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wnnmisnax, DECEMBER is, ms Lacking In Leadership

One of the strongest points emphasized by Mr. KING in his pre-clection campaign was the advantage of returning an administration at Ottawa. which would be in line with the eight Liberal provincial governments, thereby insur- ing unanimity of action in matters of legislative reform.

The Dominion - Provincial Conference at Ottawa last week was to have set a shining ex- ample in this regard. Something, however went wrong The suggested changes in the British North America Act were so vaguely deﬁned as to give alarm to thc New Brunswick delegation, which (luite properly refused to waive the right of appeal to the British Parliament un- til inore information was forthcoming, and op- portunity given for discussion of the details in the Legislature.

But this was not the only evidence of dis- harmony. The Ontario delegates, according to the Toronto Globe (Liberal) returned home “disgusted,” declaring the conference to have been “a washout” and laying the blame for its failure on the inability or tinwillingness of the Federal Government to take the lead, especially with regard to a proposed debt reduction plan which they claim would have meant a saving to Canada of $220,000,000, or three times the cost of unemployment relief.

Premier HEPBURN himself is reported by the Globe to have been “frankly dissatisﬁed" with the conference results, though he denied the current rumor that he had “bolted.” "I did not in any sense leave in a huff," he stated to thc Globe correspondent. “I confess, however, that I was disappointed with the Federal Govern- ment because at no time "was it apparently randy lo enrmciale matters of policy."

This criticism is highly signiﬁcant. It was the leadership Mr. BENNETT showed at the Em- pire Conference in i932 which made that con- ference a success. It was his policy of a D0-

, minion-Proviiicial conference to reach agree- ment on measures of economic reform that Mr. KING took over and attempted to put into effect at Ottawa last week. The measure of his fail- ure, according to his erstwhile ardent support- er and bosom friend, Premier HEPBURN, is in proportion to his lack of those qualities of leadership which his predecessor, Mr. BENNETT, possessed.

Lobster Research Planned

Canadian scientists employed under the Dominion Government have already done use- ful work in the field of lobster study, but a complete program of lobster research has not litherto been undertaken. Now, reports the 1 ‘irlierier Nero: Bllllﬂliﬂ, with some drops oc- curring in the size of the catch in the past few years, a. thorough investigation is desirable and at a recent m_eeting of the Biological Board. which is the federal fisheries research board, steps were taken with a view to initiating an investigation of this kind during 1936. The ex- pectation is that, if funds will permit, two scientists, well qualified for research in this field, will be assigned to give all their time to studying the lobster fishery and the lobster's ways of life. They will go to various sections of the different. lobster fishing districts and they will make use also of the facilities of the three research centres conducted by the board in the Maritime Provinces-—the Fisheries Biological Station at St. Andrews, N. B., the Fisheries Experimental Station at Halifax, N. S., and the station at Ellerslie, P. E. I.

As their work_ proceeds—possibly several years will be required for its completion-at should produce authoritative information as to the measure of fishing intensity which the fish-

ery caii stand without depletion and as to any

new steps which should be taken in the. interests of conservation. _

Incidentally the Neivr Bulletin notes that Hon. I. E. MICHAUD, the new Minister of Fisheries, was a former student at St. Dun- stan's University. He holds degrees from both Laval and Dalhousie,

A Poet's Fame

Two thousand years ago, notcs lilo Lolldﬂll Adtlcrlirrr, QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS, known to numberless students as HoRAcl-z, was born in Italy. His proud boast that he had erect- ed for himself a monument more lasting than brass has been amply borne out. Even Musso- LINI might ﬁnd food for thought in the fact that the memory of thc poet is still green, while most of his swashbuckling contemporaries are for- gotten. Hoimcis exempliﬁed thc type of Italian to whom the literary and artistic world owes so much. The world would be inﬁnitely better of? if Ilon/tcr: rather than CAESAR wcrc thc idol of the modern Italians. '

Editorial Notes

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A week today the Day of days. ' 9K 9K 9*

Don't forget you can shop by electric light. . ﬁ. I 9K, '

Remember the dispensary has claims upon, your generosity at‘ this {articular season. -~ I m ill

“Rrciuim in Sarah of a Father," has nothing on Hon. Mr. Dtmumo in search of a

scat. R I It

Tl! cl ' b ' hﬁb h' th s night! a‘ t, m I "In: wiitii Cheristiilaiis light:

If, hm a little work you ‘canlifford tailors-dam. employ. m twill? ~11

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The various choirs are busy rehearsing Christmas music for Sunday, and the young people decorating th; churches.

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Who but Britain could enter into the Christ- mas spirit with all the many troubles on her hands, both within and without.

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Are you reading The Christmas Carol in our columns-its a sure and certain tonic, be- sides a cure for “the blues,” “the reds," and all other liverish discolorations.

9K 9K 9K

Who is going to be Under Secretary of State from this Province? That is the question now agitating the minds of at least three Fed- eral members.

ill if If The Rotary Club announce \'vith justifiable pride and jubilation that their recent radio auc- tion realized the sum of $1,700 for six hours bidding. This is the kind of “cold” charity that warms the hearts of the benevolent and bene- ﬁciaries alike. 91E 9K i Something has got to be done about the pigeon nuisance which is making certain parts of the city unsafe for trading democracy, and buildings with towers or eaves insanitary and a disease menace. If If 9K Ethiopia had-merely to say "I protest" to have all the smaller nations of the League rally- ing to her support. Yet certain people allege that Britain is serving no useful purpose in bolstering up the Leagtaié. é‘, .

Making hay while the sun shines we are now advised by agricultural scientists is a stupid blunder; it should be cut green and cured scientiﬁcally. Still nobody will surely deny that making war in Ethiopia while the sun shines is the safest bet for Italy. 9K 9K 9K

There are more societies and organizations, adult and juvenile, attending to the Christmas wants of the poor than ever before in the his- tory of the world. Yct certain pessiinists bewail the alleged failure of the churches. If not the churches, who put it into the heads and hearts of these people to slgpregkeac: others burdens ?

If the City be hard up for money here's a lip which we offer without charge. Pass a by- law compelling every man of eighteen and up- ward to grow a beard within six weeks 0r pay $1 for an exemption permit. The City of Ana- conda, Mich., with a population of 13,000 has such a decree\and this year netted close on $3,000. It has been the ﬁrst event in the City’s Winter sports carnival for severalyears.

It . ii ¥ The repeal of the U. S. A. Silver Purchase Act and, pending that repeal, contraction of U. S. A., Treasury purchases of silver, are urged by Mr. EUGENE P. THOMAS, president of tlie National Foreign Trade Council. Mr._TnoM/ts declares that the “adverse efIects of America's silver policy are apparent in the rapid decline in China's trade, intense distress throughout that country, and, ﬁnally, in the ﬁnancial crisis of recent months. To remove the impression in China that America is insensible to the evils wrought by the United States Silver Purchase Act and to establish sound monetary conditions that will enable China. to purchase American goods,” Mr. TnoMAs declares. “it is hoped that the. Congress at Washington will abandon its mistaken silver policy and that meanwhile the Treasury will contrgéct its silver purchases." - 9E 9K

A writer in the Financial Port says z “You comment at length on the $3 millions permis- sive refunding legislation of Prince Edward Island. I think it is accepted in law that ﬁ brit- ish parliament has no power to levy upon the people. either taxing or bond issue, for any purpose other than to meet speciﬁc require- ments of government, a Magna Charts. safe- guard. Our government claimed an overdraft and outstanding liabilities of $900,000. A bond issue for this would be intro wires. The govern- ment offers the excuse of prospective refunding as the reason for the remaining $2 millions debt authorization. Legislation authorizing issues of bonds of this kind in most cases is for refund- ing maturing issues. In the Island’s case there were no maturing bonds as yet callable for rc- funding. Hence, I submit that $2 millions of the permissive refunding authority is rarfc blanrho to borrow for no speciﬁc purpose, and as such is ultra wires. I think this is worthy of emphasis in that there is a made craze on the part of governments and corporations to bor- row whcrcver and whenever they can get money. The other excuse offered is anticipated legisla- tion at Ottawa favorable to refunding To make

such legislation operative, it would be necessary to compel, retirement of non-callable bonds, and we have had enough of repudiation.”

' 9K 9K 9K

How Prime Minister KING has been fooled and our farmers sold is graphically described in a letter from U. S. A. Secretary of State Hunt. to Senator COSTIGAN of Colorado. The restrictions, Hum. wrote to Cos-norm, will "as- sure the most ample protection to our domestic cattle producers." “The small concession which we have granted on cattle," he said, “must be considered, if its real ‘signiﬁcance is to be ap- PFQCl-‘llﬁd. in the broad light of the entire agree- ment. . . . And of the beneﬁts which will de- rive of this agreement in the shape of hundreds of millions of dollars in increased exports, a large part of which will largely consist of agri- cultural exports, while the remainder of the increase will be in industrial products, which, through enlarged‘ payrolls and augmented pur- chasing power will inevitably redound to the ultimate beneﬁt of our cattle raising and farm- lng sectionsP-"The tariff reductions iii the treaty were from three to, two cents a pound on cattle over 700 pounds; limited to three- quarters of one per cent. of the average annual

"slaughter of cattle in the United States from

r928 to r932; from 2% to 1% cents a pound on cattle of less than r75 pounds, limited to one-quarter of one per cent on the same aver- age of slaughter; and, from 3 to 1% cents a

mind on dairy cows of more than 70o poundc’,

NotesBy The Way

Fourteen hundred carefully ohlp-

all of the paleolfthlc we. have just been discovered between Portland (Victoria) and Kingston (South Australia.) They are declared by Professor Wood Jones of Melbourne University to be 10.000 yea-rs old, and to have been used by some of m; earliest inhabitants _o1 Ans. tralta. Many old kitchen nuddem, two basin-shaped stoves, lmd~ a considerable number of skeletons of very prfmlttve blacks were‘ also found-Australian Pros; Bumam

A communique Issued from 1h; palace of the Archbishop of Quebec and read 1n Roman Catholic chur- ches on Bunday, urges the people m "give mutual pardon” and “not to let polftlcnl disagreement" enter into other branches of their lives following the provincial election. "W186i HOW. my dear bretheni. all of your dlssenslon," the state. menl; reads, “and work unanimous- ly wlth good wtll for the welfare o1’ your parish, your county and Your country. Do not let political disagreement enter Into affairs of llw veslry board or municipal school boards, nor let them disturb family relattonsfL-Wlndsor star,

Wlth war-clouds all around them. Egyptians want to know where exactly they are. No one can 5°19" that EKYDtl-an sSlnpathlcs are with the learns of Nations in its stand on the Italo-Abysslnlan ques- tion. But still they do not know exactly how they a:e going to be placed when the League applies sanctions. The mutcflcss or me Nesstm Government; l. geﬂlng on their nerves. From every side and W"? Elude 0f Political opinion there are criticisms of the Govern- ment. Unless something L; doni; m satisfy this legitimate anxiety, the position of the government may become very critical Egyptians are llllyillt; that it‘ Nesslm Pasha. has lwlhlns to say. he is not doing his lob properly; ivltllc lf he knows anything. he has no right to keep it entirely to himself as he is do- tum-The Sphinx (Cairo)

An impression has grown In re. cent years that the Regina ctty council was not providing the best possible result-s 1n clvlc manage- ment, due to a. lack of’ co-operation among members that. led almost to B sniping Policy. Where the blame 111w rested need not be dealt with at this time. The point ts that at the beginning of January a new council takes charge and a new Olllllortuntty opens. Council mem- bers will serve the city well by at.- Wmllllrlg to see how far they can get with a policy of moderation and co-operatlom-Reglna leader- Post. .

Young Liberals of Quebec are through with Mr. Taschereau. He may be able to struggle along for a time with a slender majority, but if the situation ls to be saved for the Liberals, ft will only be by the selection o1’ a. new leader who moves with the times, there l5 not much doubt. The prospect, if Mr, TESCIIBPGBU remains head of the party, l5 for its disruption, the ef- fect of‘ which would also ‘be felt 1n time in the Federal fleld.--Wln- nlpeg Free Press.

The Earl of Wllllngdon, former Governor-General of Canada, and now Viceroy of India, retains pleasant recollections of his so- Journ in Canada. while here he opened the "Calgary stampede," and ln a recent. letter to the gen- eral manager of the Calgary Stampede and Exhibition Board, he expressed the wish to vtslt Ca1- gory before he died and see the Stampede once more.

Ontario and New Brunswick led all the other provinces tn the size of delegations attending the Dom- lnlon-Provlnclal Conference at: Ot-

tawa. Each had twelve. Ontario was represented by five cabinet ministers and seven of a staff.

while New Brunswick had slx cab- tnet ministers and a staff of slx at the parley. Quebec got along with three members of the govem- merit and one deputy minister.

Folks home from Italy say that the Italians are taking the sanc- ttons "siege" grimly, and well. All metal trophies" media's (especially Allledigo into the big pot to be melted for shells. A cheerful spirit pervades tho people. Those that grumble most are not the masses. Mussolini. a former socialist and n. very formidable one, wtll not fear to conscrlpt. wealth as well lives. Theorlsts may laugh at the ldeu, but the Fascist Dictator may brfng in Socialism to wage his lm- perialist wan-lmndon Dally Ex-

press. ‘

Theodore Jollln writes emphati- cally that Mr. Hoover ls not bulld- lng up a political oigiiulzatlou for 1936. Joslln pictures the former nesldent as becoming ln 1036 "a fighting Quaker," but one who "wants nothing for htmscli." He will give everything he has to the fight, cold facts, loglc. satire and the singularly effective humor which only tn recent speeches has ever been a part or hlm. Josltn sees Hoover transformed into an urnllble country squire, chatting wlth no station attendants and munching peanuts at football games. But some day "he wants hls- tory to assert aomahlng on hls behalf-He wants ltto say. that Hoover beat the depression tn 1932 end dld It wfthtn the Constitution of the Unlted Staten-Christian Science Monitor.

Then never was a time ln_the history of this country that u much we: heard about. pensions. Pensions. pensions all along the my. Old u, pensions, , ‘ for everybody over 00 years and l0 on and on. soon nearly overybod! wtll be llvtng on Pﬁlllmll, except the few who pay the taxes-Sack- vllle Post. - ' -

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B; lame: W. “LB. DOUBTFIJL TEETH

It is not hard to understand why some physlclazis after exinntntng tbe Xi-ay ﬂlm of the patient, simply send the patient to the dentist to have certain teeth removed. Phy- sicians having an average size prac- tice are meeting cases dally whose symptoms-tiredness, sleepiness, in- digestion. pains in muscles and joints-point directly to infection. As the teeth are the commonest cause of infection an Kray ls order- ed and 1f there are shadows about the roots of ﬁlled or dead teeth ipulp or nerve removed) the dentlst ls instructed to remove thus teeth. - Sometimes it happens that when the dentist sees the Xray ﬁlms he doesn't agree wlth the physician about the removal of the teeth, and bluntly tells the patient that while

‘DECEMBER 18, 1935

t. Ohulothhwn Our done out nnnulnllli all-Io opinion: ll nCl-QIDQIIQM.

. A: Christmas Carol -A GHOST STORY ' (By Charles Dickens)

THE wnmi uszr ‘

Bin-Over n. year ago them was a merchants meeting, held to devise a method of handling bad debtors. Amongst. others a mutually created "Black Llst" was approved, but un- accountably not. put in operation.

The number of bums spongliig upon others has not decreased. they are rather growing tn number under encouragement of the ease with which the merchants play tn- to their hands. Too many of those sponges are of the jaunty type, an unpaid for Borsallno aalant on the head, creased trousers and cult for cost of which the gents supply house mourns, and patent kid boots shining upon the shoe company; ledger. I-Ils dashing outﬁt fools the merchant into giving litm credit, and his dignity Ls offended ll lie-ls asked for payment.

While we talk of "Black Lists’ the up-to-date merchants of the

his or her physlcfan may be B 300d physician he doesn't know much about. teeth or the reading of the Xray ﬁlm or he would not order these "good" teeth removed. ,

Now a physlclan used to reading Xray ﬁlms, particularly tn company with the Xruy specialist, soon learns to read the Xmy ﬁlms of the teeth us quickly and as correctly as the dentist, Just as a dentist who was regularly seeing Xray ﬁlms of the liver, stomach of‘ bones, would soon be able to read these ﬁlms as cor- rectly and as quickly us the phy- stolen.

No one can blame the dentist ff he tries w save good teeth for the patient, but he should not question the physician's knowledge ln front of the patient.

There ls no question but that good teeth have been removed under tn- from the physician against the Judgment of the den- tist. On tlie other hand some deli- tlsts have “trled to save" teeth, the

tacks of rheumatism with the pos- slblllty of heart dlsease following the rheumatism.

Fortunately most physicians call up the dentist and dlscuss the case with hlm as they recognize that the dentist ls ‘a. "teeth specialist". The dentist on the other hand knows from hls training that the teeth are the commonest cause of infection and 1f tooth is "doubtful", it. ls better t’ remove ft than to run chances of crippling rheumatism and heart disease.

It ls only too well known that there are some cases where neither the physician nor the dentist can be Sure he l5 rlxht. so "doubtfu? teeth should be removed.

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greater world reverse the process. They resort. to an exclusively White List. That ts they create l. list and a condition under which credit ls given, and a! others, be they of gilt-edged standing, are black llsb- ed until they qualLy and are enter- ed as trustworthy on the White Ltst of their business. Lot the most. substantial business man tn our city send an order for $6 worth of goods to a mainland house and an answer something like tlils wtll come:- “Dear Sir: "Your valued order came duly to hand, for which we thank you. Upon receipt of remittance for same, or satisfactory reference we will have much pleasure In for- warding the goods. "Please gtve us the name o! your banker and some of the buslness men from whom you purchase on a. credit. busts. y, If you cannot so qusltfy you don't get the goods. Our local memhant would lose more on the best black list system that can be contrived on $10,000 than the white Llsl’. credit man would lose on a mtllton dollars of credit. Nor does this White Ltst system treat unfairly the poor but honest seeker after credit. I have done business with many owning little more than the clothes on their back whose credit was sound. ‘Their. first objective was w pll-Y their bills. and to protect a good name. And paying as lie promises the merchant has conﬁdence in him. puts hlm on the White List, and if he wants u. reference to a store tn another llxie of trade ft is there for blm. .

What ts the good of having a man that can't dothls on your books? You bld adieu to the goods you glve him, and also to the cash trade you might otherwise get, and to balance lt. all you charge the loss to your paying customer.

And by adopting the White List system you teach customers that "a.

A TRIO

I and the Bird

And the Wtnd together, Sang a suppltcatton

In the winter weather.

The Bird sang for sunshine, And trees of winter fruit, And love tn the spring-time, WTIBII the thicket; shoot;

And I sang for patience When the tear-drops start: Clean hands and clear eyes, And a faithful heart.

And the Wind thereunder, As we faintly crled, Breathed o. bass of wonder, Blowlns deep and wlde.

-A. C. Benson. lSh BIBCUOILS, lZhO NEW Statesman and Nation, wlilcli ls Opposed to the Conservative Government, says that a labor majority ln Psalm. merit looks farther off than at any time since 1018. The explanation ls that the floating vote, wmch 18 u, say the vote which makes and an. lllﬂkos governments and ls rcspol-l. slve to election ﬂppenlg game;- thaii to traditional habit, ls afraid of labor.

' XMAS czrrs

i0nly sixteen more Shopping

Days.

FOR MEN Clgnnjnd Clnntta, all also! Xmas Wrapped.

Tobacco: Ohrlstmu W plied Mllltnry lhlr rmhes lllljlltury "III nth Set English Luther Wrltlug Cue: Yurdley Shlvllll Sets

Potter & Moon Shaving Set-l Rolls Razors

Bhevlng Bowls

Cigarette Lighters

Tobacco Pollcheu, etc» and many other gift-u suitable to men at popular prices.

FOR LADIES Intent Bruin, minn- and comb 80h

(Manuela . Vlllty Cues. latest style Perluriul i

good name ts rather to be chosen than great riches," that good credit is a highly valuable asset, and. that monkeylng with his mputatlon puts htm outside ‘the pale, when: even under the urgency of genuine distress, he will not be trusted. ' I am Btr, etc. SOUND CREDIT

Oyster Output

(Fisheries News Bulletin)

Landings from Canadian oyster beds up to the end of October to- talled 17,531 barrels as against only 15,524 barrels at; October 31st. I934, with the biggest. gains credited to Prince Edward Island and Nova. Booths, respectively. In Brltlsli- Col- umbia there was a. small increase tn landings but ln the fourth pro- ducing province, New Brunswick. the catch decreased by nearly 400 barrels.

The landed value side of the plc- ture shows a. betterment of slightly less than $8,000—-a total of $82,460 at the end of October, '85, u corn- pared with 874,500 a. year ago. In Prince Edward Island there was a value gain of approxlmately $9,500 and the Nova Sootla figures tn- creased by a little more than $5,000. In New Brunswick there was a $2,000 drop and in British Columbia th¢ dullars-and-cents return to tho fishermen decreased by some $4,000 tn spite of the slight rtso In pm- vlnclal catch.

The '35 figures, by provinces, to the end of October, as made up from reports made by offtoers of the Dominion Department of Fish- eries, were u follows:-

Landed

Catch value

Bbls. I . P. E. I. . . . . . 8,213 27,878 N. B. . . . . . . 0,144 . 24,640 N. S. . . 'ﬂ.'l’l6 10,79’! B. C. . 2.898 19,685 Total . . . . . . 17,531 $82,460

CHERRY warns ‘use Avenue

(By The Cllllllllll PPBI)

VICTORIA, Dec. 1'l—An avenue of gorgeous Japanese cherry bloa- aoins, more than a mllo tn length, wlll llne the way to the famous Butchartls sunken gardens. st Bnntwood, under tentative plans of the British Columbia Icy-eminent.

The cherry U968, 000 tn iiiunbor, will ltne both sfdu of the highway leading off tn, Wat Snatch med. to the gardens for l. dlstmee of 7000 feet from tho enhance.

oruisn or 0mm: cums

DEAL, llhgluuf-Ocrrylng away n footpath and extending into a ploughed field, thousands of tons of chalk fell into the m. at South mlnnd, innklrig a [up M0 yards

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Scrooge was not much in the habit of cracking jokes, nor did he feel, in his heart, by any means waggish then. The truth is, that he tried to be smart, as ii means of dis. tractlng his own attention, and keeping down his terror; for the spectrds voice disturbed the very marrow in his bones. .

To sit, staring at those ﬁxed glazed eyes, in silence for a moment, would play, Scrooge felt, the very deuce with him. There was something very awful, too, in the spectre’: being provided with an infernal atmosphere of his own. Scrooge could not feel lt himself, but, this was clearly tllq case; for though the Ghost sat perfectly motionless, it; hair, and skirts, and tassels, were still agitated as by the hot vapour from an oven.

“You see this toothpick?” said Scrooge, returning quickly to the charge, for the reason just assigned; and wishing, though it were only for a second, to divert the vislon’s stony gaze from himself,

“I do,” replied the Ghost.

“You are not looking at it,” said Scrooge.

“But I see it,” said the Ghost, “notwithstanding.”

“Well!” returned Scrooge. “I have butto swallow this, and be for the rest. of my days persecuted by a legion of goblins, all of my own creation. Humbug, I tell you_ humbug!” .

At this the spirit raised a frightful cry, and shook its clian with such a dismal and appalling noise, that Scrooge held on tight to his chair, to save himself from falling in a, swoon. But how much greater was his horror, when tho phantom taking olf the bandage round his head, as if it were too warm to wear indoors, its lower jaw dropped down upon its breast!

Scrooge fell upon his knees, and clasped his hands-be- fore his face.

“Mercy!” he said, “Dreadful apparition, why do you trouble me?” .

“Man of the worldly mind!" ‘yeplied the. Ghost. “do you believe in me or not?”

“I do,” said Scrooge. “I must. ‘But why do spirit: walk the earth, and why do they come to me?”

“It. ls required of every man,” the Ghost returned, “that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellowmen, and travel far and wide; and lf that. spirit goes not. forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death. It in doomed to wander through the world-oh, woe is me!_ and witness what. it cannot share, but. bright have shared on earth, and turned to happiness!”

Again the spectre raised a cry, and shook its chain, and wrung its shadowy hands.

h “You are fettered,” said Scrooge, trembling. “Tell inq w y?” v

“I wear the chain I forged in life,” replied the Gh "I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded lt. on my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Is ltc pattern strange to you?”

Scrooge trembled more and more.

“Or would you know,” pursued the Ghost, “the welglit and length of the strong coll you bear yourself? It was full as heavy and as long as this, seven Christmas Eve: ago, You have laboured on it, since. It is a ponilerouq chain!”

Scrooge glanced about him on the floor, in the expecta- tion of ﬁnding himself surrounded by some ﬁfty or sixty, fathoras of iron cable: but he could see nothing.

“Jacob,” he said imploringly. “Old Jacob Marley, tell me more. Speak comfort to rne, J acob."

“I have none to give,” the Ghost replied. “It come: from other regions, Ebenezer Scrooge, and is conveyed by, other ministers, to other kinds of men, Nor can I tell you what I would. A very little more, is all permitted to me. I cannot best; I cannot stay; I cannot. linger anywhere. My, spirit never walked beyond our countlng-house-mark mell -in life my spirit never roved beyond the narrow limits of our! money-changing hole; and weary journeys lle before me ” '

It was a habit with Scrooge, whenever he becainO. thoughtful, to put his hands in his breaches pocket. Pon- dering on what the Ghost had said, he did so now, bu! without lifting up his eyes, or getting off his knees.

“You must have been very slow about it, Jacob." Scrooge observed, in a business-like manner, though with humility and deference. '

“Slow!” the Ghost repeated. _

“Seven years dead,” mused Scrooge, “And travelling all the time!” ,

‘The whole time,” said the Ghost. “No rest, no 11011084 incessant torture of remorse."

“You travel fast?” said Scrooge.

“On the wings of the wind,” replied the Ghost.

“You might have got. over a great quantity of ground in seven years,” said Scrooge.

The Ghost, on hearing this, set. up another cry, and clanked its chain so hideously in the dead silence of lhll night, that the Ward would-have been justified in indict- lng it for a nuisance.

“0hl captive, bound, and ‘ double-ironed,” cried lhl phantom, “not to know; that ages of incessant labour. by immortal creatures, for this earth must pass into eternity - before the good of which it ls susceptible la all developi-d. Not to know that any Christian splrlt working kindly in its llttle sphere, whatever it may be, will ﬁnd its mortal lift! too short for its vast means of usefulness, Not to know that no space of regret can make aminds for one lifeis 0P- portunlty misused! Yet such was I! Oh! such was I l“

“But you were always a good man of business. Jacob.‘ faltered Scrooge, whonow began to apply this to himself-

“Buslness” cried the Ghost, wringing its hands nlrllllb “Mankind was my business. The common welfare wnsbl!‘ business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence. were, all, my business. The dealings of my trade were bu} u drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my 5"" ness!”

It held up its chain at arm's length, an if that were llltl cause of all Its unavalllng grlef, and flung It heavily "W" the ground again.

“At tlils tline of the rolling year,” the spectre said. "l suffer most. Why dld I walk through crowds of fellow- belngs with my eyes turned. down, and never raise them l0 that blessed Star which led the Wise Men to s poor abode! Were there no poor homes to which llallglit would have

conducted m!”

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