The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-10

camp fire the first Saturday after New
years. ITS fathers and mother golden
anniversary of their wedding, on me -Slh'
and all my brothers and sisters are COM
ing home to celebrate
"Hurrahw shouted Bob "And VIII the
Red Devils be in it?'
"WW they be IN it?' said Tad, with en-
phasis. ''WeH-win they?' And an me
bows LAUGHED But when he SAID TINS aH
had no idea how very much in IL the
Red Devils would be.
on the morning of the 18th the skies
became very dark, and thin fine snow
lepan to fall. Then the wind rose ana
bleW 0ercer and lerccr all the afternoon
until by night a storm was raging sucn
as had not been known since the great
blizzard. The next morning 1t was I'M
possibie TO move about the streets, Drifts
len and twelve feet high hid the FENCES,
the roads were entirely obliterated, ana
borses and sleighs were not even TO be
Thought of. The operator at the railroad
station sent word up to the Wdllaces that
no trains could set through in either di-
rocfion that day, as the road was com
nletelv blocked, and the wires were down
ON al sides OF course, no one knew
whether the special car with the anniver-
sarv guests had started from Boston, ana
as the telegraph wires were down, the
only thing to 40 was 10 await develop
nents. Ii was stu showing, and the DIG
flakes kept on falling all the day OF the
g-fh and did not cease until late in the
night The village was as If dead. except
for the smoke that curled up out or all
the chimneys. Everything was snow
bound.
When the townspeople got up on the
morning of the 18th they set to work 20
burrow through the drifts. and some OF
the more yenturesome ones struggled as
far as the butchers or the grocer's Tor
provisions. Ii was the day OF the golden
anniversary, but there were no guests
ON hand TO celebrate
News came, however, at 10 o'clock that
morning. A man, all covered with ice
and snow. struggled into the village and
battled his way through the billowy
streets to the Wallace house. where he
fell exhausted at the doorstep. He was
taken into the kitchen, where he was
gradually revived under warm drinks and
chatting; but no one knew who he was,
and 1t was some time before he could
speak. Tads father and mother were
there. and Tad was there, and beside him
stood Bob Moreley. who had ploughed
his way through the drifts TO make
morning call.
Finally the man recovered strength
enough 10 captain NiioN NO was u AliN.
who lived about six miles from the vii
LACE. not far from where the railroad
tracks turn the swamp. He said a train
had gotten stalled In the snow near there
the day before. and that the people Could
get nothing 10 eat. as there were no
houses near but his. and what little store
he had was exhausted. There were wo-
men ana children on the train, and one
child was very sick. lie had started at 3
o'clock In the morning for help, and he
had a letter from one OF the passengers
for Mr.. Wallace. The letter was from
Tads eldest brother, and II said that the
party in the special car was suffering
greatly from hunger; that his youngest
child must have doctor or It might not
live, and that one OF the trainmen had
both feet frozen.
Its no use. though" sighed the man.