summer1        
,autumn1 ,winter1 had come and gone2 and
 now ,josey was seven years old1 and    
,emma was baby no longer4 ,there was a  
tiny girl in the cradle who was named   
,grace4 ,the family had returned to     

their own home2 ,mr4 ,codman preached to
 his old people4  ,aunt ,fanny was still
 with them1 though she had agreed to go 
on a mission to ,india with a gentleman 
now studying for the ministry4 ,she was 
the same ardent girl as before1 loving  
her brother's family1 and devoted to    
their comfort4  ,joseph had from his    
birth been much in her care and was a   
prime favorite4 ,she had grieved with   
his parents at the unkindness and       
impatience he had sometimes shown his   
sister2 and she rejoiced with them that 
he was becoming so kind and             
affectionate4  ,though ,joseph was so   
young1 yet his parents hoped he had     
become a lamb of the ,good ,shepherd4   
,he had faults1 as all children have2   
but he tried to correct them4 ,his face 
sometimes flushed when ,emma teased him 
or meddled with his books1 of which he  
was very careful2 but he never struck   
her now1 and seldom was angry but a     
minute4  ,i try to think1 he said to his
 mamma1 that she don't know better1 and 

that she's almost always good2 and if ,i
 wait a minute and remember about       
,christ forgiving me1 then ,i feel happy
 right away4  ,josey showed in one way  
that he was a ,christian child4 ,he     
loved everybody1 and tried to be good to
 all4  ,among the poor people belonging 
to his father's church1 no one was more 
welcome to their humble cottages than   
little ,josey4 ,he always had a pleasant
 word for each1 and often spent hours of
 his play-time in reading to the old    
women of the parish4  ,at ,christmas1   
his greatest treat1 and one that he     
spent weeks in preparing for1 was to    
take his box sled 7the one he drew his  
sister in17 and fill it with the        
presents he had prepared for his        
friends4  ,though they are poor1 he     
said1 over and over1 ,i love them       
dearly1 and ,i want to have them know   
it4 ,so he spent all his pocket-money in
 buying what mamma and ,aunt ,fanny     
thought would be useful4  ,a pair of    
mittens for one poor orphan1 a flannel  

shirt for a rheumatic old man1 a pair of
 glasses for another1 and plenty of     
pies1 which he had hired cook to make4  
,he hired her1 because he wanted to feel
 that the gifts were his and not his    
mother's4  ,do you wonder every body1   
rich and poor1 loved him1 and that1     
wherever he went1 blessings were        
showered on his head8  ,i don't mean    
those worthless words that so many      
beggars use without meaning3 ,a thousand
 blessings on your head1 ,miss4  ,oh1   
no6 ,but real1 heart-felt prayers that  
,god would be his ,father and ,friend   
forever4  ,do you suppose ,josey was a  
cross1 sulky boy8 ,can you imagine him  
wearing a frown8 or with his lips in an 
ugly pout8  ,no1 indeed6 ,it is not     
possible for one who cultivates such    
love for all around him2 for one who    
tries in this way to imitate the example
 of his blessed ,saviour to be unhappy  
or cross4 ,those children who think only
 of themselves1 who are selfish and     
greedy1 who never heed the blessed      

words1 ,be ye kind one to another1 are  
the persons to wear sour faces and      
pouting lips4  ,don't you remember what 
the good ,book says1 ,her ways are ways 
of pleasantness and all her paths are   
peace4 ,that means ,wisdom's ways1 and  
one of these paths is love2 love to ,god
 and love to those around us4  ,you can 
well imagine that ,josey's father and   
mother1 and aunt and nurse1 were        
delighted in seeing him growing up to be
 a good boy2 and each of them were ready
 to assist him in correcting his faults4
  ,he was neat and orderly2 keeping his 
little treasures arranged nicely in the 
drawers mamma gave him1 and his clothes 
each on their own hooks in his closet4  
,but ,joseph was not always prompt in   
attention to his duties4 ,he liked so   
much to hear the talk at table or at the
 fireside1 that it was a real trial to  
him to leave the pleasant company1 and  
the delightful things that were being   
said2 and he often lingered when he     
ought to have been on his way to school4

  ,aunt ,fanny used sometimes1 by an    
anxious glance toward the clock1 to     
remind him of his duty1 for she hated to
 have her favorite reproved2 or his     
mamma would say gently1 ,you'll be late 
again1 ,josey4 ,if the conversation was 
very interesting1 he would only push    
back his chair a little and wait for    
papa to say1--  ,my son1 go this moment4
  ,one day his mamma had a long talk    
with him on the subject of              
procrastination1 after which he did much
 better4  ,she explained to him that the
 meaning of the command1 ,honor thy     
father and thy mother1 was not only that
 a child must obey when told to go or   
stay2 but he must strive in every thing 
to act as would please them4 ,he must   
honor them by anticipating their wishes1
 by acting when they were absent as he  
knew they would approve if they were    
present4  ,she told him that he could   
please the ,lord ,jesus by a dutiful    
attention to their desires1 such as1    
always to be in season for school1 or   

punctual to any engagement1 just as much
 as by being honest and truthful4 ,the  
dear ,saviour would look into his heart 
and know he was trying to do right out  
of love for him4     ,,chapter ,,vi4    
,,the ,,burned ,,baby4   ,the winter    
after ,josey was eight years old1 his   
parents received a visit from their dear
 friends ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,matthews and   
little ,rose4 ,two infant brothers had  
died since they last met1 and ,rose was 
still their only daughter4  ,emma was   
now in her fifth year1 and ,rose only a 
few weeks younger4  ,many a time during 
the visit1 did the mothers and ,aunt    
,fanny talk over the mistake made by    
,mrs4 ,reed1 at which no one was more   
sorry than ,mrs4 ,reed herself4 ,many a 
time they laughed over the question of  
the cross driver3  ,why wont one do as  
well as t'other8  ,the man had married  
afterward1 and when a tiny babe was put 
into his arms1 and he was told it was   
his own1 he understood well why every   
father and mother love their own        

children best4  ,aunt ,fanny was soon   
going to leave the country4 ,they had   
all been busy for months in getting her 
clothes ready for the voyage1 and a     
missionary society in the village were  
making shirts1 etc41 for her friend1    
,mr4 ,barnard4  ,one afternoon1 she     
walked to the village to give some      
directions that had been requested1 and 
took the opportunity to make her last   
calls on some of her poor families4     
,the tea hour passed1 and she did not   
return4 ,her brother did not know where 
she was gone1 so they were obliged to   
wait patiently for her return1 though   
,josey grew every moment more anxious4  
,at last it was within half an hour of  
his bedtime1--,emma and ,rose had long  
before gone to their cribs1--when ,aunt 
,fanny's welcome voice was heard4  ,she 
looked very pale1 and all knew at once  
that something must have happened4 ,she 
motioned ,josey to her side1 and laid   
her head on his shoulder as he stood by4
 ,presently she exclaimed1--  ,i have   

seen a dreadful sight6 ,oh1 ,i never can
 get it out of my mind6 ,the screams and
 shrieks1 ,i hear them yet6  ,what is   
it8 do tell us1 urged her sister4  ,you 
know little ,juley ,lane1 what a        
passionate child she has always been4 ,i
 told ,mrs4 ,lane the last time ,i was  
there1 it wasn't safe to leave her with 
the baby4 ,she didn't seem to have any  
love for him4 ,now she's killed him4    
,josey gave a start and sob of horror1  
while ,mrs4 ,codman exclaimed1--        
,shocking6 terrible6 how did it happen8 
,i was making calls1 added ,fanny1 with 
a groan1 and ,i met ,mrs4 ,lane4 ,she   
was hurrying with a basket of clean     
clothes1 and told me she'd been obliged 
to leave ,juley with her old mother and 
the baby4 ,i told her ,i was going to   
call1 which relieved her anxiety1 and   
she said she'd be home in a short time4 
,long before ,i reached the house ,i    
heard awful groans1 and on opening the  
door1 what a sight was before me4  ,mrs4
 ,lane1 thinking the baby would be      

safer1 had tied him into the high chair1
 and set him in front of the stove4     
,julia had one of her fits of anger and 
pushed him over4 ,his poor hands and    
face fell upon the hot iron and burned  
to a crisp4 ,when ,i went in1 the old   
woman had crawled on her hands and feet1
 to the place1 and was trying1 with her 
poor deformed fingers1 to release him4  
,juley stood by1 frightened and crying1 
but not able to do anything4  ,i flew to
 untie him from his chair1 which was in 
a bright blaze1 and then rushed to the  
door to send for a doctor4 ,then the    
mother came4 ,oh1 dear6 ,i wouldn't go  
through such a scene again for a        
kingdom4 ,i don't believe the poor child
 was conscious2 the doctor thought not2 
but such a sight6 ,you wouldn't know him
 from a piece of burnt wood2 and there  
he lay1 only showing he was alive by a  
feeble groan4  ,mrs4 ,lane shrieked and 
tore her hair1 and when ,juley pulled   
her dress1 ,i was afraid she'd kill her1
 too4 ,so ,i got a neighbor to carry her

 off1 screaming and fighting4 ,the old  
woman hasn't been across the room before
 by herself for a year1 and now lies    
speechless on the bed2 ,i don't believe 
she'll live till morning4  ,mr4 ,codman 
put on his hat directly and hurried away
 to the distressed family1 while his    
wife took off ,fanny's hat1 and brought 
her a cup of tea1 begging her to try and
 eat a piece of toast4  ,you'll be sick1
 dear1 if you don't1 she urged4 ,the    
shock has been too much for you4  ,i    
can't hold the cup2 sobbed ,fanny1      
giving way at last2 and then she held up
 her poor burned hands and arms4  ,oh6  
oh dear6 screamed her sister4  ,my poor1
 poor girl6 exclaimed ,mrs4 ,matthews2  
and then they and ,josey and ,nurse all 
cried together4  ,in less than half an  
hour ,mr4 ,codman returned1 and the     
doctor with him4  ,the old woman had    
breathed her last4 ,fanny had saved her 
from burning to death1 by tearing off   
her blazing clothes at the risk of her  
own life4 ,the neighbors all said ,miss 

,fanny was an angel4 ,if it had not been
 for her presence of mind1 the house    
would have been burned1 and the widow   
have lost everything4  ,the doctor bound
 up the poor1 blistered hands and arms1 
talking cheerfully as he did so1 but1   
his eyes grew moist as he told them     
afterward what she had done4            
,,chapter ,,vii4  ,,josey',s ,,sorrow4  
,in the hurry and excitement1 no one    
thought of little ,josey4 ,it was not   
till ,aunt ,fanny was sinking to sleep  
from the effects of the doctor's        
medicine that his mother found him      
sobbing by himself in the corner4  ,what
 will become of ,juley1 mamma8 will she 
have to be put into prison8  ,don't     
think about ,juley to-night1 dear1 she  
answered1 soothingly4 ,you'll cry       
yourself sick4 ,we must all thank ,god1 
who saved our dear ,aunt ,fanny's life4 
,she was so good and thoughtful1 and did
 not once stop on account of the pain in
 her hands1 but threw water on the      
flames1 and almost lifted the old woman 

into bed4  ,oh1 mamma6 ,i am glad about 
that2 but ,i can't help thinking1 if you
 hadn't taught me to love my sister1 and
 not give way to temper1 ,i might       
have--,i mean1 dear1 darling ,emma might
 have been burned to death4 ,do you     
think ,god has forgiven me1 mamma1 for  
striking her as ,i used to8  ,yes1      
,josey1 ,i am sure ,he has4 ,you're a   
kind1 affectionate brother now1 teaching
 your sister to be patient and obliging4
  ,she saw the shock had been too much  
for him4 ,he trembled excessively as he 
tried to unbutton his jacket4  ,i'll    
talk with you all about it to-morrow1   
she said2 try to say your prayers now1  
and go to sleep4  ,but1 mamma1 are you  
sure ,aunt ,fanny will get well8 ,she   
did groan so1 when the doctor touched   
her arm4  ,oh1 yes6 ,i hope she'll be   
better in a few days4 ,burns are always 
very painful at first4  ,well1 ,aunt    
,fanny is a good missionary4 ,isn't she8
 ,she was kind one to another4  ,yes1   
indeed6 she always is that2 just like   

your father1 you know4  ,mr4 ,codman    
wrote ,mr4 ,barnard the same evening1   
and he came the day but one after the   
poor baby was burned1 just as ,mr4 and  
,mrs4 ,codman were starting to attend   
the funeral of the old lady and child4  
,fanny was dressed and sitting in an    
easy chair1 both arms bandaged to the   
elbows and laid out on a pillow4 ,she   
looked very white1 except where a fever 
spot burned on each cheek4 ,mrs4        
,matthews sat by1 talking in a cheerful 
tone1 while ,rose and ,emma played with 
their dolls in the corner of the        
chamber4  ,with a gentle knock ,mrs4    
,codman peeped in1 asking1 in a         
mysterious voice1--  ,are you ready for 
visitors8 ,then1 without waiting for an 
answer1 she beckoned the young          
missionary to come forward4  ,he flew to
 her side1 and1 not daring to trust his 
voice1 instantly kissed her cheek4      
,this is ,mrs4 ,matthews1 ,mrs4 ,codman 
said4 ,she will be happy to tell you    
what a heroine your ,fanny has been4 ,i 

must run away1 or ,i shall be late4     
,mrs4 ,matthews repeated some of the    
particulars of the dreadful accident1   
and then1 seeing how hard it was for the
 young man to control his feelings1     
rose1 and calling the children1 left the
 room with them4  ,my own ,fanny1 he    
said1 putting his hand softly on her    
head1 ,i wish ,i could bear this        
dreadful pain for you4 ,how could you   
expose your precious life8 ,what should 
,i have done if you too--  ,he stopped  
suddenly1 and walked to the window1 but 
soon returned at the sound of her voice1
 saying1--  ,james1 you are making quite
 too much of what ,i did4 ,any one would
 have done the same4 ,i could never look
 you in the face if ,i had not tried to 
relieve such terrible suffering4 ,but   
,oh1 it was dreadful6 ,i cannot forget  
it4  ,tears filled her eyes1 and he     
tenderly wiped them away4  ,i cannot    
sleep1 she went on1 except under the    
influence of anodynes4 ,the shrieks and 
groans ring in my ears4  ,your nervous  

system has had a shock1 and it will take
 time to recover4 ,you know ,i have been
 studying a little medicine1 and ,i     
shall take you for my first patient4 ,i 
prescribe perfect rest1 and that you see
 no one but me4  ,fanny laughed4 ,josey 
will have something to say to that1 she 
began4 ,he has been the most unwearied  
little nurse1 and his face has grown    
very sad4  ,dear little fellow6 ,i shall
 love him better than ever4  ,mr4       
,barnard staid two days1 and then ,fanny
 was obliged to insist that he should   
leave her1 as there were not quite two  
months before they were to sail1 and she
 knew that every moment of his time was 
filled with engagements4  ,her burns    
were less painful1 and it would still be
 weeks before she could help herself at 
all2 but she was surrounded with friends
 who delighted in doing anything for her
 comfort4  ,she bade him good-bye1 with 
a tear and a smile1 not expecting to see
 him again till a day or two before     
their marriage4  ,he looked back to     

watch her sitting so white and patient1 
without one murmuring word1 and thanked 
,god that she was so soon to be his own 
loving1 faithful wife4  ,josey rejoiced 
that now he could return to his labor of
 love and feed his beloved aunt2 for she
 insisted that he did it more skilfully 
than any of them4  ,those were precious 
hours to the dear boy1 when1 with the   
tray before him and a spoon in his hand1
 he ministered to her wants1 meantime   
telling her all the thoughts of his     
little heart4 ,years after he remembered
 the words she had said1 and tried to   
improve by them4  ,he was now fully     
determined to be a missionary and go out
 to tell the heathen about ,christ1 as  
his aunt ,fanny was going4 ,he began at 
once to gather all the tracts and       
primers he could find1 and packed them  
in an old valise4  ,his mother found    
them there some months later2 and       
explained to him that the poor ,hindoos 
could not read ,english4     ,,chapter  
,,viii4  ,,josey',s ,,gift4   ,aunt     

,fanny's burns were now nearly healed4  
,for a week she had been without the    
bandages1 though the wounds were still  
tender4 ,her trunks were mostly packed1 
and many tokens of love placed there by 
beloved friends4  ,when with her        
brother's family the young missionary   
always wore a cheerful smile2 but there 
were hours when she wept at the thought 
of parting from those who were so dear4 
,yet not for one instant did she regret 
the choice of her life4 ,she was going  
to tell the poor benighted heathen of   
the love of ,jesus1--to try and persuade
 them to throw away their idols1 and    
worship the living and true ,god4  ,as  
she thought of all this1 and realized   
what a privilege it was to save souls   
from eternal death1 her whole heart     
glowed with a desire to be among those  
for whom she was to labor4  ,mr4 and    
,mrs4 ,matthews had been travelling for 
some weeks1 but had now returned to be  
in season for the wedding4  ,on the     
,sabbath night previous1 the family were

 seated in the library1 when mamma      
noticed that ,josey was not present4    
,she could not account for this1        
because1 when out of school1 he was     
scarcely a moment away from his aunt's  
side4 ,she went through several rooms in
 search of him1 and at last found him in
 a closet by himself1 sobbing as if his 
heart would break4  ,why must ,aunt     
,fanny go8 he sobbed1 ,i can't bear     
it1--,i can't bear not to see her any   
longer6  ,my darling1 said mamma1 taking
 his hand1 and leading him to her own   
chamber1 do you know what ,aunt ,fanny  
is going for8  ,yes1 mamma1 but couldn't
 somebody else do it8 ,she stopped a    
moment and then said1--  ,josey1 there  
was a time1 thousands of years ago1 when
 man had sinned1 and there was no hope  
nor joy for him in the world2 there was 
only the certainty that his soul must be
 miserable forever4 ,then our blessed   
,saviour said1 ',i pity these poor      
people and shall try to save them4' ,he 
left his glorious throne1 by the side of

 his ,father1 and came here to give     
himself to death4  ,the love and pity of
 ,god the ,father was so great1 that he 
sent his beloved ,son1 that whosoever   
believeth on him shall have everlasting 
life4  ,the poor ,hindoos know nothing  
of the true ,god4 ,they have not the    
precious ,bible1 as we have1 to tell    
them that they need not throw their     
babies to the crocodiles1--they need not
 tear and wound their own flesh1 nor    
throw themselves under the wheels of the
 cruel ,juggernaut4 ,your aunt ,fanny   
and uncle ,james are going to tell them1
 they need do nothing of all this4 ,they
 desire to say to those poor1 ignorant  
men and women and children1 that        
,christ's love for them is so great that
 if they will but come and accept of his
 salvation1 it shall be freely theirs4  
,she wants to tell the poor1 weary      
pilgrims1 who have been walking hundreds
 of miles with stones in their shoes1   
that the blessed ,jesus will accept them
 without money1 without price1 without  

any of these painful journeys1--that    
they have only to lay their load of sin 
upon him1 and he will carry it for them4
  ,josey's tears ceased to flow1 and he 
listened with almost breathless         
interest4  ,do you want to keep ,aunt   
,fanny from telling them this8 mamma    
asked4 ,do you want them to go on       
worshipping those senseless idols1 which
 can neither see1 nor hear1 nor         
understand8  ,with a great sob ,josey   
answered1  ,no1 mamma1 ,i love her      
dearly1 dearly2 but ,i'll let ,jesus    
have her4 ,he'll know then how ,i love  
him4  ,with a gush of tears1 she folded 
him to her heart4 ,when they were more  
calm1 she urged him to return to the    
parlor4  ,pretty soon ,i will1 he said  
softly1 ,and oh1 mamma1 if you'll please
 let me sit up an hour later every night
 till she--,i mean1 till we're all      
alone4 ,now ,i'm going to write her a   
letter4  ,my little reader1 would you   
like to read it1 and see how our dear   
,josey showed his love to his ,saviour8 

how he tried to obey the rule1 ,my      
little children let us not love in word1
 neither in tongue1 but in deed and in  
truth8 ,it was this3        ,my dear1   
darling ,aunt ,fanny3       ,i've been  
thinking a great deal about you1 and    
once ,i said      ,i couldn't let you go
 away2 but ,i'm willing now4 ,i know ,i 
shall miss you dreadfully4 ,and it makes
 me cry to think how      ,i shall want 
to hear you pray by my bed1 every night2
 but      ,i'll tell you why ,i'm       
willing4 ,you know ,i'm trying to be a  
,christian child1 and ,i do hope the    
dear ,saviour has pardoned      my sins2
 so ,i want to show ,him that ,i really 
thank ,him for      it1 and to-night1 ,i
 said to myself1 ',i have nothing to    
give      ,jesus1 to show him my love1  
but my dear1 dear aunty4 ,i do      hope
 it will show the heathen a little1 that
 ,i love them1      and want to be kind 
to them4 ,when you get there1 will you  
please tell them a little boy gave his  
aunt to the ,saviour1      so that they 

may learn the way to heaven4       ,when
 ,i am a man1 ,i hope ,i shall be a     
missionary1 too2 and      perhaps then  
,god will let me see you and ,uncle     
,james again4                           
,your little nephew1                    
,,josey ,,codman4     ,,mrs4 ,,leslie',s
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      ,,vol4 ,i4 ,,the ,,pearl ,,of     
,,love4         ,,ii4                   
,,charity4         ,,iii4               
,,obedience4         ,,iv4              
,,penitence4         ,v4                
,,hope4         ,,vi4                   
,,patience4   ,series for ,girls4       
,,vol4 ,i4 ,,the ,,pearl ,,of ,,faith4  
,,ii4           ,,diligence4            
,,iii4          ,,meekness4             
,,iv4           ,,forgiveness4          
,v4            ,,hope4         ,,vi4    
,,contentment4