The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-11-28


| Tho Owens dnr,np these veors h.,
,,,orilad and struogled on. Sometinmaal
| to4t, arJs n,at A. the hoIiday-s SLu's
n noOll avnert riffs. their unknoyn hn nsn
| focfor eiwavs Remembered them. thu
nontinTaiiv fearing that bv some NH
| tEn,r ,,,o,Ii5 discoVer To whom thew LIE
| !H5y =" ~ ~ $500 = 49, 10y - wee
iluGuIeo anu iesellO ~ ~ i Sf ne" plan
| Tor helplng uneIl came lhUo MS neau.
One day in mldwlnter, Wnen the air was
cruelty cold, Ruby passed down the street
| lust before him on her way to school, Tbs
north wind blew in fearful blasts, almost ss
| lifting the slight form of the young girI
into the air, and Stephen, his heavy over.
| coat huttoned I'D to his chin, the collar
| drawn up about his neck, could not bnt
| notice the chilled look, the thin dress
| blowing in the wind, and the old thin
shawl she drew tightly about her. It was
pitiful. but what could he do? He wond
| GLADLY have stripped off his own warn,
coat and wrapped it about her. But that
he could not do unless she should SIM;
down a little frozen heap before him,
That old shawl disturbed Stephens SLIM.
hers that NIGHT, and a small face, with
wistfll brown ewes, figured in his dreams
| In his morning charter he read: cant
| whose hath the worlds goods. and haS
| holdeth his brother in need, and shutteth
ND his compassion from him, how doth the
love of God abide in him."
Surely Ruby was "in need" of something
| warm He had this "yyorld,s goods.u Fe
| claimed to have the Glove of GodD in his
| heart. It was plain case. The next dav
| Mrs. Owen received q letter with bank
note in it. The letter read:
DEAR FRIESD:-We are both children Of
| the Heavenly Father. | have more m9ney
| than need for myself, while you have more
| burdens to carry than !; Let me heiP you
| pear lheh, ana so IuIhl, Jne INV oI ChrSt.
IL" " III Torrn FoTTr foI
This substantial aid coming frequently
was just the little that was lacking to
make things 90 on comfortably. But il
| still remained a mystery who the generous
| being could be that showered gifts uIoS
| them. Ruby had for years entertained
| vague wonderinps whether a varitale
| angel had not been sent at the time sbe
| prayed for the turkey, and seeing hsw
| verv poor they were, continued his aneliC
ministrations. But She told none of tese
! thoughts to her mother, or her matte-of-
| fact sister. Whoever it was. anel or
| human, her warm clothes and stroR new
| shoes made her heart glow with grtiGude
to the giyer. as she tripped along tschool
| Was it by accident that Stephe Perry
walked not far behind herr pCtictg that
| long brown cloak with a BRIGHT raid dress
beneath il made different iii of Ruby,
| and that the frosty air. iDstaadof making
her blue and cold, put dash red in her
cheeks?
Things We're going veTy we now at the
end of tha3a EIGHT years in 7uby's home,
Sarah had married n y0unpnechanic and
set up a house of her own The boys had
gone TO learn trades. so the Ruby and her
mother MANAGED to getalog nicely. There
was only one drawback-br mother was
not yyaIi On. was v-O1.I-aI IT. so that Ruby
Mt times had more wor than she had
strength for
cto7,r,,,, Ioo,.,,,, 1i-,ol an in tba soroe
fosbjd, +al,i,,rr -,io,.,1,.,n I,aaning evorv-
$500 81 0ncao v,aol,
he hi.o 5i'o % over the house
s,,,aa,jr,-, J,,sti -,il Z b,irbtanino win
G",,,s %r,oti,,in I'd 3rsd If this mode of
Iifa o,d oii1,,-ai 5iI,I,.If to inogina for
aii.' ,'llo ca ,,,,,ii ia "a cor,o
iioiileilV 'ior ple"9;tt ~ s%ioira fro,,, tho
,-,i,lJ,,,- "a iittia7oLll sn,asd for +no
49, ~ ~ ef.5 obot in hia fancy
t%a S't,, Ii.a,-eJ ,,ii and yben he
t,.ief 70 4ano ba s, if was always Rubv
0t,o, W. ba - itin,r for Rrbv to CROW
~ Wi ',S ,,G j go, ~, nov ond he
Ma ra,,o, o,- 81, God hy5 fnv words with
ba M, - I6,;I,l $40 oocb otbar,s
foz +bo2,,, i,'', - I,oi, iret ae ,yhen
sbo go cbiid SyreI,- thcra was no face
o,,,,,,Ia,.a H. orh,,,s II yyos not oloro
~ - -. ii'aG 10 Io; brigbt aud
,-,.,. -, - l,,,,.,, 80, ,,,,,,, ,rl +ha mouth
,''ooS+ Wy y ~ rs GOOD faco He
T,,,, o,,t ~ Us a. go PrbS Who
~"o oIl ~ 10 Ill So rros
XII H. obiId ,,.i+b foitb IN Cod crown
eoi I, Dne emu W lvH - - W. IA
gatGi, vnIE was an az d,n ~ co,id
loU l7l eell COiiio ~ wv - -
fIot No. batar,I S2roo,incy her nretfv
r. 10 coid snotcR
6er "a from III o+ bor5 I,.o,.I1 +,l.a h.,
down 10 tba littIa boueo =, Arhor S+raotI
WonId Rubv like it, Wouid sLeS Hoy
evnl, ,vos sucb q hueTJ noe4,,,o,, 10 frd oI,+
esnaciaiv snrb sbY s;Ie 3 as Stoo hui
Parr,rp He nod discnvarod ,is o,,y,, sac,.ot
tbonh bo,yeya, or -; 49,
II Iyas +baro PM hiS 49,
ne tSa dearest roost ocios obiont rdor
tba enr r
rOna niob+ Starbo, oor,o bo,,,o with .
cloud on hie facaNon ,Irusnoi s+ato ~
+binoe with hin, In on nc r,oIif.tio,1e
CONFORMING PnLv tho tbono5t Of onotb a1
hovin~ a claim Iino1 bo1. boJ not o,torad
his mind THAT oy-oriTc- as Ia Ioft ~
mail at her do0r sbo caSHa nv tho s+onC
WIN n vonno ma, who y,os5.d INTO H.
house win Lar Sto1Lo, PlynI,ad slo,,,IH
and dow in fro,t 81 tbo bo,,so co.,
minutes and nrasantI,, . IjlrL+ a,Inoo,.od i,
Tho Smoil frort roo,I, ava , ,,byf oa'ra e.
the window and droy, dow, Tho shodas
There. there if was, WhiIo be had hoan
DREAMING and davdlinT ahont somebody
else had secured the prize. He called him.
self a blockhead and fool. and anv other
hard names that lay conveniently around
in his mind.
"He has no right to herr" he told him
Golf bolf faroal,- n b,ro ,,o+,i,o1 r,,r,r