New-York tribune., 1881-12-25

waywardness In the few days Abncr and his wiie
and child had been with her at nome her iathef'
who had certain respect for Abners success III
life. had been rs agreeable as he knew now anu
since then be had been so busy that Netty M Mhau
scarcely seen him except at meals and never before
hAd she had occasion TO ask of him favor. NOW
all her delusCns were gone she saw MN as ne "aS'
hard cold man, penurlOus and sltlNe even W
the only child left him; and man 80 lntrenched III
his profession of religion that nc coud hoJ SEE MN
self to be in the wrong. That he was hOnest'
thrifty and constant attendant az moethH' Wy 's'
If was a fve-mile ride TO the church IN the valley,
went for nothing in Nettys mind, for her heafJ was
hurt and she woman. she bent her neau o't VI
her hands and cried bitterly ana silently, lcs'
Mother should hear; 1t was not the mere ulsap-
pontmcnt of the day: that she could nave porno /;
but n was the blank chill outlook on denied ana
repressed life lying before ner; lie OF eAacteu
labor and loyccss thrift. Netty had generous
sou ready to lavish itself and all its possessions on
those she loved as freely rs the odoronS olhtineno
was poured out by Mary on the feet oil hIm WHO'LL ~
she adOred but she had also sense anu cO9Iaee' -
If had been her lot TO marry the alOreSaiu Souh3
rector in Uaverford she wOud have spared am
pinched and twisted and turned his small salary .l
e, orv cent was put to gO0u phfpos', oOi HDl @
fingers ironing his bands and cooking ms saNVIA
dinners, spoiled her eye making MS ssh shH d ani
broken down her health taking care 'i MN auu,
that clerical blessing that never lHlis ms
Int she would have dispensed wealth hau IL laI'n
IN her share with the liberHliiy or born queen
Now she was not thinking Of the ten dollars OF 't
Christmas gifts but of her fathers hard heart ana
nlgg8rd nature liloft
his boots at the shed door and came IN I" fa'u up
his lantern ana cap 50 soitly Ncttv never HoN'I'
Something in her DETECTED attitude SllrIen u tliloo
dee,. down i'm mis- rugged nature; there !, sap even
in the gnagled houCnS oi an apple tree 'hat p','l
and broken by the stormy WIND oi wear on Sval
looks dead 10 the core and even IN iial iics"llS
there wns nature though he had oyer-ridden ana
starved it, ,...
But he did not speak, and rs he crept back into
fine shed and clattcicd about with hS boots. drop
nno one of them IN che dark, Netty jumped up IRON
Lcr chair and led when he came hack 0ho WIS
gone; and hc went into his own ROOM WHcI' 'iIf
Ann law having Irtrcgtnd there from NcitF cl''u
bcr when she ncard tine elr come upiaiTs' ny 20 Pt'H
wav and slipped INTO her place speedily WhIic Ian
rlkrd up the ire. Mrs. lio>Sln was hitNiAIi{ u
frank woman. it q coward over can hr Huh ""i
.be was 80 afraid Of her husband that she had
learned all those domestic dcCclt> which are inc
shield oi weak women; nobody could Toe moro "rI
thai she when she preferred MOI l' H,a,' OF mr. %
foy-ctiul when She du not care 10 Itn. 't', Cur
Iuadc cream. cookies for Nrtty when 'LIlh went TO
mill ana told her Father never a'c sHch thlnHs'
tucy did NOT agree with hlm. Wh.ch Mh~ 'Il' 't d"
sense She wa. asleep now; SO i's. asleep tIai -n'
heard every breath her husband drew and cNtry
movement be made 80 fast asleep th"i SHE "'d uns
close her ewes tai near dawn, her tender WoihrrN
heart aching fCr Nctty; and shrinking from hearing
I.i1hs hard saccring story OF the girls presump-
ton. ,-.r,-...,;,,,.r
of the three looked nc each other; LHh ate Ike
hcar at ITS meal OF thro.ici game t Is true e had
q knife. and symbolic fork which helped MN 10
uatin1 IN hot iat that Dee boitcd TIYcuouSN pui ne
none the Jess ate and drank like beast oi the
forest, AMI neither knew nor cared ihli NrtF
uub-d only a crust Of bread ana slppcd the dcc'c-
tIou they called coffee with pald face and htaNy
eyes and li~ wife did not eat cor drl4k at all.
St II,t br uu- -hrisli, chair away aud vIplng his
mouth with the back oi his rough hand made
for tine door turning back 20 say" S1ry Ann
fetch them old >addle-ba27 down IRON up
I'm COIN mp to them lots ON the Canady line, TINS
afternoon it's notnln more n q trai after We grt
10 the Forks. so might as well go hoNs-harh an
thc wav and / expect Il III take me iuIl % week;
and Ike cuo1gh / shall get soaked aiure J Ct
through and want them red ilanncls the " ust
way. Darn rheumatic
Nctty's heart gave . leap. Of joy and thrn sank
o,,,In io think how Uudutiful she was. Honor thY
itl,er and thy mother what does n mean IN
case Ike thisi Nrtty.s conscientious Ncw-Eusaud
soul began torment lt.rll but nrr natural hnart
d feel lightcued and glad f.r al that; and by and
by opening ue Bible for tAr daily reading a'"ihrf
text flashed upon her with that Ipiuc,s texts Gi
Scripture have" iatAcrs provoke not Nour 'hud-
rem 10 anger and seemed to restore her balance
people who occupy tLcW,riNc. with ctHc, some
times forget that duty l- individual. NOT natural.
But Sary Ann lad no -rIupirs ol tlis hlud hor
conscience toward htr h!-biHh iE'I io1- 'r''
duilcd sic had enough 20 do t. c'lsr !s CNaclinn~
aul crn.itcs when aud ho" She 'ou.i i'N' ior
him sic bad never known. marrying him because Dc
asked her &C. aud she Wa- a..lIl 10 refuse l.u lHh
exchanging one bondage Tor another. Shc Wls
heartily dad lah Wa 1n'ug away nui packed ms
saddlc-hag- wlJh the iiaru"i h" rUdfrd carrying
husband. But Ijah did NOT clIc; neither had De
loved her: DO was un.dtul io have a woman ON the
place when hla mother olri. di. "H l'"'H
daughter :as a good worker and NOT % l1Iarr ur
p4d-ah 30 hr mounted tine oIJ ru'rri U|rr. adj
,i,tcG boa, sadIc-b1 <. aud r"'c oH win only nod
ho did look through flc Omen door as n b" missed
90 hc sure. bat 'Jry Ann tli u'' notice
it, nor did she or Nr,ty. who was 10 NJ m'n tn hr
tender now. know how the tuoIshf oI hs cu'aH
b.ut head and dropping tears would r,ur O" Ian
now aud again on has c"H ride out hc ansrY
fought the un-plcl.Iug vision away Iud logan io
c phcr ont n hi- head the probable feet OF iuaDr:
his -aW-m'll on that muIntaiu-Wonk iE the iuirs'
would ruu uUt tlIs year; or tie pro Ir'i oi snoWh
heavy enough for his loggcrs 81 draw their -iuurcd
loys down 20 the nearest slide from which it wnp'd
pay 10 haul thom To- the railway sitIo1, u was
two days before LuIh reached lhr eng "' i'' 'iI'-
some Journey; two nights hc slept Iu Ipr-cJ.ius or
shautr- iy the wGl.I Zoo. and tine third uhy IoIuI
him at thc mill cn'rr'ur, and L1'sh. Inc men
stirred tIcu ives while hr stGlcu with au activity
put on for the occasion: be went from one camp tp
another found iauii, rated them % Terms more
fOrcible than Kindly. Planned Tor transportation
tine and costs, ana pared down expenses
with "A shrcwi thrift that made him unpopular
enough with the luEgcIs, who SUOrC 20 hlH behind
hi, back with alacrity aad energy. The FIFTH day
he set ont Tor the iarthc-t camp; he had already
the time be allowed himself, ana was
impatient 10 have h- business over, for b" HAD hrcn
more than once wet through with cod ram. and the
rheumatism hc 50 dreaded tWluErd nmlnOuSlN IN MS
bones; but he not mau 10 mind an cndur-
abb. ache. so be set out on his long ride over
trail. not on the old sorrri which had
gwen out eGtucly, but on little rough Canadian
pony. lie had not gone ten miles when the long
DELAYED snow set In iinc small iakcS hllcd he
darh henn4 air beat IN his face gathered thlclly
hi, shaggy brows aud chilled him to the heart he
went on, however trusting 10 his pony's saaacity
some ten miles further when 10 seemed 10 hu from
the thick bushes and crowded trees through which
tn little beast scrambled that il had lost the trail
He dismOuntcl 10 brush away the SNOW and see If
any track could be discovered. stepped on lip
perry stone and trying to recover h, footing slipped
again, for the rocks were covered with Ice. fell
hcadlOng and lost his consciousness entirely. When
II returned he was lying alone Ia the aI forest,
the snow still whlrlng and whispering IN air all
about him with the uminOus hiss and rustic nf a
heavy storm. ms pony gone, and night coming on.
Liah lloskins man of courage, ms heart dld
not fail. he strong IN constitution, ana used to
the shifts of 4 woOdsmaus life enough to feel 10
dread of being lost but when he Icd To 10 lis
feet lac CoGld not; his right leg was broken.
Then despair Rct IN; never before hal he beer
helpless; ana here he wds IN lonely loIes,, with
a broacu leg. neither food, fire nor shelter 10 be-