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WB$mM&MbiMJL ..P.o.o.o.,.o...A!. mmmmm'sfmmhmwmiku wn.v imwxjm')wrmrt7zxvFmwwarKn(&)ViMA'xx: an jvhti jw. iviv - '0rAiwisnL0fcAAavO aiBWaiiw nnmu i rati wbhib; UOTwoG&ag & mimp mj i-",VTr "V P6Pd-l UR RPER oPAXopcRti .JIMES " (jtyristmas fambr. Cirjooln, febrasHa, UAjdisday, December 19U?, 1888. Prke, 10 Qwte. ivMJiawfGivs? inrs I i hife&m i MMi l i i . v ill skk i5S 'iimmrm mm isisssr? i .&. fc&Bf- R8E:,tei.ei:4fri mMmmmmmiTmwm:Me, wx-vr I : " i rhwixiffsc7 u 1 m -"WA lL"gMP LIIClVAJTfirillf 1 ?Sr HMiiBi?z r-'f-i' - ,, g ,,, 1 ", jAMHf lrSJtJTdrl-ZVltSsC&. I CHKLSTMAB U hero; Winds whistle lOirtll, ley nod chill, Uttlo care we; IJttlo wo fear Weather with out, Sheltered about Tho mahogany trfo. Thackeray. FAIRY FANCIES OF ISLE. THE EMERALD II V VATKICK F.OAN. Of all tho pooplo of Europo tho Irish, under ordinarily favorablo circumstances, aro tho most light hearted and must romantic. No where can there be found such fun and frolic as at an Irish country dance, nowhere bo good naturcd a being as the Irish Peasant. 'Oh meet him In hU cabin rude, Ordunclng with his dark haired Mary You'd swear tlioy knew no other mood Hut mirth and Joy lii'JTlppornryl" Other jiooploa, blessed with better opportu nities, may, jwrhaps, cultivate a moro class ical standard of music but none have a keen er appreciation and love for the melodious and the beautiful than the sons and daugh ters of tho green Isle; while for Iegandary lore, romance, poetry and pathos thoy or ceed all other. During this holy and happy Christmas time, in every part of Ireland, around tho fireside of tho huiublost homestead as well as around tho yulo log iu tho stately mansion, tho imagination of tho young will do filled and their blood warmed, or mayhap curdled, by tho recital of thousands of fairy tales. For Ireland, of all places on earth, abounds iu fairy fancies. Many ot the fairy tales of Erin have comr down from generation to generation for ovciv three thousand years and have had their ori gin in the magical and suernutural powers attributed to the Tuutha, ileDanaaiis, tho old inhabitants of Ireland, by the mllcsiau in vaders of that time, because of the wonderful civilization and knowledge of the arts and sciences iiosaossod by tho former: 'Lour, long ago, beyond the misty spaco Of twice 11 thousand years, In Krln old there dwelt a mighty race, Taller than Itomau spears. Like oaks and towers they had a glnnt grace; Were lleet as deors, With wind and waves they mado their 'bid ing place, Thosu western shephard seers. Great wero their deeds, their passions, and tholr sports, With clay and stono Thoy piled on strath and shoro those mystic torts, Vt 1'itt lltlllWllllll On Culrn-crown'd hill, they hold tholr coun cil courts." For long ages before tho christian era those legends uud romances were transmitted through tho bards who stood only second, In popular estimation to tho kings. During tho Owlnnio period in tho early centuries ot Christianity those traditions wero amplified and verilied, and tho voluminous celtic man uscripts preserved In the various universities of Europe abound In legends of great leauty from those times, many of which havo never yt been published. Tho scenery of Ireland, In places partaking of the wild and weird, iu others uf tho wooded glen, the singing river and tho lovely lake, and yet again of tho fragrant meadow, tho fruitful orchard ami the waving llelds of golden grain, has much to do in farming tho romantic nature of the people; "Tncre Is a green island In lone Gougane llarra, Whence allu of souks rushes forth like an arrow; In dcop-valleyed Desmond a thousand wild fountains Comu down to that lake, from their home In the mountains. There grows the wild ash; and a tiine-strlok-en willow Looks chillingly down on tho mirth of tho billow, , As, like some gay child that sail monitor scorning, "Hs"srsl nnnKSiss It lightly laughH back to tho laugh of tho morning. And Its 70110 of dark hills ohl to ico thoni all brightening, When the tempest Mings out Its red banner of lightning. When the waters como down 'mid tho thund ers deep rattle, Like elans from their hills at tho voice of tho battle; And tirightly tho flre-crcstcd billows nro 5 learning, wildly from malloo tho eagles aro screaming; Ohl where is the dwelling, In valley or high land, Ho meet for a bard as this lone Httlj Is land?" Its ruined cnstles and monasteries, scatter ed all over tho land, grunt ivy-clod, hoary old piles, many of them standing there for over one thousand long years, havo helped to keep these old traditions green iu tho hearts of tho iieople; and especially inspiring have been these glorious old monuments which rival in antiquity the prynmlds of Egypt the round towers of Ireland. "Tho pillar towers of Ireland, how wondrous ly they stand lly tho lakes and rushing rivers through tho valleys of norland; In mystic tile, throughout tho Isle, they lift their heads suhllme. These gray old pillar temples theso con querors of llmol Iicstdo theso gray old pillars, how perishing anil wenk, The llomuu't arch of triumph, and tho torn nloof the (J reck. And tho gold domes of Ilyzantlum and tho nolutcd Uotlilo snlros All are gone, one by one, but tho temples of our sires!" "Around those walls havo wandered tho union and the Dane: Tho captives of Armorlca, tho cavaliers of npaiu, Phoenician and Milesian, and tho plundering Norman peers, And the swordsman of bravo Ilrlan, nnd tho ciiiuim 01 later years. How many different rites have theso grey old temples known? To the mind what dreams nro written In these chronicles of stone I What terrors and what errors, what gloams of love and truth, Havo Hashed from theso walls slnco tho world was In Its youth?" Fairy legonds havo givou names to hun dredsot places throughout Ireland. Havo wo not, all who were born In tho old land, in our younger days, on every hallow-eve gono to bod In fear and trembling least the dread ed I'ooka would pay us a visit before tho next morning's dawn J And wero wo not kept constantly in mind of his 1'ookaship when ever wo vuited, or heard of, the wild and lovely l'oolaphukn (the ool of tho l'oo kn) iu tho country wicklow, Iioheruphukn, (tho 1'ooka's road), County Tipiierary or Cur- rigaphoocu, (the 1'ooka's rock), County Cork J then there aro la&tlcitook (tho Goblin's cas tle) County Cork, Itathpuca (tho 1'ooka's rath) County Kerry uud numerous other names of fairy origin. Iu their every action of life the people bring into play this sentiment of;romauce, and the fairies or "good ieoplo" as thoy aro reverentially culled do iucessaut duty. Tho young mother lulls her first born to balmy slumber witli something like the following; 'Sleep my child I for the rustling trees, Ktlrrcd by thebieathof suiumer breeze, And lalry songs of sweetest note, Around us gently tloat." Ami looking buck from manhood's toils, struggles, ambitious, uud triumphs, the hap piest recollection is that: "There was a place In childhood that I re member well, And there n voice of sweetest tone bright fully tales did tell, And gentle words ami fund embrace wero glv'u with Joy to me, When I was In that happy place upon my mother's Knee." Tho harp, emblematic us it is of Ireland's national music, is supiiosod to have boon of fulry origin. 'TIs bollov'd that this harp, which I wake now for thee, Was a syren of old, who sung under the sea; And who often. at ce, thro' tho bright wa ter rov'd To meet, on the green shore, a youth whom she lov'd. Hut she lov,dhlm In vain, for he left her to weep, And Iu 1 'jars, all the night, her gold tresses to steep; 'Till heaven look'd with pity on truo love so warm, And chango'd to this soft harp tho sea maiden's form." Every rath and mound, nud wooded glen, and llowery glade, In Ireland has Its quota of "good iiooplo." Tho children when bold and uiimuniigeuble nro thrcatucucd with the dreaded I'ooka, and If good they are delight- td with tales of fairy (lances nud frolic, mid elfin laughter and merrymaking; and many U tho housewife thioiiglioitt tho laud who would not 011 iinv account Ho down to rest without leaving everything iu and around tho homo cleaned and tidied least tho "good people" would Imj olfeuded by any unclean liens In case they should visit the domicile; Isjforo morning. Ireland nlioiiiHli in great mounds of earth, the origin of which has been lost In antiquity, but which wero probably raised as place of defence and also elevations upon which to light signal fires. They are called raths or foiths and aro regarded with awe and vener ation. There, it Is believed, on each line summer night, the fairies hold high carnival; and the man would lie brave Indeed who who would havo tho hardihood to cut a biinh In one of theso forths. The Hualty of such a o. line is supposed to lie tho death, within n year and a day, of the one who committed it or of some one of Ins family. Tho romantic associations of the raths al ways make them a favorite resort for the wandering footsteps of the lovers. "We'll look through the trees at tho cllll', nnd the eyrie, We'll tread round tho rath ui tho track of tho fairy. ' We'll look 011 tho stars, ami wo'll list to the river, Till you ask of your darling what gift you can give her. Ohl she will whisper you, Move as unchange ably bcnmliiL'. And trust, when In cecret, most tunefully streaming, Till the starlight of heaven above us liall quiver, As our souls How Iu one down eternity's rlor." Agalu when the dark shadow of death hov ers around the home, the fairy plays an lui (tortnut part. It is a strongly grounded su perstition iu Ireland that the Ilaiisheo follows many of the old families, nud gives warning of tho approach of the death of any of its members, by a weird and unearthly wail. "How oft has tho llanshro cried. How oil has death untied Ilrlght links that glory wove, Hweel bonds eiitwlu'd by lovol" Among the thousand traditions that sur round the lakes of Killarney there is one which mutt interest the many who have vis tcd that charmed spot. It Is told that the O'Donohuo of the lakes one of tho chief tains of that lino for many years after his death, might havo been seen on every May-day morning gliding across the lakes, on his splendid whlto charger, to the sweetest of music, surrounded by grouiis of nymphs who strewed his path with choicest (lowers. "While white as the sail somo bark unfurls, When newly lauuvh'd, thy long maiiecurls, Fair steed, as while and free And spirits, from all the lakes' deep bowers Glide o'er the blue wave scattering tlowers, Around my love and thee." Theh tho legend of Iiiuls Eogan, County Donegal, inustmaka tho blood of every Irish nationalist course more quickly. It tells of u goodly troop of Hugh O'Nell's horso which lies iu magic slumber In an enchanted cavo under the Hill of Aileach; and that tho gal lant troopers, who aro lyiug beside their hor boh fully armed and holding tho bridles iu their hands, only wait for the removal of tho siiell to rush forth and strike a supremo blow for Irish liberty. "When they tell us tho taloof tho spell strick en laud, All entranced, with their bridles and broad swords In hand, Who wait but the word to give crlu hor own, They can read you lhat legend In proud In-nls-Kogaln." In tho ancient Irish Imagination tho "good looplo"or falriei, had n lovely country of their own, situated out westwurd iu tho great Atlantic oceuu, where all wero free from dis ease, suffering and sorrow nud where youth and life wero penctual. It was culled by various names. Tir-fa-tonu or the land be neath tho waves, Tir-un-mbeo or tho land of tho overliving, but, most generally by the name of Tiruangoo, the laud of the ever youthful; and from those they paid their nightly visits; but thoy sometimes resided in their palace caves beneath tho pleasant green hills of Ireland. Tho marvel is that tho tho pooplo of Ire land, considering thu terrible trials through which they havo passod, and tho wondrous struggle which they have maintained for nearly seven hundred years for their nation ality, should havo been able to preservo so much of the old Celtic romance and so much of their native lighthoartodlicbs us they still display. May It not be that the (icoplo nnd tho na tloii'il cause of tho Eiueruld Isle are still un der the guardianship of the "good isjoplo" of the fairy laud of Tirnauoge uud may not Ire laud's sons entertain the Iiojmj that the long trance of the occupants of the enchanted cave of Alleuch may one day Is) broken and that before long those gallant mallclud troopers of Hugh O'Nell will get a chaiico to strike u blow for home uud native land! Selling a Christiana Chuitce. Do vou blame liiiu? A MOUNTAIN MAIDEN'S LOVE, A Itrmliilcrnre Kentucky I'oot IIV A. Ii; IIAVKrt, It was n gloomy Christian eve. Hn, at least, thought the only and lonely occupant of the bur-room of tho little hotel If It might Imj dignified by that liaino of the town of Hazard. The young man sat by tliuoKn llro place where a few smouldcrl'ig logs sent nut occasional tongues of llainoto add to the dis comforts of the day. It was Hearing four o'clock in the afternoon. A cold drizzling rain which hint been railing Intermittently since morning, was Isx-onilng mixed, hero and there, with a llnko of snow, giving prom ise of a whlto Christinas on tho morrow. Tho wind, iu what the novelist call "fitful gusts," drove the rain, harshly ngnliist the small, dir ty window panes, shook tho loosely hung door and walled around tho corners nnd through tho crevices with a dismal moaning Round. It was Indeed n day of dlscomfott and gloom, fit for tho reading of tragedies nnd harrowing tales of disaster to give the mind Its naturally craved and congenial roiiiimnlonidun. Young I.ynd n sat busily en gugod with his thoughts. A tall, slender man of probably twenty-four or twenty-five yeamof age, with heavy masses of wavy, duik brown hair that iu their negligent array concealed somuwiial the broad while foro head. He might havo been a bandit In dis guise, ho might have been tho representative of a wealthy southern family, ho might have Ixvn anything that the interested observer might imagine but he was only a uewspaH.r man, a true liohemlnu, such ns is rarely found outside the larger cities of our cnstoi n states, and hence no lingering thoughts of greatness or of romance could lie connected with him. His presence is tills out of the way Kentucky village was In iimkiiso to an Invitation from an old college chum to under go 1111 oxsrh uce, dangerous but novel, such as the true llulicmlau delights to encounter. Hu with the itcrmlssinn of his of his wiK'r, ho had started on a ten day's semi vacation and was on hand at tho npKluted rendezvous I to fore his friend had arrived. For many years tho range of foot hills and mountains that forms tho boundary ls twoon Kentucky nud Virginia hnd been known as the favorite resort of "moonshin ers," nud ninny a bravo mouutnincor had paid tho iMinalty for his crimes, suffering death from tho Winchesters nud Colts of United States rovonuo olllcirs. That section of country had a bad reputation. Myster ious dlsnpixviraticos of government officers now nud then, who hnd liou sent to ferret out tho doings ot tho outlaws (so called) add ed to tho uncanny character of all that reg ion and especially of tho town of Hnzard. A vry recent occurrence of this sort oamo into Lyndon's mind as ho wulkcd Impatiently backward nnd forward across tho floor, wait ing for tho exicctod nrrival nnd whllo not by any means a coward, his face expressed an anxiety that was plainly noticeable, for his presence tliero was to join a party of olllcors In a raid on one of tho "mountain dew" fac tories that hnd lseu located by a secret ser vice officer iu a lonely wild ravine near the foot of 0110 of the most pretentious iieaks in tho range, homo twouty milos east ot tho vil lage. At about fivo o'clock, just as tho dusk was beginning to doepen Lyndon hoard the ixittor of horses' hoofs, splusliing through tho grad ually stiffening mud of tho street lending past the hostlcry, nud In a moment more n huge form hud pushed ojien the door nud en tered tho room followed by the forms of three other men, all heavily coated and armed. As tho louder shook thd water from his great coat and advanced toward the flro ho recog nized Lyndon nnd gave him a hearty greet ing. "Glad to soo you, my lmy, hopo you hnvn't wnlUxl long for us," and with these words Col. Winters laid nsido his coat nud arms, seated himself by the fire uud culling loudly for tho landlord ordered supper for tho (sirty After dispatching the ordinary supper of corn bread, bacon ami colfeo dosed with tho "long sweetening" for which the south is fu moils, preparations wero made for the iril ous rldo of tho night. "It's a long nud wearisome rldo nud n dan gerous undertaking we havo on hands tonight nud If you nro the least bit timid, Lyndon, you hnd better stay hero till wo return, for wo want no men with us who quail at dan- ger." "Never fear for 1110, old clnssmnto," wild Lyndon, "for although I am not overbur dened with bravery, 1 think I can stand one night of dmiger simply for the Nike of the oxiHjrienco which will lie moro to me, prolxi lily, than anything I have yet encountered, and you know Winters, that my life has not Us'ii altogether of the humdrum sort. I linvo lieoii through soma nxiH.'rieneof, even the recollection of which loosens my hat; tin ough stoi ms nt sin, with the redskins of western Nebraska ami the territoiies, where men with more formidable apearaiice even than youispluyed tho chief jmrt, but this is something new ami will proluibly make the foundation of a neat bit of a story. You know we fellows are always on the lookout for something now nnd staitling to ring iu on tho innocent public. Oh, no, don't havo any fear for me; a man has only once to die, ami if I find a resting place among the Kentucky hills, I shall sleep as lieaccfully as if I laid to rest among the massive oaks ami stately shafts of old Oakvlow." So this man, without any object In view other than to minister to the cravings of the rending public for something new and novel ami itartliug, uud with the irosiect of see ing something new ami strange, with tho prohjicct of an opisirtiiiilty to study a new pliiize, to him, of human life, took his own lffn III lifit lifiliilit mul i ttli tint iitnutiirutii it neifeet indifference boenn to nrenuro for tho rldo, .- 'rt'ell said my mettle from what I knew of v.... 7.1 r II I'. I,....- ln'Ji " Jiwuni tour t... ....i .. ti..t. 1...1 ...it.-.,. i.t . ... an extra Kiddie ho, and full complement of -"" ....-r J ' . V.. V "IVII KIIV 11 (til HIV arms, so that wo may lose no time in starting on our journey, Tho rldo Is long and tire some, but if you mo now tho man you Used or Tho Hills, Will imi nnidnsi tiy extra euro for you." The hoies wero brought to the door. The officers buckled on their nrms, enveloped Iheniselvi'S la t heir heavy outer garments mid were soon ready to mount. Young Lyndon arrayed himself Iu a similar manner which so transformed him that no one could distin guish him from one of tho nlllccrs hoso him Iiicrs It wan to hunt out nml possibly to kill the nirn who struggled nlong among tho mountain fastnesses for thelrsoanty siipHirt, llnivu men they were, theso men of the mountains who spent their lives In constant danger, trying to uvndo the olllcers who hunted for them like for lxasts of prey Wives and sweothenils these men had, whom they loved with a love, uncouth though It may have lioen, yet honest and trim unit ten der, and returned as devotedly as over wo man returned the love of man. Not with tho fovo of the Httcd birds of fashion, but with u love so strong, so deep, so passionate, that Its possession would startle Into new lire the lllppant Mugs whoso God is dross and whose passion is adulation. It was long after six o'clock when the lit tlo detachment or troops, it might he called, started from the hotel nud plunged rapidly Into the gloom. The guide, tho deloetlvo who had located the still, risle iu front close ly followed by Winters uud Lyndon riding abreast, the other two In tho rear, It was not by any means a pleasant night to Ihi out for the elements seemed conspiring to pro tect the ones wh"sVi shelter and whoso refuge wero the distant hills, toward which thu little cavalcade was moving as rnpnlly us tho rain, tho darkness and tho roads would tor mlt. The night was dark. Tho blackness of tho night wlilch Egypt know thousands of years ago noonied to havo settled onco more llH)ii the enrtli. Not a sound could Ihi heard, except the splash of the hoofs of tho fivo hor ses as they galloiied onward through tho night. The rain continued, now a cold, mi comfortable drizzle, relieved occasionally by a rush and torrent of ntnii.st Icy water, ns If the clouds hud parted with their burden uud tlint nonoicmnlnod. Occasionally a gust of wind cnino through tho pines, groaning and wnlllng like a soul Iu bitter ngoiiy. After some four hours of hard riding, with frequent stops to rest nnd find out tho road, the leader suddenly slackened bis pace and iK-gaii to proceed witn caution. Alsiutelght een miles had lieon passed over and Winters' chief concern was the sentinels which might havo liven thrown out from the distiller's re treat, to warn them of nppronchlng dnngor. The last fivo miles had been through tho low er foot hills which skirt tho range of mount ains and thocountry was liecomlng wild nud rocky. tho rnln had ceased, jr rather clitingtd to snow and tho hill sides nud road wero already covered with n heavy mantle of whlto. The arty hud stopiHtd for consul tation. They wero probably within n couple of miles of tho place where the Illicit still wns located nud where lived the little community of men nnd women which wns engugisl In tho Illegal business. While tho leader nnd his oomiwnlons wero arranging the plan of at tack nud tho details of tho work for tho bal auce ot the night, which was likely to bo the chief work of the exixxlltlou, tho detectlvo lert his horso In Lyndon's care nnd proceeded cautiously ahead to see If any evidence could bo seen tlint tho outlaws had been notified of tho Intended raid. For n half mile ho plod ded nlong In tho snow nnd falling to hear any unusual sound or observe anvthlmr to In dlcata the presence of danger, returned to tho llttlo group Impatiently awaiting him. Ily this tuuo tho snow had almost ceased falling and tho air had grown decidedly chilly. From this point forward tho company moved with oxtremo caution, iu single file, every ear alert to catch tho faintest sound or Indication of danger or discovery. A mile had been traversed without a word being sKkon. Not a liolso had lioen heard and it seemed tlint tho nuionshliiers wero to Iks taken completely by surprise, when u flash iu front nnd the clear, ringing rejiort of a rllle.caused the riders to Involuntarily sink down iu their saddles, nnd then to pull rein strongly and suddenly. Without u word and as If by in sltuct, tho riders dismounted and stood in a Issly, pistols iu hand, ready either for de fense or attack. Thoy had not long to wnlt, for as tho leader discovered tho form of a mounted man emerge from a clump of trees nt tho sldo of the road, ho gave the com mand to mount and follow. Despite all the precautions that had lccu mxsl the Intended raid had been discovered and the shot from the sentinel warned his comrades alsjvo of tho near approach of danger. For n full mile tho olllcers gave hot pursuit until the moon shine horseman hoeined to ride straight Into the sldo of a mountain that lifted Us twin heads blackly ami forolddlngly skyward, tho huge mass dimly outlined against the sky from which lwro and tliero u star shono out from the pai ted ami Hying clouds. Closer iiisoctiou revealed the fact thatacrJs.scnnoii or ravlno branched hero from tho main defile, a mountain rising on either side like grim sentinels guarding the entrance totho gloomy retreat. Hero the coiniwmy dismounted nnd held a hurried consultation. Tho cabins of the moonshiners lay only a mile down tho ravine and it was decided to leave the horses at tlie oK!iilng of the ravlno ami prootssl the bal ance of the way on foot. Accordingly ouoof the niiinlior was selected to guard the horcs while tho others cautiously felt their way for ward, it was Hearing twelve o'clock, when a slight noiso iu front caused Col. Winters to I stop and listen Intently. It boeomo evident to him that the moonshiners had mnsss their little force outside tholr cabins nnd that tho two bodies of men wero do) together Whiiei lug to his men to preKiro for close and dangerous work, tho Colonel led his little paity out of thocovath they had Uvu fol lowing to tho shelter of a clump of trees to thei.iile. Here they waited for a few min utes for developments. Soon noises a hun jiitMiyuniH .nmlvunco lociitwl tlio lmrty of ii . ' . . ' """'"'"lueors ami in a moment more sis stal lsfttrfjxiifti.jvft-. .. .-,.. --!. -Al-. i nun. iniiiin ncio isriliu IIIKU 1 110 1H1III, 1111(1 piis.itsi (-uuuoiiHir inward me place where ).. ..tll.t.... .. ..- I... I ..i ' " " """ ' . cu my hud "I'l'roociied within a hundred feet a hundred foot of the ll.llt ll.r 1 .. .... ....I 111.. . 1. ft I "" "" ","'" " """ ' 1 . " I surrender, but the only answer wns a from u linlf dozen Winchesters. Tho ronlv . w...V eaiuonliiioNt,lnscantaneously us four pistols cracked simultaneously, the t-n shots echoing to Im, I linvn no foam tlint our progress nud rebounding from the mountain walls of the ravine almost n one shot, A fuMlndo followed, the mountaineer holding their ground bravely until their ninuultlon wns ox haustcd, No damage had been done to either' sldo up till the last shot from the olllcers when the livuler of the little band of outlaws was seen In throw his hands nlsivu his licnil ami fall headlong to the ground. Their lend er gone, his comrades iloelliud to continuo the light and with iiiuny savag curses sur rendered to tholr fate. When they had lieon disarmed and secured, Col. Winters and Lyndon turned their atten. lion to tho fallen chief. Ho wits not limit, but n stream of blood from his breast which streaked his shirt and dyed tho snow upon which he lay showed plainly tlint his wound wns Isiyoml the power of human aid. Care fully, almost sadly, the two men lifted tho prostrate form, boro him to his cabin nml laid him tenderly uh)ii tho rude bed, Then canie a scene which can never Ihi forgotten. I'co'ji have sung of woman's love, and troiilsidors have chanbsl of IU fierceness nml passion. Novelists and dramatists have tin mortalmsl the naiiios of Octnvla and Cleopa tra ns tho representatives of the two extremes of love one tho pure, steady glow of n wife ly Direction; tho other the fierce passion which knows no bounds, no restraints, no I ules. I)ve forms tho r woetost nnd tho most blltor experiences of life, Heaven nud hell, with only a sico between so nnrrotv that a single stop tnkes ouo from the light, tho glow, tliu bounty of the ono to the darkness, tho horror, tho dospnlr of tho other. Tlio inulorii world seems to know but llttlo of tho lovo of which the poets soak. It seems to hnvo lieon covered up beneath the debris of tho past. Our imslern social system makes ldvo often liiiKwsihl(, often ridiculous seldom the true yearning of tho soul. Tho minister who joins tho hands nt'thn altar knows many times that whllo ho Joins tho lives no tower on earth can bind the heart together. In n world so full of sham nud pretense, where the natural feeling nro so often hold In check nud citrUsl by the decrees of fashion nnd tho laws of society, tho sceuo witnessed by Lyn don wns u revelation of nature such ns ho had never dreamed of Isifore. It wns wild nnd rude, nnd yet through It nil nnturo ruled so completely that tho sickly sentiment of fash ion burned ns n quivering, dying flamo boforo this mighty outburst of love, of devotion, of pain mid isisslou. As tho wounded man lay iikii tho bod moaning out his lire, the door of the cabin slowly opened, nud mi old man and his daugh ter cnino within tho radius of tho dim light out by the tallow dip upon tlio rudo plno tn Dio. i no gin was apiwircnuy about seven teen years old, a srfect woman, not of tho usual southern tyio for her shouldora wero covered by heavy masses of golden brown hair. A quoon sho would havo lieon among women, an object of dqvotlon among men ; but even among these mountaineers, as wild nnd uncultivated hh thoy, she Koomod to ios scss tlint which, aroused, would make tho ob ject of her nnger quail and tremble. An in stant only the young girl stood with startled face looking around tho room and at the olll cers nud men. A low moan from tho bod caught her ear and as she quickly turned and saw the prostrate form, tho flowing blood currying nwny tho life sho cherished moro than her own, a wild shriek of agony flllooV tho room and echoed out on the frosty nlr of the night. Sho knelt down by tho bedside, nil tlio girllshnesii nud shyness and roughness gone, with wonderful tenderness raised tho head of tho dying mall uikiii hor own and with southern passion pressed kiss after kiss UX)ii tho lips of the man sho loved. "Jack, oh Jnckl sisvik to mo; speak just onco to mo. SjH.'uk oh Jack, my own" but the bitter sobs repressed her words and for at moment sho lay, her form convulsed with the. great wave of grief that had broken so rude ly uiHin hor life. Suddenly sho rose nlmost roughly and turned upon tho olllcers with tho tiger light shining from her eyes and Boomlugry forget ful of the dying man poured out her wrath ami nnger uixm them, her words full of burn ing hate nud passion. Almost as suddenly she seemed to realize again the condition of the dying man uud bending ovor him gavo passionate utterance to her lovo and sorrow, entirely oblivious of tho presence of auy, "Wilfred, my llttlo lovo," nud tho words camo slow nnd ulnfully, "Wilfred, my own. Tomorrow our lives would hnvo boon made one. I had nothing to glvo you except my love but It Is not so to bo. Oh God I that this must be. I loved you my llttlo girl, not with tho lovo that other men know, but olv such a love; to llvo for you would havo been so dear, but to die I'm getting cold and the pain hero is so hard to havo our lives cut in. two Just when they wero going to lo unltod to simjII your life" nnd the onco strong; man broke down iu convulsive painful solw. After hours of watching and waiting tho life went out. Little Wilfred and she could hardly be called by that girlish nnmo smco that night of ugony still knelt by tho bed side. Not a word et-captsl her Hs. liar eyes were dry. Tho outburst of emotion and Mission had left her weak nud outwurdiy calm, but the sorro.v hud gone deeper into her soul. Tho night saw lu-r a child; tlio morning found her n woman. Ever uud again her hand would smooth tho forehead and her lips touch with lovo nlmobt to rever ence tho llis of the dead, but sho moved not. Weaned, ami Nidderod by tha scene, Win ters and Lyndon Missed from tho cabin into the oikjii air. Tho sun, Just rising ou that Christinas morn lighted with a wondrous brilliance thu snow covered mountain tops w hlch sparkled as If crowned with tiaras of diamonds. That holy morning brought to tho world tidings of teaeo and Joy, but to tho lonely ono within the cabin Chrlstnins brought neither jvuco nor joy, ncmitiful nml rltfit it is that Rifts and Rood wishes hhotild lill tho nlr liko snow Hakes at Christmas tide. And beautiful U the year in it.i cumin.; ami in its going m(Kt beautiful nud bUww.'d Iwcaueo la ulwuyu the Year of Our Lord. Here Ik an old Scotch verso concerning ClirUtmas; Villa's eomn, nnd Yulo'a rano. An' w j hao feiuted wool; Sa.i JoeU nuun toliU t!rJlcoIn, , Au'Jcnulotohcrttbiil. J r