" 11M Wm, m, ma“; In the meantime Plnty had ole t ‘fnyllops little cottage on m‘ 111w the oottase where he fougd _ ofa forest. Christmas was m“ "MYWP had gone out for vine nearer and the two dwarfs m” hi" 3e hi"! Dropped “l! 8- mite _ , ,_. more excited every day, osainst the tea-pot. to say so. Now m. you remember how we met Pmil’ “mid spend the whole Joy ‘ “f..‘.‘3.‘~‘°°"if.i‘%.i‘.§* reef": our. * iher. Penny ‘ as ~ n crest n m“, with a spade, and he 10f course I do." mpljgd Pgnny. greenest and fullest, little fir tree . ~~1 think that we should make 11° Willi lind- He took it home and cbristmas a very Special m. then he filled a blue pot with soil l, mry, don't you?" 911d popped the tree into it. mu. yes!" gxgiglmgfl Piggy’ Pint)’ 09281011 Oilt the glistening t shall we do to celebrate?" 511°“ 01 801d paper and e begun q,“ us plan a surprise for uch to cut and cut and CUT with the W I" 531d Pgnnyt0p_ gym- mug. new scissors. Soon he was sur- hard for a long time, _ rounded with hundreds of dainty l ,1 s grand idea, Pennytopi" 801d leaves which the clever little med plmy, u; mugfl mink, o; dwarf had formed from the paper. .911” wonderful which will be st surprise for V0113’ dwarfs seated

two little wooden stools and was happening. for it held out its , . m think. At last Pennywp rickiy arms still further and shook l; up em, so 'thn.t the golden leaves 1am going to wait until to- sparkled in the fireiight, ._ w," he sighed, "I have not '.i‘he little dwarf twisted and cut ' ad night." ind folded strips of the ink and um boggy; to white papers until the oor was t Pinty went covered with mases of dainty dunking He was dosing off to flowers. when a long sigh from Penny- He piched up each one and carc- lnade him look at his friend. fully twisted it into piece upon have been reading a story the breaches until the tree was free which bears golden full cf the pretty flowers. its As the Pinty fastened on the isst " flower be heard footsteps coming up the w, so he hurriedly bund- 4 pee s h ledthe into his bedroom. Then 3 55 roses and {olden leaves. he hung up a notice which rean- pmty gazed though fully at his DO N01‘ OPEN THIS DOOR. .... Now he knew what to give Pennytop came in carrying a u’ for his Christmas sur- huge parcel. l-Ie hurried off’ into his bedroom with it

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.,. e to come and serve him The two little dwarfs sat down owner of the village stores was to supper and as ey ate each ... Jeremy Gnome. and he was tried to what the other had mo“ inquisitive person you can Dc

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“I wish I knew was: it is," he ant s pair of very sharp sighed. "I wonder if I could find . s, some crinkled per in out if I went and peeped inside . snd white. and a ro of me Pennytoph cottage?"

~ no‘ l“ b" t ‘t’ ..t"::. w.“ a°'":.".:.":.:. seal: fiigqugnmwintzditmzr gnomm“ oi “m”. to the home of the . ' He pushed open'the door of the m little dwarf told Jeremy all cottage and crept inside. ‘The first .- t hismfricnws ldwt he “d: doorobuencamfie‘ to was eghagoof wil’: “i. einnajgbe. not m s sofetLv Lou peeped inside, m: not

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L . Y. l urchues and pulled a box of m who t’ p‘ d ‘m. m. p QLIwpookat. Be struck on: an; r / ,_, F“ the light flared (u? so that Pinty’:

‘i tree the darkness. ~

The gnom , when ha saw his beautiful tree covered with roses that be gazed as it open- mouthed until the match burned his He dropped it with a aqua . .

' The cry awakened Pinty. He Jumped out of bed and gave a cry of horror. ‘Ihe match which Jeremy ‘had dropped had touched one of m» per roses and it was alight! , ' l fire! Help, Pennytnpl" I i screamed Pinty. In rushed Pennytop in his night- shirt with his night-cap over one

? ' Under one arm he carried the l: ‘fame parcel which Pinty had seen . - * ore. "Oh, what a beautiful tree. Pintyi" exclaimed Pennvtop. "It is time of C

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Pennytop bumbed his parcel down on the round and unwmpp. ed it. He iifte out a bright. scarlet watering-can. Now Pinty had lqng- ed for a scarlet watering-can for as long as he could remember, and hers was the finest he had ever

n. “This is my surprise for vou." said Pennytop.

Plnty tried to stammer out his thanks, but Jeremy Gnome int/sr- rupted. “There wil be nothing left of that lovely tree if you do not hurry up," he said.

Pennytcp snatched up the new watering-can and filled it with water from the jug in Plnty's wash-basin. Then the three little men climbed on to chairs and hoisted the can up so that the

water poured over the tree like a fountain. '

Soon the flames were out, but all the roses were gone. and the gol- den leavcs were scorched. A tear stole down Plnty’s cheek as he hugged his new waterin -can.

"Your lovely tree is spo it, Penny- top." he said, sadly.

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Christmas Day. Pennytop looked up at his tree and his eyes opened wide. The tree was quivering so that showers of water fell to the floor like raindrops. But the Si-Iimsbst thing of all was flint tile burned roses had changed int/o real rose-buds, which were opening out into beautiful flowers even an the little men watched!

“They are real roses, Pintyi” Pennytop cried.

Whether the tree was a magic one, or whether Pirltym watering- can had cast the spell, no one will ever know. Pennytopk tree of roses bloomed afresh every Christmas, however, and the golden leaves never sbain lost their glitter.

The two dwarfs could not be cross with Jeremy for burning up the paper roses They asked him V! stay to breakfast to celebrate the great Christmas Surprise.

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Father Christmas Has His Joys

when the little ones are sleeping On the eve of Christmas day,

Down ”‘ y softly cm; __ some we comes from fur away-

"Fathegl Christmas" children csll

m. Iiisldishetogirisandboy. Fills their little socks and stick-

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Mum's he's filled them, smiling gently To himself, he steals away; Owing he will m the children Once again on Ohrlswnas day.

When he sees them dancing glady mund about the Christmas tree, Laden with the gifts he brought

m. He's as happy as can bci

The Christmas Carolers Welcomed Everywhere

“Here come the Carolers." Bo it used to be. Youn faces

ed against the wi p , strainin to bear the sakifil uglier ols ou ' . Perhaps it was the

story the Christ child puttoiune of a baihd of love and cheer. When the sin rs were time ohc house- holder vited them m for a bite or ga/vc them a coin or two for the r song. Then on to the next htrusc, u; sin again under the stars or ve ed behind sifted snow.

then, in the earlv morning home again to their own firesizles.

as

of ace and good will, "With the

nnin 0f Yuletide. 12 days bl- fore 0hr tmaa day. as Rercival Chubb tells us in the Stan

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- earth still prevails hero am than ~UNIIn Dbllt

my, made off. But still he ign m‘ and with one bound he was war

dard which was no barrier and owe: the which so many leeks had preceded

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Between Mrs. Brunt at number four and Mrs._Si.n|clair at number six there was a constant traffic in vegetable produce. Mrs. Bruntis cabbage: were copious and mature; her neighbour's had been badly m;- tacked by club root: consequently over use fence from numer four to number six went cabbages at the rare of two a day. In the opposite direction went a supply of leeks. for Mrs. Brunt was very partial t0

them. Thus are wars won. not only b

by digging, but also by mild cum- munistic experiment.

It was all the more surprising. because the temperaments of the two women were so different. nfrs. Sinclair, big, good-natured and comfortable, did everything wiin a quiet, slow moving efficiency. When in the early part of December the rains flcdded the lower part of nor garden she merely shrugged her placid shoulders and sighed. About the same time, Mrs. Brunt discover- ed that part of her potato crop which she had sorted in the out- nouse. had Jone bad. Shrilly she denounced her luck. impatiently, haphasardliy, she shied the rotting tubers in t e direction of the dust- bin, some even going over the gar- den gate into the road. In appear- ance she was small and agile, her face thin and lined, her brows ser to a perpetual frown. Her move- ments were quick and jerky.

Both gardens were long and abundantly stocked with winter greens. Both were cared for with scrupulous asiduity. Rldging. trenching, and bastard trenching were done in order to have the ground ready for the ensuing spring. leaves were dug in and rub- bish burnt. And during these acti- vities many were the friendly words exchanged over the fence i11- tween the two houses.

With the s proach of Christmas the good-wil between the twc wome increased. “Are you puttin- cut. any clothes to-day?" Mrs Brunt would call over the fence.

"Not to-day," her neighbou‘ would reply, emerging momentariifv from the sculiery and smiling ling from the step.

"I was asking because it's so dry and"! wanted to burn some rub-

Then, and only then, would she go ahead and burn it.

0r Mrs. Sinclair going into town in the middle of the week. would collect Mrs. Brunt’: skirt which had been left st the cleaners. or Mrs. Brunt would load her shopping bag with an extra loaf and struggle nobly with a. bulging load in bus queues. simply because the larger woman did feel Ute journey so. Neighbourliness could no further

go.

It was the dog episode that tem- porarily upset all these happy ar- rangements. Number eight kept an Airedale, no more than a puuov. but with the sprawling ungsinli- ness of an elephant. And one day this creature which rejoiced in the name of "Pompey," Jumped the fence and landed with destructive force on Mrs. Sinclair's spinach beet.

"Pompey. Pompey." called the woman from number eight weakly. with a rising inflexion in her voice "Come here. sir."

Puppyhood, like childhood. is a happy state of unawareness. Pom- pey took no notice. Eagerly. whole- heartedly, be began the exploration

0a this fresh and delightful garden. His nostrils were tickled by new scents. He scratched experimentally at the lettuce frames and his in- quisltivs nose followed along a whole row of turnips. ‘lilen he bounded on to the compost heap which he found particularly inter-

house, a hefty bru

Slowly she advanced on the dog with an air of unhurrying master- fuiness. Pompey. raising lliS head from the heap of decaying vege- table matter, eyed her balefully fol a couple of seconds and then, sons- ing the prospect of ignobls defeat. cred the fretful voice from his own garden.

the fence and into ths cl number four. It was that ow fence

him in the same direction. All might have been wall if Mrs. Brunt had been on one of her loaf- expedition. Pompey might have been coaxed back without any damage being done. Unfortunately Mrs. Brunt had chosen that day oi all days to stay at home. IProm the dining room window she saw the slrdaie running round in circles among her precious cabagea. 8hr also saw her neighbour with the brush still gasped in her hand. And she jumped to the inevitable

and ungenerous conclusion.

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11s r n urous m- mteliisz- hmrmttm.“ over the csulllowerr hr bcundefi. Never had he had such a game. Never had he dreamed that such exeilzmcnt could -' enter his‘ doggy wcr

Only when the from number eight had round from the road. did PompW. largely because he was tired, end his gam- bois. Then, uite pleased with him- to her siietsnd my expos ng s Bu to hehtickled.

snge enoug , was not on the that Mrs. Brent vented her rage, ut on her nei bour. still Erflsgirlg the aiznos forgotten

rus

“You did it on purpose." Her voice was an irritable scream. "I saw you. That brush. You ought to have known. You did know. You did it purposely."

Mrs. Sinclair made no reply, But one thing she did do which spoke volumes. She gave her neighbour “such s look." as afterwards she described it to her husband. ‘men.

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as unhurried as ever. she marched back to the house.

Human nature can be cussediy perverse. Thenceforward a consider- able coolness existed between num- bers four and six. The low pnlings that separated the two gardens were as uncompromising a barrier u the

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From the town Mrs. fetched her own bread. She chose times in hang out her washing when Mrs. Brunt was indoors. An

wooden and averted from the com- munal fence. It was the fence that was the

proachful, a constant reminder of 31cc pair-Mrs.

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d times provldentially. Two da s be- if both women happened to be in fare Christmas, Mrs. Sinai was their gardens they kept Nliginusiy harvesting some turnips. MM‘ the

u) opposite ends, their face; 5e; and fence. Mrs. Brunt came out of be!‘ house, and not noticing her bend-

ing neighbour" also approach the fence. The other straightened up.

trouble. n stood there, low and re- Two pairs o! surprised eves nut-

HrurltJs-iightod th s. smile.

No words were spoken. Nothing passed between llzem except that smile and the answering one. But once more the fence had been put to its proper use. As a barrier it no longer had any importance.

Twenty minutes later Mrs. Bin- ciair had finished ilfithfiiiflf: her crop, 5m went inm the ilouse and

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