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 good. Alas! She lived to find that in-
 GRANDFATHER'S ROSY.
 temperance can make a brute of the
 P in the old belfry they sat,- kindest man, and after two years of en-
 Grandfather and his blue-eyed durance she died of a broken heart.
 pet, 'little Rosy,' as he called The old man who was thus bereaved
 her. A poor, little, motherless could not do too much for the little one
 one she was, but still beloved and cared she had left behind. All his earnings,
 for with all the tenderness that old Don- beyond what they needed from day to
 ald possessed. For she was his only day, were saved for Rosy 'when she
 one, and upon her he lavished the affec- should be a grown lass,'- and he even
 tion that some men bestow upon wife, denied himself what he really needed, to
 child and friend. But Rosy was all he add to his precious store.
 had, and he loved her accordingly. Rosy knew that old Donald loved her
 She was very happy, too. Sometimes with all his heart, and well repaid his
 she stayed alone at home and played love and care. Nobody else but him
 with her doll, or weeded and tended the could make her ever say, I love you."
 tiny border that they called the garden,' She would receive all the little presents
 and sometimes she sat for hours with of flowers or candies or toys that were
 Grandfather at his work-bench, talking given her with a sweet smile, and thank
 to him, and enlivening the old man's toil. the giver very prettily ; but she did not
 Every day, at noon, he went up into care much for any one but Grand-
the belfry of the old church and rung father."
the bell. Then, when it was ringing, Rosy was carefully taught many things
Rosy would prepare dinner, and have it at home. She knew the Commandments
all ready when old Donald came home. and the Lord's Prayer, and could read a
For those little fingers were busy and little in the Bible. She was very fond
useful, and she was 'a wonderful smart of going to church; and even when it
child for her age,' the neighbors said. rained could not be persuaded to stay at
 Rosy's mother was old Donald's only home. So her grandfather would carry
daughter, a beautiful girl, who had mar- her in his arms, well wrapped in his
ried a handsome soldier, much against her great cloak, and never put her down un-
father's will. In vain he said to her,- til they reached the church door.
 It's na gude to trust the like o' them, After the bell was rung and the ser-
 Elsie bairn. Dinna gie thy heart to ane vice ready to begin, Donald and little
 o' them soger lads, for they's na to be Rosy stole softly down from the belfry,
 trusted." and went into a back pew and listened
 Pretty Elsie would not believe that the with the other worshipers to prayer and
handsome, black-eyed soldier, in his dash- sermon.
ing uniform, would not prove true and One day, the minister, who was a ven-