Show ae e ze a 0 0 0 0 11 one christmas in the mountains B by y E EARL A R L MARBLE M A R B L E copi light two to or three days lefoie tile the holy holiday as christmas has riot not inaptly been tinned the dense almost sol id snow clouds settled down over the rocky mountains and tile tiie adjacent region a as though burying them t h e in mountain deep with tile the feathery flakes that came silently and salil angly down steadily ba 47 and pers persistently V lusy as though 41 building a new st daa k lauge of mountains of solid and 44 never ending pearl sti etching away seemingly in fit an endless chain and creeping up tip to waid tile the zenith in ili 0 an ambition t to oil outdo t do nature herself Water sprouts have been known in a few moments of time to date valleys and even hills themselves and such J a display of tile the forces of nature as tills this seemed to be a 1 snow spout spoilt it if such il a word may be coin coined ed just before ent entering eting the sri snowy 0 w y realm on oil a an 11 eastbound east bound train trail harold lancaster had telegraphed to a pi pretty etty it title little village in illinois that ile be was on his 1119 way home and would be there lit in season to assist iu ili the church festi atles oil on christmas christinas atter which the train had plunged into tile mountain region ife he did not lot know cup that his telegram was riot not sent as before it was dispatched the wires ires had broken under und eithe the weight of 0 the snow and all communication lori with the lie east was suspended fus mis the gert occasionally by bi a coil convenient snow rz fail air pl Iress toward tho Ellum At where here it 11 was expected it would meet with less obstruction t than it an on tile the slope harold hall had gone on a trip up through the wonderful canadian country in the fall promising to r re e liliu to arsht aasi tt lit in giving a christmas christinas entertainment in the church of oc which edith low loa ell his sweetheart was the soprano is as lie ho was the tenor ile he had ai vi written ritten a little musical skit in ill which lie he was to essay the pait of a fr lint peter and messenger to announce to the world or the lie soon tobe christian tian world tho birth of lie Sa balour lour and his of that ebent was as to lie bo greeted by the beautiful soprano voice of miss mis s lowell in it a iel welcoming coniing aria which hall been composed with particular ilar berell aiice I 1 to I 1 her r exquisite method of blid til file lile ti iliin which was one of if tile I 1 features of hot her voice that enado ber so popular ir k ith U N alio to listened to lier ter oice sunday after sunday As aa Chiist runs wild anil day after day passed without illy void being froni young lancaster Iau raster sit alir seemed tried buived fit gloom as deeply as were vere the foothills and even the lie peaks as a veil ell as is tho the canyons of the greit great dividing range of tile country all this time out in the rocky mountains a it train ain was creeping along slowly and a muffled tenor letter voice was mur mining aIni almost ot in 1 11 occasional cas ional vo icings A sou son is bon to the Ilig highest hest and again glory italic Ittia ll its as though in rehearsal ot of tile elen ebent t in tile little churell church in almly ville at last christmas eve arrived and the congregation in their seats were expectant the choir singers seemed to fake t ile their elle cue front miss lowell and a small of success only wn anticipated everybody was aai lenity for tho the start 1 and there was a pause the file last blast on oil the trumpet sounded which was tile signal for lalli ath to lo ilse and be ready to greet tile the to tenor allola if only ilmond well hole libie she said sotto oice loice as we sire cioe it will be hard for me to sing shig it slie site stood expectantly 1 I 1 have i no inspiration without harold following the signal a figure ure appealed lit in ehg ali distance but aldith did nt hae the hie hiatt to look there edmed to be a little commotion 0 dear site exclaimed 1 I hope that end of jt it ill not nol fail also as I 1 tear fear tills this will then a clear voice sounded forth voiler acted on oil edith like an electric battery A son soil is born to the highest slie she beard which was followed by glory hallelujah taken up till by both choir and congregation ller inspiration had arrived she know the voice so well and ami tier her heni i leaped as her voice rang out in the opening notes of 0 glicr lei nili aila which in tin it aa so ins piling that it brought the 0 clithe it tu its fr ff et ct and all remained standing in deference dele ronce rence IC leu tier her ant of 01 ill iff a anil tl notes alike I 1 it anas as a gapit gie it triumph the old pastor as lie was bell being and love vas the hie key hey noto said aid aano a know ins ing jiing noting deacon yes love to god said the pastor and to man mail added tile deacon |