§ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. IN THE LOWLY MANGER, ORY ath AR 2 LIMITED Flour and Feed Millers i nen the "tick, tock" of the clock in the [cleared, practically nothing remain- hall. led. And so this Christmas Eve-- AN OUNCE OF P ON =~. 8. 's | how different from those other The szow had gat:ered in a heavy | years! --tound Edith awaiting the drift on the window sill outside, cov-| return of their new bread-winner, ¥ Marian Sachs ering a good-sized corner of the win- her brave little boy, whose pitiable dow pane, and except for the feeble earnings served to sustain the little glow from the oil lamp on the rickety | family. "Yes, dear, Santa Claus will come|thoughts of sorrow - on C | table, seemed the only bright 8pot in| "There's Ed now," said Margaret, A ag . utr early this time for i has [Eve aristgs| 5) scantily furnished cheerless just as the door opened, and a little B\ diy "White Rose" and many children to visit, and, of] "Are you going to be long, {room The blue-eyed Stile a O1{Shap Bie dinner pel in his hand gig ii , . by ; course, it wouldn't do for my little | Edith?" he called to his wite yup. Perhaps four years sat at one en ofja smile lighting up his face, put in z &lrl to be caught awake." So little | stairs, for, of course, the tree was | the table, whose humble setting | Hungarian Patent Margaret kissed her Daddy good (still to be trimmed ang other ar-| Homized a peagte T9bael Sor three. ® ' night, ard, a'housh ker big blue acing her sa a pale € woman 7 ) KE oh were already heavy with slum. | Who crooned her youngest baby to WN aor sale by all dealsrs bér, reluctantly suffered herselt to sleep while seeking to stem the tide be led upstairs to bed. Daddy's sig- {of eager chatter which poured from nificant wink to' Edward, the big 5 the little mouth opposite. brother of eight summers, served to : | The child's question, "Mother, remind the latter that, though he [dear, Santy won't forget us, wil] he, had his private notions about {even if Daddy isn't here ?" had un. ; "Santy,"" he wanted to be up real {loosed a flood of emotion, and a sob early for the fun that Christmas long . repressed broke from the morning promised in the Roberts mother's lips. Her faltering reply "home. When the children nad | served temporarily to calm the lit- gone, Harvey Roberts found the | tle girl's anxiety, but the mother's | warm hearth in the library before | thoughts rambled on. which he lounged a comfortable re-| - How hard a blow Harvey's death fuge after a trying day. The glow- : had been to her, ng.ene could ever + ing embers reflected the grateful realize. But added to the sorrow 'warmth in his heart for the peace hf that endless time would not assuage, . 3s he now enjoyed, and as he gazed : - the material suffering forced upon | Rut in kis head » 'dreamily into the fire the activities : - ber and the children seemed well] ry bua of the day spread themselves, a pan- ci [nigh unendurable. It was the old, | - oramic picture, before his mind. So = jold story, a young father devoted to|his head and called, "MERRY 'many things had crowded in at 'the | oF ; | his loved ones, cut down in the flush | CHRISTMAS!" last moment. The Evans contract | g : \ {of manhood. His radiant hopes for | . . 0 . had barely gotten off, and with a| < ' N [the future had blinded him to the| "Harvey, I'm sorry to wake you, thousand other things to be cleared | | Immediate necessity of providing | but we have to unpack that box of up, Jones, the insurance man, had rangements completed for the kid-|against that ever-present emergency, | toys for the children""--and a second come to see him about insurance. dies' enjoyment on the morrow, The |and though Jones, the insurance | gentle prod from Edith brought Har- Of all days of the year, fought he, | faint reply from above, however, | agent, had pleaded with him earn- vey Robérts back to grateful consci- fo come doling out talés of misery.-- [told him that, although the other |estly, he was constantly put off un-|ousness, Rubbing his eyes, he look- the folly 'of unfortunates who found [two children were asleep, little Mar-{til a "more convenient time." Soleqd about him in half bewilderment, |* . their graves early, the hardships of {Saret Was not yet in the grip of the when the fatal hour struck, it found | "Thank God," he thought, and .. EYRE EE children | give him a nice fat application as a, Wie you say a girl hanged cole g y say r ged | ~ Widows, the sufferings of orphans, | Sandman. So Harvey settled him-{him unprepared, of relief escaped him, "Yt was only aig oy Rid the way, dear, that = Christmas 'remembrance He | these days it usually means she has " fA » ] T . S Pe | 3 ss EA © QGre cott! whatever misfortune the self den er Im' the cushioms of his After the immediate e. - 1 WN gee Great S e ortune the Dp n mediate expenses fol-|dream!" ang aloud: Yes, 1 was{ance deserves it." 5 dyed her hair or bought a new shade Just an Ounce of Prevent',n. of rouge, : | World held, surely one banished armchair, and all was silent save tor lowing the catastrophe had been | very tired, Edith, and I suess'I dozed [so long, J. S. 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