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    _Volume 13, Number 18._    Copyright, 1886, by D. LOTHROP & CO.
                      _March 6, 1886._

THE <DW29>


[Illustration: THE HAMLIN NURSERY.]


THE HAMLIN NURSERY.

THE little Hamlins were all down with the scarlet fever; and when we
say the Little Hamlins, we mean Lucy, Cathie, Harry, Bertie, and the
baby; five of them! It was a hard time in the Hamlin nursery, both for
the children and the older people. Though Mrs. Hamlin had a nurse from
the training school, besides the children's regular attendant, she was
quite worn out with the care and anxiety.

"The very last Sabbath I was in church," said she to Doctor Wheeler,
"Mr. Lewis said in his sermon, that even our afflictions had a blessing
wrapped up in them. But I do not believe there is one inside this
trouble. I can't conceive of any good that can possibly come out of it
all!"

"Well, I don't know," replied Doctor Wheeler, "I should never have
conceived of anything like that statue, yet it was inside the marble
all the time, and plainly discerned by the eye of the sculptor. There
are things in the spiritual world which we cannot conceive until they
are revealed to us."

Poor Mrs. Hamlin shook her head doubtfully. She was very sure no good
could grow out of this trial. Doctor Wheeler was a sweet-voiced little
woman who looked upon the bright side of things and whom the children
loved; they were very sorry for their little friend across the street
who had the fever and whose father insisted upon sending for that gruff
old Doctor Smith, who never had a smile for children.

"Your children have good constitutions and you have good nurses, I see
no reason why they should not pull through easily," said Doctor Wheeler
when Mr. Hamlin asked her opinion as to the prospects of the recovery
of his little folks. "But what about that oldest boy of yours? Does he
not have an Easter vacation?"

"Yes; and I suppose he ought not to come home?"

"Most certainly not! It will not be safe for several weeks; he must
be kept away from this vicinity, though I hope the disease will not
spread. You should send word for him to remain at the school through
the vacation."

It was a very sober face indeed that presented itself at Doctor Brown's
study door, a day or two after this conversation took place.

Doctor Brown was the principal of Howland Hall School for boys, and was
the right man in the right place.

"What is it, Fred?" he asked kindly. "Come in and let me hear about it."

"It is this," replied Fred Hamlin, handing the Doctor his father's
letter.

"Ah! Well, my boy, it might be worse news. You understand, the little
folks at home are all on the high road to recovery, and it is on your
account that you are not to go home."

"I know; but it will be dreadful lonesome here with the boys all away."

"That is so; and what will make it worse is, that we have planned
a little trip which will take us all away excepting Mr. and Mrs.
Jennings. I am afraid it will be rather doleful for you alone in this
great house; but that will be better than the scarlet fever. Eh?"

Fred turned away in a very disconsolate frame of mind. The Easter
vacation to which he had been looking forward was likely to be anything
but pleasant. Now Fred Hamlin was by no means a model boy, and matters
did not always go smoothly with him at home. His own mother died when
he was a baby, and his grandmother had taken charge of him until Fred
was ten years old. Then she too died, and the boy was taken home by
his father. The second mother tried earnestly to win the boy's heart,
but seeds of suspicion and jealousy had been dropped into the young
mind, and he refused to be won. After three years of trial Mr. Hamlin
concluded to send Fred to school. Doctor Brown had the reputation of
being a strict disciplinarian, and Mr. Hamlin hoped much as a result
of school discipline. But Watt Vinton, Fred's room-mate, knew very
well that any such expectations were not likely to be realized. I
cannot tell you of all the ways in which Fred contrived to make himself
disagreeable to his quiet and gentlemanly companion. But so well did
he succeed, that Watt, sometimes, with his face buried in the pillow,
would whisper just to himself, "He is the hatefulest, meanest, crossest
fellow I ever saw! I don't believe he has a particle of respect or love
for anybody on earth!" Now perhaps you will almost doubt me when I
tell you that the pillow was Watt's only confident. He never breathed
a word of his troubles to a single person. There were several reasons
for this reticence. Watt was an orphan, and had learned to keep his
troubles to himself. He was too proud to complain; he had a notion that
it would be more manly to endure annoyances than to make a fuss over
them. It was only when he got out of patience that he took his troubles
to his friend the pillow. This will explain why Watt Vinton frowned a
little over a letter which he received a few days before the Easter
vacation, and why he carried it in his pocket a whole day before coming
to a decision in regard to one of its propositions. The letter was from
his cousin, May Vinton, and here is one sentence from it: "Now that it
is settled that you are to spend your vacation here, would you like to
bring a boy with you? If there is somebody who cannot go home, or who
needs a chance, whom you would like to bring, you may invite him to be
your guest for the week."

It took Watt a whole day to make up his mind that he could do it. But
at the end of the twenty-four hours he wrote to his cousin, "I am going
to bring my chum."

Well, what came of it all--the scarlet fever, Mrs. Hamlin's trouble,
Fred's disappointment, and Watt's sacrifice?

Do you suppose God knew that May Vinton could reach that wayward boy's
heart, and help him to a better life, and so planned all this to
bring about the meeting? Do you not suppose that he knew that Watt's
sacrifice