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The imfathomed sweetnal

Shall touch with Heaven

'nn resumed neu-ui, ui, miszmm, '~

I 'rue muy haves with bm-in glow,

Obi heart be glad, faget-that-tear "It is christmas time"-“xt is christmas "

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A Wreath onthe Door

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' Bleak fatherbad loved Christ- |1a.s, and what Bob had twice start- adtosayhadbeenaomethink W tus effect that he would not have approved of anyones not celebrat- ing it.

During the days which followed,

liilen carefully avoided any errands which would take her downtown in- to°the thick of the \I1m4l¢~ll4¢l1

thrm@_ She bought little Jim half a doom toys on her way to market one morning.

Now it is askiba' a gfeat deal of

anwfle to describe in detail the drab pamage of a Christmas that is not treated as such. It proved the longest, dreariest, mddest d-aY you cm imagine. Even little Jim refused to be his usual so°d-hum- cred self and fussed ridicui0\lelY and lrritatingly.

Ellen went to bed early. leaving

Bd: reading. He had been patience ilself.

It was on the mornin! after

Christmas that a strmse thins happened.

Ellen had left little Jim with

Nora, who came in to help morn- ingsandhadgonedowntothepoet oiiioe for the letter from hor mother. which would tell how Christmas passed for her.

She was back at her own st¢P6

with the letter saved to read in the quiet and warmth within. when the pretty young woman from next door ran out with a _ _ _ menm%f'; acl-on ner mom- 75 » V _ , dezs. -i“|

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abe said breath- ` lally. "But we‘re 0

nextdoor neigh- I I y I W/ ; \m~s;nd,ifImay ."./_

‘*_ U11, yguy nuns Ginnina- V » mm,” » \_\,~v` /,..`//_ ..wny- ywsaiu 2,\\\\\ amen. "xt 1s” ~ .'°' _ » . \‘ MG 'x :magna no. \`,\_\;` _, ,

mid the other »'/.90»'i\i|" with a puaalodlock. "You sc¢» yesterday. I was valine 'il-H ll pigs; or plum pudding for a shut- m pid lady below, when a middle aged man stopped me and asked me i!Iocuidtellhimwheret-heCun- ningbams live."

lien flet the hurting little MUNI!

Qout her heart that alwayi came with a sudden |nemo'y of her fit-hdi Aa if this woman had been 3903' hs of aim!

‘ianditoidhimftbaotharwas

lying, “that I thoutht !°\1 “W4 light han.”

'Year' ups zum, with the strangest mans or mmm- “Y°e"

ad was at the home. and

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THE BLEST BABE

And an Thou come. blest Babe.

and come to me?

Com, down to teach me how to

come to Thee?

Welcome, thrice welcome, to my

vantim soul.

Which. aa it loves, doth grieve that

‘tis so foul.

’l‘belcn'tisntforTheeeomefxom

above,

The more it needs Thea, and the

more I love.

WHAT IS HONGUR 2

What is honor butt-he height,

and flower, and top.of morality. and the utmost rennement of con- versation! Virtue and honor are such insepanblg companions that the heathen would admit no msn into the taniple et honor who did not paaa into it through the temple of virtue. Princes. indeed, may con- fer hmors, or rather titles and names of honor; but they an a man'a or a wcman's actions which must make him or her truly honor- able. And every man's life is the b¢ald’s office from whence he lust blason him to the world- honor being but tha reflection of a man's own actions shining brighter in the faoe of all about him, and from thence rebounding cn himself It teaches a man not to revenge a contumslious or a reproachful world, but to be above it; and therefore it was greatly spoken by Caius Marius, that he valued not what.,n'urn could SAY of him: for, if they spoke tnie, they must needs speak honorably of him: if other- wise, his life and his manners should be their ccnfutaticn. And. doubtlel, it is a trusr and nobler vindication of a mans bona- to olaar of! and confuta a slander by hisownlifsthanbyanothermans death: to make his innocence and bil virtue his eompurgata-, and not toilhtbuttolivedcwntbeeal- umniatcsa. South.

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Hero, cn the Cheshire ¢da of the Haney waterfront. I have beard many ltranse tsiea-tempest, ad- venture, wreck and mutiny.

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backyard tra'ning " ed giog might mean hafed out of ’Pr‘seo.

Yet the

ever heard came Hr. Thunas ll

Road. Beacombe. who witness of the almost edible happenings that male up the mys- tery of the boarding-house in Bix- tcenth-st.. New York City.

‘About seven years ago, when I

was a Cunard Line steward," said Mr. McMahon, “I went ashore to look up a friend, George Roh neon. a former Brltfsh seafarer who had Joined the New York Police.

"I found him at night on his

beat on Sixteenth-st.. and stood with him, ta‘king of old times-

A Cammotica

"Suddenly from a house opposite,

I bl. up-to-date boardng estab- lishment, we heard screams and a commotion.

“Da.sh’ng over, we ran in and

found a wildly excited throng of about thirty boarders crowding pell-mell along the hall and up the stairs.

‘The screams had died down and

seemed but a fant echo of their first shrill agony, when we buratifia body _nto a top-floor bedroom- that chamber of mystery. secret haunt of some outraged spirit that comb ned all that was worst in mortal life and the life beyond the veil.”

GYG -

“This was the story, as it was

afterwards pieced together," Hr. McMahon went onz-

The boarding house. a corner

one, was one of the beat properties on Sxtesnth-st.. but it had for long been unoccupied, because it was said to be haunted. Bo sinister was its name that agents could not lem) much less sell lt.. Indeed,

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in the

build. it'a a gold mme going

been-"’ Ona night she called her board-

ers-togatber to ask how many ot themwouldrowithher,i1 she took the haunted house. lba could convert it easily into a

dll-I Wlwte hotel. abc argu-

would be better for

2;; ti Egegié

ers agreed. nero, con., Irishwomaii had her

e" for a song. And she the corner house a home

of luxury. Bo much so, that the ghost apparently liked the new comforts. At my rate, nothing hapgened, till

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Anamg the boarders were two

young man, Jim and Tom. who had been with the Irishwoman for five years. They were A1 fellows or steady habits and fn: physique. And th's is what happened to them in the top-floor bedroom they shar- Otl. Q the nlshl- my policeman pal and I heard the screams. 'ham went up an bee first. .um

followed soon after, and justashls haliddbll on the knob of the door screams began. 1-fe fiung the door wido open, to see something he will never forget.

Tom, crazy with terror, yelling

like a madman. movng with light- ning opefd and exerting almost hlfvulean strength, was hitting. wrestling, biting even, ln s death struggle.

With what? With nothing. Hound and round he whirled in

this 1u.nat`e combat Now he was rolling on the floor, next trying to hold down something between him- self and the carpet. Soon he was on his feet spin, and then gradually as he weakened. he sank on his knees and at last on his back.

"Take lt Off”

He was clawing at his throat. I-lls

fsee was b`ue.

“W‘hat's the matter. Tom?"

shouted Jim, who thought his friend was `n a fit after some boot-

layrs' “fire-water." “Take it off. Jim." gasped '!bm.

"Paks th-this-thing 0-" mg voioe died away.

“leave your throat alone, you

f00l." said Jim angrily. And then as he bent down

Bo felt something ui tap el

Tom-something that sprang up and sideways at hm, Jim-some unseen Colossus with clammy hands that tcok his throat as in a vice*

Bo the second combat began, and

that Jim was .saved was due to the policeman and half a dozen board- ers sensing things more quickly than he had done.

They broke its strength at last

and. lift ng it by grins and legs they could feel but could not see, oarriet It across the room and

'dropp d it on tI.e hed.

The springs creaékcd under i-Ls

weight.

The mattress ragged.

The plliow give in the mddle.

'I'he berlcl thes crumpied. The doctor laughed when they

told him. Obv ously, it was a puf- up yarn to .save Jim and T;m from the legal consequences of a drun- ken brawl that had '~Just stopped short of rragejy. Ghostly paws couldnt mawl two windpipes like that.

"Say, Doc.. step over and fccl

It," said the po iceman. And to hu- mour h m, the Doc.. all sm'uv°.\_ stepped over “How's the poor guy‘s pulse?" he qulpped and---

The shock could not have hem:

gxoater had he fingered a 10,000 volt cable!

H s brain stopped, but his hands

with the instinct of years, ran over The Thing and folmd-a heart - beat`ng,- boating feebly! A human mart in an invisible body!

The unseen strangier was dying

~yes, that was the last heart beat -was dead.

O O O

Since the gunmen came, New

York doctors, l|k‘ New York "cops" are part lumpy, part hard- iwilcd. Being _lumpy gives them im!!-8`nation. Beirg hard~boiled saves them from lettng their ima- ginaton stampede them. They deal pr-asa cal`y with awful fact.

ao Doc. wrote the death certifi-

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ANCIENT YULETIDE

stockings for Santa. Claus to dll

were more in vogue, and Christmas trees lass so, fifty years ago. The latter were reserved chiefly fa' large gatherings, such as Sunday school teas, and they were consid- aled very wonderful indeed, though there was a certain charm about the Christmas stocking which could not be duplicated even by a tree. The stockings held very little of value, but the ¢lement of mystery played its part, and the youngsters enjoyed the excitement of waking in the nigh; or early morning to pinch the toe of a well-filled sock and guess what it contained. There was one thing almost certain to be found in th etoe-it fitted so nicely -and that was a cornucopia or brlghtwolored paper filled with tiny candles. There were nuts and fruit and presents as well. A 25- cent doll, and horse and cart, or a Neah‘s ark, me; the requirements of the average child.

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SPINNING TOY

Out a disc from stiff cardboard about four inches across, and in the centre bose two holes about an inch apart. Thread about a yard of fine atrial through the holes and knot the ends together. To make the disc spin, hold one loop cf the thread in each hand and twist the disc about fifty times. Now, still holding the thread, draw the hmds apart. and the disc will revolve. winding the thread in the opposite direction. Then slightly move the hands together. By repeating the processthediacmnbekeptspln- ning indefinitely.

PEACE ON EARTH

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"Time, like an ever-rolling

stream." has borne away another year, and has brought us, after a journey through gloomy canyons over-shadowed with cliffs of doubt and despair, and Uxrough rapids which we have navigated only with difficulty, to the more or less quiet pools of the Christmas season. Here the stream, ever moving onward to- wards the Sea of Eternity, has lost for awhile its turbulence, and flows more gently with only a slight rip- ple to disturb its otherwise peace- ful progress Behind are the whirlpools and eddiee of strife and hatred: ahead are the rapids and waterfal‘s of disappointment and failure. Eevery year for more than fifteen centuries the world has paused in its busy tunnoll to cele- brate the birth which has come to be observed regularly of the Child of Bethlehem stable.

This Christmas festival had al-

ready been inaugurated at the be- ginning cf the fifth century, and the twenty-fifth of December had been settled up is the day of the celebration. Augustine mentions this hte in his writings, while Chrysoetom speaks of the celebra- tion as a custom imported from the west within his lifetime. It had been before that time, celebrated ocmjointly with the Feast of the Epiphany, that is, on the sixth of January. In this connection it is interesting to note connection it is interesting to note that this latter date has still some connection with the celebration of Christmas in England. It is the custom there, that all the usual decora- _

*I hard tire bells on Christmas

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Their old familiar carols play,

and wild and lteet

T1-|¢ words r.P¢¢t Q( peace on earth. goal-will to

menl".

CLEANING ENAMEL

I clean the enamelled lining of

my gas cooker with ordinary salt, and I find salt is useful to rub my hands with after doing any wash- ing. It takes away that “soddcn" look: also it prevents rheumatism in the finger joints.

tlons with which houses and pub- lic bwldinss are adorned at this season shall not be removed un- til "0ld Christmas Day," the sixth of January.

Conccrninz the celebration of

this festival there has grown up through the years much that is lo- gendary. Amongst these Yulctide tales, one of the most fssciimliiig is the story of the origin of Glas- tonbury Abbey in the county of Somerset, the home of the folk~ lore of Englsnds western shii-cs, The story concerns the ew-nts of Christmas Day in the year 63. A band of pilgrims from the Holy Land. twelve in number, led by an old man with flowing white board. had come to rest on the Summit Of a. shore overlooking the lovely val- ley of Avalon. Wearieri with their day's journey, they snt down and talked of their ad\'v1lturrs_ both in tht-ir home land. Palestine, and during their _tourney to this un- known land of Britain. Their leader was none othcr than -l0Sf`Ph of Arimathca, he who had given his tomb for the burial of Christ.

Persecutions and imprisonment had he suffrrd at the hands of his fellow Jews; but hr- had finally cs- cnpori, and a<‘<'on1pi\nird by his c‘evcn faithful folio\v~rs, had ar- rived in this beautiful part of Bri- tain at Sunset on Christmas DRY- Siiddenly, as they sat watching the golden rays of thc setting sun lighting up the hills dr, there rush- ed upon t“em a horde of savage Britons armed with rude spears and hatchets, with their bodies daubed with hideous colours, Jos- :-ph fell on bis knees in a prayer fnr help Then rising again, he thrust his thorny staff, which had some with him from Palestine, into the ground beside hm and claim- rd P°“btliUl1 (il this country in the name of his llastcr Then n mira- c'e happened: the (hm-ny staff put forth branches and lravcs and burst lfitb lliik-White biosmms 0! sweet The horde of sa- vages fell' ba& frightfwd hv .such an exhibition of rnaarfril |`0""l' 011 the DI-ff Oi Y-Ns ltrrmrv-r News or me svneie sen-an vm-f»\1rhout` the efvtlltfyllde ard _-mn reached the ealfd the Kun, /irviragus. who thc lv-lsflml 50 s'.\tt'e h vallry or Avalon. Thti"e the fum Chriatln f'hlll’¢l\ F om it htel' came and beautiful Ab-

.A Chddk C$rhhnasJPnuim

DY F. K. HACAITHUR _

I want a train, Dear Santa,

With a h`¢tl¢ track, you know,” :

I d0s.rn’f care how small at if, i.

- A: long as it will ga. ‘L

I wish 3-au’d fill my fldylwl-fl .-

.:C1.€> > QQ,

With toy: and candy #00-T

Oh, dear, I med .ra many thing),

_=. I don’t_ know what I'Il do.

My doggie fared hir collar '

#OL v.Q lf,\Z'OOO0O.'Ct0Q09_0.

I wish jvou'd bring an apple;

i And than I`Il Iozic you more, _

If you lza.su’t any large ones, -

l`uu`d beflfr bring me four. -

I icirli I had a bunny- .

And Baby found my foy~blocks .

And _fm;i'¢-d t/:cm in the fre. I

Ami Sixfer wmlr a dollia; °

S/in Imsn`t mmf at all;

And .lurk must /mfr new panties, -

Ili; osscr onrr /ou small.

, A jumpin' froo the u/in! '

I wanfr free fair of .rlocking.r-- I

I 'wi.<Ii _\~im'd bring me saint.

"Cause uma/ I/if: _mow is fIymg`, -

Il-fy ru.~.v.»; get sa numb.

.ludhdoift furgrt ilu: topic: _

You il/d/1': bring Iaxt year. ‘

'Coarse I knozrs _you"rc I1u.v,\‘.

But bring 'em-, Santa, dear.

Plmsc bring me one lo km'/‘_

Oh, _f7n_vl:! I is .m tired, '

I 1/rink ['11 go to Jlcrf.

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Borrowed Plumage

Continued from page l

“I-can't-go!" Jean winked back unaccustomed tears and stared hard at a picture on the wall in front of her. As her vision cleared she became aware that she was gazing at the group photograph taken after the last Dramatic so- ciety play. What fun she had had! For one brief evening she had been a "star" and worn truly becoming clothes.

If only-Iran sat suddenly up- right with eyes that sparkled. "I'li go to Mrs. Holdens and wear those clothes!" she cried ecstatlcally. Jeans inspiration was born of the fart that the Dramatic society had issued a recent edict. Clothes worn in the annual plays were to be pur- chased and become the property of the organivation and so be always available for future performances.

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(`ary and .lean Laggrd Far Behind the Others.

Je-sn was propci-r_v mistress and held me key to thc warmrobe that contained them.

“If Mrs. Hoidru had not been

abroad when W” Rave ‘Nancy's English Cousin." this litkle stunt might have be-rn impossible." mus-

ed Jean as. fha- following day. she folded and packed the 3mt little srrgc she- had wom in the third act. Three changes thrrr had been, nmod resperiwc-ly in the stage di- rections as "I ON'-N052 @1112" "a simplf- party frock" and “a striking mndoor costume." Jr-an took all thru*

But the following mornin at the gay. holly-decked breakfast table Mrs. Holden unauspeetlngly tum- ed Jeans happinia to alba. “ly brother, Jean. who came after you

SORROWS '

Believe me, every heart has its

secret sorrows, whlds the world knows riot; and oftentimes we call

a man cold when he ia only sad.- Longfellow.

had gone upstairs last night. Why, you know each otlnri"

"Of course, we know gach other!" smiled a singularly attractive young man. “I coached the play in which Miss Gray played a demune mme English girl--and well do I re- member bor in tba part!"

Yes, it seemed that Cary Emdicott

who had made "Nancy English Cousin" the success it had been, was Mrs. Holdeffs brother.

On one of the very last days of

vacation ghe crowd set out on snow- shoes acros the hill. Cary had man- aged matters so that he and Jean lagged far behind the others. Sud- denly, ln a snowy but sheltered hol- low, as the rest topped a distant summit and disappeared, Cary turned right about face and held out his arms. "Jean, darling, will you be my wife?"

.lean flushed furiously. “l-oh-

why. how can you-after-after these clothes?"

Assistant Professor Endicotts

face expressed nothing beyond ut- ter mystiilcation. Than he shook his head. "rm _afraid-maybe I’m dense. but-"

And Jean had to explain. her

slim hands clenabing themselves within the odd little English muff which was Dart of her "striking outdoor costume."

When she had finished Cary just

stood for a moment regarding her "ef I0 smtly. ever so tenderly. Then. “Didn’t you know. you funny girl, that men oan live wmi clothes yearinandyeareutmdnever notice them? It’s the people that wear them that ootmt.”

And happy. Jaan. muggling elcac

inhisarml.h\¢'wthath9had

spoken the truth.

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