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i QE~S YA EEDN sh , h mnyfor tie advertse- Pine AvN.o hoiwing That S,ýemethnes Wishes Are Horse& tnent If she reftued totnteyeachig along, andan',artamed Intu N o'wti ili By 9. n:aaer worr. ~ ~ aight tlone she had taken it out.1of tion told hW thast they vere bearing a FrEi hs oeeeli the satrday mrket money; if oshe ckingl-hor1e. Hehnsmanof -the Imo, Whic4h oledWith muionh ntTa·toe-onvrsu ITnd*not been for little lame Grogan, "htta hn a a-e M.Goa oe h _îh, hiesedh heT at rm eynbogt lienny Grogan who lived next door, rying My secondwife-the one I1have11, on they w14 athink she should enghoftealley Ywhieeshe left him Blane, DeteMnàd"by ArthoroW"d Stories A1 Bat. Who counted not the cost Zandra might have ooisidered her now-and I haven't- had syMptm have returaed it to Grogan and noti and went back to the e'ntranWceThe 'ose h ot explained, a perfect orphan with not so "But if you do--if you de shes itl ffrng John Johansen, helmsman on the"Nr ocuinwsrahdta hemnTe oeteknl Srn mauch as a. gre-at-great-grandmnother warned Father Cassidy-.-and te h arl rbe thehe risk shtte "ood eving,"ashe greeted, "'this iwegian steamer 1mo, the Belgian Nre-'cwaslsing ilessu ne ot tedd left~~~~~~~ ~~~ aie nth wo d. D n yh d a w ke aw y ogt e t wa th ca, sh taking, an& d t the w s r i vi sa flg o fy u t i e y ifship wh se cohston ith t e am, n onect p i n wt h ret t e A d n e ocsbedd drnin atera ic sepoter alevig hefitycet ieeon te wjoy inerdtremblihg. Itwas alieavittehreawy ehpsprasmusinseae tBancled ' toflIelinetico p uoshadhre Wis nHsmte' r half -brother-about a foot and six grass in plain sight, exciting mystery story with herself - you hate to givre it up." the disaster of last Thursday, was de- lsince the war ea a ped lelya et inches long--two step-grandmothers, I Zandra skipped down and picked it a h eoie h itured it all a "Ne4w!" answered the bigger boy,'tained as a Grermnan spy suspect on broadcas-t. Thes umntdi e andl voh, step, step, an ep-cndsi u, resovngtha itmenny, for odhundred times; the evening of the "We don't want it no more. We're Thursday. He wasturned over tothe portthat eightGrashdbe ol o' aes ed tillyou ould't cunt'em;and et ihoul hae th Chrstma gi t twenty-fourth would be dark and grown up. We're glad to give it tol military authorities by offlicials of the'shot at suntrise.T e u ersw ed Zandra was as sorry for Denny als she which all children are entitld tormy; it would be. blowy weather; the little lame feller." lMassachusetts Relief Hospital, where' Military andnvlatoiis otne o h ossi lv bought with his own father's money b h i would whine in th Ota' l ih. 'One of the nurses at the hospital, a sen aewsbigtoogl ne- Arm hrmt wl vWas iieh ai so rfor lhim thtlhendg ase oaasaf rohavebr wnd.She, washing dishes by "Good night, and a Merry .Chris-t- young %woman from New York whosetigated, declarei httesotn maul Claus, ais other children a qeo.thekitchr ink ol ha r admsan ul9tcm to you.- name was not revealed, is,, saidi to have story was absud sta or hall aou writntforSanit- oraforune wouldshhave spent he M en satt , 1 lngin the dining- 1"Same to you." called the attention of the hospital Another persitn tr a htaCm otemne nBt Ca lau bfor whateyou watnte frist- hemoney fr eref hat w ould have Mrs. ra ndu rre Day would "Oh, yes, l'm sure to have a full staff to Johansen on ensav She secret code Inr emnhdbe vee hl isteen masl nt e ing sure of ttingboi. She been dishones-t--byt i r.G cgnrom; or, Mr a ,trs.uarrel with stockinig." And then to the maple- had noticed that the patient was acet- found on Johaneadta iie l hl oedw o woulrl ell hodimhltle byr,. whi o wa., selfish enough to "drink the cm e p a dark figure tr ee after the boys had gonte -Those irg greerly, and that he did not semlestation hdbe1nate nT sv h ol rmsn had bee'- ngod pall atheyaelld t coheaon t hefmlysbck"ad them. n sthingbuiky back where old brogzans that Mr. Pratt alw4Ys 1to> be wounded. lHer report on the the district dsrydb friyteAli t hl wt ert gest pen:i and apiead thellold Santa careless enough to sow money on the drheaging som d iPne Avenu, and a brings me will fill 'em up all righýt." Icase led to a second examination of. explosion. I ae h hl ol n sisterý,,-wo-,uld help them address tho street, andra decidt t was as momient later a smaller darker figure It was a shabby overwOrked littleH hehatotewrli an e i l n find ta mp I cbr a dt h t prov dence had ga m then-o t r g a old horse n a "he bo s e : ar e s f thBlriREnA T A CSd nthtarlCh h ther tiiut to the, mai bio, ,lift him up tt, e tathef-do then en toit Gogaz back yard to ted Adlone ear prickig tit scnds Him away; theref ies rd MO and lut hitm drop the precioubs lette, than .1dkopedrioan< le"l n the the Grogzan dlog bow-wowing in . the ly for further service. lit certainly.FrHsfc osetadm in, ýo that it wpoul surelv reach that tht it doppd oise ess y gon he basement, and she gliding mysterious- was an object for the tender ministra- aae hywud unHmot f myst-g*ou, klonfie here Santa hd gas npaeofdteigwrigly bac-k and plunginginto teds-tions of the Society for the Prevention T Na tb could, d h - us cementwalk wita tog gwashing again without the Pratts or of Cruelty to Animals. o s14Tthsorsordanwi wh(rl S h ii 1l, and foiat rgnofsls a what th1asbm hogttewsr ut of all the steeds which champ- N- ea v v Lose oce etn futali.but The great question niw wa t a glorious' ed their bits under the maple-tree that 3 e w ei , ,N" oAadnDie oret h nne nBt miil,/nda a frstat .t forDe nrv She wihed heart- rcrl g-a d ngt 'er ee w % fthem e( ý -F tI fi na I toM h m nihe livel mo ito a toiy or s e d .-le gd De Yto A nd then ihrý-tmas onig iht(hee w re t elei.eiinra o o fiam ndteirs ads sn).-' hi ut IM the iytavh hdne re ny len ith the card . i h hand. :low~ Zandra regarded this one with the (iien at tNI îtot Adsac foioesy:lt ewl hiko h hl nItlatuk w y ý w: tt Santa Clau,:ý then, he would i plr. u From Santa Claus l to most favor. The gift had so much "Krllèl -N'-.'1noinal. tacks in force eernwdo e- togto i ha, ehbeen satisf Nd.. even g i enny0Grogan for being a good boy main.The boys had not merely, anitariowiiat Nw w oer.nesday by the nm pnti tla hl amu sw o wa>li r ue torna ebýli ihtehnkrhiftemgdeand mindijng hahy. NMerry Christmnas"tl h rvro hi a o"aenlnses o h rna h i fW ilks i oyhns ta Il-,,-Santa (Claul ir ne1 airgun. r ny one Làa u nd his, pop-ey.e,»;fairly hanging out that old hobb)y-horse c to so-and-son.* rga'ousfice announied nT usa . ea- .nttl i elv lm otherthir.s whih 6'a cent wouon his c-heeks lk blacki applesý; and They had been obliged to tug it themn- a tacks çontne h nti reafenon huy Bt "a arse as [enny he o comeletelv d(umfoundetha eselves, talking as they did so of the, nutckiwheat î Tl-P S -n 1 'OIt a Ut bcueo ev osstee-Attemr h odw Th e tai, lie hiked t enntwa up wont o luar: hy t muha couldnl't utter awr n h aig ltl a efle hoteyat F n ig ht bnoe i fot i u def ayletaletihem oer a greodat ta 4ollars apiece A»h ha' MWhat did 1 tell you "The horsswere aillsafely snorting r tgi- ft Fnigthtteefot f h u- h oe ewl tk lm deal nd athoug Za ra ha to andrathount. ao o as hroun \hen Zandra got to thisparIt 'of the in a row at Grogans' hack *door and lliil letrianls to brethruhaddbuhWe u ersaeflf the%ý ni . llso eta t henym g scoo huraniatesholassh 0tue if it was after she hadt gone Zandra was innocently sitting. "wait- esdo 8sIf,60. To ott ottulpon the li f\nta wr hl Chainas t e p orgtthems- o efaou din te or o athrt- bed at night, she would sit up and ing up" when the Pratts got back from ftle heGrmntoosune Gn Teil av o om o () hr uas h hint er. o on in ý dona r emnth-mil Indeed,$o nehug her kesadhv adwr othe movies. She listened in a sort of T.nIte S i 1-u k iseabozt mo t ea o ulw rifreIhla~Cret he agri eh nia ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ nit* (tlfleme.wiccne a h eufnt . fuer andt soinekeep from squealing right out with'hpydz hl Ms rt ecib- ntreat l'. lies, and with hmdhee h e'Fi we hl istee 7.amba l(, a uni ness - .imitht deartment tore andInureexcitement it was pure Christmas ed the, different mujrÙers she had seen ,r e nttsî, ileha iinauded Uran llr t-bl'powerflasut At nyoepo t Wuerlaý1 idly and truly gne ni h pæ o ore, oh ratadhappine--ssundisturbeti by any thought ait the show. but her thoughts slere orta a o nweeth cmbne euonc ore W tre kns f rinta wha Iw ite hn ur rab- D n-a1Ll.She found that one ig 9enouh f hat Santa CGaus migzht .bring t llo Goan'ad1h nx mr- ( N Lnw e nOmt bl o et h ln f h dfndr Btigditswetaerea thy Yt ha tlw way o hi r, himg o nri .y e mysscaw ylittle leg i s er.x&l ,ieil a sI $1 t,, $IN track To. on1Mont Spinniw ee te s- Fedadfu ti, m o the ~ ~ ~ ~ o weight ofvthibabygto-easehhs wosisberayleatttt·bn ablar totglooed"i loi. per to is tIk o 59Locured a tempoayfohldatrhv gcame tLiiee froni the sharp cornet of ite <P4lebssfor- all hb,ý was the She knew whatsew dg l hewssryntt1b.bet e - ngssandsvr csate nwtn the mde hench where he satic. pair of cobjse shoes. ready-made skirt, to Grogans-' in time to see the atag- conrrioac Weut nd mst ae hmeigteoea elwnyn r tr ," ~~~atd blouse. The Pratts always gRv germng surprise of Denny when he drt si,. raesatiprst ands t th on "A . uif t:4k mg such tnonsense. Shewa-, inthe basemnenithanginig p hr -eryear's outfit of clothing on sihtd te roe; utbrekfstwas 4 laits.irrit. 4to4Wdmions in tisrg.Sarwhroabety snopedtheste.moher slppigte hf,etek'Nwash whe n te great ie bitatu iln h lothing, late at the Pratts, it"being a holiday, to4e Wstwrd eadngst shniýý ut h ard hwagdowuon m1the camie to her tqird and the Christmas bird with One and she lost that pleasure. What she 1 1u tý-TurPe>s. dremmed !l21!, to ig hea sohad tata gutof -hte hetood itoc.k-stil o muha oin of the, armi did see was Mr&. Grogan. with the uie stoth pr Ilie li- o t h ae dwsa t n womiueBetinttewe eeef custhings didn'*t work baby in her arms and an unbelieving -ra and couintr) sh pliera a fr the~~(i baNconIftebayo r Pratt',,; þyjamas idangle in, the tocurenramgne h7 tre , erfc js urigfrmni a Frs Kng 1)( nyil wly wapsed it l-4 v.,th ust On the basement ihoe vrdo. One a hewidw. ftth o a r.akngonBthehm his~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ th h ywhhgad Arcin os a agt ebnk, andt thi k, of every peossible con- "*Mother of St. Patrick, look at the "Gi rn oconH Min mgat hee rforaneoutgr.own. Fy as ltteo\ntne sy antingency, and -yet something wholly back yard!" she ejaculated in aý sort large tw n i 6 Io MtWt h utmr e gfreecaignv "o½ ri.hr p en.p.giyhas litleboyhusthm arck unforeseen hap-pens of awed whisper. ..tFOrusa oreg hi oigbm wo yanrn ees inShr,: itle bong!i tr The \iiig of the twetty-fourtth' "Harses!" breathed Denny. "I wrote Olitarcc. a-1 ," h. tatedz Zandralif you yearit t e oy's l ien so ion Wa alalrght, and storm yenough for tiadtenpae thimhim!" c-Newaaid.lit 62rA despatchfo odnsy h a fsr Ow deb thing " tha h.ý e ha- t kin hemhwhnMhetw i, t lotter. The "ou prayed too hard!" said Mrs. t 1.torage». 4.- to 13a. ie,t stra e r itsie r silhlig frmyScn ig ;iha M."< am enyrd- ali. his little errides it to suth otromant ofThe leyGroant puiCe. r1 Britns2agistiontluhso h etnca-Faknes oofrh a year: hit getiallittle j ough. butdinpe n I n iMrs Day not only NMr. Grogan. who hadl celebrated, ll-red chickenoIl .fwtlies, delivere wt ev rifre-Icneon ,Diyn or t heh i f pmrocin-hisesar a tury r -mp(le. ae the l-hearts i bt arried Christma.s Eve downtown somewhere, mets3that haveben drawn fromphefirayerLand raeamg, all n fo at-lN Gr o thin vy.ar;h oy'setle te id te mit for :%cae i M .Pratt off with them to came yawning and buttoning on his t Russian, fron ic h esto fUrhpHm o ot irl n ii ca it r, Grogan.ifnA ilear; b or. ige, thing i teimatter Mr1n<îrleavng Zndia as hey loths.0Hvtoo-onelookout f th i P er 6 e hostilities hrmndrteamitc.O1tr c \î t threlIl , - o t h, beh a id . o nineandt bi, onger ista e u pp •aonean N iful to ikeep kitchen %'ndow. then rmade a wild0 to to he ltes attck oth Ger an a te o m otpal.an hsit a vn or sol; get obgi sae upsd ln ndash for his hat. liIt40 i 5fie 26 mndi Te in te Cmrirgo ewe hr ig 1l, 'li e s t clothte iaff Olr w beil( seen on il; Say, ee.that fErm- hou.se until their returnxcitd an«ex- "Wheeariyougoin '" dmandd a a Nd: Z AQto 1 0.Buldecourt adQ enw s a cm yrhi ie t itr le è ~~~~ives it to a young cutnaoui nt reity it was anthe -left be- his wife. per to M.18l pulee aure hnteTuo ossfiete ieo ate U1I w ere you 1Vd ask Santa Ca-outgi ow,4 it and still. asilde from hav- pectatZnr ms nie T ate aai otk h mo td ana -.Ied n en illenaepioe, r orwnsg (- m.hingsomnething smnail." cau loht its manie. tai.and on(. eye, hind; a /,andra %vo, alteye show edgT Fe! l'm bad agin! I'm wore i $>tI r 001n A m etn thklanewt hi ml ldi h tn.o no a ,alm ··llw w ubt wo ew a is a nice strng. ierc-!ooing e t g owit likely to happen even thtan 've iver lbeen!i' 'm seein' juni- itrack - nIl iro. Il'aat. gpu fgoid gis h rtih tr c Inonærchi, f- rin o" stueed vet, with enlough b>eauity and use. smtign on' hratc yteGra rw itnn <re h 1,le I-co-ýz lls fulnegssto drivt poor lame little Den- 1onChitaEv)wudbeueo anot th aree od n lros o eodH t a y n "Idon't nad- thim," s Grogani, who never had any kind other and more engaing affairs. have PtAt IERLAE n 0t rin!e in eetr hc Š d- nsadGd n ar he <lwe." aahr"lie of a lhorse. wild with delight. genIltlybut frm ly lock hn theFOR EXPORT TO CAN A DA. 3Ïs ) 6 6 iiita it coe., t1ioedwt areeetvehsme Hlil0leua shri O hb bcku o t<bad Smweei hsgetctso-it was barely eight ocamwen the at u 2,.e d 1 wtthootmryrple at t h evn mhvrmvl tho drink y ur k p o u t of " rkn ew mg-acin unîge. there mustbo Z nd a' h ar amot um ed ou o Ioo C ntolerhanrceve tle ra e6 sTH F RS N W picureof hose ained nvip- roud ad kockat oor uni oe o heWrTadaor M.Ho er's .4!, --k.pati 0to4e bte it h est r; earth so large î s f ar too no room they only Id. lehem, , and the and feet, So. rld turns in; the Holy in. ehem, n. nd moun- rof n1i t, aplàin, mn again, ve h, men raising [lce, ithe Wnter and ept the law t w dxterity of any Santa Claus on earth "Our message of cnrtlto oa N edwho c • S Rh was furt.een and Poor hittle lame boy wants ecod- eGrogans' dog barked like Mad et the division -v be n inpiti"On frt4 tN IreonsM ed m um ri and proper that %he hand rocking-horue. If you have Zand ra went jumping and akippmg all t»to otinue to do ther heat. We sigIl ma 3 l8 itilbsg w osomething toward earning one to give him, please leave it at dwIhelntholh yr o h l$hv ucesulyacmpN- .h rt3t gkb e ke 1 420, corner of Pine A venue a nd ley. Sound#s i&Mtatwereunusualwork for wkh wewe ere seni-t t 1 atm sssmakts etiâ,.--e*.nw b /andra had a sîecret. She was% the Sev ente-enth Street, on rear of 10t. in the bock yard of G*rogans' hfoe the allent. ThewoperationslanWb"kk per 9NW roçf a sum of money. No after dark, Decemeber 24. adtedgke ta twsntthe te opshvebenegae he 44yiu ueane Ttgo ,,••• 100 rtt r how s&he came by it--or, well- ucetansteps of ald man Grogan mnstratedt» gret advantage the s tuo 4J meraslt ithad better b xlained This production took Zandra &uch a reelmng home. Vi*itora gre few and dailntraining, ladhp ad s : arr t,1#--,tib&Do me aeCLETSLk 0 aan no; se hd senGroan ongumetoperfect that she oxerslept for between. beut Zandra quiewed bhM other nae ßghting qualtle4 Offl ur Mnere $3 1 Man SIet i ated g ggg CEiŠ aatog rkeit out of his pocket one morning in the morning. and wéaa sodly with a pot an the bak. and he crawl- OfBeersAnMen." . j " ,,. --- a tasfse ra gether with his jack-knife, car tick- wt-ded by the irate Mr. Pratt. ed bock inoto his shed "11 e4"sOU"a as se A de4 thMrn Ot a età,dirty bandanna handkerchief, and' "What wmykea you se lote?" ed- i a wnefeTecharitable US. R4 WAY ENG tIas 30,%$0 peas he stock talking with Father< manded angrily. grulping down the h«r famgy hadSeenbhe app» Ibad o;tKLLDBE"A R0MK a sstt Csdyen the wvalk in front of Pratt's cffee. tehre hdbogtit, and t wasr stepi Hq was telling Fathet Caiîdy **I didn't ste-ep w«Il ártpart of saf t Denny'sdeerau taggedand A desatek $im0R negg lst seas how aîek he had be.totehdte ihmplgadZadahwhy wrtMg hwa a htAayi rns4 been seei' thn." ZadrahadegesIhdtengtae- nr ne h at to h ueAsr head tes stris s inngilMesthat t "oest t06 muchl" naled 1Mr. juat a# if ahe had noet fadepmidw it ulld ø am she did not need to Hasten'to thim, but Pratu, as he heaved intteo mtroeoat *safeat the Grýea as'bkdo! tsaAtektk! Fathr Cssiy sin ope todo»OMe- and dauhed for the "ar, ewaao. naeh ene httm thIng with Grogan. twalker in-a ten-Cefnt. tore and had beent"o dntable fasatew in té "Fistitwasßes;then bumble- some excuse for bi* unpleaan di. ity', eac oMing *sa wletgrow ec¶s hee8; then It w*as ¾¾itieata,"Crogan position, ing-horsa."We, explained, drawiüg hido i ie Te advertitsment waa top late f«oryha a *pan, aldy, the tMngs kepttetting large it wa.s juat aswfefr although th40eas*a ading thinga larger a n are, your mià-ht not he xas Hable to rein acos it, body À800 are -anniberdl" -yneither would the Prou-tam n rat s quit te for sig aonths,"owned oad a Waome fa fteadcri@M cou -tbs. Iw ERS. dliny and .p: nd getr myv heart xd eigh athat r, var- the c tause L n eye tè,, need- 1- lected may a, a The eUse -or a:; would ki h1ould )ý0 Your t him 1ren; have . than at lit ýr wmng <lt' eUt- a ho rid- .th\Ou. Illnich rd bthul Though' that, S c for ent a cridte inion anud Kiain- n.ew the Mthos r cen- ilaètion, an ung (Ilthe f ethlehemta, inthe thel ri0ud as a Aqeet i hisk e.ru ufI --o wants te ni., iteni the éir bodies the colt ned that a brush et. Poor other, er Wh that ng dons Shorse, e being ht to0 th* k-or for ~ / i ) iam ses col Omas1 ope tu OUF ýt Adelal4ý