| Vol. I.—No. 7. | Published by HARPER & BROTHERS. New York. | Price Four Cents. |
| Tuesday, December 16, 1879. | Copyright, 1879, by Harper & Brothers. | $1.50 per Year, in Advance. |
ONE TOUCH OF NATURE.
BY MRS. W. J. HAYS,
Author of "The Princess Idleways."
Mrs. Douglas was looking over her shopping list, and Lily Douglas waslooking over her mother's shoulder. The Christmas Charity Fair was sosoon to be held that Mrs. Douglas had a world of business to attend to,for of course her table must be full of pretty things suitable for theseason. She was going out this morning to finish all her purchases, andLily had been promised a corner of the carriage if she would be as quietas she knew how to be, and not take cold. This was joyfully acceded to,for with all the glories of the shops to look at, could she not bestill? and with her new velvet cloak and warm furs, how could she takecold?
So she bounced into the brougham after her mother, and curled herselfinto the smallest possible space, that there might be room for all thepackages. Such smiling brown eyes under sweeping lashes looked up at thesky as she wished for snow, and so warm a little heart b