The Exeter Times, 1885-12-17, Page 7SRER!MAS NIGHT MOND WOLVES,
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A Thrilling Tale of Pioneer Life
But e. few days since, my eye fell upon a
thrilling description of if, ocnteat with wolves
The details stirred souse bitter meu►erlea of
the past, Tile very mime of wolf, ewes a
shudder to creep ;herr tote, arai brine WI'
a, train of moot bltteal amool.tions, d. dark,
horrible vision WI; upon the inward son€,
its freezing iuoidents being as vividly per.
!,rayed ata when emoted long years ago.
Reader, indulge• an old friend in a brief
tele of facts. Draw your chair closer to the
fire, and' will tell you a story of Christmas
night which will stir your blood,.
Ped yea know Carry', soon? Why do.1
ash the question, for yeas „ere:e gone by
since she died, I knew herend loved her.
Who could harm beer and not love her +,
Carry 1 I turn hick into the poet when
the world was all a paradise and tate !te
Ioveiiest angph Sim weet beautiful --.how
beauiiiul1 No thing on earth was ever
more se. I will aotatten,pt to deecr,be her.
No light cloud tracing the commies sky, wan
ever more graceful ; uo snow -flake ester
purer ; no warbling bled or daecing Orem,
ever mor
!tad. a s
as mild
would
is tale
anti
er gleeful, And yet she
oared, end her blue eye,
the of a summer tky,
or flub indignantly et
She 'a at surpassingly
and angelic in mina.
atar of my youth—the
sawed out lo the then
wonder that I loved
ma embalmed 10 mem-
whiter of life. The
im dead. I know
Irlaaon et Heaven,
w I love the -things
vara have swept by and
among myloehe and my eye
upon the world; yet that
eam lingers as ireably ha the
tr treaearod theta lm the spring
your chair, Heap ou more
creep aver nae ads that Meet•
hoar the enow ,Ilii tbioltly
ndow parte.- I know that a
ow=shroud le :alertly weev.
a letficesA bledeIeas, fiowerietr
lute time woven a shroud aver all
slit hopes of my youth.
The drift; pi ring up ! AWAY hoick of
the Tillage church, the hearse Ila upon the
!ewes of the dead. Carry ilea there. I
see the spot now, even u I watch the blue
and listen to the wind without. The snow
ta•ere gathered is not purer than ;ata apuit
ea awry.,
Twat wsa a fierce one I The eight wlydm
have a language. I understand It. Long
--long pants 1 have mar here and listened.
As they go put, they whisper, and 1 wan.,
der in thought until the ashes gather en the
wsrsiag hearth.
How the winds shriek and wall ! They
have a touching moan. It makes me sad
to bear them sigh, and I people the night
air wltb aplrits of grief. Now a falute
Worm dirge goes by. Thera 1 hark to a
shriek which leave a freezing tense of same.
fearful crime oommitted, And yet the
winds are oempany for me. They have
bean my sole compute/infer years.
Let the winds murmur, for I ehonld mise
their faintest whisper.
Forty-eight years ago 1
Time has fled fleetly. It seems but a day,
and y look in the glass across the table
end Dthered features of an old man,
Is it m that ie old? I draw my' hand
over a fa
a smooth
wrinkles and then lay it upon
hctd. Around the ears, aro
.,,.,.,, looks, and a well worn staff
glisten is the firelight.
Years . ea gone by, while the heart has
been d ang as though there was no
winter the spring time of youth.
For ght years ago, at I maid, my
fetter's Ilyaettled In no of thecountioa
• of central Cabal*, All was it wilderness,
wild, grand, beautiful. We located fifteen
miles from the farthest pioneer " clearing."
The shadows were around us, the hall tret a
and the picturesque hills.
Many a eumntor's-clay have I toiled up
the hill sides and looked out upon a sea of
green as it swayed and rolled in the summer
breeze, er watched the waning sun as it
lingered to bathe the whole wilderness
a flood of gold and crimson. All was very
beautiful.
The axe bad opened a space in the forest,
and acabin of that good old time, afforded
ns shelter. It lookednew and comfortable,
and its chimney -smoke curled gracefully
up and vanished with the shadows of the
forest. The blackened heaps smoked and
crackled, and deep in those wild wood
eol€tudea, the wilderness blossomed and
smiled in the presence of yellow harvests.
A happy home was there, The birds sang
at earliest morn, and the deep river near the
door murmured sweetly at nightfall. There
were gentle whisperings in the old trees.
As they bowed their heads In the winds, a
holy anthem floated up from the vast
temples where Nature breathed fresh and
pure from the hand of God, The wild
flowers bloomed even by the very door -pill,
and the deer stopped in the for at edge to
gaze on the smoke of the chimney top,
The moon had gone down when wasted -
ed for home, and the mow began` to fall.
But we heeded it not, dor we talked: fast es
the stout horse sped on the threat path.
Carry grasesti my erm end whi4ered hist
Tee wised skriekeq over the tops of the dark
Pince, and I laughed at her fears, But she
needed °loser to my . side, end Milted with
Mae glee. In spite of all my efforts, a she.
dew weeld creep ever my own a a4tita.
The road wound atnoiig e dense . growth
ofpines, which ehot upwerde ansi veiled
even the shy from oar path. The old pines
ewayed and moaned in the fncreasin storm,
and the snow fell feat and thickly. 1 touch-
ed the hors° with the whip, and he moved
briskly through the woods,
Again Corry greeted my arm, I heard
nothing save the storm, and yet I was
startled oa the horse gave a quick snit and
struck into a gallop. With e, heart hill of
heppineee, I heel not yet dreamed of ,any
anger.
Again the horse snorted in alarm. There
waea sound above the atom. I felt my
cheek grow white and cold, and the blood
rush gufcl iy back to my heart.
Clear, stud, terrific, it buret out 14 an
unearthly howl like a wail from the world
of fiends. I heard it, Its dismal, heart-
chilltegoboe* had not died away on the
storm, when it wan auewered, from a amro
of throats,.
Merciful Gnd 1 A pack of wolves were
around no I In lh aedark woods at night,
and the atom howling overhead, a ecoro of
hungry throaty were fiercely yelling each
other on to the Met.
Fee a moment, my eeneee reeled, holt I
felt Carty leaning heavily on my shoulder,
Aid I aroused nlyaelf.
Bat what hope was there? I had no
weapon, and the readdened devils were In
the path before and behind tic. Teem wan
but one uhanue, and that eras to push
ahead.
That ansa oleo» chance, and I grow aloe.
as I thoughtef Garry, The (inletoabitt r ud
the }sappy hearth ee ,house, fl ithud awiftlyr
ihrongh soy brain,
• At that moment, a dark shadows raided
up by the aisle of our sleigh, and so vita and
sievlfeh a YOU: I never hard since. My
flesh crawled on my hones, A cold shiver
ran to tine heart and kept over my head as
though the hairs were stavding an etch
Two orbs glared out like demon lights, and
I could hear the panting of the eager beast.
Firmly greeting the linea and shooting
*bendy hello horse, we toot ars ay.
Tae horse needed no urging, At the act,
the infernal ehorua again aurat oat in OM'
est, and their dark forms leaped le lengthen-
ed strides on either wide of ue. The speed
was fearful, and yet the yelling devils kept
pace, Turning to speak to Carry, I,
RAW a dark forma leap into the path, and
an we sped ahead, his teeth abut with a
vloe-lilts snap, reining Carry, but stripping
bei thaw! from her shoulder*. With a
shriek al►e clung to me, and, with my erre
I sieved her from being dragged out of the
*oat.
'Twee a beautiful home in the old wilder-
ness 1
The spring brought us noighbore. 'Twas
a great day when a settler came Ir} and pur-
chased land across the river, lIq received
a:warm welcome from pioneer hearts, and•
by the ready agency of pioneer hands; a
comfortable log -cabin peeped out from the
dense woodland of . the oppoaite bank. I
watched the 'smoke from its open roof as the
sun vent down, and eagerly looked for it
t .seething. But it was not, the
Chit I oared so much aborit. 'I only
that it curled upward from the fire-
aide�here dwelt as beautiful a orestere es
ever boomed away from the busy world.
And so I watched the smoke and ` dreamed
as i watched—until the moon threw down
its beautiful pathway of shimmering silver,
and listened for the sound of familiar foot-
' step'.
Across the river was the home, of Carry
Mason. Before the mollow haze of autumn
had dropped Its dreamy hue on leaf altd
stream,): had learned to love her, and ;to,
tell her so iu'.the still' moonlight of that
hidden home ` c . -winter er winds
The leaves faded 'mad the
swept through the. forest.But we oared
little for that. ' The, snow fell .thick and
fast, but our cabin homes were ' bright
and
our hearts and were alive with happiness
hope, spring When the s in opened and the
birds returned we were to be married.
I was happy. •
A Obrtsttuas p641y .in a new country.
Did you ever attend one,, reader ? There
are large hearths and open hearts there to
be famed, to attend the
Carry
and I were invited
party. A, rude "jumper "hada beep, built,
and In this we started. Ten miles` were
soon pleated, and we found ourselves in as
merry and happy athrong as ever gathered
on a frontier. The huge fire crackled on
the wide hearth, and old fashioned fun and
frolic rang out until a late hour.
t
pin.. Carry tls.4 144004 and insensible.
cele the ornnohing teeth of the monster
did not awaken her from the deathly
swoon into which sl•e hid fallen,.
Another wren./ was made by the wolf,.
said Carry's waiat slipped from, my stalling
grasp, leaving me but the hold upon the
skirt: of her dress. The incarnate, devil had
not released Ida bald, hilt as if awere of
dingo 'beneath, retained his grip ea the
ahoulder of Carry.
The end bad come 1 My= drain reeled.
The long body of the wolf hung downward
like e dark shadow Into the rheas, fast
wearing out my reai.aildeg strength. The
blood, gushed warmly OM my notatri a, and
lights danced and fleshed some my eye.
bells. The overtaxed mausolea of the band
would relax and as instantly aloe° canvnl-.
eirely upon the eluding skirt: I heard a
tearing of stitches 1 Tile black mass he.
heath writhed and xreuclaod, as if to deepen
the hold, A sharp oraokfng mingled with
the humming of not ea In my head, and the
dress pertcd at the waist 1 I shrieked, as
I beard the swooping sound of the fall of the
Mach devil and his victim, as they shot
down„ down into the dolens;, I heard
something like the Lay of the old house dog
and the Aries of gens -and no more.
Weeks and months paved away, before
the fearful delirium of that Christmas night
left me. I returned to consoioucness in my
father`! cabin, an emaciated creature, a.
bedtime a* a child. My youth had pa.sad
away, and I was prematurely old. The
raven black looks of twenty, had changed
to the slivery ones of eighty years of ego. t
Look *tilde erm that clung tp Carry I It
Is withered. I never have raised it *Woe
Chet night. la my dreams I feel again
that fearful eight, and awake, covered
with the cold, clammy sweat that gathered
upon me white on that pine.
The noighimg of the horse, as he dashed
into the clearing, bad amused the topple at
home. The empty °std brokers sleigh told
a brief storey, The bowling et the wolves
arose on the blest, nisi with guns and the
old house dog, they rushed to the scene,
Tney found mo cenaoleia upon the trunk,
covered with bleed, eared a welt feeling his
way towards me. In taming et the *cued
of their appreaeh, ha slipped and went down
upon the ice.
Our peo,,lo looked tang for Carry Mason
hat did not find her antit meat morulas.
They then went downs en the lee, and found
her norppaam The wolt heel not picked
her crushed bones --I thsnkod God for that
The fall had partially brohon the lee, saad
the ooxiug water had frozen and bst,ened
her long black hair as it had floated out.
The well had pot released his death grasp,
and hie teeth were buried in her pure, white
Theepriog sanshine, end birds, and
green !Wee had conte nein, as I tottered
out. lily ,liters led me to a grave on the
river's bank the grave of all my youthful
hopes, and of all that I loved, The wild
flowers were already starting an the sacrad
mound. I wept over and Mused them, for
they were blooming upon the grave of
Carry.
Such was the late of pry first end only
love.
Thera never woo but one Carry Mason,
end she was saodficed to the wolves forty.
eight years ago this Chrlstress night.
God ! It was horrible 1 We were to be
Wan valve 1
I bceame maddened—reckless. I shout-
ed to the horse, now reeking with foam.
We went ata fearful rate. The stumps,
and roots and women thaws in the rand
threatened every instant to wreck our
sleiggh.
7dome wan three miles ahead 1 0, for s
world to give for home 1
As the road ;truck theriver bank, it
turned shortly almost on the brink of e
fearful precipice. .here was a now danger.
It was *difficult place, and not only danger
of upsetting, but of being hurled into the
river,
There was a path across this angio of
land whore loge had been draws out. It
WAS a mile nearer this way to the clearing,
than by the river. But I duret not et -
tempt it with the eleigh.
On we aped 1 that infernal pack hook and
neck with us, and every now and then,
jaws shutting like eteei•traps cloth to our
persons. Once around that angle, and I
hoped!
How madly 'shouted to the noble brute 1
We ramrod the turn in that race for
life.
Heavens 1 the infernal devils had arose.
ad ahead and hung in dark masses ahead.
A. demon inatinot seemed to passes, them.
&few rods more 1 The wolves seemed
to feel that we had a chance, for they howl-
ed more devilishly than ever.
With a swoop the horse turnedin spite
of me. The left runner struck high on the
roots of a pine, and the sleigh awurg over
like a flash, burying us in the new snow.
Away sped the *horse'
and my heart sunk
as I heard hie quick foot stela dying out
towards home!
But I had no time to think. In truth, I
can remember nothing dietinotly. It all
seems a nightmare which I can never
forget,
The maddened pack had followed the
horse, and shot by ns as we were thrown
out upon the bank, for a number of rods.
In an inet,int, they were npdn ns. I gave
one long, desperate shout, in the hope
of arousing the folks at the cabins. I
had not time to shout again. Their hot
breath burned upon me, and their dark
masses gathered around like the shadows
of doom. With a broken limb, I wildly
kept them at bay for a moment ; but
fierce and closer surged the gna-hing teeth.
Carry lay insensible on the ground before
me, There was one more thence. A stunt-
ed pine grew upon the outer edge of the
brink, and shot 'out nearly horizontally over
the river uelow, full a hundred feet from
the surface.
Dashing madly . in the teeth of the peak
with iny.cudgel, 1 -yelled . with the waning
ens; gy of despair, grasped Carry with one
arm, and dashed recklessly out upon the
pine. 'I thought not of danger—I oared
not. I braved one danger to eooapo a great-
er. I reached the branohes, and breathed'
freer, as I heard the fierce howl of the
baffled pack.
I turned my head, and, God of mercy 1
a long shadow was gliding along the trunk
to our lest refuge. Carry was helpless,
and it required all the strength 'of intense
depair toehold .ber and remain upon: the
slippery trunk. I'turned to face the wolf
-rhe was within reach of my arm ! 1
struck with myfirst, en4'again•, those fear -
/al jaws abut 'ea* a'poop ae my~IisyCd brush
ed his head. With, a demoniac growl, • he
fastened upon the `shoulder of Carry I' -0
for help—for a weapon --for a foothold upon
earth, where I could have grappled with
the monster.
I. heard the ; long fangs crunch " into
the 'flesh, and the smothered' breathing,
as the wolf continued to 'make cure of his
hold. °0 It was horrible. -I beat him aver,
the head,; but he only deigned a munching
growl. I yelled, cursed, wept, prayed ;
but the hungrydevil oared not for ouraes
or prayers. His companions were still
whining, and venturing out upon the
pine. I almoet wished the tree wonld
give way.
The wolt still kept his hold 'upon Carry,
None can dream how : the blood hissed
and swept through my 'knotted veins. At
last the brute, hungry for -his prey, gave
a wrench and nearly threw me from ;the
QUA FOR ALL.
YOUNG. FQL,�►�S;
T$ + WOLF AND THE BEAR.
The Boar was fooling ipecac fall ;
Se neighbor Wolf made haste to tali,
To tell:whet beat would suit his case,
And, bring the Dolor to his face.
Now Doctor Wolf wea shrewd of mind
-
A sharper of the sharpest kind.
And when hie eyes had travelled o'er
Old,rBruin s tempting winter *tore,
Sell Iso : "" Your pulse is low indeed ;
A chugs of life you sorely need.
A. trip across the ooaan blue
blight brava your felling strength anew,
Or Grewnisndio climete might impart
A enmetber action to your heart.
The Art hand is the oloverest member
of y
the Land < It ne9er mita loft,
flue living 14gh,1 plainly s" e,
Is what will dig the pit for thee..
Cakes you charge your present style,
'l ort'li berdly see the summer smile,
Take good advice, and ding aside
Your malted pork and mutton dried ;
The pickled feet and sousage give
To thole who'd rather die than live.
Of roots and herbs your meals prepare,
Per health is found in simple:are."
It seemed to give the Bear delight
To learn the way to live aright.
So off the crafty Doctor ran
Nowa nanitftwi. s through the past bevel
turned toit, and fotsethen the Pathe of gr lit.
and error.. Mood men in elleges have. Iifted.
to it the eye of faith, and tasked of fta
giorice fall their dying. hour, M'artyre tit the
stake, the soh U d4, and the block; t ave look.
ed to bend for otter 'their persecutors and
their pains 1 No wonder, then, that the
angela watched that hour when the Saviour
was born --that they hymned, fa setaphio
numbers, Oust We which induced the Som
of C•od'o veil his dhinity is moral form,
and nhioh anal° him the hope and refuge of
aloet world 1
It is Ole event for wbIohthese Chrletmas
bells are in chime, It is this event that has
given such beauty and brightness to this
morn. It la this event that eras poured such
a tide of happiness and lova tbrog�ggh the
myriads ff hearts that beat in Christian
lands. May this happinoas, dear reader, be
thine ; rnay tats love be the light of thy
Errol ; may this Saviour be to thee the ohie
• among ten thousand. Te eolrefae and ogee.
tion His fidelity will repay ; Be will be thy
stay And atreugth c"han other supporta shall
fall ; Ile via sustain thee when the lamp of
Ole goes out, and tredve:4e remember thee
in that day when ih shall number up bis.
};cele.
The last new wrinkle in overcoats hes j ta?i,
been found in creaaing.
A man died the other day who never had
but ono love. Don't he incredulousgirls.
lie fell in love withbimaelf early in life and
never fallout again,
payto his tailor that he wouldn't
orau that "" !sat epilepsy." It was die•
covered that he meant " bad fit,"
A gentlemen would like to meet a Winter
overcoat that h fond of going to plaeea of
amusement on acid nights.
The wages of sin being death, we can't
understand why a lot of people we know
don't get paid off at onoo end have their ser-
vices stopped.
" Why didn't you put on a Olean 'collar
before yon left home?" called out an imper-
tinent young fop to a car conductor. "Cause
y our mother hadn't sent home my washing,"
was the extinguiahing reply.
" Aro you an actor ?" said one of the
profeah" to a stranger yesterday. " No,
sir "
""That's etrangc. Your face look;
very familiar to me." " No doubt of it,
I'm apawnbrcker."
A correspondent Rants to know if it is
proper to urge a young lady to sing at an
evening gathering, after she has refused
once. It is proper to urge a little, but not
too much, lest she ahouid change her mind.
"HEM yonfound religion yet, myfriend ?'
the Rev. Sam Iona inquired of one of hie
hearers. " No," was the reply. " What is
your occupation, may I ask ?' " I'm a de.
motive." " 1" observed the great reviv.
allot, " that accounts tor it."
Regular customer (disposed to be faced
tlous)—" I guess you'll have to trust inc for
this paper till morning." Clerk—"Oh,
that's all right, Mr. Brown." Regular Cue -
tomer—." But suppose I was to be killed
between now and to morrow." Clerk—
" Well, the loss would not be much, sir."
An'exchaoge says " A Netnucky man
recently wandered into church while service
was being held " It is supposed that some
Hallow e'en jokers had removed lager beer
sign and placed it over the door of the
church. It is an outrage to fool a ;Cent -wake
man that way !
Mrs. MoEwen-" Did you tip the waiter,
Henry ?" Mr. MoBwen-" Yes ; didn't you
see me give him a quarter . just before he
went for the check ? But he tipped ` me
book,'•' Mrs, MoEwcn " A waiter tip you,
Henry 1" Mr. MoB wen—" Certainly. he
tipped me the wink when he handed me an
eighty-five Dent cheek for a dollar• end•a•helf
luncheon." .
Colonel Witherspoon, of Austin, is a very
close man. Net longsome he lost his pocket.
book containing a large sum of money. It
wasfound by e poor, old, but honest negro,
who asked : " la die heah de portmenia yer
lost ?" " Why, yes, ] am a thousand ,times'
obliged to you,.,, " Think/Quahogs. <boee. ; You
hwolcome, ;1Ani' if, ever'yo'q:.lone ;';your
pocketbook and I should happen to find it
I'ltegive it bgok to you, and it . shan't cost
yea a cent unleau: you want to;,reward me
for my honesty."
Excited individual:"See here, Mr.
.Bangs, you area scoundrel of the first water.
When' bought that home I.aupposed I was
getting a good, sound animal, but he's spav-
ined and blind, and got the heeves. Now,
I Want to know' what you're going to do
about it 1' 'Bangs : " Something ought to
be done, that's a fact." Excited individual:
" Well, I should say there had." Bang;
" Well, after prayer -meeting I'll give you
the name of a good veterinary surgeon ; it's
a shame to have that horse suffer in that
way."
To tell --his Mende about the plan—
How Bruin now would feast no mare
Oa stew; and roasts as heretofore,
But freely scatter to the wind
Provisions of the choicest ^kind.
No sooner had the bets of night
Commenced their wild, uncertain flight
Than from the mountain and the glen,
I rom rooky lair and earthy den,
The beasts came trooping, great and small,
To give the ailing Bear a call.
With bag and basket well ;applied,
And apron strings securely tied,
They gathered round to get their share.
Of food that might be scattered there.
Now Bruin had a humorous vein,
As well as even balanoed brain;
And when he heard the rack and rout,
He raised the sash, and, peeping out,
A sober face he tried to show
While thus he hailed the crowd below.
Said he, " With pain occurs the thought,
You've lost your evening's rept for naught ;
For, truth to 0011, depart you will
With bag and basket empty still,
As I've decided to pursue
My former oouuse the season through,
And change my diet by-and-by—
When gone my present large supply."
A moral here uncovered shines
For those who read between the lines ;
The brightest hopes will often fade,
However well the plans are laid.
TUB W&E -ILN CMM.
During the past week the club muee:mi re•
osised Olid following v, limbic relies r
,li.:bull suppoaesi to be -'"2 OCO yeara old,
end to have belonged to an 'limon prltwess,
Any of hos relatives cam ata the tabled at
ny time by producing the pr• • r it deaatJd.
°tion pap; . end poring Mire %:t' '
,A tweelech err er w hit.h wast bbk.
the loathe 1iel4 of Lundy': Lane flow
soldier's were killed by this deeely weapon
is not kaown`ler sure, but the Librarian
has placed the number at 200 for ceuvenionoe
sake.
A bootjack dugout of a tnetand in Neve..
Scone, and auppoaed to have retired from
siva beaaneas several thousand years ago.
The public-spirited eitizetaa who forward-
ed the above curiae will please o onsiderthenr'
eelvea duly thanked bg *Urge majority.
enatxaxi.
A cdrrmua;Dcetian from the rare of the
Mover t:f Pekin, Ill,, asked perrnisaion to
name a street in that city largely blhehited
by colored people "Ilrother Gardner 1iv
;tore,"
While I loin' want to rob Gerrit Smith
or Charles Sumner of oppertuuities," sold
the President, " I doom' want to seem cap -
;hue about meal natters. Pernelablin ane
Marione granted."
omen AliOW
A communication from sue of iioe of the
Attoruey.General of Indiana inquired if the
"Ifonorable Egg and Chicken eetroyers"
of Indianapalls were a branch of Lime•Hlln
Club, Several of them lately :arrested for
grave elbow had claimed that such wee
the cum
Brother Garazor instructed the Seoratary
to reply in the most positive cardinal ink
that the Lima/DM Club didn't even know
the society mentioned, and that, further, it
didn't care to,
SaosatCnnia
Prof, Boneblack Racoon thou bobs ed up
sad offered the following resolution ;
"Booted, Dat in our opinion, de eon-
tirtuashun of freedom, peace an' good -all!
will is din kentry chreanas de immediate
aauexashein of de Tale of Cuba, either by
purchase or de ia'oe of arms."
" What a dot ?" sharply queried the Prea-
ident, " Let de Seekrktary read!lat s-
hah= rs
ah= sen ' '
Associations of Christmas.
BY E. E. HARPER, D. D.
All the belle which swing in the countless
towers of Christendom, are now pouring
their mesio forth to hail this happy morn.
Palace and oettage, the swelling city and
the castled steep, catch and return the glad
echoes. The young yield themselves • to
festive mirth, and the aged are happy again
ere they depart this earth. The eyes
of the dying light up ; and immortal hope
cheers even the gloom of the grave.
This should be the nappzesy ,day in the
year. It has a source of gladness all it.
own." This le not the greeting of friends,
nor the gathering . of childhood and • age once
more around the family hearth. It is not
the interchange of kind wishes, er,the ming,
ling of glad voices over the banqueting
board. it is not that bright promise whioh.
greets' the glues of the father in the :faee
of hic boy, nor those smiles of Infant beauty
over which the mother Menge in transport ;
nor is it that aaored tie which' binds a
brother's pride to a sister's' confiding love.
It is a love beyond this, beyond,: all that
human heart hath known. It was born far
back in the depth ()Cages. No . earthly
splendour enoiroled its oracle ; no philos-
ophy taught it lessons of wisdom ; no eye-
tems of humanity matured it into higher
strength. Yet at. its word sorrow forgot
its tears, and -despair smiled—the lame
leaped like the roe, the deaf listened to un.
wonted harmonies, the blind caught visions
of transcendent beauty, the dumb shouted
for grave, d the dead left the dark prison of
the
But this love ,was unrequited ; it was
persecuted and betrayed. The form in which
it dwelt was mangled on the orose, and yet
it prayed for those who did the deed. Over
its divinity death had no power ; it rose
from out 01- e gloom of the grave ; ,poured
its light over the hills of Palestine, ova- the
isles of Greece, and through the palaces of
imperial Rome. The divinities of super-
stition saw it and fled ; while the dark sys-
tems of philosophy, like' shadows at the
break of morn, imbed ,awaykits light,..
Ages have, paesed away, nations dinep-
peeredethe storms. of revolution and, time
swept over thewreaks of human greatness,
but this Divine light still ;streams on, It
glows this day over the city of -David; it is
:hailed in :the: baronial halls of England ; it
gleams iamid the relics of Rome ; it kindlet
along the soy cliffs of , Greenland ; 10 melte
over, the ;dprk ;bosom of Africa •; it illumines
the isles of the northern am ; it pours he
splendours along the banks of the Ganges.
It is this light which cheers our temples ;
which sanctities the hearth of our homers ;.
which' fine this day the»ewelling city, the
quiet hamlet, and the aisles of the deep for-
est with hymns' of gratitude and devotion.
This is that light whioh came from heaven ;
that love whose mission of mercy Howe to
all lands, and whioh will yet reach the sor-
rows of everyhuman-heart.
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The voices of the angels, as in' Bethlehem,
still peals the anthem, PEAoE ox EARTH
AND GOOD wino To MEN ; and the cross of
Christ stands now as it stood eighteen hun-
dred years ago, unworn by age, and throw-
ing its sacred light through the earth, Re.
It wain re -read, and Brother G.trdner look-
ed across et the Professor red sold ;
"" Purfearor, did you write dot?'
„ Yee, mat."
"" Does you neem 00 feel dot way ?"
"I does, soh."
"" Wary well, do Committee en Annex -
Winn mill conduct yenta room ' B' on the
anaond fio' au' pouitieo your head wed a bran -
math 1 ' ou'e got 'em bad an' it ant our
solemn dotty to cure yon if a remedy kin
found. Remove do peti'nt 1'
Teen puzzled end wondering Professor w
speedily taken in charge and removed, and
when he had disapptared the President oon-
tlmued ;
.'When a men who afros at steerage of
fo' dollars a weak, an' who may possibly
hev trabbled as Inc as Toledo an' back, gate
de ideah in his head dat he fully realizes de
wantaan' needs of dig kentry, an' dat all de
wheels world atop if he Yet go lie handle,
annthin' should be done Inc him right away.
se's baa off:"
A DSSERFEt1 REixttixn,
The Chairman of the Committee an
'Posology was then asked for his quarterly
report and he replied that he had none to
make.
"D3rmdder Seek-no.Furder Sirith, didn't I
'pint you an' Bell -Flower Jones an' B uckle-
berry Hawkinson dal committee 'way back.
teat summer ?" asked the President?
"Yes, soh."
""Deco die elnb know, from any pints fur-
niahed by you, whether dar' was poaches,
plums an' apples 'Luff to go 'round t Has
you furnished any etatietice about.d%eid
of de hnokleberry ? Am we long or short oil
de cranberry crop? ' Did die naahun ;top
short at 6,000;000,wetermelyone? Ani de
persimmon gwine to 'turn out glorious, or
only so -no ? Will de peanut abound lis win-
ter, or has we got to turn to popcorn to keep
oar jaws gwine?"
""I dunno, sah. We didn't her no time to
look up :doh things," replied the defaulter.
• "'OIs, you didn't 1 Well, you'll hev a good
deal mo' tura on yer hands arter din meetia'1
De sentence of die court am dat your com-
mittee be upsot, an' dat each one of you pay
a fixe of $6,000 an' dean' come avidin thirty.
eight feet of de stove die hull - winter long.
Let other comnritteea take warnin' by yore;
downfall. "
nerABArION.
fair Issao Walpole desired to call attentlotr
totthe'foot that some memberdropped abo-
gas dime into the collection box at' the last
meeting, and also to the further fact that
the weekly+colleotioes had been steadily de -
creaming for the last inohth. Ile didn't know
whetherpolitioal excitement or the approach
cif the melancholy seasonwas the, pause for
it, but such action would noon .plane the
Committee on 'Wye "and Means ` in a very
embarrreckassinongI'olleitionw.
""i alk around aid you
die
be:venira''an" etretah 1%y lege a`bit,'" said the
President, and•he descended andda000mpani-
ed Sir Isaac on his tour.
It was wonderful how the cath account
looked tap,' and how read* and .willing each
member was' to give, Even Elder'-fiooti,, who
generally gets off on a cent, dropped.; in a
dime and searched bie'"pocket; for* more.
The collection satiated ' up over $912, and
there wasn't a lead nickel in the whole lot,
e.- . 1 .
In a flood at Serrevezz', a woman, Was
swept tato the river, brit.her skirt caught
upon a hook in the wall, and she was hel
safely thus for three hours when rescuer
Dame,
A Chiueee beaker; Tian Qua of Canton,
said to be the wealthiest man in the world
He pays taxes upon estate of $4b0,000,000
and is estimated to be worth $,400,000,000