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A CHRISTMAS STORY.
The three p. ro. tvain from Xew
York City,due 0:40, came steaming
into the depot at Gitibstown twenty
minutes later on the 24th of Decem
ber, 1819. A* it stopped, some
twosome men Jumped trom it quick
ly and vanished in the darkness,
and after them a girlish figure,
closely veiled and wrapped in a
large cloth mantle, carefully de
scended the slippery car-3teps and
stood upon the platform.
Away went the train again as a
stoat, good-natured looking, elder
ly gentleman popped out of the
waiting-room and seized the left
band of the young girl—with the
right she was holding her veil one
side the better to see about her—
with hearty and noisy welcome.
■•Mabel, my dear, dear child,” he
cried, “how glad 1 am to see you!
I had begun to bo afraid you were
not coming, the storm has been so
severe.”
“The snow blocked tlio read in
some places,"said Mabel, in a sweet
contralto voice—she was a pretty
blonde with tiie brightest of smiles
—“and 1 feared myself at one lime
that 1 should not Bee you to-night.
But here 1 am at last, looking into
your kind lace and listening to
your kind voice as L used to in days
gone by,” And for a moment tears
dimmed the brightness of her smile.
“And.ready, I hope, to cast care
to the winds, and spend a merry
Christmas eve, my dear,” said the
old gentleman, cheerfully, leading
her by the hand, as though she
were a little child, to where a sleigh
was waiting, “for we’ll be at home
in less than an hour.” Placing her
in the sleigh, he stepped in himself,
tucked the buifalo-robes snugly
about them, gathered the reins in
his right hand, gave the word *'go
to the two handsome horses, who
had been stumping their feet and
shaking their hell-encircled heads
for the past half-hour in impatience
to be gone, and of! they started.
The shy was a murky gray; not
a star was to be seen,and the snow,
which had been falling fast ail day,
was still falling, but in lighter, more
scattered snowflakes.
“1 shall have to partly trust to
Ned and Fred, my horses, to carry
us safe to Gibbstown,” said Air.
Appleget; “for the snow has blotted
out most of the familiar landmarks,
and, if it hadn’t, it's too dark to
sec them. But once there, the way
will be plain .enough,, for nil the
houses, as I came bv, were already
blazing with light in honor of
Christinas eve. But 1 wish it were
a shorter ride lor your sake, m.v
dear. Are you at all comfortnhlc ?”
“Most comfortable,” replied his
companion; “almost too comfort
able, in fact, for you have bundled
me rip so in these warm robes that;
I '.eel as though I were a nnitnmv
me, god papa, and from sixteen to
nineteen seems a long step: and I
thought, being a great girl now,
perhaps vou would rather i should
he more respectful.”
look—not one word—and. then bo
saw him
turned away, and I never
again "
“We were not formally engaged, j
you know, and so there wasn’t much j
“Great girl, indeed!” repeated j gossip about the affair. Then papa '
the old gentleman, merrily; “why, died, and everything was in confti-
1 eouid stil! carry you in my arms i 8 j 0D a ml Aunt Louise and I went
as in the days when I never came j to iivo with Annt Ann—imagine
to see yon without a pocketful of j Aunt Louise and Aunt Ann living j
sugar-plums, and godpapa I still j together!—and I was as unhappy T rHA VHTTP TATTT? D |7Q fj 1
intend to be called, it you havo no j ils could he when your thrice-wel- 1 V JL V U .1.1) J ll X Jr llJjO I
olfaction. Why, my dear, I have | come letter came.”
a double claim to the title. I came j “Well 1 must say, my dear, I
near being godfather to your mam- j think the young man was a little
ma. She was the daughter of my : too basty-ldii fact, very much too
earliest and dearest friend, and J hasty,” said the old gentleman,
he being across the sea at tho time j “You are mistaken, godpapa.
of her marriage, I gave her away
to John Woodson, your father, as
lino a youife fellow as ever, stood
six feet in his stockings. A Une
fellow he was to the end of bis days,
with one serious fault, 1 must ad
mit—lie never would answer letters.
And now, my dear, tell me all that
lias happened since I’ve been in
tho Old World.” *4v )
“There’s nothing much to tell,
godpapa. Everything has been
going on in the usual way at our
house—dinner parties, evening
parties, and ail sorts of gayeties;
for Aunt Louise, who took charge
of the household, is ns fond of fun
and .amusements as Aunt Ann isn’t
—and I flitted about with my but
te: fly friends, concerned only about
the beauty and brilliancy of my
wings, when suddenly poor papa
died, anil I found myself an almost
The soul of honor himself, he could
not—” But at this moment, just
as they were about turning from
the straight road they had been
traversing into a brilliantly-lighted
street, the horses plunged into a
huge snow-drirt heaped high at the
corner, and over went tiie sleigh
and out it tumbled both godfather
and goddaughter.
Mr. Appleget sprang to his feet
in an instant, grasped the reins
again, saw that Miss Woodson lay
motionless, and shouted tor help.
For a few moments no answer
came; the house before the side
door of which they were being ap
parently full of people making so
much noise themselves they could
hear no sound from outside. But
after half a dozen stentorian shouts
the door opened, letting a flood of
light out into the night, and a
young man came running down
penniless orphan. In my case, you
see, the order of things has been ! ste|:s.
reversed. My butterfly existence j “An upset?” he asked,
came first % and' now the grub life “Yes,” replied Mr. Appleget,
awaits me.” I “and I lear the young lady is hurt.
“No, no, my dear” objected the [ i ra „ gt hold the horses. Will you
old gentleman, emphatically; “a j see to her, please?”
grub you will never be. There is j The new-comer knelt down by
nothing to prevent yotir being a Mabel’s side, and dragged away
butterfly still, if you wish to be. j the heavy buffalo-robe that had fal
len upon her. Her hat came with
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A little less gorgeous in regard to
wings, perhaps, than yen havo
been, lint as bright as any that ever
gathered honey from the flowers.”
The girl laughed a merry little
laugh, “You are as poetical as
ever; godpapa. 1 haven’t forgotten
the rhymes in which you used to
wrap my bonbons, 1 believe I have
kept some of them till this very
day. We’ll read them over to
gether."
“We will. By the bye—get up,
Fred and Ned—1 heard a day or
so before 1 returned to America
that you were engaged to he mar
ried. Was it true ? And it it was,
where is the lover?”
Alirgodpapa, that is the ques
tion. Where is he? It wasadmy ! »ion of ludicrous astonishment on
fault, godpapa. He—’’ I his round, red face.
‘He? Who, my‘dear? Give | ]n tho hall they were met by a
him a name/’ ^ (stately lady and two pretty girls.!
•Willis Rathburn—the—the—”I“A n:erry<Christmas, mother! A;
Lover,’’suggested tho old gentle- j merry Christmas, sisters! Merry
man. mischievously. I indeed,” shouted Willis Rathburn,!
“Yes, sir, the lover. He came to I a8 i,o placed his blushing lady-love !
live next door to us two years ago, I again upon her feet, “for Santa
with a friend of his, Ilex Mortimer. Claus has brought toopr very door
Of somethin., of that sort H,t l rhc Y wcre 8tu,, >’ ln S mccliu,no to- tho dearest llttlo wife for me that
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“Not exactly. Only on the out- State, lie is very handsome—now
you are laughing, Mr. Appleget,
but indeed he is—mid clever and
good.”
"Then where is kef'
“It’s my fault, godpapa. that 1
do ..not know.,,! behaved very
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her in his strong young arms he j on.of ih.mMraiUblati ih* United swiw, who* tostinr plan tv.tuto
carried her into the bouse, bidding j U* u endeeehnln resanljte it. Il will rov von to i!*ani!nnt|ii« fratlureof liftt buriner.
the man servant, who had appeared
upon the scene, relieve Mr. Apple
get of the charge of the horses.
That gentleman, being relieved, j
followed the lovers with an expres-
Font/* I'ow.Ito s ill fironmt augt is Fowl*.
Fetus* Mtn trill ln. r.0-0 tho tinfhtlty of mltk
ttttl trerint twenty |w-r .war., und make the tmlue tna
FiHtws .i*owd.Towlll mtm nr prevent ah.inrt mrt
to rtjjrh ltnr-r- nml I nltti. Itrt. wil.yrt,
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it, and her golden hair, all unloosed,
glittered in the light. As he bent
over her she slowly opened her
blue eyes, and. looking up into his
face, murmured, as though in a
dream, “Willis, my darling!” j
“Mabel, my love I” lie cried, add-!
ing tenderly, “are you hurt,dear?” j
“Xo. I think not, only a little
stunned and badly frightened.”'
“Thank Heaven!” And lilting
America*, Ca., Nor. SI, 18R3, tf
skirts. The town proper is quite a
thickly populated place. There are
as many as fifty fine streets in il.
Just think of that and compare it
with the village of New York from
whence you come,-” said the old
gentleman, With a tat lariglf. “But
“I don’t think Aunt Ann was
ever really pleased with, anything,
Mr. Appleget. When your letter
arrived she was lecturing me on
tho necessity,of seekfng^for .sp,
employment by which I could earn
my own living, and, regretting that
my poor father had nut brought me
up in a less idle way; and when,
after reading your letter, I joyfully
exclaimed, ‘Aunt Ann, here i.s the
very thing! Mr. Appleget, papa’s
dear old-friend,rind mv godfather,
ofleis mo a home, and only asks in
return that I shall devote three or
four hours a day to the education
of his little grand-children.’ ‘Mabel
Woodson,’said Aunt Ann,severely,
‘one wou.d imagine tlmt you had
been intended for a nursery-gover
ness from your cradle by the eager
manner in which you accept the
situation. Have you no pride left?’
IJueer Aunt Ann! I’m sure my
mother never could have been any
thing like tier. And I'm also sure
that that, dear mother, if she can
look down from tho heaven to
which she was called when I was
bat a baby, blesses and thanks you,
as I do, for saving me from going
among the strangers.”
. “Tut, tut, my dear,” said Mr.
Appleget, winking away a suspic-
ous moisture from his keen blue
eyes, “you have nothing to thank
me for. The obligation is ail on
my side. The sweetest of young
ladies consents to reside in my
house, until called to adorn one of
her own, ns a shining example to
“And I’ve lost my governess”
saiti Mr. Appleget, softlv to himself.
—Ladies’ Floral Cabinet.
Ttie Merry, Morrj Chr stmis Time.
Tiie joyous Holiday season brings
to mind the elegant gifts presented
in the city of Xew Orleans on No
vember Illlli, by the 162d Grand
Monthly Distribution of The Louis-
ianna State Lottery, . under the
sole care ant) management ol Gen'Is
G. T. Beauregard, oi La.,and Jubal
A. Early, of Va., when over $265,-
000 were scattered broadcast. The
same thing will take plario again
Tuesday, Jan’y 15, 1884, the full
particulars of wlpch can he had
from M. A. Daupluri, Xew Orleans,
La. Ticket Nc,.- 68,589 drew the
capital prize $75,(100, sold in fifths
at $1 egoh—one held bg*M r - M. A.
Saccrdotc, Xo. 50 St. lio-tis St., I
Xen Orleans another, by Mr X. B. j
1’hoips, uVelcrk in the City Treas
urer’s office a., Xew' Orleans, La.;
the others decline publication. Xo.
(i5,7I8 tlrcw the second capital $25,-
000, alibsold in fifths at $1 each—
one collected through Bank of
Madison, at Jackson, Tenn,; anoth
er by a party in Malden, W. Va.
The third capital prize $10,060 was
won by Xo. 46,200, sold in fifths
also, two of which were collcc'cd
do .not
bfeivi”
“You did? This isryfroshipg.
Novel before in Uie coUrse of a long
ljle have I met a woman who, in a
lover’s quarrel, acknowledged her-
s-eljjwrong. Are y*ji warm?”
rm as toast. We tell in love
Ittlinmedistclv we be-
it|d-£
or,” Interrupted her
listener—“ noth bandpOtiic, clever
and good.”' .«« ' : \
“But I was not good. 'Listen.
Willis was so honorable, so Jruth
fill, so free Iromdouble-dealingdiinj-
self, that he believed everybody
else to be the same, ami, godpapa,
he was so provokinglv sure of roy
love for him that lie never was the
least bit jealous, no matter bow I
flirted, I liked to tlirt—I confess
it—and 1 liked to see men frown
ing at each other because of me.
Now yon see I was not good. In
stead . of thanking Heaven for tho
trusting, loyal heart that had been
given, me, I was vexed because it
was a perfect stranger to jealousy
and I vowed
not remain bo.
most awfully with Rex Mortimer-
some people fancied him handsomer
than Willis (he was’t half as hand
some)—and after several weeks of
dancing, walking, riding and sing
ing witlr him, ono evening 1 found
Willis (Rex had just kissed my
hand at parting) regarding me with
anxious eyes. ‘Mabel, deal - ,’ he
said, gently,‘I do not think it right
that you should give so much time
and attention to Ilex Mortimer.’| • • - - 1
My face flushed with triumph.‘You.! ^ [Valuable Cow for Sale.!
,’ I replied. ‘Jealous? i have *«,* that *mmint iu Hire* wn-k., win
Agents Wiiutw! lor the New Hook,
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BLUE AND" GRAY.
iitii>rif»>niui>iiinhmI I airihi’Hdili uncap**, romantic
.nriri-’iitk', lomfl inlutb'd flinijnH**. ItninoMn* *nd
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lini-t kWNv>'4 ittif «n «*en aide
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stranger , , tbc N . O. National Bank. Tiie
to myself it should , r ^ Hrth oap(ta l prizes,of$6,000each,
ufn 1 'Tilf were won by tickets No. 14.898!
vlth Rex Morumer— and 8S i r00j gold in flftIl8 uls0i t0
Robert Alexander. collected
through Messrs. Lockwood ti Co.,
San Antonio, Texas; C. O. Fant,
Madison C. H., Va., collected
through State Bank, Richmond,
Va., and so on to the end of the
interminable chapter, among tho
many other participants in the
I’actolcan stream of wealth.
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1‘Xcctit that it lb fur mcro
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In It.-* pjoj onion*, ft bn*
fftrrnmk tn-aniw? Re iron i*
pill tiiBHllcr III the ►Iliii.yrht
wrm. it inn* dumhiliiv !»<•
criiac ilK i iiiiiil'ig ireur I-
cofi.l lcIclY CDmpotted of the
bcri double rcflntd wrought
mid nullmtde iron, with the
exception ol' the tonyiic nnd
icncli, wliicii tire wood, mid
of the text kind. Ji net tit
only to be ncen-to Ih» ndmir*
ed, nnd only to beunpreeiato
^ r dry. Tbeit* if no nhrinkinir,
•lllnff. cheeking of hnU, liiowe bolt*, tire*, felloe* « r »»4 t« all of the «U>v'.’ eonUngciiu-iv*,
m* the wocmJ wa;on* aubjeef, l'lnthig nUiiit one aeaaoo in tfann. dry ceu.rtrlv*.
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‘ ' *di*ff!e tire; aln
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before we go any iarther let me m ‘How do you know but ,
ask you why I am now Mr. Apple-1 llu ‘ t 1 am growing to love him? j
“I never shall forget his look, I
FOB SALE.
On# I»ed*tead, 1 Korean, F Weahatand.
am now ilr. Apple
get with you, instead of godpapa, _ , . .
as in the olden time. , godpapa,” and a little sob cheeked J ’*£&«£££<I
•‘Three yean is a long time to her voice; “never—never: uniy a uattrosae*. Kuqutr* at nEco»DKK v ncc. |?r
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