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The lm. in 3 mile long and hunt know- It will put a crimp In his bank mu! amounting limo-t to cramp. but mother son It will Inn to be um to. It anything, so than! Along about Combo:- 1 when .ths manic. or the world no tail to bursting sad the collar is so clut- tered up with coal sud preserves that the maid cannot resch‘ the laundry ups without stumbling over the snow- shovel. somebody ssys something shout Christmas and gives [Inner lieu-t disuse. All summer "dad" has been wrestling with the problems of businessâ€"this Ins presidentlsl yin. and everybody land to have nations and Bulby a Jones started in direct oompstitien sadâ€"oh. 'the disten- knows what! The nun who cut it wee no doubt a lumberth end it he in like hie kind. :he liven in n log cabin with his wife and children. ln the olden dare he worked in the timber «unduly. but now he fenn- dnrlng use enmlner on e wee fern: that he in ale-ring of etnlnpe, end in the winter time he at. wood for the m compo-lee. And llle little one mm In!- I the Iled and anef 1 time, In imam to the depot when It In slum to your grocer. quiet comes n man. He is s sturdy man with s woolen cap drawn closely over hi. ears snd nose. There sre slits for his eyes. On his leet are greet woolen necks with rubber shoes and his trousers are tucked inside the packs. Hie cost is very odd. to You. consisting of s great. bright sweater sort of gsrment. buckled closely sround him. On his shoulder he carries so II. He begins to cut Christms trees and the one you have in your home is s very pretty one thsi pleases him as he hnnls it swsy to where his team swsits. With my other trees your tree is put on levels of llght A squirrel Is floun- dering about In the now trying to locate some hurled nuts and a blue- hy h scolding unclly from a maple tree hard by. And then. Into the How about you? Haven‘t you a sweet too“ left (or the entails-0‘ candy? "out of the bun-cl." lav-Hwy the «My nu will tell no he in not better may and loot at no In a sur- prhea lot! 0! way. but 1 how uh: I mt when I In: nâ€"m Christ- an I. a. “no. And now. m. that I an, I cannot [at 3cm: the Rim 0! (Yuri-(nu fltho‘t cumming do" to the and] m and "In. [or 3 «cl of may his in (In can. kind of may we no! ”I“ up In M mallow not: on "no “my actual Christ-u (m fmlmm. along with It. nu and the popcorn um. mHmnMuhuMldltfort-n ‘muâ€"ud none 0! n m 004 And mo vim. and no.» "not and (hm rm up: beam with not- looo on tho- ud no. mad with hull. with “a In no. and funny ul- na sham that mumâ€"um oh! In.” at Intern-uh; III-u II um Mun not at only. to load “an" up with no lunch 3051 run be our! cnwl out In In months. Bangor an to wood box. and con.- I'm (or Gunmanâ€"but I like the old-rubles“ obomnnoo but. It Isn’t ohyngnxAqug “men-earth" spirit If“! And I'll leave It to yourâ€"didn't tho thing: we got In the old do”. the present- we made ourselves for each other, come noel-er exomplllylns the true Chflltm Iplrlt? Of course they dld! And tether dld not have to oil: down In M- pocket ud' m for two hundred and fifty-levee mounts. two hundred of which no given hut be cause somebody else are u come- soon for me. I rigged up I shaving- pnper com. (or pa and he gave me I perfectly good twenty-live cent Jack- knlte. I made 1 wood box for the neighbor's wife and the loved me a pair of mittens. Everybody mode things in those days. For weeks he- wtore the holldoys. mother worked ev- ery night on Christmas gifts, and she was no hnppy no could he doing thing- ior (hone lhe loved. into the inbrio or what she was sewing. she put the love and eil'ection of I grant heart-â€" 3nd oil of u. did the lame. tot on the confounded "0! mm we thanked hhn And notched out. thinking thut he was a good sort, otter on. And what do you think m In the cum?" “A check?" ”No: It In: a confounded no- not the can of Indication!“ “Gentlemen: am he. '1 intend m flnudofmamflummt m- ye-r. These envelope. contain meaning valuable, which I hope you will mete mod use of! bout. Our nv'nor novel- [In II n Christan-box. no you can Imagine how “rm-ha! we were when he told In all to no Into his once, when he Int with l pm of envelope- In In. 8£a2u_§§§.fi.o€ 05.. «0.055 1â€"9â€"0858 a oceanâ€"0.. genus-$25.50 .8..- 23...... £8 .33.; And laughed :- we run with our olooelhked hand- nd chanted our vol-Mold rhymes. hirer In“! It 37' I o o I o «I no him n this. could be; - And I" of the children I h o y cull ed a y an. and all of (he chlldrel lulled. And suddenly than to my heart than «no the mm of n ma. child. And going And coming and min. and going. Wlth enumer- ran-nil. ad hm tbh'lllg. I arched wlth the children of an Inn gland the. cm a. '0?“ has. All and mu. know and out mu. mu «mum lucid n4 “human-73m All [oils and coll-c. and VIII. new... Andachuboeuuthenbcntm With In hundred; In couples, and zll alone. ouch chanting u long or mirth. And then In thin wonderful dream at mine the chu- . And out of the Iilvmd " out. they came and out of the may weltâ€"- More children than "or 'I. man might nine or Over A man in: guessed; And going and coming, Ind coming and souls. With drummer-I I-druuuning 3nd busier. a-blowlng, Were all the children tint ever were known since ever there wu an uad coming. Wm: balm “loving and drun- mama-“thermal! MY MRISMS mm lid Hatched In I long and winding line no "if!!! u 590m GW'QI‘, Whomfiom world at. All WILBUR D. NBOIlT. 4Dowum's GROVE Ill" Tm: Id tutu-dot aw t and glad tall out from ”neuter; Holly and Magnolia Wreaths - Mistletoe, Christmas Candy, Nuts, all kinds of Shelled Nut Meats Marasehino and Glazed Cherries, Pineapple Fruits of! All Kinds. . Apples, Oranges, Grape Fruit. Everj’thing for the Christmas Dinner. / Prices Right. Christmas Trees RED (a HEADQUARTERS FOR Will you please bring my Mamnn a gas heater like the one I saw in the Gal offiec; it is so pretty and will make the room nice and warm, and please. dear Santa, bring us some gas lights like I saw in the win- dow of the Gas office. They are fine and the gas light don't hurt my eyes, and please. bring Daddy 3 gas reading 13ml). I heard him say he wanted one; that’s al. Your loving friend, Johnny. P. S.â€"â€"I forgot to say Mamma wants a gas iron, so she can iron her clothes {or a few cents and without hurting her back. Dear Sunta Claus: Downers Grove, Ill '54}