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* A 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 DO VOU WISH TO Bvivur IK so, CONSULT! ________ BJIVOXI db MOnO-AW, ARCHITECTS ATLAN "- We have j ust completed arrangements with ; A mimic Ulan*, Specification*, anfi DeUflcU ‘-’ I I)ruw inn* tarnished for I'uM'.mmi Private Build the Corbin Banking* Company, of New York, for the negotiation of Loans on improved farm ing lands in the Counties of Sumter, Webster and Lee. The short crops have made it nec essary that some should borrow money to set tle their past due papers. To those we would say, make no arrangements until you have seen us, as wc are now prepared to serve you at low rates and expeditiously. R. T. BYRD & CO. Wt nre *lao Agimts for the following 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 « aswtsMV* 1 1 *• — “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 Standard Insurance Companies!! HOME, OF NEW YORK, INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA, PHILADELPHIA*, GERMAN AMERICAN. VIRGINIA IIO.ME,;,pF RICHMOND, LIVERPOOL, LONDON AND GLOBE, RQYAL* OF LIVERPOOL, hleb tve can give yon tufa and reliable inanr.-tmc to fmy amount. ,\VE ARK ALSO AGKNT8 KOIt TilB NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY! 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, rt.OTt’O UtlSP.RB tVlt.L UtVK SATtsrAOt tOS. Sold rviTvtrltero. PAVin r. roses, Proprietor. >*UiTTa:ocn.>ii>. 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, Deeds of Caring BLUE AND" GRAY. iitii>rif»>niui>iiinhmI I airihi’Hdili uncap**, romantic .nriri-’iitk', lomfl inlutb'd flinijnH**. ItninoMn* *nd trajrfc ov.-m*, pnriiouKjournti}*, fold toll* lini-t kWNv>'4 ittif «n «*en aide aaeMKW' AaWOF.1 1 '' n ** 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. THl Iftiftff fVRQu5HTl£C)N WAGoS J n d pjtnnr.c9 rv *cml»iM ili*> woiMloii w.-ignn, 1‘Xcctit that it lb fur mcro hunriMtiiH! mu I belter built 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*. It i* no heavier titmi the ordinary wooden wagon of il * oine cap triiy, but f- aiiperfor ill atrmgfh, Jorald ,ltv «nd etay dmnglii. It ia tnoet btmph- in ion*rrmr Ion; it lieiii" built in »n< li a w :i.v U nd- ■' * 1 ‘ - 1 ' *' * - -• time, Slid nil part* van be readily ‘ ' *di*ff!e tire; aln epaTr j' welil t UdV-Jii poundi*. AdjoaUbic, ,FOR 1’HYMCIANS AND FAM1LIE&- Ncalwt, C’benpMl, Real. ,-.,j {■ ••Cloanliuinrt |g mxt to Godliness.” cWt7.lv * ^ THE BLATCHLEY m PUMPT I BUY THE BEST. e*l. It i« not affected by heat, froat. eondifion ofr - of Leplacln; • Inry, 4 hubj ipek". felloe, tli - lusde by menu* or duplicate i.ort». ^'hn wheel |*#(.*lbliity the tire break, the wn;ou can I n ro witliouMnjiirinj the wheeie. ... .Jan 5-83tl. A. J. BUCHANAN, Ag’t, Aiucricus, Ga. place of iepa BLATCHLEY’S TRIPLE enamel PORCELAIN-LINED PUMP boiS</% & : .Mam ET ST.. Phjladfa. BlbLATCHLEY-Manurr, 308 MARKET ST.. Phllgji| Writ, to utL- ro.- tian.ool ttcarcet “EXCELSIOR” COOK STOVES Adjustable Damper jswfMrtrnrUqaith _ Interchangeable Automatic Khelf * Itrotltiw Door hw intritur r1ur-Stn|» fiavcreiUo Gun Burbiw leCBtrVnme J’i<'•’»> mSSlKSia ie Kbort rejiti ra ,.m Nickel PaueU Heavy RHur Oovon '*, Illuminated FIp Daht, etc. HX3UYJUOTCIXD nt ISAAC A- &HEPF&B0 A CO.. Baltimore. Md. Ukrtilt.IStisdnantt. hleeilord: tUPonM. Aml<i)ml»bvl.W.SHtrFIEt04CO, 1 Ainoricui.Q» lb a ee rett 8 ’ y0Ur u nde!>Cnde i t kn ir w ! bring him sorrow “V.might not bring him so,.^ that sort you would not come. But r< ’ w . *«'<* I, some evil spirit prompt- j « u.i. out . .. . i . . Imr ma Mlmv tin vntl knot? ntit A fi-ld '•'intiitdng twenty live or thirty i * Mierorporatelimit*. . 7or furtl er pi.rticn'a 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 writ** poointn. SiBLEYIc CO. Rochester, N.Y. Chicago,III. UMthAda hava npeneit » lirnt-cfn** Keatonrant and _.. _ 'tton Avenue, where 1*11 be pleaaed to have my friend* and tlu* public generally call on »* . Kfib, ($voter.*. nAd *1 tlr W»rkM nffurda, cooked » in the best »tyk. New bed*, clean rooms, and •very thin* nir»*. ■"*' armlf lr t missm ru _ , „„ . ; o. RATES OF IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.. ^ Piintnry nnd Intel (Iraiumar S.lmot, lf!»h Hchndl, win i k stM roots/ •, jter umn ff \ * iMr/lRKI) tCIIOOfA DAVIS A WELDS ll4vc opened sin tiie End bide of tho Public ” Njuare, » Meat Market where all k nd. o‘ Krcb Mutton, rork|wdr 8,ni*atea can l»e boufb: vf th-: bwit quality »od % the lowest prices for ca»h. BOelllx