The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-12-30

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70 fenFh sls w : o,,,sf
segan Das ~, nntion-
u .A ,iyp' .u sa S,s eves Mined. but Hal
saeWiy mproIled pun ,,i s hePore Gal
9nAng grast RShnd fIaiiow.
=. ~, IN Il Aha brotyr, ewes
ses's heart w, wy. -, ma Ia dre
snone IKE IN ~ nntnn T,,ep rive ,,s
the prize ,,,adta rv,t otsr lock-
yopss Rana you' ~ >1''S Z
p, nEsE =. ID dried hack Was this
1Aisst yuu5 ~ mil, what neouIa cali
qulcA, suaIp. so rIa hadn,t heeT, I'sed to
aisap polEthsssnas ~ ~ nod nofEnowni Z
expectlng nne W uau - 10
Don't Hat y I1 snDM ae.,t ~ y
can't promise ! !, Su Lnos as,,,t BE-. foil
Look mere, GalloWsss, u a,,aS H. athar
Didn't Sam. let oa-hahs si1Ous'u Wy o'no'
time o.. ~. 80 ao that manning
Ine Am- hlae S,,,,ttar;,,os Iii,e..a sr,ri.
With naspssl ah ~ - ME- per,h,,rst s,voved
pressed xolcauo, wv n'sS .;sor I;ft1a nreoks
IN her cnair VIA SuIit =, -. .a,,atJi,c,
She had peen ll ,s 1870 ~ iasf
ever since SATURDAY a1leihppn' ""a ~ 'a''
she sprang sldaenl3 w. ..,.2... n,
VIVA! ainerenGe uvss y niano o w $50 ,l,a
Perhaps he'll DC giaa anu ohsE NJ no I,,d;tb
ATTIC poaras creakeu' anu W. i;t.ie pnn1l1n
tooS ne. sept TSna o,d nionk t;cked
soltiy1 ny LEI siue. ,a.ah t;ftaa ~ last and
slowly on, pu' tne ,a. H. h,,,d,a from rho
MISS JuQstln ta'seuss Lug Do e1NS
Hnnr
"See II tnose shaIesi: VIZ. =. ~" snT,
might as wen De worn as ~ " iust' : sup
pose" sne said. ,t;..pon
Fiat WISH 70 tne trunh nauussu =, - ~
hurst aiter Saiowses Was us'sSp' s an bo o
she store slsentiy ihi9 nis s etond transsxed
sne FeacIeu lug osus.uo ah;,a o;r;t bI,goinr
"Gooa lahu .no Sui'N "a. al .,at a3ta 1
close 70 ION shayss yo.. ,oi,, a,d ~ do he
lnlng,s ulueI us ouss WI What ollie the
ileye ne, = Dseu eiSn i,,;, oo,,;no down now
poyt Au tSat tue S,,t thot mfIltnonJ ont OF
ae rate Ina' Il hoy ,u.S i1s''' r>
sient ioi ou .a;n,"ord tho 1,,a went ont OF
ANU ~ ~ a'I, Su Man tooether the
skatee auu .ue ,. .o md o,;et settled in
neiolc spli is aaoI Tor the newt two
upon tue scnout,aOo ,,oro oou,,ns an near
Meehs. ~ ,,.as 20 well IN LET them come
snat per I,a So m"' al phanSspivne. day
peaSS athaJ ovar1 an v,;tt, ar, unnrecedeuted
So ~, o,d q, rsio that turned the snow-cov-
e eraI snond into an oozy surface black as
;nI. and though Miss Pophurst had a
cb;cken and little ball of plum pudding
SnI.a;.,- -. 4hara 'ves. NO oettinp ont. and
lo e!u u , co tI,a ,,errr.m,kino and pay com.
sum ieSs u 49, bad heard ali: the bows
pauy thar,sofves. and he hid away in
pa5 ~ iost thankful that the dav was done;
bon.sbonld he ever live through whole
week ue like that when Christmas came?
But before Christmas came the world
eoemed TO be in altogether a different mood.
The yunset skies turned yellow rs gold, and
the nurDle hills stood sharp aud almost black
aooinst them in the frosty air; the nights
grew singing and clear, and at last, rs
christmas eve itself set in, a north Wlnd
wh i down on the glowering pond. and
when morning dawned, as Deacon Bay
berry assured the boys, I" Pharaoh and all
his host might feel free, to march across"
Whittier bad all sorrowiul memories fed
away that wild, joyful Christmasa afternoon I!
FASTER and faster flowed the warm, eager
blood through his veins: Had he ever been
miserable? bad he ever sobbed himself to
sleep in world where skates and skatlng-
grounds were found? @ =,
On flew the hours; what did make cut
ting letters SO very hard? Over and over
the "P" he was determined to cut Gal
|lowses went, too busy to notice that one by
one the bows had slipped away toward the
cove above for fresh ice; for the black face
OF the pond was Scared and white at last.
Another fifteen minutes, and suddenly there
was wild cry behind him, 9. Sam. Hebber-
ton and Hal are in the water am gong
for helpl"l and with marble-face BOP Ayl-
mer plunged off the ice.' Were those Squire
Philiips's gray sleigh.robes and notified
gray horse; dashing past? .srt: - 49,
6. Won oct out ~ Numbered: the Squire,
ond Snatchine Bob into the sleigh, he shot
the pray horse down the mill-road by the
pond, and then with swoop. round to a
motionless, black group, huddled on the
ice. .@:a -. - -.
And what did the Squire do then? What
had any of them done all This time, standins
motionless, in dumb, freezing terror, as the
ice, crumbling from the hands that cutched
if, brought the black, open circle, nearer TO
their feet ?? u - :'f"% -.
"They can't hold on there much longer"
muttered one big fellow at last, desperately
pushing out stick. Hal grasped wildly Tor
il: it was too short. -----.--
Buthark t There was another skate-ring!
A little figure in wide trousers was coming
I'D y! "Help, Gallowses !" 'gasped Sam.
The brown eyes took one sweep over the
black, widening gulf, and then, Jacket in
hand, Galowses crept toward 1t. One long,
yiciOus crack rang across the Ice, MISS