The Signal, 1898-12-22, Page 3Hll_E HE PHERDS
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COPYG'IGH I, 12398. BY Toe .AUTHOR
A ta11. *Pere dark eyed young man
web a rlolln ease las has hand. came up
gee narrow stain throe stops at ono, as
'bough he were anxious to reach the little
agile room whleb was his destination
mere was • lamp to the hall below, but
n o light on the stain or landings, save the
dile gleam which name through askylight
la the roof, and at 6 o'clock 1n the even
tag of the 84th of December 1t is needless
w remark that the 1op'tory was envelop
e e in anal darkness Hut Guy Fairfax
aesnnoetl to know his way by instinct and
ofd nut {Muse until he reached the scratch
ed and shabby Iookleg door which forced
the entrance to his abode There be stop
ped short, waited and listened fora mo-
ment. arrested by • .ouud that Issued trout
the room
1t was the sound of • violin. faintly
played. as though the Instrument Itself
were 'mall and the hand of the player
weak Presently there arose also • Gwen
MOM thread of • childish voice, singing be
the see.-plekes-mut on Abe violin ..the
word' of • well known Christmas hymn
'Wbtle d'pbseds wombed thew Seeks by
a>tIt
Ail seated es lbs trotted'
Ooy'a fame eootracted • little as If wtth
pain Then be •Woothed It resolutely
salted up asmlle and opened the •sits
door
It was • miserably bare Aoom, not very
'lean nor very tidy. and the smell fire that
burned 1n the rusty grate did not avail to
warm the atmosphere. Ob the bad, wife
an old fur cloak tucked round him for
warmth, a little boy was curled ap. his
hands bolding the tiny addle. to the notes
sf which Guy had been Iisi ning But he
f : :Typatvemelo.,
l
"DA DDT. DA008I Aaa rot: tura s„QCIC'x?"
pot ri dove at ogee and held lot his
hands with ■ little crow of delight woes
Gay care In
'Daddy. daddy' Are you back so quick?
I thought you wasn't coming 1111 ever se
It was • sweet little voles, • sweet little
lam but the lad's body was very frail and
weak, and thedark eyes looked pathetical
*7 larpe for the delicate little face It was
with • eon of p•sstonate yearning that
Gay Fairfax pressed his child to his breast
lar • moment and then looked at Mtn
with • mournful foreboding which ren
deo his voles less cheerful than be meant
N to be
'I've ran holm for half strike* Tony
l see that my boy is warm and comfort
abbe' said the young man. bolding the
child aloes to him as he spoke
'Oh. yes. I'm quite comfy l' said Tony
eea'sntedly "1 put on yore old cloak
add pleaded 1 was a hear Then 1 wag •
Item choir boy ringing carols In the street
-Christmas carol.. you know. daddy. be
sense Cbristmam 1e tomorrow, and It was
tonight that fig allthherds was watching
theft Gooks. all rihoied on the ground"-
HIa voice passed •Imoo onoonaclooaly
there speech to song Indeed. although
?boy was only 6 years old. singing was as
tl.eoral so him as speech He came of •
stagiest ease HM father was . mask/Ian
int by obotos. than by n.orlty, and bis
mother, who Bled when be was only t
yeses old. had been • professional sings.
belonging *0 a family wbo had laved halt
tree lives upon the operatic stage Tony
tahrAt.4 ber tastes jun as be Inbertted
Mg golden heir, bot be had bis tether's
hews aed his father'. eyes
'Too Mrs carols. Tony?'
"At Christiania tints. daddy Will she
Sager. erne down Ude aerie. enetgbt. do
yea think?'
• Perbapm mo Thee owed l be plenty
et them when i was • boy."
You Ilved ham ides you was • little
bey 11ke me, didn't you. daddy?'
'Noe hen In the *owe, Tony -a little
way outside -at the big boom I'm 'obi
yea •bent before '
Tony regarded him father with hebyglt-
eosnare 'Won't yon tabe tee en sem it
while we're ben, s t.Ihe eomp'ey rotes
away tomorrow?'
Fairfax helonged to a *r.veling operatic
scnpany and nnold not afford to do other
whe then the other re.mheesd the tromps.
but he would haft given a gone deal S
Ind tensed,' la any plate rather than the
hs, northern manufacturing owe wham
snfnrtunatsly, bis family had been well
known for many generations He had
broken with hie relatiom long ago. het -
veil _ It was trying to find himself mo rel
the darer old Grange when Mg father was
Kill living two miles ort lde she leWIL
••d ,* he able to go near him me eves
M him tnow that W am awl grandma
were en sear
"1 .an't take yenta see to" b. said 1•
• bow voice In the 11862. dos "There --
awe wonldn't lir Sage."
He was ashamed ef the eebe.rfuge as M
baked Into Tner's homages' eyes but
they was only half aaseedtng after all.
"And Santa OlaoI" be said "Will ha
deem Morn the eNminay bo give ,815
Writhes es he did you when roe were • M►
Be troy?'
-Remit?. Tony, we most lock after Tolle
■ngllah Chirpier, Indeed Tee knew
been thee net t" _
"11 Somi menet'' mild Teel t aele.dy.
•Will be cone down i$ --toll', what I
want. to know?'
,' Not doe n stile chimney. I'm afraid.'
said the father. with a sigh
'Oh 8, but In at the door maybes l'er
baps his sack would be too heavy for the
ohisu--ney IIo•11 come all the way up
the stales. bump, bump, bun/pity-bump,
won't be? And l shall stop awake and
bear him.'
'Better not,' mid Guy rather sadly
'Santa Claus has forgotten us this year
'minute He mines Duly to rich people.'
"That's • shame,' said Tuny "We
aren't rich people, ere we, daddy?'
"Certainly not,' answered the young
man. thinking of the guineas week whlob
be was aceuston,ed to reeelve on treasury
day "Not precisely rich. Tony. but not
psop•rs--yel '
The bitter anoent In his volse was caused
by • vivid remembrance of some words
that the angry old lather had once address-
ed to bins "You need not darkeo my
door agaln, sir, and when yea lad your
wtt. AM peepers don'k'sttek IM -Too wltl-
get money out of met" The word "pea
pies" always recalled the bitterness of thee
moment to his mind
"Wbat's paupers?" said Tony Then la
>a abeiracted Loos. "i suppose Sant. Clare
always cense to the big house when you
lived?'
"1 suppose he did.'
"And dose he ooms st111?'
"It thee wereasy children thea 1 dare
say he would. ,.
"Olt /'' mid Tooy, wish a very solemn
face Then he said Do mom, bot sat ma
tionl.ss, looking thoughtfully at the op-
posite wall. .818. his tether rose from the
bed and began to busy himself about vari-
ous bousebold matters. which might haus
seemed to •a observer alma* palisade
when done by the clumsy lingerie( a roan
Wet ahas,@ay's dawn ware elesaey; the
bad all she delicacy of the born musician
and the gentleness of • woman, and It
same quite naturally to him to build ap
the fin, hang Tony's flannel nightgown
'=ollltome. bread and milk for
the child and finally m.k.aad dsfak scop
of strong tea beton be weed bask to the
o cbstra
"Good night, `roar Go ae .Mrd sone,
there's s goad bey t Skull 1 m f•das your
clotl.re?'
"No. thank tool daddy1 1'es not a
baby,' mid Tony, with dtfmtty And
Goy went •waj laughing at this manlfes
tatlon of infantile pride He had little
enough to laugh at. and It was a good
thing. for him that Tony's 'Telles and
frowns and baby wiles as well as the
child's Innate genlurfor music kept his
light was still In hle eyes when he reached
the theater. but It would soon have died
aw.y bad he known what Tony was doing
erbtis to was gone
"i't's a deed pity.' Tony soIHoqul.ed
as he ate his bread and mltk when his fa- 1
Merit stem bad died away-" We a dre•t
pity that Santa Claus doss not come to
poor little boys as well as rich ones 1
Spurs bell Dever think of ooming hens,
but tt I lived In the hems wben daddy
used to live he'd oomebemuse daddy said
If there were any children there -oh, I
A CIIOWD or Ba1.AT[n 5Hnrr[ae IWSTL&D
RAVN °Thal rte TMS AAT[MINTO
wish 1 could go to daddy's old home sod
sl. Santa Clens for my Very own *elft
Who • pity that daddy doss Doe live Shim
"7;e7'
He pot sway his empty bowl In • little
wooden cupboard and came slowly back
to the fin Then he yawned and thought
She room looked very lonely and wondered
what he ennld do to amuse himself He
was • rel( reliant little lad, not often In
Want 01 occupation. but lust now It .nem -
1 5d b k1m as though something had gone
wrong with the world He was vaguely
diseatia/eed and knew sot why
Theo a sodden Idea eeaansd se Meat -
one that sent the blood to her cheeks and
the sparkle to his eye "Tony'. Ideas'
were sometimes • trouble to his father
They wine 'away. original, but ape to he
IMp reetldihle and even d.ngerons The
Idea tial had come to nim now was the
be should go to the house where his father
had lived and ask to he allowed to wall
for Banta Clam when he dime down the
Almelo that nigh►.
"it would be lovely I" said Tony m him-
self. "t shouldn't he eo trouble On no-
body, and very likely i should be home
Yale before daddy gni hank from the the -
Mee I should run all the Way, and I
should take my Addle and play ' Wh12.
dhephervt. Wombed' and slag the words,
sod than the people of the bone, would
sal, 'Ob. there's the wailer And they
wuroh epee the front doer wide and let
n>• b. "
The Mea took template pttl.ews es of Ids
tilde snot As It happened, he knew the
mote of the Mem when ber father W
mos lived and had a general Idea of 11s
Ioeallty ft was two *11a town the big
Sown, hue then Was an menthes wbleh
could tak. him alma* .Il the way And
1u.',. althongh kept es ease) as pseibli
o els father • side had • good deal of .x
•,.�
e •a-1 we v. '
•. to f's
..,Z.la Ta_ii _re+.??1,
p ert,+t os concerning trams omulbn.ea
trains and other nudes tet emelt and be
Wan not a .11 dismayed at the notion of
wallrtg hie way to • strange part o1 the
town He prooesded In bene to wake
preparations fur his expedition First be
found • plow of paper sod scrawled upon
It In eourmou, sprawling letters "Pled.
daddy. 1 have gone to your old house to
dud :iandterklawse, and I end) tel blas
to bring things to pour Ilkkle Wyss. well
as rloubs ones. -Tony ' Tony's spelling
was cut hie strong point Then he put on
lila cep and his little overcoat, rather thin
and very shabby, took his vtolla under his
arm and .o art forth
'Cheeky was uvereart and the wind cold
but out In the streets the lamps were light
ed, the shop windows were resplendent
with holly, anal • crowd of belated shop
pert hustled each other on the psvemeuts
eo that Tuny, In Me delight at this novel
and beautiful some, did not feel the cold
and knew but the meanlog of fatigue At
first be even forgot that be meant to get
into • tram and go to Htoneley, the sub
arb In which his father's home as • child
was situated The name of the house was
Carsten, as Tony knew, and In bis Ipn
raoce of all difficulties he Intended to go
by tram car to Stc11eley and then ask the
first passerby his way to Canton The
the place might be utterly changed from
the time when his father was • boy never
entered Tony's bead
However, the Innocent and ignorant
eometlmeeseem guided toward right way*
right things, right people, in ways we do
not know Tony looked up straight tato
the few of the omnibus oundootor at •
street corner where several omnibuses
were waiting and maid. "Are you going to
Monetary, please?'
And the man looked down at 81m kind -
"Aye. that I bet Do you want to go b
Btoneley, lies master,' •
"Yes." said Tony, promptly scrambling
op the steps. "and 1 want to go toe house
at Btoneley-a house celled Canton Do
you know when It b?'
"N by, yes," said the friendly conductor
In rather • doubtful voloe. "I know Car
* ton well enough, and we go almost pad
the gates, but what might you be want -
log at Cereto0. I should like to know?'
"It's when my daddy used to live,'
said Tony, settling himself Into Bis seat
"Oh, I seer' said the man, feeling more
satlafted He supposed the bee must be
the son of some coach ma n or gardener who
lived at Canton, and Tony bed so moon'
self possession and oonfldenos t8as no mon
questions seetned neoersry
Mere per eegen' gas to, the eoodnetor e
shouted, the driver cracked his whip, and
the omnibus moved on It seemed • long
time to Tony before It Mopped to put him
down in a dark road, when the conductor
pointed ao meraglagls- to a ?j11It,.set at
the end of a little lane and lid hlrn that
that was the way to Carsten "There'll
be • bus back to town every quarter of a•
hour," he said, "but maybe you wool
want and You're going to spend Christ-
ina, with your father, 1 reckon?"
"Oh, year said Tony, not at all sea-
yeettag the drltt of the question. And
then theoinnlbusrolled away, leaving him
all alone In the dark with an unaocustom
ed sensation of leer and -an unusual thing
tor him -a strong disposition to cry
But he mastered the weakness, sod,
grasping the vlolln faster, he turned to-
ward the white gate at the end of the lane
It was unfastened, and when he had pass-
ed through It be found himself on a grav-
eled walk winding whitely besween trees
and planttttluns towerd a large, dark look -
Ing mansion, which Tony divined to be
Canton, 61. father's old home.
He hallowed the path until he orate to
the garden, and then he lo* himself • lit
tale. but by and by he emerged from the
shadow. and found that he was fronting.
wide flight of steps which led up to the
terrace 1n front of the dining room and
drawing row wfodows Tony nodded
quits joyfully when he stew the memos
and the steps His father had told hint
about them many a time. He mounted
them slowly and carefully; then, standing
on the terrace, be looked about him • 111
tie while and decided that It was time for
bias to begin to play He felt rather oold,
now that he wet not moving, and • snow-
flake or two melted upon his nose and
made him unconttortthle. Nevertheles It
was with greet emaciation shat be drew his
bow .cross the strings of the fiddle and
began his favorite tune
'While shepherds witched tbetr Seeks by
night,
AU erred on the ground'
''What's that caterwauling In the
grounds, Norrisl' said the master ad the
house to the butler In his crustiest bones
He was at dinner,,end the note. of • tis
lin fell strangely epos his ear "1)14 TJ
n et tell you that 1 would havws no parties
of carol singers this year/ They only
trample down the plants and destroy the
young trees In the plantwtion Go out
and pat a stop to that noise directly "
Norrie went oat with rather • grave
face it was • troubled one wain be re-
tnrned
"It's not tete carol singers se all. de
It's -it's only • little boy "
tarifa NAI.L.T000 A t11121.
"Bend him .way ae ease thee.'
"If roe plena dr, he says he whites M
speak to yore 1-1 think he's • gentle.
mat's .sem, sir. "
"What If he IM? Be sea hays hose Amar
Dem her. Bend hitt 54 am. bagging
Wink, 1 dare My."
Bet se the geasaal—lice *h•• was the
✓ ank of the meets of Oar.lom-spnk• the
mn'io waxed kinder mod bwdr, and •
awed e81d'a rotas say •tet Iib • bird's
To the Tad .5rpr1 se of saner and servant
alike, the deer of the dining hewn was
pushed epee, and Sham to the hall steed •
shed. with Manias bate mrd Mg throws
syn. vivito/ led •111ng Y he had done
et Gni - ......�.
'Mule siwoher4e wedged their locks ey
.Isbt,
All sealed os the around
The general's white mustache bristled
&srMly, and bis voice was harsh and rasp
Ing when he spoke
"Boy -you there --slop that nobleI'
'Pony demisted, but turned a look of an
relic reproach epos the speaker "Ihon't
you like it?' be saki 'It's uiy great et
favorite, and you must know It quite
well, because daddy says he need to Ong
It to you taboo be was • 1lttle bey '
'When be -your father -what do you
mean, child?'
'1 ain't • ohlld,' said Tony, witk dig-
n ity "1'm • boy It's quite a long time
d uce 1 was • child '
" W bat'' your I MMO' said the general
sottaalug and smiling In spite ut himself.
but the answer banished all smile from
his face
"Anthony Liscard Fairfax,' said Tony
triumphantly "Isn't it beautiful Dame[
It's my grandfather's cache, daddy says
but 1 haven't never seen 81111 In all wy
life' And Bis innocent. trustful eyes
looked rtralght Into the tam of the very
man who was his grandfather
Norris gasped Ile exper het an explosion
of anger. he almost (eared vlolenow, but
fora !ulnae or two the general stood per
fectly silent Then be said to the man
'You 0$0 go'
"Shall 1 go too?' said Pony
'No Stand where you are Now, tell
me wbo told you to come here tonight?'
"Nobody told me I thinked 1s for eny
self.'
"De you see thew grapes and sweets?'
persisted the general " You shall have as
.. `"' ` eleinge� isaitherreasua aooumpaujed, Sol
/Ihd seem king tarinewwltile MAW Moen
fast eel cep, but he wee q Ude uuur,lnd when
(Puy told hlu, that the old gentleman with
the white hair and mustache. wbo mud
behoeforth be walled smutted. was the be*
Banta Claus that he bad ever thou and
that Tony might go to him awe break
fast and sit 0n Weiner while *ass( how
shepherds "watched dhulr floc Meth olebt'
as the Chrl*Child c with glflief mace
and joy and gaud will to men
Cheep Chrl.Imas Tres•.
Christmas trete need no longer be ob-
jected to on the score of expense With $8
So spare, and • moderate allowance of wit
and patience as well, a really wonderful
one can be turned out, and If this should
be doubted here are a few facto mars Kris
Kling!. market prices as It woreto prove
the truth of the rtisteueent
To begin. 16 mute will buy the tree It
self
One of the fragrant young pines ?bat
cowe to us from Berkshire county or
Maine 1s best fur the purpose Fur the
prim glveu, It way measure all the way
from 4 to b'1 feet and be fat or slim as
Mai ilkes. though the plumper Article
might be suggested as tending toward
more grntlfyueg reaulte The wooden rt*
that supporta It will be 10 cents extra
Next center the bualnessof trimming, and
here the asternal breast will swell wtt8
pride and joy
For the vast number of dainty trifles
11-76 can buy for this use -elegant Part
' Ian little trifles -u something to produce
sensations of polities wealth, even opu-
lence)
A box of one deem selected ornaments,
ootnprlsing chaupegne tattles, roiling
pins. wutttu8., Dual scuttles and Cower
pots. sell. for 18 cents
Each tiny object is • bonbooniere, heav-
ily frosted with gilt or silver somewhere
and showing sides or tops of Single's
through which gleans the tinted candles.
utabag.ana -amida.Apiendid
and silver mallets and hammers, seven
inches long. ?bat sell for 6 cents apiece
Colored cornucopias of thick glees paper.
ornamented with bends or figures, can be
found at 1 cent each. -St Louis Itepub
Uoan
Christmas In Veale*.
The Christmas w h,ch 'tends out moM
vividly In soy memory is one at 88 Mark'a,
1s. Venice, where Roman Catholics and
Protestant', Iingllsh, Amerlcena and ISM
buss, the prince and the beggar, high and
low, doh and poor. all tont OD • comma.
footing Thousand' and thousands of peo-
ple that day knelt or stood on the oold.
uneven floor of the grand old church,
where the high altarpiece of solid gold.
studded with precious genie, was uncover-
ed
ncovered and blazing In the Ilgbte of the hun-
dreds of candles burning around and near
it. Whits robed priests and altar bore
Receded arotind" the ebaneel ' -Maw ai
sunshine, struggling through the high,
narruw windows, full in patches upon the
rich mels. bringing them Into greater
distlnctnees Sweet odors of Incense per-
fumed the air An orchestra of brass and
.. kiss �iiAL aAT Ism •glpar.. �
lowlife these u yon 11ke H you will lee
s know who uugge sled -who put ISMS
your bead -to come.'.
Tony's face grew red He saw cher be
was not believed. but he answered gal
tently
"I told you -1 thinked It tor myself
Nobody geld one word about coming, and
1 thinked of 11 only tonight when daddy
bad gone to the theater lie'. told me Iota
of things about this house and bow boo'
MI It was "
"So you wanted to see It for yourself?'
'Yea I wanted to see It. but that
wasn't all Santa Clews comes to this
house, don't he?'
Tony pressed eagerly up to the general.
who seemed not to know how to answer
blas
"I can't ay When the children wan
sural l -perhaps" -
A vision came to him of bin/self end bis
wife stealing from cot to cot to fill small
stocking" with toys and sweets In days
long parsed away Ile could not finish bis
sentence
"I know!' cried Tony "Santa Claus
always came hen when daddy was a little
boy, and when 1 eked him why he never
mane to me daddy geld that be only cane
to rich children and not to poor little boys
like me."
"Are you poor?" maid the general hastily
"We're not rich," replied Tony, quot-
Ing big father, "but we ain't paupers yet
Duddy says so. What Is panpen? I Want
ed daddy to tell me, but he bad to go to
She theater" -
"Bo he goes sod emeses •himself and
leaves you with nobody to caro for yo?"
"I1 ain't vary amusing." said Tony "It
snakes ban awful Sired to play such silly
tunes every night In the orklatrs, bat he
Bas to do It, or else then wouldn't )s no
bread and sank tee sea use no basay to
&tidy "
Where iII your ti5lbset" said the gen-
eral
The child's floe grew grave. "God trek
her away," he answered. And the gen
oral reddenly telt that his old hatred of
that singing woman who had hegulled his
son into making her his wife was small
minded and demplerhla Bat another no
lion made him frown.
"So you came ben eo sen what you could
gat? You wanted Santa Claus' present.?'
"O11, no, i ddn'11 1 only Chinked I'd
like to soma dial. daddy may. Santa
Clang always came ben at Christmas
time, and It would be awful nice to see
him, but I don't want anythank myself 1
jai* want to tell him that there are heaps
al little boys moth poorer than ms and
that 1f be would go to the poor children It
would be mnch better than going to the
ebb ones, don't you think so?'
"Well-sometimee." said the general
"I thought. If you'd let me. 1 would
-Mop here till cores, quite late, ' mid Tony
eonfidentlally "I'd wait about till he
same, and then I'd speak to biro about the
poor little boys Then 1'd go home to
daddy But may 1 stop here. please till
Banta Clone has been?'
To his surpri.a the old gentleman with
the white mnsteohe stooped down and
book him Into his arms "My dear little
boy," be said, "you may stop till Santa
Clang comat certainly, and 700 may eine
forever 1f you like."
• • • i.__. • • •
When nay Fair?•/, half dlatreeted 8,
the nota whleb he found on bis tants, ar-
rived, panting with halls. a) canton that
e ight he was shown Nonce tato the din
lagtom, where the general est In his
sr -timbale with • ehlip Agora gently era -
/Mad on Ids knee y wee test asleep
and the Ren•r•I would not mows or die -
Sorb him He only looked at Me wet few
• gnomon. and thaw at Y. sMsping child
'Forgive eta Gay ' be saki at leis
'Tin -and this hay -.rat all that restate
Ito ma Lee him slay -and stay yourself.
Inas end these the few la"* Tears of my
life 1 was wrwtg-1 knew 1 was wrong
-trot yno meat norms bask to tee '
And when Tony write nee* nwwntng Ice
• weft while 8d and • reel tore, ennh as
he bad never ran haemo, be was • 11111e
bit 'sieved in And Mas Rants ciao&had
*bole, above which a boy . Volee+oes clear
mad distinct an4.ifl,perfect harmony with
the other voices, which It controlled and
took with 1t, whil. the music td the organ
filled the church to the very domes, until
the 19 apostles upon the moven 'corned im-
bued with life and listening to It It was
• day never to be forgotten. and It tames
bent td me over serf over again, seir often
a. 1 think of that Christmas 111ne in Areu-
tifnl, farad Ventos 1n Dee -New York
Herald
TY* First Christmas.
A good old bishop named Tele.pborna.
who lived In ltoine.ln the year 197 A D.,
holds the honorable mood of being the
first portion to officially order the celebrat-
ing of Chrlsime day Ile gave Instruo-
tlons to his priests and his congregations
that this day, corresponding to our ilio.
96, should be kept 4 • solemn feast, with
the performanoe of divine services While
Tele.phorus oocuples this unique place In
the history of the ancients, It appears that
Christmas day was first observed as far
back as the year Ye A D.. but by whom
and bow are matter, of conjecture These
&stalls have been 10St In the shuffle of the
ease. -Lichens&
Didn't Want (11ss Frightened.
8be was rather small to be running
around by herself and when she entered
the office every ono instinctively looked to
see If some Doe was not with her How
ever, she was totally oblivious to the sur
prise she was creating and marched
straight to the nearest dock In • pretty
bailment Ike way that mad. the whole of
6ce htendly to her
"t'leos.e, sir. do you oWU Op (dingr
she asked
"What building 1s your building little
one(" be returned
'Why. It's • Mg fiat building out In
Hyde Park,' she answered. and after •
motne0t M thought she gave him the stress
and number
"Well, we don t own 1t." exp(»fined the
man at the desk "but we represent the
owner Do you live there?'
"Yes, se: 1 1lvwtheve with my peps and
my mamma, and 1 told ray paps that If he
wouldn't come down stet see you 1 would
I guess 1 sin't afraid of you '
"Of course not said the man at lbs
desk, Indignant at the thought that so
pretty • obi1d should be afraid of tem • I
wouldn't ben you afraid of me foe tory
thing But what is tt you want?'
"I want that sign taken Bowe ' IIS
said, with determination
"What sign?' asked the man at the
desk, vainly endeavoring eo think what
the offending sign could he. and Inwanlly
determined that, whatever It vote It should
comedown If he onuld pwsthly arrange It
"The sign that'• right on the front
door," replied the child
"1 don't remember any sign on she
front door What does It say?'
"it says Peddlers and Beware Not
Allowed In This Building explained
the child
"Oh, that sign,' exclaimed the man at
the desk 'Why that's on nearly every
fiat building In the city What harm does
It do?'
The Mile girl's eyes opened wide to sur
prise at the absurdity of tar question
• "I guess you never saw Santa Claus did
you?" she asked
"No -no, 1 (Mesa not, replied the man
at the deskrather startled by the pow
Mon
"Well. when he comes along with hie
pack on 81s beck ' she mid In • Mone of
ennvtetlon. "that sign w111 just about
share him away, cause he'll know If the
janitor sees blur he'll be put out I told
papa. but he only laughed sand said h.
guessed he wouidn t bather you about It
but I sin •S afraid of you, end 1 want you
to take the sign down right away
When the man at ?me desk had reommeed
from hl. surprise suMrlently, be •Rented
• compromise by the henna et which the
offending sign le to he token down the
day before Christmas and not put Melt
again naafi t8a day after -- Chic go Pon
l.Mwge er t8e CbeS.l Child.
The Christ Chad was bore to the ebil
aired
All en • Christm.. day.
Nb sot was a lowly manger.
His bed was a heed of hay
The mewg• M brought Irnm the Father
Is for ehlhir.n to leve and •hay- !
A gift from • nein,tees stranger,
And giv.n on ('hrisems. day
Se each settle one who know• hies -
Who la Oils would have ■ part-
• Ismm may make for the ('hrtst Child
ta lis ewe pure, toying bare
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EQUINE PHRENOLOGY.
Lae* K11 Ie %lard t'p Aeeprabg
to Her Bankes.
Miss Jessie A. Fowler, daughter of the
fatuous phrenologist and herself an expert
In the science. recently examined the
bump' of Mrs. John Jacob Artor's chest-
nut mare lady Kilarney. "'Chis noted
horse," says Silas lova ler, "bas an wear-
ingly large ee-lal brain. She requires this
bemuse, being a saddle horse, she has to
atter Into the life of the faintly to which
dee is attw heel.
"A saddle home needs a well balanced
organhatiln and n particularly harmoni-
ously developed brad. Irdy Kllanicy has
both thew requisites to • marked degree.
"She has none of the tricks of the Shea
Lod pony, nor the fiery gall of the hunt-
er, nor the slow, plodding disposition of
LAI,T [ILA RS IT ANU HRH DUMP&
the cart hone, but • imitable blending of
all the best characteristics of bee type of
horse. Even her nose has • good tempered
look about it. 1t 1s not at .11 vicious,
which an uneven nasal organ always is.
"Rbe`ilds a' targe development at Meal?.,
ty; 000sequently she 1s graceful in all her
movements .nd has same of motion and
beauty of step. She loves the freedom of
fine surroundtags; hence a center through
the park on a sunny lamming must put
Ace fettle and snake her feel In ber
elemuM --- - '
"e1Lc certalnly has • emote of the artist)e
and wanlfest•nomall auount of subltm
ity. This organ 1s situhted in the front of
the bead above .nd forward of the ear.
She has the organ of weight splendldlyde.-
veloped, which enables tier to adjust her
movements to the desire of the rider
"lady litiornsy. undasstanda locality
and bas a good memory toe. These traits
she shows by the breadth and thickness of
ber head 1n the frontal lobe, above the
line of the eye.. She Is not at all combat
Ice In her nature, and therefore the hoe]
behind the ears 1. comparatively .wall
and undeveloped, and there is little risk
that she will have the habits of klcklnp
and biting.
"She 1. • sagacious horse and bas mor
than the vaunt auu,unt of Intuition. She
MOWS to understand the people with whom
she is brdintll'.In contact."
rhrdeal Tralal.g.
The oars of the body has been up tee
comparatively recent yean strangely neg-
le.cted In the pabile schools of this omen
try. It bee boo considered gotta eufli
dent educational training for the young
to cram and overload their brain. with'
quantity of matter difficult to digest, and
In too many Inetanoes even when aaMmi
fated of little use In after life, says The
Medical Roard. Numbers of delicate.
highly strung ohlldren have broken dew;
under the reraln, and the dreary tally
grind of the monotonous cramming lays
tem, undergone In unhealthy surround
Ings, has developed many of the nervnue
ails....s to whkh the prevent generation
Is eco pecutlurly susrwi.tihk. What dos,
knowMdge ',met a 0 M If 111 the gaining
of It he loom the still more prm•fons alit
of good health? '1 he nation* of the old
world, notably Greece and Hone, under
stood and appr•elnfad much more clearly
than do t he people of t hese times the harm
fulness of unduly forcing the mind to
the lasting hurt of the holy. 'the gymnn
slum's of ao•lu nt Greece probably reached
In their method. of training the young a
higher Ideal Ursa have any of the Whirler
Hanel ayatent•.lrow in Togo,. In the tam
of this condition a iffalre it 1. pleasing t*'
note that the people of Atnerfna are rapid
ly beonn Ing alive to the pernicious Muses
of developing the wind at the expense of
tie body.
RI. Tie Petite..
Among the League of American Wheel
men of Illinol.there have been two factions
for a long time, and this year the conte.t
between the two has been stronger than
ever. In the excitement of "making up
slates" the date of parenting the nomina-
tion. Mu overlooked, and George 1)
Locke, the secretary -treasurer, at the last
moment filed with himself his own nomi-
nation for chief consul, not a single nom
In•tlon for any other oMoe being made.
Ballots containing only his name were
sent out, and In due time he will be de
olared elected. As chief consul 11.111 then
devolve upon ham to fill the vacant onion
of vice amset and secretary treasurer, as
well as en entire board of officer..
A New Milliard Fog.
What 1a k own as the two ball billiard
game, wemetlnietrealled the "Al Smith"
genre, ham toonme very popular In New
York city. It nxmsists of simply playing
with one ball to hit the other and touch
ing three or more cushions before count
Ing. Smith, who first Introduced the
game, is gift* .x1 ort at 1l He competed
against both Ives and Shafer and defeated
both of then, remaining relay unbeaten
Y.cb.alent Peeing.
"The most iaopular form of menhanlet,l
pacing to the future," .ys an Engllmh
cyclist, "w111 In all probah111ty he the pe
Solemn driven motors, ea letroletnd can
be purrbased et almost any plana, while
sleet.rin i, w' inn can only be charged to
Important town. and cities Ittieald that
two reservoir., one tandem, are capable of
paring for six hours at . speed of 1110 milers
ILO hoar."
Toeless. 0.e Pegeler.
While the price of tandem hleyeles Mu
been reduced. It is Oared by them who
mete b k now that the use of tandem' is
decreasing and that the mmkare are not
e mery. It appears that the re motion 1n
prices Is not doe en much to the dssin M
She mannfaetnrwre to inervrn the pope
MOM of MM type of eaaekttw as tea wish
to get rid of the m•teMsl no hand.
end r,..... »,.i..1.
Th. Rmlrhsonlan inatltetion has en
e onnead that all efforts on Its part to ob-
tain • Hee weselaten d the wild O 9a'sms-
ger plg,a n nave resulted ID (allure. tcot-
wlthatanding • liberal reward wee offered
by the instltutdcu, god much aerre.quod-
euce end Inquiry were carried on uu Uva
paaeunger pigeon has been prudewd
BERLIN APPETITES.
Rest t Yee Who cater le Tht..
own Heee.ee Mich.
Tbat the rectauraut bnsioem to boodle
1. a paying oto, if the lo,:uti 'b,.e e
be a good tutu, the restaurant of the zoo-
logical gardcus here shows. For a num-
ber of years it wise hooted by a men a be
u,.oa.rstood shout as much of the Mod-
ems as the men las the moon. Yet he
became wealthy within • leer years awl
retired for good to live on the Interest
of his money. There were days in sum-
mer when he sold 1,00(r'keg. of beer
besides some 90,000 cups of coffer sod
60,000 sandwiches, and as puces are
high there be most have made tltuoasuds
of .tonere le a atngia Ally
Furtuu•tely for the puble. nnt4EE
caterer now euppliee the hungry and
thirsty siehtseere at the zoological gar-
dens, • n:au with agoud repulsthm. and
he pays twice the twat lug the retime-
rant bdildiuq.. too -%les 100,000 marks
per annum, besides speeding by ?las
terms tet hie coutrnet a minter at almost
500,000 tt:arka for tmprcccmeota Yct it
1. probable that Le, tco. witI stirs Int
the cud of lite term with a faril/mt.
There are wavy instances of tot. kiwi
In Berlin. lice tel the burps dual .1,114
highly priced re•tantaut, leu linter deal
Linden secretly gold it. good will for a
matter of 1,000,000 mune The (wntet
of acafe nu I'rikdricblltrasw who start-
ed the place hot • oonple C.f years, ego is
reputed .lardy to bavo cleaned .2. 0t
1000;000-' h.Bflll r W5$ -"blit? Vratter'•f4'!. ,•_-_ •-
bimself rapidly growing nub front the
"triukgeld" received' flow the guests
and is said to he in receipt of uumtbly
atipeude amooulnug to some wow is
Ameriva1 u,uuey.-Berlin Letter is
f
- -- gaff. t,tt..ar-
Yesat—Tlo e , k set it the arrest went
es his closet oho tot ted it here
Criniwrulemk- Perhaps he was taring
re mei it.-Yoiilters Slatermap.
,,,,,,MCNT 5751[86.
orlaIIly
The universal fate of mankind.
It cannot be escaped, but it can
be insured against.
•..T11 E...
$ CANADIAN ORDER
OF FOkESTERS
hold.ii tole Bids high duty to$
make it easy for all healthy sten
tt 4.to secure sufficient insurance to
protect their dep-resent■ at the
lowest possible rate consistent
with safety. They have succeeded
in paying over E,,soo,000 in
claims and amassing the magni-
ficent surplus of over $674,0,0 as
til.__Ilif•
eguard..-Por fartbl. pa cutars en-
quire of any of The Officers or
Members of the Order, or address
• R. ELLIOTT.
it c 0., tnsersotl.
THOS. WHITE.
High Seo', , Brantford.
ERNST OARTUNO, ILO..
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1.1,,,i, ,.,, enJ ,r.Lu„e.
Only • stern sena. of dory Indereed Yp
Gladstone las his 77th year to ,ndoseer N
bring about the p•citkein■ of lrcland,
"1 shall win,” be said when be appeatd
to the Gooney. "or he hunted out d
publlo life." "Wbas do you thk.k of Mt
Gladstone now!" asked a Liberal M Pet,
of Mr. Healey at the close of Mr Glad.
stone's resorb Inlroduring Hnnae Hale.
"i think," replied kir Healey ''that he
has .ieeted to he crucified for Ireland.
raw
From Ear
To Jaw.
" 1 have been for years more Or legs
subject to eruptions on my skin. The lea
aide, of my face from th• top of my ear N
half way down my jaw was is a very
bad ,tate-being almoet raw, makers
shaving very painful. I was advised te
try Burdock Blood Bitters. One bottle
perfectly eared me. 1 eta haer.11y roc.
commend B.B. B. to all who .offer froth
auy skin disease.' G. WHITE, 'Caries
vale, N.W.T.
B.R.R. cures Sett Rheum, Eczema*
Tetter, Shingles, Bolls, Pimply
Sores, Ulcers, an d .2) fame
of Skin Diseases and
Eruptions, from the
smallest pimple to
the worst .crofuloug
son.
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