Honnrino Parents. .
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What can be more tender and beautl-
fill than the following simple narrative!
AS stranger went into the church yard
Of pretty village, he beheld three chIi>
dren at a newly made grave. 4 boy a.
bout ten years Of age was busiiy en-
goged in placing plants Of turf about Il,
whilst a girl, who appeared a year or
two younger, held in her apron lew
roots of wild flowers. The third child,
still younger, was sitting on the grass,
watching with thoughtful looks the moves
ments Of the other two. They wore
pieces Of Grape on their straw hats, and
few other signs Of mourning, such as
are some times worn by the poor who
struggle between their poverty and their
Affections.


The girl began planting some of her
wild flowers around the head OF the
grave, when the stranger thus addressed
them:


Whose grave is this, children, about
which you are So busily engaged?'


sMother's, sir,' said the boy.


'And did your father send you to place
these flowers round your mother''
graveg


NO, sir, father lies here too, and little
Willie, and sister Jane.'


'When did they die?'


'Mother was buried fortnight yester'
day, sir, bat father died last winter; al
lie here.'


.Fhen who told you to do this"


'Nobody, SIR replied the girl.


'Why, then, do you do i"


They appeared at loss for an answer
but the stranger looked SO kindly at then
that at last the eldest replied as the tear
started into his eyes, ''Oh, we did low
them, sir


"Then you put these grass turf an
wild flowers around where your parent
are laid, because you love themP
Yes, SIR they eagerly replied.


What can be more beautiful than sue
an exhibition Of children honorlng tn
memory OF departed parents? Reade
are you an orphan?-never forget tn
dear parents who loved and cherlshe
YOU in your infant days. Ever remen
Der their parental kindness. Honor the
memory BY doing those things which yo
know would please them were they alive
by particular regard to their dyln
commands, and by carrying on the
plans Of usefulness. Are your paren
still spared toyou? Even treat them
d YOU will wish you had done, when yo
s,ond a lonelv orphan at their graYe'