7 THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. The Lord of Christmas Week: EIEN have long dreamed of the perfect ruler, some GE happy prince who shall Jove his people well, . tt whose leadership shall be wise, gentle, .and Just. History is wistful with man's effort to find him --the hero, the strong man, the righteous ruler --and then- to establish him in dominion over their broken lives and warring wills. Long ago they found Him. But all who find Him lose Him, though all have found Him fair, The eager dream came true, when there issued out of Bethlehem the man of good-will, the lover of the race Each year, for a handful" of days, so brief, so swift to go, Lord Christ assumes the leadership. Each year we give Him Christmas Week, permitting His will to pre- | vail, His brooding spirit to rest upon the nations, Towards that gentle interlude--the days of the Truce of God---men longingly look through the tale of the weary months. And when the brief term is ended, yearningly our thoughts turn back to that time when we were good together. His Se 8 breathed through the pensive season, like faint music in the night. Strife, anger, tumult. and the hurry of the days are banished. For our sad mood and lonely heart He brings a comfort. In His authori we find our peace. A while we dwell in that felicity. Touched with mortality, as is all earthly beauty, the rapid days glance by, and we have lost them while the welcome is still on our lips. He comes and He passes, because our hospitality is short of duration and we are troubled about many things. We crowd Him out for other guests less radiant. If His dominion over the hearts of men were. more than a lovely epi- sode--if He might but abide, it would be well with us, | {1t. Poor dear! She seemed to prize that | if frst token of romance of the dun | [ill Kissing Time and Christmas Time By GENEVIEVE ULMAR I" 8 profound gasp bad truly loved him, "What In the world does that mean?" || she murmured, But Alvin was gone, as if hair | [lil shamed at his impulsiveness and hur ried to his wagon outside. "Kissing time!" he soliloguised, and | Hil aptly, it transpired, "I couldn't help plodding years. Alvin bummed an old love song that took him back to the early days of courtship. He slowed up the horses | Jif} 28 he peered through the leafless trees ||| I of & grove near the road. Then he | [ili chuckled as he caught sight of a slim, | girlish figure and a companion. She (fi was Luella Morse, the daughter of a i neighbor, and beside her was his own |i stalwart son, Noble Blair, acknowledged lovers. look at that----meore surprising still |" vin noticed his WZ | ¥ 4 £0) Wi Sle Mrs. Nancy Blair t | uttered the word in i of bewilderment. ||fi For the first time ih In twenty a i her husband, Aly! Hi had kissed her. | ; His face tok on || bod a sudden flush of Hh fevion: showing that his strangely un- HH usual act had moved her to the depths, | [i i "It's the Christmas spirit," gut. |[f if tered Naney, but she was wrong, and | Jil stood staring after the man she uad | HB taken as a Nfe partner because she Ih They stood near together, fairly face |i to face, and thelr attitude betokened "This will give Nancy a genuine sur I prise," ruminated Alvin, "Wel now, | jij This time, near fhe dairy barn, Al. |{iH THOS. G. P ENGINEER AND MACHINIST GENERAL MACHINERY REPAIRS BRASS AND IRON CASTINGS ELECTRIC AND ACETYLENE WELDING CORNER KING AND QUEEN STREETS PHONE 38 ... =: ==: =: KINGSTON, Ont. WISHING OUR MANY. PATRONS AND FRIENDS A MERRY | CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR A wife's idea of a needed inven- We know a man who regards the Men are careless. Even those who is a fool-proof pay envelope that [use of tobacco as a filthy habit and [do not know a thing about horses or Y i't be.opaned until the bedrer gets|yot he is passionately fond of limbur- lots have real estate at their finger |'% ! ger and onions, ends. sw. After you roam around for a while Appendicitis can happen to a man The trouble with the Easygoing ¥ou will discover that most of the | but once. But it is different, with | man is that he is so blame hard to | ton, conversing with Marty Remick, Ope who tke to sing can't. Marriage. + | got started. And then he kissed her. «Alvin thought -- N - of how his wife had feared that the 9 3 helpful, dependable Dayton would soon 3 leave for his home in the next county, fl] "He win Stay and they will marry," Peered Through the Leafiess Trees. | declared Alvin, "and I will be glad to let them have the little cottage, for it solves the farm management. Oh, this I golden kissing time! He bent. his ear § {ll | attentively as the echo of music : fill | reached him from the direction of the T H - Hl. 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BELL WONDER MEDICINE CoO., "i 110 Clarence Street Or:-- 5 Fd HUTCHESON, 'WILSON CO, Manufacturer's Agents . . 269} Princess Street. ited, ful will flavor your cake or pud- [ to everything about the business por- | "The old organ, cracked, broken, pretty well out of commission," he said reminiscently, "And Nancy so en- Joys music. If jt takes the last cent I've got she shall have a Christmas_ present worth having," and the mem- ory of the kiss and the holiday tinge tion of the town influenced an hour of brisk, practical shopping. Then Alvin started homeward; back in the wagen, cased up, was a fine victrola, He found Nancy Strangely excited Hl | W r dress pocket which held a tit} | Precious letter she had received that day. ' Then she began speaking of their daughter Elsa, who had eloped two years ago with Ronald Bruce, - "Alvin, I have heard from Kiss, ll | They are longing to pay us a visit" [ff | "They?" repeated Alvin, a deep (JH! ill | frown crossing his face, i {lll "Yes. Oh, Alvin, don't be pitiless! | Hl | I have heard grand news, Ronald has [fi Hi ill steadied down. Kise is so happy, |[ill Hill | Can't they come?" | Bll! "I shall not exactly abuse ' them," || il Ill | he uttered, "bug jt will not be pleas ant to think they pan away." Hil "To. mend it Again, for oh, Alvin! | fH) {ilif | they love the olg home, and you and ||| Il Hill | me. They wil be here tomorrow ready Hit lf | for Christmas and your blessing" Hi He came into the hogse Just after || dusk the next evening and from the parlor proceeded strains of music' that i told that Nancy wags alresdy enjoying the victrola. Then ip the darkened hall Alvin stumbled over a baby cap. || riage and then-- "Oh, Alvin, is that you?" cried out | [li Nancy joyously, He entered 'the parler, It {| stand transfixed as Nancy h wards him a smiling, child who put her his neck and hen kissed him. "Your present, Alvin," spoke Nancy In a quiver of delight, *Their baby, only a year old--ourge" and Alvin DRUGGIST AND CHEMIST 'Corner of Princess and Montreal Streets COAL and WOOD TRY BOULETS The Ne w Fuel s $2.00 A TON CHEAPER THAN COAL Ee, / OFFICE and YARD: FOOT OF JOHNSON STREET