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Show A STORY. It was Christmas eve. A man sat alone before a glowing fire. Without, the snow was falling softly in a way that gave Dromise that the earth would soon be (l).__-4<y^ '?':^^vr^&::r^j.:j.A.. The room in which he sat was full of comfort and even luxury. From the wall a lady (2).. ., ... . smiled down upon him. On the table lay the (3)_Ci'.--...- .1 and other ( 4 ) . . . ..,, while scattered on every side ware gams from the (5) .^m^a. ja!^r<^^t,,4 A rare old (6). ,to(j>A^ from (7). _ ^.Ls^^.^.-.i -/ .r stood on the (8) . - t i . i . . . . . . . . . . ;. . Sitting there alone he was ^ (9) £sT A '• : 11 - ^5' cyy HIS thoughts went back to the days when \ his highest ambition was to be a (10) . .£E._^-'L.'^<ri-'.^r:rC_in the (11) Oyu-yyi-zPr.^.. A little later (12). y-^-yQiAi'-C ..:.-l,- was his motto, afnd with this in view he joined a party who went (13) l^- iszT^jA..y-j-j^nd mingled with (14).(2.4{-.;4.t:lJ-iCy-ji^-v;';'^ .,;*t.e*t, but his heart had been true to (15) "^iH-jJ.Cjrj'jjAA > ^"d he had returned determined to write a volume of (16). _ y^l'=AA^_ But now another figure mingled with his dreams, that of a (i7)__'^_'=r'rr:5^..^?'«?3?ir'5f.fcL. She was an (i8) -'5^'=^.l«i-i^<U^<?::t.^/ but together they read (19) .y.iA.'i lyhojZ'^&U^ndi wanted nothing on earth but (20).!t-R.'i''.,' '.•!§.- , while the (21).v^c-(:-.. . ^ ' . . . L . . ; entered largely into their scheme of life. The scene changed. She passed away. He found himself where (22) p-.-.'l.' .. was ever in his mind, and he felt that (23).. /p.s':i«&_'0'i-' -1.. had indeed been lost. Thus, turning the (24) ..ySl.tyv^ of a (25)..i2- f-iTfa.i. r . r . • . : , old friends whom our (26)....C_1_ ,^: .1.4 loved, came and conversed with him. (27)...^...,^. _/j,-=<^. reminded him of the days when he had appreciated the (28)..=^.^.e-y.. •^ . n '-.r/_jj_; the (29)-Qii<Lti(-./_ .-'_•-_. I.loC^trecalled the pure bnglish of the ( 3 0 ) . . . . . ; even (31). )5 ^-'-^Jili. descended from his niche and made merry with jolly (32).. (33) .. walked forth and discoursed with (34). .. i i . c i : (35) .... The author of (36) talked with (37) and (38 found himself in the meshes of (39) The fire burned low; the authors retired to their accustomed places. Even (40) no longer flitted before him; the moonlight stole through the.fllmy lace curtains, and the soft strains of the (41) . came to his ears, sung by the (42) ..in a neighboring street. |
