The Deaf Shoemaker and OTHER STORIES by PHILLIP BARRETT. [Illustration: A SABBATH IN THE COUNTRY, page 190] M. W. DODD, 506 BROADWAY. THE DEAF SHOEMAKER. BY PHILIP BARRETT, AUTHOR OF “FLOWERS BY THE WAYSIDE.” TO WHICH ARE ADDED Other Stories for the Young. ’Tis RELIGION that can give Sweetest pleasures while we live; ’Tis RELIGION must supply Solid comfort when we die. MRS. MASTERS. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY M. W. DODD, No. 506 BROADWAY, 1859. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1859, by M. W. DODD, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. EDWARD O. JENKINS, Printer & Stereotyper, No. 26 Frankfort Street. TO REV. ERSKINE M. RODMAN, RECTOR OF CHRIST’S CHURCH, NORFOLK, VA., This Little Volume is INSCRIBED, AS AN HUMBLE TESTIMONIAL OF THE FRIENDSHIP AND ESTEEM OF PHILIP BARRETT. PREFACE. MY DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS: ENCOURAGED by your kind reception of my former little volume, I have gathered together my scattered sketches with the earnest wish and heart-felt prayer that they may be instrumental in leading you to childhood’s best and truest friend—the blessed SAVIOUR. Your attached Friend, PHILIP BARRETT, _Rural Retirement, Va._ CONTENTS. JOHN McDONOUGH 9 MARY AND HER DRAWER 14 “IT IS I!” 18 THE ORPHAN 22 THE RECORDING ANGEL 26 THOMAS WARD 29 THE ROSE 34 THE LANTERN 38 THE DECISIVE MOMENT 43 THE ALARM WATCH 46 “CONDEMNED” 51 “I WANT TO BE A MINISTER” 55 RUFUS TAYLOR 60 JAMES JONES 63 GERTRUDE MASON 68 THE DEAF SHOEMAKER 71 NORMAN HALL 77 “DELAY NOT” 80 THE SAVIOUR 85 AUTUMN 89 NERO 94 THE RAILROAD 100 A TRUE SKETCH 104 “THE LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON” 108 HUGH MILLER AND THE PRECIPICE 112 THE HOME OF ST. PAUL 116 HOME 121 TO MY SABBATH-SCHOOL CLASS 128