The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-07-27
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by Mrs, s. 9. HALL.

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the heavy snow that gave the New
Year of 1867sso cold reception On the
day "after" Its Birth; ~he6salI tiie people
woke up to see the whole Of theirzworld,
were Sit town or country, shrouded in
spotless white. Farmer Boyd's sheep,
seemed to know what was on the wing,
for they crowded together under the
tees on the close Of that New Years
day, as u sort of preparation for the
night. The next morning, loug before
day, the farmer and his sons were iu the
meadow, needless Of the thick binding
snow, resolved to preserve the flock !;
and if they had not been up and active,
the greater number of Farther Boyd's
valuable Southdowns would have been
buried in the snow.drilt, so sudden and
violent was the fall. 50 deep and ,dan-
gerous were the drifts.
| The farmer said he esshould not have
Saved half but for the perseverance, Of
his little d"g-rot a sheep dog, hut
small pet OF his daughters, a little
sagacious creature 'sthat was often snuL
bed bt caust 1t Was not ''hurou.h bred, :"
and so they forgot that it was Moro,4yA.
hearted "a queer thing, who, with u
species of animal economy, always rau
"n three legs, giving one of the four
rest, aud another a res. in it's turn.
Very early that particular moraing,
between scratching and barking and
mining, she had managed to walker her
master before daybreak on the 81 of
January. But that did not content her;
Whenathe, door was opened She ran to
,he window, and the farmer, seeing it
was nearly blocked up by-snow, rnuscd
his sons and set off to sessafier his sheep.
The dog at first wished t accompany
The party, but Immediately on leaving
the porch she became buried in the
snow and quickly foandered back again,
and alter being called '.ggoo,l do" g"s.and
s,'wisc Peg" by her young mistress. she
sat quietly downsta the warn, kitchen
hearth, shctasleepipg, however, but cock
ing first one ear, md then he other,
and qaietiy ,elpyiag her stumpy tail
VIII n the masters VOICE was heard in
the distance. The iarmerzkpew, there
would be a still heavier fall, for the
clouds we're weighted with : snow.
tsMaTy," he said TO his daughter, when
he returned, @see that there ,s agood
lot Of pea soup piade (; the cottagers
beyond the croft viii be glad oft, for
their masters are frozen out of work
already ;" r79 s. : aE So 2
Mary, like good girl, said nY es,
father;"g but while she shook the snow
fakes of his cont she added. "Father,
what can poor dear Aunt Liddy and
her onearu,ed boy do thissweather Z"
"What is that to thee 2" he answered
sharply. Mary said no more but she
raised her beautiful large eyes to her
fathers and he saw they were full OF
| tears. 8 azjt
The. trees all round the farm looked
lovely, coated with the glittering snow
aud one of the farmers sons cleared a
place for the wild birds to feed on; hey
cleared it again and again, for the snow
continued to fall r
80 dearW said Mary to her brother
Tom, 81 wish father would forgive his
sister, and let her and little Joe come
here to us he is SO kind, in his rough
way, to every one. Ii she did niurry
.5:is ~ u by .a.s :, ;.l
by refusing to leave her husband and
now that be 10 dead" Mary paused.
Tom rubbed his curly red head with
his very red hand Tom was called
practical"
Il don't see what little Joe could do
here, with only one arm. Which OF
thenilis gomez he said at List. es
The left. - 81
on! well, he could 'tend day school
aud Sunday school; they might make
scholar offhim more than ever they
fcould make of mo
E"D Dear TomS. said Mary, 1--WE must
get at fithcr's heart somehow, and all
win ibeswell. cnnnot bear to think of
Their starving, perhaps, IN that horrid
London .aa9z
s4 80 iorrid Lbhdon O. repeated Tom. II
! like .tllat!, Oranges down here a penny
apiece, and there Frank Fowler got
three for penny-such beauties"
On New Years Day the. Aunt
1-ILidd"afwho had such strong. hold ON
Mary Boyds sympathy was literally
l. a. fs.a n,,l ,l,,,o.t ,y;tLo,.E p4x a .