Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-10-15
ONE NIGHT.

VII &c NCANAN4C AAS - ~N.f
drawing inStinctly nearer the blaz-
Ing FIRE.
-Ye-. il viii be eold-s reglar
Worcester, I'm afraid sid the
cherry voice Of our host Of the
~Worcss:s- s-mS~-~rn sorry l
hSvs No horse Snd sleigh for We,
Master 6oiwin. but We see that
tia, thS- -strsw-ride' party took
every deucsd che in the village
thai they could cit thar hands
onto.
-Wsii il can, be helped, Bill /
sAii. 30 I guess I shall walk il
Bi.l Lifted rs hand in surprise
S-i horror.
Whist! We don't mean ter say
Yer soin' 90 wSlk way 70 Brook
d2lef Why young uAn, yer crazy !
WY, jr<: think q the snoE-the
vini-;hs eoii-~hy, don't tel
We we're Soia' % have bsi nor
s2S:s-F
Can't help 1t BiH,- said, but
to1inS Up nv sreat-ooss and pull
ioS OF uy warn gloves. 81 must
Sst there $; ten o'elock to-no-ro~
morning! 50 god night
.-6ooi night, Master Win, |
hope YOU vii resch your des;ins-
tiou in safety And holding up
tie lSzp, hs he'd tie door open
Until I passed OF! Of sight
I E4s going 70 BrookdSle, to
relieve our dear old homestead
from tie mortgage old Lawyer
Shines hAd held over our heads ike
the sword Of DSnocles since father
had been dead I'VE boys had Af-
ter many weary years Of toll and
untold hSriships, saved up the
money. ! had volunteered 10 so
over 70 Brcokdsle and psy of the
mortgage. We hsd been putting
OF the old lswyer for the past six
months. until st last he made . SOL
enn vow that If the money WAS
not paid him BY ten o'clock on Fri
day morning, 81 bis office, be would
foreclose. he went so far - TO
ssy that even il We hsd the money in
our hsnds be would not accept il
sitter the specified hour. He had
some object in this; and my sus-
piciors turned out TO be true, IS
you viii see.
Mothers last words were snake
Bill give you his best horse and
sleigh. Goodwin, and GOd speed
your N
Bill, IS 1t is known, hsd loaned
both his horses for the ''strsw-ride,'
and it Vas, Of course, impossible
to get one elsewhere. Here vss
prsdicanens, but one which Vas
quickly pat to fight, by my de-
termination TO walk to Brookdsle
Every minute the wind was rails
ing higher and higher, the snow
falling faster and faster, and the
cold increasing in intensity. i
was indeed terrible night, bu
with q buoyant heart, filed will
the thoughts Of the morrow
fruits. what cared ! for the buster
inS. fierce wind, the hurrying snow
fakes, or jack Frossi But sool
his influence was beginning to e.
90 me my whole body WAS ehille'
to.the marrow. But sgain though
Of the next day, aud that, with ID
determination TO reach BrookdAl
inside me push on faster.
When hzi gone what though
70 be about Ave miles the win
sbAted the SNOW fell straight
the earth, showing me that not
breath Of air was stirring:' II
moon which. While the wind vs.
sporting had been secured benin
cluster Of storm-clouds, now al
pezrsd and she'd her son, silver
beams upon the spotted sno'
As much as / Was suffering fro
the cold, could not help sdmirir
the splendor Of the scene II
tall, dignihed hsmlccks 80 ssrsn:
in that place. The snow wins
hung So tensciously to the
brAaches IN spite Of the wind whis
lad tried 50 hard 20 shake Is q
contrsssed 50 oddly with the ds-
green leaves Of the hernloeks. AT
OF could be seen the hosry he's
Of c., the tallest mountain
the county. The forest vss - 81
- the grave, except nov and thu