The Republican journal., 1874-01-29
For Dear Life.

''NNNN ~ tilt SttiliC 10y ltlttIS rs IL was tilal
memorable winter 50 long ago when Eric
and had that fierce wild struggle for
dear ie." At this season Of the year the
never quite dormant recollection reyives,
and feel all the horror Of that midnight
scene rise and come back upon me, like
a ghost from the confines Of the past 1t
chllls me with its dread presence, until,
shlNerng in nerve and limb, | rise and
draw marcr.to the blazing hearth, heap
on some more pine logs. and strive in
! the region OF light and Wamth to bid it de
| lance
In Vain Through the Whr of my spin
hlng wheel comes the long drawn moan of
the wild, whilst without the snow falls as
\ heavily ~ ever, adding desolltion to the
ALREADY drr;tr and -ombre landscape Eric
has gone to the iold-vard. is beseems Il
thrifty hnsbanClman. to Sec after the we'll
being h our kline Would that he were
back to laugh OFT my fears, and exercise
| the plan1oms which rise thus unbidden
from tle days that are now no more. His
| hearty presence and JOYOUS voice are in
Themselves Us potent against distraught
| lanciCs as the 'sprig of rowan which the
talhtuiWc for safeguards against witch
craft AND the evil eye. Meanwhile, As sit
waiting with the supper ready. and all
things bright and tiay | must cen yield to
the spell oi the place tnd hour, and listen
to the tale suggested bN the wandering
tlncies Of olt
New lear's eve some thirty Years ago
and we are keeping it right mcrrIy at the
old manor-hoiSe of Ntor AsWan. the home
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! tIHN W!tUlu ~ Nolltihudllte i'l some
weeks longer. Other signN We're not want
hg WAlch more PLAINLY .than aught else de-
\ nptrd lhe unusual severity a the season
lhe tloeks )i Wild fowl, usually so shy and
4 dllllcult OF approach. came down from the
/ upper merts. elraccustomed hauntS, and
| >'toNc Mllh the tame denl2enS OF our own
! ldlm-Nard or Il share IN Their midday meal.
ltaIrs ana abbltS, mpeIled by hunger tor
got lher nature, and stole up to our very
doors, begging with their large black eyes
| In plteouS dumb fashion tor rcllet Herds
| OF reindeer also came south from lapland,
seeing more genial pastures: and 1t was
lum"red that les pleasant visitors had re
ctn1lN Deem 5een and heard he black
\ pine forests "i NateM had AGAIN sent forth
the GRIM, bl"od-thirSty pack "i leglonaries
Mho t"r age llad dWelt unnole9te in its
dark 1a.tn".-, anl tn" CIV oi ''Wolt was
no longer, a@ heretofore, an empty sound.
An Ihl5 however,, Gl'' NOT affect amy OF
oar party. who were all A"rsemen and
lhitI""na h"rn. used to the cold. lull OF
/ health ,Ind pu1ts. |. ll!;t Elrpln daughter
OF the hous', Was the widest OF that mad
circle vino had assembled at Stor AsWan
fhat I 'mlNllnlS-tIde t" do hon"r to my be
XXX y lflr Jirl, ~" lever OF my Youth
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all young ailH ~ Wliu Sprlts' ana some ol
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many l'li l'ees ''nu '!le loflllS tllat sllaeu
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