Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-12-07

comes from the golden clouds that We
see up there in the ,ky. Bat her lips
mus, b. very rd,--redier than her
checks. Perhsp. !, ~ill make them red
II We both kiss them
Accordingly the mother heard tso
smart little smsek.. a. IL both children
were kissing the snow image Oh i's fro'
r.n mouth. Ba, as this did not seem
to make the lip, red enough. Violet hsi'
proposed that the saow child should be
invited 10 hi. Psony. scarlet cheek
"Come. title soo- sister. h" me =
cried PeOny. .
"There. she b. kis,ed Jou. adi'd
Violet. "sni now her lips are very rel
And ,he flushed . little too
"Oh, whata cold ki.." cried Psoay.
"D.n nsmm,." cried Violet. "PrAy
look ou, and see what swce, Pl.ym,'e
we have "
The mother. bsi,g thus en,reA,ed.
could no loag,r delay TO look forth from
the windov. The sua va no" gone
from the ky. leaving. however. a rich
inheritance Of hi, bhshiae" amoas
those purple and golden e'oad' which
make the sunset. % oar winter 90 mag
nifosni. Ba, there was no. ihs slight
at gleam OF dsrrle. either oa The VIA
dow OF the snow. - thu, the good lady
could look al over the gard;n ani see
everything and everybody In u. And
~ha, do you ,hiak she saw Why "
YOU -ill believe me. there VI. small
hsure Of girl. dressed all In white. with
ro.e. tinted cheeks. and rinsls;. OF golden
hue. playing ab0u, the gsrd;n with the
t~o children Nevertheless. alrily .
she Was clad, the child seemed TO feel
no, the ,ligh,e. ineoavsrissee from the
cold. bg, danced 90 lightly over the $40"
,h., the tip, q her toes LEI, hardly .
prin, on Il. .urf.ee. while Violet eoali
oa, Just keep p.ee With her, and Peony
short lex. compelled him TO lag behind
oaec. Ia the course Of their play. the
strange child placed her'slf bs'"sea
Violet and Peony. and taking hand OF
each. skipped msuily forward. and ih;y
.lons With her Almo., Immediately
ho-s,sr. PsOny pulled away h, little
a.,. and began to rub |, n Il the fingers
-,re ,insling With cold; While Violet
also released herself. though with less
.brup,ne,,. sravsly remsrkins that II
~n better no; 20 take hold of hands.
The -hi,s.rob-d dlm.sl said not VOID
ba, danced about. jus, /. mtfrily . be.
fore. lfviols, add Psony did not choose
TO play with her. she could make just .'
good . playmate Of ,h. bri's and cold
-s., wind. which KEEP, blowing her sl'
.bou, The garden. aud took such liee''
tie, With her that they seemed TO have
been friend. for long time All 'hn
.hilr. the mother stood oa the threshold
-ond,rins how = little girl could look 80
much like . flJins 'no-dfih. OF ho" a
.oo-dri, could look 90 very like little
girl.
She called viol,, and Whispered to
her.
"yiOls,. my darling. What i' TIN. ,..
child. name Does she live near u'
"why. dssr,, m.mms." answered
Violet. laughing TO think her mother
DID no, comprehend 50 very plsia Al al
fair. ",hi. /. our little snow sister whom
~e have Jus, beea msting'
A, ,,hi. ip.,aa, . aoes Of snow birds
cam. fitting through the air AZ ".
very natural. they avoided Violet sai
Pcony. Ba,-lnd ,hi. looked strange
they flew at oaee to the ~hiie'roosi
child. fa,,sred eagerly about her head.
and seemed to claim her /. an old Ae'
qasin,anes. She. on her part was eu'
d,n,ly n glad to see these li''le birds
old winter. grandchildren. as they we're
70 ,ee her. and welcomed them by hold
ins ou, both her hands. HsruPoa they
each and all uisd to aligh, oa her '"o
palm. and ten small fingers and thumbs
ero.ding one another off. with al i'm
men.e fatierins Of their tiny ~ins'.
Will. m.mma .,ill he'i,a,ed What to
think and What to do. the street gate
um ihro,n open. aud her husband ap'
ps.ra. wrapped ia {. pilo'-elo,h sack
With . fur cap drawn down over bis care
.nd the ,hieisa Of gloves drawn upon
hi, hands. lie soon perceived the little
white stranger sporting to and fro IN the
garden like q dancing snow wreath, and
the H,ck Of .now birds hli,sring about
her head. -.
"Prsy what little girl may that be :
inquired ,hi. very sensible man. "sare'
" her mother mus, be crsry to let her
60 on, 10 such litter weather with only
,h., aim,y gown and those thin slip
per.' ,,- .,
cur .no~ image which Peony and
hsse made. bse.uss we wanted sn''h'f
playmate. Did we not, Peony'
eyes. pspa," said crimson PeOny
"Thi. be our little snow sister Is 'hs
no, besu.ti.ful'
.Poh. noa.en,s.' children = cried
their good. hohes, father. "Do no, tel
Of making live figures ou, OF snow. Come
wife, thi. little strange must NOT sta,
out ia the bleak air . moment longer
we will bring her into ,hs psrlor.
"Dsn father" cried Violet, pa''lns
herself before him. 81, Is true What
have been telling you. This Is our it,
lie ,now girl. and she cannot live an,
longer than while she brssih,s the cold
wes,.wind.'
"Non.en.e .'' cried the father. "Rat
into the house this moment.
"Hu.b.nd," sail his wife, There II
something very singular in sll this foT
Will think me foolish, but
MY dear wife," interrupted he
laughing heartily, "yoa are as much
child Is Violet and Peony."
Kind Mr.. Lindsey. breaking AVA
from hi. t~o children. entered the gar
den. AZ he approached, the ,no-.bird'
took TO fiish,. The little white dsm'el
also, fsd backward. shaking her head .
II to say. "Pny. 10 no, touch me- AM
rosa.hly. I. |, appeared leading bin
through the deepes, snow. s,ms OF hi
neishbor, meanwhile, seeing him frou