74 THE BED MOUNTAIN OF ALASKA. 
" Mammy/' moaned Lex Once more, " 'pears like dem 
crows lost dar way, 'r else dey doan come to no brack 
folks. Dar dey is ! " he shrieked out, all at once, jump- 
ing to his feet and almost upsetting mammy, who raised 
herself more slowly and listened. 
Yes ! it was a low, heavy rumble of wheels over the 
frozen ground. Nearer and nearer it came. Chloe darted 
to the door. They were stopping — two big wagons, one 
loaded high with wood, the other with baskets of provis- 
ions of every sort conceivable. The driver was a 
wealthy resident of Atlanta, well known throughout the 
city, and, doubtless, throughout heaven, too, God bless 
him ! 
So the ravens had come, and Chloe and her little ones 
knew no more want that winter. The next morning the 
following telegram quivered over the wires to the great 
Northern newspapers, in the files of which you can find 
it if you look : — 
" Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 27. The severe weather of the 
past week caused great suffering among the poor. On 
Saturday it was learned that hundreds of poor women 
and children were huddling around their last burning 
stick of wood, and the Constitution of Sunday morning 
made an appeal to the citizens to send to the paper 
money, provisions, and fuel, which would be distributed 
by its business department. 
" At noon there were gathered together about sixty 
wagons, containing wood and provisions. Merchants 
worth hundreds of thousands of dollars took their places 
