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

III have caught you N last. and viii
make you comfortable In spite Of your
self. Come along in."
And 90. with q most benevolent, smile
on bic sagaeious vissge. this very we'll.
meaning gentleman took the sno~.ehild
by the hsnd and led her toward the
house. She followed him. dropping and
rlac,.n,. fJr al ,hs glow and sparkle
va. gone on, Of her figure and where.
q. Just before she had resembled q bright.
frosty. ssmm,d evening, With
crimson CLEAN on the cold horir,n. she
nos lookel /. dull all languii .A
,h,v. A.kinl Mr. Lindsey led her up the
step, Of the door. vlole, aad Peony look.
ei into hi. f.cs--,heir eyes fall Of tears
and again eu,reatei him no, 20 bring
their snow image into th- holss
Without further talk. and always with
the same bes, intentions. this highly be-
nevolsn, anil commemorative individual
l,d the little white dam,sl - dropping.
droopins. droopins more and more.-oa,
Of the frosty air. aud into his comfort
.blc p,iloi. A large stove filed to the
brim With intensely burning anihraei,e.
vi. ssndins biish, CLEAN through the
i.inslao Of Il, iron door. and causing
the vase Of water oa lis top TO fame And
babbl, ~iih excitement. A warm. sui
Try smell va. didd,sd throughout, the
room. A Thermometer on the vail hr,hss,
from the stove .,ood ~ eighty degrees.
The p,rlor va, hung With red curtains.
and covered With q red carps,. aud look.
ed Just {. warm I. !, .sll. The differ
enec be,siu the .,mo'phsrs here and the
cold. via,ery twilight oui OF doors, WAS
like s,sppins AZ once from Nova Zsmbla
TO the hotties, par, OF India. OF from the
North Pole into an oven Oh. ,h, was
q fine place for the little white stranger !
The eommon.s,n.ible m.n placed the
snow child on the h.ar,b.rus nigh, Ia
froa, OF the Kissing ani fimins stove.
"yov she will be comfortable :" cried
be. rubbing hi, haad, and lOokins Aboa,
him. ~i,h the plsssln,e,; smile you ever
saw. MAKE yourslf ~ hone. my
ehill."
Sad. sal ani drooping. looked the lit
,le white maiden. a, shs stood on the
hear,h.rus. With the ho, bias, Of the
store striking through hsr like q pe.ii-
lenee. Oace. she threw q slancs visit
fully ,osard the windows. and caught a
glimpse through the red eai,,in'. Of the
.no covered roofs. and the stars slim'
merias fro,,ily, aud all the delicious 10.
,en.i,y Of III, cold night. Bi, the COM
mon sensible man .,w nothing amlo.
Come. wife" said hr, "lst her have
q pair ofthiek stocking, and a woolcn
.h.-l or BLAKE, directly. For my part.
| will 70 aioini .mong the nsisheo"
and find on, where she beloag'.'
Tarnins up the collar Of hi' Goa, over
hr ears. be emerged from the house. and
had barely reached the .,fee,.sA,e. when
he W. recalled by the screams OF Violet
and peony.
Husband cried hls wife. shosins
her horor..,rieksn face through the vim
dow p.ns'. ",her. i' no need OF so'os
for the chlld'. p.rrns
eve told you 90. father screamed
viols, and Peony. as be re-eniered the
p.rlor. "Yoa would bring her ia. and
now our poor-deAr-li,,le snow-'i''er
!, thawed
"And there /. all there i, LEI, Of IL! "
said hi. wife. pointing to pool OF water
in fron, Of the stove.
"Nsashiy father " cried Peony.
stamping his foo, snd-l ,huddsr to say
shaking hi, LITTLE h., =, the common.
sensible man. 1--WE told yoa how IL
would be
And the stove. through the ningl.ss
Of Il. door. seemed to glare a, good MI.
Lindsey. like q red eyed demon. triumph.
ing in the mischief which IL had done.
This, yoa will observe, Vas oae OF
those rare case. ~hieh ye, will oeea'
.ion.lly happen. where eommon.'en'e
hnd. itself a, fault. Oae OF Its lessons
might be that i, behOove. men TO eon.id-
er we'll What they are about, and before
acting on their philan,hropie purposes
to be quite sure that they comprehend the
nature and all the relations Of the bushes.
in hand. aud whs, has beea established
as an elemen, Of good TO one. may prove
absolute mischief to another
But. after all. there !. no teaching Any'
thing TO wise man Of good Mr.. Lind
.ey'. stamp. They know eyery,hing,-
Oh. to be SURE - everything that has
been. aud everything ,hs, i'. and every
that, by any possibility. can be.
"wife." ,sid Mr Lindsey, after fit
Of silence. ".ee whs, a quantity Of snow
the children have broash, In on their
ise,. I, has made quite a puddle here
before the stove. Pray tell Dora TO
bring some io~el. and sop i,uP -
N,,l,.s,f Httffloruf