The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-01-19


. sior, little ~ be thought u then, proyc
. one from which be never returned A fev
: ytars later ho met death 1t the front o
hl, eomp,ny on the Mexican border. Th'
) young lawyer ssyly followed the for,unel
. Of "Tppeeanoe Ard Tyler. too up TO tb'
! great convention OF the West aud South d
Nsshville, there to be filled with lhe match
less oiequercet Of Clay and Cor~in and 9th
er lsssr nights. when be returned from
ths, triumphant mars meeting Of the ps.
| triots Of Two mighty tections, Miss Lslty
WAS the ,iaiim OF that dreaded typhoid Of
oldeu times. ssience had not learned
means by which TO combat the monster
Of disease ard II often sei1 d iis victim
"sben The corn was sown,' and held the
suflIer between life and death till "the
corn was yellos 10 the shuck aud dry for
the mill =
Before Miis Lslty was GU. again, a pale
conyal,scepi, the necessity Of the time had
carried the young man, all his worldly
goods in saddle bsgs behind him, on his
good horse, to the land Of golr, with others
to be known to history Is the forty miners.
The little southern village never saw him
more
Teuuous wool and frsil warp that
wrought the old love story Of the dear
OLD dame 10 rum ID night cap.
But the story was great satisfaction to
Tempe Il Was q serious modification to
Tempe, ss to every other dsrky. to have
dear mistress unmarried. Your negro
seryitor Is the worlds greatest advocate
OF matrimopy. Now II seemed to this
dark little soul that two rival ahostly low
ers battling nightly for Miss Lsltys love
was fair eIehsng for one matter-of-fsct
husband.
The ntxs morning Tempe was up with
the frat CLEAN OF sunlight to run for her
we'll ii led stocking, back with the pudgy |
treasure to "cAtch Miss Lalty's Christmas
sif'" before the other servants and neigh.
boring white children and begging negroes
tegsn their uprosrious "christmas cir
sounds.
la the bright sunlight after the rain Miss
Lalty was forever freed from the influence
of the visions OF the Christmas eve night.
She had slipped sbyly enough to the win.
dow to look out on the scene Of the ghost.
ly incounte
At that moment her j,lly laughter, bright
as the moruing, rang out
Come here, Tempe come here, she called
to the maid Just shaking fhe bright silver
dime from the tee Of her Santa Claus
stocking, "htre are the fighting men Of last
nighl".
Miss Lslty ptiated to where the slim lit.
tie silver poi lar and the stiff little spruce
grew side BY eide on the green. 10 the
wind and mot lid light ahd shade Of the
night they 4 personiiied two old time
4
They had been set there some four OF
more years ago by one Of Miss Lalty's
nus sband out Of work visitors. They were
20 new to Miss Lllty's long knowledge Of
her landscape that In the excitement Of the 8
,ight she had forgotten their existence.
Blu. Tempe's faith In the supernatural d
was not marred or abated. She never con. /
tented for moment to believe that the G
wo lovers who haundted her mistress I
,reen were made Of two wind.blown trees
md cloud-scattered moonlight. n
Temp never repeated her question OF the g
.fternoon. 1t was question that 1t never 4
occurred to anybody else to ask, for 1t r.
ust seemed the most natural thing In the b
world that Miss Lslty had rever married, Il
nd suppose 1t was,
A few minutes more and all the huIly- a
urly Of Christmas morning at the South II
ad begun, and all ghosts Of Christmas eve
we're laid and forgotten. The neishbors I,
hidren rang the bell and slipped gifts tt
nder the door, ard ran along the corner m
0 hide; then suddenly to run out and yell, tt
Christmas gif. Miss Lalty' Christmas
II. a,
Fireworks In impatient children's hands II
,asted their brightness on the sunny air. W
he blszs Of skyrockets they would consent m
D keep for the night. u,
Family gatherings were under every roof III
zee. Christmas trees loaded with gifts n
TODD In many parlor hidden from youth. ds
Il eyes till fall Of night, when the light bs
I wsxen candlee would give them added
lstre. Boys caught the girls under the or
listletoe, and the spirit Of peace and good se
Ill pervsded all the earth. OF