The daily gazette., 1877-10-15

H.. sfaa.It 81 II. n
aalllof you, and then,fiy l They will never
whent the danger Is over, come back. . n
may be that even Bonaparte himself ma
pity your poor child, mother, and some.
DodX Will care for me IL heydoes not"
rNever, darlingl never said they all
we are not afraid to stay. DON'T be
Toupied about usals The good Lord will
build up la wall 20 protect us from the
i "Teil .u me, me, dear mother, what 1t really
IfMy child, Bonaparte's army y are reall,
onth way from Moscow. The village
mes directly IN their way, and they viii
IN Mi pro ooabiiity destroy IT.. Our neigh.
DOTS say the people are fleeing in every
night, heE lays every family win be away,
Now, my son, have told you the whole
Truth. y If ten armies come, they shall
nnd MS at our post, and thxtf will fbe be:
Iside' our darling's bed. God will not sur
Ter US to be harmed. Remember what
you sang SO sweetly but yesterday-ssThe
Lord is thy keeper, the Lords thy hefl,
er. He win not suffer thy foot to be
moved, The Lord will preserve thee from
Il :iAnd 50 he will, sweet yysst mother. but do
yop and my sisters go with the lrest. j
The sole reply Of the devoted mother
your ,2i- ,IN'-'''
When they had made all things COM
Portable for Julian the mother lay down
beside him, hofdihg the thin, pale hand
In her own. Not a sigh nor restless
movement betrayed that the little hero
was suffering from fear or excitement.
he had repeated his simple form of pray
er, and added few words more, that
God would turn away the steps OF the
euemy, and then, peaceful as an infant,
he closed his eyes and slept. ,.'
The two sisters also cured TO their lit
tie inner room, but their rest Yves dis
turbed for many hours by distant sounds
which they dreaded were the signals of
approaching danger. But youth and hab' {
prevailed at lret, and the mother soon
heard their soft and regular breathing.
Then she resigned herself calmly to the
rest she SO much needed, and silence
brooded over the little cottage once more.
She was the first 10 awake. Refreshed
and cheerful was her wax ing for had
not God heard the prayer of the crippled
child, aud turned away the feet that
might have brought destruction to her
door? Yet she thought the morning
long 10 com,ng. Julian awoh 9
and his earnest talk aroused his sisters,
yet still the light came not. Cathrine,
whose wonder Was most active, sprang
from her bed and struck light. The
quiet old clock in the corner, that ouly
ticEed, but never struck the hours, bore
upon it's truthful face the fact that it
was near noon. I'D All.
''It is the dark day!" exclaimed the eK-
cited girl, p"
"No, no." rejoined her sister, "the en-
earth upon the house while we slept.
We must perish h are miserably."
rfHpsh, Elizabeth you do not suAi-
cieutiy consider Julian"
The boy was awake, and heard all
that was said, but his conntenauce had
not changed from its serene and holy
look. .fla-iH. lH l.H
Mother! sisters leave me, I eutreat
you. Save yourselves. shall die soou-
er of anxiety for you than dread of the
soldiers for myself. will show them
my crippled limbs, and they will not
have a,heart to injure me-"
Still they refused, and he now ap>
pealed to Catherine who had q lover now
away from the village. 5....
"What if Alexis should return and find
you, dead. CatherineP Dead, because
you would not leave me, your little use
less brotherp He would despise me for
letting you stay .l...
II should despise him If he had such q
thought. darling, But say no more, Ju.
lien. We are resolved that we will live
Or die by your side. But will morning
aver come 7n fhe widow at these words
went into a small closet, whore there
was no window except that formed by a
stout wooden shutter. aUnfasLeuing this,
She succeeded in pushing it upward
bout al inch, and discovered that the
1ouse was absolutely buried in snow
Softly and silently through the long
night it had fallen down until the low
cottage was completely enveloped from
light. The enemy had come down like
/ wolf on the fold," aud carried ruin and
through the village. Dis
lppointed at finding it deserted by the
they had doomed every
biug to destruction. But they had
passed on in their might to other scenes
II ruin, aud left the little cottage un>
een, untouched; while the soft-falling
now had proved barricade more sues
essful than human hands could have
made.
Wnen the frightened neighbors re-
urned to their desolated homes, it was
o wonder at the signal protection which
lad been bestowed upon the poor Grip
lie, and courage friends who had re-
used TO desert him. Soon, by their |
heerful efforts, the snow was remove d,
nd the first face which the blushing |
,atheriue saw was that of her lover, who,
It the first sound of danger had flown TO |
'rotect her, but was too late. He reach> |
d the village only in season to assist in |
emoving the friendly wall which an
-lmighfy arm had mercifully built, to !
reserve his beloved. And the bulden |
1 the beautiful anthem sung under the |
ottage roof that night was, "[ will lift |
p mine eyes unto the hills, from whence |
ometh my help. The Lord is thy helps |
r-the Lord is thy keeper"