Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-12-15


end g. e IH H.ee= which saHiheyl ~
mind 1ba Wpu at singing she ~
ffaiu that hfd aa offended his pars hat
morning tiDr nbovp ni the othrfa =
childish voice aIna iIo Waa IN church.
bot The voice wae thnt of = child ~ -
an angel. rafateu ronld not saswhlch.
y wish sou p merry Christmas
Wish sou q merry ChrisfmaH' wish
fon merry, urrry merry. merry. rtrs
~ Christmas"
Almost uncpnsrinustv the mans zoe
framed ~" words and repeated a mer.
~ merry Chfistmaa" II was far ftszu
a merry Christmas 10 him lying ts~r~
Imprisoned IN the rocks. with oue leg
crushed. but be was past physical ~ n
now. and Il WIS ouly the mind which
took coguizauce " tho world about
Then tho high. piping voice changed
u seemed 10 come from greater dis.
tance vague, sha1owv aud almost In
audible. 'arsiou strained hls ears ~
was an oId familiar tune. aud the
words stirred a responsive chord in
him.
Good n.ws ou christmas morning.
tHuI H.Ns uH. children. H.Uf'
Christ rHa born iH Bethlehem
AMI is l.y.uH now IuI n.fa."
Tho ,sf., grI .,r.. trss.,t ,f p.,fl
lost rutirrI, q, frn.,, N,t.Y ..r.r.,
feu arpunt f.. man ,,.rt.r.g Wondered
II this v,rr dratb Ifa HaI offep
Thought of death. n, baH soon ID iu so
MANY different form. f.lat th, frar or
if had seldom disturbed him Now ho
dreaded ID -n.. wished for tf. for l1c
pain t.a- ar., ,rr.-tn.n and ,l.rr
WAS un rsra... from his ur..19.
lie e.rual fs .,aIt and f..t..u rat-.rry
for the slu. a -lfn. bHt 1u WAS gfrru,,
around. a great drrrry blank driffai
across his mind. ana he was upron.
sci1us of pain or suffering How lone
this stupur lasted nc rauld moi say hut
whou consciousness returned ap1iu nm
agnul2.ug pain shot through his lcg
arl body. lie groanod and tried 10
C-Iu-G It's position.
Then close 10 his lips little sohbIuu
voice cried out. "Oh. are YOU aiivcg
thought 1 was too late. Wait minute
and | will get the leg free"
II was dark all around. but Carstou,
looking up, saw stars shining over
head They came through a big hole
IN the wall of rocks Ills leg was so
numb that feeling was nearly uuur.
but he was conscious of little hands
digging and tearing at the dirt beneath
the crushed limb. Then suddenly u
great weight was lifted from 1t and
the lttle sobbing voice said:
Now pun with me-
How the little hands worked the dirt
and rocks loose from the howldor and
how the two Of them strained and
pulled to eNtrIcatc the mans body
from the death trap Carston could
n'''' ,''"''' "l'"'I N'"Lu' puI aIte' "h
hour OF agony ne Ieit hlmSe'l '|lhE on
'me surface OF 'he ear'h win Il 'ttIe'
sum slender creature by ms side,
naSP'"s anu I''''''.'R from eN'rl'oh'
llily drops OF moisture trlckled ON
Carstohs face' bnt they were blood
from Iacerated hands ana not tears.
lhe llttle sohs were dry and fearless.
'arston SWooned again in spite of
MS heroic VIII TO hght back the weak
ness. In the interval the stars Shoue
uoWh upon nun IN their cold. hard
hllIlancc, ana the soft cool air filled
MS painting lungs with healing
strength.
They carried the man to the nearest
mining camp and gave him such med
ical attendance rs he needed After
strong constitution brought him
through successfully Ills srs, thorcht
was of tho child who h,d resrund him
Bring that merry Christmas younr.