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Show fV ' Tinthe vood. - II E Then a train came along, and they cou!dhearlhatit waVTaking nvhter, when, to their display, the mill bestarted up again, and the piston-rod motion. It was now almost impassable to do any more whittling, for although the; nippon vas slow, yet with each rotation of the wheel above the rod m ide a stroke of about six inches, and after an attempt to continue their labor. which resulted in a badly cut hand forTlomer, they gave lip in despair. And now they began to feel the pangs of thursr. They knew from the men. at camp had tolcl them that it was about one htindred and fifty fetA down to the water. And that tlie little stairway led down.' to it; but to' venture down into that terriblevblack well was something that would have nude older hearts than gan its up-and-do- - HERALD. HER A theircoats they, began. their knives 'bearing and .Cuttijlg-Avith- i they labored for anjiour, and ag length tliey swung their little bucket over the side of the stairway and'lowered it into ' the penetrable darkness. . - Tt3liE J. CcJ jSFjfl N U E D, J f a stok if. t V It will justdxe fi month and 15 days untill ..Chritmas Santa. Glaus, will soon be around and unless the children will Le e wont retty g od The little girls bring them will all want doll j, dishes watches, ccoli stoves. The little boys nil want little gans,:sleds, little wrrds,. tops, games ' and story-book- s Biit if any of. .ypu are bad y ou are pretty likely not to. get " .theirs quail. hi mV Santa from anything d hey had a lantren, but no matches, Claws likes children and. the bet good -- and there was-n old tin can which teryoua.rg the nicer presents youll get would answer for a bucket if they only Santa Claws is ?. hard working, i .l. l f O pretty had a rbpe; But no rope was forthmaking pretty new sleds and things. , coming, vand Horner was fast becoming Just little7 children. I skp,of.; feverislY with thirst' a id crying. think ...alter.-. . he all the . But why not make a rope? Verto make presents for year round.-tryingil remembers of of hearing a story we ought to try to please him by bejis where certain good little boys who were And try to ing as good? as shut up in prison by an old ogre had mammas as much help, their papas-anmade a rope 'of their bedclothes- - and t try and- - please thus escaped from the wfridow'of thelF him. cell. May. We can make a long rope by tearing our clothes into strips and tying them togher, said lie and stripping off Hellow! Have you read the Herald 1 anj-ihifig- ; : 'r for-the- - . . , g we-'can.-'- d . . - X tLfe V. . |
