Finger Posts on the Way of Life

By Arthur, Timothy Shay

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Title:	Finger Posts on the Way of Life
Author:	Arthur, Timothy Shay
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature & thought, Literature and history, Literature & philosophy
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A LITTLE thing clouded the brow of Mrs. Abercrombie?a very little thing. But if she had known how wide the shadows were often diffused, and how darkly they fell, at times, on some hearts, she would have striven more earnestly, we may believe, to keep the sky of her spirit undimmed. It will not be uninstructive to note the incidents, in a single day, of Mrs. Abercrombie?s life?to mark the early cloud upon her brow, and then to glance at the darkly falling shadows. Mr. Abercrombie was a man of sensitive feelings, and though he had striven for many years to overcome his sensitiveness, he had been no more able to change this hereditary weakness than the leopard his spots or the Ethiopian his skin. At home, the lightest jar of discord disturbed him painfully, and the low vibration ceased not, often, for many hours. The clouded brow of his wife ever threw his heart into shadow; and the dusky veil was never removed, until sunlight radiated again from her countenance. It was all in vain that he tried to be indifferent to these changeful moods?to keep his spirits above their influence: in the very effort at disenthralment he was more firmly bound.

Table of Contents
CONTENTS. SHADOWS FROM A CLOUDED BROW GENTLE HAND WILL IT PAY? THE LAY PREACHER HOW TO DESTROY A GOOD BUSINESS THE TWO INVALIDS MARRYING WELL BLESSING OF A GOOD DEED PAYING THE DOCTOR THE LITTLE BOUND-BOY. EUTHANASY THREE SCENES IN THE LIFE OF A WORLDLING MATCH-MAKING THE RETURN; OR, WHO IS IT?