Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-02-11
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Over the Snow.
llnrk the heraldi Angels sing,
Glory to the newborn Ming

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rang out from the choir. aud the or
ganist, d slender, pale faced girl, with
grave, beautiful brown eyes, joined IL
the anthems. all her soul in the tri.
umphal words: +-as.a
joyful all your voices rise,
Sing the anthems of The skies I
With the celestial hosts proclaim
Christ is born in Bethlehem.
1t was the last Of the rehersal. The
choiristers threw down their books
only too glad to get away The or
ganist alone remained, to play over
once more new voluntary.
Good night Miss Englehart'
Good night. Miss katherine ~" Good
night Katie, and merry Christmas
eye," were the cries. IA. one by one,
men and maids left the choir, and
went down the stairs and out into the
bright, white Christmas night.
Mis-. Englehart's smiling lips and
gentle brown eyes answered them all.
4 moment and she was alone. only
the white, piercing moonlight stream
inE through the painted orirl over tie
altar, and the one dim light below.
4 flare of gas lir the organ loft, but
thl. she lowered, and with rapt face
and dreamy eyes she PLAYED over aud
over again the Juhllant new voluntary.
She might have gone on Tor hours-
she VA: quite capable OF it--but pit
con, yawn from the boy at the bellows
recalled her from heaven 10 earth.
oh" she said, stopping suddenly.
With a bali laugh, Il had forgotten
Won, Jimmy. Well. | won't play anv
more; and here, take this for YOUR
Christmas box"
Jimmy Jumped up and seized The
Pro:tered greenbacA with glistenin &
ewes.
"Ihanky. Miss kate-merTy Chrht-
mas, please ma'am. cried the tey
se'z:ng hi. cap. AHA shes brick
she IS, said jimmy to himself as b.
claiters down the steep stairway. "yo-
body among all the singers ever thinks
Of the boy what blows the below <s,
cspt her. Don't just hop. she Won't
marry tha. long legged rooster iha,
scoTts her there sometimes. anI lea.e
the choir for good
Still few moments longer lingsrd
Miss Englehart on her knees ,5en
she. too. hurried doan the stair Or
aud out into the shining colduesFnf
the starry December night. llgh
and white and cold lay the ChFistnias
snow. No green yule" TIN. to make
fat the kIrkvard. Cioudiess and sue
spread tie skv. filed wiih sparkling
Christmas stars. Could that osAer
night, 50 long ago, ~hen the si-lA,se
wsthced his flock in the great t,aliil-e
hills, and the glory of ths lord
shown around them" have bcrn on-
whi; fslrer ih,,
"katlc.'
With great start the girl came
back over eighteen centuries, FROM
B.thlehe 10 the toan Of Southport
A tall man had started uP IN her path
and spoke her rape.
"ion. papa" the girl sad. in doubt,
ana surprise. the color that had arisen
90 her face faded out.
"I-katie." lie drew her hand
under hia arm With laugh. Did
you think it Vas Harry Hattou: Well.
It ia almost "a good. for nave come
10 talk 20 you Of him"
Mss Englehart looked up-a sud.
len trouble Ia her brown, tender eyes
Il thought Won had done talking Of
him, papa" she said, a tremble in her
voice. II thought yesterday had Gn.
ished the subject forever"
let me see What was il did
say, yesterday ?" SAYS Mr. Engfshart,
blandlv. "Ab. remember That
nv stiied- -necked. doting old client.
John H.tton. had made up his senile
mind TO forgive his runaway daughter
and disinherit Harry. Under these
circumstances, | very naturally told
you that you were to meet Harry no
more. You're a good girl, katie-a
very good girl Mr.. Englchart pats
paternally the little hand on his arm
--''and al any sacrifice TO Yourself you
would have obeyed me, | am sure.
My dear, it affords me great pleasure
to inform you the sacrifice will not be
required
"Papa," the girl cries, her whole face
lighting up. 'you will let me marry
poor rs he is. Oh, papa, am not
afraid Of povsrty-not afraid of work,
neither is Harry. and"
"Oh, pooh. my dear. pooh nothing
of the kind. Ny opinion on that
point has never changed, and never
will. No, no: it is something inf
nitely better than that. Old Hatton
died suddenly last night, before max
ing the proposed new will, and all is
Harry's."
Katherine Englehart uttered faint
startled exclamation.
"And the old will, leaving all to
Harry, stands, and his only daughter
is dslnherited and left out"
left without a silver, my dear,
and serves her right, say |. She ran
away with worthless scamp. against
her fathers will, and, like all fools,
has paid the penalty of her policy.
She supports herselfand her five chill
dren by sewing, so | have been told,
and you know what sort of support
that means. Serves her right, | say
again. John Hatton has done what it
was his duty to do-what | would
have done in his place-cast her off
and left her to starve with the pauper
she chose"
In the moonlight the face of Miss
Englehart grows white as the snow it.
self, but she walks on and does not
say a word.
However," cries her father, cheer
fully, that is not what want to say.
Rose Hatton's case need never be
yours. All is Harry's and. eycept his