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THE LEDGER FJBUSH1V3 CCBPAHY
VOL. XI.
WINDSOE, EEETIE COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20,1893.
NO. 19,
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CHRISTMAS BELLS,
Ring out'in joy, O shining bolls,
For in your melo jy there dwells
Tho music glad of Christmas-tide
On every hearthstone far and wide,
And rosy lips with laughter sweet
The happy song oi life repeat
Ring out in joy !
Ring out in hope, O chiming bells,
For your clear voice of patience tells
To waiting hearts whose promise yields
No golden fruit of harvest-fields.
Whose garnered grain of toiling .hand f
Lies heaped upon a barren land
. Ring out in hope I
Ring out in grief, O chiming bells;
For in your trembling echo dwells
To saddened hearts a thought of old,
A picture framed in memory's gold,
A vanished face beneath the snow,
A dream of life's sweet long ago
Ring out in grief !
Ring out in cheer, O chiming bells,
For in your peals a promise dwells
To listening hearts that strive to hear -The
future's voice of hope and cheer ;
For love and joy will have their birth
As snowdrops spring from icy earth
Ring out in cheer !
Ring out in peace. O chiming bells,
For Christmas-tide a message tells
To eager souls that bravely wait,
And loyal hearts too strong for fato
To crush to earth ; oh, listen then '
'Tis peace on earth, good will to mer
iting out in peace !
Clara Lee Puchette.
Nora Ellis's Victory.
A CHRISTMAS STOBT.
.HRISTMAS came on
Sunday that year.
The people of
Thompson's Corners
jv iiu. organized acrtm-
V aay-scnooi; and all
the little children
from Pretty lake to the huckleberry
marshes had gathered there in a juve
nile effort at worship.
Of course the prospect of a Christ
mas tree, with a distinct pledge that it
would be loaded with presents in the
evening, may have stimulated the half
grown piety of the children, but I
don't know as their elders, who are
good because heaven will reward such
a course, have any advantage of them.
Nora Ellis was managing the festivi
ties. She had been busy for days and
days with trips to town and journeys
to the school-house. She had burd
ened her own plump hands, and the
arms of half the pupils with packages
of candles, candies, popcorn strung on
thread, and festooned cranberries that
should depend at last from the rising
green branches of the Christmas tree.
She had called commands in a strong,
sweet voice to men who drove to mar
ket, and laughed her greeting to as-
sistants while they were yet a great
way off.-
In the midst of it, all TCVwo. lio
thought now and then what Christmas
menu b, nil u ucr Henri was gentle, as
hearts should be, when her fancy con
jured up the star in the east ; when that
4- 1 1 1 L .1
liner ear which never bends to less than
heavenly music caught the rhythm of
that anthem which filled the sky one
distant night in a distant land.
let one thorn troubled her. She
tried to. forget Ed Morrow and their
quarrel, but the thought would come
back and confront her. She remem
bered how happy she was in the sum
mer time, when she walked with him
along this same plain road and thrilled
as a good girl will when the angel of
true love troubles the waters of her
waiting soul.
He had wandered away with the sun,
as the summer ended, and she heard of
ui-n, r i .i
drove to Hendricks County. Once or
twice he had drifted up the borders of
her neighborhood, but she never saw
him. Rumor, that agile assassin, de
clared he was "groins: with" Eliza
Raines, and honest Nora could won
der, in the midst of her pain, what he
found in the girl to admire. . He would
come to the Christmas tree, no doubt,
and she must suffer in silence while
that brazen creature sated her eyes
with looking upon her.
Everything was as ready as it could
be at schoolhouse. The day had filled
the" eye. of Christmas lovers. Snow
lay deep upon the ground, and through
it the sleigh tracks had been beaten
like a sort of canal between high banks
of white. The sky was as gorgeous
and still as, any bestowed on rich mid-
anmmfvr niffhts. and the windless air
was charged to tingling with, exnber
ant life and swift vitality, Underneath
the steel sled runners struck - clear
Norse music from the firm white an-
if
vil. Sleighbells rung a greeting to
laughing parties on converging roads.
And all the strong, still air was bur
dened with the songs of youth and
maiden,Tich with life and hungry for
enjoyment.
To-night, besides the distribution of
presents, there were songs in which
Nora had trained the children ; recita
tions in which the children had mostly
trained themselves ; a tableau or two
and a jubilant chorus.
Nora, looking out through a peep
hole in, the curtain, saw. Ed Morrow
sitting close up to the front, but far
away from the . women. If he came
with that girl he had done the very
ungraceful thing of leaving her to
shift for herself in a stranger company
and pushed his way to the point most
near the woman whose heart had fol
lowed him in all his wanderings.
He could not see her, and she stood
for a moment, until time came for the
outer curtain to rise, filling her hungry
eyes with the blessed picture of his
stalwart frame perched up there a little
higher than the rest, his handsome
face laughing above a brilliant scarf,
nis Dearaea lips parting to return a
What Santa
"Be joyous, little children,
On this dear day of days,
And scatter smiles like sunbeams
Along the household ways.
Oh, let no angry word be heard,
No frowning brow be found ;
For Christmas-time is loving-time
The whole glad earth around.
greeting from some of the farmer boys. I
For Ed was a favorite everywhere.
Then she moved aside into what
might be called the dressing-room,
while the children sang :
In a manger, laid so lowly,
Came the Prince of Peace to earth ;
While a choir of angels holy
Sang to celebrate his birth.
She tried to forget the man out there
beyond the curtain ; tried to join her
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licli. L Willi vile DnuiKUis luytum vx uu i
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carol, tried to think oftthat older, bet
ter time when a still and starry night
like this brought the era of love, not
the season of pain.
"Glory in the highest,"
Sang the glad, angelic strain.
"Glory in the highest
Peace on earth, good will to men ;
Peace on earth, good will to men."
She thought she was following the
music. oureiy ner voice, nusnea De-
low the clamor of their louder singing,
I war H-np.ftkincr the words, was tracinsr
the tune, but her nearer self was far
from that hill where shepherds kept
their flocks was here in the troubled
present, was here in Thompson's
schoolhouse and full of longing for the
grace of summer days. She was in
the f ar, chill corner of the room, for
the moment alone. The whole busy
house was behind her. Before was the
frost-painted window which curtained
the outer niarht and hid its glory from
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tant from all familiar scenes as Judea's
nlftins were distant from this humble
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Ucicuianiuu mwi.
And she wrote his name with the bar
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frost of the window pane.
Almost instantly the song was end-
ed The curtain fell with the slow,
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rlisnbedient movement of tyros' cur-
tninw ftvervwhere. anrt tne cnuaren
rushed from the narrow, stage to seats
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Then came the evening's great event.
Draperies which reached from the
ceiling were parted and drawn aside,
revealing tho Christmas tree. It was
Nora's work, and she knew the whirl
wind of cheering down there in the
house held something of compliment
to her. It was noisy and rude ; she
knew that. But she knew as well that
her labor was rewarded, for she had
added an hour of enjoyment to scores
of lives.
From that time on she had no mo
ment to herself, y The presents were
distributed, each pupil of the Sunday
school was well remembered, and si
lent charity did there, as it does in tho
laced and flowered churches of the
city, its silent mission of blessing.
Time and again, as the girl passed here
and there, deftly directing her clumsy
Mercurys, who carried common mes
sages, she saw the black eyes of Eliza
Raines ; saw the lifted, proud faee, and
fancied she read some lesion of
trouble. But she could not rise to the
level of sympathy. She had lost so
much to the gaudy woman, suffered so
much at the shrine of the buxom
beauty, that she could not quite hear
Claus Said.
"And don't forget the needy,
The children, large and small,
"Who, at this merry season,
Will have no gifts at all.
Oh, let each lonely littlo life
With joy one day be crowned ;
For Christmas-time is giving-time
The whole glad earth around."
the echo of that midnight mandate :
"Peace on earth
Fortunately, as she saw, moment
after moment, with a woman s swift
vision, that rising cloud of disappoint
ment in her rival's countenance, sho
thought it was because no present had
been bestowed. Never thinking that
Eliza might bo mourning a thrall's en
franchisement, Nora also came to the
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might be found on the bending
branches for this woman whoso Christ
mas was surely not a season of joy.
But that brought with it the fear
that such a present might mean too
much. And every strange parcel
handed up to the superintendent that
he might read the name of the fa
vored mortal, gave Nora the happiest
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paiu. now easy ior jju wj uvu uuui-
bled her and exalted Eliza, by the
simple device of sending to the tree a
wide silk handkerchief, a box of can-
dies or a toilet case?
But the busy moments were over at
last, and Nora turned again from the
littered stage and passed into the
dressing room. There seemed no
reason for it, but her heart was crowd-
ed full of most untimely sorrow. She
did not realize that in this hour when
her work was done, when the nervous
j strain of days had passed its climax,
that her
spirits were pressing their
inwoet. sMi. She did not think of the
I " . - . "
night outside and the healing that
would come on ine wings oi wie mum-
i o" i
window and tried to forget the tumult
nut. Vipta m the house, the exhausting
i -
heat, and the flavor not quite of the
purest.
I . i . .i ii .i
I . isut wnat was xms on iuo wiuuuw
pane? Her name? She had not writ-
ten ner uuiue.
Morrow" tip there in the mellow soil
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vovq it was her own his in me lair,
round lines of a girl's chirography,
hers in tho strong, ragged sweep of a
man's swift hand.
She turned with a start and a litrrs
scream, and there was Ed Morrow,
with his arms about her and his lipe
on her brow Ed Morrow, who said
nothing, but comforted her with tho
slow, quiet pressure of his left hand,
while he took up the tuning fork from
the window sill and swung a circle
clear around both names engraved on
the frosty pane.
Nora had flown in an instant from
the last day of tho Christian year
quite to its first, then back again. And I
on the way she gathered something of
the spirit which had always armed her.
"What made you writo my name
above yours Ed?" she asked, as she
stood alone before him.
"Because it belongs there,"aaid tho
young man quickly. "Let's commence
to-night and never quarrel anymore."
That was their compact, and -they
passed together out through theshouse,
trading swift compliments with hun
dred friends, till they reached tho
door. Then, just as they stepped from
the battered threshold to the croaking
snow, a woman turned upon them,
flashing a face that was rich in its
beauty but marred by its hate.
"I wish you much joy," cried' Eliza
Raines.
Next morning the same sun which
gilded tho stable 2000 years ago swung
over the edge of the world andtblushed
like a girl at that ring and the names
it embraced on the ftchoolhouso win
dow. And he sent his swiftest mes
senger to wash it away before the
early scholar, coming to sco the left- I the unhappy beetle, "but you aro wan
over fruits of a Christmas tree, could I dcring from the point."
And it and sharpen a gibe at tho girl
whb had won whoso heart has sung
these seven years :
Glory in the highest ;
Peace on earth, good will to men
r&aco on earth, good will to men.
Tommy's Enjoyable Christmas
"I had a boss Christmas," said
BennyBloobumper to Tommy Ilojack.
"So did I," replied Tommy.
"I had as many oranges and as much
turkey as I could at," Benny went on.
Get any presents?' asked Tommy.
"Yea. Tapa gave me a pair of skates.
mamma gave me a pair 01 car muss,
and Uncle Henry sent mo a book."
"Was that all?" asked Tommy.
"Why, yes ; that was about all," re
plied Benny, with some misgivings.
"Then just listen to what I had.
Pop gave me astfety, mom gave me a
magic lantern. I had a big box of
candy from ArmtSue and a drum from
Uncle John anda lot of oranges and
datea, and I had turkey and cranberry
sauce, no end ; ami I had lots and lots
of plum pudding, and I had an awful
Ktomach-acha and two doctors. I
guess you can't beat that." Harper's
Bazar.
Christina Weather Proverb?.
A light Christmas, a heavy sheaf.
A warm Christmas, a cold Easter.
A green Christmas makes a fat
churchyard.
A wind on Christmas day, trees will
bring much fruit.
If ice will bear a man before Christ
mas it will not bear a man afterward.
If Christmas finds a bridge, he'll
break it; if ho finds nono ho 11 make
one.
The shepherd would rather sec his
wife enter the stable on Christmas day
than the sun.
If the sun shines through the apple
tree on Christmas day there will be an
abundant crop tho following year.
Christmas Eve.
In tho primitive Church Christmas
Day was preceded by an eve of vigil,
and hence our Christmas Eve of the
present time, which in the association
that . cluster around it, in its sporU
and pastimes, its ancient memories.
snH Tn in its devotions, naa ever
has
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been, in all ages, second only to Christ-
mas itself.
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i4Nnw. Jamie, tou musi uo iao
Jennie s toys.
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and said they 'was for me.
It would cost $iuu,uuu,uw to teeu
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Tfte Brook.
I looked la the brock ant ur i laoes
Ilh;h-ho. trot a ehil4 was I !
There wrro ru-ib aa4 willows la that rln
And they clutchrd at thebrook as the. brook
ran by j
And tb brook it ran Its own swtet way.
As a child doth ran la beedlav r lay.
And as It raa X heard It say t N
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TJeigh-ho, but tha yrmrt jro bt!
Xha ruihm ara ds4 la tha oU-tLx riav.
And tha wlUowsX kawhaachildvaJi
And tha brook It wcraeta to tea to say,
At ever It stwtlcth cn tu way.
3o''aalT now, an l no La rJay 2
Oh, roo with is
To lb sJaxtroas :
That Is gray with tha pmos of tha create
akjT
Hrigh-ho, bet tha ymra jro by
X would to God that a ehiU wvrs 1 1
-Ecocri Filld, la QJco Tucord.
HUMonors.
There are 1,000 ways of being a
fool, and they aro all easy to find.
We suppose tho ship heaTca to out
of sympathy for tho seasick pan
gera.
"I can at least go down, with .colors
flying," said tho kalsomincr when Lis
foot slipped.
A poet sighs, "Whero is tbeummrr
foliage? M This an easy one. It is off
on leaves of abac nee.
A floor-washing match would not at
tract much attention. It wo old bo
classed as a scrub race.
"Excuse me as ho again imple4
Esther "Did he kiwi you?" Tea
"He hadn't the nerwe to do that" Es
ther "It would require consider
able." No matter how bcatailully the arm
less man may write with his toes, ha
can scarcely be said to be handy with
the pen.
"Always speak well of your neigh
bor." "I always do, although I can
assure you sho is tho meanest woman
in creation."
Wuhamson "Yes, I have a mule
for sale." Henderson "Will he
kick?" "Ob, no." "Well I don't
want ono that old."
Husband (listening) "I think there
is a burglar in the house."
Wife (excitedly) "Mercy me, is my
nightcap on straight ?"
Ca careful of your conduct, f4.
When you ara married, dmC dsahlr
Low's blind la eooruhlp, tail It m
la wedlock mors thaa It had ocjctter.
When a man advertises that
wants to buy a safo" horse for
he
his
I wife to drive, be means ono thai
riU
not cost more than 20.
Mrs. Figg. 'What on earth have
you been fighting with Jimmy Ilrgi
for?"
Tommy. 'Cause hit mother call
cd mo a perfect little gentleman.
How i it your little baby sister
roes to sleep as soon as your father
takea her? Little Four-Tear-OU
"I spect it' 'cause she'd rather do
that than stay awake and Hear him
sing."
Would-be Purchaser: "How much
for this picture?" Artist: 'The
price is $, 000. "Why man alive!
you expect to be paid for your work aa
of you had been dead 400 or 00
years 1"
The Editor's Wife: "I'd jut like to
know what yon wanted to buy me that
measly old calico dresa for?" The
Editor (humbly) : 'Because, my dear.
I er thought you'd look well la
print."
Alra. iiushly "Dear me, the new
minister is such an interesting young
man." Mrs. Winks "What did he
talk about bcn he called?" Mra.
Gusbly MI told him alt about the
baby's new tooth."
Barber (giving him a swipe down
tho other cheek) i,le, sir, I te got
some influence in this ward, if I do say
it myself."
Man in chair. Yoa do seem to
have something of a pulL"
'Look out for thievr! Hands on
your poeketbooksl" sung out a litt!t
man in the crowd. "That chap with
tho velvet vest car rim his wad in his
left hip pocket, Gabe," ho added in an
undertone a moment lab-r, speaking to
an innocent looking man standing by
his aide.
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