New-York tribune., 1881-12-25

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era hymn while still he could hear it. And
Netty she would lift up her head when he didn't
! come home and stop cryingl What had he ever
! done to make her cry for himf Educated her !
Well, that was what he must do and he had looked
to making 1t pay he meant to have her take herself
out of his care and he had even looked forward to
! repayment of her school expenses And Sary Ann
! What on earth CoWld she cry fer! She never had
! her own way, or what she wanted; now she would
! have 1t all! He meant TO make will and leave
s0nethlhg handsome to Foreign, Missions, ana
| Blank College; it would sound we'll but he hadn't
done IT.; SaIy Ann aud the children would have II
all, anu me AcC York DeSerrT never would print an
obituary notice Of him saying how much he had left
to deserving institutions and what good man he
was; and how he reaping the reward Of
| lie started again going to die; and where after
thati IL was the very blackness OF darkness, that
outlook! Nobody to mourn him here, was there
any body to welcome him therel What could he do
where there was no farm, no numbering tracts no
bank to keep his gold IN, no gold to keep An
other OF those plagung texts that he bad heard IN
the meeiiDg-hOuse rs # he heard them not, and laid
up III the dark chambers of his brain all unknow-
ing, rung now in his ear
Lay mp to yourselves treasures in heaven,
where moth and rust DO not corrupt
lie had not; no, he had not even shared his
money with good works on earth, nor oven by VIII
bow should he show his face IN THAT glorious coun,
try where loving and giving are the breath OF HE
-perhaps this was not his conscious thought; II
was rather an instinct OF unfness that made BIN
shrink from the transtcTeuCs % n n0ber sphere
but another word pierced hls soul again and made
hun cover in spirit As if under a LASH
Friend. now earnest thou IN hlther not having
Wtdhlu- garment y
What grave calm voice having in it an awful
authority spoke thus TO him At that moment
soft rash came through the snow, something cold
ana wet touched his check, AMI hound threw up
his head and baycd loud and long. What thrill
ran through LIh iio5Eus at the sound. his old
hard practical nature slipped back To him like
coat Of arm or; he did not think about Netty,
dying, or heaven any moro; not he. here was
chaHce Tor lic dear Ito, sweet life bitter ana
ta-tccss and weary 10 live all find Il; yet so
hard to lose and leave,
lie lifted hnnscIf a little on his elbow and spoke
Ia tie dog, lt baytd again. and presently he saw
glcan Of light and heard q voice call Brave!
Bravcp and the dog bounded To meet his master
and another man. lhey were two French Cana
dams burning charcoal ON tine utNt tract to Hos
kIu,s numbering lots the pony mad, 10 .ccmcd once
belonged 20 jacques Dupont. amt BAT taken the
track to its old home on the coau9 instead of that
of thc lum cr camp. 1t bad gone on after losing ts
rider, and when jacques came home from the PIT. no
night Ac logud 10 40 hi1 she'd and gathered iro rs
saddle and the bags. that something had happened
or tine track. Fortunately be hal helper board
Iu- with him. 9ud the Two set out with their dog %
help or rr~rur H, the ease mllht be.
Il was with muou difficulty that they MANAGED to
get IIah to Dupuut- slauts. Though tEc distance
W., not groIt. once there Dupont wife made up
% clean bel ou the .uur aud iald the weary man on
H. cat OIL parts ot hIs clothes and iold warm cloths
on the bTokrn leg, which W1- beginning 20 swell
and be painful; then they Ted him With tea ana
crackers their best and carefully boarded iHNurrS,
aud the two men sat down 10 supper. leaving the
Wayiarer tp mediate and plan on tI' next step.
That no doubt. was tO get doctor; Hr would not
trust bis Icg 10 the rude suTs'ry "i n charcoal
srry lcrs Irl. early the nest tay tor 20 Canadian
yIl'ag. where hc said lived % surgeon of rcpu.c IN
the wild country, where Ec had enough ol such
practice 90 keep his skin from ruSiiuH Inc SLOW
dav4 went by YEARLY Mrs. Dupont was kind,
neat and youuic; ~hc did her utmost for her guest
and now ami then her broken speech Drought q
grim smile 10 'Inl4 face but the food size had for
hIm wa not to his liking, and the lcver and rhcu-
matIam that set ln 20 enhance iHe lAhs' OIL ms
hrukcn lee, made him lOatHc the dark bread, the
slap.IlcA- drowned on mOISrrs the constant pot Oi
beans the potato soup. and herb ten that were the
daily fare Oh the coal.bnmrrs. When the doctor
came 90 last. hc had 90 stay three da'S 10 reduce
the swelling OF ti.r lex so that the bone could be
set and The only promise he could hold ont TO the
pgticuf wa, that in SIX weeks he might DEE able 20
be- set on "a pony and led Down 10 the " Ige on the
lake below, thence slcddcd to the nearest town
where there was 70 ra,lNa, station. and 80 homo.
Eh1i rroJued o. was p prospect Of boudag"
~iv ,y..,I 20 Do, hero aud tuuk :-n' did not ENJOY
thinking ar h,d trl.d that III the .orrst
Tho doctor read hlS lace. ..
d" n is q long time. / know be snd kindly. But
Won are 90 moro young. my friend % is the Young
bones 10 knit themselves quickly; you mast waiti
yes 90 IS necessary.
what n prospect las before UIm. iic hIu asked the
SURGEON To writc h- wife; she could Lot come up
the peri. aud fatigue rl N,I'' % J'"'u'li H"t M''
there place for them. Jacqur7 ana tne doctor
together bad Cuuirlyc'l SOFT "l cor l"I num- ""''H
wa. 40 least h.ttrr than the I'oI, ana Jeahur an
ali D tender heart and WomaulE instincts CUu.d 90
with Lrr poor mean, and dppulnc.r ;-huL ne l'aFI
Ina .,pIrfrr with disgust and n, ,Dt. SIX weeks Of
n.luf,.-ur.- at home would have h.cu NIrf'heo,
hon, II va, uncomfortable Yet uu lll iD endure %.
Ia. five roy children who dlur"h AMI camnrc1
about iLr ,uau'y were o Ircat nu-In'c too, thouEh
they v"r. hIni'Iru ont al oo'l7, whenever. Ih'
weather lowed and -cf t0 such helpful tasks as
they could iuial when storms prevented tHru ifoH
playing outside. HIf n.,cr tuu.. Tor want OF ans
of -r interest 'Ifar grow to W1tob them from uls
snt a5 q diversion tu 'lr cruel and weary inontHls
which hI l--rI HIM ilo" ih.y i"Nrd iI'r
mother naughty, II-chicvou, poEoAIhS as th'S
y,,r. slt. Ii. a .yIa. patience with them that al
most cNatpcrafcd tins spectator Tier mia; sweet
dur, eyes never flashed WITH an1'r lirr Hhn4 never
lit 900 wrath or round check "r 'IiE hn"u sue was
yrIr.cl and hurt -9mctImcs 40 thrlT way Inlnr'S,
but never impatient or un-tN Ana l4ty 'o''u
their fltu,r as we'll; thousu they icar'd MN more.
for J.cuuc- had The tr- pniir rl,m"Hi il him ana
ruled .,.ll stern justice lIs small hnHl'n' ual the
children always Tlu fo wr"i hiu. nuns I.uh4 hiin'
waited Tor lm vIt. eager cNUccitilon. Ian was
forced 20 reflect thlt neither oi hI' own ,H''aIth
had ever urrntr, A.m sos Tut TtiAri -hIuih rom
his presence and kept ont 81 ms " 'N. ..,..,
Then there came one night hr long r'in'm"''ed'
Iaruurs had been down tp the village heloW Tor
supple. which was two days Journey tuc rWI-
drcn had brought ~ from the shed long Wt'alns "I
ground pm, and bOugh9 of ur Win Nhltu lheS
nd rrued tUo rude shauty tlIl IT, was IKE power;
Jeanne sIruug threads WITH scarlet crahtLIcN ana
fcsiooucd them here ana In'I ''loma ] tuy hi,
greens aud M one corner oi thr room D'n@,uu @ =
screen of Old uuiit, gave every one ol hef brouI
such thor.urh scruhons that when thyy einGT%EGn %
Iu their sunday Clo. hes they 0hoe hn" EoN'u Ii"I
mo-, doll. 4 certain joyful dccorum peryadcd
their manners, astonishing 10 bru"lu' puu "h'h
JACQUES entered loaded with bundles the drcoTnih
,..t,. .1,J they thrrw themselves on HIM Hko
mack of busy wolves ~ he lanchngly called theih
VIII you cease then called the mothcrIn laugh-
rG,c the father for one time he Is tlre terrible
children! hc have hunger, sly. ,. rb,
Get 10 N, rasral,, thuud. i'd jacques lHtl
cychanvrug "A lew yUluhlr French sentences WIN
his wife he hurried NJ into uc Iuit Wild tAe hasheI
hc carried. aud Jeanne pm. lis oth"r o"nuies lh'"
Wv Come now I" he called 70 the children who were
sl,yiarlin- about the uls. aOt at all abashcd by
their dispersion. t...., ~ N.,I. boro