Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-22

From Demorest's Monthly
! "Hark the herald angels sing,
| GLORY to the newborn klng!n
Rang out from the choir, and the organist
slender pale-faSed girl, with grave, beauti
ful brown eyes, joined in the anthem, all hel
soul in the lriumphal words.
I 1t was the last piece of the rehearsal. The
| chorlsters threw down their books, only too
| glad to get away The organist alone re
tary
Good night, Miss Englehartp "Good night
Miss Katherine" Good night, Katie, and 8
merry Christmas Eve!" were the cries. as one
by one, men aud maids left the choir, anG
went down the stairs, and out into the bright
| White Christmas night.
Miss Engleharps gravely smiling lips and
gentle brown eyes answered them all.
moment, and she Was alone, only the white
! piercing moonli hit streaming through the
painted oriel over the altar and the one dim
| light below.
A fare Of gas lit the organ loft. but this she
! lowered, and with rapt face and dreamy eyes
she played over and over again the jubilan,
new voluntary. She might haye gone on fol
houra-she was quite capable Of it-but 8
piteous yaWn from the boy at the bellows re-
! called her from heaven to earth.
| "Oh!' she said stopping suddenly, with a
half laugh, had for often you Jimmy. Well
| won't play any more; and here, take this for
| your Christmas box"
| Jimmy jumped up and seized the protfered
| coin with glltteriug eyes.
Thanky, Miss Katie. Merry Christmas,
| please ma'am," cried the boy Selling his CAP
All! she's a brick, she is" SAID Jimmy to
himself, as she clattered down the steep stall
case. Nobody among all The singers ever
THINKS OF the BOY that blows the bellows,
'cep5 her. Don'I jest hope she won't marry
that long-legsed rooster that scorts her here
sometimes, and leave The choir for good?'
Still few moments longer fingered Miss
hnglehart on her knees. Then, she, too, hur-
! rled duWn the staircase and ou5 into the shin
ing coldness OF the starry December night
High and white and cold lay the Christmas
snow. No green yule" this year to make fat
the kirk-yard Cloudless ana blue spread the
.ky, filled with sparkling char-stmas stars
''Katle!"
With great start the world came back
from the land Of dreams. A all man had
started up in her path, and spoke her name.
"You-pap!' the girl said IN doubt and sur
PRISE the color that had arisen to her face fad
ing out ;,
| arm with q laugh. did you think it Was
Haray Hatton? Well, it is almost as good,
Tor have come to TALK to you OF him"
| Miss knglehart looked up, a sudden trouble
| in The brown. tender eyes.
Il thought you had done talking of him.
| papa" she said, a tremble IN her voice. ii
thought yesterday had finished the SUBJECT
| forever"
Let nae see What did [ say Yesterday
| says Mr.. EugleLart dandy.
An! l remember that my stift-necked, dot
ing Old client, 'onn Hagton, had made up his
senlle mind 10 forgive his runaway laughter,
and dlsinnerlJ Harry. Under these circum-
stances very naturally told you that YOU
were to meet Harry no more. You are "a
good girl, Katie "a Very good girl"-Mr
Ensleh4rt pats paternaliy the little hand on
MS ARMAND az any sacrifice to yourself you
would have obeyed ne, am sure. NV dear,
II affords me great pleasure to iuform you
| uhe sacilnce VILE be required"
Papa" the girl cries, her whole face light.
ing up. You will let me marry Harry, poor
as he is? Q papa! 1 an not afraid OF poverty
not afraid OF work; neither is Harry, and
| ooh, pooh! my dear-pooh! nothing of the
Kind. MY opinion on that point has never
changed, and never will No, no; il is some.
thing infinitely better than that Old Hatton
died suddenly las night before making the
proposed new will, aud all is Harr, $50
katharine Engleha,t uttered faint, start
| led exclamation.
And the old will leaving all to Harry
| stands, and his only daughter is disinheriteo
and lett out.'
LEFT without silver, my dear, and serves
| her right says l. She ran away with worth
less scamp, against her fathers will, and
like all fools, mas paid the penalty Of he,
folly. She supports herself aud her five
children by sewing, SO have been told, anG
you know what kiud OF support tnat means
! Serves her right, say again. John HatCor
has done what 1t was mis- duty to do-what
would have done ia his place-east her off
and left her to starve with the pauper SHIT
chose"
In the moonlight the face of Miss Enele
hart grows white as the snow itself, but sh.
| walks on and does not say word.
However, cries her father, cleerfally
'sthaL is not what want to say. Rose Htf
tons case need never be yours All is Harry,s
aud, except his poverty, never had any OBJ
lection to Harry as son-in-laW. SO when be