Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-22

post master lltated anG7 looked a
her with pitig eyes--;o did tn
by ISLANDERS. Something in thei'
faces st nck lvs
What is itSshe questioned. look
no from o e lanotber.
Thrn, AN awlnl lear lhrillin,
through her, e Rae snatche'i papeI
they had bee faading. There it WA
in flaming acters
Losses aGea The 'Albatrosd,
due at this p on the nineteenth in
slant, took fran the Indian Ocean
and every so1Ia board was lost i
She tottered h0meward through
the glory: of te antamn evening
clntching the ASer in her hand. The
children met hssat the:gate.
"What is.it, mthero:,'' questioned
Annie, looking p afnghted at her
white face. Wont father come
home?''
2 "No, no T. 4rs wailed. in answer
Gle will nevrseome home any more
never any Rore
The autuln passed again, and
winter lollowd, with dreary nights
of storm AM darkness. But Violet
Stapdish liye.and worked, for the
mother.loye ;3;her bosom was strong.
Spring eams.:withj ITS beauty and
promise, thepomp and pageantry OF
another surnaer, and autumn again.
The golden pp'ps ripened' and An
ME and her iiftle brother gathered
them in wit a nameless awe in their
young face: Winter again. anu
Christmas. ee.i sThe snow piled in
great drifts round the little cottage:
the air kte1 and biting; the stars ont
IN countless thousands. The mother
and her littlSnes gathered in their
faooots sndihrew a heavy lo5 npon
the fire. an, Leo stretched his huge
Iength.befo,kthe blaze. Then they
sat down TO their work, for work was
becoming a ltcessity in these latter
laws. and fsen little Anuie's tiny
inge,s did heir part. The sturdy
title boy, gowing more and more
ike his deal father, cracked nuts
md shot stilws at Leo, and finally
,rew weary and betook himself to
lis trundleIbed.
"W hatilie ekriss- -Kringle. bring me-
aether ks..aske'l, popping mp his
arly head.
( his motheE glanced across o. at his
hubby stock kings suspended against
ne walk, 112Asyes @liIlett with
.ass, 81 .sSyEr christmas gilts
"somethi@ ( nice, perhaps, darling,
yonll 20 10 sleepllikea good boy.
Annie worked until her blue eyes
row heavy. and she followed her
rother 10 be little bed, but not to
leep-she by awake listening to The
ojce Of The wind. 1t WAS a terrible
light, cold and windy, and the DIS
amt boom i the sea was incessant.
Ter mother trimmed the lamp, and
ontinued Ter sewing.
Don't v5rk anJ more, mother,
aid the Oh d. "Come TO bed, please
I'm so 10, esome.
"But rast finish this garment
o.nisht, I;5e. We shall need more
,oal on Mtlday; and there's no mon
" till thi is paid for. Go 10 sleep
;here's a ,arling; yon're not lone
;ome wi4hnother so near.
But the hid stillremained awake,
i .r blue ees full OF solemn inquiry.
"Mothe, she began again, after a
oause, "hO nice it is to have a iath'
j.. T.izzi Grt." is so happy, I
t1ink; helfather takes her every
where, an.gets her such ice things
I wish myather had lived. DO you
think, mo.er, he knows abont us nr
in heaven. Can he see how lone
some we a..
The pos r,ls,f'ee1 wOma" pnt
O It her md as if the child's pra;tle
tortured lr.
"Mv d.iing, yes; he knows about
ia, and s.s rs, thinS, she replied
speaking'ith an effort. But go to
sleep not lease; mother's too tired
to talk
"Yes, Jthrr;; only let me tell yon
what l'v,teen thinking. What il
the Lord aonll let Kriss' lirlngle
bring iatterNme to. o.nisht--won!dnt t
i. he nfcf nder: ~
"Yes, loy bnt that cannot be.
Fnher damn come 10 ns; bnt We
shall 60 to IL by-and-by.
Annie ie!into silence, anil the
night wanelway. The ST rs burned,
and The win moaned, and the great
sea thunder: Violet worked on
steadily. $ was brave, strong
woman, andept her sorrow beneath
her feet; buf rose mp strong and
fierce to.nig Old memories OF her
happy girlh:l came troor'ns back.
foad wordsloving smiles, tender
car .yses. If triel soul WAS full to
overlooking How should she ever
bear the huen Of life through an
other year 1t was so hard, 'he
shonld fainn the endsavor, but Tor