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 happiness is never attained; some obstacle, some blot interposes just short of realization. But is this not materialistic philosophy? Some one has said that,—"It is possible for a man to so conquer the subjective world within himself that he may rule over the objective, thus bringing himself en rapport with the harmonious vibrations of nature in a happiness vouchsafed only to those who understand and obey her laws." Sweet was his sleep as he lay on the soft bed that had once been Granny's, and who can say that she was not drawn thither by the law of spiritual attraction?

Saturday was a busy day in town. Reports of the blizzard's havoc were harrowing in the extreme. Relief expeditions were sent out to aid the suffering mountaineers, still imprisoned in the mountains, some in a starving condition. Several had lost their way in endeavoring to reach town and had perished.

All hands joined in the good work and by night the greater part of the sufferers had been attended to.