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when she i beside the dutir and looked

1 In amazement for a moment. Then she

lifted it nnd ntkod naively:

•‘Whose is this?"

j Jim grasped the situation and prompt-

l ly replied:

j “It's a birthday present"

! She looked at it with evident admira-

tion. Then she saw the cake.

| 'Is this mine, too?" she asked with

•till more wonder and doubtfulness.

: "Yes,” replied Bessie at once, determined to anticipate Jim with her knowledge this time. *T saw’Lisbeth j making it. nnd she said it was your

birthday cake."

i Maud looked about the table in bewilderment, examining the faces of i each one. especially lie iso of Alec and ; 'Lisbeth. At last tears iilled her eyes, she bung her-head and left the table hastily. In a moment shb had washed the tears away and came back with a smiling face, her heart and eyes full of tender gratitude, bbebad seemed a little suspicions of 'Lisbeth, but now that

was all changed.

That Saturday night, too. a big notice was tacked on the front door of the store where everybody coming to clmrch could sec the announcement of the "opening,” which till then had kept a profound secret. The notice remained up all the week, and the turuont the following Saturday was such as to fill the hall to suffocation. It bad beuu a doll November day. and os darkuisw settled down the first snow of the season began to flutter

groat soft flakes.

! ground was hidden under an ermine ! mantle of exqaisitn richnnm. j By half past 7 the people began to ar- , rive. The men stamped the snow roughly from their boots, and the girls and women shook their dresses us they came np on the veranda. The hall was brightly lighted, and there was a cheerful open fire which Alec had arranged expressly for this eutertaiuinenL A was not very chid, no" other boat

needed.

On ono side were displayed all the bright dress goods and made up gov which 'Lislieth had charge of. She dressed herself in a very pretty bright calico, which very well became her precisely ent bnt kindly face. Those who saw her tbongbt they had never her look so fine. On the other side were tlin ready made •ui^i for men and boys, tbo overcoat* and tbo tailor's goods and place for easurement. Alec wore his tailor ade suit and was a walking advertisoeut. The young fellows seemed nlost overcame by his elegance of mau-

ir and looks.

Mrs. Higgins, in her best aiIk dress id an old fashioned little white laoo cap. went about among the guests, overflowing with h capita illy, and praising liberal!/ the cutarpriio of Alec and her daughter 'Lisbeth. Which was the greater wonder was not satisfactorily settled. Flo and Bessie were allowed to be press-tit. too, and trotted abont in the highest glee, having the very best time In the World, till they fell asleep in

some kind neighbors" - arms.

George Marstuu stood near 'Lisbeth**. corner, smiling in astonished wonder at~ Alec's idea and in pleasureut the inevitable resnlt in helping on 'Lisbeth's business, which in one sense was his own as well The older men crowded about him and talked grain and crops and the milk market and an arrangement which Alec had made for selling

their butter.

There was also a great counter of toys and knickknacks, as toothbrushes, bootjacks, kitchen utensils and so forth, of which he had nominal charge. Bnt bn usually referred questioners 'Lisbeth, who stood near, and she with energetic activity attended to both, disregarding him apparently on the ground that he was a useless incumbrance, be looked on with pleased admiration

i her industry.

The young men crowded about Maud' corner, and Alec looked in her direction very often with envious eyea. She lad a fine color this evening, and InIresa certainly was a beauty. Every one lotioed her. the girls came and spoke to a or, and she sold a largo amount of coo'ectionery. Many of the young men xied to Joke with her familiarly, but ihe became so cold and silent that they loon stopped (bat. Jn-t before 10 o'clock Alec glanced ■tastily over the crowd, thinking it was tbout time to bring in the collation ’Lisbeth had proposed, but his eye was trrested by a strange figure near the ioor. It was no o.tTer than Mr. Bennett, liaod's father. He had jnst come in tnd was looking about in bewilderment, it as Alec taw him he in turn aaw and she saw him. Ulowly he tude hi* way toward her. "Well. Hand, a fine place this!" Alec heard him say. He saw Hand's lips anr "Yes.” but he thought she was

r white.

Your mother sent me to fetch you je," Mr. Bennett wont on after a se to look about, in which hi* eye met Alec's, though it was hastily with-

drawn.

"I am 18; I am of age. Von cant i

take mo away against my will," said ' * a '* •""k tK® little ones, though they Maud in hurried tones, drawing back a ■ wcpt ** more. Bnt Jim aaid ho was gii- " as if she feared ! u ** ha ' 1,0 ®>> d . 0 «nd Alec

her father might try to reach over after

her and take her away by force. T don't want to take you back,’

hurriedly. "Do you

aid Mr. Beni

"Yes

. the color

warmly in her chocks again. There was a little silant Mr. Bennett motioned

ward Alec.

Ts he going to marry yon?" He's been a good-friend

said Hand hastily, ns if in i

ing tone in Mr. Bennett's voice, heard and turned away. His

heart thnmjs-d ominously as he realized Ihe perfect faith tbo had in him ' said to himself over and over:

am only her friend. She

A little later he went up to Mr. Ben-

™ . MU. Inter a, «”• B* ling to her meal, afiT „ /, /' h “ d . oomB in hurrying in she stopped b - - ” ary ' ra - v ' * nd brfarc ,h< T P"*-

od Mr.

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aly.

The collation was soon brought in and iteu with hearty relish. When it was finished, one of the young men stood up on a chair mid amid many awkward jests moved that a vote of thanks bo extended to Mr. Howe for his very flue display and fine collation. os carried with loud ipplausr. when his place was immediately taken, us had been arranged beforehand, by a young woman, who moved a vote of thanks to Miss 'Llsbeth Higgins and Mrs. Higgins, which carried with as much earnestness, he undertaking had proved an imse kucv—,. Nearly $l'.no worth of Is had been sold for cash or credit, and the managi-mrait of Alec and ’Lisbetb was firmly established in jiopnlariig the young people, while the ie« looked on with nppruvuL That "store opening" led the way for eneral revival of s<x-ial interest througbnt the town, and its significance •gardtd on all sides as decidedly n social than mercantile. Another ti uluble bonds had bound j to the country. CHAPTER XXII. WINTER. The winter had settled down early, as the weather prophets had foretold. Tiie snow lay thick over all the ground, and the roads had a packed and icy bed. Carts disappeared, and sleighs, sleds and cutters took their places. How lightly the iron shoos skimmi-d over the ground, and the horses, stimulated by the crisp air. flew as if they had no load at all. And soon the heavy bobsleds, drawn by double teams of hursoK or oxen, oarno from «very direction loaded with rough timber for tbo sawmill, or high corded piles of firewood which had been waiting for the snow to bo hauled the farmyards, where it could lie sawed when there no pttedbility of other work. And how the sleds, loaded with rosy faced boys and girls, went shooting wn the east hill andiiast tlie watering -ugh and clmrch and store, and then down the ledge hill far along the forest road. They came before school, and at r school, and sometimes in ith bigger hoys and girls whoso arms had good excuse for clinging closely about each other, and girls’ bo wanned in boys’ pock-

inrited Maud to join him in keeping Jim com pony. So off tle-v went, Jim tugging at the sled in front, Alec and Hand following lefimrely behind. He slipped her arm into his and bellied her gallantly. It was the first time h\» had ever paid her any special attention, but tonight lie helped her and tended her as if she had been a child or a yonng lady from the city. He sat close behind her on the journeys downward and held her firmly with ono baud abont her waist, while with the other he grasped the side of the sled. Once, indeed, they went rolling in the snow near tho foot of the ledge hill, and Alec had to pick her np and v i; e tho snow gently from her fare and eyes and brush her skirts and cloak and-warm her c -Id hands in his. It was very sweet, and she was vory happy, ami so was Alec, if tho truth bo told. He want.-d to take her in his arms and kiss her, but he didn’t, and sho never dreamed of his desire, though assuredly it would not have

shocked her.

But the y.-xt day they foil re work again. Maud was but the servant and Alec was virtual master. Ho was a good nnd courteous master, but master is a cold ami formal word, and Maud foil it. though sho did not complain oven to herself. As for Alec, ho reproached himith having made ho progress In introducing Maud .to some eligible young man, a* ha hail meant to da But, though ho was for tho most part very busy, A he, loo, had fits of lono-linc-ss and melancholy, when ho would climb the attic stairs to stand before the

little

balcony an. mountains ■ yet huge a

v that looked c

the li

I tho

qipod at the »

their numbed Is nnd toes, for Alee always kept ing fire in the big round wood stove, it winter was especially tho ■vial gatherings and lyceums and dainnients in thehall bythe 1 ng society. Thanksgiving . and what family gatherings there I For a full week beforehand the on were engaged in making fat mince dies and pumpkin pies and squash — - and cranberry tarts, and then at the chtoken pies and cranberry sauce and preparing tho big turkey. No house was so small or i»*ir it didn’t have [rest of some-sort, and if there were an.

homo, they

always came, ami abandoned themselves for one day to old cunmry choor, spiced sometimes with clear hard cider. For a week just before Christmas Alec had a grand sale of holiday in the big hall, and people camt from the neighboring towns for mile* about, tuid the sales were really very large. Aire decorated the store and tavern plentifully with evergreens, aud they had a little Christmas tree, with all tho pies and puddings and candies the children, big and little, conld pos-

sibly cat

Christmas evening was a clear, cold starlit night. Tbo day had been a gloriously joyful one, aud Jim brought out his big new double runner and wanted tho whole family to go and slide down hill with him. Alee warf ready at tho am ward, and Hand soon consented, sud after awhile 'Lisbeth said ahe would *a Only Mrs. Higgins held out, till every ono turned against her, and they fairly carried her off, placing her on the sled and pulling her up tbo hill. Whoa they were ready to mako the doscent. Jim sat in front to steer. Mrs. Higgins came next and took a firm grasp of her young son. while ’Lisbeth, immediately behind, did more to seenro her mother's welfare than lier own safety. Thai the little ones sat close up between Tjsbeih aud Hand, who was behind them. Alec pushed tho sled off. How they did whistle through tho air, while fence* and houses and church and (tore and woods went scudding by them. Even Alec caught his breath and bold it bard os they rounded a sharp corner, in to balance tho veering sled. Whst if they should all go rolling in the ow, and what if th-re were broken

roes or cracked skulls?

But there was no casualty. Tho tied me re the end of its journey in a leirely glide, and there was the long tramp back again. When they reached tho store, Mrs. Higgins wouldn’t think of going again, and 'Lisbeth cried off

bly awi

There tho

till, bnt different now, -i. stretching illimitamdiug white expanse

of their sides broken by patches of dork pine woods or brown bare ledges. Bnt as the eye traveled upward tho glittering summits seemed to blend insensibly with the gray clouds above them, far, far above the white valley that lay between. Ami always a vague icy mist seemed hanging over them, leaf in the keen, cold air their masteries might be

revealed.

An-1 tho wide valley between stretched its white expanse as far as the eye oonld reach, broken here aud there by farmhouses and barns whose roofs were neavuy snow laden, or ny rnugn thickets of bare trees, or the dark evergreen woods of pine and spruce and hemlock aud fir. It was a cold and forbidding prospect, yet fascinaGng, too, a mysterious monotony, a wideness and a gulfing infiuitndc. from which perhaps ’ the countryman gets that blank calm ey«I expression of bis that tho men of the city can never understand and which sometimes is mistaken for stupidity. The city enthusiast is at time* astonished at tho apparent blindness of the countryman to the grandeur and beauty about him, but if ho does not look and admire it. it is luvatise bis bones have become imbued with the sights, and his fingers feel them, aud bis nerves are tnned to them. Take him from their resvnee, and he would die of lonehAlec learned these lessons slowly, ut surely. The country was absorbing im, though he rebelled at times. That >as why he hold aloof from Maud. She long link that would

iriyhborlnQ

bind him, conntry girl that sho was, and pot yet would he yield himself wholly. All that winter, day after day, they went about their work, no word spoken, no glance exchanged, that was not of tho cunnnouiwt older. And yet each day be verged imperceptibly nearer and nearer, aud from time to time he realized how the distance had lessened, though oven now he stubbornly resisted, and. going np to the attic window and looking ov er tho snowbound balcony, bo-rau-d tho mysterious mountains for their

subtle witchery.

Every morning ho rose at 6 nnd kindled the fire in the kitchen for 'Lisbeth and then that in the icy cold store. He broke the ice in the water backet* and rent tofha pump for fresh water. He washed bis face and hands in ioo cold water in the kitchen sink and pulled Jim out of bed when ho had not tho son rage to get up. .Sometimes he even felt it bis duty to pound loodly on the door of the room where 'Lisbeth and Mund were, because they were more than half au hour late in coming down. Abont once a month be went to Pavuuia, and sometimes with a sled in order to bring b^rk a bad of grain. Tho work was mom i nous, bnt not disagreeable to one wlm had something in his head to think "bout, as Aleo had. The living was r . gh. and sometimes he longed fur the dainty comforts of his city home, hutgt tho same time he felt his body glowing more and more rugged, and physical health is a great boon. bx cxurnsuiuj ^

small tatile, not Imre than a yard or russ and supplied with strong castere, la of great nauvcnlenoe In a kitchen. It bo rolled erotywarre, and It saw* _ t When a pemm is trying crullsre or oootlng griddle uiki-s, the Ulde can bo put —v the range, holding all Lbs articles re-

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