f » > r
HAPPY
be used with good effect. In nn account
of a German Christmas tree, written by
S. T. Coleridge, it is said that the gTcnt
yew bough was fastened to the wall,
adorned with candles, and when the can
dles had burned down and tlx* needle« of
the yew began to sputter and burn the
delight of the children was unbounded. It
was apparently the intention that the
bough should burn as a culmination of the
enjoyment.
But that is not desirable
now, so every precaution should be taken
to avoid it. A pan of water should stand
near, and at least two tall persons should
he provided with a pair of tongs, uppn
the ends of which wet sponges are se
curely fastened. A small blaze can m this
manner be immediately querx*h<*d.”
looked down from the re«l hilltops upon
tin* desolate scene below. They saw in
the center of the city nothing but ash
heaps and shattered walls.
Only the
churches ami the to rn hall were left
D ecora tion s.
standing.
It was impossible to locate
the business streets under the mass of
The use of holly and mistletoe, the
debris left by the falling walls. On the plants sacred to Christmas, is now very
back streets and outskirts just 450 dwell general, and as they are abundant in our
O I S F I,
bluster, ings by actual count had been spared, markets, as well as cheap, every house
feasting,
drinking and many o f those had been badly dam hold may bo made bright wtih them. In
and horse play were aged by shells.
parlors and sitting rooms, wreaths,
the chief features of
And this was all that was left of A t crowns and festoons can be arranged over
the old-time English lanta, the pride of the Confederacy, when mantels and windows, as well as hung
Christmas. G i f t - . ! « her people returned and began their prep- from lamps and over pictures.
making existed as it I arntions for Christmas.
The citizens
For the Christmas dinner table, a large
had for many pre crowded into every available house and howl of holly leaves, with the scarlet and
vious centuries, hut shanty, and then came a hard struggle white berries, makes a beautiful center
that was merely an for fuel and food. The weather was in piece; while tiny bunches of holly laid at
incidental
feature tensely cold, and old people and delicate each plate brighten the table wonderfully.
and not nearly so important as the work women and children had to walk two Cakes may he ornamented with candy de
of the pompous butler, upon whom de miles to the woods, and carry or drag signs of holly, while ices may be molded
volved the responsibility of carrying into home whatever they could find in the and colored In the same style. I f in r«*-
the dining-hall the great I kmit ’ s head. shape of firewood.
mote localities it is not possible to obtain
Horses, mules and negroes were too few holly and mistletoe, green of some other
What a bleak Christmas it would ho
All-over
nowadays if gift-making were secondary in number to be o f any material assist variety should be procured.
ance. Several enterprising traders start greens, such as pine and cedar, can he
to bringing in a hoar’s head!
'Pile old-time Christmas began a week ed small stores and sold flour, meal, sugar, utilized, and bittersweet and Indian ar
before the arrival of the day. just as the coffee and bacon at tremendous prices. row berries arranged with these can lx*
«hoppers of to-day rush out with fat People paid $800 for a barrel of flour and made into beautiful <lc<*orations. When
purses to lure the holiday bargain. But
purchasing gifts did not bother the heads
S A N T A C L A U f — “ O H , R I N G O F F A N D L E T ’S G O H O M E . ’
or weary the bodies o f the old world folks.
Tin* gathering of tlx* holly and mistle-
too for the decoration of house and
church was their initial task, and it was
performed by the village on masse, head
ed by brave pipers and tiddlers, who filled
the forests with tlx* joyful melodies of
Ohristmastide. It was the l agans who
first used holly and mistletoe for observ
ances, a ml t he practice was adopted by
the early Christian churehes. The (»reeks
atxl Homans also used them in t.h«*ir relig
ious <eremoiiies, as did the Druids and
the Celtic and (iothic nations. So the
young maid o f to-day who stands allur
ingly under a sprig of mistletoe may find
satisfaction in knowing that she is follow
ing the precedent o f centuries.
In Druidical times the simple peasants
flocked in crowds to join the processions,
in which the Druidical priests were the
foremost actors. The train was headed
by the bards singing canticles and hymns.
A herald preceded three Druids, furnish
ed with implements for the purpose of
cutting the mystic plant—upright hatch
ets of brass, fixed to staves. Then fol
low s! the prince or chief o f the Druids,
accompanied by all his Hock and follow
ers. The chief mounted the oak, with a
golden sickle detaching the mistletoe, and
presenting it to the priests, who received
and bore the branches away with deep
reverence. On the first day o f the year,
the branches, after resting on the Druidi
cal altars in the interval, were distrib
uted among the people as a sacred and
holy plant, the Druids crying, “ The mis
tletoe for the new year.”
Many were the superstitions attaching
to the mistletoe. Among the latter day
charms associated with it, when suspend
ed in a bunch in the servants’ hall, was
the traditionary and favorite ohservarx
o f kissing the maids under its branches,
the superstition prevailing that the maid
en who missed being heartily kissed un
der her mistletoe at Christmas would for
feit her chance of early matrimony, and
certainly not be married in the ensuing
twelve months.
A medieval observance which always
followed the gathering of holly ami mis
tletoe was the cutting and hauling homo
o f the Yule log. The favorite Yule log
was a cross-grained block o f elm, or the
rugged root of a trae o f fantastic and
grotesque form, and this was drawn home
to the kitchen, or great hall, with the
same merry-making that attended the
gathering of tlx* holly. Before the crown
ing event o f kindling the Christmas log
from the charred remains o f its prodocos-
fsor o f the year before, there were sports
$.’10 for a pound of coffee,
in plenty to be performed.
Formerly the meml»ers o f the family wen* equally high.
Some o f the citizens had plenty of Con
end guests sat down in turn on the Yule
log. tlx* throne o f the master o f the revels; federate money and they wore aide to pay
any
prx-e for what they needed, hut then*
pang a Yule song and drank to a merry
Christmas and happy New Year. As were hundreds o f families whose fathers
pert of their feast. Yule dough or Yule aixl husbands were in the army, and these
cakes were consumed. These bore im would have starved but for the thought
pressed figures in the shape o f an image; ful kindness o f their more fortunate neigh
«sometimes they were made in the form of bors. Perhaps a few starved or froze to
an infant; nor was the manger over death. Nobody knows. There were no
newspaper reporters in those days taking
looked.
O f course the Christmas dinner was notes in that metropolis of smoking ruins.
the leading feature of the day. and the big j Christmas Day dawned with a blood
landowner w a s expiated to entertain all j
s,,n K in rin g through the hazy atmos-
o f his tenants anil neighbors from day- phere. It was a dreary holiday for the
break to midnight. The first dish to In* | littl-o ones. There were no toys, no candy
placed on the table was the boar’ s head. 1
fruit, and very few presents were
and great state and ceremony marked made. I f a family sue<*eeded in keeping
up
a
good fire all day it was considered
this service. Musicians and trumpeters
led the procession, in which there were a piece o f good fortune. A baked hen
huntsmen with long spears and pages for dinner was a luxury, but there was
with drawn swords. Carols were intoned not a turkey within fifteen miles.
The children made the best o f it with
as the procession moved into the dining
room and psalms were chanted, for in their outdoor games, and a small supply
some ingenious way the olden time people of com whisky enabled some of the citi chrysanthemums are yet blooming, they
connected the Imnr’s head religiously with zens to get through the day with a show add greatly to thè beauty o f thè table;
of festive cheer. The wounded Hnd sick thè brighi yellow and dark crinison are
the celebration of the Holy Nativity.
soldiers were thought o f and provided for partieularly appropriate for thè Christ-
first. The Southern people never forgot mas dinner table.
O N E C H R I S T M A S IN A T L A N T A .
their l>oys in gray, and it was a point of
In arrangiug thè table. thè «akes. bon-
H ow I t W hs Observed by the Confed honor with every man, woman and child I bons. nuts and fruita may be placed on it
erates A ft e r Sherm an*» Siege.
to divide^ their last dollar or their last | nf thè begmning. an«l wìll give it a Da
H E N Sherman laid »•rust with tlve men w ho followed Ix*e and tivo appenrance, rendering vory little addi-
Atlanta in ashes in Johnston.
t ion a I decoration necessary.
The streets, or rather, the pathways,
November. lHG4.and
started on his march between the ash heaps, were filled with
S a mb o ' s C hr i s t ma s P u d d i n g .
t«» the sea. very few men and boys who put on the appearance
f jollity, but the old men who laughed
families were left in
the ruined ofty. The and joked the loudest were wondering
inhabitants who ha»l ! how their son fans! that day in their
left during the siege [ camps in far-off Virginia,
seized the first n<p-
Was there ever su»-h a Christmas Day
portunity o f return- ! on this continent? It may Is* a bl«*sse»i
ing t»> their »»Id i thing that men forget such »lark chapters
homes.
For weeks ! in their history. There an* t»>-day wealthy
after the departure and happy |»eople in Atlanta, living in
of the Federal*» the refugees straggle»! fine mansi»»ns. wh«» shivered in rags »»ver
hi every day. They came in ox carts, on a few embers in little huts made o f scraps
horseback ami on foot, bringing such pro of old tin roofing on that never-to-be-for-
visions as they were able to carry. Ev- gotten Christmas just after the siege.
ery railway loading out o f VManta had
T h e C h u r c h Christmas Tree.
been tom up for many miles, and the
‘ The Christmas tree should Is* a spruce
wrecked city was almost inaccessible.
The armies had destroyed every tree and or fir if possible, with full and regular J
fence for two miles around ami firewood boughs,” says Mrs. Lyman Abbott, writ
and coal were not to be had at any pri»*e. ing »»f "Christmas in tin* Church,” in the |
The returning Atlantans wore old men. I/adies’ Home Journal, "Th e dressing «*f
boys, women and girls. 'Hie able-bodied it is a matter o f taste. But f«»r the »Ian
yonng men were all at the front. These ger attending it every one would wish to Brooking padding, trimmed with txdly.
Enough to make po»»r Sambo Jolly;
people saw a gloomy spedarle when they have the tree brilliant with lighter! can He think* of the plum* that hide within.
tile dismantled fortification« and die«. In city churches electric lights may And show« his teeth with a lively grin.
7 *
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D
ww\
NEW
pm
YEAR,
like of which could not lx* found outside
A N E W Y E A R ’S S O N G .
B R O A D A C R E ’S C H R I S T M A S .
an nrt museum. She never bought from
HK world is full of At Christina a play and make good cheer.
peddlers, she explained./ Then a long,
mystery.
For Christmas conies but once a year.
weary walk home, and only bread and tea
Which uo one un —Old Rhyme.
for supper.
derstands;
HKISTMAS c o m e s
What Is before our
but once a year.”
F'or two or three Sunday nights they
eyes we see
Well, gosh all fish
had attended Uev. Dr. D---- *s church.
The work of unseen
hooks! who
Besides being n most learned and eloquent
hands;
At has the Christina«
But whence and when
hills to pay ’ Id ever
preacher, Dr. D
appeared to them a
and w hy they !
ask fer two
man of large heart, kindly impulse and in
Or three or four, or
wrought
tense sympathies, whose whole person
Escapes the grasp of j
any more ’an what
ality beamed with love and kindliness.
we have to-day?
human thought.
There may be some,
The little woman hopefully decided to go
but say. by gum! I
There was a time
to this minister and ask his assistance;
aint built that-e-
when we were not, I
surely in so large and wealthy a church
way.
And there will be j
the j>astor would know of some phiUin-
again.
When we must cease I ’ve got to git a sled fer Ned and buy a doll
thropicaJly inclined parishioner who would
(iood morning, dearest comrades.
and be forgot.
fer Non,
Little Merry Timers three
bo glad to help a struggling fellow crea
With all our joy , And books and toys and lota of Joys fer lit
Tra-la-la tra-la-la era-la la!
ture. as well as to acquire the beautiful
tle crippled I>an.
and pain—
Have come to wish all of you may
Fer he can’ t go about, you know, like other
Gone like the wind, or like the snow
object« o f art.
He happy on this Christmas day.
boys, and run.
That fell a thousand years ago.
And now. that we have had our say,
She called at the residence of Dr. D---- .
And tliat is why we all must try to help him
Good-bye, we’ ll quickly slip away.
In
a
few
words
she
told
him
her
story.
have his : fun.
Wo
live
as
If
we
should
not
die.
Tra-la-la tra-la-la tra-la-la!
Blindly, but wisely, too;
H e stood, glasses In hand, impatient for
And 'Liza— how these girls come up!- -she
For
if
we
knew
that
death
was
nigh
her to finish, not asking her to sit. Then
don’ t want dolls uo more—
What would we say or do.
he replied: “ I am sorry, but I can do noth But fold our arms and close our eyes,
She’ s got a beau—It can’ t be so!—a-clerkln’
In a store;
ing,” and opening the door, almost pushed And care no more who lives or dies.
But after all, she’s 'bout as tall as was her
her out.
mother when
I f death to each man in his turn
The little woman came to me. I could
W e fell In love—we re In It yet lots deeper
Is coming soon or late,
now than then.
Bo
on
tn
the
soldiers
unconcern.
not
buy,
but
I
gave
her
some
names
<»f
A Hard Times Christmas Story.
And his courageous fate;
women o f my acquaintance who I thought
And so a year ’ at didn’t bring a Christinas,
Better to perish In the strife
could help her. Among them was Mrs. Than to preserve the coward’ s life.
seems to me,
’ Ial be about the saddest thing a mortal man
It---- , a frivolous, newly married woman
could see.
IM E S were hard in who had never been suspected of ever hav New Year, If you were bringing youth.
For who would miss the Christmas bliss be-
As you are bringing age.
the country as well ing a sober, serious impulse, but who was 1 would not have it back; In sooth,
«•ause there’s bills to pay?
There may be some, but say, by gum! I
as in the great cities. warm-hearted and lovable, and happened
I have no strength to wage
ain’ t built that-a-way.
A couple married to be first on my list. With tiiis 1 dis Lost battles over. Let them be;
—Nixon Waterman.
but a few’ years, missed the matter for a time from my Bury your dead, O memory!
who had lost every mind. I chanced to cull on Mrs. It----
You can bring nothing will surprise.
ACROSS TH E STREET.
thing through Illness some time after, and saw in the drawing
And nothing will dismay.
and misfortune, de room an antique empire cabinet sur- No tears again In those old eyes.
No
darkness
In
my
day.
The Change th at Came w ith A n oth er
cided to remove to mounted by a bust of Napoleon ami inside
You might bring light and smiles instead
Christm as Time.
Chicago before win the identical Sevres.
If you could give me back my dead.
I curbed my curiosity until the other
A S T
Christinas
ter set in to try to
the house across
secure some sort of visitors were gone and then, over a cozy I have beheld your kin. New Year,
Full
fifty
times,
and
none
the street from
employment
t h a t cup of tea, asked and heard the story.
was so happy and so dear.
" I t was one day last week,” said Mrs. That
mine
was
the
would yield a living.
I wept when it was done.
It-----.
"George
was
homo
to
luncheon
brightest and gay
Why slioula we weep when years depart,
The husband had
and brought papa with him. and then they And leave their a she« In the heart?
est
of
any
in
the
been
an
accountant
L E F T H IS W A T C H .
and office man and were going to a directors’ meeting—do Good-by. since you are gone. Old Year,
block. There were
beautiful
Christ
the wife had a good general knowledge of have a rose leaf; Fred sent them from
And my past life, good-by!
New
York—o
f
some
new
company
they
I shed no tear upon your bier.
ina« wreaths in
and experience in office work.
For
It
Is
well
to
die.
have
just
organized.
Papa
is
president
»»very window and
They rented a suite of « heap rooms, *nd
New Year, your worst will be my best—
the whole house
then followed days and days of weary- and there's ever so much capital behind What can an old man want but rest?
Richard Henry Stoddart.
seeking, almost a house-to-house canvass it. Don’ t you like the flowers?
was aglow. The shades were thrown up
o f the downtown district, leaving applica nougat. O f course, they were talking
high aixl the s»>ft lace curtains parted
tions wherever the managers would per business, and when some one came 1 was C H R I S T M A S IN T H E C O U N T R Y .
wide. The tree in tho great parlor of the
glad
to
get
out
and
let
them
finish
alone.
house across the street was larger and it
mit.
"H ere was this pitiful little woman, F o rty Y e a r» A g o It W as Observed had costlier presents on it than any other
“ W e can’t give you any encouragement
D iffe re n tly fr«»nt W h at It 1» Now.
in these times; we are not taking on any quite handsome at one time, I should say,
tr«*e in the town. And most of the pres
new men. Our business will not warrant but faded and out of style. Why. I knew
H R IS T M A S
in ents were* for the little girl in the white
the country forty dress and the big pink sash who couhi be
keeping all of our old employes after the she was in trouble before she spoke. Y'os,
y«*nrs ago was a i seen from the street dancing around the
holiday season is over. Your references and when she showed me that china—
are all right, and if times were different,” told her I didn’ t need any dishes, hut if j
d i f f e r e n t affair tr«x*, the happiest, sweetest little maiden
there was anything else I coud do---- . j
from what it is in all the world aixl the light and life and
etc.
.lust
then
papa
came
in,
and
in
a
minute
And when Sunday came there was scur
now, »ays a writer. joy of th«* house across the street.
he
was
wild:
he
didn’
t
see
the
lady
or
any-
|
rying for stationery and for stamps out
I never think of , This Christmas time all is dark and'
of the thin purse to answer “ ads.” But thing else, but just those dishes. ‘Why. j
Christmas in those silent an«! gloomy ¡if the great house
one day was like another, with its trudg it’ s ltoyal Sevres! A hundred years old,’
»lays without think across the «tract. There are no Ohrist-
lx* cried, and he examined the painting.
ing. trying aixl waiting.
ing of a lovely win mns wreaths in the windows, no ray of
ter day, bright with light comcH from behind the closely
sunshine and snow drawn blinds, no childish voice is heard'
large
drifts,
through which within the house. There is no bright atxl
everywhere;
the horses llmtiulrml as they drew’ the beautiful tree, blit on the spot on which
stout old fd«*d. <m which was the wagon- the tree stood last year there is some-
b»*»l filled with hay. an«l covered with thing white and as beautiful in its silk
blankets ami buffalo robes, where we and satin and velvet finish as the skill and'
cuddltxl down, as we ro»i«* merrily away wealth o f man can make it. But the sight
to spend Christmas at grandpa's. W e of it brought a chill to the h«»arts of those
could hardly wait till the horses »topped, who saw It earried into the house on
so eager were we to wish grandpa a mer Christinas eve, and when the eyes of the
ry Christmas; hut he was generally ahead mother and father fell upon it their heart»
o f us with his greeting of “ Christmas I»I« m 1 anew.
gift.” That entitled him to a present in- : The passersh.v who saw the bands o f
stead of us: hut a kiss all around was , white fluttering from the knob of the door
usually the way we paid off our itxlebted- o f the house across the straet went on to
ness, while some »tripe»! sticks o f pepper- their own humbler houses thanking God
mint candy, laid up for the »A’casiou, were that their own little ones were left to
given us. Our aunts, uncles and cousins them, no matter how little of wealth or
came next Jor their share of good wishes 1 beauty there might lx* in their homes.
and merry jokes.
The poorest house in which there was
A bright fire burned in the firepln»*e, ; the laugh o f children was so much less
and there, suspended by a »tout string j desolate than the great mansion across
from the ceiling, was a great turkey pack tlx* street in which the child’ s laugh was
ed full of dressing, and sending forth a jC^revgf stijh It added to the meIo<ly of
most delicious o»lor as it turned round and Paradise that Christmas morning. It
round, gradually browning before the fire, , rang out clear and sweet across the jas
the jui«*e dripping into a great pan on the per sen. It had gone through th»* Gate
brick hearth; and from this pan grand- i Beautiful and into a house not made with
inn o<*ciisi»ii»Hlly dipp»*«i the juice with a hands eternal in the heavens.
huge iron spoon and poured it over the .
crisp sides of tlx* turkey. Other prepara- 1
C h ris tm a s Carols.
tions w»*re going on meanwhile in the
kitchen, where a cooking stove held the | Christmas gifts »if coni atxl flour ire
place «»f honor, as cooking stoves were In order all this month.—Philadelphia
very rare in those days. The neighbors Ledger.
hnd »•»»me miles to see it, and express their
That man never lived who had any in
fear* as to .the probability »if its “ blowing fluence over his wife lhe w«*»*k before
up.” This eook stove, how ever, was not Christmas. At<-bison Glob«*.
«•qual to cooking such a large turkey in
Small boys with nn eye to the future
its small ov»*n. A «-off«*«* boiler sent out nn are willing to w«*nr stockings many sizes
odor »»f »•offee strong and fragrant, while ; t«xi big for them.—Philadelphia Record.
a hmg tabl»* »*»ivero»l with snowy lin«*>n j
People with laid habits might coho up
tthe work of gramlma’s own hands! stoo«l ,
on ihem a lit 11«* be fora New Year’ s for
at th<* farther end o f the long kitchen.
tlx* purpose of learning whether it will
As h « x » ii as the turk«*y was pronoun»*«*»!
pay to swear off.—Cedar Rapids Gaz»*tte.
done and the gravy mad«* in the dripping
If you want to give a man a Christmas
pan, tin* chairs were p!a<*<*«i near tlx* ta-
hl<*«in«i we w«*r<* enlled to »liiiix*r. No on** present that will please him give him ihe
right
to act ns lx* pleases about the ludi-
was left to wait, ami *u<*h a merry time!
A fte r grandpa hnd linked a hlenning on ! <lny. Nine men out of ten are blackinail-
tlx* food, he <nrv<*<l tlx* turkey and sup- 1 »•«I into buying Christmas presents, in one
pl'xHl our waiting plates bountifully with ; way or aimther.—Atchis«>u Glolx*.
any pie»*«* we wished, tog«»th«*r with all , "W hat shall I onler for dinner to-day,
iiiaiim*r »»f g«Mxl tilings in the way »if vego
l»»ve?” askeil Eve, as six* absently pliu-k-
tables. A ri<** pixhling with plenty of »*«i a gracn appl«*. "Oh, any nl»I thing.”
raisins, pumpkin pi«** and rosy <ln*ek»*d | retort«*»! Adam, wearily, "as long as it
apple* s«*rvc»l for <l«***ert, aixl our «mly j isn't a spar«* rib. I ’m si»*k of spare rib!”
sorrow was that we <*«>ul«i eat *<> little. He savagely swatted a rock at a giirt»*r
A fter dinner we rhihiran play»*«! gam«*» in • snake. New York Press.
the kitchen, aroiuxl tin* fireplace lhal was
W ife —-I think I will surprist* you with
use»! when there was no fir«* in tlx* <*o»>k the purchase of a watch to w«*ar Christ
stove.
Here we p»ipp<*»l «*orn, «‘racked 1 mas. Husband—It will be an acceptable
nut*, tol<l fairy st«iries and pl»ye«l blind gift, aixl I shall wear it with pl«*asure.
man’s buff while th«* older on«*“ “ visit«*»!
The purse became empty and the meals When he had finish»*»! his ecstasies I ex in th«* "k«*«*pin' ro»>in" until th»* time came W ife—Oh. hut the «me I shall buy would
be a Indy’s watch, suitable for nx* to
scanty, and the rent »lue; atxl after the plained the lady wished to sell it. He to return home.
<*nrry.- Bouton Budget.
first month the furnace sent up little heat was aghast. To mdl such a treasure for
Her father had sai«l it could n«*v»*r be.
a ixl the landlady's "Good morning’’ was $25 was rank robbery. ‘ Why, «lon't you
B oy W a n te d .
frigid. They wore shabbier clothes, and know they ax* price!»***?’ he <*xclnitned.
Kxenne me. pray, I ’ ve Just st«»pped III a They both sat in the* parlor- also in tears.
moment f«»r t«> say
A fte r long searaliing aixl a d«**pcritt«* ef
their steps grew heavier as their fa<*es
" I never saw anything get the better »»f
to lie o verw orked lid * »«Miilag fort six* found her voice.
grew less hopeful. One night the hus papa’ s business judgment before.
Then, in •!**-
He F ill likely
C h rist iiihh day.
band came home without his cuff buttons, asked how «he «nine to want to part wilh There nr»* so many children in this grea t “pairing tones, six* »*ri<*d: "Oh. Cha-ley!
l»ig world <»f our*.
ajid next morning wore a f*»ir of his them, and sh«* tol«J us. oh. the moat pitiful
I f we must part, l«d us wait till after
afrnl«l the work ahead w ill ov«u*tax ; Christmas!” — Philadelphia North A.ncri-
wife’ s, but there wax steak and coffee for story! H er husband w h s i»ut »»f employ- 1 I am my
powers.
supper. In a few »lays he left his watch rmurt atxl they had siiffere»! everything S<. I would ssk the little lads to whom this i «•«1».
4
message «*ome*
downtown and wore ati old-fashioned sil for month“ dxln't have »uioirgh to eat, I
ver one that had been his father's; and suppose. I never knew that kind o f re- ! Those only win» b elieve In m e w ith whom
C h r is tm a s E v e on »h e H c s r r v n t i o n .
I ’ m a lw ays chum*
then they decided they could get along fined people »*ouJd get *»» ixxrr.
Papa i I f th e re'* n»*t one am ong 'em all to whom
' iw ould lx* a Joy.
without that, too. And there was noth bought th»* china f»»r |»art «sf my Christ
ing more to |»awn. The man several years mas gift. Ami George gave her an a»l- i On Christmas morn to come and he old
Manta’ s erranil t*«»y.
before ha»l helped a lawyer out o f a tight dr«*** nn»! t»»l«l her to have her husband j —H a r p e r * Bazar.
plane, loaning him small sums several call at the office in tlx* morning. (, never j
times.
He dropped in t»» see him and was s»> happy in my life. A fte r the iihmi
aske»i him for a dollar or two. The law ami the little woman were goix* I had a
yer stopped out to get the money and I gmxl cry. I was in th«* in ¡«1st of it when
forgot to come ba»*k.
j Dr. D — called, and. «»f course. 1 had
The wife had packed two pieces o f rare to tell him why I was crying atxl every
French brie-a-hrac in her trunk, anil if j thing. He was *o interest«*»! a ixl he had a
•»he could sell them in a great city there , curious look »»n his fn«*e. am! said: *Tby
were always people who were glad to get ways are not our ways. Mrs. R
, your
hold of artistic entire«, if you could find father is the best man I ev«*T knew.’ A ixl
the right people.
you know pajm isn’ t a ehureli in«tnber at
The pieces of china were worth from all: hardly ever g***s t»> cbiirah.
$50 to $100. hut husbaixl atxl wife agr«*e»l
“ He’s a very able man, the little wom
t»» part with them for $25 if a purchaser an's husband. George says. They put
could I«* found. A curio dealer downtown i him into the office of th»* company and
«»ffere»! her $1.50. The "'if»* next started think of making him iiiHiiHg«*r after the
to visit houses on a fashionable boulevard; first «»f the year. He told Georg«* that his |
ami was either »k*nie»l admittance by a wife is all th «t *av«*d him in hi* trouble,
haughty servant or a supercilious dome ami she see* good in it all and says their j
refused even to look at the places—the trials made them near to each other.
tan ta fla u » oí the Tepe«,
SAVED BY HIS WIFE :
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