| Show LIGHTS AND SHADOWS1 i The Exiles Christmas Snowflakes arc filling the cold wintry air The carthrha u mantle of white I But time t cheerful lire IHuf a ruddy I glow I And casts round my chamber Its light And 1 Mil while the embers arc falling awa I Whllu my memory goes back to rCbygone day I Around me are thronging tho ones I knew And lovod In His long ago When my heart wan light nnd my fifwas new Thpy come through the firelights elow Away from mo ytars all your chains are I In vain c I TIs Christmas tonight Im a 1 child again 4 t The walls of my chamber stretch away And a anowclad plain I nee y 3Icmincd in by tho hills that so quiet lay ils a fccin most dear to me I b1 For there midst the orchards and meadow mea-dow lajids c I The old farmstiart of my father stands r Thosnow oil tho roof is gllHt nlng bright Tn the light or the morning sun f 1 f Anti iilgcons around It wheel tinA lr flight tin-A wljllo peek every one j R Anu > i W nnd shrill from tho bnrnynru 4 i 1tI h I 11 I On m quiet alrlloats tho peacocks cry l There arc tall plhe Ii landing bealdo the 1 door lAnd o l-And a thicket just beyond 1 And I follow the sclisamo path once t more That lends to tho old mill pond I And beyond time woods where the chestnuts 0 chest-nuts wrow Unchanged as It was In tho long aco Hut tis Christmas morn and I am a child And I wake at tho dawn oC day I And with brother hsdo me nhoutlnK wild To tho kltchon wo mak our way I Whore closy bculile the mantol lull Our stockings mire hunt nlon r the wall 7 1 And father and mother and Hfntorrf dear 111 the old room gather round I With their hcartH nil l1 low with Joy and cheer t1 > Not a saddened face Is found For why should there bo aught but srnllCH and fun Of our family there not an absent one And tho feast wo have of tho dainties Iluulo By our own doar motherS hand I Fon hers was tho care whenall saId I Twas Hhii who had tolled and planned r And her eyes lAlit up with pleasure real Vhcti sho read on our facou time Joy we feel < > Oh time Barnes wo piny and timo3ougiwc sing J Anti the tales round the lire thats told t While life still lasts In the mind theyll cllnf 4 11 Growing dearer a thouaandfold t i As wtMl gaze back again lliro thc f < aa S > e sup A I Recalling yearn the past through a I roiL oi tear I 1 wake with I a t tail is the embQii fall 1 4ni llbo ashca turn while and cold Hound my chamber gaze with a heartfelt heart-felt sigh So changed from my home of old But I too have changed since that happy lay For my form IB I bent and niy head Is gray 5 Reprieved I IAn I I-An I must die my being bounds with life And i tho warm blood leaps strongly from my heart S My eyj Is i not yet dim nor has disease Upon my vitals 1 clasped his rolling hand ktlll ocV the sun unon the morrow filnfcB Stark still and awful In the arms of death This body will bo llion Condemned to death t4fc priceless gift a forfeit to the law Thrust In the gravi adjudged unfit to live The jlmuio the dread the horror oC It all I Alive yet deada fearful living death = An agony inlftiscr grown Ihro all rime walling day since the grave Tudgoi 1ronounccd my doom I atk the question oer And oer again II It Is death I fear Death IB Inevitable to mankind A stale that all must meet the noisome lomb 3 he endless quiet that no sound can break Anpalls the bravest even when they feel I Tis theirs far away time chance u of life n Is K on midst the clash of arms on battle ncIdH r The object ipiid the glory of It ail Drowns out tho fear of death while I must walk With step deliberate and moot It there Face pnto face no chance no respite Stern and Implacabln and Illlcd with Ohm abloom th maddening la not fear TIs more thim fcnrHM dead I count tho hours The moments even as they come and go So swift they boom that nil my senses reel f Yet every one is nlled to fullness deep I VIlh nn eternity or pain as on They go nearer and nearer still To that to me suprcmoat moment when Doom ends It all Ah could I only sleep i But pen that to me Is now denied Or loiiliiK Und 11 nightmare In my my dreams Ard with n hldconsnOBS beyond compare fRSR throuch It oor and oer or worse limn all Go buck in fancy to my happy past Till nil my b lnp Is turned to Joy And rotc and hoiiu and peace and ten I I deinc > i < Only to wnk to hopelessness so deep That mukc reality moro hidooua Btlll What Iroiy Is It that makctt nin lurL ICjin ui uocuatointd sounds I 10 whom now fnlamlty can do np more I near Thw IiI lltC8 footfall On the qulut ntrcct Or when some restleH fellowprlBonor I Turns In uneasy 6thehm l ovet tho breath That from my watchful guard sjoeoflly comUIi Meals I a prognanl now with Bound like whlsprlrgB low f From dnmons who aro watching for their r hll r that it1H bi11 rUm rella up lr05btPC tlay 4 I I TJt nlulit thrn Htied o toon1 Oh Uod U true 1 The light of dawn sifts through the Iron bars I hear a rustle In time corridors Im calm oh yes Im calm I have but one Moro death to die l I who hao even now Died full iv thousand deaths Ill show no sign Of craven fenr but meet It llko a man They iiLtirer come quick aro their steps and loud Theyll hid mo ready when they may ap pear Whats thatUs found that I am moo cent I That well I know but yo believed me not Why taunt mo now You say you do not taunt But that Indeed ill it true Then I aha free Oh God am free am free The Echo aud the Song I I listened one day nild the mountains i wild To echo the sweetvoiced mountain child A voice bright and clear Siinu an old love song And Us words so dear Camo fresh and strong When hidden away r In tile mountains gray T Where sleeping ho long had lain Bold Echo awoke SAnd v S-And the name words siol > v Ansxvrlnir linolr nfriti nn1 nt nln Jt1lOWk1l11 UIWII U511111 1LIIU again EchoTell me tell mo That you Jove me love me That you love me love me love mol Sweetest story story sweetest That you lovo me Sweetest story Tell mu story that you love me Tell me tell me love me It fell Into a whisper low Still the aongH burden to and fro It answered atd It pleaded oNo t o-No voice of mortal here below Could know such tenderness Of love It cried 1 Ecn as It died To deepest quietness I turned and to the singer tenderly 1 I wild Lct odin only plead for me Tho lovo light In her gcntln eyes Showssweetly us she tlfun replies Dour 1C it bring you toy rejoice It Is tho echo of my voice High up upon the mountain side Echo no longer then replied Tho talo wo told was swunl and dear But It ocn Echo could not hear I He Winked Whaljfi your wlffs going to give yon for a Chrlslma prcbent this year ho I asked J J askedMy liberty I Your liberty I Yes quo and the children are going south and I will spend tho day In tho I city with SOur I S-Our old friends Tom and Jerry put In his friend and tho other winked I k A Ufas Pigment I Back front tltf Sl vor halfforgotten 1 timings There comes to mo I A memory sweet and In its train It irifl gsA gs-A lovo that ever lo my being clings And oer must cling to all lcrnlty A tenderness that faded In a day But ah so dear It changed tho current of my life for nye Filling my soul with nobler alms alwuy Making lifes purposes to mo more clear Whether It camo through maid or manor man-or child It mailers nol Tt passed so swiftly midst a pain HO wild Burning away so much my soul delllcd That Its dear lesson I have neer forgot Or If forgetful quite unsought by me My years since then Have colored by It been so faithfully I Bonder what I would have grown to bo If In my life its presence had not been Sweet Coquetry I knew that she was false us sins sin-s trlltcv and a flirt Tho sparkling sho was cold within Would luro iro to my hurt And yet forgetful of the painT pain-T threw mo at her feel An offering T would make again Her falsohoous were so sweet V 1 A Part of His i Education Ho never smiles or laughs you say ITcs gravest of tho grave Tho hes nurrounded by the gay no Is a sober knave TIs not that he Is filled wllh woe Theres naught thai should him grieve Ajx undcrlakcr has you know Ahd BO laughs I in his sleeve 1 Found It Expensive Talk may bo cheap he paid and sighed I Sonic to It Mill arc slicking i talked 10 Mr Gilbert once Aid found It cost a licking Worked Wrong for Him IBo I-Bo sumo you arc right and then 50 ahead may sound all right but It dout al I waya worltJle said and his face wore a somber expression Why what Is the matter asked his friend ur felt suro Jt wat lime for mo lo lend Smith 10 lust night Well what of Il Ho took Miss Youngor to the pInY anti to a swell dinner after It wat over and unded by becoming engaged to her I dont see anything wroni In that replied the friend lo can afford to pay you the monay baclL Oh yes 1111 get the money ho replied re-plied dolefully but you BOO 1 wanted the I girl myself I I A Christmastide Cradle Song Far In the wintry nky brlgnt stars are I beaming Low sighs the wintry wind dark falls the nglmt L Soor III your crodlo bed < iulcllydYaarntng My own dimpled darling will sloop S till tis light > a Pretty one darling one closo your lids tightly Sleep now my dimpled one sweetly and lightly I Warm Is Iho bed where mother will placo you Dainty and soft is your pillow I know All the warm tints that surround It will grace you Her loving hand rock you so light to and fro Pretty one darling one close your lids tightly UJhty Sleep now my dimpled one sweetly and lightly i Long enlgo In a rudct lowly manger CI1 In faroff Tudea a dear babe was born Camo to tho world an Innocent btrangor To dlo on time cross crowned but by a thorn Not tightly so my protty one clasped oh so Go to leop dimpled one sweetly and I lightly I I Dream darling one from yonder bright heaven Ill Christ child In lemlernoss watches your sleep Quo of the lambs that to mo has been given Spotless as snow may your soul ever keep S Pretty onp darling one closo your lids I I lightly IShl Sleep now my dimpled one sweetly and lightly Before They Break Deem not that they whoso laugh Is light No care can overtake TIcart strings like harps give lightest H Ira I us The moment that they break Just So I 1 A brakcman is a Jolly chap i hrlt lal n 1 Light hearted free from care TIs nature Unit he phould ho bo I You see hf works on air And let his nay bo ns it may I To keep him more twill take Tho cash lies saving day by day Still day by day hell brake I Just a Matter of Choice Costly are kisses well I leo Ive proved It over and over Who cures what the expense Is though Who ever wns a lovor They talk of mlcrobciaden breaths To be such rapture missing 10 To mo would bo a thousand deaths So Ill woull death nnd kissing 1 I Wanted Even Ting 1 havo received an Invitation from Mary hlo spend Christmas sho said to I nor husband You are going to accept aro you not I Yes that Is T dont know ihe said doubtfully Why whats the matter I have received an Invitation from tho S Qreciwi Why v theyre rank j st mirrors anti Mary Is your sister YoK 1 know John hit thpros eight I of Marys nnd only three of tho Greens and where wo go Christmas theyll expect us to havo them here New Years Dont you think wocl better go vhero ilngs oven up somewhat you knowS know-S At i Bargain In a dry goods store h < met her And lovedMior right away You see ho got a bargain llgtn JOl For twos on I hingaln day The Most Convincing Thing i Theres eloquence In vord and pen And j6motlmcs In n Rmilo A glance will oren thrill you whet Theres naught else will ule A slmpe wink can tell n laic r A handclasp volumes tell A touch will oftentimes avail Words answering nocr as well But Limo most persuading thing youll find When all Is sold and done I That brings conviction to the mind Is the front end of a gun |
