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Rob Moorson.
A lamp , well-trimmed , was placed in a chamber window , so as to show a light upon the mountainous road leading up to the hoase . Bat , alas ! morning dawned , and Rob came not ; and now they had no hope of seeing him for the next twelve months ; for they were both sure that he would keep his word as to the time of his arrival , if he ever came at all , being on a Christmas Eve . Three more years passed away , and every Christmas Eve was spent by good old Mrs . Moorson and Lucy in watching for the arrival of Rob , the lamp duly showing its
light from the window tdl daylight dawned on Christmas morning ; but still he came not . In the meantime several letters had arrived from him , stating that he was in California , and working very hard , doing his best to try to forget the past ; and when he felt that he could do so happily , he hoped to return home to his dear old mother and friends once more . He told , also , how he had been struck clown by fever , but he had been carefully tended by kind friends whom he had met with on his arrival . They were
English people , and he had shared their home during all his residence in California , and his winter evenings had been spent in teaching the chdclren of the worthy people who had been so kind to him in his trouble ; and he was happy to state that he was once more in the enjoyment of that inestimable blessing , good health . * * * * * ¦* ! R
In the spring of the year , when Rob had been absent from home four years , the man whose home he shared announced to him his intention of returning to England during the summer , as he had realised a sufficient sum of money to make him and his family comfortable in his native land ; and he longed to see his old home once more , and all the dear familiar scenes of his childhood . He strongly advised Rob to accompany them , seeing that he , too , had been very successful , and was now a comparatively
rich man . Rob demurred at first . But the thought of being left alone when his dear friends were gone was too much for him , and at last he consented to accompany them . ' He also had a great longing to see his clear old mother and his home again ; so it was agreed that they would all return together . Bob was first to go with them to their native place in tho south of England ; and , when Christmas came round again , he said
he should pay a visit to his relatives amongst the Yorkshire hills . All necessary preparations having been made , Rob and his friends set sail for England , where they arrived safely in the early part of September . Having secured a pleasant residence in his native village in Essex , Rob ' s friend settled down , as he said , "for life . " In the meantime Rob paid several visits to the great metropolis , and saw all the principal sights of London ; always going , when he wished for rest , to his clear friends in Essex , and many a pleasant day he spent in Epping Forest when the autumnal tints were on the trees .
The autumn , with its grand garniture of many-coloured leaves , wore away , and Christmas was near once again , when Rob made arrangements for his journey into Yorkshire . Ho was to arrive at his mother ' s house on Christmas Eve ; and , if his false love and her husband had left the village , as he hoped they might have done , he would probably remain there for the remainder of his days ; but if not , he would return to his friends'in Essex , and only visit his Yorkshire home occasionally to see his relations and friends , and enjoy those charming landscapes from the summit of his native hills
, which had often presented themselves , as pleasant pictures , in what Shakspere would call his " mind ' s eye , " as he mused by the firelight of a winter ' s night , when far away across the broad Atlantic . On the twenty-fourth of December he arrived at the market-town nearest to his for-some-time forsaken home . But a great storm had arisen ; the snow had been laid deeply on the ground for some days ; the frost was intense ; and the windin all its
, fury , was busy forming those dangerous snow-drifts , beneath which so mauy lives have been lost ; so that he was a bold man indeed who durst attempt to climb the Yorkshire hills on such a tempestuous night as that . Rob tried hard to tempt the landlord of the principal inn , with great gifts , to allow one of his men to drive him to the farm ; but all he could induce him to promise was
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Rob Moorson.
A lamp , well-trimmed , was placed in a chamber window , so as to show a light upon the mountainous road leading up to the hoase . Bat , alas ! morning dawned , and Rob came not ; and now they had no hope of seeing him for the next twelve months ; for they were both sure that he would keep his word as to the time of his arrival , if he ever came at all , being on a Christmas Eve . Three more years passed away , and every Christmas Eve was spent by good old Mrs . Moorson and Lucy in watching for the arrival of Rob , the lamp duly showing its
light from the window tdl daylight dawned on Christmas morning ; but still he came not . In the meantime several letters had arrived from him , stating that he was in California , and working very hard , doing his best to try to forget the past ; and when he felt that he could do so happily , he hoped to return home to his dear old mother and friends once more . He told , also , how he had been struck clown by fever , but he had been carefully tended by kind friends whom he had met with on his arrival . They were
English people , and he had shared their home during all his residence in California , and his winter evenings had been spent in teaching the chdclren of the worthy people who had been so kind to him in his trouble ; and he was happy to state that he was once more in the enjoyment of that inestimable blessing , good health . * * * * * ¦* ! R
In the spring of the year , when Rob had been absent from home four years , the man whose home he shared announced to him his intention of returning to England during the summer , as he had realised a sufficient sum of money to make him and his family comfortable in his native land ; and he longed to see his old home once more , and all the dear familiar scenes of his childhood . He strongly advised Rob to accompany them , seeing that he , too , had been very successful , and was now a comparatively
rich man . Rob demurred at first . But the thought of being left alone when his dear friends were gone was too much for him , and at last he consented to accompany them . ' He also had a great longing to see his clear old mother and his home again ; so it was agreed that they would all return together . Bob was first to go with them to their native place in tho south of England ; and , when Christmas came round again , he said
he should pay a visit to his relatives amongst the Yorkshire hills . All necessary preparations having been made , Rob and his friends set sail for England , where they arrived safely in the early part of September . Having secured a pleasant residence in his native village in Essex , Rob ' s friend settled down , as he said , "for life . " In the meantime Rob paid several visits to the great metropolis , and saw all the principal sights of London ; always going , when he wished for rest , to his clear friends in Essex , and many a pleasant day he spent in Epping Forest when the autumnal tints were on the trees .
The autumn , with its grand garniture of many-coloured leaves , wore away , and Christmas was near once again , when Rob made arrangements for his journey into Yorkshire . Ho was to arrive at his mother ' s house on Christmas Eve ; and , if his false love and her husband had left the village , as he hoped they might have done , he would probably remain there for the remainder of his days ; but if not , he would return to his friends'in Essex , and only visit his Yorkshire home occasionally to see his relations and friends , and enjoy those charming landscapes from the summit of his native hills
, which had often presented themselves , as pleasant pictures , in what Shakspere would call his " mind ' s eye , " as he mused by the firelight of a winter ' s night , when far away across the broad Atlantic . On the twenty-fourth of December he arrived at the market-town nearest to his for-some-time forsaken home . But a great storm had arisen ; the snow had been laid deeply on the ground for some days ; the frost was intense ; and the windin all its
, fury , was busy forming those dangerous snow-drifts , beneath which so mauy lives have been lost ; so that he was a bold man indeed who durst attempt to climb the Yorkshire hills on such a tempestuous night as that . Rob tried hard to tempt the landlord of the principal inn , with great gifts , to allow one of his men to drive him to the farm ; but all he could induce him to promise was