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I". S. Senator, Heatriee. Ai.viN SaiMikk.. I. S. eiiator,Omaha. T. .1. -Maiouu It.j... IVru. I!. K. Vai.kmim:. Ih-p., W-l Point. STATK IHKI'CTOKY: Ai.wiNi N nti:. ;ernnr, l.inroln. S !l.Aleawlrr. 'cretar of State. 1 W. l.h-atke, Amlitor. Liixoln. :. M. ItartlMt. Trf i-urrr, Lincoln. ('. .!."l)ilttMlh. Attrne-i-neral. S. It Thihh, Pt. ruhlie In-lrue. II. ( Ph. Wanli'ii oT Penitential-. W.V.AWm'J,! ii-on Ipcctnr. C. II. thW. . . Ir. .!-:. l-i. Pri-on IMiy-ician. II. 1". .Mathevv-oii. "Mipt. I n:iiic A J him. .lriUCMAKY: S. Miixwcll. Chief .lu-tiee, Oer-e U.l.nkc.". A-'into Jmlo. AlllH-H t"lll. lol'Klll .iroiciw. IHMKICT. (5. YV. Po-t.-Imlef. Yolk. 31. I. Kee-e. Ditrict Attorney, Vtalion. LAND OFl'H'KKS: 31. It. IIoie. Ki--Iler, ?raml l-himl. Will. Anxall. Keener. (Smiiil 1-lnlu'. COIWTY IMKKCTOKY: J. (5. Hisirin. Count .liulse. Jolui Stniiih-r. County Clerk. V. Kmiiiiier. Treasurer. .Iteiij. Spii'Immi. Sherill. It. L. Ii-ilcr, Snreor. Win. Itloeilorn ) .lolm Walker, Count vConnniioncr.. .Inlm Wie. ) Ir. A. lleintz. Coroner. S. I,. Ititrn-tt. Siipt. of School-.. ," S" Vmi".''' .Ineti.isofthereace. 'It ron Millett. Chiiiio Wake, Coii-tahle. CITY PlltKCTOKY: . A. Speiee. Mayor, .lolm Wertnutli. Clerk. Charlo- Wake. Marshal. C. A. Newman, Treisiirer. .. S. McAlli-t.-r, Police .luile. ,).C ltoutoii, u:iiieer. furxi'M.Mr.x: st irfif .1. K. Xoith. !. A. Seliloeiler. M ml V- C. ICavanaiiKli. K. II. Ilrmy. V MVn" K. ). linker, III. ltnrsc. o1iiiiImis Io.f Omro. Open oil -llllil. trMn II A.M. to 12 M. antl llm :! to li i. m. P.iimiic llWirt I'M't il lllltl:i li A M til S p. M. lvl-tel n mail -loe at 1 1 A. M. Vetern mail ele at :1.h.m. Mail leaxc Coliiinlii for .M:nlinn and Norfolk, ilailj. i.rept Sinul.i, at in a.m. ArriM-s at -l:SO i. m. l-or Mitiirni-, Cello;!. W:iterille anil Al bion, iluil cMrpt (la IS A.M. Ar rive, -aliic. i; I'. M. For Om'voIii anil York.Tiie-ila) ,Thur- Iciy ami Saliu Ua -, 7 . M. Ariic .Motula, 'elneila anil Prida, I'. M . " For Will. Kauai anil Itattle Creek. .Moixl.n.-, Wi'ilne-l:i anil -Kritlt , ii .M." Arrives Tuc-d:i, Thur.ila ninl s.itnril.t. it r r. i. For Slnll Cn-ek, I'ic.-ioii ami Stanton, on .Mniolu ami I'rida at li a.m. Arrie Tni-Mlay- anil Salunlajs. at . i M. lor Ale.i.. l'.ition ami I)aiil Cit, Tiievilaxv. Tlmixliw ami Satnnlaj , 1 r. m .rri at 12 m. FiiiM. A til Ik i. . li:,iiii- Hill anil t. Ilerntiril. Sntiu'il.ij. 7 A. St. Arrhc FriiI.i,:if.M. I-. S. II m.. Vahlc. liasttcartl john7. Kxiisrant, No.fi, leave at ... fi:'i."i a.m. l'a-.'.ens'r, " 1. " " 11:1k; a.m. Freirht. s. " " .. 2:l.i p. in. I reiuht, in. "... 4:a. m. llVvfJiciriJ Ilnttnd. Freisht, No. ., lea es at . 2:00 p. m. l'ttfiisr, "., ' . 4:27 p. in. Freight. " Jt, " .. :(Mp.m. lvmi-rant. "7. " " l::U)a. in. Kvery ilay exeept Saturilay the three li'io- leailiiis to Chieago ennncet with V I. train- at Omaha. On Saturday there will he hut one train h -day, a hovn In the follow ins ehedule: BUSINESS CARDS Ij .i. iiriwo.x, XOTAItY PUBLIC, litli trert, 2 ilnir wi't of llniiimnntl Housp, Columbus. Xih. 4!I- Pliysician and Suz'goon. 0- JjB'Otliee open at all hour Bank Building. Denier in HEAL ESTATE. CONVEYANCER, COLLECTOR, aits ik::sa:;:s i;z:, liVVO l, NAXOK M., ... XKIl, BRICK! 1")IKMI:KA: STOI.Ci: keepeonvtantlj V on hand and furnih in the wall, the het of tirick. Older solicited. Ad re. :u altoe, hox '.'". Cohimhu. 47n PICTURES! PICTURES! VJOW IS THK TIME toj-cciire a life 1 like picture of joursclf and chil dren at the New Ait (loom. eat llth street. oiith Mile railroad track, Coluni liu. Xelraka. 47S-t"f Mr. S. A. .lnKLYN. NOTICE! IF YOl" have any real estate for .ale. if vim ih to'luiy either in or out of the"eit. if ou wi-h to trade city property for laiuN. or laud for city property, sie u a call. W'AUSUOinil & JciSSEI.YN. NKlOX S1II.I.KTT. IlYKdN StII.I.KTT, ,Iutice of the lVace and Notary rub'Ic. .V. 3III.I.i:TT A: SO., VTTOKNKYS AT LAW. Cohimhu, Xehraka. X. It. The will -he cloe attention to all liuiiu- entrusted totheiii. 218. " STA.T. ItOI"l'B:. JOHN IiritEK, the mail-carrier hc tween Coluuiliu and Alhion, will leave Cohiinlni eeryd.i except Sun day at r .iVIock, sharp, p.i-.iii!rtIiroiiii Monroe, tienoa, Wat.Tille. and to Al hion The hack will call at eithci of the IloteN for pa.eiiser if order- are lell at the povt-olliee. Kate reaon ahlc,f2 to Alhion. 222.1 T S.MrilDOCIv&SOX, " Carpenters and Contractors. Have had an ex-tended experience, and will ctiarantee -attraction in work. All kind- of repairing done on mrt notice. Our motto i, (Jood work and fair price. Call and ie u an oppor tunitv to e-Hmate fur you. j5J"Shop at the Ui Windmill. Coliimhu-, ebr. 4i VT7.1I. .If. COK.IIKLlIi'N, A TTOItXEl'-A T-LA Jr, Up-tiirp In (Muck ltulldins, llth street. IK. K. J. ItKII.I.Y, OjVcc on Thirteenth Street, Opposite Engine House, Columbus, Neb. Er spricht Deutsch. 489. x K ELLEY & SLATTERY, TIonwo Iovliiff anil hnue liuildins done to tfrdcr, anil in a workman-like manner. Please jjive u a call. JTirShoii on corner of Olive St. anil l'aeitic Avenue. 4S.".tf GEORGE N. DEBRY, CARRIAGE, House SilQ PuiutiiiE, u2iniU.3, OLiUS, ' i'aper IIiiukIbct, KALSOMININO, Btc... lTAIl work -warranted", feltop on Olie street, opposite the "TntterSAll't tal.le-. aprl6y FOR SALE OR TRADE ! MARES I COLTS, . Teams of ECdises 6i Oxen, . S.VIII.i: I0.Ii:X, wild or broke, at the Corral of 12! GEKKAUD & ZEIGLEIL Columbus Meat Market! WEBER & K-KOBEL, Pop'. KEE1' OX HAND all klndu of frch meat, ami smoked pork andUebf; alc froh tih. Make sMihiic a slice ialtv. raThemcmber, the place. Elev enth St., one door, went of I). Ryan k hotel: -t1"' GOOD CHEAP BRICK ! AT MY RESinEXCE.onShcllCrecki three mile ciil of Matthi'n hrldije, I have TO.OOU p;ooI. Imrtl-liurBt brlcU, Ir null', which will be old in lot to -.tilt pur chafer. Jtx-tf (JEOlttiE 1IKNLEK. Chicago Barber SIiqjk COLUMBUS, NEB. HA'IU cr'ITINC. done In the latest. .tle, with or without machine. None but first-class workmen employed. Ladies' miir chilili en's hair euttiii: a. pecialt. Itcst brand of eij;ar.s con-; Mautly ou hand.. iii:Nlrr'"oT)iv?- -l'fojirtPtnr. All Cm DOCTOR BONESTElL'i -fJ,: U.S. KXAMIi'WiMi' i;KCl03V roi.rMnr5, : XEnhASKA. OFFICE HOURS, 1 to 12 a. in., 2 to A p. in., and 7 to !1 p. m. Ollice on. Nebraska Aenue. three ivor north of E. .1. Itaker'- -rraiu ollice. Keoideiice, corner Wyoniim: and Walnut streets, north Columbus, Nebr. -53-tf it. s c ec is cTC MauufCturcr and pealer in V CIQARS'ANfDBAO.: ALLKINPS.OF f , SMOKING A RTI Ci. ES. ', Store on Olive St., near the old Posf-ojficer Columbus Nebraska. 447-lyJ - - i" MRS. W.lr:-COSSfiY i . Dress and Shirt. Mak?r, 3 Door Xet orStlllhun'&'Driij SfoVe Drcisei ami shirt cut' and, made .to, order and -.atisfaetioh guaranteed. Will; aUe do plain or fancy Moving of anjvde "cription. . v;. '." ' !4?i"i. :. GT ritUJES VERY 'ltEASONAULE.. Give me a call and trt my work. 42."iT J. t LAW, REAL ESTATE" sssn'OKtA X T COLLECEBfiSRP'I&E; 1IY MONEY TOLOAN in small lot- oir farm propertyjinn? oye tp three, voir-. Farms witlj otnejmptoemcnts$ Louu'litajiil -oliU. ,Vf!we.fX- ihe vresent' at the Clother Houe, Columbus, Neb. ', 4T.;-x ; c'o t.'V hi ii i; I Restaurant a&d'atpe&I: E: lSHEEANPrtrprrettjrr-1 JjTVholf ale iud'wl'ftfrf Scaler in yor-' eic'n Vine. liiiiior tlirClj.'arV,T-lMib- liu Stout, Scotch antl. Eij:lLh Ales,.. , JSTKentuctyWhisliies 'aSpeCiqltyv OYSTERS in their MJiisttHbj-jneahe' can "or clish," t . ' ." llth street, Soatkat lptA.:i ' GOLDMBDS miM ... ." C -C. ' (Oue mile wctt.of ColumUusr) - it..;. THOMAS FLYNN SON, PropH. ' GOOD, HARD-BUBNTBRICK Always on XXand.li! 4 QUANTITIES to suit PURCHASERS 371-tf - We SCHILZ, Manufacturer and Dealer In . - BOOTS AND, SHOES!. . . . ' A complrtr iortmrnt of Laitlm'sml C'bjl drrn'n Mior krpt or hind. All Work Warranted!! . . .- at. .iJ ' Our blotto Good ?toek, -excellent work and fair prices. 'l- ' Especial Attention paid to Repairing! Cor. Olive nnd. 19th Mt. ADVERTISEMENTS. COLUMBUS DRUG STORE. A.W.DOLAND; (3UCCKS50K TO DOLAXI) t SMITH,) DRIBS, PATE HT MICISIS, Wall Paper, Toilet Articles, PAINTS AND OILS, ETC., KTC, K'IC. But Of Goods And Low Prices. -:o:- Mli. SMITH will s.till bo found at the old bland, and will make prescrip tions a spcciiiltv, a heretofore. 1 ' " 401-x ' Dr. "A. HEINTZ, ' DEALKR IX LRDbS. HEBISIIES. CHEMICALS Fine Soaps, Brushes, PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc., -And all articles usually kept on hand by Druijisti. Physicians, Prescriptions Carefully - Compounded. ' ft. ri Orfc door i:ast of CSuIIe', on i:icvoM(h Mtreel, COLlXMBUS. : NERRASKA & Daniel Faucet to, Manufacturer and Dealer In Harp, Saddles, Bridles, and Collars, kj.eps'cAnstanlly on hand all kinds of WhijiH-, Saddlery Hardware, Curry coiitiiH, Ih-iinhcs Itriille hits. Spurn, Card5. tlaniesK made to order. Ke paltf iig done'ou liort notice. NBSRABKA AVENrjH, Columbus. "ran: ' t.- I t i. ' BECKER & WELCH, v DTjmrnTETrvDC m? I . SHELL CREEK MILLS. . c t MANtTPiLCl?0RERS"" & WHOM SALE DEALERS IN FLOUfrANrfMEAL. QFFIQBi-C0L.U3ni.US, NEB. .,..w:m,.;Eeckee, .-. )PKALKK IX(- GROCERIES IGfaki. Produce,' Etc. t'lVrvb-C-io tr 'm. ii '' f-1 NEW STORE, NEW GOODS. Goods delivered Free of Charge, anywhere in tlic city. Corner of 13th and MadiBon Sts. 'Wtmh'of Foundry. :v.r, STA3?E BANK, Cscttun t: Qimrt i Seal i:i Xu:et t Edit. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. CASH CAPITAL, - $50,000 IM.,..:-y -D.IRKCTOHS: Tin . Leandeu Gehuaup, 7rc.V. Geo. W. IIulst, Vice Pros' t. --iTor,iua A Reed. - Edwakd A. Gkuraim. 'AIinei: Turnf.h, Cashier. Hank joT. IK'pohil, DiM'ouul iiBd Kxt'hnRisc. CollectloiiM Promptly .Tlmle on alITolBtH. Pay iBtereMt oh Time Iepos- MEM CHRISTMAS IN A SHANTY. ItY OLIVE TUOUNE. "Bertie,'' wliispercil seven-year-old Lily, mysteriously, "I know where to find Sunt a Clans. Itarbara told me." "Where?" cried Bertie, dropping tjic block lie was about adding to his hou.se. ''Out on the hill," Lily went on, eagerly. "Barbara says that Christ mas Eve the Christ Child comes down on the hill, with oh! lots and lots of presents, and picks them over and gives them to Santa Clans to take to the children." "What hill?" asked Bertie, jump ing tip from tho floor. "The one the moon comes over, Barbara says," answered Lily. "And I guess it's that one" pointing to the peak of a mountain, miles and miles away. "Christmas Eve's this very night," she went on, earnestly. "Let's you and I go up there and see him and pick out our presents." "Well," said Bertie, always ready to do what Lily suggested. "We inusn't let Barbara sec us, or she won't let us go," said Lily. "But I guess she'll be glad when we come back with lots of things." Of II lwittir lint a lirkion " ontl Tin?. m. ,. "0 "v. .. iuici., "'"' ini tio, "'at she can ride." "And I'll bring her a bo-au-ti-ful long dress that'll drag on the ground," said Lily, starting down stairs. Bertie followed. Barbara had gone to tho kitchen for a few moments ; Mamma was busy in the parlor with company ; and nobody saw the two children creep down stairs, open the front door, and slip out. "I wonder which way it is!" said Lily, when they had reached the walk. "Oh! I gues that way, 'cause there's tho hill, "and she turn ed the way that led from the village toward the woods. The sun win just down, and away tho eager children tramped, too much excited to feel cold, though they had nothing over them, and too much afraid of being overtaken by the nurse to linger. When they reached the woods, it looked rather dark and Bertie was afraid to go in. But Lily said they'd soon be there, she guessed; and the Christ Child would takcVare of them, 'cause lie loved little children. So hand in hand they entered the dreary wood. It looked much dark er inside, and in fact the short win ter dav was about over and night was falling fast. Anxiously the two little wanderers hurried along, not saying much, now running when the ground was smooth and stumbling along over roots and sticks when it was rough. "I'm cold, 'n I want my Mamma," burst out Bertie, at last. "So am I cold," said Lily, "and I guess we must be most there; and then think how nice it'll be!" "Will it be warm ?" asked the anx ious little voice. "Oh! of course, and light, said Lily, cheerfully, and plenty of nice things to eat." "I want something now," wailed Bertie, the tears rolling down his face. "Well, don't cry," said Lily, in a soothing, motherly way." We'll soon be there now." And on they trudged, through swamps half up to their knees, falling over logs, scratch ing their faces on bushes, hungry, cold, wet, and at last frightened, when the snow began to come down thick and fast. "I want to go home," sobbed Bertie. 'Well,' said Lily, 'we'll go,' and they turned around and began to retrace their steps. But alas! they had not come straight, and they only went further and further from home. Thc-prospect of going home quiet ed Bertie for awhile; but when some time had "gone by, and it was almost totally dark, and they could sec nothing, and ran against trees and hurt themselves, even Lily's courage began to fail, and the tears ran down her face, though she tried to choke them back. But still they stumbled on. 'Don't cry, Bertie,' the brave little creature said, after a while. 'If we die out here in the woods, maybe the robin red-breasts '11 come and cover us up with leaves, as they did the children in the woods in my book.' " I don't want to be covered up with leaves,' sobbed Bertie, who couldn't see any consolation in that. Just'at that moment they came out from behind a rock, and they saw a light. Lily was ablaze in a minute. There it is! There they are?' she cried. 'Look -Bertie! That must be the place!' And they hur ried on, losing tho light now and then, as a tree came in the way, and finding it again in a minute. When they came near the light they saw that it came from a win dow, and when they got close to it they saw- it was a small house and a door was beside the wiudow. Lily knocked. In a moment it was open ed by a negro old and bent and white haired who gazed at the two weary children as though they were ghosts. 'Please, sir, are you Santa Clans?' asked Lily, with trembling lips and tears on her checks. 'Santa Clans!' said the bewildered negro. 'Bless yo' heart, who's that ? But come in out o' the storm. Yo' must be nigh froze to death. Who's come with yo'?'and he peered out into the darkness. No one,' said Lily, timidly, half afraid of his looks, yet reassured by his good-natured voice. 'Wc came alone, to see Santa Clan. But I'm afraid we missed the way.' 'Come alone, this yerc cold night, from the village!' he ejaculated, in amazement. 'Do yo" Ma know ?' 'No,' said Lily, casting down her eyes. 'Wc didn't tell her.' 'Well, come in by the tiro,' said he, drawing them in and closing the door. 'What yo' s'posc yur Ma'll say when she finds yo'rdone runucd away ?' Bertie burst into loud crying and Lily sobbed : 'Oh ! please won't you show us the wav back. I didn't think of that.' 'Well, well, don't cry,' said he. 'Yo' must get warm and havo a bite to eat, and then I'll see about getting on yo' home. I ain't so young as I was onct, and it's no fool of a tramp tlirough these ycre woods after night I kin tell ye.' It was a droll little place that the children had come into. The whole house consisted of one room, rough ly built, evidently by Old Bhilip himself. On one side was a rude lounge-frame, holding some sort of a coarse bed and a blanket or two; on the other a table, made by turn ing a packing-box on one side. The third side was given up to the rick ety old stove, the pipe of which went out through a hole in the side of the shanty, and a rough shelf be hind it, on which were a plate or two, a many cups, a package or two of corn-meal, tobacco, and other necessaries, and a lighted tallow caudle, stuck into a hollowcd-out potato. There were no chairs, but a soap-box by the slovc looked as though it was used for that purpose. A saw and sawbuck in the corner by the door and an old coat and hat hanging up completed the furniture of the dwelling. But, if the house was odd, it was warm, and the two half-frozen chil dren eagerly crowded up to the stove. Pore chillen !' said their tender hearted host. 'It's a miracle yo' didn't freeze to death out iu them woods.' 'We did most,' 6aid Lily with quivering lip. 'And oh, dear! how can wc get home again ?' Don't you fret yo'r heart, my little lady,' said old Philip, kindly. 'I see about that 'ar. 'Pears to me yo'd 'mazingly like a hot 'later, now, wouldn't yo', my little man?' 'Yes,' said Bertie, who was more than half afraid of him. Philip opened the door of his stove, raked away the ashe?, and there were two nice potatoes, baked to a lovely brown. He took them out, carefully brushed oil" the ashes, laid them on the table, brought out a cracked teacup with salt in it, and an old knife, and told the children to come up and cat. 'If I'd a know'd I was gwitie to have company to tea,' he said, laugh ing, 'I'd a got up a supper in style. But eat the 'inters and I'll bake yo' aoncommon nice hoecake. Yo'like hoecake?' 'I don't know,' said Lily, who stood irresolute before the table, not knowing just how to begin such a meal. 'How do you eat these? Thev're hot.' 'Sure 'null",'. said Philip. 'I done forgot yo' wasn't used to tny sort o' ealiu'. I jest cut oil' the end, drop a pinch o' salt iu, and dig out the inside.' 'Oh!' said Lily, hastening to fol low his directions for herself. As for Bertie, he had already half de voured his potato without salt. Philip now brought out a bowl and mixed up some corn-meal iu it; then, brushing oil' the hot griddle of his stove, he poured the mixture on. In a few minutes he turxed it over with a knife, and in a short time he handed it in the same way onto a plate and put it ou the table. It was brown and smelt good, and the hun gry children eagerly devoured it, while Philip made another. When they had eaten a much as they could, and drank some water out of teacups, Philip gave Lily a scat on the shoe-box, while he turn ed a big slick of wood up on end and sat down ou that himself. He then took Bertie, nho had got over his fright, ou to his lap and proceeded to take ofl" the poaked shoes and stockings and warm the little cold, red feet. Lily meantime did the same for her feet, which ached with the cold. Now tell mo how yo' corned to run away,' said Philip, when they were more comfortable. 'Wc came out to find the Christ Child,' said Lily. 'Barbara says he comes on Christmas Eve down on a hill and gives tho presents to Santa Claus; end we wanted to pick ours out.' 'Yes, I want a horse 't I can ride,' said Bertie, who had recovered his spirits, now that ho was warm and fed. Poor little things!' said Philip, compassionately. 'Yo' mus' have had a dreflle tramp! I'll see how the weather is.' So he sat Bertie on the loungo-bed and went to the door. A fierce blast came in as he opened it, with a flur ry of snow, nearly putting out tho light. He shut it quickly, and stood a few moments with a look of per plexity on his face. I'll tell you what,' he said at length, in answer to Lily's anxious look, 'it's teetotally umpossiblo to go through the woods to-night. I wouldn't 'tempt it in this yerc storm alone, let alone toting two chillen. I'll fix yo' up n5 coraf 'able as I can hyere to-night, an' soon as it's light I'll go to the village an' tell y'r folks, an' they'll come with a sleigh. There's a wood-road round a little piece down here.' Bertie's lip went up for a cry ; but Lily took him in her arms in a motherly way, and said: 'Never mind, Bertie, dear; it'll soon be morning, and we'll go home iu a sleigh, maybe. And then it'll be Christmas, yon know. They talked a little more, and then Philip fixed a place for them to sleep. He shook up the bed till it was high and round, laid one blanket over it, put the now half asleep children in it, and covered them upas snug as ho could with the other blanket. "Tain't much of a cover to them, I reckon,' said ho to himself; 'but I kin keep a fire all night, an' I don't suspicion they'll get cold.' Having fixed them as nicely as he could, shaded his light so it would not shine in their eyes, and replen ished his stove, old Philip sat down on his soap-box, and lell to talking to himself, as he often did out there in the woods, for want of other company. 'Pore crceturs!' he said, looking at the sleeping children. 'What a marcy that they got sight o' my light. They'd be done dead by this time. An' to think the little inno cents come out this-a-way lo find Santa Claus. Por things! Little 'nutr Christmas thoy'll have, I'se a thinkin'. I wonder what they're a-doiug down to their house. Tear in' round fit to kill, I reckon. They'r somebody's darlin's I see plain 'null". Won't they be power ful glad to see this nigga in the mornin'? Yah! yah-T he lauhed softly to himself. 'I reckon they never so glad to Bee this chile afore. Pore things!' he went on, after a littlo, 'come out ycre to ace Santa Claud an' get some presents. Golly I' he exclaimed, " a new thought struck him. 'I wonder if I couldn't hunt up somcthin' Y other to make a Christmas mornin' bright. They'll be powerful forlorn when they wakes up.' He was silent some time, scratch ed his head, whistled a little ; and after a whilQ he got up softly and hung their stockings up to dry. I know what Iz'o gwine to do,' he said. 'I'll give 'em some nuts and pop-corn, anyway.' He drew a box from under the foot of the bed, opened it, and took out beech -nuts delicious little three-cornered things, that he had gathered in the woods. From the same box he took two or three cars of small popping-corn. As he at tempted to push it pack, it hit some thing, and he put iu his hand and drew out a stick. Golly !' said he again, 'if there ain't the very stick fur a boss fur that boy, that he want's so bad. I didn't 'spect, when I done shoved it h under there fur a walking-stick, what I'd want it fur.' It was a piece of a brunch of a tret, and on oue cud it was bent over so as to make a natural 6ort of a handle'. It would do very well for a horse's head, too. So Philip got out his old jack-knife, cut a sort of a mouth for the horse, dug holes in the bark to represent the eyes, made a sort of a bridle of 6lring, whittled the cud oil' smooth, and there was as fine a riding-horse as auv boy of five could ask for. There,' said Philip, 'that'll do fur the boy ; now what kin I find fur the the gal.' A long time he puzzled over this, till he remembered some birds' eggs that had hung iu his shanty for mouths. lie took down the old coat that hung on the wall, and there they hung, very dusty now, but not broken. Carefully ho took them down and washed them clean, breaking oue or two, but on the whole succeeding very well. Then he strung them on a clean string, ami they looked very pretty indeed. Litlle curly hcad'll like that 'ar, I know,' said he, with a grin of pleas ure on his black face; 'an' I'll learu her the name of cverv kind.' Next tho droll old Santa Claus proceeded to prepare hi pop-corn. He took out from some dark comer a sort of iron saucepan, and put it on tho stove while he shelled the corn. When it was hot, he dropped iu tho corn, covered it up, and bogan to shako it about, first slowly and then fuster and faster as the corn popped oil in little explosions in side; every few seconds looking at tho sleepers, to see that they didn't wako up. They were far too tired to wako. and when he had poured the beauti ful whito shower out on the table they had not stirred onco. Then he went on to hang a stock ing of each child on the wall near tho bed ; and then, tip-toeing around as though ho wa9 stepping on cpga, ho went back and forth filling them. First down in the toe came beech nuts, filling all the foot ; then popped corn stufled the leg Into a funny bunchy shape. Then over Lily's he hung the string of birds' e-:, and over Bertio'5 the comical horse. All this work, varied by replen ishing the fire, kept old Philip busy till nearly morning, and then he began to prepare breakfast. Ute potatoes were baked and his hoe cakes mixed in the highest style of the art when Lily opened her eyes. At first sight of Philip a look of fright came into her face, and then she remembered. 'Oh!' said she, 'I thought it was all a dream, and 1 was iu my bed at home.' 'But you isn't, honey. Yo's my guest this blessed Christmas morn in'. Wish yo' Merry Christinas. How do yo' feci?' 'I feel well enough,' said Lily, sitting up. ' Is this Christmas, really?" 'Yes,' said old Philip. 'Sec your stocking hanging up tlinr?' Lily looked around quickly. 'Oh! what a lovely btring of eggs Oh ! where did you get it ? Is it for me?' burst out of her eager lips. ' 'Course it's for yo',' said Philip, showing all his teeth. 'Santa Claus mus' a know'd whar yo' wa, an' done come down the dumbly an' lell hycr fur yo'.' 'Oh! Bertie, wake up!' cried Lily, shaking the sleepy boy. 'It's Merry Christmas, and Santa Claus has been here.' Bertie was wide awake iu a minute. 'There's my horse,' ho shouted, as soon ns he saw it. 'Lot mo have a ride.' And he snatched it down, got astride, and rode around the samll room, perfectly happy. 'Let's see what else is iu the stock itigs.'.said Lily, taking them down. 'Oh! pop-corn! Isn't it nice?' and they began to eat it at once. 'And what are these?' she asked, a9 she emptied the corn into her lap, and the nuts came down iu a little brown shower. 'Le's see,' said Philip, looking at them curiously, as though he had never seen them. ' Why, them's beech-nuts! Didn't you never see beech-nuts afore?' There's heap", in the woods.' 'No, I never saw an,' said Lilj. 'How do you open them?' Philip showed her how to take tin delicate nut, and she declared it the mo-jt delicious nut in the world. Santa Claus made them purpo.e for us, I guess,' she said. It was seme time before Philip could get them to have their stock ings and shoes ou and eat their breakfast. But he hurried them by reminding them how anxious their mother would be; and as soon as he had seen them fed he got ready fur his journey. It did not look very promising outside. The snow was a foot deep. though it had stopped falling, and ho resolved to Mart. 'Now mind yo' don't set the house afire,' he said, as he put ou his buck skin mittens and buttoned his one coat up tight to his chili. 'Don't let th?,lirc go out, uuthcr, or you'll freeze' I'll tend to it,' said Lily. Philip said: 'Good-bye. I'll hurry fast as ever I kin,' and went out and shut the door, leaving them alone But not sad. Far from it ; they were as merry over their rude Christmas presents as though they had aj-oom full of toys. And how do you suppose the night hud passed iu the home of Lily aud Bertie? Not so quietly a3 in the shanty in the woods. When their absence was discovered there was great excitement, deepening as the village was searched and no trace of them dL-eovered, turning to horror as the storm came up and the hours went by and no childrou to be found, and' settling into de spair when the various parlies who were out hunting returned with no trace. There was excitement all through the village; but in tj;cir home it was agony. The father spent the night in scouring the country, tho mother in going from one fainting fit to another, till the doctor despaired of her life. It was a welcome sound when old Phillip's voice rang out at tho door. 'Done loss anv chillen hver?' Mr. Deauc, who had just returned, rushed out. Yes. Do you bring any news ?' Well, 'spects I does. Two chilldn done spent thcliightin my cabin.' 'Come in,' cried tho father, hastily drawing him in. 'Where aro they now? How did you find them? Where is your house? Bless you, I'll never forget this! ho poured out 111 a stream. 'One at a time, Massasaid old Philip, going up to tho stove iu tho hall and spreading out his black hands to the pleasant warmth. My shanty is over iu the woods n piece nigh unto two miles from here; I reckon. An' them two chillen aot out, nigh's I kin make out, about sundown, to find S'Uita Claud. They see my light, an' come to my do' 'bout eight o'clock, I reckon, nigh about froze an starved ; the boy cryin", but the little gal bravo an' peart to the lat. By the time the story was finished all the household had gathered around and the father had Philip's rough hands in both of bin. 'Bless voti, my man, 111 pay vou fortius.'" No, you won't," said Philip. 'I don't wan't no pay. But I hem young ones is alone iu the shanty, an' they mowat set afire, though I charged tho little gal to look out.' 'Is thero road? Can I get there with a sleigh?' asked Mr. Dcanc. You kin go purty nigh,' said Philip. Well, you get warm and have some breakfu.it. Cook,' turning to her, 'give him the best you can in five minutes, while I sec about the hor ses. You, Barbara, get cloaks and things. Seated by the kitchen table, Philip disposed of a cup or two of hot cofluc anil some meat and bread inn few minutes, and when the sleigh came up to the door he came out. 'Have you 110 overcoat for this weather?' linked Mr. Deane, as lie! put ou his own iu the hall. 'No, sir,' hiiiil Philip. The wood- sawin' business iMi't over 'n aboveJ good since so many burns coal. II hasn'rhnd an overcoat for many a year.' Mr. Dcanc turned to the rack where he bud tnken his. Mlere'n one for you,' he said, handing him u1 heavy overcoat. Philip was overcome. Something choked him so that he couldn't -peak ; but he pccdily got into it and followed Mr. Deane out to the sleigh. He was nlready In, and he bade Philip get in by him, and they started oil. Of four-e, it did not take vcrj long to reach the point nearest the .dm niy, though the road was not broken and it was rather hard pull ing for the stout pair of horses. When flic father opened the door he found Bertie prancing around 6n his horse and Lily perfectly happy studying out her birds' eggs. 'Oh ! Papa,' she exclaimed, wher she saw him, 'Santa Claus came hen and left us such beautiful things!" 'Sec my horse!' shouted Bertie Saiiln CIhus briuged him !' Mr. Dcann looked around tin room and understood the poverty o its owner, and a happy idea occur red to him. 'Philip,' he said, 'in the chambet of my barn is a comfortable room built for a man, but my man don' occupy it. I'm going lo have yot move down there this very day am live in it. There's furniture euotigl about the Iiou-.c to make it comfort able, and I can find work enough fo you to do all the jear round. Wi burn lots of wood and have a gardet in the summer; and, in fact I t.ik you into my employment from thi hour, at the be-t wages going, tolas your lite. You needn't say anything, a Philip -I niggled to speak. I 1-.11 never repay you lor wnui vou navs done for me; but I'll do what I can Now, if you'll help me carry the- liltle ones over to the sleigh, yoi shall have a learn to come for you things.' Well, the children were fon ii I their mother' arm-; and Mr. Dcaut with the help of the whole houst hold, fpent the morning iu furnish iug up old Philip's room. A very cozy place it wa- when a". was ready. A carpet; a new littl cooking-stove; a nice bed, made iv .with while .-huets and things; table, a chair or two, including on rocking chair; a cupboard, contain iug dishes, tin, and iron ware ctt ough lo set up a family ; j.irs ot suga and tea and coffee and meal ; and, i fact, everything the combined house !iold could think of to add to the oh mnu' comfort not forgetting gooilly array ol hall-worn ir'irment from the family store-room. And Philip! Weil, he stood am looked at it in silence, taking it U item by item, till he reiched a pif tore which Lily had in-i-ted ol giving, hanging It up with her owi hands, and then he just turned hi face to the wall ami covered it u with his hands. And they all stole away and Iff him alone.