Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 25, 1873, Page 2

THE CHICAGO DAL LY TKIBU "HMUKSDAY, DDLU 1BLR 25 e e RS i s e e S R TR S S S SN P S P S S R TNE NARDSCRABDLE SILVER-MINES. How Prices Range at Posita--The Presiding Genius of the Town,. Fato of the Chicago German Colony in {ho Wet-Mountnin Valley. Syeclal Corréarendence nf The Chicngo Triduna, .Canon Crry, Coly, Docomber, 1873, Nos tlod as it is, almost at the summit of tho mouttaing, POBITA has no communication with the oufsldo world, oxcept through the modium of bull teams and packemules, Tho most direet routa is vin Canon City, up tho -Oak Creck Pass, although many snpplies aro brought in by way of Wet Mountain Valley and up tho lnrdsciabble Canon. And yot, with theso imperfect moans of transporta- ton, the staples of lifo, and oven tho Juxuries, are © not oxorbitnnt at Posita. Flour rotalls ot €650 per luudred; potatoos, $1.20 por bushol; oats, 84; 3oy $26 por ton, (lood board can bo sceurod for from £0 to €8 per week, Dry goods and 4rocerics n10 sold at 4 slighit advance from val- log~towna: while vligible bullding-lots, situated aithin a stone's throw of tho Benator, are ficely given away to any ono who will put up a log- sabin. Tho leaalng citizens of the place toom to be actuated by the right spirit, aud their lib- erality doserves a rapid and peimanent mmnu- gratiun, Afcer suppor wo esllied out to find tho pre- eiding genius of the town, RICHARD IBWIN, ESQ. ‘Liko many othiors one stumbles across {n this Far-Westorn country, be Las a strange and eventful history, and fully deserves a biog raphor. Dick, although comparatively a young man, has boen overywhore. o has tramped thirough California and Montans, ond sipped the alkall-springs of Utah and Nevada; Lo has wined above timber-line, and braved tho Apaches; and yeb with all thoeo adveniures, Dicls 8 modest and rarely over speaks of him- solf, fiois of medium height, fair complexion, slear blue oyes, thin lips, aud has rathor ao in- tollectual cast of countonauco. In- decd, Dick makos some protonsions as a Griter, «and many of tho high-flown, grandilogitont parngraphe, doscriptive of Southern Colorado and Its mining tesources, proceed frcm nis pen. Ho hins ono of the most a1sfocratic-lookivg houses m town,—the domo beivg built of hown logs neatly metohod to- zether; and, upon (ho accasion of our visit, wag toatod upon a stool in frout of the fire-place, vigorously pulliug lis briar-pipo, and giving dis- wnterested and satherly zavice to the group of aluers who lind assemblod to drimk in wores of sbeer and cousolation from Dick's hps, Ile 8 vory euthusinstic over thio futwiy pros- fedts of Pos.ta, apd had tho utmokt faith in the Senator and other loder, And gat, as_wa fool our departure, with b cotdial Good night1" fi"’if" in our eurs, we sould not reeist tha conviction thas Diek aould ecll out und cwigrate to sowo other lo- sality, +f he bad o goud ckauce, Dick stands higl'in tho estimaion of his comrades, uud s quulnu word 1y vegarded ns huww in Posita. Tlho roturn to Canou City was mado vy way of MOUNTAIN VALLES. ] This is without doube oue of tho most fortile grazivg sud aevicaltutel districts in Colorado, and 8 worthy DLy o -fair majoricy of the many geod things said of it. lhe vulloy = lies at the onstern baso of the Snowy Range, which runs through liao a back-bone, separating it from the San Luis_Vulley, 1tis 35 miles long, aud will aver- age 10 miles in width, In tbo ceutre ruus & bright, sparkling creak. the Actolope, filled with trout. while mynads of water-fowl roepose upan tho surface of its sheltered pools, Somo four senrs ngo, & Gorman colouy, hended by one Carl Welstein, a wundering Bohemian, who can turn lus bund al a little of ovaiything, and who has edited » newspaper and ran'a suw mill in tho eawe Lownsbip, EMIGRATED FROM CHICAGO, and sattled down in that mountain valley, with the mtention of starting & new DBorhn, Mlr, Carl Walsicin was Promdont. The plaing wers crossed in sutety, the stock survived; the men, and wo.non, nud babies were contented; and for o brief season, overything was bl‘lg‘l! and rose-colored in tho now Eden. But complica- tions soon aross, Liko tho colonists who hret scttled at Jamestown, Va., our Germen friends aconsed thair President of wasting their sub- slanco; and complained, also, thut, while they wote Luilding cabins, putting in erops, and ovor- comiug the rigora of u new counbiy, their esteemed President, Carl Wulstein, was devoting bis time to writing {oarned esgays to tho Donver and Puoblo newspiapeis on the imwmortality of the soul. The then editar of the Pucblo Chicftain, Mr. Sam MaBride, took up the cuuge of the colonists, and denounced the wetion of Mr, Wul- ttein in rather vigorous Saxon. The two partics soon after met iu frout of tho Tueblo Pust-Ot- fice, sud WAL ENGUED, Mr. Walstein intunated that My, MeBiide waa n liar, and tho Jator respouded wt2ll mure vigor- ouely. la the terse und oxpressive lrugusge of thie country, Wuistein went for MuB:ide, und the latter weut for bLis revolver, and shot hiy eningonist through the lett fove-sim. ‘Lo wonnd_was by no moans sorious, but it Diightencd Wulstein budly, and from that time forth he Jost prestige in Colorado. Ile was ce- posied as Lresident; the Gormon Colony wus roken up and ncattered ; gome roturned to Chi- sago; and of all the gay host of adventurors who came out with such a flourish of baunors burely four yours ago, not hulf-n-dozen fami- lies ara now lert, Wulstoin still romuing in the valley 3 but he will lead colonies no nswre, THE VALLEY bas an altitude of 8,000 foct above wea-lovel. Nearly all kinds of grain can bo raised, with the excoption of corn; whils the vegotables are pros digious in eizo und quality, Pumpkins sud squashes that weigh 100 pounds, and potutoes {hat girth 18 mchey, are not uncommon. It is & great country for cattle aud uhnaL. and hore are fo bo mel some of the piincipal cattle-men® of the Territory, Ono firm, the Dockwiths, shipped 9,000 hoad of cattlo {0 Kangus City last year, and, if the markel is pausfactory, thoy will double the above figures tho presont soason. A cheeso-fuctory, owned by on Englishman, Mr. Neavo, i slso in full Llast ; while buttor and hayare sold inlaige uantities, The population of the valley is now nboue 8,000, and new settiers sro pouring in duily, Now is the time, for, in this forliie val- ley thete are thousnods of neres ol Govornmont land, conveuient to water, still uncluimed, —_——— THE ¢ BOULEVARD ADDITION." Letter from the County Clerk, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribu Bin: Wo are constantly roceiviug lostors from all parts of the country in relation to the above Addition, of which tho followlug isa fursumple; HanNtwas, Mo, Dec. 13, 1974, To tha Clerk of Ciok County, Ilinaie ¢ Wil sou do me the favor tonuawer the fullowig questians? Firs1, then, how far from thoe Court-Louse in Mr, Buuleverd’s Addibou to the City of Chicago, Suld Adititfou is said to bo just weal of Washington Helghts, 1f you know, pleave inform e how largo tho’ lots ara, 8ud thewr supposed vubuo; lso, about Low muuy Iubipitants thers aro in the Vicuity, Please inform me if you havo uny plate of Gook County, oud if (here 8 any’ 1n0ro Cost on thiemn than the postayo, By unswering tho sbove, you will coufer a great wvar, Tieaso address, G, Moaskey, W, Tost-OfMco Box 317, Huunibul, Mo, Crenn's Orriar, CoUNTY OLITE Cook COUNTY, 3 Ginoaao, Dee, &, 1474, W, @, MeSiakey, Faq, In answer 1o your itter T will say that Mr, Boule. vard’s Additon, so-called, Hew nenrly I4 milos in o direct Muo fram thy Qou. t-House, and nesrly 6 miles from Waehinglon Hulghes, und {6 ulso 6 nuies trom any ral youd, Fhut 1hero nro 200 acres, cut up nto 21 subdl sious, That 20 of the sulullvisions, covering 160 ue of gronud, we divided into M2 Jots euch, of 1,440 all,” Tunt thero ore 140 bloke fu e 160 peres, with sticets und ulleyn letworn and through esch, ‘Thut e fobs tverug about i feet squure, aud contatn, ou the average, 6Ll equure foet, mukiug no ullowans for the wlrculy ur uieys thut'sre shown of record, Thut tho lots fn this 10 acres lo une dee two feut of wator, and thut- muocessful drufnago can uover bp socomplisbied, Tt the inhab~ Jants Ju the vi ity nto composed chiefly of bull-froge aud mud-nirtios, That the vulue of such property fs cutirely hnagiv.vy, The otiiet_d0-acre suLdiviston—iha u, w, I of 8, o, 3¢, Bae, 1, 17, Li—s moatly goud farmtng o, uud 13 et up o 6 blocky of 80 Tow euch, ‘Tue slzoof the Jute Iu pepresented on plats as 23 by 195, with sireet andt wileys bosween and through euch bloeks but 40 weres of growmt w i ent up into lots of auch siza ouly on puyer, Five bundred wnd Afty-oight lots of that vi26 would aut tip the 40 u ros, with' no uilowanico mado for stzevts pr sloyn, * Tuere 4 na valie to this doucres » ‘l.:m'n.:um; 8 farming land 1t might bo worth somte- i Wiitam achute, » teonnod elty and county purvesor, 18 tho mate who cortifion o Laving mado sl e gre veyn, ond mads & correct piat of each, But low 8 survoyor ean ‘miake n correct plat without showlug” dimennions f eithor blocks,lote, atroote, o alleya, € ts diiticolt to determine, 1t would bo o difli- :‘r‘x:: matter for any ono o locato lla lot by sucha George W, Bcott and Tobert O, Bparks aro tho parties whio scknowledge the wubaivisions to be thelr act and doed; some ware acknowledyed before Itenry 8. Austin, Ut the majorits betore John Vant Woud, Justices af tho Penco tn ook Couuty, One hundred and aixty acres of land, subdivided in he ordinnry way,~lota 25 by 123, with 60-foot ntreota and 1n-root alleya—will only ninke 3,630 jot; while, in the liove subdfvision, thece are 13.440 lots i 160 aotes, Cook County bna no plata for gnnum distribution, enstany Ligo, County ClerY, MERRY CHRISTMAS, The Only Song. Merry the song Joyous with miirth § Bappy th throug Clicoring our hearth, Bt bring along Tlie pooplo’s prido,— Tihe only song For Christinhs-tide, Bhephiords most blost With ITeaven's Ngitt, ‘Were thoso sl rest Watching by night. rough lind and I ll(znlulh.»" bo *h Forever fred. Ot sorraw's blight y 1t elieds & ray Thut changeth night To endleas duy, "Tie not an old Enchonting droam, But goms with gold Life's silver stroam, Then eing the song Without & poer,— "The only Aong For Cuinstinns-chioer, ENOLEWODD, ¥, D. Buran, Fhe Date of the Nativitys Lroms the New York Etemna Mail, Tt would be sntisfactory, aud possibly might o usetul, to the roligiotis world to kuow for cortan that the day on which it celobrates the birth of tae Redeomer netunily is ontitlod to tho distinction which makes Dee, 25 the great fos~ tival day of all tho year, Isut while average hu- manity tn oll civilized countrics will usually iz« uore this mooted queation, in ita groater desiro to commemorato tho event itself, there have been tuoso who, Jooking back a8 far as thoy could iute tho mist of tho onrly conturios, hava been compolled to admit the vague aud tiadi- yonal titie which Dec, 26 has to the high honor it cujoya, In tho enrliost perods at which * we lave any record of ths ob- servauco of = Chrislmns, wo find that #ome communitios of Curistinus colobrated the testival ou tho 1xt or 6th of Jnnuary ; others on tho 20th of March, the time of tho Jowish Pass- over; whitlo otherw, it is said, observed 1t on the 20th of Soptembor, or Feast of ‘Fabernacics. ‘I'horo can be no doubt,” says Chambers, i iy * Book of Days," ihat long before the reigu of Coustantine, in the fourth eentury, the season of the New Year bnd boen adopted for colebrating the Nativity, though a difference in this rospect existed in the practice of tho Eastorn amit Western Churches, tho former observing who 6th of Jauuary. and the Jatter tho 25th of Decom- ber, Tho custom of tho Wastorn Chuych a lust rovailed, aud both of the ecclesistical odios agroed to Lhold the anniversary on ‘itho mame day. ‘The fixing of tho dato appoars to huve been the act of Julius I, who presided as I’opo or Bishop of Rome, from 847 to 352 A. D. Clhirysostom, in one of his epis- tles, statos that Julius, on tho solicitation of Cy- 1, of Jorusalem, cansed strict inquirles to bo made on this subject and thoreafter, following what scemod to be tho bost authenticated tradie tion sottled authoritatively the 26th of Decom- bor a8 the anmiversary of Christ's birth, making it, in Chrysostom's phigee, Festorum omnium metropolis, the metropolis of all the feaste—and this distinction 1t hins sinco mnintained, Otbor suthority, of doubtful vulue however, roprosonts the lixing of the day to have beon ac- complishod 200 yoars proviously by Talophorus, who wna Bishop of Romoe 128-18) A, E Aud towards the cloac of tho secoud contury, in the reigu of tho Lmporor Commodus, n_refosonce has been fouud to the observance of Christuna, A century later, in the time of Diocletian, the celebration of the Nativity by the Ohristians in Nicomedin was made tho occusion of an atrocious act of cruclty on the part of that infamour ruler, in that be causad the church in whion tho festi- val occutred to bo set on flie, and by barrin evory menus of ogross from tho building, cause the ngonizing death of every worshiper. It witl be soen from tho statoments made that, while no record exiats wheredy to fix with cortainty tho date of tho Bavior's birth, tho day woe now call Cliristmas bas for at loast fiteou” bundred years been umformly obgerved by all tho nations of Christondom as the annivoreaiy of the Na- tivity, And it ywould be 3 hbel upon bumanity to doubt thut, unless futuro regcarch shall stamp upon some other day the certaiuty of bemg tho truo _onnivorsary of the Savior's birth, the world and the Church will always continuo tohold consecrate tho 25th of Docember a8 cummems orutive of that momentous syont. A Curol Aud all tho bells on enrtl sbull ring, On Ohiristtnaa Day, on Curistmas Day * And all tho belis o0 earth uball ring, Ou Christwas Day u the morning, And oll the angels in heaven sholl sing, Ou Christmns Day, on Christnus Day 3 Aud bl the ungols in beaven shall slig, Ou Chariatuos Duy in the worniog, And all tho souls on earth: ahialt alug, Ou Gariesmua Day, on Chrintiuy Day * And all the 2ouls 0 earth shull aug, On Obristmus Day In the morning, Thon lot us sl reJolce amot, Oun Christmns Day, on Christmas Day + Then let us all rojolce smain, On Chiristinus Day In the worning, A Good Times I am sure I huvo always thought of Christmas time, when it hns coma round—apart fium the wvenergtion Aue to it sacred nawe and orign, if anything belouglug to it oan be apart from that —as & good time; a kind, forgiving, charitablo, 'Flennum timo ; tho only time I kuow of, in the ong caloudar of the year, whon men and womon seom by ono consentto open thieir shut-up heatts freely, nud to thiuk of poople bolow thom ax if they really were fellow pasgengers to the grave, und not anothor raco of creatures houud on other journeys. And, therefore, uncle, though ic has never put a sorap of gold or gilver in my pocliet, 1 belicvo that it sas done mo good, and will do xlx;@. pood; uud 1 oy, God bless it.—Charles ickens. A Ioly 'Fide. Now ta th Lord tug yralses, Al you within Uiy piuce, And with truo lovo atid hratherhood Exeh ther now embracet “Tue holy Ude of Curlstmus All others doth defuce, Tidings of comfort and foy | + For Justs Obtisl our Saviour Wes born on Obristmaa Day, tinowing uuw\;un Koeep Christmas olle Aund so il was ulwnf's snid of Boroogo, that he kuew how to keep Chiristmns well, if any mun alive posscssed tho knowledge, Ay ihat bo traly said of ug, and of all of nal And wa, asTiny Tim observed, God Bless Us, LEyory Onol— Charles Dicicens, Seatter Your Crumbs. Amidst the freezing slect and suow, The tinld robin comes 3 Iu pity drivo him not uwny, But seutter out your erumbe, And teavo yeur door upon tho Iateh Yor whoeoever comes : The poorer they, more welcome give, ‘And seatter out your crumbe, All finve to spare, nono aro too poor, When wunt with winler comes ; Thio 10af $ nover all your nw Then seatter out your crumbs, Soon winter falls upon your life, v Tyip duy of reckoning comes : Aguivat your sine, by gl decrap, +Are wélghed thoso eatiered crombe, —Alred Crowyill, ' S o et b —All cats colobrated for sagncity are naw cons signed 10 back sents by & most intolligont oroa- tire in Irenton, Conn,;—u cat with a pusalon for olums, and wilhout snyhody to opon thew for hop, First, she stimulated the olam's mouth with hoer tail; ho cloxes it on tho aat's continu- ation; she immadiately leaps a tonoe, and thus the clam-pholl is brokau on the !nr rail, and tho olum_himsolf rowards puss for ull the sulfering whioh shio lius sullored, ~—Thera is grief in ators for Burlington. The (iazelle of that oity suys thore nro ehunges i;uln;: on in ailioad quatlors thut are of vital im- ortunce to lluthnmuu. 'he B, & M. slops are elug quiotly romoved, and the runs of the road aro to be aude from Galosburg to Obtumwa, A FLOWER OF THE SNOW. From the Galaxy for Janvary, A woman stood on the high steps locking the school-houso door, and, as sho dropped tha elum- 8y iron koy luto lior basket and turned to go awny, mochanieally hor eyes wandorod ovor tho famllar econo, the frozen witor and Wenk fslnnda in front, the foy cliffs bohind, and on ofthor aldo the houses of the littlo village, 1ifa- 1o and burlod in tho enows of a alx months' wintor. * Dosolation 1" sho murmured—* a 1and of desolation nnd death I and, doscending tho stops, sho walled down the narrow path dug out botwoon tho snow diifis, unmelted menth after mouth, nud piled higher with oach aucconsive storm until thoy formod a wall oven svith bor hoad. The sohool-house thus lott to {teolt for a wook, tho Clirlatmas vacatlon, was a threo-story square frame lLouse, with rows of blindloss windows that seomod to gazo like slaring oyes down on the village below, and epy out all its sina, It was originnily bt as o dormitory for the Itdinng whon they assembled on Giant feland for the annual paymont; but thosons of tho forest porsiutontly rofused to oceupy the abode mnde ready for them, and, al- though they wero repoatodly cscortod thither by tho United Btates Agoat, and nlthough thay ropentedly . oxpressad in flowery byperbolo thielr admiration for the white man's lotge, just a6 ropeatedly woro they found wrapped In thelr blankets on the bonoh, the dormitory tonantless on tho hill behind thom. ** No woudor taoy could nov eloap there," was Mlegs Moran’s thought a8 tho slow-speaking Trustos told hor the story while showlng hor tho Lullding whero s was to rulo; * ugly, whitowashod picce of utility] An Indisn brought up in the Gothie archies of the forest, with the freo afr of Heavon to breatho, would stiflo in those geomotrically square rooms."” * And go they slopt out doors, and wors stich fools that they nover know the comfort of a rood wartm louse! Dut all ludiane are boru fools, you know, Miss Moran,” concluded the 'U'rusteo, And ho but echoed tho opiniun of the whole froutior, aud even oxpresaad it mildly, as harshor opithets were generally ueod by the sntlors and fishovmon who formied the popula- tion of Ginut Islaud, ‘Tho onrlf autumn camo; the maples turned red and goid among the faithfal pines, nnd let fall their lonves ono by one through tho still Tudian summer doys 3 thon ous mght o north wind camo down pou tho ieland and whirled thiem away, and at last aven the juaiper curled up, (ho lavches censed to bockon on tho heights, and tho gray moss shrank away from the pines. Winter began, tua schaol olpuned‘ and Miss Aoran found oceupa~ tion for thoughts and Laads in teaching and governing hiermatloy throng of scholnrs, French- nud-white, Fronch-and-Tndian quartes-breod, half-breed, and oven pure undiluted Chippown— sturdy littlo raeeals who did not know what duty was; and how should thoy, since {t formed no part of the Indian's code of morals? It was hard work, for tho schioolmistress had a con- relenco, and tried _each duy to do onch day's work faithtully, It was a contest—a contest of will; the will of one slonder wowman agaiust tho will of fifty undisciplined, half-wild " cluldron, But tho glender woman conquered. I'he late spring camo reluctantly up from the Soutts nnd thawoed the thick ico sround the fsl- and ;_slowly tho great blocks nioved out to ses, and thon a ship camo round the point bringing news from *‘Lelow,” s tho islandors catled tuo outride world; tho lighta shono again in the desorted towers, and, looking from hor dormor windows, the mistross saw in the east the gleam of Bois-Blanc, and far down in the wost the flush of Waugosohance, shiowing tha way through the straits. A greon tingo came over the forests ou tho mainlaud, and tho deop snows disnp- poeared,—not melting, as thoy do In warmer latl- tudes, but goeming to crumblo into dust aud blow away, More ships salloy through the south channel, tho smoko of sicamors wus soen, and finally the juuipor strotched out its faivy rings, and ho larches held out their green hande ogain, and bockoned over the cliffs, as If saying to the distant ehips, * Friends, como up hitkor.,” Tho summer waa sliort but” vividly beautiful, and the mistress olosed the school-housa door, and spont the vas cation abrond in th woods, among the dark pines, 1 the gay compauy of the wator-maple, on the Leach with tho waeh of litule waves ot her faot, or abovo on tho bare oliffa with tho golden son- shine warminug her being into uawouted luxuri- ance. Sho bjossomed, this pale bud, aud one saw tho uuex{;cclad Dloom, aud admired it, uutil in the wormih of admiration it opened iuto a red roso, Iho fork on the halght was garrisoned wi th tho full comploment of oficors aud the small numbor of nion usunliy found at the Wostern 1ako posts. A Major, Captain, two Licutenants, o Surgeon, aud Chaplaiu, lwed close together withun the tittlestone inclosure, and Miss Maran, who bad made ber home in the Chaplain's houso, found Lerself one of the mulitary family whether she willed yes or no ; but sbe willed yes, Otigi- natly coming to Ginnt lsland for her health, alona in tho world save somo distant New Ln- sland cousing, educated in books but ignorant of fita, a self-roprostod, solf-contatuod, Urd-work- g woman, tho iden of spending a year or two in this romote, isolated placo had plassod hor faney, woariod with the mouotony of 4 city pub- lic sehool. 8o she ataid, and began lifo and love together ; for ns for tho first tune she Joved, ishudmnllzud that for tho flrst timo, also, 8ho ved. 2 Maxwoll Ruger, Lioutenant Second Infantry, 1, B. A., o stalwart young Saxon, with close-cul enrly yuhDW Lair, blue oves with a steel glnt in them, ruddy checks, and fairy Dblue~ veiued tomples like o clnld—this was tho kuight who * floshed into the erystal mirror” of our modem Lady of Bhalott. But no weakness, no Doyluhuess, ncccmpanied this Saxon boauty ; the ba{rl outlino wud resolute mouth showed a will, ‘1 whilo the easv of munner always found w way. Ewvidently, heroe was uu xecomplishod youny so- ciety man oxifed on a rov’t. Coming and going, Mux Ruger noticed, ab Tast, tho filrl coming nnd_going also ; paciug up and down tho parade-ground on bitter duys, lo eaw on tho opposto side & woman's figuro wropped in a gray oloak ; rending by the window, tho only reador in the gaceison as ha scomfull{mmpnnud, Lo olserved somo ono at the opposite window Lendiug ovor a book ; chaneing to call upon tho Chaplatu ouoatternoon, he found George Eliot's 3l on the Floss," Iawthorne's * Blithodalo Tomance,” au abstract of Kan:, and s book of Toman Cutholic meditations piled togethor on a sido tablo, ** Your books, Dr. Burns? " ho asked, idly opening one of them. " Nny; they boloug to tho tencher, Mistroes Motan," roplied tho old Cuiaplain, tuking & pinch of snutt, A sentimentalist, with ringlets, a draw), and pighing allusion to her past, I'll be bound [ thought Max, Tho uoxt motning he strolled over und found & pale dsik-0yed Womun, cold, silent, and unintoreeting. ** Why does sho road such books ¥ Lo thought ; aud, having nothing Letter to do, ho set to work to find out. Thoro is nothing moro tfusciuating than dis- covery, apd to ‘mdent mnds ferra incognita iv far more attraotivo than the home aeres, how- aver beutiful, Mk Moran proved to be fotally without the usual fenmine ways; frec, frank, and honost in her converention, what sho sald hud tha chiarm of novelty to the socloty adapt, and ho found himself starting sl kinds of sub- Jects just to heav her opinions, which wero often vory -unlike tho cut-aud-dried opinions of the fushfonable world, G ‘Lliere is nothing moro agresable tlan to feol ono's sell porfectly appiceiuted and understood in all ono's various moods, Argumentative Max tound heren mind thut followad hig subtlost windings ; that comprohendod Lis half-oxorcus- ed tanetes 3 that undaratood his lightest touches of bumnor, and was ready to plunge with him nto those doop shadowod waters of feoling ovor which sociaty talic usually pihdcu hastily, half fouring, half jguoring their oxistonco, The trat winter pasecd, aud theso two wore much togethor ; sho, one of many to him ; he, the only one of " atl the worlid to hor. The sum- mor brought its changos, gay company thronged the beautiful island, the maples saw city bollos ot their foot, and uo denbt womdered over thewm, the larobes listoned wnd nourd mweot cons vorsations, and tho elilfs Lopt their ow socrets, Thon, who 80 gay os the hand- somo youug olliger? Who so mueh liked ? Who so much dpgtossed 7 And yob Mistress Maran, ns the ehaplain oalled her, rofuscd Lo suy tho truth, excused it to horeelf, douled it, sud resolutoly hold nround hor (ho old enchanted at- mosphoere, breuking away on ovory side in splte of hor grusp, Bho lyed on the garnerod sweot- nees of thu past, and roveled in s vaguo, indofie nita pootry, Not thut eho made versed, Ouly the unsstistled or nuhappy women mako varses, Bho lived hior pootry fustend of writing it, so that whon, ut lost, the red snd yellow camo bLack (o the maples, whon the lsst sume- wer visilor had fled Awny sonthward, when Mux- woll Ituger returned to seek hia ollow oxlle, ho faund hor full of sweelnoss—thut swoeiness ho- longing only to a woman loving and loved, Ignorant as i obild of the world aud the world's ways, (he inistross trustoa implicitly, Bhe loved: therofore she was loved, This was hor creed, Ouo Indian summeor Saturdey, Allss Moran climbod the Island's holght and sonted hornolt on tha grassy monnd of olfi Fort Holmea: 1dly sho notad the nnolout earthworks and tried Lo call up the combatanta of & hundrod vears lmfow‘ hut the ponce of the purplo alr filled her mind naud drove sway all thotighta savo a warm, dream- ing contontment, and when RMax apponrod through the vista of tho colored maples, sho searcoly atirred, so harmliess soomed his prosenco with the place snd liour. “Of what aro yon thinking?" enid tho soldlor, throwilig Liumself down beside bor, and taking off his cn;.; wor you,” she answeted dreanily, turning hor eyes toward him, The goldon warmth lghted up her faco, bringing tha rod to chooks and lins, and o noftness to thoss deep oyes, Ilor soul had como to tho anrfaco and was lookitg out, sud dax falt o atrango thrill as, for tho firat timo, some- thing penetratod to tho dopths of hia'bolng, It is but scldom that rouls soo each other facd to faco in this world of mneks and armor { Hoine- times thoro In & glimpse, romeiimesn recogni= tlon, but instantly the visor ia down'again, and nllis blank. In tiis coro, however, thero was no armor, no mask ; aud 8o benutiful grow the faco with thia sonl-light in tho oyes that the younz man nvoluntarlly bout his head " and rronund his lips uvon tho hand Iving dlo on n bunch of rod leavea. ! Iow Leautiful you arol" he murmured. * Whot 18 your name, dear? Yo novor told mo," "'t {s nn odd name—Flower: my mother was named #o, Mont people supnosa it fn Flotn, and I novor correct thom, But I should like you to Enow aud use the name.” Nalthier apoke agatn ; spsech was not neaded, bub thrunfh the rrolden noon thay st tharo to- g)ellmr in tho half-sweot, half-sad atmoanhare of the Indinn summer, and Max read n whole henrt- history in those deap syes stirrondored so foar- lossly to his gnzo, Bome eyos sre like ocoans, ant Tlowor's oyes had su acean's dapth, Winter came: tho Iast echoonor willi fce- conted rigging enilod rond Bais-Blanc. the Inst eteamer lititried through the weatern gate past Waugorchaneo, lenving thoisland alone in the freezing straite. Tho villags sanlt into its win- tor lothargy, the villagets rloddad on their littla rounds wrapned in skins, the Indiang slant through tho twenty-four hours lilio their frionds tho bears, and tho'officera at tho fort began to swecp the jeo with apy-g'assos in_sentch of the tho mafls from tho outaldo world. The poboolmistress attonded to hor daily dutics, but phe did not find thom duil: an in- spiration filled lier lifo, in hor lieart was chtire confldonce, and sha asked nothing moro from Liec Creator, Blio was ontirolv conzent. A moro Pmnhcnl mindor o mind mora experionced in ifa wonld have questioned or plamned. Bho did neither, 8he merely enjoyed hor now hopoiness, and gave no thought to the morrow. And yot, 1 any ono had questioned hor and presed tho sibject wpon hor, no doubt the questioner wonld have found at the bottom the cortninty that ons dav she should bo Max's wifo ; this seomed to her as cortain as tho com- ing morrow, Ono day, eatly In Decembor, she lingored in tho echool-room aftor her acholars, with many shonta and rough struggles on tho stairs, hnd fivatly dispersed ; thn great stove, taling in long logs of wood, sHll glowed hot in tho cold twilight, and tho mistross sat by the hoarth musing. At length a desira seolzed her,~-n do- siro to look off over the icy straits loward tho south: and, taking s koy, sho climbed up to the Joft and_ ont on to the roof of the high building, wboro, stand- ing in the ahndow of the ehimugy, shie gnzod ovor the frozen wator and the blue mainiand, aud, in imagindtion, further still—on the lnnd of the orange aod palm. Ovor tha ico moved o Dinck epeck, the dog-train bearing tho mails. Bhie know tho carrier woll, s sturdy Canniinn TFrenchmen, whose boys wore amonz her hright- st seholars ; this man came snd wont throuph «tho winter, and to many island exiles ho and iiis leador dog, Pierre, wera tho horoos of tho year, Tho mistress, sithough she cated little for hor few lottors, ‘appreciated tho great dog who brought them, and often stopped to pat his sbinggy head whon ho was off duty, At longih, dreamily as ghe bad necended, dreamily she went down, and mnada ler way throngh the dunky hall to tho echool-toom below. Tho snund of volees roused her, and through the half-opou door slie BAw two persons, Max Ruger aud pretty Jonnio Brown, tho old' Sorgeant’s daughtor, & young elrl whom eho was teaching in her leisuro Lonra. What thoy said she did not hear, but hor oyes took in Max's Dhalf-carcss, the girl'a evidont 1’““““" tho Iands clapsed as though pecus omed to ench other ; thia she took in, and Buw bub ono interpretation to the scono: “'Max loved Jennio; Jenule loved Max." Aftor an in- atant which seemed an liour, the pallid mistress turnod away nojeolossly, and mechanically rotraced hor stops to the roof. Thera smid the fcicles sho sat with uncovered Lead liko a snow-image until tho night camo. Tho feeling in bLor hemit was liko death; sho scemed to bo ou the edgeof o hottomless pit, and darle shapos with rustling wings mocked at hor as they flow by. 8he naver doubted the iuterpretation she lnd put unon that fcene, any more than she doubted that other intetpretation of the Indien summer idvl; she_could not doubt ; her miud was not of the analytical order. She could enly fool, and feol intonsely. The grentness of her love made tho croatness of her dospair; thore was nothing ialf-way or conditional in eithor. Buch patures are raro: but of such are the gieat ouea of tho earth made, Great for gaod, and, whon blighted, great for avil also, Hoavou help them! As for comprehending what it really wne, an idle flirtation brought about by propinquity and habit, that wonld liave boen impoesible oven bad it been explainod Lo her: for the schoolmistress know nothing of the ways of the world, snd she could only judge others by her own intenso solf. At length, frozen in soul and body, she slowly loft the fnowy roof, passod down through tho dark halis, and climbed the hill toward the fort. Beeking the Sorgeant's quartors, she en- tered without knocking, and found denuie alone in tho little ronm. Surprised and nbashed at the gight of this unwonted visitor, the girl roso; but bofore sbhe could put her words togethor, the mistress spoko, and strongely goutls was - ber voics, ' “Tell me, Jonnio,” she Baid, ‘' does Lioutensnt Ttuger love you ?" Al how that titlo souud- ed in tho poor sposker’s ears ; ta hor, o Lad ever beou Max. The youvg girl blushed as with downeast eves sho repliad, ‘' Yos'm at lenst ho eays so,” ‘fen times moro kuowledgo of the world, twonty times moze coquetry dwel in this child's heart—an iglsndor born aud bred—than 'Lu tho educated womun of 20 who stood bofore or. 4 And do you lovo him, Jonnje ?" 41 think he's very nice and handeome-liko, of course,” bogau Jounie, puckoring the hom of her apron, and wondoring what the mistross could know about ber littlo sevrots ; to Jonnie, Alius ‘rg{firn:: seemed, a8 sho oxpressod it, *‘ old astha ills.” “* Anwer me, girl!" cried tho mistross, blaz- ing into sudden cxcitomont £ Jounio besitated. “ Maxwoll Ruger loves you, Do you love Lim 2" * Yos'm, pleaso, that {s, I—" faltered Jen- nle, bogluning to ory ; cortninly this part of hor Alirtation way a most unoxpected addition, “That is enough 1" intorrupted Miss Moran stornly: then fina!lm hor land undor tho dimpled ehin, sho raised the frightened face and looked long into the blue oves. *'Itisn fair face," sho murmored ; ‘“ God blesa you, child " and was gons before tho startled girl had recov- erad from hor surpriae, ¢ What & queor woman the, mistress is I" sno thought o8 slie braided bor hair, *I dun't Bup- FOM sho has any ides bow many lovors I have had, Max lmger ‘malies eight, I do doclure, and Iam only just 16, Do Ilovo lum ? she wanted to know—of courso I do,. I lovothom all. Dut, on the whole, I think I like Moses bost.” Light lovors! No, tho mistross did not know it, Bho know nothlug of tho varsutilo fancies of n villago flirt, nothing of the inveterato habit of love-mahing which haunts young ofticers in times of pence (uotin timow of war, however; those late flery yonrs showed ug the {ron under tho gilt) 3 sho only know hersolf, and all night she wrestlad with hor love, The next day she wont through her school duties iua stato of torpor, but the evoning brought again its wuony; why I8 it that o)l pain is ever worst ab it ? A woeok passod, and then sha came forth & changed womnn, tho bloom gone, the light gone, and a vell ot down gver those deep eyes, Whon sho camo to Gisut Taland sho was & uguluu, and now slio was a statue again ; but in tho meantine shoe had known what it was to be alive, Tt is probable that Pfimu]lmx‘s goddara found 1t very hard to go buelt into the marbla again | Al Maxwell Rugor? Perplexity, astonish- mont, and anger succeoded ench other in his mind 3 it wod with tzwut diffienlty he could find Ms Moran, and when he found hor she was not thero, ‘I'hut s, the opon gazo was veiled, thoe sweot Intentnoss hind grows chilled, tho earnout manner had turnedrapellant. 1o could not find in this closed, faded bud tho rose that had open- od andor his gaze, rod and fragrant, #Ivis a whil Lo thought ut fiest ; ** vhe will chaugo goon DBut Mistress Moran had no whims, tHho fu angryi thab will puss Lcforo the weal 18 out,”” was the noxt ides, But Mistross Moran folt no anger, ‘Then La eought hor out, and tiled the old fasciusting subjoots of ocon- vorsation ; but although ho did his best, lio olicited ouly a fow unvesponsive words in roply, o knew, theu, how much ho had doponded upoy thay earncst aveworing mind (hat roemed but suothor solt, ouly swoetor aud moro goutlo, Ab weleamoe black apeck, the dog-train that brought [ longth, buflled, disnppolnted, nnd doprosscd, ho loft tho statuo to ttmolf, and idly took up his hit tlo romance wlth tho worgoant's danghtor, To do bhim ' justieo, ho kuow well that he had his full’ match in tho villagn coquotte, and aléo that sho would probably ond the gamo by marrylng ous of tho storokoopurs of the town, IHo had no anspicion that Mise Moran had discovered this pastimo of his, Jenule had come Lo the sehiool-houso for a boolk, o bad como to walk bnok with thomistross ; thoy mot by acoldent, aud both supposed Miss Moran hnd gone homo | if Jennio aftorwnrds suspootod that her poncinnt hiad beon discovorod, sho took care to keop hLor suspicion to horsolf, flirting, moanwbilo, as muchk a8 sho could with tho handsome young officor, nnd keoping nt tho somo tima & quiot Bootoh o?u upon tho villago suitor whom she Intended o aocept lu hior own good timo, i Another weok passed, and, tirenof his pretime, longiug for the old fook, tho cld voico, Max re- tuned tohis old hnbits ; hio followed tho mistress to and from the school, Lo mat her on hier soli- tary walks, lio ealled porsistently atthochaplain'a cottage. Dutb eho toolt to going to school by way of the ey cliffs, sho changed lior wonted routes, and finally refused to soo bim altogether. On Haturdny. a cloal, cold, dazzling day, Miss Mo- o0 slipped away from the fors, aud turning into tho snowy woods, made her way up to old Fort 1lolmes; here thero was o firm fcg-crust, and slho paced to and fro in tha criolly cold sun- shino, pursuing lor constan: labor of sclf-ro- prossion, oducating lorself to hor future Jifo with stern determination, Suddonly Maxwell Rnger stood bofors her, Thoy had not met bo- fora for days, and the color surged into lier faco, ns, fnken by surprisb, ler oves woro for o momont thoir ol:l look., Then tho red faded, tho Jids . dropped. ** Ho loves her; sho loves lum," the ropented to hereclf, 08 if the words were o formuln against gul. 8o Yo bu. oo lnd of tove, poor ardent enrt ! s “ Flowor, whoro hiave you been all these days? What have you boon doing 2" snid Max, with a long look of his bluo eyes ; some eyes make ono moinent secm liko five. “'I;laul. Ruger, I havo beon learnfug o now 0. *\Why nesr, Flowor?"” STt must bo go” #“Aro you then trad of tho old ?" *No; but it han foreakeu me." # You lvo forsaken it and mo, Flower; and olt, how lonely I have been!” said Max speaking the ~ truth. with the impulse of & boy: the frank honesty of this womun seomod to draw out ~ the truth ovon when burled under mounutaing of convon- tionalitios, : Agam camo the colur, and the depth in the oyea \,hut slio did not spesit, *Why hovo you oliaisged so, Flowot? Yon have wade mo BulTer—guffer keenly,” pursued tho young man, watching hor cimuging face, * Buffor!” she answored, turning toward him with all her heart 1n her voice; * 1 make you suffor 1" And toudorly sho took hishand in both lor own, whilo the toars roso In her oyes, #Yes; I havo suflersd, but not now,” reptied Max, itresiaibly drawn foward hor, * You aro moro to ma than any ono clse, Flowor.” **That is fulse. You are a liarl” cried the ‘mistross, springiug away from him as the biiter thought of Jawnio cama into hor mind. Btrong words, pochaps; but they simply expressed hor Ploin meavivg, ** Miss Moran, I nover forgive such acouss- tions fiom man o woman,” roplied Max. pale with rnger, Ho novor 5o much as shought of Jevnlo ; hu hiad allowed himself to be carriod on toan eoxpression of real facling; that was n gront deal for him; aud to be mot in_this way! . Do I nsk your forgiviness, Liout. Rugor? It is you who should aesg,—yon who sbould” suffer | Ali, you littlo know how I could lovo you. And you oave chosen ker! Do you, then, like dolls ? Jonnio §s but & doll. No, 1o; 1 am all wrong, 1 om always wrong. What am 1 but a poor, unlovely, wunlovable women,— while ‘you,—Ob, leave mo to myself, or lahall diol And as sho uitored thoso wild words, with & ery of anguish, Flower Moran turved ana fled down tho slope, dissppearing in tho snow-covered undotbrush. Maxwell Ruger made uo attempt to follow Ler; with whirling thoughts hae continued pacing up and down on tho crust for bours. Lika n thun- «dorbolt out of a clear sky, these hard words had pierced through all his covering of worldiiness, all hif armor of prido, all bis net-work of el quocte, and rosched his heart. Fluwer loved lim 'This pale, silont woman loved him | Aud how did she love him? An instantaneons con- viction filled his mind that such a lovo is naver given but once to any mon, Bat did Le lovo hor? Did he love this strunge, poor, plain schoolmistress, no longer youug, ignorsut of the world, without friends or fortunts # Quick thronging come objections, came obstacles, camo tho habits of a lifetime, came,the great voico of sacioty, * No, no, no,” thoy cried; * a hundred times nol” And tho thinker quailed beforo these volees, and rasolved to wait & whilo. *At any 1nto, there need be no burry, whatover I docide,” ho said to bimaolf, stifling tho inward conviction of his hoart, And tho voices accopted this compromise, and lob liim go Liome, finnlly, to o restlous aftornoon and sleeploss night, The mistross lived through the last threo dnys of schoal in alternating hope and despair 3 faint bhope, flerco ~ dospair. Porhaps, after all, therd was a shade of interest in her, poor and plain as she wne; she #aid over and ovor to horself Max's balf-tender words, and triod to mnke of thom a bope. But korold habit of reliance on fact brought back Jonpie's image ; her uncompromising honesty showed hor that sho had no ground for hope, and sho folt that gho must fleo. It was not ride. Poor girll It was tho iustinctive feol- ng that souds tho wounded bart into the thiok- estsbade to die. *“I must go,” she thought througl tho short sad day; 1 must go," she moaned through tho long wild night. ‘Tho lust bhour of gchool camo; sho locked tho door, aud gave ono last Jook at the sceuo bofore her; it wag then that she murmured, *‘ Desolation! a land of desolation aud death 1" The noxt duy, tho ove of Christmas, the fires were not highted in the schiool-houso, for tho week's yacation hnd bogun, Maxwell Ruger notod tho abeence of smoke from the chimney, oud his thoughts turned to the uppoer room with tho doumer windows across tho parade-ground. Thov, angry with bimeolf, bo started off across the 1elaud’ with a party of soldier wood-cutters Ior the Llni'. I am bewitched 1" he thought. I will gee what hard work con do to break through tho web," Aud while ho was working with all hus might in tho snowy forests towards tho nortly, over the frozon straits towakd the south went Flower Moran walting by tho sido of tho dog-train, flo- ing from him a8 be flod from her, the long ‘Jour- noy in tho bitter weather sceming as nothing to a fonger endurance of her bitter sorrow. Toward night Max Ruger roturned through tho forest to tha fott, Lalf blinded by drlving snow. A norther hud come sweaping down from tho etornul ice-flelds, Lringiug with it one of thogo raging storms which are dreaded even in tho somi-nrtic latitude of Giout Islaud. Lalf frozon aud breathloss, Max reached tho garri- gon enclosure st last, The dny hnd been spent in vain warfaro; wmelther the work nor tho woather had beon ablo to drive oyt the imago of that one woman, aud now, weary snd child-lke, ho turned where his Leart led him, to the Chup- Inin's cottago, Horo ho found tho old man alouo Dy tho fire. It u a wildoring evoniug,” Lo suld alter some conversation ; * aud sad am I, Lieut, Ruger, to think of the mistross out in this storm of Satan's deviging, yBhe may porish ; aud doubt- los sho had hor li;nml points—her good poluts,” “AVhat 1 cried Max, springing to his fact with a chill ruabing to uls hioart. “Didn't you kuow sho bad gone, man? Bhe ment this noon with Antoiuo and the mail-train, the et hor faco like lint—nothing would stop ber, She gave me hior books—mitch fi'oml thoy ave, too—and sho loft her love for you," " fer love for me! " repeated Max with the sound of tears {n hin volco as & gust shook the houne, ‘¢ Which route did thoy tuke?" 1o the mamland flrat; then she will go acrogs the conntry to the first railroad ; further than that she would not tell, but I suspoct she will travel to Maino, where she has rolatives,” In fitteen minutes Max Rugor was out on tha ice, an okl bulf-broed, snd Joune, a veteran dog, the best pilot on the Islaud, with bim, 41t iu cortaln death,” woid tho villagers peeplng throngh round holes made in the froat that cov- ored thelr smull winduws by means of hot conta, But Max Jmi«\ no attention'to these prophacies, Combated long, wounded at every point, re- qunod stiiad, and chained, love had af lust iroken {ts bonds and conquored. Nov that sha wan gone, hie knew that hie loved this woman ; now thut ake hnd flod, o must follow ; he raale izod that 1ifa was & blauk without her, Tho old doubts, determiustions, and obstuclos seomed #o much chalf in tho faco ‘of the over- whelming joellng thut had ab last risen to tho ~surfuce. In forsaking, sho hiad triumphod ; In despalring, sho had con- quored, 'Lhough death itself luy in the path, reaon hor ho must. ‘*Bho loft’ hor lovs for mo 1" ho thought us the flereo wind struck him h]:llhn open nu':mu; “whilo I have that, I have an “I'io Jato attornoon found the dog-train stead- ily pushung southward ; purt of tho way the mis- troun had ridden on tho littlo sledge, but wost of tho timo who proferred walling,” unmindfnl of tho futigue, ‘'ho carvier had expectod to reach tho flrst statlon oarly In tho oveuing, bub when the driving now - camo down upon tuom he grow anxious; cold aud colder ey blow the biting wind and Joy grow the flakes, until each ono stung liko a missllo, Tha air was dark with the storm, the cold benumbed tho man's sonsos, ho piow confused and lost hia hunrlnfia; but tho fuithful dogs wout steadily on, nud the higher intellects humbly followed them. Bont by the forea of the wind, biinded, ohiflled; stumbling over the hummocks, tho two ushied on, loping each moment to roe thoe ights of tho station, until stiddonly one of tho doga faltorod and toomod at fanlt, turnlug fu his tracka s iF trying to draw bis companlous in the opposito direction, It is Prarro, the winent dog of nll," enld the carrlor, dnnpnll'lnkln * now way the Holy Vir- f;lu liolp us, tor wo aro loat | » Xnu falling upon ilg knooa 1u tho suow, 110 began to multer luco- Herent proyers, . “Uct up, Antoluey you will freezo to death!™ criod tho mislress, shaking his arm with all her strongth, -ne sbo saw tho fatal lethargy cmepln“ ovor him, Bee, are not thoso the lights ?" And thus locited, tho man stiugglod on a while longor ; It was n con. tost of will. The will of toe spirited woman kopt tho drowsy man from uttorly failing, "T'ho stiange glamor of freezing camo over hfin, nng ho lougod tollo down in the noft and beautiful Aum&. _Tho thought of bis position as mail-car- rior or(: him up for & thmo; thon liome, wifo, aud childron sorved fo oxeita his waning cour. nFn; at Jnst tho maxfms ot his roligion. All theso idens wore vividly kopt befors litu by the migtross, but at Jast oven thoso failed ; and an the darkuess came, with that gontls n\mtlnmy ooullar to such casos, hio Iald himsol! down nud loll asleop, & sleep which, if unbroken, boforo many houts must ond in doath. Tius was Flower left alono with the dogs Lifting tho unconsclous man by slow dogreos on to {ho slotge, she covered him with furs, snd then she went to Plorre, and, hending down, put lior arms around his neck., Blis was 80 utterly desolnto, ao uttorly slone, that the groat doi wns Mo n friond.” Ho scemosd to undorstend, too,—tlat wieo cld Plorre |—for, after roplying 8 woll as ho could to hor coresses, be barked shnrply to bis cowering compaulons as if to rousoe them to a sonso of duty, and turning led tho way biickward, golng steadily on as if suo of his dircotion, Tuus they jourseyed, the dogs, tho slooping man, ond tho lonely woman, on, on, over the ice, Houra passed ; tho snow-clouds blew away, and the slars camo out, each ono brigkt as'a new moon in the cledt ait; tho cold grew more intonso, and, striking a match, the mistross saw that it wne midvight. low inany long hours wora still before hor! To stop was deathy and mechanically sho walked opn. She begnu re- peating to Liorsolf all the pootry she knew, verso after verso, with painful offort; angthing to keop borsolf awnke, ‘Fonnyson's hines secmed to chimo in with the night, and over and over sho wnid them '} Deep on tho convent roof tho snows Aro sparkling to tho moon; My breaths o Heavon like vagor goos; My my soul follow soon | Break up the hcavens, 0, Lord ! and far “Ilarough all yon starlight keon Draw mo, thy brido, o glittering star, Tt rainient whito'and cloan, o lifta 1no to tho golden doora; Tio flashea como and go ; Al beaven bursts hier starry floors, Aud stzaws bor lgbts below, - Ayl despeue onand upl tho gates Roll back, and far within For me ths Heavenly Bridegroom walts To make mo pure of sin, Tiho Sabbaths of eternity Que Babbath deep and widos Alight upon tha shining sea— Thio Bridogroom wilh his Brido? 10 8, Agnes, belpmol” shomuemured, *If you can hear me (wlo knows ¢ perbap.a you can), avo pity upon me,” Thon c¢ame dark thoughts tempting her to death. ¢ Why not lie down and dio 7" anid & voico ab her ear. ‘‘Doath will be oasy and swoot,” “I will not* be a coward,” gho avswored 2t to 1 o d th **\What have you to live for ed tho voice, P‘fi‘“ “T'o conquer myself,” 4+ You caniuot do 6" i t 7 Iean * Lifa will be long and lonely. 1 know it." “ He wil) marry.” **Yen; Jonnie, or some ono like Lior.” “ Aftor all, his fs but a shallow soul,” *Not 80 ; hie hioart is noble, bis soul is deop.” *Why, then, did he notlove you ?" *'Ihou mocking epirit, leave me! Do Inot knovw Lhat I amunlovely and unlovable? Am I not trying to do right ? Iavo I not left all that is denr to mo In life to follow my wrotched, loncly way through the world? Geé thes be- bind mo, SBatan!" and with an incoherent prayer tho tempted soul struggled on in the torpid body, A cloar sky is evor the most pitiless, The bittor cold brought suffering, pain, and torturc to tho wearied limbs, sounds in tho cars, and lights dancing bofore the oyes. Tho mistrous had but ono tliought, to walk on. Once she faltored, but Pierro turned bagk and rubbed his shaggy head against bor hand, with & dog's sa- gooity, foreseeing the dangor, Roused, she wont on, moved by machinery, and s verse came to her, as if wiitton in lotiers of firo in the air : *‘And Ged shall wlre awsy all tears from thelr eyos ; and there shall be no'more death, uoithor 8OIFOW, Nor crying 3 noither sliall thore bo auy moro ‘pniu. .. . .+ Hothatovorcomoth shall inliorit all things.” Over the ico came the pursuing party. Thoy too biad sufferod in tho bl{nding snow and frooz- iug cold that followed ; they foo lind lost tho track and wero following a dog, old Jaune, who stalked on steadily with threo logs and capored with tho fourth aftor a fashion of bis own. DBut thiey hind brandy to aid them and five Lours loss of the cold, sinco they bad not started until fwi- light. About mlangIv t the brandy gave out, aud tho sensatlon of rcnziuj: socmed to croo) through evory vein ; oven Juane lagged bolund, and scarcoly noticed his master's voico, Then the highor intellect assimed the sway. Max oncouraged the drooping dog, to tho falllng half-broed, spoke sharply and kopt his little band on and together, But not without effort, 1iis own brain seemed to wander ; Lo saw palm trees and great lilies floating on the etill rivers; perfumes came fo him and tho sounds of distant music, voices call- ing Lis name, and beautiful faces smiling upon him. **Iam freezing,” he thought, “and it I fool tho cold, whoro is Flower " Bomething scemed to answer, “ She ia dving. Savo Lor.” A fow drops remmned in tho flask calling the dog, ho poured the liquorjuto his wmouth, hoping to stimulate tho failing fustinct which was (hoir ouly dependence, Old Jauno coughod over thio now sonsation, stood uwhile in doubt, and then stalked on; tho half-brecd fol- lowed'in dazed obodionce, and Ruger, who had uot prayed for years, prayed now, It wag @ Btrange prayer, ** 1f I can but savo her, Lord, I will nov mivd dylng,” ho suld; and then ho uttered those words which young and old turn to In times of trouble—the Lord's I'rayor. In tho courso of another hour Jauno suddenly gave o shorp bark, and siarted oft furiously to- ward the loft. Tha men, startled into conscious- ness, followed with difioulty, I'resently thoy Leard a distant sound, The mistress, walking in a dream, became vaguely congcious thal Pierre was growling o long, low growl; the other dogs, Lis abjeot wlaves, stood still, but the mistress walked on ; she scomed to have lost the power of atopping, ‘Thon came a rush: old Juune and Plerro hug mot, and Max hotd Fower iu his avms, The first gray light of dawn was xlainfi in_the Bast; soon they could look into oacl othor's eyes, and what_thoy esw thore warmod thelr chilled blood aud drove away the suadow of death, Not far ta the south tho outline of land could boe traced, and thither they - went, a happy party. **Iwaa thore tho dogs wero going," enid Tho ladt-braod : * thoy can alvaya dgd. iho way to 8t, Joan, trust them for that. But I never thought of the Island, it lics so far out of our coursa,” 8oon a light gleamed beforethem in the dusk; the dogs saw it too; Piorre barked, and his slayes took up the chorus. Jaune, untrammeled by lintuees, startod off on & \'o{ngo of discovery, nand camo back ta oxecuto a gories of wild circlos aronnd the two lovers, while the other dogs loolked over thelr shoulders in scmiration and drow tho slodge in joiks, venting thelr envy in short yolps, A fow momonts more, aud the par- 1y anived at an island on_whose bank stood a long log-house with ono hghted window, The dovr yiolded to Max's push, and in ihoy hurst, dogs, sladgo, aud all, upon Pore Ntonan, tho re- oluso of Bt. Jean Mission, * May tho saints do- fend usl” ejuculated the astonlsliod old man, 4 Oh, Flower, my darling, I love you—love you with all my soul," said Max, as tho ruddy fire- dight, shining on the mistreps’ pallld, shrunken faco, shov od bim how nearsbo hud Loen to death, Aud for nuswer, Flower throw hor arms around his nock, and hid hor poor face—her poor happy faco—on lis broast, “Tho saints dofend uul!" said Pore Nonan again, Tn thoe meantine Juune lind dragged from tho tablo w plattor of muat, brokou the dish, aud set to work ou his stolen dainty with much snapping of jaws aud cagor gulpmf, which enjoymant Tiorro und hin satollitos, still tugging to” got tho elodge through tho door, saw with rage, and howled their disapproval in choras, at the sume timo lnnfiling thomselves hopotossly in thoir har- noss, aud ab lnst rolling on the loor togother, a Diting, suarling houp, *“Tho snints dofoud na " said poor Pero Rouan fov the third timoe, Dovoutly onguged in lu Christmas matiny, alono, as hy unppased, with his consciouco and tho asgols, o was suddenly oyor- .whelmed by ncrowd of men, womon, and dogs, ‘coinlug from no ono know whore, foma embracing oach other boloro his vory pricatly oyos, some n}!pnwnlly dend {u sladgos at tho door, ethera # flfl"filk I"g!]‘ rinl‘y rona(,lm;ld still nllmim howling, growling, fighcing, aud biting on his floor, gl walL wai to bo detonded oo Dt tho old pricst hud o kind heart, and when 1o had recovared big squgos aud gotnpreliendnd the moaniug of tho acono bofora him, hia ot ta work 8o aolively that soon tha half-frozon visite ot8 were made “comfortablo with warmth, food, drink, and kind words, With tho md of thg haif-bresd. who morved him as cook and acolyto, ho muccecdod’ in restorlng the lothargle mall-carvier, still sslecp f the sledge} tha voyageurs and Indiana will camo back from ‘denth's very door, ilke thoir friendy the benrs, At 11 o'clock tho compnny assombled i1 the lop-houee pavlar, resiad, warmed, nud refroshed. It wan o long, low room, with a great fire-place " at ono end, whoro wholo logs blazod. Red catiad curtaing bung over tho small windows, buftnls and oenr skius Iny ovor the unovon floor, and the o walls woro mada waem with Indian blsnkots hung from roof to floor; rough shelves hold some raro and costly bools, aud one glowing Elctum in n gilt framo hnug on & background of lauket, whoro thoe light could stiike ncross {t. It was o young glrl in o Fronch court dress,—a lovoly, piquant face. **Bt, Thercss " tho acolyle called it 3 but Flower saw no elgua of salntelip, Tho mistress hind honrd vaguo_stotics of t&a reclufio of Bt. Jonu Mission. It wos said on Giant Island that ho had boon a man of mark in Tyanco, but from some unknown couae o had suddonly entared tha priesthood, ealled for Ameriea, and shut himsolf up in that loncly, re- mota spot, Bt. Tenn Mission, o would not oven goma to visit tho good Cotholics of Bt. Domis; 8t, Donls was the parish church of Giant Jeland, Newly forty years iad Pora Ronan lived st thé Mission. At first packages containing books and othor raritles camo tohim from IFrenco, but gradually all _communication botweon tho oxils and tho outsido world ceased, and ho was left alone with his lit!lo flock of Indian converts, It wae enid he was by no means » bigot; that ho wag Catholio in the broadest sonse of the word, and hed even boon honrd to sny of a Presbyto- rion, ' Eh, what docsit matter? Worship we vot the enme God 2" ‘This Buccessor to Pora Marquotto atill lives, ¢ il old map, whose courtly manners vouch for tho truth of his Parlsian origin ; he wtill Jives u in the northern, straits, for thile story Is foun!lns upolnnl;nct, and ita doecriptions are telen from real lifo. My frionds and children,” bagan Poro Ro- nan, * beforo we cnjoy our Christmns mon), shall wo not colobrate n littlo Christmas eorvive gl‘ Hn?l'u'u and thanksgiving for your oscape from oath . Ilower roee from ber geat by tho hearth. “ Yos, fathor,” sho snid enrneatly; ** wo aro not of your faith, butwe can ofter up our prayere togotlior. And first, give me your bleasing ; I teel that it will be blessing indeed.” So suying, sho knell before him, and the old man gave the blesaing with esruest solomuity. W Amen,” snid tho Indian ncolste. The * littls sorvice” bogan ; the Oasndinn mail-carrler jolned in dovoutly, tire hatf-brecd followed as well a8 he could, aud the mistress knolt by the beneh snd pouted vut her thanle, ful heart iii silont prayer. ~Max moved uearer to hor and took hor hand § ho was jealous oven of heaven, Oh, tho scales of componsation aro balanced bottor than we know ! Her great Iove bad gains od n great loye in relurn. y When tho Inst amen had been snld, Maxwoll Tugor roso ; & gravity that was almost sulomnij- Ly reatod upon him, a3, with military bravity, o sojd ¢ ** Tather Ronan, will you marry us now-— Miss Moran and mysolf? We aro quite 1caly.” A ory bmst from the mistress' lins; it was the involuntary protest of the fominino nature against that masculive, mnsterful assumption, vfilluh novortholess it sceretly loves. * You do not, abfeut, Tlower 2" said Mux, taking hor hand tondorly. 440N, Max, I nm 80—80—80 plain!" whispored tho mistress, breaking down in ber spoech, snd at Inst bringing out tho thorn that rauklod decp st i her heart, 3 ““You are not plain to moe, darling,” sald Max ; nor was sho to aby ono olse, From that moment & beauty como to or, the beauty of porfect bap~ piness,” Tho flower had bloomed into a porfect roso. . And thus they wero married, on Christmns morning, 1n that old log-housc At 8t. Jean Mis- sion, with o Uanadian mail-carricr, a balf-breod, and five dogs for witnesses, CoxsraNce FENDIORE WOOLSON, —_— Life on the Americnn Descrte=Tho Wild Horses and Wild=Ten of Woste ern Kansas. Sargent (Kan.) L‘anupanduln‘ch: of the Topeka Common. wwea TLinrge numbera of wild horses abound on the prairies betwoon the Arkansas and Bmoky Hill Rivers, 'Thoyare of all sizes and colors, aud aro the wildest of all wild animals, Thoy usual- Iy roam in bands of six to twenty, and will rup st gight of o man two milos away, A groat many domostic horses, us well as mules, which have strayed awny from their owners, havo taken up with the wild ones. After ranning with them for a whilo they becomo as wild as their untamed companionz. Various wmethods have been adopie ed to capture thoso aborizinaihorses, but they have generally proved fruitless. A scrubby colf, or a broken-down mulo arc, a8 a i;cnurul ihing, the only rowaids for all the time, labor, and ox- peugo in such visionary schemes. S-ttlors on tho frontier wonld Lail’ their apeody extinclion 88 8 h]efllnfi,_lm‘ when domestio animals gog with them their recovery fs eimply out of the question, Ever sinco the firab omigrant turned bhis footstops toward the Pacific, this couutry bas boon infested with a thoroughly-orgauized gaug of highwaymen oud horse-thieves, and fow bavo ronched their dostinntion without losing stock. Thoy hover around emigrant tralus like wvul- turos over a carcass, waiting for & favorabla ‘moment to pounce upon thuirlmauagx ting proy. 1 kuow of ouo outhlt, tho **Chicayo Mining Com- any,” that left this place fu the spring for Eilvm‘ City, that had noarly all their stook, soma soventy-five hend, stolen before they got balf way to their deatination. Tho cxpedition had $0 be abandoned, and most of tho partics return~ od gadder but wiser men. Scldom or neverisa hotso-thief arrosted ; and if by some hocus pocus ono 18 gobbled, it ts Bimply impossible to convick him, as he always has a host of “ frionda " ready and suxious to prove kis innoconce. But thoir day has come. 'T'ho country is being sotiled by o clags of people that will dpmm:t themeelvey against thero outlaws, and compel them ta snu)inthet olimes to cary oo thoir wofarfous work, i Wilkie Colling and the lnebriated Congressmin. From the Washington Capital. Poor Philp was lakon considoinbly aback by » now membor he invited to his house to an entertainmont ho gave to Wilkio Collins, The Hon, ILyourgna Leatherlungs, from tho Nl Oroek = bottoms of - Pounsyle vanin, had hbeen to a dinner-par- ty at Welckor's, nnd was considersbly “#gprung " when ho reached Mr. Philp's palatial rosidonce, A fow glassos of choica old wina there comploted iy uttor ruin. When ho was prosented o the celobrated English novelist ha seizod his laud, and, holding it firmly but affeo- tionately, ho gazed with intouse earnestuess in tho face of thonovelist, At lust, Suding words, ho said : : ¢ How are you, Milky ?" T am quito well, ir'; how do you do?" €0, nover mind me, Millv; I'm all right: member-olect {rom Ml Orack Tottows, and. damued glml to soo you."” Hora Wilkio made an effort to cgcape, but the M, 0. held on, 1 suy, old Milky, I know you. I've got all your books and read ono every day. 1'vo got *Iuard Cash,’ the *Last of tho Darons,’ the ¢ Ly of tho Last Minstrol,' aud all of 'om.” At this nlunuin‘; information Williie Collins put all bis atwn{;nimo # frantlo ondeayor to csenpo, This, Howovor, only rosulted iu tha nowly-mnde member of Oongross thvowing .his arms around tke neok of (he novelist and kissing bim on the end of his intcllectual noso, The spectaclos disappeated in the struggle, and tho entfio force of tho festive thiong was brought to bear to throw poar ** Milky ™ into the Come mlt}on of the Whole, Noxt day, on Mr, Philp proposing to escort i distinguished guest to tha Capitol, that Lo wight sce the Senate und Houso of Representa- tives, Wilkie Golling twrnod pale, and suid, with o slhdder.: “ No, I thayl you, rawther not," And 1t is su uctual fuct that this man of genfus left Washington without seeng Vinnje loam's " Tiucaln," Pawell's % Death of Terry,” or the howlimg ** Columbus,” —_— —4 (lood-bye, you old, seolding, red-headed hoathen,” wrota a Duluguo mun to hia wilo the lust thing before killing himsolf, ~—llardwioke's Selonce (Jossip says that itle worthy of noto that, according to & recont trav- cler, oxtyomes of animal lifo meot togoethor on tho River Amoor at (ho presunt day : thus, * the roindoor, the Bengal tiger, the wild boar, the budger, tho volsr bare, and glutton, all rango tho same Intitude.” This shows that fossil rc- wains of differont (ypes muy well coexiat in the unine stratn, or bo found in (ha £20.0 cave, wille outb & necovpity sop avern.ug any ehango of wato, or any Aol Liavsouce Of ora.