The Beaver Argus. (Beaver, Pa.) 1862-1873, December 08, 1869, Image 1
• ; ...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, .11,• 1.,111 I: - Dr. .1. I.l' It, •11t111....1:11,1" the • t,(11111 . 1 I:AII !W1:U:0,1,...,01,n :11.• r, or I, 1 ~t ,11,r 1.111,11 LI. aik.l all %,ori.,,lr.mt , 1 ' 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 .nl (1.,.:111,1c11114.11 , 1,. lintl'ept 11110 - 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 • • n•I 14.0t+ an.1,•.1... 1,14 e 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 'I I:.• 11111 . 11 ST, acia mid ..• comoil,..l , oked a...V..111 C:•1 0111115111 W, rliro• Fire, Life, Act.itloot,,noll Lae proisuol at t Ikt. o th , 111,1-4 Ilbor.ll .\a51151 Laic" 1.: 1.• I id.. ::ml to , w sit•n. 5.t11.1114i,,./..rmah) :“..1 1; 111 - 1, I 14,,, I. II". 1.4)1' 1111,1, rr ro. ‘N tr•:) • r. 77////-7....1/://: nr / • 11 111 • IV.° I • 111 :1 11111 . 14,1111t1,1110/1. 1111.1 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 11112111111121= A) oli IlEllE t 1:111/13S. tltlorul 1:11. '•6 r th 011.` ha. 1 , 1. t r.. 4 • •• , ~1 tI Int , •-I ,•tl•••, FURS/Si/O,W IA UN 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 h I'l4o ~,, ' • 'lute••m.t z; t!lo 111 , 0 l ihrrai t , r3L ; —• h.. I.Abli k tou pa. • ,•;,. tt.;nmer, ;1.21 hAvltez 111,011.11 mu! ;f 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 R " 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 ~} . f. ~ ~ ME ME ~ .1717-Ta:.o•- . 1 1 1 , 7477:— ` , -, - ; ; ; :* ; •,77 1 - ,. .- 1 77 -. 7 :. ;; . . . . . • . 7,.isiti, ~- : •ii.tr 4 , 77 11.0,•,.', 1 ._ ~-i.,,- . _...“4 . • . 4 1 ...i - • . 4 * - ,; ".•-• ... -.! .. ~1 .., -Jr 1..1,, ~. „,. ....•: qty.; ' . . .. CV 2 . :.t . .: ..;• i . , 7:44%. '. '1 . 'r1I:: . • , 4 q4/';...;:'; , .........7,, , it , '!4 4 .; • ....: ...4 .. . :kJ! ..114 .•• :, ;:' .' ; , ..- .! .....‘' . ; I: -1....., '' . I . " ~ .. . • :i: .. i:• . • 18139.; MM 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- . , .6)ttlim :s.l .t . tibils!!4 , lFY4fx-WogialOgr the. 014 . 1 Am*W.lnaltdins Bea" • Yes'. ELI stet PaslasOle s K l e• Whamattablitabil, bicip of lies! tilit' Wit hsisiistesrro IdWrally istr (sputa if itantinti• Liam 'of • kin 4 mu invariably ba • I,3tAwilki *. ii•Aittito adtbot. • : • Rttorp and outasupolcieli shotabib• iidanthaven , • r. • ' . .402;311.EiciailifkkiArree,191.• :t r t 7 •pl edit.; , =ME = iul trenadfinekkciinable,thati any.ene • ehletiptillingthe on of house 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" El