• ; ...ovie.wriszitimrti; --
A d ertisements aro lnaorted utthorote
• 410 per square for first ins° rtlon, end
r each mabsegaatit. Ina ortlon no cents.
liberal discount motto on yearly !tub
•, ibenwots.
.1 .Icu•e equal to ten linos of this typo
~are, a square.
5..1 Notices Het under a bead by
walmel% es immediately after the loyal
'‘‘ ill be charged ten cents a lino
r
Advertisements nhonld ba handed In
dl're Monday noon to Insure Inaorticin
Lk:a cek'ti a (et.
Business Carols.
ANI) WINTEIg
`i. A. Milder hunJait arrhetl (runt Perla
wJth the latent tleafgnn, pernenally
n ea the greaten no,elth, • :the, the
.ut'l to be petered lu Part,.
1;,• , t riVel4, llowern.
;, y. and Trunteml Paper Pattern, Drenn
lalLung. ItYclunlve amhtt for Mtn. at.
Ilrated eyntem ler rutting ladle. elrer,..
haogne4,,,te., N. IV. corner of 11th
ut ate.. (sep2.2;tlra.
i i!. ti
t E • l l in l
o LA th D i l l E t S t , i S
u E io M u IN
I A I I
commence
Tioolay, Septerbrr
Ili, 1809. Livery
; arttn..to will 1.0 tur itehml Ni MI experience.'
ti, I.•iit *kachero. 31100 NI MIT A Ilboi,
• , u..• idaeo of 3liss Dever, graduated lii
•, • .....tt 111,:h `clout while the ru um:niter wa,,
.p,;, ~ ..,Land her wholarAip and esiterlence as
. , •
..., ~t r 0 the intluccupratx that led hint to
, a- n ioaot., :s
in ailseminary,
m I„, th rice to ere our Catalogue, will
n to tiddrebt. the Itrinutpal,
. D. 11. A. 3,11.EAN.
~ I Eli sE.lllti.titir AND INSTI
-
ri rg: Or 110 MI Vlitel'oth Annual See.-lon
•, ' I lila 01 Sepielliber, 111111er the Ititertti. ,
• , „ 0 Ow Prue t;,•th ltev. li.j. r a y.
or . I. 11. olocel.ll.itlrlitl,llllllllthe la 10 ti:t.
,•, •I,i. t.llC.ldlert . • rt.. thu 1...1)111111011 SCIIOOI,
. . ~ .. :111 , 1 Ith•traniothal, 11 - .1 rthar.•thr.l
, ...: thotterate rah,. I.tohy pritare,l for
. - ~• thteti a thi,ith,t , rant ath a. 1.3-
3 .
~ . .1. 1.1 and' ititolorii, hy 114:103 ,•:11... at
, , • mcll JO Painting. Dram hi,: nod Wax.
: .. 1101 a Catalogue to
Itl-:v. It. 'l'. T.%11.01:, 11,3,1, Pa.
11 , 111•11.17Nli FACTOILY.- Jo
., no I.ll.lller,Mannfacturt, anti \I, hnlepnle
„Ti Ural. r u, Trunks, Vuti,et, TraNclin;.;
Ilkl %Yowl tsirt.k.t,
,-promptly ill:Cll.:Ina Wlirk ‘Varialt
Filtecuth and Pool
1)111,44)N, lui,nrj taken hultl 4 ,1
I ,11:ar) In
• 1 .,, to mutt Ills old . crh.tomer, Und
En.ny I.llllvr the RESTCOOK•
r- , 11,00, or ant out., kind .ir
ik,11111111.11:11Allli ulaknutn.44. The
o V,,conflu..red by
.1. J. ANI/ERSON 4:SONS.
/11. Itl)Nrohrn
. • lac 0.0.1 intt;.: the public
and tal,n char
,ren or ow
i••.,l,ts r.i NI. ,
-!, contit, l'a.
1.. Pao; tam priv.re.l to doall
.;., to thi,..11-lintin 14 their
r .!. uir.—
rt iiinu enniparo fAroriatily with
rrvn rail 1,01 , tfOlf,l
Ml El. DAVIDSIiN
4: 11l I:: • NraV lialliery, at Wll+oti*, O!1
1:,•a% or, .10 , 1,11 M.
j•!• -.lto to laforto 111.tt
.1 MI too.lioas at titer :those ,lontl,
Its alt. t :hurt accomnool I to
111, (I. raLi crat
01 all 1:1.1.1.. No, I Floor,
. 1 ~1 :w at, nr 111, hanol,•:1:71.:. lot
11.1,1.111 11.1.1 i NES, o.valcr
do, to
'11:t rhPP. brithro 1111J;.T.,‘,,.
• 1,:.1.:11,11 to nkatotiartbre 11111
to lii hoe al re:I:oh:05N
1 ilk, from the v., ti•
r 111.• 'hid, to hl. pt it 1....;:h0n. b,.
10. , 1 It It.ts.l , to :;tv.. to ta
1.1E1L54)1,, at
ol
I: yr - 21:1y. .
Aliornej• 01 1,w,11 . 1;ce In Mt,
- ua , l or
' 1. ROSE , M. i). tenderm
t., it
country. 011101. Is S. C.
ttore, or, {Vat:, etre-A.
PA. l'ol,nllallou Lucre In:hit:ea
d:.1:11 1:::, , ,11.:1011+ c.,rorolly
:• I% “1: 4q`' , .r. :it
I.!+. 1,5111.1i:41A,
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I, 1 ~t
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lor at - th.• it
.11:UN ET, \ Valt r t.;o1 ci.T.
•I P:i. In ',tom .41J.41/1,..... 4.
‘ , .l..ort'm vine...) Gold Watches and clirmr
•
rvi.ll , •it andil:in:oil. I:nura‘111•_•
r. 11/.• , I• the pubUr
It. awl +att.-I/MI. L•tmr:o..t.:oll Irt‘r• 114
• •
3lnti,:agcp. for :.:11,..11 or.
110%. Ii: uker,corner of
1111,1 nl.nonit. Idou
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Wile , 111,0 , it, \VC a iii 341-0 n eolve 11111111.
• II- lior n
414,11cleri In Um
I! NATIIINAL LIFT
',ItAm' co., OF THE C. S . Al.O :Itrrrhante,
.id.Cmin•r. nod Arlitrair , ' ( . 0.4 of l'ittnlmrtn,
"1::. 1 , 1.1tr.v the Conti Boost. -
A.Nitv M Itilrel. D r 1n CmG Sltt
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r. i f .1 e‘pt.r)cnt•t• ill.. ••
• t •di. 11...1, in a I.llp. no- m.thiler.
'll,lnl ,irect n.-.v U,v.
11..avi•r. Pa. Lay, linn 11
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acia mid
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comoil,..l , oked a...V..111
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Fire, Life, Act.itloot,,noll Lae
proisuol at t Ikt.
o th , 111,1-4 Ilbor.ll
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r .1triol:. tor to- olotrltorro
Illo:Nitl.
•.isi:aANDER, G. 10.A.5.
M
. I,
\::icr:can and European Patents,
nui I uuunrlur. nl 1 . /lit•Ili
,perlotwi• "frit , nl+.l
• loppootte 0111 to.
NI'.V..IIINI.ION, D.C. .
,- • A rei3Oly I' wo! I
it•itkon+ oilto•jr.,
urr Circular of Terto I.lj•lrrq 11:4
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A) oli IlEllE
t 1:111/13S.
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to imlor Ouit
1.. Ine tor pa-t I:nor, I ito,
.! on to 111!.lio, 1010 , r! .Is!!! pp
DAN' 0. 1111.1.i.,1:.P.1
AVEL. COAL ! CANNEL COAL I I
I ill: t'.% it Int WA:GON VIM)
In vo . nr on:t r at on'et
is:pprlhy railro.tid to all point.,
t~ ill hr nuppllclat tin hank :In
.:.• 4.1,1
co.:1 n-ar' I),trliogtotr rail-
I. GRIM, .1, l'.111AN:111.:1,11
t:11, r l':u
lA' MIIElt! -LUMBER!
r.opzcgovut ,lilkit 1 Ino
v.irloom 1.1.14 of I.lmt•cr
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w1.1;;,11,1111,1 b;1 0, e , , bt , Ir
• ;I; that I t 3,011.0 ttln ile• ittlete.t t,f
••• .stel exempt e ;It) pioct; arid pact, be
-7•• ; 11,
.a,tl Yurgl 1 . "0: Stl , nhoto the
notlitetef. CUM , . LIiINS.
Ageut.
_IIH
Vol, 51----No. 49.
11fineeitaneouR . .
I 't
_-==t_ ~
... ~~
lIAS OPIMED A STORE TN
BRIGOT,O.N,II I
To WHOLESALE And RETAIL
LWIDTE LEAD,
LINSEED OILJI!
lIRUSITE4, NAILS.i!
Mixed Paints.
i, Colors. in Oil and Dry, .
Carlon Oil,
j: ISnilal 01,
Neat's Fan!. Oil, ;,j
(.:aril Oil,
tiph i:s Terpentine,
Coach Body Varni.sk.l
l' )i', LV.li: isii,
FURNITURE VARNISH
FIUMAIE
D. SHELLAC ANpl.
•.( VALE'S PATENT J.IPAN
.
kirrisys m.vrEium,s,
l'irturg• I'r;uu•.:, (to orilur.)
LooKiNc; “LAssEs,
LOOKING GLASS PLATES,
FIZENCII AND PLATE
=
FRENCH ZINC,
ENW.I:-:11 AND
GERMAN “Ltl
S. I A7l) PA PER,
fib:terms:are CASH Dude.'
livery or (;only.
=9
GRAND BALLOON ASCENSION
IN BEAVER,
Clete the
tact that
SIMON SNITGER & CO.,
p ILr 6r.1, largt , i, :Intl IreAtest
ci;;WEitfEs, PLoru, FEED,
iu 1 v(r e•auitV
.%111: :AO'. tOB.IIIOOII
SOII AI 111111, If plit i•011O . 11, , tO1011O11111.11(
01:11111 , :r 11011 . 11..01 . in n•-hurt to trns to =kg. their
Coo ,, 00. TO Oolllll,ly. or ush suld
on r Wej..1 . 11111:1101
and 1..-t
l'1:1:,
SUGARS,
- V 0.4; SLICES
Molasses, Syrups, Soaps,
hiio till! 1 )1..F2t,
Tobacco and Civars
to be Muni' in: the place
We mike a sp,peialty of
FEOTTII - &-FTTED,
buyln2 m 1,11.011114; none hut xi hat nra Scnoun to
b.• the very hest rartetkr In 1150. Our establi4/1.
meal enJo3 a (Oven earne,l, reputation In Ibis per
t amt NV, Intend in the future as 111 the past
h. 1111.1i,11,1111
\C P. DEFy comporrnoN.
mat meta t o the place. We are .1111 at the old
k.tand, evert e; it null St., nearer. l'a.
T
I=
Fine Family Groceries.
lit ellSW:11V, Hanlware,
AVINDOW (:1-ISS, WOOD
N 1 / 2 1%11,1.01V WIICI., BACON,
1 , 1,01:I:, I,T,
Coltiffy Producc Taken ill Excliano for
Goods,
delivered tree of (•!Imre in all
the Villages.
tiare Deposit C puny.
)I.' PA.,
Lii.orporatrd for Mr keeping
OF. BOA, OTHER SECURITIES, &C.,
s:; FourthArentre
- GUARANTEE RATES.
(;.". , ..ernnwtit and all Iliber ('upon Skrurllloo.
In
rindn:p fur a year or I,,perlotl,
E1.0e..r.
,;01.1 Coln I, 11:1H10:1. f 1 'liver EII.ORO,
511vcr Coln or $-! IMP 51.1401
. .
. . .
!-Ihrr Or I ;old 1 • 1:11 , , 1111 dor rr:111. On 0W111 . r . , r.. -
11111:ar Of full ‘altle, tintt rat.. rfibjert ti.alljt.tment
1..: . Imlk..m a Int-14,0rfl iml p..r $1 !NIL
111,C1,. Inrtv;zuj • Vnlnalble Paper. vem.rally
of 1,0 ininc, n each, nr accord
InL: T.l
whit h prentlton col, the remainder
thelit of th.• inaLer.
'I he 41111111:111) If who prepared to It.akt Small Iron
5 , tfe.t.....t. with a th. tv.ltte Ito
Itar,,t, Proof V;talt. the Hooter eaelut.lt
1...1it0z the hey liKtrof, nt It: following rateo,
to: fit). t t7s and ;tic() per menus
.11-,to tatne Ih•oh. Xreount, Valnaltte Title
paptr, , , etr., lit rentonahle
Preiditent
NV I LT/ I .A.:ll[ 1.1 FE:it - Am-4
Vice Preidileill:
I I V 1).
Wllll..nt 1 . 1111!ipx, Palnlrr,
lict,‘ .1(1,1.11S. blorrit..,
\\ N.,. 4:vorge 11:11c1:,
Wm. M. I.)on, Curti. , U.
J.,. I. 11,1,1 /.
4oretary a nit Trealwaryr:
1.. s
w IN1)OW S ADES
lu great v‘iriely,
SCHOOL BOOKS, BLANK ❑UI)KS
sl VS
Tile 1.11;_C>: wl , l eileapebt :I.S.4ortment of
1.1.111j31S to he round in either eity, at
F. E. \\TELL & CO-.,'
No, IN FEI)ERAI, sTBEET.
-I 1, EC:17%1,1X 1" 1.'117; I'EN-1 ^
seiardr.
LETI TOIL SA LE.—Tho untlerolgmd of.
A• • ft. ht. L.rlll, ,1111ilicii hi North t 4 CiriCkley
tom 1,111 p. Di-aver county. for rude. The farm con
tain. ...;o1 nun-s, about 1:71 of ii hich are cleared mid
the w hole under fence; the balance la well timber•
ed. Al...at Mt :ler, at lb° cleared land in lint and
r•con.l.l.d tom. A large portion of the whole tract
I.pith err and coal. The farm Iv well
4. Ott the farm arc two comfortable dwel.
bouae..., 0 atone aprlng-hwae. and a frame
barn forty by sixty (vet. and a lug barn thirty by
alxty ogetlier w Ith all net:L....Lary out buildings.
A large at :hard of buirliig fruit truer on the lam!:
nice WO grape sleet act tint taut fall, mid Ma/
elierry plants at Casio timed Payments tail,
mall on ore tidmo. !Wt.: MAI/SHALL.
North Sewlekly o,4k;artt county Pa.
P, tt. The above 'farm , Is known a.. the •• , Or.
Rohert Cunningham (ann..' 1.1.11:6ma
on!!m!mmrgnmml
IMICIEMIN
•• c-
Ml:sCel . fanao,l.l44.
rr-trrnm.
A NIARANTIII Loam, No: SOW LOAler.
4 - 1, Mello may Alootay messing M 7 o'clock, in
Itochemer, dt comn'e Hnit. IMI D -4 I
SPRING STOCK
C
J
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T
Oil Cloths, Etc., Etc.,
M'CALLUM BROTH'S.
•il Fifth Avenue, above We(id strict,l
I ?I I.CII, PA
'Lye on hand
Tim LARGEST STUCK IN THE MAR
ES3
From the Pinest Qualities to the' Very
Lowest Grades.
WINDOW SHADES,
Pine anti Common Table Covers, a:c%,
PrierA uniform to an, and the lowest
31'CALLIJ3111110S
nvir24 1 y
V.!. ,— lllaek wary:late for vale at the .A aurs Wilde
1
vi astaxgr .. ---,.., 'Phis is no Patent
~._ „ -,.• . ,IMedleine Humbug.
7- - Z,' , ;t'h. ) .
.'
gotten up to dupe the
4, ye ...--4 4 ec'redulous nor is 4
• ..-
. 4 ....e.,,,, . represented as being
, SI.-- • e.,"conaposed of rare
land precioussubstan
'CS brought front the
tur corners of the
aril', carried seven
hoes ac rOs S tlt c
?rent Desert of &I.
tam on the Lacks 'Dr'
Coulee!' camels, and
Irought . - aerom the
XtlantiU 'Ocean int
‘Vo ships." It i,( a
imple,• mild, sooth.
ing Remedy, a per
':,et Specific, for Ca
.arrn and Cold ut the
/bad, :11..0 for ofliensive Breath, Loss Or
impairment or the sense of, ! .Fluell, Twite
or Hearing, Watering .or 'Weak Eyes,
Pain or Piessore in the head, when e.tus-
NI, as they all not unfrequently are, by
the violeove of Catarrh.
We'olfer in good faith a standing , lie
ward of sso(i ha. a ease of Catarrh that we
cannot cute. ,
Sold by not Druggbdx INrorywhere.
PItICE FIFTY CENTS. ,
. Sent by mail post paid on receipt of 40
cows. Four p.ithages Mr two dollars Or
one dozen for Ike dollars. • I
'Send a :I rent stamp for Dr. tiage's
iLooplil, ton I ':itarrli. Address tie pro
-prietor, It. V. PI EKE, M. D.,
Butlitlo, N. Y.
inar:b:linje:.iln;:el o:t in j lec.3m, ',
II I)WAUi ,
Glass, Nails &
S..J, Cro,ss.4f;..,ca
WM
L ()CIIT 1iI"
uy in I:tr:m quanCties of manufacturers
4111EMBIE
11.11.1 Min- lliirtlN.-“re.
Such as Lock:, .Lotche.4, Bolts, Serer:::
strip Him:vs, Saab Locks and
Shutt: r and
tenitlL:4,
C.U4PENTERS*TOOLS
Saws. Angers, Planes, Plane !Bins, SL I
and 1 nln Inv Squares, Revel
Squares, prices, llrace MIAs. Drawing
linivek. Ilanuncr:4, Rackets, Aila , s,
6.:e.
Pia.xlertrs' and Jigem:s rotrrle
I'.II2MIr]IVS TOOLS,
t
shovtig, mat;oekF, Forks,
BreB,l, Trwv,l)raw,ll,:ltpr,
Al,lll Coll lino of
llnti.ekeepert4C:tmels,
such a, table and pocket Cutlery, Spool's
Voltee Apple pcdrerg, Sac
NA ILS 01" ALL SIZES,
('om,pri'in Fem., and Fmishing,, in and .
:is !pm . : IS 4,111 hi. hilllght In
Ins ny.
Cx LASS,
.1 large i•iipply ronaunllv on hand of till
size..s, at
iiilairitiltirer4 pikes, •
•
.~~INTS:
WHITE LEAD, RED LED,
,11.1 i•crry (40r, dry :and In oil
~; w~~
MILTING, PUTTY.
Liiaeecl ®ii,
IrIIPENTINE, DRY EH, ALCM/119J,
GUM SIIII,I,AC,VAIINISIES . ,
PAINT lIRUSIIES, (ILA-
ZIE,It'S TACKS, &C..
IV!, tiny our While Leiukby the toti. of
manntitelurers, lout can ecll on n 4 g.iod
terms as any house in or out ni the city_
goods artrour
SPECIAI4T=ES,
qtta \AT -know tveran make it the intvro,t
consumer; to holy from tt.t.
a t : " All good; delivered itt tlie cieiriih
and to riiilr"ini and river free of
Orders carefully tilled. I
S. J. CROSS & CO.
MEI
IEA
1
■
Beaver, Wednesda
SELECT ALLICELLA_NT:
Roue Oleo
,31.1,12G1V1S Ell ItISTMAS EVE!
' It was the day before Christmas.
A cold still day with a leaden sky
hanging. liken gray curtain over the"
earth. A day cheerless enough to
make poor little Margie Hepburn's
heart sink, and her blue eyes till. with
tears, as she sat preening her cheek
against the -car window, and trying
vainly to catch a glimpse of the sun.
Just one little ray of sunlight would
have sot her eyes and heart, denting
again. for them never was a merrier
little fairy than Margie. but the gray
clouds sunk lower and lower, and she
couldn't help being miserable.
',Poor child! She was all alone in
the world-, with nothing but her light
heart and trust in Providence to keep
her from despair. Four years ago
she had been left an orphan, and since
then the cold, Unwilling charity of
her aunt had supported her at a city;
boarding school. She was going now.
to live with her aunt as the under
paid governess of a tribe . of insolent;
ill-bred children.. She had been
.tmx
clingall night; and coldgatigue, and,
unhappiness had made her cheeks
pale, and her eyes languid, but the
brave young heart kept hoping, ho
ping on, and trusting the future to
bring her peace and happiness.
EMI
"Now I mean to stop thinking
about myself, and look for something
else bright, if I ean'tsee the sun," she
thought, as the train halted In.the
city depot. "There I knew I should
find something cheerful. What a•
pretty group of girls! And how hap
py they look, chatting and laughing
with their-friends. They are coining
in, I declare. ./Voiti, I shall have
a pleastintoccupation watching them.
The party entered; 'three young
girls, all' dark-eyed, blooming, and.
pretty, and five gentlemen, yOung,
too, and good looking. The mer
riest set: they were, and evidently,
from their remarks, they were bound
upon some very pleasant expedition.
With a good deal of bustle and laugh
ter the were at last seated, and, as
they smiled and nodded farewells to
their friends on the platform, the
train went jarring and thundering..
on its way again.
Little seated just opposite
the party, watched them quietly, and
learned many things about them.
She learned that the two brown eyed
girls with such dazzling complexion
were "Alice and Emma," and one of
the young men their brother Leslie.
The tall, queenly girl, with a skin
like a magnolia bloom, and dark lash
es drooping low over her black eyes
Was "Adelaide." Adelaide Brent
apparently, for a gentlemen whom
she called brother„ and who was by
far the gravest of the party, was ad
dressed as Mr. Brent by the two ha
zel-eyed girls. Then,there were Tom
and George Hardy, two fun loving
youths with almost imperceptible
moustached and John Winston,
distinguished-looking young man,
with very dark gray eyes, and quiet
graeeful manners. Ho always con
versk4 in a low, subdued tone, but
what he said was sometimes accom
panied by a smile or intense amuse
ment, and n glitter of the deep gray
eyes. Then a shout of laughter was
sure to follow from the rest of the
party, and Margie would wish she
had heard what he raid.
Poor little Margie! The merry
party opposite paid very little atten
tion to her. A glance or two, from
ei
their laughing (W fell on her quiet
figure, and gligtot otr again coldly
and carelessly. She 'Was only a pale
sleepy lookinggirl, with a brown
veil tie'undeeher 'thin:tun] Italie:id
'allowed on a little satchel. A. very
uncomfortable pillow, but she had no
warm, soft, voluminouishawl to rest
her tired head upon. ~A,plleoft
iqgo‘.4ll4l4l44l,2inkAfghtins
ivy npim sOnt-fitlinclenni
and Mr. Winston, and Margie never
thought of they would offer
her one. She oniy admired the gay
colors of one of the Afghans, and
Adelaide would spread it out
? that she might see the stitch, fir knit
thug was nice of Margin's ik:shins, one
she could not afford to indulge—wor
bteds were too costly, especially 'high
, ,
co:ors.-
( in rattled the train over long bridg
es, high el bankments, and dull look
ing plains. Mile after mile was pass
ed. It was 11 o'clock, and the train,
alwr a prolonged :shriek from the en
gine, darted into a gloomy depotand
:topped. Its arrival being the sighal
for the ringing of a deafening bell,
and aboarseshout of'twcnty minutes
allowed for breakfast'
Breakfast! :Margie thought with
hinging of the comfortable steak and
oysters, the smoking milky, and but
tered rolls, which she imagined' Were
to be found in the refreshment-room
of the depot. She watched the stream
of passengers hastening from the tars,
and half made up her mind to follow
them. But it was such a jostling,
hurrying crowd, and she was such a
little thing, that they might run over
her. Then she had such a nervous
horror of pick-pockets, who alxiumled
she had been assured, in such crowds.
Besides 'breakfast' would Lust a dol
lar, and there was very little more
than that in her purse. So she laid
her Mad upon her little satchel again
and prudently resolved to be satisfied
with the slender lunch of -bread and
smoked bed the good-natured house
keeper at the 'lnstitutehad given her.
'Addy shall we go to breakfast?'
tine heard Emma ask.
'Why no, I believe not,' said Addy
languidly. 'I am sure we breakfast
ed very comfortably before we start
ed. I am not hungry yet. And
then, my dear, I nerer eat in.such
places if I can help it.'
'Neither do I; but I never can help
it,' :-aid Tom Hardy, with a ridicu
lous grimace, as he move] toward the
door. The other gentlemen follwed
Addy,graciously consenting to drink
a cup of coffee if it could be brought
to her.
In a few minutes a waiter entered
bearing a tray with Nall dozen euifg
of :Onoking hot entree, whisth certain
ly had a most delightful aroma.
While Addy stirred and tasted her
eoflas , , Mr. Winston, who had return
ed with the waiter, was carrying on
a whispered conversation with Alice
and Emma, and Margie, to her as
tonishment, suddenly perceived front
their glances that they were talking
about her. She had scarcely time to
bosurprised, however, before Emma
nodding a smiling assent apparently
to It proposition of Mr. \ inston's
came across the narrow aisle whim
cup of coffee in her hand, and passed
by Margie's side.
'Won't you let me offer you some
collee?' she said. in a tone which
somehow managed to be an entreaty,
an apology, and a caress all in one.
'lam sure it will do you good, you
look tired. Please take it.'
Margie'spale cheeks had gloWed at
first with a little flume of wounded
pride; but Emma thought it wits on
ly shyness, and she went on to say in
her winning tones:—
I have ventured le offer
it, but I saw you were alone, and it's
so disaoTeeable for a lady to do in a
47
crowd like that.' •
So, they didn't meanlo be charita
ble, only courteous. Margie Icould
stand that. With a smile us bright
as Enniiie's, she took the cuti, and
said heartily: "fititnk youl \ u are
very kind indmd.'
Then the waiter brolight limmie
another cup, and she drank her coffee
standing by Margin's seat, and plait
thug pkasantly with her. ll• -
'A on' t you sit down her - e'' said
Margie, motioning to a *snit ibeildo
her, and Emniio slipped into the seat,
si&Allng iglince iter o6 o. l 4
'What themovementived
- either& ' ' • -'
Addy lookedslighti•
ice uneasy, tent Mr.-. 0
eyes flashed an 'unused
• So Donde keptltet - '
while' the cars • halted;
.Wards..,ll.Thtriree '
drew ihe younr
soon little am&
changed, and . ,ntgry...
out its eleitilY NOM MI
from Einmle's:-.;:. • . ..
Margie discOyered •
party:.were going to 1,
among the. mountains
self wasjicimeyittg - tci.
knew her , aunt,' Mist
did. not like, her -eft
die guested 40.9 2
tale de, not from. ang?
mid. ' '• • ' .. -
. -41emie told her that
self-were golog.hOme ,
school to their slster't
is to !Carry' Mi. Brent
er, and all of.risme to .
and groomsmen:
be the day after ..
there will be Italia
Um ln the 'nelghbotht...
It will be'perfedtly lolly)
So Margie :thought, too.
a. feeling of envy she. coati'
control,. she contrasted
proSpectbeforelterkwll-41
come - to` her:stitutge her
life of lonlfrietti amt toil
-min's ',glowing ..descrh
honmi love, luxury - ern
awaited her. But M a
put away the 'feeling, U.
cheerfully the-questions
od about herself. Ilee
thy was soon.told, and
on again with her happy t
Meanwhile the narty.linn
senan wondered greatly
prolonged absence, and
curious abotit the 'little
the blue eyes Ewmie h
as Tom expressed it. -
The two girls were' nisi
friends, for neither of t
troubled. with reticence,
ten o'clock Bennie feline I
little kindnesses to do 'fa
She had 9ntreatcxl her ry
favor. to eat-some of the .
and chicken, her own prat ;el
leg bag emitalntxl, had, is mall a
bottle ofixdogne, - and assert 'argie
it 'wits betthr than water to 't the
car dust from your face. - I, put
someon your handkerchleti .1 try
it,' and had watelltili. with t it Ia
'Wrest the color naming brigl . into
Margie's cheeki dating this i tel ab
lution. Then she brought lr the
lovely Afghan Margie had! tired,
n .
and proudly exhibited as .. row
work. In the midst of the in noted
conversation that followed mil
a
ing all manner of limey w , the
train stopped at a station, and George
and .L.alie . came in and annnuneed
excitedly, that it was snowleg: fast,
and that the down train ha ught
the,news that quite a healtpsnow
stom had set in malt themqgpteins.
. - -
tiny wore 'away,
crept heavily on, Its speed constantly
decreasing, and the stoppages at the
' stations growing. longer. Margie's
'heart, grew heavier than ever, but un
fortunately her eyelidsgTew heavier,
too, and she began to fall into little
uneass , dozes, with her cheek pillow
ed on her sathel. She was so tired
that even the prospect of being snow- •
ed up all night in a deep tut could
not keep her awake. She fell asleep
even while thinking 'with ilkainty
that the town where her aunt lived
was twelve miles from the railroad,
station, and the mountain roads
would probably be rendered impas:ga
ble for the carriage which was to meet
her. Emmie had said that a stage
which ran from the station to
regularly during the •suminer,. had
been chartered for the use of her par
ty, although it had_ long ceased to
make its daily trips.
Maigie wondered if they would go
off merrily and satfely4mtl leave her
to her fate. She dozed oft, dreamed
her aunt's carriage had bverturned in
a snow drift and she N6s hurried In
the snow, and started awake to find
her satchel fallen on the floor, a ]tile
snOw drift stealing in through the
crack in the window, and melting on
her neck, and Mr. Winsto&A dark
eyes fixed upon her with a grave,
curious expression
It wits so provokingnnd ridimilous
a iituation, and Margie blushed crim
son as she caught the gentleman's eye,
and then with : a sudden' dignity she
sat up, untied her brown veil, (her
bonnet had all this time been suspend
ed on a hook above her head,) and
brushed the snow front her hair and
neck. What a wealth of lovely red,
gold waiving hair, rolled down on
her shoulder as she unfastened the
strings of the ugly veil! And.what
pretty white hands they were that
caught it, and wound it hurriedly
Into n great knot at the back of her
head ! Then she attempted to close
the window more tightly. but with
all the strength of ' both hands she
ehuld not move it. Shelooked up in
great surpisle as another hand was
quietly placed upon the window, and
the 'provoking thing' slid easily into
its place. Mr. Winston had come to .
her aid, and she gave him a shyly
grateful look from her dark-fringed
eyes cad n murmured 'thank you,'
which ought to have rewarded him
well for his trouble.
Again Margie dropped into an un
easy.slumber, and this tinic,she was
roused from troubled dreams hy the
touch of gentle brunts tallier head.—
Emmie's'smiling eves met her's for
a moment—somethingsoft and warm
interposed between her cheek and the
hard wood of the ear Eeat —a general
sensation cif comfort stole over her,
and she slept again; with the scarlet
and purple Afghan waned 'around
her, and her Laid nestling on a cash
on made of its soft folds. She slept
long and jsweetly, while the train
jarred on, the snow drifts deepened,
the windlowled through the deep
cuts, and !the winter night came steal
ing on.
Ma rgie could scarcely help thinking
it part ot her dreams, when a voice
roused L r with the words, 'We are
near—station. I think you'd bet
ter put on your bonnet.' It was her
friend Emmie who spoke, and Mar
gie attempted to smile back into the
girl's bright 'face, but she was too
bewildered and startled to speak or
to do anything but :rub .her eyes.
Then,with flutters that 'seemed fairly
numb with sleepine.4l, she tied on•
her bonnet, picked up her, bag, and
followed Emmie anti her friends from
the airs. She shivered with the
plunge into the snowy
,air, which
roughly and effectually awakened
her. Some one put - out a.. hand to
help her to the platform veome .one
else called out, Como on, John, we
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and she .risw . that - Mr.
min rile( lifter.. IN.
i , .the platten* and' the
I ingerly.forthdliwriage
a-,itipet ,her.....,qbe Aura
id ; ,moved oft -. up the.
c, , ' end 'Margie ' wAS• telt
Imiely; - tlark little' figure
'platform. • Snowlevery-.
er eyes.• SnowAn , the
idnithatzt white 1
Alltyiba "plirines
—triiiiiiiir 'every" - rk pine
_ ,-the 41dr:1i:crests an - around the.
little-kat** great' (KM bf snow
110/047..iit . .10'7 narrow rroad that
_plowed WO thirforest
_aniline' lost
4*ltiov ; linear, on the wood piled
It t ol,ifOterantted,ortow..on the glar
tel
- sesittehtielhat !steottl'near the
biliefavitineirlienbaeltiret the L air
homes that wpm hatuessett to it,
`tin_ that stenneed and awoke(' as the
1114. es gatheted cht Went'; snow under
littirgle'dlittle feet, and on-her cloak,
•and lo- her Jeyett, and lii :the ' air She
.breathed, i Andthere was nocarriage
:waiting:for; . her. The. stage &river
whe 'was 'standing - bY ~his 'terscu,
shook' . hit' head •as •-she questioned
idm4.atuleald. 'he didn't believe , it
.1 1 thIlx! pourable; for :a..iArniage to
tnoltmor-vilitilti tt.week.'
.i.,_fih.eiec:;ked areniarAlio•Whie Waste
:01,tinoii,' ti ritl saw no : os.a: - but
.the
littre- triune: bending' Which lisyskti
IhelitikPbsolordepoti Wire; thid - pla
mfileoat Oode. -, , Aweek in this dnury
; piece: Ahab was simply impossible.
She - Must get Mt I.)y. some . Means.'
Wits-there no cart tote hired? No
tuitse she could ride to---Lvillia?'
• The driver looked enriousiy at the
troubled, childish face et the 9 nest ion-
er, and shook his head- agnin..,.No,
ma'am, there ain't nothing to 4e'got
about - here; and 'twoirldie.t ig! . pomi
hie to go on it, nor in it, if thete . wris;
not such weather ea this. Jam going
through if things :hold -together.
Thetis, I am ' going .to take a kiid of
folks' to' Cal. Bert Elliott's, a mile
- this' side of --;—ville. ' I 'don't see
notitingto hinder .our going that
far with them. I .thought you were
one of that &lewd. • ~
..No, lirdi,iie wa. not one of 'that
Crowd. ' She was a. stranger to all 'of
them. •She' had no right ton seat In
a vehiele chattered by-them, and she ,
could riot tialF it .a.s a favor. Besides,
could . not go to Col. 'Elliott's, of
course. 'Was there noliince here
that she could stay , in - till ' her aunt
could send for her. . _ .
log
We
fore
,Zen
Ves. the driver's'po44 u could
stay at Mrs. Simmons. !She was the
storekeepeesswile , aod lived in the
rooms over the stote ,
While Margie was making up her
mind to ask shelter of Mrs. Sim mous,
a quick Biel . ): =no over the
_snowy
platform, and Mr: Winston's voice
Emitted besitklher. • •
`Excuse :I .did hot mean to
leave you stignlink In the snow, but I
Walt to Imam your trunks being ta
ken Off. -There is very comfortable
room - above the store. • Will you join
the ladles of-my party there ??.
.-ulk
• She took her into 'the 'company
room,' the pride of her heart, which
adjoined the sitting room, and, ,giv
ing her water to bathe her face, went
back to the parlor again. Somehow
the sound of happy voices in the
next room made Margie more lonely
and wretched than she had ever felt
in all her life. Great tears splashed
into the basin of water all at once,
and, though she tried all her might
she could not' stop Crying. Three
times she went back to wash oil all
the traces of weeping, and at last,
when she thought her cheeks were
dry, and she began to arrange her
hair before the muslin draped look
ing glass, the Very first glimpse of
her piteous face made her tears flow
faster than ever fur very pity of her
self. 'Poor little me poor little
me!' she felt like saying, just as she
used to say when she was a tiny
child, and wanted her sweet mother
to pity mat kiss her. That thought
brought the tears thickly again, and
Margie was about to put her head
down on the little toilet table and
give way to a burst of paionate,
despairing sobs, when a sound in the
next romp attracted her attention,
and made her stop crying to listen.
voice exclaimed. 'Girls,
please be quiet! Leslie and Mr.
Win.stonure culling us.'
Emma apparently went to the
door to hear what they said, and a
murmured conversation between her
and thelgentlemen (allowed. Then
Margie heard again, 'Yes we will:be
ready in fifteen iniuutes, or five, if
you say so. What did you say, Mr.
Winston? Oh, certainly there will be:
room enough! I am so glad you
mentioned it. But• you know that
the stage isn't going
•However, that doesn't !hake nuy diff
erence. • We will, make her stay
with u 4 till Mrs. Delancey sends for
her. •
So they were talking about her,
and planning a way out . of all her
difficulties for her. How kind it
was, 'and yet how their kindness
pained her. To be obliged to accept
favors from people she. had never
seen till to day, was so galling to
proud Margie, that she felt like run
ning desperately out into the snow,
and going on, arid on, till she should
sink down ip some soft white drift
and let the Relics cover her up, and
end her troubles and her life togeth
er. Then she was shocked at her
own wickedness, and, with thesweet
trustfuhas ofa child, she bent her
head to Pray for pardon and fur help
in heeloneliness:
' In the next room they seemed un
conscious that every word could be
heard through the thin partition, fur
Ramie was swing; *Mr. Winston
and Leslie want to know if we would
give Miss Hepburn a seat in the
stage. Of course we can.'
`Oh ! sighed Addy, plaintively.
`I suppose we nuts!, but our nice par
ty will be spoiled. Won't it do,
Emtnie,. if we take a note to her aunt
from , her? It's Mrs. Delaneey's busi
ness to get her to-ville.'
'Gracious, Addy!' exclaimed Em
tide, school girl like. ,'Leave the
poor child here, with no way of get
ting for a week per
haps! -Mamma would give us a good
scolding if we did it, wouldn't she
Alice ?'
Alice agreetl that she would,
though shp • evidently hesitated to
disagree with the imperious, mag
nificent Addy.
How Margie's cheeks burned dur
ing this conversation. Ifer 'drops
of tears' t were 'turned to sparks of
and Was hard to keep (rota
confronting Addy like a little in
sul hxl queen, and assuring - her that
'she need not be at all uneasy, the
'nice party 'should. never be spatial:
by her presence.' '
In the midst of her struggles against
,' t ' '
BEI
MEM
I p temper,. blight„,warm
I hearted Eintnie moo In toltirrYhei
and to entreat; in
,hbi Caressing way,!
that Miss Hepburn would take amc
in their stage and go homo withlbetn
to 'Clifton, from :whence she could
easily reach her aunt's. , •ti :
Majule . goodly hoPing.
that theistage driver could be
ed to carry heron thatnight tsi
and •in , few moments she
:found herself , comfortably placed
with Emrale and a large basket ten
taining lunch, which 'AIM: Sininamts
had smuggledin, on the back salt of
the stage. There WAS any quantity
of room, for , Leslie; and Tom, and
George Hardy preferred'climbing...to
the reef, where they, chanted college
songs, and frightened BMW Alice by
ToreWnding toad! off every five min
and : Mr.' Wlbston, after the
first half mile of the rued, took the
seat beside . the . driver,. Mr. Cross
(than whoni thete never Was ajoiller
'fellow,by the Way.l
It wtwaftersundown when the stage
left the station but It *.wrai%not dark
nor did the eight promise to be a
dark ono, for, Mc , cruki said; 'it
'would be a fit noo n If it wasn't for
them dratted oudsOmd besides, the
snow made it light. enough', for any
man ,witit a head to ,drive.,' and he
roPeated his favorite expression, 'he
Would get throlighlt-thlngs - held to
gether;” I3W they rolled the stage
- swinging: easily - from. side to side,
the wheels crushing noisele-sly into
the soft snow, and the noble horses
springing forward as if they enjoyed
the performance, while from the
singers on the roof a jelly chorus
Made • the forest echo. •for miles
around. A very pleasant state of
affairs if it Could only have lasted...l
But the level stretch of mid through
the,pines was soon passed, end then
came a series of hills, up , and down
up and down,,each hill steeper and
Tenger thati the last. The stage al
ternately plunged and tolled, nod
its progress grew • slower, 'mid the
halts more frequent. - Aud .nil the
time the snow canto doein in ono
vast blinding cloud, which was
Whirled hither and thither by the
wind, so that it seemed to come from
all points of the - rourpass, and actual
iyots.Toin-thid, to be 'snowing up,'
at times. •.
, The geutlenlen werti now obliged
to got out' at every hill, and to trudge
knee deep in theirack of the .plung
ing Vehicle. But still 'things held
together,' even when they began to
encounter fallen trees which were bro
ken by the weight of snow. and hW
stretched across the road, and which
required the united Strength of all
the men In the company to. remove
them.
The Italics meanwhile sat quietly
In the stage, ((Over doubting the abil
ity of Mr. Cross to 'get through,' and
answearing the merry shouts of their
escorts with laughter as. guy. But
when three hours had been passtml
in this way, even Enunie, the mer
riest ot them all, betutisc weary and
silent, mid Addy only'spoke to coin
- Ide - t, which she
comfortable,
id . and hard,
r to change
ecepted.
when, (luring
Mr. Winston
petted It just
his voice to
dm answered
wasm i l . sald
tremm, eaTfLSW
utd safe while
you are out in this terrible storm.'
We are quite contented with
knowing that von are warm and safe.
Don't be troubled about us,' for he
somehow guessed from her tone that
she was troubled.
'Are xve nearly at our journey'.
end '." she asked. '
'Well—no. To tell the truth, we
are only a little more than half way.
But don't he discouraged,' he said.
'Are the horsts very tired ?' asked
Margie.
Rather. Rut tht.y eau pull us
through I think. This is a dreary
Christmas Evc for .You, Miss Hep
burn.,
'1 don't mind it,' said Margie, qui
etly. In fact it was not drearier for
orphan Margie out in the wild stormy
night than it Would have been in the
shelter of her nunt's house. Fire and
lampseannot make light and warmth
in the heart,and the kindnes3 of Aran
gers was better than the Coldness of
her who should have been kind.
' We are stopping a long time,' ?Ir.
Winston said, 'to rest the horses. We
have a long hillahead of us now. I'd
advise you to go to sleep too.'
Then he closed the door, and with
a snort and plunge the six bays breas
ted the waves of snow on the steep
mountain mad. With many stop
pages, much shouting (which waked
the slumbering inside passengers,)
and a great deal of prying at the
wheels with rails taken from a fence,
whichwas fits td happeari ng under the
snow, the top of the hill was reached,
anti the descent began.
"That's over,' said Enamie, in a
relieved tone, and she sank back
amongst the shawls and cushions for
another nap. The other girls were
following her example when n violent
lurch, a shout front the driver, a
crash, anti the stage lay on its side in
a gulley, while the bursts struggled
like mad to escape from the tangled
harness. But Mr. Cross, though stan
ding on his head in a snowdrift, still
held the reins, and in a moment the
frantic anitnals were seized and held
by three or four pairs of strong arms,
each busied in obeying the driver's
directions. `Cut thetraces! Cut eve
ry thing that holds them ! Darn
them! they'll have us over the bank
in a second Wpm don't.'
When Um horses were releirsid,
and stood treinbling and snorting
in the mad, the next cure was to re
lease tho,territled inside passengers.
To do them justice, the girls had 'be
haved like bricks,' as Tom expressed
it.
No one screamed except Alice,
who WiLi thrown into Margie's lap,
and uttered shriek after shriek at first,
till Margie silenced her by a quick
'For mercy's sake, don't scream.
You will only frighten the horses,
and make mutters worse.'
Leslie dragged open the door with
a breathless inquiry. 'Are all the
rest of you killed ? I don't hear any-
Isslyscreaming but Allee.' And the
peal of laughter that greeted this
speech nsmred him that no ono was
seriously injured. But, though no
ono was hurt, jt was npparent that
very serious mischief. had happened
to the stag 6: When the '-girls had
been lifted from the vehicle, and stood
laughing and shivering in two feet of
snow, Mr. emss walked round the
stage, and solemnly came kwh to
give his verdict.' z
'She's oft the handle now, anyhow.
Things ain't held together. Ladles, '
I'm sorry for it, but we won't get
through . to-night.' In the dismayed
silence' that followed, he went on to
sa y : 'You see 1 hadn't counted on
' laving-whole trees flung nt the lea
ders' he.als,.as that one was that lies:
'nemsaThe road there. It skeertsl the
(critters, and they stewed round right
towards the edge of the mountain.
'I hadn't no limey for tnking a load
SE
E!M
• -
Estiblised:.lBlS,
.
of ' &Owen precipice a titio-'.
dredleet ti, so I: clewed . 'cm' thej
other way, and: we • want Into' that
gitileyoulek tut winking: Thertaln't
no' harm %do:K r oh, no!
_,. Nothing
iint awheellgtennd up . agihlSta SOCIL'
'like it bid been through tiebffee MK
•=stablesaingit - was not one ,of Yoer
pretty- kentla—thO ,aaletrea broken
and—the devji te pay exerylwherer
And Mr: Cneriviived his arms Wild;
ly, u if WOrdit WWI him wherewith
to express the utter ruin , and- musk
that hM:takettplace. -: : .. • . ,
ilem WWI a tdtuation I *Me o':
cluck
euntri o l f n %t w i n , ateellesreentanigh n i
g a w i
il l I g d ,
and ten people up to their knees in
snow. !dawn , about by the- driving
wind, and stiffening already with the
cold.. ,is.. .:- • . • - •
'.la therm blacksmith'ashepatthe
foot of the mountain? asked Mr.'
Winston: 'There used to he.'
'Yes,rsaid Leslie, 'but there's no
niguse
ht trying. to mend !anything. to
.' . t.l • . .. „ .
'Of course not' exclaimed Mr.
Croat. 'Hut Jim Bailey has a snug
house down them that wilishelter us
all, and thy 'advice is that you all
travel Wins themaavasyoicean.
It ain't s ixtore than - A . yarda,t. We
couldn't have broken wo, jp og..
ter; PhtestlWhitt'a tiadt d foist - '
trunks, MIA' Alleet" - Blefe' the 'Via
men ! you cant skeer nor - freeze the
love of ,t heir clothes out of 'ena,- The
trunks won't get hurt. I looked at
'em. They're covered up tight in
the boot--not a snowflake am get to
'Cm. Now, Pil go ahead with these'
&Utters, and hmak the way, anti you
all follow after me.' • .
Itava.4 a •wild journey. The girls
' Could not keep their feet in tin:winds
which came tearing down the moon
'fain, bringing mlnature avalanches
with it, and Margie, who as usual
fitund, herself the special care of Mr.
Winston, could only ding to hlsarm,
and suffer herself to be almost curried
thnitigh the drift. When they-much
eel the blacksmith's log cabin, all was
(lark and still, and Mr. Cross shouts
and knocks were for a long time un
answered.
Drat the man! Is he deal or drunk,
I wonder?' growled Mr. Cross paus
ing to listen for an answer.
'I 'heard something then,' cried
Margie, l who had pressed close to the
door. ; "Something like a little chills
crying. Listen !'
'lt was the wind, I reckon.' Well.
I'll try again, and he shouted, aloud :
'Jim, Jim Bailey, it's me, Dan Cross
and: a load of passengers out here
freezing to death I Open your door,
Mail.'
This time, after a pause, a little
fitint voice called, timidly from with
in :''ls that you Mr..Cmas?' : '
'Yes, it's me, little July. Let Me
In quick.' ' , '
The door opened slowly, and a lit
tle girl appeared with a frightened .
face, holding back with ono hand
two smaller children, who clung to
her skirts.
'lloilo, July I, where's father Peak
ed Mr. Cross, at the sight of whom ;
all the children smiled, and the door
opened wide instantly. .
Father's gone to grandpa's. He
went last night, and he hasn't come
back,: and there 's
nobody here but
me and the children. So I was afraid
to open the door at first' said July,
clinging • to Mr. Cross' hand and
looking shyly at the strangers who
enteral. But in a few minutes she
forgot her shyness, and was busy
throWing pine knots on the bed of
mats that glowed in theg r ea t fire;
place, and sitting chairs
for the lay
dies with instinctive grace and cour
t,o, ~ upL iwang a akaanna blaze,
lighting every corner of. the large
kitchen with Its crimson' glow, and
warming thoroughly 'the chilled
travellers who crowed around it. .
"Wow, July,' said Mr. Cross, who
LatannetYperkeliv_v iit'..hogie, rtr u see
ads besniict r all - fhimeg f
supper in here—cold chicken an so
on—for these people, but we'd like
some em H
feeamazin.' elloh ! What's
this? Here's a nice mess. • This here
bottle of shrub has gone and smash
ed, and soaked all the bread.
.' Now.
what's to be-done?'
`Make more bread,' said Leslie,
recklessly. 'I suppose July can give
us some Hour or meal to make it of.
We will pay you well, little one, for
the trouble we give you.'
July laughed as she opened time
door of a shed room, and with some
pride showed a well stockal store
room. Bat she said she never made
anybread out of flour. 'Father al
ways made the bread.'
Now, ladies, which of you will
make the bread for sup p er?' asked
Leslie, gayly, and the girls looked at
one another in silence.
'I never made any bread in my
life,' said Alice, slowly.
'Amid I never saw any Made,' ex
claimed 'Enunie, while Addy folded
her hands, and looked upwards with
a comical face of despair..
In this emergency Margie came
forward, modestly yet confidently.
'I hare made biscuit. I think I can
de it again, she said, and she pro-
CtiAled at once to fa up her sleeves
put on an apron July brought her,
and to wash her hands in a business
like way.
\[r. Cross watched her handle the
tray and quart'cup, and sift the flour
and then saying, with a quiet nod,
"ou'll do,' he left the imam, beckon
i g several of the young men to (d
-i
1 w.
i The party remaining in the house
-were soon busy getting supper, un
der the directions of Margie, who
fitted about like a Wry, dolng,every
thing she attempted with wonderful
grace and dexterity, and issuing her
orders like a general on the field of
battle. It was amusing to see how
even Addy, the magnificent, went to
her humbly for orders, and obeyed
them with slavish precision.
When Mr. Cross-and his party re
turned. having first made a trip to
the stage to bring down all the shawls
and cushions, and then sheltered the
horses in a shed adjoining the smithy
they found George and -t:mmle care
fully putting biscuit to bake in a
couple of ovens, while Alice watched
the boiling coffee pot. Addy and
Leslie were setting a table, and Mar
gie; with flushed cheeks and bright
eyes, was everywhere at once, show
ing everybody the right way to do
everything, - ;lnd . exciting the open
mouthed wonder and admiration of
little July pad the other children.
She - had made friends with them
long ago, and July had told her all
about the lonF night and day they
had passed i since father had went
away and the: snow began to fall.
They had tieen so frightened, and
had nothing to eat but sonic corn
bread July baked on the hearth, for
she couldn't, reach the meat that
hung on the rafters in the storeroom.
She was se glad when Mr. {'rotes
mute, but she wished father knew all
about fonibe would
to
frightened
at their b et Og all alone In the o house.
brother
hail jrnoohi go ini i o .
f t: ro ) .fis h ri ri l
t ri i g ir h 6 o l i m n as little a
grandfather's iid
cause
tiell:!l ;j°lliYatle.e
' S'lgr:di:gfl Iodcourorlylo
nt : vriing.
Somehow.the child 's
story filled
her hairiTrst with vague /apprehen
sions, which none of them liked to
give uttemiam to. When Mr. Cross
mime in. Mdrgie whispered her fears
to him, but Was met by the assurance
that 'Jim Willey was a prudent man
and wasn't likely to do nothing msh.
He'd turn up all right.'
• So they went on with the prepara
tions for supper, and a merrier Intel
than it wag{ when it came, never was
seen. -'They appointed Margie mis
tress of ceremonies, as she had prey
i
but me,' she
, erect, with a
not asleep,
You are not
Weep. — ls I
we manago to
7ork,' he re-
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kceper dad very graCeltalty . kite , incr .
_And Just as they Wete risinklhalu •
i thelablo, some one discovered that':
It was twelve 'e f eldelc; and Margie,
started up, declarer/they, pust!slng
In Christ mad moiting,l , aids sing In
.the open air, too, as Christmas tar
telsztiould be sung. So' she opened
Illojloor wide, and, lot' tho • flakes '
had ceased to full, the•,elouds were
flying away before. the lulling wind.
*mien the bending forest trees, 'anti #
he steep mountain sides, and in the
wide valleys, the heaped and Milted
snow lay 'sparkling to the moon"
that shone Calmly dowli war the
quiet earth, while here Ind- there
the sky a largo whitestargliinuicred
faintly forth, too brilliant to be out
done by the radiant moon:
Theo. on the crystal alr, went ring
ing like a ebbnet of bells a chows* of
Clear young volteli le the sweet old '
Christma.s hymn— •
Ogtho'rdn wA4404 Aar arks by hien.
All selin4 on tbegromod.
Tbo angel Ihn Lord ciao down •
-Aug cieni gnats Vaasa."'
It-was Margie wh led ttwAm er n m
wonderlkd so f • se
sweet,.and,so l lnll. that, the. ot
-V I ONt at% ft i tttrV it tei , '
tip beyntid:ine=ktars, the listeners
stood looking up as If them inwst be
angels hovering over them.
A longdeep sileniv followed, which
Addy was first to break. Going up
to Margie, her deur cheek flushed,
and her grent dark eyes shining with
tears, she touched the young girl's
brow with her beautiful lips, and
said gently, "Child, you make me
love you with your lovely voice."
Margie smiled faintly in return.
Silo was bending forward listening to
some fan s led sound that no 1101210
on the fitful wind. Was It fancy ?
She turned, and catching little July's
term drew her .softly to the 'door.—
'July, listen,' she whLsperexl. 'Don't
you hear SOIIIC one calling?'
The child listened" intently, fixing
her eyeel meanwhile on Margie's face. !
The wind blew her black hair over .
her pale little face, and fluttered the ,
dark dress die wore, but still she
listened with that• look of painftil,.
frig,litened•Adenslte, while rgle's
hand still grasped her arm, and she
too listened breathlessly !be the ex- •
pected sound. ' •
picturefeignartisk`was tho grou
in the doorway. thorious, hnperlal
Addy, with the soft light In her eyes;
her purple dress sweeping round and
touching the snow nt her feet; '(air
little Margie, with hergolden breinze
hair falling and glittereng over her
shoulders, and a scarlet shawl half'
trailing on the floor, half clinging
round. her slender figure. Behind
these - Iwo a flood of warm light from
the Christmas fire, glowin and spark
ling, and half revealing other young
and graceful figures to tho back
ground; in front of them the Cold,
glittering moonlight, the wide ex
panse of snow, and the little, pale, '
wistful child.
•
John Winston, standing outside in
the shadow of a great tree, was smil
ing to see how fair •it wa4 and was
already, in fancy, transferring it to
canvass, when little July sprang up
to the look of a startled fawn. 'lt
11111 father' she whispered hoarsely.
'He is eafling me.' With her tiny
hand held up for silence, she listened .
again, and once, only once, from the
ravine, a hundral feet below them,
came a low, wavering, wordless ay,
almost borne down by the light wind
that shook the feathery snow .from
the pines.
Dan Cross started up at the sound.
and With all the strength of his pow
erful lungs, sent forth a shout that
echoed fir and wide over the moun
tains, and then paused for the an
swer. None 'came, and little July
wrung her hands. and sobbed in wild
tociia.....'lt'afitther.! she cited. 'He
Is down there In the dimly enow: Oh,
please, Mr. Criss,get him out. He
will die :n the cold.'
of the ravine was reached the shad
ows fled before their light: To little
July, kneeling on the edge of the
precipice, with Margie's arms around
her, and Margie's soft voice whisper
ing hope and courage in her ettr, it
seemed a long time before the torches
ceased Hashing to and fro, and gath
ered at last round a central point.
But ateiast a shout from' below told
them that the search had been suc
cessful, and then by the winding
path, toiling patiently through the
deep snow drifts, mine the group of
men, bearing slowly, oh, so slowly, a
dark and heavy burden with them.
Up from the black shadows Into the
fair naxmlight, through the wide,
open cabin door, and Into the light
of his own hearth tire they carried
the cold, senseless form of the black
smith, and his little daughter gather
ed his head in her arms, and rocked
backwards add forwards hi grief too
deep for tears. Many a time July
had looked on death, and she thought
it had come again to her humble
home, but she was wrong.
'Not this lime, July,' said Mr.
Cross, cheerfully. 'lie ain't off the
handle yet, child. Here's his heart
beating under my hand like a sledge
hammier already. Not so close to the
fire, boys, though I believe he ain't
so much frozen as dead bead beat and
stunned, with a long tramp and a fall
somehow:'
And so it proved. At the end of
an hour the blacksmith sat In his
arm chair by the fire, very feeble and
dizzy, but tinny as a king, with Ju
ly sitting at his feet, and the two
curly landed cherubs sleepiug on a
bear skin beside him, while , ho ate
his supper anti told his adventures.
The snow had detained him at his
ather's until he became so ' uneasy
about the children nt the cabin that
ho set out, in spite of entreaties' and
warnings, to come home to them.
Taking a short cut through wood
roads, well known to him, lie mine
into the main road near his house,
but seeing no light from the windows
(poor July had put up the wooden
shutters when night mine on he had
wandered out of the pathouLssed Ids
footing, fallen over the edge of t h ey
L rec iti l i pLc .) 7, t s h e e t eisitibd-rilroffi snow fro n t
which he sank. Here, stunned,chill
a
L t h estoutTalannlyd
(er' k a ies nd s ht ,
g li rol by
w bo
d
trying to find his way out of the rav
ine, and conscious that his shouts
t
could not be heard above the roar of
the storm, and at last he sank down
to die, utterly unable to move anoth
er step. But when he (bad lain a lit
tle while with its eyeselosted and his
heart beating slower and slower, sud
denly he heard music in,theair aboYe
him. 'Yes, you may believe me or
nut, just as you please,' said Jim,
shirdily; 'bat I heard angels singing.
It MIS like the music In the church,
only sweeter - than any they make
there, and the clouds were rolling
away from before It, and the moon
shining like silver In the sky. Then
I gathered up strength to call my
little July here. I called her three
times. and when I had done# I Was
sorry, for 1 was afraid she would
try to come down to me and get lost
in the show. Then I tried to raise
myself tip again, and In a minute the
"Sn. , ~
Without a word Mr. Cross dash ed into the house, seized half a dozen
flaming 1 11,0 t wood' brands, and
clime hurrying out again. As many
ready hands seized the torches, and
following the Mid of :Alr. Cross. tljo
men hurried down by a circuitous
route Into the deep ravine where the
shadows lay black as ink.
The torehes flared red against' the
moonlit snow, and when the bottom
(tbnlinuett on Fourth live.)
" - '7;relft"
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