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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1892. '
1 LIZ ARD
That the country fair took place dur
'ing the closing week of the Little
prig school proved a utost unforuns
ate sire stance to Misa Deane and
her pupils, The children had a nature
al desire to go to the fair, but it was
highly important that the work of the
solroel Should be» finished, and the
teacher insisted that this duty should
be dobe before ,the scholars gave them-
selves up to pleasure. That will dn,Meg, said Miss Deat,e,
She was prepitred for dissatisfaction, sternly. Take your place in file, and
but was confident that she world be I will ring at once.
able to win the warm-hearted children Jiain't you goin' to shet up? inquir-
over to her own way of thinking on ed Meg, surprised. Well, if you haint
the matter. the beateness ! kap said you mout
However, she was suspicious of her mark the kid same as teaches], so the'
largest pupil, IIIeg Httower,the Baugh- ain't no call to keep school, anyway.
Silence ! Now, 1Ieg, you foice me
to say thet I do not believe you. You
are taking a silly revenge for not being
nerraitted to go to the fair.
Had she teen less angry, Miss
lets* intended ilio offence ill this ex• gwine to help you all 'I lain. ',Phar liaint ed to•str.p arqund it hut failed, and l Meg was that set on. goin', be said,
presaion, hut Miss Dearne felt her face no tinge to get boti,e now ; but down fell prostrato. that 'twain` no uso to go twain its
color angrily, She had riot become
fully aceastotned to this Arkansas dime
lebt.
1 aeon a,flock of snow birds, too
this morning, said Meg,as yet unaware
of her teacher's suspicion. An' that's
a mighty sure sign at this time of the
year.
Miss Deane smiled incredulously,
and expressed her unbelief in signs of
that sort,
Ye're pert enough when it comes
to books, said Meg, evidently offended
at this doubt. But the' haitit a kid
hyar but what knows more about the
netut'' o' things.
• ter of the school director. The girl,
who was a famous rider, was expected
to ride her father's horse at the fair
and was quite sura of winning a prize
for equestrianism. But it would not
be just to make an exception in her Deane would have regretted her words
favor. as soon as uttered. She saw that the
When Hiss Deane made the an- girl felt herself•deeply insulted. With
nouneemeut that. the sessions of the flushed, angry face Meg confronted
school would not be interruptee, Meg her and in spite of her faded calico,
took the matter very cooly, hut sullen- gown and uncouth sun bonnet•,she was
' ly. Miss Deane had found her a a picture of lofty resentment.
strange girl—somewhat secretive, as it You have dared to perpetrate a silly
seemed and not inclined to accept the joke upon me, Miss Deane persisted.
teacher's proffered friendship. A joke ? Oh,; yes, I see. I dast
Miss Deane first took the precaution not du anything. I dast to lie to my
to consult the girl's father,Ben Hitow• teacher ! Co'se there ain't goin' to be
er,one of the first settlers from Axlcan- no 6,!izzard ! . she said, loftily, as slie
:sas; who were numerous in the section, went to her seat.
.e assured her of his support. Miss Deane thought that she had
But ye know, miss, he said, Meg's done right. She had no further thought
'too deep for rue. You'd better look of Meg's warning. Had not the girl
,out fer her. She's sot un going to the confessed to falsehood ? ' -
'fair, an' 1 'low if elle takes it inter her And yet the hours that followed
-head to go auyhow,sbe'll i;c: Ye know dragged wearily. There was little study
she 'lowed to take the first ticket -a -rid- among the few pupils present, and the
in' Topsy, an' she is mighty pert on young faces wore a grave, anxious ex.
'critter back. town I'd like to see 'er pression, Meg ekept sullenly at her
do it. But keep 'er to books if ye kin; books. The event of the moroieg had
and watch out fer her ! a depressing effect upon all
Warned thus by the girl's own father At recess the pupils, all but Meg,
Miss Deane put herself on guard filed slowly out, and stood about the
grounds, silent and restless. At last
the teacher beard a sound as of sup,
ing, the last ay in October, and as' pressed weeping, in the yard,and going
to the door found a shall girl leaning
dejectedly against the building,sobbing
bitterly.
She went out to where the child was
standing. What is the matter? she
asked.
I'm skeered of the blizzard, said the
child.
My dear child, there is no danger.
Meg confessed that what she said was
not true, said Miss Deane, It was a
silly:joke.
But Meg was read when she said
she lied, said the child. Ben fIitower
jest natchelly knows the 'weather by
signs.
against Meg.
The fair opened on Monday morn
mild and sunny as in May. Miss Deane
was early at the school ; but, to her
surprise Meg was there before her, and
evidently waiting to speak to her.
'Pears like we'd get a storm, said
the girl, advancing.to meet the teacher.
Better shet up the books an' hide out.
This shanty won't stand no great
shakes.
Miss Deane's suspicions were at
once aroused. Not only was the sky
clear and the sun shining, but the very
fact of Meg's addiieseing her voluntari-
ly was in itself a suspicious circum
stance.
There is no sign of a storm, the
teacher said, coldly. The weather is
simply delightful.
Pears like, assented Meg. But girl's fears.
pap 'lowed seal' sort of weather But the sun is : shining'? said Miss
natchelly breeds blizzards. • Deane reassuringly. Storms do not
Blizzards ! repeated Miss Deane, burst from eleiar skies like this.
staring in spite of himself. As a new- But them clouds hez h'isted plum
comer from the East, she had heard to west, said a bey, standing aloof and
those terrible storms described, and nervously digging his toes into the
furthermore she knew that Ben Hitow= sand. It looks sort 'o gray 'n ,jubious
er was regarded as ark unfailing weather like, he added, 'pears, like I kin jist
prophet.' feel the storm in my bones.
Did your father tell you so-? she Miss Deane smiled at this remark,
asked. and was beginning to think seriously
'Yese'ee, said Meg, Ile 'lowed that of dismissing these few frightened
haze off yon way looked mighty jus children, when Floy Millets, her little
bions. niece,oan:e rushing out of the building,
Miss Deane glanced towards the her face pallid with; fear,
northwest, and sale a lowslying, fir- 0 entitle, Meg !!says the blizzard's
away bank of hazy clouds, which ape coming sure. Letts go home; oh, let's
peared anything but dttbious to her. go horse- I
Do these storms ever omit in Oce At this rnotnentr'Meg herself appear.
tuber? Miss Deane asked, ed. All traces of her anger had van
Yase'm. This month four years ago iehed, antl_anly a nervous clasping and
Sense Yaddy frit, aspire from parater. unclasping of the broWie bands betrays
He drapped down afore thtr doer not''' ed unusual excitement,
ten fent away. I tell ye if ye're ketch•, .Have you come out to finish your
ed its a blizzard soh ez that, yor a silly joke P Miss Deane aakcd.
crooked goose, ; t 1Vo'm said Meg, humbly. I'm
thar by the branch jest beyant the It's the ruff of rho ahatrty !leg She's too many for me— that gall
spring, thar's a ole dugout. You ung shouted ; and with an effort arose to
know whar 'tis, she said turning to the their feet. A life of active out -of door
children ; an' ye'd better ekiri right exercise told in her favor in a time
out, and stay than, too, till I come, like thia. •
Now hide out—cut sticks l Though Meg shouted,urged, entreat-
ed, oonunanded, Miss Deane made no
further effort, Despair and resigna-
tion alternately filled her heart. She
heard Meg's voice, but gradually it
grew fainter and finally ceased.
The tempest seemed to have passed
away and a delicious warmth pervaded
her being. ,Site was overcome by
cold and exltiiitstion, and at last lay
because conscious now that it shone senseless at Iteeg's feet.
but di.nly, and the dubious grayness
of which the boy had spoken was very
plain to her. ,
Be ye rc.acly ?° asked Meg, standing
composedly by ;her side. The dugout
is safe, pap'n Ilived there goin' on six
years. Better 'buoy, Miss. Ye kin
hear it roar note. Law, how she gits
Char..
Ono glance wt§ enough to show that
Meg had indeed spoken truly. The
Haze bed arisen and now filled every
inch of space from earth to sky. Like
a solid wall of misty vapor,it was bear-
ing down with frightlul rapidity.
A low, wailing wind had begun to
blow in fitful, icy blasts, The roar of
which Meg spoke grew louder and
louder, The bi<ightness of noonday
suddenly vanished, and the gloom of
early night was about thein. There
was one instant of overpowering, para-
lyziug fear, and then the stortn was
upon thein.
Blinded, deafened
Bewildered by Meg's positiveness
artd her master a ay of managing, Miss
Deane stood in eileuce,whilo the child-
ren promptly obeyed the girl's com-
mands. Even Floy calling to her aunt
to follow quickly, was caught upbe-
tween two strong boys and hurried
forward,
The sun still shone, but Miss Deane
•
and partially
stunned; Miss Deanne struggled to her
feet. She tried to cry out to Meg,
from whom the fury of the storm had
separated her; but the violence of the
wind tools her breath, and the effort
to speak was followed by a
suffocation.
At last she felt herself once more in
eleg's grasp 'and heard her shouting as
if from afar :
Stan' stiff agiet the wind, an' foller•
my lead 1
Slie tried te•obey, conscious that in
doing so lay her only hope. But she
felt that the hour; of death had- come.
If strong hien had died in these storms,
dying at their very - doors from cold
and exhaustion, What hope could there
be for two frail women ?
Th storm dragged, hurled
ed them. Tlie intensity of
was beyond conception. There was a
dull, hard bitterness, which chilled
the blood, added tb the cutting cold
which benumbed 'their very senses.
And besides all this, to be surrounded
with the gloom ot might, and to feel
the fine particles of snow and ice like
needles penetrating the flesh 1
Anna Deana though a delicate
sense of
and toss,
the cold
How long she lay thus she could not
have told ; but when consciousness re-
turned, it was Play's arms that en-
circled her neck, and the chilli's lips
were kissing life and warmth into hers.
Meg knelt by'her side, chafing her
hands and smiling through tears,
It was a close shave that time, said
Meg. I 'lowed your goose was cooked
for sure !
Miss Deane' smiled gratefully to
hear Meg's voiice, which bras sweeter
now thar, the sweetest music. She
saw that by some wonderful means
they had reached the dugout; that
the children were safe. With heart
overflowing with • thanksgiving she
lifted up a praxer to God, and then
finally besought Meg's pardon.
I wronged yeti, dear girl, she said;
and you would'have given your life
for ire 1
Meg was overwhelmed with embar-
rassment. She did not then, nor did
she ever afterwards, utter a Word of
pardon. • But Miss Deane was begin -
ring to understand tine strange girl,
and smilingly listened to her explana-
tion of her resale.
At the moment of greatest danger,
when Meg, bewildered by the • storm
and ready to give up the struggle,
still stood guard over her unconscious
teacher, there otjcurred one of those
utxaccouutable lulls in the storm some-
times noted ine'•vestern blizzards. It
was only morn ntary, and yet it was
sufficient to show her they were with-
in a few feet o6 the dugout. The de-
tached roof of `1 the schoolhouse had
'Leen blown against, and lodged in, a
small scrub oak 'close by,
Peered like I Was strong'u Meth-
salum then, said,;Meg. 1 gathered ye
ez easy like, and toted ye into the
hole,
Miss Deane attempted no further
thanks. She could only clasp the
brown hand tightly, and look the
words she longed to speak.
But before thi night ended there
was a perfect understanding between
the two. Meg opened her heart and
laid bare its gir9ltish aspirations' and
girl grief. She lcneve that she was misrule
and unaccustomed to exposure of any clerstood, and had drown hard and sul-
kind, was nevertheless no coward. len, reckless aliki of love or hate.
She thought of Floy, and blessed the Even when yo1 'eased me of lying
A group of children gathered about brave girl at her side that the child i miss, she said, I jvas that mad that I
them, and it.vas plain•theey shared the was safe. She world wait in the dug- I didn't keer. !
+ out and cry for auntie but probably in
vain.
She thought of her widowed mother
in that far away eastern home, and
Longed to live for her sake. She reg
aiized how vain were all regrets ; and
yet deeper than love of home and kin-
dred, deeper even. than love of life
itself, was the remorse of conscience
for having so eruelly---yes, fatally—
misjudged this girt.
She would have been glad to hunible
herself before this child and ask her
forgiveness, hut the could not, Fee!•
dwellings ot the settlers.
ing that even in this terrible tempest The shed sehhol•honse was blown to
God was near, she earnestly prayed in pieces in the gale. 1t was never ro-
her heart for pardon. Then a great built but a fine ;stone building stands
calm filled Tier heart, in its place, Meg, much against her
How long they had struggled in the will found herself quite a famous per•
storm 1Ite had often heard that song When Miss Deane recovered
people who had lost their way wander' from the eitposire of that day and rem
ed in a circle, The dugout was so turned to her city home, Meg went
near; surely if they had kept their with her. 8114 became a pupil at the
bearing, they must have'reached there sehoed from which Miss Deane -had
lend ago. graduated.,
Then suddenly some huge obstruc• Ben mower, gave his elieorfttl con•
tion filled their path. They attempt- sent to this arringereent,
It`was not altogether an unhappy
company that spelt. that stormy night
in the dugout. F py cried herself to
sleep, and some complained of 'hunger,
but there was a rude fire -place in the
dugout and plenty of fragments of
wood lay about it, and no one suffered
from cold.
The morning daw,ied gray and
stormy ; but as'ieoon as it was cotYsid.
ered safe, word 11 was carried to the
anxious parents' and thmre'svas great
rejoicing among the widely scattered
Blood Will Toll.
Good blood shows its .quality. Go will
bad blood, the one in a healthy body and
ruddy complexion, the other in ill health,
blotches, pimples, boils and sores, stud
frequeutly in inteuser forms as ulcers,
abscesses, erysipelas,acrofulous diseases,
salt rheum, eta. Every organ cf the body
dept nds upon the blood for force and vital-
ity, and is but soautlly served when the
blood is impure. No remedy is aa potent
as a blood purifier or more rapidly pro-
duces new and healthy blood than Burdock
'Blood -Bitters, which neutralizes the
various poisons and restores the vitalizing
,power ot this all important :fluid. As an
instance of this read what Air. 3. S. Neff,
of Algoma Mills, Out., says is a recent
letter :
Stns,—A year ago I was troubled with
spots breaking out all over my body, the
effect of bad blood. I consulted three
doctors, who gave me meaieine but did
not cure me. I was advised to try B. B. B.
and after using two bottles I notice,`' the
spots getting less. I continued to use B.
B. B., which entirely cured me, giving me
also a splendid appetite. Since then I
would use uo other medicine.
1882 Philosophy.
Don't call a man mean because he
keeps his expenditnres within his re,
ceipts ; he would be inean if he did
itot.
Better not tell a neighbor your
troubles unless you are willing to lise
ten to his.
•Don't think that an unfortunate
man is any better off because you pity
him, unless you set a price on your
pity and pay it over to him.
Don't condemn a man too harshly
for his first offense.
Fetter not put too much money in
a watch so long as there is a good
town clock in your village.
Don't print your virtues ie capitals
and your vices in nonpareil.
Don't condemn a man bec•,use Ue
mispronounces your name, provided he
tapes no liberty wit} your character.
Don't form bad habits the first half
of your life, or it will take ynu the
whole second hell to get rid of them.
Don't expect good habits to thrive
among bad ones any more than yott
would expeet\a bed of vegetables to do
its own weeding.
Don't envy.the rich man his dainty
repast, for the;; richer the food the
harder the did'estton.
Better not put a dollar on the plate
on Sunday if you are only thinking 50
cents.
Better not c p into business for your-
self before yout<ve learned how to help
others with thins.
Don't lay a carpet without consult-
ing your wile, for she sweeps i•t; you
don't.
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