(STMAS WHEN V IWAS A BOY. blunkotod uddlo-hone pnnoea u use 5 and Hannah: turned away with a or. llko Honnokor.I.a-udgedou nolnou-nod of sorrow. Ho could no moving light: In crou-Inna and outlying noln|o-|no In- o...... M man who and to tho` hallo on and outlying nouo_-I:no lll an-nnonhou and tlotxolio Shorrill'I. Ooouionnily that were not! enough for Human: to coral III outdo; voioo. Ono light lonood tho dunk jun shad othhn. The Innnnolnnnnondo girl am in view. They `I-Quint! hill curiously no he own; by. his on: down. I bdiovo it was Clint Honnoku-."nid the IIIIII with I Isuzu. 'l`hot'I Just who is won, Minn Boonie. Ho : going out to nit. up 3: tin cabin. Bculoy tried to work an in for It. but. I sold, `Not II]. that you kindly. Holidays only oolno ones I nor." slope loading to the crux : cap. as wnun An icy glean nibblod. Aorou the low water a long plank stretched 3 dark um. Straight shad tin log houu nude 5 [Hr uh spot. nponthodukhill. Souuonohnd Ian I lunurn at tho door. It ntood hard by the middle pomh taco. staining the snow garb of the twisted vino to 5 psi: crimson. Idols hanging from the crap in: hnnohu had I stung: clout 6i mow noncundoolor. like I dripping chemo- thins rod and think. Hnnnnkar. hi: lantern htld shad. push- Bollleumee II. enoweu nuns on Dey, jun. en in doee In the which ere dluu-lbuud et. Chrlatmee In Florldeend Southern Ceulomln In! what we lived In Illinois we scum-mu ecoordlng no the book; kosher end I had new elede. Not. gendlly decorated with even- Ic bone: end e IIIIIIO them no Q boy would give to e etono eled, but I-eel bend elede. hlllqllerly otdelned oerpenher. V$ lot Do good ee they would here we llede them onreelvee. of III! were fer end ewey better They were reedy for the leet week In November. nrlyle December the enow eeme Aeleleyed down. And kept on _ hie. ltd:-medwpuo the wh- Z ICC the eneee. The country c you. The girl nhnddcnd. "12 : uwtn1--Go ho thorn alone w!th-w|th-" "Oh. Clint won G mind it." Hounokor mm. on down tho the crock odgu. at w nu in clean clgo think. Honnoker. lnnurn od thooor opon. He had noortnin quaint At the idea o! ontaring, but than was nothing in the poor room to nlqrm A man. union he {cared oolno power in tho rutlul gure on the high bod. Tho honrth was swept. Two wood ohnin dooorouniy at Ixtinnt sh: wnlL Everything was in order. A bunch of dried horhl hung in I cor-nor our the witnh'| low cooking things. Hoping Bushy would come soon. Enn- nokor put his lantern down. It won very cold. but ho wu not sure it would ho righl to build I nro. As he at thorn looking to- wnrd the shouted gure, ho w ion ch-nnonnnn9 in nggk. `mi 3 ggg gnd vuru mo nnauou uguu, Ilvuanvvv .... tlmorouot in posh And otnlgm lines. This was the lnovltcblo ondlngnttho human awry nnhsoknayod by npetltlon. The talc of what. we an wu happily nished by 0110 who had boon noor And old md alono. Wht harb- wu happily unlshod by who nun nun poor and nlono. when mrrlng day: were so far put that on: their memory mun hnvo Ind I gnvoyard Anvnr IIVOP. Honnokor pioturod the old creatures: he had non her tho night before, crouch- ing our the nlggnd cheer of her span In. 1: us her box. A uuddon roman- brnnoo had on him. . no 1.. nu. vlllnrn cousin had doc]! uhod him. .' Of Iota you-I vllluo gossip had mm with tho Iubjoct. of the old wanna`: wealth. In the two of her manner living the Idea of hoordod gold undir the lurch- Ibonu hod long ulnco ceased to Invite db- ouulon: but the vivid lntaroot. than one: current ale: had hod for his boyhood ro- ourrod to Hennoker, ond he wondered 1! the ho: ho hod soon was the trouuro-box. n. umnaln. of In bnlkv look. If it hold had one Izroaaure-oox. He thought. of la bulky coin. is eoemed llkely that the content: might be considerable. Henneker ponder- ed an to in probable dlapoeitlon. It would go to tho Scam, no doubt. the money which the old woman had hoarded- Iniaereble money deetlned nover to mete any one happy. For to Hon neker'a mind the Shaw was almply an ehetraotion. He thought of dungeons lined with iron- bonnd autos full to the doors o! bege oi bullion. available only for chore eeored governmental naee which he reepeoted without. asking to 'undu-stand. 'l`ha witch : nnvlmrn could scarcely be oi seeking to -unueriuna. The witch`: savings could scarcely much nu to the State, I more drop In that In of gold which ho fancied. n-.....\... alnnnntl mun:-d the hnrth. 0! gold wmcn no Iancxau. Hennokor glanced toward tho hearth. Reaching out his foot, be mad aataouo that looked looao. 1!; mad, `rating on nono- thlng Inotalllo. Al; tha ammd Honueker draw back. shak- Inotnlllo. At the pound ing 0 little. The guy uhndo of II laten- xlon slipped furtlvely upon Inns. :1! he Ind money enough to build I home. even . rm-I um. house. how dloront llto IIBLII uuuao, uvvv uununuuu ...- I would look I The face ot Boonie Curd gllmpood upon him. no not out! fresh from among the dork tongloo of his thought: u 1 wild root bull in I thorny hedge. Just u the look- od st him In this eeting vlolon she was porhnpo looking at. Hlnkle In roomy, All I bowlldorlng mlxturo of white munlln And blue ribbon: And brown soft. curln. u-....-|.... .9.-om! tn his feet. red to IIIIIO nbnonl um Drown lulu uun-. Honnakor Iurtod to his feet, red to motion. As he knooled on the hearth-about ho {alt the pronoun of I lean old shape which manna-d him with I vanlnhlng Inger. The witohfe eyee (loomed on him from every shadow. The wisp of dry herbs, etlrng In I dnughc, crackled with bod- in; noises. Whleperings and chlll breath! lled the ploce, but Hennekor I {Ace land In its purpose which put out (car. H1: lips were locked and whim. He fell. Ilka one who had gained some unearthly power through a oovennnt with hell. am. ....... nnmn nnnllv un. In an Install Ihlll I Oovuunuu wnuu uuu. Tho Iwnc cums anally up. Kounokor had drugged a rusty Iron box out. Tholld had I tongue which tted our I knob In the front. edge. Hanueker, tumbling with thin. felt. It. ylold in hit HAIMI, It named to him mddonly thut ha onughtnnound outulule, : sound blended of fooutopu and voiceu softly rising And hlumr. Btulnblinl up. he held himself to OK looiulnyu -uu u.......... .. -._. _____ falling. Btumbllng up. lluuu. Them In: I um. fnltex-lug, half-soared up ntho door. Hennekor nood nervo- ` lqghln on: on who clanking panels A ` girl`: voloo rung out. cnlllng Mn numo. Than the lltchleu door swung In. show- } In; 1 pnlo small (am under a blue shawl. --Inn. Clint. you didn't. hear |no.dld I]. #10 Illllll [IUD uuuur I mu: nu-wu. "Why, Clint. you you? I knocked twice. Oh. goodness. in nu hot! I-l ln Ifflld to come In. Why, ..u I hand vou were here. and I Jul! 033 I-l'In unit: to com. In. w ny, any, I head you here, just couldn't Itnnd It--you poor thing I" 0 hot Iona Honnokor had An odd noun lnddity. ll one coming to hlmulf Afton ulnllnm. Ho named to no matron box not the III mm on. -1.1 second tromulously our an lint time. The girl stepped tremulousiy threshold. "Cousin 3. come Along with Ine-he e waiting on yonder. We run oi! hon Ilerrillk I reckon every one : wonder ing, Come on. Clint, we're going to can ` you but with um" 'l`hen.el. the wiidlm in up hoe, which. ehe new on nearer view, her ten and emherruenunt eeemed to do- . "Clint, yon-you`re not and et net 1, Q1. l-l'In not going so Iinkle. I ma ! help what new eon. Ihe eeolo cheer. holding out her hende. Heeneher drew e cntohing breath. A uh nee tohie dry lips. o eob otlnoh ehalhfnlneee en blotted on: even the little ggpegnng Igure before him. Thnhlnn ehnwl had eliwed down. and Illli mun` mu. `lfhohlno Ihuvl Illppotl Booth stood all In white. hrahlldllko tug polguriu to Honnohn was oyu the oonunuou which ngoln have. an 1:; sound honhlu haul might, and nwunumll eluur onlholnn `loot. Thoboxladturudovorensho `.m-nM.hnhcn.h.iII||dlID|lIl. , / /I , / / / Thoboxlanturncuovwusu loot. Ouuotthnhnrth. iulld gaping. Wuthn Ibo witch : hoxl"hnubol Idling Ill Iplllod out It held uh I `qvulbowluhh tnnun. IIIIIIIIIOCII `hlhnnnlhln named to he saith : ,vcI-Inland none by-gouovognqnlo `hdhl cl yollow curls. not as night Invopownouuchlldhbunl. .L_a.g__. I- I-In. may enough buun noun. even little home. Innb I `Apt and voxceu uoluy ruling nnu 19,. 1896. Oln-luunu pm. and. no doubt. .:.':.-*.:*.2:-*-...,.`~-:~,.....= .. I In 00 Win! do they wnnt. with no I ` And no he n-hndly mun ooh Dachau-thllu nndnrllnod- I but not (all. Well. wall. I won't I 8505 nlwnyn Hunt and kind. Now. In no no. I land not thought Upon my vudrobvn mu ; I was look up my ovonlng nu- By Jon Ht`: I-other Into Tn rnmmnn for n nun us By Jon III`! IIIIIIP nus To running! And Inh one gloves to much. Glut Boots! my bus ohm : nt Iho Ind , . And Ihin one noods a pouch. I'll than! n nudlo-c-it I ou- (I an Iho Innn who Drop 0! ninglo hluudnou I) and no It I o|n`t lnond thou nan. This throurn too oouno : or also. pox-hop. My needle in too slim. The light is poor or it may ho My night in getting dim. and Why were men : lingers only nude ot II To (In; and thump And jerk P I'm thinking how hor um. hunt! EX` Would not around this work I And how she'd smile and bite hot thrond. And look no wise and ulna. Lnd-thonl Pu Itnbhod my ingot tlnannhl L LIC-`I:OYC I ll'VO IEIDIUII my nu... Oh. win: an an I am I Thoolock tloklon. I muulnnhlnlh. Slum Iho dulm-n|u For those lost opportunmu Onr ehonghuou youth in put I But. II this mingle ntlll, who know; Some Joy: we mu Marlon. Pu-hspn uho ll mend up life for no Baton nut. Chrmmu on. -M|doll||o.8. Bx-ldgu, In Judgu. Lou nu-I no. on Christmas night. Whon the young world In: wrapped whim. wnon In whlh. Tho wlldwooa oluuu-no hr and nun who All of lawn : uonu hour. Btnrlod with womb: and srlzht. lot. lo! Tiunln rose In sight. lnmuhod In {routed golden light. Oouohod on I. moon`: Ilow nlllng Iphon nC0U`l|I0- worm VII wrupvuu And have |dn\tho ultumo Iph. lnocrnmo now 5 nmul Illum- (The you: like In nuke: clluppoln A on]: panes like 5 our)- Rdana sun uby the llry 1-Izm- Lonn you-I um. A Day When cure should Flee Iran the llurthetone, The bleeeed Chrletlnu feetlvnl in the one day In ell the year when one ehonld he put uide. The "bed days end end den" of the year thst In elmoet over lie behind us; let the very memory of them be henlehed en we t-epere to mute the tenet I joyful one to t e children Around ne. What better poeeeulon on we give them for their tu- tnre livee then the remembreneeot hour: of unolouded hnppineee In their childhood ! home! When they are old enough to up- preclate them they will lecell with inex- preneible tenderness the ucrlnoee that were mode to give them leunre. We are no nlnorhed the ltflllllo of mnde give them leeenre. We are so absorbed etrnggle Ilvlmz we do not elwaye realise thstwe ere mnking history end thet the preeent will soon be the past. The chlldnn'e future lies. in I greet meeeure. et our mercy. We are shaping end moulding it dny by dey by the form we give the pru- ent. Let A ood of eunehine tell on Shoe holidnye when they look heck on them (mm the height: of toiling manhood - euerlng womenhood. Let them he ehle to eey. We did heve euch e goodtime when we were childrenl" Such memoeiee are e. precious poeeeeeion that no nftu eorrow can dim. Would not many e mother check the impetient word. and many e tnther heeitete over the heety prohibit ion, it they remembered thet their children would not forget them in the yours to come? Perhepe some cu-eworn little mother will eey, "If we could Alford it. I could give the dnrlinge e perfect day." It done not take much money to make children happy. The myeteriee end eurprieee which delight their eoule can be echieved with- out the expenditure of much morethnn time end petienoe. Some of the but thing: money cannot buy; end thoee the! they will recollect longest mey he the fruit of their mother : loving in uity. The word: Chrietmu" nu "Saute fruit of their mother loving in In . Cleua" always recall to one family certain "oruiler ladies." an they were fondly called, which they inveriebly found in their etockinge on Chrietmae morning. They were only doughnuie, out into a ehape which it required a vivid imagine tion to believe was intended tor a woman. The voluminoue ekirte were marked with a diamond pattern, imprinted with the edge of a knife blade; but the meet artil- tic embroidery adorning a maaterpleoe oi Worth'e could not give more pieaenre than it did. The mnacnllne oountcrpariie ol theee charming crenturee were not aa a euooeea Their loge would break 0 (in the elightaet preeauna. and it waa aeldom that one of them emerged from the etook- ing wholly uninjured. It wae a carefully preeerved ctlon that Mrs. Banta Claue made theee delicate creetione. and it wine a matter of wonderment how they were transported without breaking. Children love to have a ilnler in the pie. transported wltnonr. orenung. Children linger pie. and like to help in whetewr in going on. They ere deprived of e greet deel of plea- sure when everything is done fortheln end nothing rennin: for them but to enjoy the labor: of others. They ehonld he encour- aged to prepere little enrprien for one enother, to enlist in decorating the houle with Christine: evergreens, if they ere to he had; end. above ell. to remember ee Ghienethe poor end needy. Thne ere mu nu... Alana that lack thin INN ! thlnunotho ma nooay. Tncu an not than IIOIII that wot-Id`: goods; thonnnmnny lonely onol hut nnnstund donut have gone ` Inn than with raw to rununbuthun. To that tho chdnn can our] Christian ltnunauinhln birthday, which was thoboginn ofnllfoolluloll-nooo uthoworld mnnunoqunllod. VII |lmnun|ontolonrnthol:untyoho|1- dnnlnl. and thobloudnn 0! rain; audnolnthontrvleootothun. otltfl nut not take all thii lesion Iothunnlvu. Iatthuilltlnalhnnlhlt; they will not holcn bonus they haw hon gu- ltdto nonoourtcongnon nun!!- nontotburtnglnllooontthnchrkh an-tldo, when hay-note In mosdpd win. Thu-Ionthounwho hoohvlth poignant anguish to Iutchrhnnzor othcufnrthorpangwho Ihq. too. was tullotjoy. Although hspptuu Iaonrthon mndnu mu lulu; Iunnlntnolotopoduolnlo . and to ndpuuln thc hloction of no light. Thonhnohurtnohcnvythotltnnynot hclpb give to othu'I|"IorryOhItt- II In nun: I hid A ILOIIIBII (lllflllu `IV ROBERT J. DUIDETI MOTHER AT CHRISTMAS. nun Ulnnnu noun; un- n wunjuotntrllolcnnlnncnilmnd nan-nnlnlnndhmnhllntnltl A FAIRY TAL `oIlAII'I'IR(I!lQIV'I- l by we Illry nun: long you: no. '35~"3l$`T1E'GoALD "V T '--""l -'w`-'"" taught me that. She always used I T I I 1 Cl C 1 r I will do the same. I know it's absolutely pure Cream Tartar and Soda Ialso use their brand of Ehvgrlng I'l|__ A-` _L- nixuickil ' ._._.__ ___..:___ j, THE ART bARL.AND L % DOUBLE HEATER. win I In G lthl llthnayothrb bu-nornllnulo. new animal bo:n.'I*:>:|u::3lI1.=ln:'|b1ut.y..'n\:::.oou!-nl o'::onM:n .374` honing povon. Do all: M jjjj 75 & 77 PRINCESS STREET. g1._: nwu Inc. In lcyvl Ioconuocnnuu I again. I fitifm 9% 3% THE BRAIN COFFEE out Want In than data, ooultlniholpbnlldn __ _ vilh Ikntuwlnnhohudthu urn coo- Itdoudoomlnnu. Banging npyoux stocking: when I van 3 an in: not also hollow tuuuvluohlt my EII BR____Q_, not b.n':l".33 ARTIFICIAL INCUIATION. PIJRE -="'--='vr- l DTBA BY 5 b`I'CRCYo . I Inj. Try leaving it 00` ten days. Perhaps it may solve you: ptob- lem that medicines fail. Madden : Cereal Food Coffee is digested by stomach. Nourishing, fattening and delicious. All groom. I Iulmturm mm be com, 9.. FB_E_l[(}H P DJ60BSETS u--n.|.| u.A-|- -.A nl-Ia-nn ? MANY DEMONS FROM 1115 COFFEE. LIIXIIVII I I wvII-v1u- Awning IO;0:'llInlAln and Khan blank and aloe:-lane nzurpr. uncanny us sulphur from a detective hunt. in I po- tuution. `And Imaging them in frontal e cold and elunluy stun ndiuuehould Jye rohibitndlrylew. II Candi to nuke chi nu skeptical and etheiuie. In the older _ den Kris Kringle hed I luoul chimney In come down. and elnpleoe II bigueetureboxwjump out at. Then wen u nuntelpieoe like unto n eideboud. from which the stocking: depended. Bone- timu. it 1 long mocking wen hung in the middle. iuneeurely held by I pin. the dub would drew it partly into the drepllu during the night. Then the whole hmily would be around, and we would no Ihullng about the house. Min to many nhivcing phantoms. hunting for the In. The old-iuhionod Iropleoe had more dnwhuh chm the hnwloyloa. An A rule. the hinge! the replace the colder the room. All the heat than could he dnwn from every room in the houIe`we_ut up the higeming-room chimney. Em-nel unn- Iher lines have lingered somewhere up in gun grant. -musk. Thou old nnln L`?VI, Gin-wrung, we are on our way honb again to start houn- uplug. I have only 7 one request to make, In all your cooking gvoid ohepp baking powders .-w-uu thtbut and put- llti ` ` ; >_ WI: , y oI.w.fohn! M0 or : touching has llcyclo swhtor Kmos'roN.'onr' Ogotpuwuuuhunlunpnwhu I V=n-hoy. It cum. by thnnlmnuno, on which was llillldnlllar. Enlinah inn: run Inn nova: bun, min of uocklnp or unorua usuuunn 5 black and olnu-Ian mater. -A-Inns of mlnhnr (rain I dnflntlvi Ilhf. H'- wele eplendid thing: In wmon to new epplee. And the eolee 0! your here feet. You eonld hold your feet out before the glowing re until they curled up end werped end crinkled with intense beets And by the time you got than to bed they were oeld ee blocks of mu-ble Your feet. that ie. Not the epplee. Yen didn't take themto bed. You took long etrldeeend walked on your heele to keep them warm That in, your toot. They and the loan with e gretetnl u-or when they began to einle. The epplee did. 2 The old-fnnhloned nmnxm wee no I: llldr haw nngorou Iomewnen up ll ' put stack. Thou nnpluu that Innlplondld thing: In which to rout man; And the your | allele. The apple: am. The old-fashioned nreplaoe romantic and intergting in the aunt- Iner time. when it waa eaeloeed withaiight paper screen. When a child, romping about the room. fell up against that pietnred aoreen, and went plunging and screaming right through the Lake 0! Como, thoae placid waters never regained their preetine piaoidity. Even when the artist of the family restored the picture. by pasting it: ahattered adgea together. and coloring them with laundry blning. the wane of the tragedy was emphaailed in alnanner too ghaatly tooontemplato. The tragedy alwaya followed the not of breaking through the lake. The drown- . inmindoed, wae looked upon aeaaortot ' comedy. and was highly enjoyed by the hyatandera, until the Life Guard. arme` only with her slipper. rescued theaur vivor of the wreck. Then any potion under the age of fifteen. who hadan] tears on hand that were about ripe enough to ahed. could ilnd a roady market for the entire crop as fast as the ehedder oonld turn them out. `M.-no no u... l".hurInf.mnn m-manta in them them out. Most oi` the Chriatmea preaanta in thoaa days were deaigned by the manutaotnl-an for the hanging stocking. Anything too big to go intoa atoohing had to go over to aomebody'a birthday. In any lamiiy where there was more than one child. the old reliable Noah's Ark" waa alwaya looked ior. We hailed. with aoolalnationa of aatoniehed recognition. Noah and Ira. Noah. Meeaieure and Maadalnaa Bhen. Ham and Japhet. There waa no way of telling the men and woman apart; they were exaotlv alike ; but the elephant and flrae you could dietinzniah at a glance, on account 0! the apou on the giraffe. Bo also the dog and the cow : became the cow waa alwaya white and blue, while the dog waa invariably plain bina. Within twenty-tour hour: after the landing on Ararat. the baby would have all the paint auched oi! Shem, Ham and the hired man. and the doctor would be aent for. He told mt, once a year. returning with the breath- leea Inuaanger, to keep the candy out of the baby's reach, and let. it wean ilaait on the rat at the autediluviana if it found then to he liking. 'l'ha mt) mnnknv climbill I Nd atiek then he liking. The red monkey climbing wee enother regular Chrietmne visitor. Be wee highly ataemed u e light. landi- eon by the beby. It. never eeelnedm effect the intent unpieeenntiy. to himeeit that is : although the cloudy eymphony in rod end blue ebout hie innocent month wee ept. to meke the beholder shiver. But it made the monkey look eiok. Then there weee eoldier on e box, with e mejob "rn nu wouw Inn ALI. `Ill nu`! IUOIID on mun, mm AID .ururr." general`: uniform, beetlnn edrum. Yol turned e orenk. the general lmed hie etleke high In the air. end eomethiug In the box mede e noiro en much like I drum ue peel or thunder in like eplooolo. Theee things u toys were of non-eu ulne, butu prectlcel end Iuetul ohjeu leeeone they were beyond ell price. on the mlnua nldo. lhoonu to mo-cnd It Isn't my fault that the sumo: la hint and Ionllor than an nunnso--t.hst thin tn: nomqthln mom Chrlnmuy About Chrlltmu when wu I boy. In plounron won simpler. In (In: Inn cheapo! and humor. At least. I cannot nmomhor to have rod. sun In then but non. mlcluin funny tall-lulu and magazine; bowalllng in union of toll nmlworry and expense In the plunging and making. at pnnhulu tic dill : I-uh Intolhopnpotnto all how nnohltoutthommndhowtlndtodl Icncdolhou. and how glad thoywuu Ihuuvunllovurfocnothu-yon. but h And tho yurbofoul not hpdnk Sodldyon. humid! hut-ulonothuwokll rlnlndo I hm unity eoonoon. Wohsn nun annulus our Christian uh udulho in olonu Clam. It DUO. Ditto Iovonhononllculnlt. Ohhunnuhlclrinnu Du. Buuuwuhaogoldunncl. Youunonucmnouwutluvcufll. wunnouupuucu-mason. !oIh|lhp|IunluuII. ' `Ibis:-ya nuns. %r.IIIfIl. Illul ONBDCXI tnnnvnn-0. IGI]-I' wuss:-_ vvI- nu... .__ .-______ Bntiuh 3 Iinnloulao. blyou nuonwhy tholnivtlolchlhtmuwulongdohn-ogl out-prw-an than we llvdluthowut. ` It III the Walt thn-tIn8 long-dopuud dI zlnznpyouxuooungu man 1 was I Hollow tuuowhtoh It now uh inn Ilppluu which nook- OIIDTIAI DAY. rm: wnws smm:~nux.| Qrintnu-cnnury-Inning wunounu nmuallhhdnot joinodinlhulnoing atoll. but with I brooding up and: hnvyhun ind lonnnod about Halon: has hallway in company with _A young widowo: from Wnyl Stou. when notion: ofptopriuykopt hin homhkingutivo PI?` 1 Awndolottpoutill wnppulthoyoung widowo last. it: but umpcnd by hi! I put`: changu oi wuthor. His smiol to:-hallo him hand to the full, but mind him my crumbs this from tho tabla when joy as hosting. I am: knni u t.hv'd bony nclhrn launch: had not anhnd it. `no . Q,-mug..." nu-ry-making Inn near its .gLnndhhndnot iolnod lnlbodlndlll ab]: when 10] III unsung. "I don't know as third bony nu! hm In my footing a round or two. he infom- od Ranch: but. I won : how it nu-mud About that i didn't pay props: rupoot. Her cousin In hon. too I reckon I done `luau wall so: to take part to`-nig|t." ...m.I. "an, cum. I 'nrool5h your uslnn tbolut 1: Iilruulnino nuuuuor umq It eon Inn taxed in" on: tho Alloghonha: And span, 1: huly thouhdhouu -out tutu In the 0 lo no then nonntimu In in the num- Illn. It would have tuba boat must. and than. nding In Illinois River Blvc. not Inuh. `ruhowlth twodooknlndu nun, apno- lu no hundred nun punnzon and all tho height that could in piled on with- hdouotwutu-, ltould haw nunlod Booth the nu you. But than It wouldn't have bun Gluin- III. II can In the old.-hnhlancd way. ullll woll not to ill! pl?! W0 XIl[IL" onddod: "Soy. Cllnt. I 'prooloh you keeping on oomp'ny. but you oughum lav done it. You ought to luv gone in thereon and bed I good t1mo.'.l3ln.t o fgoodnnoo yot. You bother no and sums Roanoke:-. hln land: pookoud, trownod o llttlo. Ihovon 0 wnnbd to dunno." ho Tlloothorlnn uni-dod hlnwltch grow- ing upooulnclon. You and Boonlo Curd." ho nu;gnt.od-"otn't you and bar mondly In you Wu 7" Hannah: lnughod coldly. Ho was I ollrn young tollow with I blonds hood. I big month, And guy on: which not (loop and had a drum} kind of humor in choir depth. 7 I "It. doun't look much lib 1:." ho ox- dopuu. It doesn't hoax- elnhnod. curing o the Inc ng of nurvo which Ind holpod to may his unhappi- non. A vague enllghtonlnunt Itolo Into the ot.ho1-`mime. HI: Hp: pm-and In sullen: whistle of comprehension. 1.. n... Inn-nnai mom beyond than tho whistle of comprehension. In the low-ooflod loom beyond carpet had boon ukcn up. and the teat. of the dancers cluttering on the bond: con- luud tho non: of the banjo and violin. Now and Again in changes of the dunes Honnekor caught 1 giimpoo of the mulio ism, two black boys, when luau. roliovod by the whibewuhed WI, bad the diuino- tion of I chnrcoal sketch. tho high light: softly taken from cheek and chin and Mt nostril. Candle: were burning low along tho mantel. thrudlng out in smoky rod and swsying oruily in crou-currcnm of .1: find them. Inakinn their light. nick, swsying anally In crou-nun-cnu ox sir. Under them, making light. I big log amed. Some prickly bnnohu of holly, gleaming black and white, were much behind I high-hung picturo repro- nontlng I long-lnirod womnn rmly cling- ing to I ohoortul-looking blue orou docoratad with rad nnd yollow roan. I!.nn.inr'- (I-land. nlowlv and lnboriour decoratad with red and yellow roees. Eonneker's friend. slowly and laborious- ly putting two and two together. turned on the young man s look of sympathy. She came over from Waye Store no-night wit.h-lec'e see-with Will Hinkle, didn't she P" he remsrked. Comeso think of it. me : hen dancin with him sort. of steady- comp'uy like and eettled. But, plea it. all, CIi1'n..you'rea better man than I-llnklei Why don't you he`p yourself out of this 7" He lifted his voice to a loud pitch of cordial expoetulation. "Maybe you've hurtaed her feeling: some way i" Inclin- iuing himself condentially, he added: "They're eaey to handle once you [it the hang of `em. women ia. Being married now. a man site to know a heap. If I could give you a few point:---" Hui. Hanaker only said. They're break- luv polnu---" But. Honokor only said, They're ing up, am`: they! I thought. Tuokor'd be the int." n. mnna A-Av u I Lin-om: of Ilrll bathe Int." He moved uny II I throng girl: came trooplng Into tho hull, getting tholr wrnpo from I pllo on 3 cheat. A nhnrmxeu of night. air out In u some from pile on I one. A Ihurpneu night one opened the door. Men were lighting ienterne out-aide. In the uncertnin light Henneker new the double team which bud brought. over I dolen or more (mete hon Way: Store, six miles south. A nirl. tvimz 1 tin-ee-oornered white nu mm: wutn. A girl, tying thing over bur bend. uoppod up talism- nolur. Ho wu lnrohlng Into n rough overcoat, and In npt. on Itolldly adjusting his nhouldors. ' Cliut.." the said. gently. He not My up tight, looking Into hot face u If he aw 1!. at. I long dlaunoe. Th-pa urn: nn umuntrv ill the Kh'l.I thet time. It wee so eesy to understend s greet Insny things when I was e boy that heve heenderk end perplexing problems and inscrutehle mysteries since I became e men, end put ewey the pieesent theories of childish things. Concerning Christ- mes. heve I not heard with my own esrs, end those of brothers`. the reindeer scam- rlng over the roof shove our heedsf Did not one night heer the cheery shout at` elcourlgement from no humsn voice, and beer the creek of the whip thst w-es platit- Od by feiry heads in "Christmas-tree Iand. es the entiered teem of six-in-hend lceped from cornice to the ground 7 I oonldhsve proved it, too, if it hedn t mowed thst night end oovered sii the trecksoi reindeer end sleigh. Did I not lieeweke one night end iieer subdued lenghter in the room when hung ell our stockings! Indeed Idid. And so excited wee I thet. instead of creeping softly down the hell, I sprang from bed. and ran ped-pedding to the door of the sitting- loom. end es I pushed it open did I not leer the hurried rustling of robes sud Icelnpering of feet I By the Sacred Books of the Bybii end the Green Pocket Book of Rockefeller, I did! I Illlhd in end looked up the chimney, but he wee gone. I peered into the room where slept my perents, but their pela- hlly lebored hreething told me, with im- Eve elnphssis, how they slnmhered. I neerly oeughtXris Kringle in the act. Illlink onee.indeed. I did see him. I CI ! remember when nor where. But I IDS heve seen him, hecense my concep- Ice ol him. indeed. my persons] know- hdgeof his eppesrenoe. is e memory of aw eerlw childhood. It hes never If he aw II. long ulaunon. There wu no coquotry In the girl : brown-luhod ayu Their oxproulon wu ofnnort sully to be dened A: sweet. Her checks were softly lndonud with dimples, and than was u ooruln chlldliko Ibotrnctton In the lines of her parted llpo. u......|...-v. In-nnnrl nhln undannnt. I Ibutrnctlon In tho nnel or not pnruu ups. Hennokex-'0 bnood chin undorwont. suspicion of movement. She kept. on looking At. him, hor whlu drou showing Insntm mm; below the blno Man: 0! hot shawl. Vol: h`l'nt nah ma tn dnnm N)-II1lht." shawl. ' You did'|t ask an to dnnoo no-nllht. Ibo uid. . --I nu-Imn Inn didn't. am much." Hon- uld. "I reckon you didn't can much." nokor muttered. A n-nu: nlnhnnnn nullnd In hnr CIIOOK." "I03. I (IIIII mu! 1!. mo." I-M.A_l..` IIM.d_I__" "Bocuzu 1!. sin`! my lnnlt. Cllnt. Paw nnd chum just went on so I had to my Pd quit going with you." I nruume HIIV nd Hlnllo mom to muttered. A pretty plnknou pulsed In her check." "You. I did I0. 1 jun hum to have you mm`! :9. ma their tune." Pew eeye he e lhld] end eeving. You eee-you've been reel wild. Clint." He dropped hie heed. "And you've never leid nothing by, end pew eeye egh-l`ee gooeeno think of Inerrylng e men thel hem ! even e box-houee to teke her no. You eee"-che etelnmered e llt.tle-yon eee Blnkle own the: lot next to the church. He'e going to put. up e two-etorey borne on It with e porch, end pew eeyr-" I.l-e--.1 AD er-an-(I All her -lth A Ihj quit going with you." I presume they their tun." "D-- IADI Inn : ntnntli and lllll. YOII IIOIIQ OI It Will! I porcn, III] pow u-yr- Honnohr turnod on her wlth 3 white chock and u xlmaring on. "You're going to marry hlm. than ? nl_l 1.1.. nu-nlnlunt` for mug" Sh: on runners. with jingling bolls snd olstter oi rsindsor hoots. up hill sud down dsle, lying across wide strotohss of drifted prsirie, lying in tho starlight `like s frozen sss, skimming our frown rivsrs sud ioe~ bound lskos. It took a long time. for the distances were msgnioent as the prairies; I could understand it till very olssrly st lo. -.. In nnv to tonurry um. won 1" I-1 `Mn : pmmluod for sun." Sho `bruthod hnrriodly. uhhorlng away from him just no Blnklfl (non showed Int-he doorway. " !`nm'n Initial." In cdlod Mil. IlIIIl~ doorway. "Toun'I wnmng." 011%, mm In. his check: {reckoned with fl-only alt. "You ready. Mlu Boonie 9 Come on. then. I go: A warm corner Izod for you." Rnnnnkar wnmhnd hllll III!) III! [III then. I corner nxou tor you." Honnoker wntchod hip girl into tho wagon. Other: won climbing over tho low Iidu, mumbling for Into an the rough on: boardn. buying man too! In the My budding. whv. nun : no nine. to: launch: I budding. Why. than plant Ilonud nomo one. Then wu u pun-3| uovln; up. and Honlnhr. jun unto o! unnding kloomlly unconscious of lining left hhlnd. lonld I pluoo on the but sun: the bonuduhul Into tho night Ho Int.` with Ill collu high. lhtonlngtononpn ol nongnuljoot The white thing on Booalo Curd`: bud lulund I long and Inoellngly not hot nhoullu. Sho laughed nyly ulnnkh but we whhpu nonothlng In In ur. Watching It All. Haunt : Incl! lvolld with Inmate-. l'I0b0I'lI' 60IItOr0d||QGIOICy and u-nndlhnnnlnrll-Idnn 'l'|oIotIu'IusuuuI-uuunguouuuy road. Nowsndihnnupullulodfnn Ghnhhooh `Do 880 Ian I rnpdluh hlnotoudllolcwnky. u:nuwhh|.llln sunk anti. a milky light drmul. In |hanl.Ihvu3ln|oo-wotkolhnioljh. nlluluullcil-oh. 80.0 on nil: hot 3 that 13, wulyuvrlowuounnpunyuu Ollnu-onlu. Wonder which : dnlngouolllutlsvqynnunldnighlf" Tbohitunluonnr. In Ibo hold Iltluul-ninth wagon`: fnutu-all var-dlohouuprngnddunlylnovhw, Ibllnolwulh nnunrluguuuthd nllojdlhnuxpoohullo. ltvulhopoctunundhu. A Idthnibjiilllllllldklll or Inn II memory on II} only childhood. nlnnndl. lvlnlliotlodinn. . Tan DAILY jmrrzsn ware, smrvnngr, nnommnn nuns Ilinnsnll Inc which tlrunho nddunly ulu-Ill . tho oldwomu.clutoh- Inglll to bnuhlltlodahnoot E in Int Mrvlhrlld -'--...,.....-.:-:-......- '.:::.-.. ..,........... Ilium. Humour caught nu. unruu [cuunu`thoI:umjoludby.'folndown Jluhllnoolhsllow ton! on Il`IBC KI! JOIVMI I1], wuwu hlllloo shallow 0 yin; Way: sound hot one! a you : gnwthl" hushed Hlnklo. It In gum right thus she should in ....o.L um nnnooonnublo old woman ton with I fund or old orony Aoro, to: something wu wrong with nor polsto. it was laid. and all hot oilorto at npoooh won I Inoro inoohoront bobble. Nor won one valuable in on ooonlt way `no unizor oi potiono, o builder of npollo. Onoo I girl who land qnnrrollod with her owoothoort sought. the old boon, bunch- ing oomo magic to right mutton But though the Ipooohlou old womsn woo coll- od I witch. nho could only gobble out on nninhlllgiblo pity for nor viollor, who won: owny indignnnt. nun. no nlnmor oi block-on npon ls. Whenl wee e hoy.I knew nothing of lento Olnne. le name was Krin Kringle. Onionnlly in eolne of Kris Kringle`: boob there we: Inentlon of Bonn Clnue. Dllt we looked upon him with great die- lever. endoelled him Sendy Clnwn." He wjelenlly believed to heve come from whereen Kris Kringle came lrom heeven. which in. pouibly, the neon why he in heen -npereeded in popnler favor in Iheee letter dun. I nlwnye wonpt the Inevitable. end I have long einoe moat Ieyelly tnnelerred my nlleginnoe from Kth Kringle the Wu to Sent: Cleue the hht nun [eel therein loving power ellteulnieoent. inluenee In that strong: Qt|l."se. n.e.I.s. h.h.o-nun One thin: ld o lnoet. distinctly remem- lnalgnun. Ewing no glnmor upon 1:. the winch : appunnoo wan not propouur Ing. Sh! Wu bent and brown And Ikinny, hut black on: like shining nods which burns hull out of withered yollow pods. Ear none In: I nuty hook. Her lips suck- od in. Over her holes of sample: C lm of gray hair spread Ilka uhu. Wan Stan had I prlmltlvo ldbql of old runner man wucn Luau" pun. No on paid much attention to khuo nportl. The witch caused only two rlpplu in the social pool of Wuyp Ston- At her coming and At her going. 'l|..- I-o- nL.-I.om.. mnrnimv 3: Han- II III!` coming Inc In ner gum`. For. lete Christmas morning, ee Hel- neher came down to breekteet. red-eyed and wretched. hle mother. on her knees Al the oven door hosting e turkey. eeld. Dld you heer John Beasley just now talking at the gate. Clint? Seems the old women In the log house yender in deed. Beeeley went to fetch her A Chrletmee beeket hle wlte hed xed up, and he pounded eronnd end couldn't nlee no one, eo he jeet bunt- ed the button o the door. end there the wee leyln' ou the ehuck netueee I glve her, right etl. Seem: reel led, dyln clone that vny. Old age. I reckon." u_.....-|.-- a......,.. M. re-nnhlgn fnr A mn- none was WI]. uuu age. I Iuunule. Henneker forgot hle trouble: for I mo- ment. to recall the wlzhered ehnle of I Ilgure he bud seen no few hours before, in epent. In In humanity. but stlll allve. A Onnilna nl hnlldnv hm-nu enlivened til Ipenr. In In numanluy. uuo nun uuu-. A booking of holiday home enlivened tie village. Occasionally e pecknge of un- cncken went oil. in noise drowned In boys uhouu. n...s....-1 nu . at:-ntnh nf nkv new end boys noun. Overhead wu I stretch of :11 (my and rough us cobble-ntone road. Old wood! llld grusu spared through a slight that of snow. augmented later on by I Itnggllng full of accld lake: which Itruck Heunakox-`n check 1: he cum (roll the barn with I touch u 0! dud nngon. u- -.-_....a o- .5... on-.-I ah. Inna. the hem win! much u 01 neon uugur. He stopped to etere towenl the lolol which Hinhle we: going to put up hie house. It would mete eolnething of e gure elnong the other town housee, most of them low end old, the few new one: unembitioul nheiln of levender end green with peeked root: end hooded front doors. Henneker could see the two stores with their ehuctered windows, the white church running up to e point in front. LHO brown root of the mill in which he work- ed. eud beyond ell, on e hilleide. the long front. of the house where Boonie Curd lived. A blenheted eeddle-hone prenoed et the ..o. um lhnneher turned ewev with I (roux. Ho wu paying dear for thou expul- oncu which had won him the name of bo- lnn -lI(l ADI (Ito. I l m-onn. IIIOOI Wnu lug wild. Yo: Hon OI! n9`0`I'I nI`v*-.535 Ono Hill` 160 &, with all the Mummy sud accuracy of II old -mm : nmlnhconou Kris Kringle uldom (sued to bring 3 nleveful (now with him. During hla reign the Initial (non Ohrlnunu." mu-nhnling I50 lllviublo "ht gnvuyunl," was the n. loo:-Id provo this. but I don't. hmla Whoa I know I thing. tint In; wild. Yo: Honnokor felt that than was not]:- ` in; in his Uh no black but that Boonie : tuber would but overlookod It. had Ren- necker'n pouaulonn warranted I chnrlv IMO ayu. Roma one called him. Anna Dlllllll Able some one called panning In tho roul came lounging toward tho llgnnnknr nnnrxlah Mn. KOWd'. lance. Honnokor approached Mn. Howdy. Bculoy, ho Inld. 'n.. nthnr nun. lunhu on the tones. Bculoy," no sun. Tho othsr Insn. lssni-Ill I us, went. our his morning ndnntun. ' y nerves sin : right study yst." is dsolusd. Wsll, lrockon we dons About I" we could. The women want. in snd straight.- enocfthingsneighborlikt Can't do noth- ing about the burying till Burk [its back from Plneyvills. Bola` juslios of In pace. in`: his plsce to sss to things. I'm ` kind of played out. trslpsin' Mound hunt.- ln' mms one to not up tonight. Loot khxd of plant: out. trupoIn' uounu nuns- In' some up tonight like It ain't. Chrlutln to loan the pol! old soul |ny|n' Hill by hot-alt. She won ugly an homo-mule uln. And unokod Ka- bockor and dipped unu; bnthny this, home one ought to be w|llln' to not up to night. Most. of tho yunng crowd`: gain` mandolin : over at Hunk Bhorlllk Bola Chrlntmu nlglmonry om`: got nono- thing on hand." He shook noun! snow- Ilnku from hi: noon. "You're |oln'h Shorillh. I rookon P" I1-nnnknr nnld no. ldllllll. "Ill DQI `I Shorlllh. I reckon r" Honnokor add no. uldlng. "I'll pm In about Mn houn' sloop urn|g_ht." `anal-I (ulna IIXIIP. "SII." M In about nonrr slap HPlIl[_II." Henley OIDC nonnr. "Soy." be ponuuinly. "now. honest. Clint. do you 1 think It looks right. to loan that you old thing alone Io-night P` `-01: I" nltl Honnokor. catching at the thlng alone Io-nlgnt 1" Oh I" Honnokor. caching onion. Inunlng. "y-m tum no Io- Well, It Inn`: I plouun job. But noun onc'l| Inn to do It for mo mom: tlmo." u. uh!-1| lnnnlnlll with nu at: not- do It for umo." lie nddod manually. with the uh lounuu of warm pulun. thu he did not `nnhovnoon In frhndnwcn ullotlcn for Illa u. Bailey : bu dlluud I look of and. O! aonno I'll git noun on to hop you ooup'ny." In unnrnd Rcnnohr. "You go out about du-k-lmnh P-nd It I don ! tub Iohody Ola. I'll come nynlfjllnt I not no I on 316 may. We p'I toll: laid to upper." Hannah: his a gloomy an: at lun- tho usurp:-In Eaton Mn. Rh noun. Juguli woman with had: at yellow- wllh halt. trotted u lmlo. us... an. n...-um guns to clot. You halt. [round mu: "Soho oltlc pt-non ought [|VlI' up the puny and all! `Talus right. YoI n nlwnyu givln up ad loin` tlhp lot pooplo Ind glulu` no thanks Ina no right-nl. wisdom Yorntoocuy. CI|u;yu.yoIuI. You [In Iplou nan. nnnhcunlllhdnunhn. tptlon. I co:-Iu mm. on: 1 uuxn Inna. thing. `GM ho ntlahotory. And It In otton Ildoulorvo known shlngthonlthbo you ll. Thin happen: to be one of the Ilh. Bun: did snow. In those oldu n. Bollntlmu It snowed right on lm Du.jnn.