The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-25

IN II innySenbio oA0eeeoWo0 49,
The leessh sound vAisa ~ & .
motAes's kass, 10 - Al11 49, Ayesy
vosjily missaks i sacsi1g6d nd q - MIS-
some der fscs from ths s1&hedae - feel
tha1 even - sasdA ~ heye ~ g
~ sesGnal Mono . vhteA ~ ~ h.e:aie9.
aofe -. aoasuzh9. yeee - - heee3
esfeeoN1s ~ 1laeG and he church rOand
whniy3 forol A1hoes sleep, 6sda a. knOeling
evon iolEo thit8 aad fcarsb generation. Bal
.AhoaGA asfnn semsline4 - 49, -
ten Welcome nee oue. And = sAo Cnflser
rnno 1i0oRf Which II m. Goiag ~ 49,,
btoeA(E 1AR twenAS yo11e cEexiIA -
come beck to us, bringing With him his only
child. Ina wss . half Spaniard. ann me
prsttiest girl ever saw; her sneo1nea
beauty, for she was utterly un1ke Any q osr
girls, and her quaint ways took our hearts y
storm stsOoeo, nnd eomplsteay eoDeee9
of Marx A0be13y. NOW, 0oooo aefk -
DOT, ssssiotly eosakaae, rslstioas he ":
sisters step-son, and admitted. nfst TOT nef
sake, WAS speedily loved Tor his own: A
soldier, ana .1e sca q 1870. ,hs'.ar,d
won honofs vnicns IN 0gt ousoi7sne vosi. !.
eosnys senblnhed bin hero at once, 40
I veFtly believe he dear - wss hall asaa0od
OF ME We, 20 aeep ane eaine' - 'ns
wo1snip win wnicn VS. avoIeo y. ~
marx vas always a. ina sue, 20 w All
saw how It wonio De, ana the 'ose ~,
gave new charm 70 the RetneIinG. .hris.-
mas-eve came; the ehafcn nsa oeen oecols'
ted, the "gnisers toasted, tne 0nfis'm ma.
Tree dismantied, and, ureo OF dsnc,hg on
Roger We we're an grouPeu spous ~ .ne
lining room waiting .or n.unIl l: nIen' ~,
cording 70 An old custom, the oeslle kneL
vas toned o lne cnurGn, .1u .ne 49,
pensed CAKES ana mai,eo a'e 70 si .nose VINO
came 20 wish him ana MS merry enislmas.
ny Drosnsr S.0Ou uPoH ~ nsA'1u, .s.I1 ~
hano; presently inc .lmeksePer vas t"rus'
INTO ms POCKET, snd l ne crossed Sss; 'as room
There vas genei 81 nusn iArgnng eyesgr
the :iience memory WOKE np' snd t6e gnosss
some weeping, until II was nard 10 KNOW
whether old Christmas was time Tor mlrtn
or sadness.
aCtanR. ciane. ciangl came the pens ana
hundred voices smote the frosty air, singing
the old carroll
God rest you, merry gentlemen, let nothing you
dismay;
Remember, Christ our Saviour, was born on
Christmas day
The children crowded to the bay window,
aud turning to another found it already oe.
cupied. Mark and Ina stood there; be was
whispering IN her ear, and half hid by a
shawl. saw his arm round her.
As sat By my bedroom fire an hour after,
a light tap at the door woke me from my
dreaming. liza came in, her long light hair
floating in golden ripples over blue dress.
Ing gown.
MAY come and warm myself, Aunty?'
she said; ''the fire has gone Out in my room,
and | am so cold" She gave pretty little
SILVER, as If to verify the assertion; though
the warm face she pressed to mine rather
contradicted her words. Then. nesting
DOWN upon the hearth rug, she clasped her
hands round her knees. Presently she said,
without turning round. "1ou like Mark Ans
berly, Aunty.a acquieseed, and she went
on So dol, and isn't il funny, he says he
likes me, and
Then suddenly she was kneeling by ne,
aud, under cloud of hair. and amidst a
shower of kisses, was listening to her story,
low Mark had asked her to be his wife, but
aow he had first settled II all with his father
..nd hers: that he was TO 60 10 India until be
,ut his promotion, when he might leave the
.rmy and marry her
Next day he party broke up. Some to
their own homes TO receive guests, some to
ioin other parties. Mark went TO India in
February; and during the year. although
heard constantly Of or from Ina, did not
meet her. So that when Christmas came
again, and saw her at the Hall was struck
with an alteration; what | could hardly tell
She had grown handsompr Every enc saw
aud said that, and yet no one limited at other
Grange let from the moment she came up
to me, aud looked at me with her great. gray,
wistfnl eyes. my heart chilled, and a fear
could not define stole over me-
Nor was my anxiety lessened when, as we
we're talking of Mark, Ina began to cry pas
s;onately, and rushed out OF the room There
was something wrong, and missing her that
evening from the drawing.room, I went TO
look Tor her. Opening the morning door,
saw Ina. She was sitting ut the window. but
not alone; man was beside her, bending
fondly over her. There was no light save
that Of the moon, so did not recognize him,
nor did tarry to make the attempts to tell
the truth, / vas indignant with her; and Gloss
ing the door with bang, | marched off to the
drawing-room. People were seated here
there, and everywhere, so | could not make
out who it was that was with Ina though
tried hard that night and the next day 10 dis
cover who had made my pet SO miserable.
We were ali busy that day, Ina az hard at
work as any OF US but when midnight came
with its bell-ringng and carol singing
missed her, and with feeling could neither
withstand nor explain, went to the little
room. There she was. This time the win
dow was open. and the man, for he was there
100, was standing by her, his arm round her
heard her murmur something in sobbing
voice, and saw her lit her hands above her
head and wiring them Then, traitor as she
was, coald play the eavesdropper no longer,
but hurried away, and when | got to my bed
room little later sat down and cried OF
course it was foolish; what had |. an old
| maiden aunt, TO do with the perjured faith OF
heartless gill, or the broken heart of a too
easily duped lover? AS / sat there before
the dying fire, with the tears still wet upon
my face, became conscious OF q sound re.
sembling waves breaking; | listened the
waves beat grew louder: could hear them
i distinctly, and 80 too could | hear the wind
aad storm bowling londer and louder i,
| broke against the windows of nv room. nav,
in the very room itself. shuddere. ii the
/ blast passed over me- | felt the cold spray
1 dashing in my face, and grasped the chair a,
| | tried to shrek, 10 cover my ears, and hide
my eyes in the pillow, but in vain. had
/ no choice but to look upon the stormy sea
! where a shin Law tossing helpIeasIy I sax