The true Democrat., 1896-10-24

p: y: y: i: y !
B .,r,7 YOU WAIT HERE TEN MINUTES
and putting Oh 4 fur cap ana an
,.sr. sa' he went out OF doors. ~ Mice
Asta' 5ss state ia Of the case was this: Miss
: llh uo, rhn lady by the stove, was on
o Nenv.' r to ioin Il Christmas party at the
III ~ s..s s', II her uncle, Mr. Do!li'er, some
yr sspn miles from the station, ana l. IN
Il s,sI sa to M the same house, had been de-
4 ". ,s..I i to meet her on the train. We
t;s s.,v Y, sood fr ends, and had studied art
y y s',s 'shsr in Paris. When we left the
y y s,i v IN ! mo ming train, little snow was
!, y s.;nnns to fall. and as we ::ourneyed
Ac ss.hTd Inward we found the snowfall heavier
ta s| .Iheayier and wc had arrived ut this
"a W sls village OF Boynton at 3 o'clock in
h,l ' !. ,f,prnoon an hour tehind time.
M, gnm Boynton to the lolliver house
s, vpre TO 90 by stage coach, but the
IN tdyer had lett mpre than an hour pre-
Y. Y. .n,, @ hurrying away before his ordl.
lsa Na ,,r M" limo for starting for fear the road
~ ~ ro.,d 30 blocked up before he could get
llss nhis home, q good twelve miles away,
I'D md assuring himself that there would
I'd h no passengers for him on such day.
d, /, was reasonable enough that we
t,,l ssould be perplcxed, for we could not
n Ne nor at first could the station master
i i no how We were to get to our journeys
lal !, Ind that day. II we could wait until
sa next day, he tcid us, the stage driver
~ so1h be back in sleigh. He said he
nd would be sure 10 come-for Christmas
e. nckages, il not for passengers. But
81 10 could not wait until next day. 1t
a. WOULD be better TO return to the city in
!, 10 next down train, if, happily one
81 81 sbpuM cone. We could not hope that
" " us Delivers would send for US, for If
4 tey saw the stage pass without stop
las ping, they wou d lie sure we had no;
all cone by the train.
"a The station master was good man
~ md did his best to get us out CT our
Il, aonbc. He had douyts about another
z tain coming down that day-it was a
ss country road with ono tra ,k-and HI
" though! it would be u great pity if tho
uas Dellsers should bo deprived Of the
,on company Of two of their Christmas
~ guests; a lot OF them had, come up tht
IIan day before. Nobody in the village made
las sbusiness OF hiring out vehicles or car
N ping passengers, but all idea ha(
y, 4. stuk the station master, and he ha(
y. zone out to see what he could GO with it
IN about quarter OF all hour he re
rya turned.
lops Well, sir" he said, there is just on
ne thing ycu can do. There isn't anybol
fGa in this village who will 50 to Dolliver'
ID today, for there is no chance OF gettin
~ hk tonight, but the man who keep
he Store here, Mr.. Peter Chase, hu
GOT horse and slei III, and il you choos
70 hire that Of him and do your ow
chii aE&a.,l think you can get it, if 20
,d are willing to pay him something extra
mhr l@ ne II have to send u man over tt
: MORROW with the stage driver to brin
! 81, j, y oaeS, and Desites, in rough time
~ ~ IKE aI he:e, people always charsr sv.4.
ncs hing extra. u
'lls l,pOt the matter before Miss Weldor
q sao she did not hesitate to say tn;
'aaef Than take the risk of bc.n
cylo a'usfd 10 remain in the village. VIII,
Al aele M were no accommodations #
.s 4 ,st'a!nsers, she woHld take the risk
. = eulae me drive her to tho Dolliver's.
'a G!s only seven miles," she sal
q saa Il the horse is good enough, I dol
90 ss :, Shat there is to happen"
lib ~ luamped throuSh the snow to Pet
asn ,aases .lI store, and quickly arrang
!, i, w. sl,a MN for the hire Of his horse III
dib s'. .s
usr j., i've dollars may seem good de-
~ ~ De said. for a trip like that,
. tsa ..s. MO- sa pretty deep snow, and we
!, Il. ~. as.lltoremember that Christmas com
wv .s w. once Year. I'll have the slei
!, " 'yaaa at the station in ton minutes.
'lss ~ u aalt an hour little sleigh, dra'
!. station, ' O"'''' W w
nrisp v, would W have been here sooner, S;
IN .,s.l ~, ~, yIhase, but it was good while
M "'l sas could find the bells, and know
Il slsi,s shi wouldn't want to take q Christn
aAos '1'sa ride without bells"
eoN ~, DID not complain Of the delay,
~ lmn,saa lusa | had been getting dreadful
81 " ,,s, ,,ss,''ent' The station master had
1M .Ses .S'ee'am from up the line, stating :,
!, npI NJ sA sw traln with snow plow was
= & Niss NisSy' y, ana Twas very much afraid t
s.ss ass ,ss Weldon would conclude to wait {
S;,s ,s lhls train hack to the city.
~ TSa TSOot VI loss Of time, we bundled
lo1s b,o,,Ssaa ,Ssaallstmas-minded Mr.. Chase
o. ss,a sul two heavy fur robes, our vail
,shiH !, ,s ~ packed in behind, the sleigh be
n q ,TS Ts oox variety, and we were rea
otis u, 'Tsse c, is no mistaking the ways
scdts ii WV uAase. You 90 straight ahead
= WI. W. come to the house"
ljss Vltn W know perfectly we'll, al
pa Weldon, and away we jingled.
elns lot W m;a snow was still falling, but we
~ a,,.u w,uo that, and now that we
,nni hd w m on was glad that MIR. CT
1eI nsr. salted to find the bells. T
/. Il N. blr jingle suited my spirits we'll.
= III 'elgh ride with Clara Weldon