Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-09-20
Glove STRONGER THAN DEATH"

-"UH ~ -h"tUUUVNi "t be"tWt0S Z" 4HVf'HJ
for october.
LOVE STRONGER THAN DEATH"
"Christmas comes but once n year"
And once q year the old hall is filled
from basement to garret. Once year
old scores arc wiped out, old wounds
healed, brothers become boys once
again, and tho battle of life, with all
ITS inevitable shortcomings, is forgot
ten. The hearth round which We
clustered Mt mothers knee Is IN altar
upon which every worldly mistake is
sacrificed; and if we miss some dear
face from the gathering, We feel that,
even on earth, we have had foretaste
of tho eternal home to which We are
fastening. So IL is that, year by year
the old house stretches its sides; and
the church round which our forefath-
ers sleep, fluids us kneeling oven to the
third and fourth generation. But,
though we miss face sometimes, we
also often welcome anew one. And at
the Christmas time of which | am 60
ing to write brother, after twenty
years of exile, had come buck to us,
bringing with him his only child. Ina
was n half Spaniard, and the prettiost
girl ever saw; her uncommon beauty,
for she was utterly unlike any of our
girls, and her quaint ways took our
hearts by storm at once, and complete
" subdued that of Mark Ambcrly.
Now, though Mark was not, strictly
speaking, relation, he was sisters
step-son, and admitted, first for her
sake, was speedily loved for his own.
A soldier, and the son of soldier,
Mark had won honors which, in our
out. of -thc-world county, established
him 4 hero at once, and verify be-
ievo the dear lad was half ashamed of
his V. c., so deep and earnest was the
worship with which we favored it,
Mark was always at Ina's side; so
we all saw how it would he, and the
love making gave new charm to the
gathering. Christmas eve came; the
church had been decorated, the "guis-
ers" feasted the Christmas tree dis.
mantled, and, tired of dancing "Sir
Rover we were nil oroupnd about in
the dining room waiting for midnight,
when, according to an old custom, the
"devil's knell' was tolled at the
church and tho Squire dispensed
cakes and mulled ale to nil those who
came TO wish him and his n merry
Christmas. NV brother stood upon the
hearth. watch in hand; presently tho
timekecner was thrust into his pocket
and he drossed the room. There was
n Tcnorol hush. lougbinr foces ornw
rr9vn. Iins ouivrrrd and eyes filed,
for in the silence memory woke up,
and the GHOSTS of tho past came troop.
inr Inv. some laurhinG. some wecpinr,
mill il was hard 10 know whether old
Christmas was n fine for mirth or sad
moss
"Clanp! clanp, clanc,r came the
hollis and n bundrel voices smnte tbo
frosty air. sinoinr the old carol:
God rest YOU merry, gentlemen, let moth
ing you dismay;
Remember Christ, our saviour, was born
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MaIh \ Allloeily, "uivS. iI0qulINooU,
ahu s sue wehC , on' ~. 90 uo y aiu 1911
IL lMnny' no SnJS hc ,INcs lilo; ,,,, aliIL l.,
= lholl suu1only slio W'' Ailcellns % y.
, me, ahu uhuor u cIouu Vi Ia,r' nu'
amlu shower OH ol KISSES, N ! was llstcnlli ,1 !
10 iior SecroV' Io" M"rN ll"u "shoa ,le
10 DC MS WIG, ou! now ho n'iu m llrs
= settlou IL all WIN ms la.her anu hers
taat ne was 10 go 10 iuuIa uuCIl ho 20
his prom0Gtlon' whcn ne mShI leave Tn
army ana marry her'
Next day the party broke up som
10 thelr own MONIES 70 rece,ye SuesIS
some TO JON Inelr partles' marx wen
! to INDIA IN FEBRUARY ana uNrlng TN
Q year. aith0ugh hearu constantly OF o
, from Ina J ana not meet her so ina
@ when christmas came again. ana ! say
her at the Hail. was struck win ~
aiterationi what L could hardly toll
l she mad grown hahdsomcr' EVeryon
t saw ana sad That, and yet no one hin'
( ed at other change. YET IRON the mo
ment she came up to me ana looked a
me with her great gray wlstiuL eyes
: my heait chilied' ana a rear coul
!. not delino came over me
Nor was my anxiety iessened When @
as We were asnnto IH,nto 0. M"rh, ,std tn1 oeg"