The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-12-18

nalfrv for Won ia bp released fran your
min b.,ati..afi,
II. turned ia On Inn a clear vnjc. ~
wonderful sweetness held him back. #
was that of tn. Saxiour vbo advanced
with majestic fiiouitv tn,vard I'm. .,nostl,
and smoke. II .et n. first hear If the aims
giving of which we bave inst learned wa,
really toosmall ia ,,la,d far l.uiencv toward
this SHINING soul Let ua beari-.turninp
ia the nnyel-"what b.came If tho uuts y
"Ob dear Saviour - answered. the anv.l
AZ ate half of tbem and | was orateful r.
Won for felt thnt / owed ,he,o ia Won,
bounty as they were my little Christ
rhild as the peoule in the city where VIZ
lived chilled n Christmas nresent
.'Yon see Peter the saviour interrnnted
The angel "Do we moi owe il IN the NM.
THAT woman ,hat a MIRO cbild,s snnl was
led tousg Tint in ITSELF is no small thing
Tell yvhat further bann,nnd ia Won -
II ate most of then" the little Girl AN
severed "but had still moro ia cat h,
Christmas eve for the n.onle who had
looked Mt me when TN. woman thr.y some.
thin0 into INV Ian were Increased in my
suffering and soon had sold all six .b.an
and besides many nenni,s and proschen ON,
bio tba1er had flown into nv Ian Win
these | WAS able To DIIE mot her THINGS
that she stood in sore need of and tbouoh
she died ON New Yeai.'s mor,,ino she had
many little comforts during nor last davs
The Anointed cast anothrr look f1il at
meaning Mt petpr ,vhan n l.roe and hn,il.
tiful angel the spirit of the mother Of In,
chernb began; = If Won will nermit me q
holy Iesus too would Ike ro.n,,,ynra
in fayor Of the condemned Beforn Han
without hone or helm in n,y,sre,r si,tirring
had lost nil faith far NV nravers lead nfi
been heard, and in the bitterucs. of my
heart it seemed thar Won. who v,re .ai,f r.
be the friend of the moor ON eafh and God
the Father had forgotten us in onr misery
in order to overwbelm the rich with create,
gifts
"But when Uannele came ho,ne and
liohtrl thr little laun and sn,v hcr tin,
facp where fn,, n lone Time | had saeu mr.
smile but aulv nait, and prief nov haan
iup with ioy. when saw The nuts and the
other good things which she had brought
and saw her measure in Them my heIinf il,
thee. @ Lord and i'm the kind feather re
turned. and ceased NOT ia be grateful II
the end If now. i'm the glory of thy NM.
nifcence. know bliss unutterahlp | ave
it to that woman and to The fact that sb,
was pnod enou,-h to throw the INNS int
Uauneles nprou
Peter nodded a0irmatiyelv Then IA.
bowed before the saviour and said. 9TH,
little rift of the condemned soul has iudead
borne better fruit than imagine1 Vet
when tell yo,l what "A l,rett sinner she ,y,,.
on GARTH
al know. - the Son of God interruntpd
"Refnre we ,..idp unon ,b,. fat. of III.
woman let rs hear what fine child did with
the rest of the nuts. for we know that She
did not eat them all Now. my little unpel
what became of the last of themY SNEAK
on. Gladly will listen to Won
Haunele began anew. "A fer they Ind
buried mother. they sent ms into the conn.
try among the mountains. for they said il
was not the dutv of the civ Ia cur,. far ,n..
but that of the village parish where my
parents were born So | was taken there
The six nuts that | had saved took with
me TO ulay with. This I most enin,ed do
ing i'm the snrinp. alone on the littlp stri,
of grass behind the poorlouse in which
was the only child. Besides me there vers
hut three old wn,nru ,beinu fed ia l.,th
as the peasants used to say
Not one of them noticed auythiuy tbnt
banpened around them. lint INV heart usad
to grow lipht when eyervthin" ahoi,t M.
budded and sproul ed and hurst into bloonu
Nv body was ALWAYS aching but my min.
could not lessen my rnioyment of The
surinp. Wherever locked men were SOW
ing and DlautinV. In was the first tim,
TINT had eyer seen il and tbe wish game
over me tn coufde sou.t hing ia ia. ,,,,,,l
earth thai would take roof and s,ro,,t .,n,f
grow green and high for me
"So | stuck fnur nf my nrto into ,ha
ground nut them as far anart in Tho
small spaee IA could 50 that if his, tr..s
came from my seeds they miebt nat sand
In one ami her's why hut miobt nh eni,,
the air and the sunshine that ,voe 50
thankful for. saw NV seed snrout but
what became of them aflerward did ma,
live to see Two wears after | sowed tben
n famine fell upon ms The nour weaver.
who lived in tbe mountain vill,o. Ind .Ll
they could do to uourisb wife and rbild
There WAS litlle left fnr IN. noorbn,,.. A.
WAS ALREADY in could moi stand thnn,i
cry. and was the first to die of ,hr dread
fnl fever ca,,s.d hv bunonr
"Dulv an. nf tho llind von,.n and ,l..
duh witted ON. followed In. sack in vbirb
[ was buried-for who rould haye maid IN,
a coffin, The last t,vo nu,s dividad ,.itI,
the old women Each one of no had n bnlf
and how gladly we ate the little morsel for
even n tasta of any dainty SEEMED ,,,nd 10
ia ufter we had lived ON moi hiny but br.,d
and uotatoes From ber. wntch.d ria.
thor nuts grow ia he tr.,s An fnur b,d
stra;yht stems and tIict ,ro,,,,s I-ud.,.
one of them that stood nenr n .nr,no ,yhi,l,
is now called the Fresh spring. an old ear