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- All ORNE JEWETT. again half a dozen times, irresolutely. I made her deposit, that everynocLy clou —, ,7 .. f I ,;� � .. 1�* - , - �
BY SAR� . - taking out their money that day; she was I \ � -.-- .
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— I were still blind movements of the heart to one whohad come to Put any iD- 11 ., J I . 1k
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I i know but what Itwould be a pleasure to you, ward generosity, but l her cen- "I'dpay every cent of it willin' to any- . .. ! . - � if-. � . I �': A . �
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ame's ItO. to the rest of us. . I . body that!would come along aw � V:� . .. tt� . I K o .
was getting,low, but still shone with 6hee�- -8 1. "Oh, I - ! I . �
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I I Thek-ain't been here very long, and I, science and finding excuses for not giv- . �1 41-1 -41k i -f � . . I
ful radiance in -to Mrs. Lydia Parkng �ay my part to the salary, an"taint no use ing. . ! I : . get to shelter," said the poor sou h .,� <!� . . � I - , �� N
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to overdo in such cases." . The Christmas preparations in the busy don't know a ..'�,,,, 1. . . �, �
. the 'bareness of the room and the a a this little town made her uncomfortable, and sa h tried to . � 11 Z,I.. � . )��A, �: I
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ance of the out -side world On that he tried to -� I J'M
. Lit, and have been very feeling and kind ; cheerful cons; n Faber' a in her bearp, ,,, � Tlt�� � I
I ff to, pinched , was,a rebuke. The ris What had a' 3 1 ,� ,.,-. , -. ��E . A, :� �
first of D comber might seem, ungracious ; real interested in all of u3,and such a help housekeeping o for God and !man that gave her a right to I > �,., � "� - _�,- ., ,-� t�
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. �', lessness and ill- small indeed, t,bis d : W 91) . 114 .. �� 11":- " 4kr, 1< � \1 . �'
7 ' -boys' salaries were very ', - , I
but there �was a. certain leat the parish as we ain't had for a good while 1� of love and succor no - . �;5111 . ��, 4�-� ok., k
ospi " but their Mother was think I - ., I � ��'..A / ��
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h italit _ to both. before. liavin' to send their boy to the first year or two; I Yet it seemed. every rnomentasif helpmust 1 4 � W .. " - I I t
Did, gray wall -paper, and I I J �;, 't I � I I- . '4� , - - 11N
Thee I dtill, thin proud of their steadiness, and still sewed could � . -,' I I 11 I I , . - , I
hospital, has made it hard for 'am. nd as if this great emergency I lk J��41 , " %
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'vetty abd d let rooms to lodgers. and did every- come a I 'i I , , , . -i <--�11
furniture; the indescriba,ble po " Well, folks has to have their hard times, an rio a. 'Life had been so monot- , it it, �� - - - -----
I am thi she could to earn money. !3he looked not be so me u ,� ,%:.i�-.-:. � � ": , -1
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nes3 of that early winter day-wiless the sorry about the boy, I'm edged to Virs'. Pa,rkins that sh I 11 %, , % 1- I . I ,0,� �
sun shone uut with a golden glow as it had Parking, geaerously. "Don't you go, -in the hardly underst I � . " - T WIER
like -the leaflessness and sharpness and cold -au . sure," said Mrs. tireT and old before bar time, and acknowl- nd tragic situations that mile could � �k 1. -1., .1". � � , T
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e should like citement ai nd, even. now that she was , � - ��,�.�
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M r.s. Deem 1 ; OU alu't*been to see me for a to have a good, long.visit a,t the fat Tianger. Again she called as Z . �:�,, . �� I X�� 1�
done in the latter part of the afternoon ; the boys take their in stich great I � 4' I . N " -. I .1 K. - --
;6od while. �want you to see my bounct next summer and let 9 she could for help, and ,the horse � �X/ I :'101f% , -
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then both the room, and the long hillside f . ineals with a, neigbbor. I never spared my he only hope W%s 11�� � Ult ,- -_�N,-, t I � -Q , -
and frozen road and distant western hills J` self one steptintil. they were through with a - JAU \� -�J, J� , , -1 /t- - - M -1
,4 pve got to go way over to the Dil6v's, d as K -A , I I I 1." 1�- " �) N
I shouli be their schoolbig; but now it will be so I cam that two men who had passe ! � . , 1� , � - .1 11
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were quite transfigured. and it's oin' t,) be da,rk early. -they had advised �1 1) i d :i t6-41i� �
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Mrs, Parking sat ' an' see ine. I've take things a little easier," said " � .
pleased to have you come � ' 1, her to hurry, and would corne back to look
six decorous wooden chairs with oane seats; govto find Lucy and trudge mlong.)) soul with a wistful tone that was unusua � � L � � Z'. ��. , - , i, /", ,
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-and-black impa,tient as site listen. for her. The Poor, old horse bad dragged ,-"--,, , - " .� � .; , " , 4% �
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, trimming a dismal gra,y t O' Mrs. Parkins felt the side of the . I -�, b.;��;�, � I
she was 11 I believe I won't riae.to see you ou himself and the wagon to k�kl I I-. ,��,' , , I
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er work -basket was on $ ar- ad ; she knew that a small present of money 1. W1, " .,/,
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winter bonnet and It the door, my lap's 80 flill,' oad under thel shelter of so -no eV6L*greens ; - � .. ���4&1 , I I With
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tile and of the table in front of heri between . politely, and so arted. - Lucy now and then would have been a great help, t (. I - � " �
n 'Ile ind to Mrs. P9 rkins 0 ipped down under the buffal d � I . . , . U V .,-,. ". -.1-7'-;Nk �.N
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the windows, with a row of spools on the 'Ll 8 Wn ey phe front fence but she never could mo ke tip ]ter in o , ..� ,,I -, �,' . . I .
The only luxury Was hopping up and do ng into the botton' of her cold, -old wagon, an �, . .. - "I � lilu , ,;7.4 1 ,+ star awl
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window -sill at her left. ccupied. begiri what promised to be the squatideri / 1, ,:.
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she permitted herself was a cricket - of her carefully save that mile might be .. . . �/�- � , / . I - - - - - A -
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ey fhought was more than a cho,nce . S I trade .
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bench such as or.e sees in a church pew, tei nuts, did she, mother? the child asked ; be the ruin of the boys, too, if th ,n under a onow-drift in the ---- I . I .1 . I , la�
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with a bit of carpet to cover its and Mrs. Deems laughed -and sKook her she could be appealed to in every emerge I I ?..,&,:�, ." " f : I � brigh
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. ' head. ,Then they walked away down the She would make it u The mory.,ii " . I ... .1 I
been quite offroundings otherwise in hercane- ' -mittened hAnd hold- run ; Ae could not ta,ke her money withher Christmas day I ships,
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chair ; but she had a gres,* horror of ' fast the little one, and the hooded heads to the next world, and she wo Id make hold out for hew -buried in the snow -drifts AN " $r - I I T "
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d Wore the paint off. She wad always on bo ersa- The afternoon was closing in cold and of a D9cembet storin ! 11 I I V. . If - � I " I better. I
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an � as if they were holding a lively conv i she knew it not. �W \ 1�1 4-', ny , �
the watch to break the young if this bad ow came sifting down slow- Anything? i Yea, � � . .", 4V
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. . . � tion. Mrs. Parking looked after them two daik, and the an Little did shel diesm. what this Christmas I I I I ill �\ , .
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ha,bit -y Deems, who oat in or three Haybury. She had lived too long on a eve was to bri I �g into her life I I � - 1�— I � 't -,,. -, 11, W ii . -niore f,ho
and then at little Luc she thought -they might be talking about of --- - . � . ILI ,
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and was now trying so hard to be good saw the sky and the horizon line all dulled '' . 1.0 �,1,� \ . � Y- , � - Nev%
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,o sleep and ,1 Isn't Mrs. Parkins real poor, moth�r?" by the noming storm , she had a great mind Lydia Parking was a am � - � - I/ . ;%, 'I � I 11
that both her feet had gone t . \� .01 . I
had co . kling 'stage of that little Lucy inquired in a compassionate to g,) back to cousin Faber's. If it had great Agor, b6t as she gte% a little warmer ,- � � 7 Avelve 1XI
. . er'e('d" - er m . been any other time in'the year bttt� Christ- under her bed of blankets in the bottom of 1� I X Z'. 01? ,�-V � , *9
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not almost ready'to go home. I Tile old horse gathered his forces the old wagon, she came to her men � /I I
Mrs, Deems sat in the rockiiig-chair, full Mr�. Deems amiled,,aud assured t,he child mas eve I )g as if he bad sense enough I Must ge out ind try to walk on through I \1. D, 1, � .�� . � forthe �c
V that there was nobody so well offlii town and hurried-aloi 4 �* inade to
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She was a broad -faced gay- went; butlUrs. Parkins took care neither ently the road turned so that the wind was use to ia here in this fearful storm like a - . ,;1 Z-e�.C>. . Of
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hearted, little woman, and her face waw oil- ans herself, nor to let any- t I ill rip, and they Were quickly out rabbit. f im find his way; so a . " - / 1>� , I . , . � - I stoek-ta�
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. -er sun itself. One 'n f the town, crossing the level land borse and let h . 11 . . -
niost as bright as the wint body else. Lucy pondered this strange oi silghteo . -A��I�wl . .91
might fancy that they were having a match ' ilay betwee iry and the hills climbed bol�ly down into the knee-deep �, ,:� . . � . ,
answer for awhile and then began :to hop whial 4 Haybi I .You. , -
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ax trying to ,outshine one atiother, but so I holding of Holton. Mrs. Parkins was persuaded snow where % drift had blown already. She 1. I . j �
and skip along the rough road, stil I i
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ag not Mrs. Deems who blinked and that she should M GLvrj 4M
far it w . fastber mother's warm hand, : I gAt home by dark, and the would not ad; it the thought that %.T NJ - I
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withdrew from the contest. She was just * * .* it * . old horse did his very best.. The road, was she might be lost in the a seem in � � i I � Fown!"
little Lucy's depression I rough and frozen and the wagon rattled and death thatvery night. It did not � --1
now conscious of I This was the twenty-first of De�ember, itth Mrs. I Nathan Parkins, who ; De Yule Logge 1�laaiiige orine yo Hearthe And Frolick G'lee yt Waxeth Free, I . Afuffle
I and bade her go out to - itched along ; it was like a race be een character w� - . I - I lisykes everie Sturdie Rafter; .
and anxious looks, and tile day of the week was Mond Y. On _ of money in, Bay i 4owinge, - S.
, , ,he storm, and for a me was tile ow e3 of plenty I
run about a little while arid see if there I I Ms. Parkins and t I . Sondes Fort,he! A Mightie (x I � Alle we Love, Fancy
I r . welt divided � & here's A Health toe .
. � .� I �1 - bury batlk,�nr� a good farm � & Hie and Low� ye M.isble�oo
�All - I -1. ""., , ". . L and woodland, who had plenty . i A Health toe ..kile yt Love us, Q oilaLl
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L i . � I I V,�""�;k, - " "' , , , ''.. L - � I ... " bonnet feel very -:�----- slione the rest,!
1 , %, -W;v/' ",-;�,�,� �, �. the we� gray -and -black - -will out.
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. � I : � 1". - .1.111. I I I- � I ". .. ,-,-� �,,� 1�1t� ,11 1'. t. , -i!% . 'he lost 010 glove and in ie bhfnkets, and I'm -visit, anti sent liar home - Pkys to I
. .. W 1. I :.,�t� . .�� IV S itten in the snow it looke prettier than ti back with her for a
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.� . le� .1.. ; :� "I ..;-,,� I r,� I ,,, I .�, 3I. �ed to get the good old creature clear, she stood for a minute look� ng down at liar our pleasures and our ga r madly, as the basketful of butternutson 9��w Year's Day, I
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11 I; .� . � '. 4 ., "" 'L ; ' 'I - ' 1!�i 4 - ing face on the J go - to children looked soberly into the fire unday ., J Al
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.. " �,� . A" - - I round her and the wagon, floundering and kissed Mrs. Parkins. It hipperied thatillo- again the story of the shepherd tway for the next two Slln-�' THE J
-1 - body had kissei Mrs Parkins for years, arid star, and it was a more beautiful story than - .
. .. . � � I 1±1 - - whinnying, and refusing to be driven awa,Y ever, and seemed quite new and wonderful 1. days. The kindness of a friend wait going P1.
'. � . 2,11, L "What kini of storm is tills going to be?" the tears stole down tier ch I aks as M rs. Lane mini8tel ' Within his roach, ana ,
: .1 -�,� r prayed and gave 1 to put a great l)le881;uLg.
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I . , . I .M. a. Parking, ' lie added a' ering Voice, - '
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- - , -k . I'%- . i�o' drese helplessly, As for the minif,ter'8 wife, site had ofteo special thanks for the friend who made one lis friends woitid. pray for the The
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I 0 T 11 I old Major eighed and shook the snow off' any one in the parish, but u ow asshe brigh t m an expression since before i
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� put on the Chi ist i Christ mas. Nobody could tell what. secret Shodld be re
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1: ; � I hat 'welcome i ht The minister came ir. f OM the barn and an selfish 'times �
11 I . light on tie left, and w . a� 919 frightened or lonely, or cold, or evi higher level of existence unconsciously And � - ' '
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. . 11 the wind �,4 a .rh They lighted tile candles oi e, taken is seldom retraced . lit was not
. I . L - blow her Let horse had reached tress, and there was a go:)d supper in his mas tree, and the young people capered '"' -
"I'll, . .. . I -- it seemed certain that she would be, shelter'firi a long before Mrs. Deems said. to a neighbor L
... Mrs. Parkins did her frugal iron . �t an� somebody had heard him crib. It wasa very happyhou8ehold at the about, and' were brimming over with secrets - Mrs. I I
I . were some of ML re. Parkins' butterituts left Tuesday ' shut the It parsonage, and hear and shouted % ich delight, and Ole tree I cbeerfUlly: 11 Why, I always knew I �. .
under the big; tree. - I ing, and on Wednesday she meant to go ,winner. b taide and came out and ouse Mrs. Pa kins could Parking meant well enough - but she didn't -
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. I I The door closed, anL(Li Mrs. Parkins snap- over to '-faybury to pqt some money i 'door wit� a I - oud bang tha ' 1 shown and glistened brave in its gay trim know how to 4o for other folks - sbe seem- ' . . B
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� , had 1,een passed, and the snow she could bardly make a sound. The light all, and it was evident tliat U wed., with�
I . I I � � batternuts out there; �erhaps .Lucysbould were cheaper in Raybury in some ufthe eight miles ' , to children isilver paper, and little bags me if she didn't have anv right to it. Now she is . You caur
. which bad ohly clung to M-ri. Parkim' still lookod a good wa,y off, but presently longed to begin their d layed festivities. bright N4r8teds, arid all sorts of pretty - � - I
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e home. store at home, and she had the horse and blanket -shawl like a white veil itt first, afid she could hear voices and see another light The little girlso-ame wid stood in the door' hoinemade trifles'.' Bill- when tile. real pre8- - Ith -1
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I . " Oh, 'taint no ma,ttqr," F,add Mrs. Deems, could always get dinner at liar coilsin's. To sifted white ,across th, frozen gra,lls of the moving. [She'waa so tired that she inust way an(I looked first at the stranger gue.1t. ants were discovered. the pre ients that ' ' - ,
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� I be sure the co�lslh was always hinting for lowlat)(1-4, lay at, last, like a drift, on the wait until they came to help her. Who and then at their Christman tree, and after a meant no end of thought an4 management --d oj(' . 11 0 -H
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I so quiet; they like to riove about, children pcesents for h rse f or her childr I t, 4 lie ousehold-love arid happiness shone out. yesterday mornin' ; I sce her beamin' art' i I
L. does. " ) Mrs. Parking could bear that, always clear- road that it began to clog tile wheels. passed oak ridge? Why, it couldn't, be the whether Mrs. Parking fe equal to looking t h minieter'-, boy froni the min - I .
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t . . I wits a most suprising siiow in the thickness Donnells for they were all away in Hay- on at the pleasuring or whether sheL wou�ld smilin' at tne I
, . 11 I " She won't do no inischief 17 ask�d the ad hat- conscience by asking the boys over in P � One after another they came to bring Mrs. ute $Ile see him walk up the aisle straight -
V .� is, thooph their help cos e flakes and the rapidity with which bur�, anc., the house was shut up ; this Must rath�r go to bed and rest� and sleep away Parki'8 liar share of the little tree's fruit .
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y [)a net � until�hor lap was full as she sat on tile sofa. " Site's goin' to bave one min
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� . I catch myself ty, other came for a,day'ti visit now and then, it became so thick with. snow that it bli d- ha� tok n the left-hand road., " Well,"' was beginning to teal well again, but ,I though there wasn't, much candy oil the L . \
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� � � Id It The darkiie#.s be- thought rs. Parking, 11 I'd rather be .most dreaded being alone, slie.,could not tell ex- hear. He got run down w666n'in the shoo NEI
� I -tuite so still ; site,, takes but everything at home do ended upon ad at f -stifled liar. �, tree; and the other gave her a book -mark, I L
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i i I t and dutiful the hard-working fiands, as she had gan to fa#the snow ca' nd fast- anywhere else, but I don't care where 'tia actly why. lame boy h d a pretty geranium i - -
I - '. after her fmilber's folkgjall. quie ) 9 climbing the drifted hills Is and * - hold an �t him take�the farm by -an . �� I
and ain't got the lea,st i(tea -how n early left a widow[ with little er, and the horse 0 �k " d she'll lo
I I to enjoy bee, so long a� I get under cover, I'm all spent Come rightinto the bedroom with m groWn y himself, with a flower on it, and ' " U8112b eXpCOt too Much of L
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� . . . them4el ve. as alit kind of noisy to our else to depend u�'op, until now, when the with the snow -clogged old wmggon, bad to and wore out." L an, ": said Mrs Lano " and put, on a nice came limping to put ivin her hands ; and .
. V were out O scAmol. Oqe was doing Stop again and again. The awful thought � The lan'tern cime bobbing along quickly warm, double gown of mi tie -, 'twill be large Mrs Lane brought a � pretty hvod that tier I her," said the Otber wonian compamajonate- . L . P ]
I I litiuse when I was gaown up, and I can't boys' - " I'm stire'tis a bleis�sed change as far
I r and ohe in a store. suddenly came t� Mrs. Parking' mind th f kebody were hurrying, and wavered enough for you, that's der'tttin,' and then if 'ist'er had made for tier a few weeks before, I ly'
.seem to sense the Deeins." well in the shoe factory 148 it soir I- 8 as she's got, a�ready. Habits 'It live some-
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� as your Lucy," s ml� J, rough sea. Will be better able than in the� blankets. " -
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sigh. She ' held her gra�-and-bla,Gk bonnet off began to g � � . tie bOO4 of hymns which a ' friend bacil given into ; life*o truly a warf I are, wn 7 t it I
- � with bet- left hand and looked at it without -ting something. i . was. The thick flakes blinded her; she rescuer. citement, yet ske was strangely ill the mood him at, the autumn conference, and as Mrs.
� -111. - - tit rned to took bellin d to see" i f any one were " I declare if `taint the minister," she for it. The reaction of being in this s "It is, so," answered M -s. Deems, sober- - I
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I - 0 I I As has been saido Wednesday was the day coming ; but site might have been in tile exclaimed. 11 I'm Mrs. Parkins, or what's and pleasomt place, after the recent cold and � these words : " Room to deny ourselves.' IY- "There coines Mrs. Parkins Una min- , ca
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. . nd Mrs. numbed arid stupid, and again tried to urge death along back here a -piece. I never wonted power of enjoyment and -Sympathy. ' myself tip 'lon irside of lie�'as pei t as Nathan ! Now
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� t -ter use it on. 'y black felt.- the felt a- if they She stood of being meq,n," she thought, almost at
- ,, had bet now, knd black silk trim- Thursday. She wis pleased when she waked ad on desperately. It seemed"it: snow and could n4i dared what was going to happen. It was the least she co' uld do, to do some- pleasanter took than it used to waa,� ? Well,
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L .1 I . . is sort of rusty, . Thursday morning to find the WeAther warm- must have left the lowland far ei�ough be- get to h r feet again. The minister wits a still and let Mrs. Lane brush her gray hair, thing friendly for these kind people ; they the more she does for others, and the poorer -0
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11 9 only eight miles to Haybury and she could slowly for another mile tintil it was impos- the lant rn hung on his arm.' She 'was not selves; then they went out again to the sit- allow tk� least consciousness that woman- o' her age to turn riglit abou .
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� - � 1, I've got oile, that's Plenty good for best," , )d� was hurried and urged until his head to look inquiringly at his mistr a . go., last she was safe. It was like the cleared a rough bit of tbe paronage land I' a 013T tile hilly r4oad - . . I
. bring in wo( a P shepherd in the Bible, and Lydia the summer before and sh6wilt goud spirit I their only son bad fought through an WO'nall Out Of sight, I
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� ; doone more winten'! S:he began to re * . cripple for life. ,r bol Lt ; I I
� . -.h terrible, sudden storms in the we oiug - roots, She had said when or
- i arrange tile gray ribbila, and Mrs. Deems I thought a piece-, of salt -pork was wrapped tip sud "t heart �,ere g i tcr break. It seemed in she lleard of .his was a hope of his being cured if by-an,di-by still wore her best wintc me as f the ' I
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'L 'f watched her; with a twinkle in her eyes; she , and ut under the wagou-seat ; then w . evitabi that the minister should have cents hard work, that be had better put the Lima his father could ca,rry him to New York to a ola rusty ne trimmed with gray,. the in - .
.4 X over the kewtrimmed bonnet, and a, blielterless, and helpless. f to find er and carry tier to the fold ; no, to into his sermons, and she remembered that. famous surgeon there. 'But'all the expense ister's lit -tole. girls found it when the snow Ve h
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I . te. . tfiousand dollars 'to be she felt dizzy and now -w her heart, and confessed . �
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. 4 er tier wooleh gloves Mrs. Parkins drove safe under cover. groaned the poor soul. strange again, and the second-best gray, iiiwa;rdly that site had beelt mean spirite, I deck the parsonage searecrow in the time of
4 11 it as well as she did, 4nd was holding litr 1 treatment, bad seemed impossible. They I L fw holid
� I . .11 liar neighbors knew that she "Oil, how poor 1 be this minute, and I come and-blalck bonnet slipped its knot and sent itimes toward the Lane$, and it wits a were so thankful to have him still rn -platitiug. �
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I 11 more difficult. . was going to l4aybury tc . tumbled off into the snow without her good lesson to her to be put at their mercy with the ----� --
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- , ers had paid her for some ryeplanted and and a vision of the brightly -lighted Hayb,ury opened her eyes a sofa in the warm double gown and watched with tears am sbe looked at him, and tlle 11 handken
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p? . you for, so" I can't .get lwre'a.ad make talk I n and out, and the gayety nd an I a discovered a moment afterwa nd hopefulness stole' hito her heart. as lie limped acrGas the 'room. the donor. An Englisb custom und
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� �t I �-� . anythi-ng abom the mini8ter's preaent." I borbood and was a famous manager. mocked at the st-ingy, little lost Nvoinaw-4a alld th I . ninlBter's wifewas kneeling beside While"ago, " site assured the minister. I I I wish little Lucy Deems, that lives term. I � - '
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- mile removed them all, slowly, - f ore . The cousin was a hospitable, kindly soul, I she sat bewildered, The a b� side, the I Lord of Alisrule.—A man appointed E
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. t . 1) V , * i�evy loyal to her relations and always ready flakes of snow- caugh b hat, eye.iftshes an ChristplaR tree at the other side of the room boy and the two little 8ietei,s before the fire, girls keep Christmas," said Mrs. Parking, - chiefg, -
- s oke. The sun went behitid a low 8�110W speEiking half unconsciously. "Her mother to superintend the boistero" Cbrist- ' Bromde(
. !��, with it welcoma;, Besides, though the ears -chilled bet, cheolis and melted inside the with "ll its pretty,,!sbining things and gay and Mrs. 'Lane sat on th6l, sofa by Mrs � �V I �
I c; N(Jutl alow, tile horizoh, arid Mrs. Deenis ) 4- gray bonnet -strings; they hea,ped thentselves -b,oughs. ; I mean to bring bar � T -awn, :
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�: M , of Lydia 1 arkins were deaf to hints of pre. . litt'le =dles on the Site was com- Parkims, and the minister iurried over the has had it very hard " mas games wbich were perMitted in
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I a4 . that she would lenve her farm and savings that toppled into h'er lap af; she moved. If she fait very tired and weak. The minis- did not seem li Ice a stiff anT fornial ineeting .
shawl closer itbout her shoulders as if she � to the boys, she was not w -person to speak she tried to brush the si)ow away, liar clog- 'IN and only ha,lf I' We know Lucy Deems, "said the cl) -
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1: . y I- were getting reatly to p hotne. . , roughly to, or one whom it was possible to ged mitten only gathered more and grew you'll Ifeel all right in a few .ninutes," she from revercitee, but it wasi as if Lite good dren with satisfaction, Then Mrs. Parkins year (,,f Christ 1741," 8ays: I Let no GIOV4M V
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z It thing to -day, .Nlr8. I)t-eths," 4a,idMrs. Park- I disdain. More titan this, no truly com- more 9�nd move chimsy. It wits horrible, exclaimed, "Think of your being out in mall were telling his household news of though twith regret of cousin Faber and liar pleasure tempt thee, no proli allure thee, � and Tini
� �v I passionate heaft could fadl to pity the thin, persistentatorm ; at this rate the horse and this awful storm I Don't trY to talk to us ome one they all loved and held close to t-wo boys, and ,waij sorry th Lt they were not noiambition corrupt thee, no example sway -
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I , ��. ing in a, resolved tone. -,"I don't feel much 1 anxious, forbidding little woman, who be- driver both would soon be covered and frozen 'a, no perstlaSlon i
, i, acquainted Nvitil Lite lIdla.,[V.r',i folks. I, yet, 4ear," she added kindly, "I'm going to their hearto. He said a fijw words about all at the minister's too. She seemed to have t4 nivv,- tbee to 410 ally- Colored;
; U4 haved as if she must always be on the de- in theroad. The gadiering flakes were Mali. L 6 cup of hot to&. Are you all the birth of Christ, arid of � there being no entered upon a new life; she even thought thing which thou knowest to be evil; so .
I . must tiay Ale takes a gobd deal it pon herself .. � fensive against & plundering and begging cious and inystesious ; there were so' large bringl you a . 1-affies" I
� I don't, �ikv so much of iLl tnicum." . right ? Don't, try to tell Anything about room that night in the inn. � Room enough of her dreary home Wit.h disapproval., arid of shalt thou always li-ve jollily ; for a good J -a
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- ant fealin' wl y no expense except for tile horse's stahl- I I � lrt,��, " - .`W*�, A!'A ---- - !"i �,- - -1 - I cArne like a beggar to the Lane's door that not. � I 11 Ladiee '
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I I � mean to please them oo much. - 1, -,V;�;'!,�,,, , �--A�-," -. -t- .! poor I be !" faltered Lydia Parkinv for the .- I GG
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� wimt they can do for thd offiel. people, an' � "IM I � W �-- � second tirne that night. .
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