, 1877-01-16
how the Wind and Snow Strug.
gled for Supremacy Yes
terday.
A Liberal Supply OF Fcat1iery
Flakes Whirlcd III Every
Directions.
1.-THE Beautiful" Plays the Dickens
with Intramural anu Suburb
an AfTaira.
And Enters its Eflcctua1 Protest Against
Fast.Runnfng Trims.
How the Crashing Ice Game Down tha
Usually Placid Ohio,
Loss Of Property Estimated at From
100000 to 100000.


yesterday morning. 'Sow I'm goIng 10 show
'em wnnt can do today. Go you two to-1ay
md HIT things. Blow, Snow, howl around md
cover 'cm oil up.''
~ don't want 10 go,' said the Snow, '''ca,,sc
the Wind Is too rough. lie muses. inc alt up
aud blows INC around loosc. 1rou1In't half to
my work Inst time 'cause lse blows my hair over
my eyes and mixes my skirts up. M, won't
20 with hint
"oh' what whoppcr," reared tic Wind; II
didn't do anything Of the sort"
"You did," retortcl the Snow. "You sat
down on mc, and TIE tribune said so."
"Thnt's so," saM Winter. ut sail you
curlcsl her over anl blew of her ulghtrap, or
something Of the kind. lisa p!ty you ,wo emit
agree. II you could only akart out now and
snatcll things balslhcadcd, VIC could have no e'nl
Ut fun"
"Let mc 20 ahcad,'' pIcatlc,1 tho Snow, satll
attcr gcs through Tho Wind ran come. but
don a"n't T., waIs ;ans, to e, with him. You don't know
"1'll 10 goAi," llowlctl tic Wind; "oh! ri
Ge good US u were going. to su1',lay-tchool.
Come on; won't hurt yusi."
So tic Snow consented. and dropped down
tot.ly fron the sky. tough and u'lsuatl as the
Wind Is generally. he realfy 1kctl thu Enpwt
and 1t ,was only when he rot excited III his
work that he wus ulklndly harsh to Ills pnlu
weak sister. lie took Ilcr Gy the hand, III size
her eh!s, anu hcr solt Wh'te tloak Aroufl! hcr
toned i,er IIeccy ierttugs. '' "''N
"fou won't bc bosterons with me to-duy,
will yon!' .lse sail. looking tlmItl'y Mt lin, as
"Sot IT, sail llr stoutly. and lie meant It.
And al DAY long liz kept his word: lie trans-
formed himself IN soutl, wind, to bc the inorv
tic delicate Enuw. for a,u, c,,I,yesi uI1re fhnn
auythinr clsc bciur cut viii jcr rreat, stout
brother, wien he didn't knocls her around, So
i-rIit1r ns she wins. nn,l ain nvrr1nwiutr viii, n
i'll. kIn,iiy rnioymcnt' nj Il MI. liz wns Mi
ntten,inn n imr. and tiny roatued torrtl,cr
urvr the praiylcs, about tue fields, and through
~ "spring i wll. conc hy anl by =" sl,c said, .an1
rorrr thcsn nratrtcs w}.i, villa G,wcrs' snm
do brttrr than thut .hul shr .,ron,,.,f rr GaErs
down thicker aud thicker alul fastrr md faster,
have failed to lave raiscd surl. a rilo Of wnitc
lraycs. It delighted her, md Sic hung over
tho fnrms ami fields. anil showcrrt1 jlcr f,akrs.
iii tey rose IN masses a upon inasses. M and ts
covered
NJ ehc ato5l oil anI admired hcr work. "Wait
tt1t nut row nj talyiui. on thr rnrns NJ tf,nt
rrd ho,,tc. Don't yu,, ijEr IN sr. the t,r aim
ing through tho Wiudows1 AuI then louk at
thc trrrs. Annie hlnssnn,a ar, nat nnv ,,rsttisr
than my aake., do yon think they arci And
thrfE In TINT ttfrnt t1r1V harn rn1t t,tusy
n hanging diff oyer tt,t End y" ~ ~, hthc
where tho roof cxtcnast There, stupid, that's
But she laid few more Gakcs l,crc mt, few
tcrc uiltll liz old lsru became, beautiful. ~"
"Ilon't yuu |iku II IL shr a,kcsf. jn,E,p,. NJ
the Wind. ' @0's ~
"l'l rather listen 10 Tint fc1,or c,,rstp,,., II
SAID lie Will a laugh. poInfi,r Ia lin fnT,ncr
ctoppug wotl. S@ '''@"'e'
"Un fhc Just md the untu,t.n .he ,nnr,
,uurel, apl she ]ay 1ityht cont ~ seoti,crs a.,
the Old uun's back. w
'.Looka more llia m angel now than l,e evcr
will acun,H eald thu Wind. INV @''''e ''e e'''
THEN they trudrctt alonp the road shc covcr,
Ing them uil.l iii the ttc!,is abont. Ti,r sl'o1t
stubblr md the cornstMlka ti,nt stt,, n"s,e ~,
through. tier last Wilt she truicrlr Hi ,,,irr
the aoit white sheet sLe Hnrcai oyei them. IA
her confidence Grew in fler 1rnth ha- shr scof.
tered her takss ins,er and ~ ,.1.r I'll 1nG & seas'
anil filled Mi the Or With the wayInr and rnst.
linz nj her nkjrts "~ "1'''s a"" '"s'-
'sDn yott know think II wu,1t1 hc pooi, finn
to block up all tin roads ri sne uskr.f.
- fuu can't do IT," suid lie.
~ .lu,l'l know" she snMi t1mnb,su,,v. ur
think ran, / ru,, send dawn n ,r"ni nonv
tIulu l,,n i "'N- -~"' eN0VA AA4RJ