Light In The East

He had slept quictly all the long, si lent niht, wbile iho familv took turna in watchin beside him, but as daylight approached, and the first faint rays of the coming sunlight dispellcd the dim night -h:idows, he stirrcd uneasily. Hs i atient loving wife sa', by the bed bolding ia hers ono of the eold, pale hands that lay nerveless and al most polseless beside hinu He feit rather tlian saw thatsho was thei'e. "Mother," he asked presently, "is it ligbl in the cast?" "Yes, David," she answered, with tearful voice, -'the light is breaking." "Th en it is time to be up," he said, and so feil asleep. And BOOD the red, rosy sun llooded the whole eastern sk}' with a rad anee that reflected itself in the snow, and lit op that winter scerie with an indescribable glorv. But the old farm house looked sad and lonely, The c:itt'e in the bain waiting to be fed. lowed mournfully to each other. The old house dog sat on the stoop and looked into the distance with pathetic eyes, and shivered with dumb instinct. And the early morning train coming around the curve slackened its speed as the men leaned forward to ask in patomine for their old friend. And they saw the bit of fluttering black that was to signal them, and instantly every head was bared and bowed. So! hc was cono, who for so many year.s had waved them a cheery "good morning" that had lasted them all the darles, wheu it was ' light in theeast" be was "up" and away. God having provided some better thing for him in the Morning Land. ïhere was a missionary concert at Rockland church the other evening, and amo g other things was a paper on missionary work read by a young lady. When she" had finished, the leader of the moeting said: "We will now sing Hallelujah 'Tis Done.'" Whereat everybody smilcd. - Rockland CourierGazette. "I think." said tho demure Miss W. italittle "that a Christrnas present from pa aud ma would be vcry nice, jou know, but what I really would like ■-" "Would be a Christmas present from some one out of the faiuily - " "And perhaps willing to coni in," she responded, quietly. Hartford Post. Miss Klank (to lier cousin, who has inadvertently adniired her foot)- Yes, papa thinks so mnch of my foot that while we were in Italy lic tricd liis best to persuade me to have a bust made of it - Harper's Bazar. Landladv (examining n fugitivo boarder's trunk)- "Why, Bridget, his tniuk is f uil of bricks? How could they have got there?" "Sure, ma'am, he brought one home in his hat ivery night. ■'- Life. The Crow Indians in Montana havu made about $lo,000 dnring the past year by charging cattlemen for the privilege of driving stock across their reservat on. "Fortune hunter-Now, darling, say ves or no. I've only lifteen minutes in which to catcli the' train." Heircss - "Better catch your train then. You are not going to catch me," Boston Courier. Recipes for "Kyphl" and "Tasi," the perfumes uscd by the Egyptian priests and women of pleasure S,OJU years ago, have recently been printed in Franco. The highest fountain in Europe is that in thé gardens of ChatSWOrth, the seat of the duke of Devonshire. The hight of this famous jet is 267 fect. Fir trees are the favorites with the ladies for Christmas trees - fur trees that boar sealskin sacaucs. -Boston Bulletin.