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1 N'(l1 PIMI'II/TTA win 111 Epis- of its solitary Hebrew aosvert. It came aimed
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...Italian, if you pleas, and a in this 'wire. Miss Jenny Taylor, she ..f the
Most devout one at this season stoop. blue eyes and aureole of fair Fair,
.( the year. Th.. 1'rerbyterials turned from the small nn«1 organ in St.
..and Methodists run to pulp Elhnund's Chapel aid aeiininctd G. the two
and blankets while Epis•ulwl- dozen and old herald Engels, that she would
ions are oddities! to Christmas be mor. than glad Gyhave then) bring along a
Inas and turkey d' n.. What,
in Heton's nam., ha} a littIe
Is.y to elo with blankets, and as
for soup, Rocco hal soup awl
- rel wine everyday in the year,
r,.up with a flavor to it, a strong
garlicky Haver, 114,110 of your insipid
ca ed affeinr as were the l'resley-
t.•rian 111141 Metheslirt broths.
Sm Ito cess war an Episcopalian and
duly vomited in the Sunday Schemes
e.f the mission C14Np..I. There 'he
t.ornel to chant, "Hark, the He•neld
Ai&g II, sing." Whit a tune t Madre
studio, what lovely words 1 But what
dill 1t 111.111 1 " Angel " war easy.
Th. Indy w ho taught him, rhe 114411 all
riga, ),•s, rhe was without d•nht.
by all that betokens the main., blue
- eves o4-gr.y0 depth aid an aunadii of
fair hair.. un angel, if ever there was
011... The Herald, to IN, sure. is a
ra•walter. But whan•in lien the
inferei see (nem s newej...p er to 1111
angel '
..left His. d.ren.•hecS
of the minion 'elopes and half an
hour latter 'saw. him, down Nassau .
,Strw•t with Jokey Feittburg, his, bemii
l.atnrl• .
The herald angels sang tett (..r Jakey. He
•
friend or friends, little boys with strong voiles
prefernal, and held out the pr 'w of _met
(tidy a Christmas true and turkey diis.r, but
a dime be the duly wan might sense the fort
equipped vocally of the propmeed auxiliaries.
Now Jakey had a.
.Mee of great vol.
• and not without
i' as
charm."( its own,
u Rocco, by that
artistic tee npera-
•;-M" • 111.•Ist which is given
to all Italians, well
know. He pro'e.l-
r41 10 tinfoil! to
Jakey, glowi11g tales
of a Christmas tn•e
and described in
even More lurid
terms, t he pwrs.111 0f
Miss Je Taylor,
wl to know ten
minutes wits to love
a lifetime thereafter.
Of the two Milne
melts, the schuss
THE Wtt P13HEt1MAN counted mut at eats
1 • for Jakey. Mere
conn- wont. of .1es•ript4U1 cane .t found a !mission.
as withers Meph' topheles who causal the
vim; iii of Marguerittto be disclosed to Faust
- was, a'a.: a Ilebre•w, M,.ni.i worker► will and thus ewrorllpae el his ' I.
1e11 you that tIm•re is h.1N. for the. heathen S. it was with Ite .co, and Jakey at .the
- . Chine.., alas awl the Syrian (tf ItenleingGm promisee of half the d1 e, was persualel to
Street, but the rove ,of Israel is unconvertible,. vitit St: Edmund's just educe and view the lady
Jeke)• s. far unbent. however, as to "ring -in " ,herself. She was alt.y;ethner fate -Muting and
several Christmas tne,e, but turkey 111111en Jakey fell then and the,•. He not petty sang
.a etrwvemi the dietary laws and are Ia thing
apart He war the pn41ue1 of an austere nice
awl\the hill .d fare at 141.1110 444411 hu.ita;
principally welt herring MIgl .nni..n.. for Jek.•y_s
f,,th.r, whole str.ng of shirkers and children,
*as de►� gent in w.rldly g...wls. . • r r
He mol+ght in vain to apply to Jakey the
principle.; of child study an laid down in the -
Tail 1, hilt Jakey 1194,14141 have lion., ..f them.
Itwas•nig slrrprising when ).0 c'n4id.•r that
thirteen in the age 'minims' by the- Rabbius
for the .turfy of the divorce law•.
' It. e.co and Jekey met by appointment to
pick apples on Nassau Street. 11t is ;many
4x ',Mee that th .roighfare was & sumo.. Zane,
e•rthe•I.•ns applelJ�
di carts. Th
ire
(ttt
affair
is the 111
keep's cone
there are the
ever, once you g
Re N'e'.1 141.4441 111
whit. Jnl't.y 1tD11e anodem4
.art and at the time when, he
1.pp4Mlte Idle "two f.,r 'fire'i
crratet.a.diveri.iah by darting
and knocking off the logo.. hat.
latter R,11•c0 and Jokey arra e1tin
o grow then. to this 111y,
picking ft( thea is an
ught with soitie•'ik. Lnpr then,
sti.•k which'tIs, stage a Greek (Ingo;
lel benefit his wagon. and then
gal. It it an easy mutter hovel
the hang of it. '
°the•r\sel.e of the 4tnat
ly b1• the, push
ached a point
heel), R.'•ca
Muss tho road
volfel
11011e very
hoe N.rthe•rn Spies in Pity Hall 1'at'l
I1.44c0 1144* 14e104e•xwal of a 4414,4, blitak's box,
pty ..f bnuh ..r ldxckiiig-i 10.41.1w thie4tod
. 44xr11e ttttttt as the, bnraioar of Mild
.
union jack, anlly to run up the e
10 14.110.14,11 off••nd. Hit Pk 011 is
sok dainty bites at nn apple whip„
1x•1.11,11 11i., ate•*lily 11 'hslg
M,im.•h 11.4.1 1111 limitations,'
ate the last .of a series of four,
and mom from a setts of
1•
in
New
Sag /111
1...1 ,u.l
.lak.•y 4410'
Elco 11.44.0
h.w.•v.•r, awl h
w'itlrout 1q,pwti
\ t)'.
\ ions small Iso had solicited ntorsed44 .f
the fes'without seem , when 'AIN, Carignan
Nmlten - rt.
•' Iset� e s bite. 1't 1," he sai41.
'• Aw, 1' '.114.•If," Roe , alt444.•n•.l.
"All right r use, yer p -facts! 'lap),"
Aloe n•).111ed
••11wan," Hoon • aim • 1, with the usual
n•fernceto Abe's materna .aretlt; "I break
your hL4mnin' fere" HO grew valise in the
knowledge that Jakey was a good hang at a
scrap, a knowledge in which ,Al„. .he 1
Hence, ho turned conciliating to . key.
"(lingua a chant at de appy ke," he
'said sweetly.
Jak.).'s reply *as ten's, and cnnclueive. \
••Aw get out," he answered d.•.iriv.ly, ait4
wolfed the relit of the apple at a hitt.
Alm eyed .lakey contemptuously:
'''Ver dirty mean stiff," he 1 ttereal and
without any premonitory sign, shot out his left
leg, kicking Jakey in the shins, sued
islanti11ently Ned.
The neat day Jakey met him an
Nfailinem and, the }"lickce
of
..f thhee ntighM,rhxd,' "nickel
the deuce out'n him," and thus
was engendered a fecal, which
not only. was tho *vela] of all
MlfllismRt.,
hit robbed
St. Edmund's
t. her in his newt unctiout. tone., "The Sang -
bird .f M.I.41y Lane." but comported hinted(
so politely that the dime was Rocco's .n111ie,
spot. .
So Jakey 'became a herald angel and was
right in line for the Christmas tree and turkey
Binder. Everyleve ' g he woke the... ho... of
St. Edmmal's with a shrill and,jnhilent Yule -
We 4'mrol, and in the mmrniugs he utt•nd, in
teeny strident te1101. bang petitions in the
ten moo of his ancestors under the none G4.
kill, eye of his father:
Thleast slip or elision caplet down on his
l�ad s snnlding slap, all of which tended t.
1101)1ire i Jak.•y's-breast a deep Iove for reli-
giot\in ge eras, hi. father's in particular.
Ho decline}, thenefum,, to take any stork in
tho teliehin.,P. of Miss Taylor, but professed a
most si .'Sere t nverri.m and joined in the low•
1 .1.• Ni rutnbll , which in ali1444iot. fhap,ls,
does dntl,* a ayier in unison, with every
appearanco' 4 pi.•t '4
Rev.) wadelightvl but trembled at the
i11.%a of , h*t ke's father and his own mother '
wadi arty on d overing their change of faith.
Ho crtoel binned/ vigorously as be•.toles a
5.104 Protestant And even mutten'l thew
I Avco" and a 1, Pater nester" to ward elf the
evil day, for .lakey'e (other was no more artho-
,x in his way than itoevo'e mother was in here
he practically resided in St. Joseph's
Chu h and went to the room rented by her ,A O..
a oro
-.bushel I, to sleep and eat only.
Mrs. 'seiotta could tote s lined of timber recreant chit
that w.nit stagger a mule anli
d her hand was the whole ane
heavy, ud el an in ree
cartiun, potent for nerd''' was he'n
good. Riven 'nn
g1iwl with the aolleetilm of behind either /or f
it and thee, a there rea,lvod that St. • •
mecum them. Hence, dor coesertel
alldfe•eivu the gouda:
- Now, .Mr. .Feinberg haul a keen 1t•use of
business enterprise and Jakey' might well'.
asst. mu that the. end jurt IOW the 1111411111 Ilut
diaper diem any instinct for gain wall. the
41111111W &Mit n•mcu .4 the renegade which per-
vaded the whale Jewish malum and Jakey felt
thnat.if'Mr. Feinberg hearkened to -the Bendel
augtels it would be all up with him. --
Mulberry Bend. ho*ever, is a long way fr.•tn
the ewstunl terminus of Madison street and
Jrkey felt secure in the knowle.igu of 11ir
father's homorkeepiig habits. He never steyel
even as fur wet as thu %mei-yield M ulb,y rry
street, whech was as foreign to Mr. Feinberg
as Radius Bay.
But Jakey reckon}l with(tut his host.
Atte Cashman, after the eln•omlter in Madi-
son stmt, boasted a v.iydaluiget eye indeed.
The first day it war blue, but not of the blue-
torso of Jenny Taylor's. It was blue 111 the
"'inside, and chamelooulike, cbangel from day
to day in varying tints of brown and yellow,
till it art 1 1 belated natural appmramce•.
Abu cherished s deep-reatc.l resentment,
and ha had it in for Jakey. 11',•,,. he had
long ohlce punished off its a brief but very
spirited sleeting, wherein R.aco spat but a
front troths and waved his clenched fists in u
m..st "''pugilistic mrune•r.
Itt...k•Abe smite little tiulekt.ibring about
the affair, and indeed, he had male quite 111
.tf .rt to do s,, entailing ,ve•ral shadowing.
trips to Mulberry street,' whereat., at tach
instants., Rocco WW1 aecohq'aniet by sake)•.
It i, unnecessary to say that all II theme
expelitiens con.•{ideal by, Jakey and Rocca
entering St. Edmund's Chapel, while Alm.
foiled and en•atfal4•m, remain .11 outride and
-ultimately retunlel141 Medium nat.
On the Saturday fore Christen s, 1101.•1 1•r,
Abe stumbled spm r. Feinberg a the very
door of the ]Norfolk str t Synagogue,
It was a .141.41 eta rraxxing matter to
dioelenxe, involving as it did, a confension that
Abe hiimeelf had paistd`tti..n, if not paxsd,
the threshold of & Christia,Jt\\hap el, but at last
Mr. Feiilwrg was trade realize that his
own son Jakey.was that maxi abhorred of alt
things, a me44hu al, i. r., *1) 144.state.
Two comma were pertinent for Mr. Fein-
berg. Either he might mount Jokey as deal,
thrust him from his dams and utterly disown
him, or yank .his from out the herald angels'
into the i'treague, a prodigal and` repeutent
..,ii. He chow the latter.
• • '•. • a •
"Say, Jiek," Rocco. blurted mut an the fate-
ful Saturday flight. "What amu muddnr say
..alta uktla you here?"
The miserable Jakey paused.
•'1 ain't gat no madder,' he said, without
emuti.m.
"Mebbe you fielder, he may snnetings,"
R.eccu persisted.
"He'd kick do tripe out'n me," Jakey
mitten, this time with s feeling.
They were waiting for the presiding genius
of he hernia nitl,a to arrive. Her advent, it
seer en to Jakey, was a though the lights
were turiio d up, and all about her was the
elusive smell of violet toilet water, the g.rol
kind, no the stuff they retail on push carts.
To Jakey, this seas indeed the odor of sanctity
and he c •rtlel, "Hark, the Herald Angels
sing," with 1 the enthusiasm of a new banns
passion. N. that he knew it, but he was
emphatically convert, though no more a
Christian than OCC, was a I'r.,testant, but
the both of the were Jenny Taylieritos,
tin•tlind by turke
"1'eace on earth, Ferri will to all men,"
they bawled. Then M Feinberg's step emend-
ed in the vestibule, all at the last dying
cadence of the "Amen which followed, he
eutereel the Cltapel, -
LITTLE PETS
did ho utter, but clutching his
s shoulders, in the presence of
c bo.Iy, he spanked Jakey as
angel rpatlked before, or
nt matter.
• • •
Rfinunl'd tree 1 stripped of its gifts, and Christmas day came nd with it the tree
the turkey ratlike*,own with fragrant E ,ie- the turkey and the fragrant Episcopal coffee
C., coffee, he wadi., return Gr the •fal.iof bet 'Rocco dined at hon. at the leie.. ,I.
C,dllolici.m, ,iakey do as a might. r•eietance wean soup, after, the a1hion of Cala
in the meant' , Jake doubted that his brie,11ron5 $td
father would view the matte 'it thenrtmii light 'with garlic,
that he 4111. Hero won, gift. a Chriletuw., �
Gra,, g,.i11J &begging a el hl.k only thio •y
n.n4ilwtore a.4umptiom of .a hazy ligi.m, it.,I
Jhe `central
Srug Jtore
iq a new Dome
Cor. North St. and Square
In our newly fitted up
store we a in a better
position than ' any pre-
vious season t 1 show to
advantage ,our :elect
stock of Chris as
perfumery, Collet es-
ters, Sachets, Perfu e
jftomi3ers, fancy rol1e
Brushes, Ebony floods,
Brush and Shaving Sets,
)fanicures, .t(ana Jlflr-
✓ rors, etc., etc.
It will be a pleasure to
show yOd tour new story
and stock. whether you
purchase or not.
Doctors' prescriptions
carefully prepared. ;
"Always the best at Midi's"
Central j)rug Store
perfectly .Covely
is the exclamation heard on
every side from the ladies who
drop in to look at our display
of Christmas goods.
p/ctures
Our line of pretty pictures o• f
popular subjects excels. s
)✓Oveltletf
The newest 'goods,
Horn" sterling silver, jewell
bur, and Arabic plate in man
fancy and useful novelties.
China
Venetian glass,-Moriaga-
Japanese pebble,- Limoge-
in a variety of cups, saucers,
plates, etc., etc:
leather (foods
Portfolio collar and cuff cases,
writing sets, pocket books,
ladies' wristbags, music rolls,
in a large variety.
Fountain pens
What more suitable gift for :1
man than one of our beautiful
fountain pens ?
Smokers' Supplies
Pipes, pouches, cigar, cases,
pipe racks.
*aacy work Baskets, etc. -
Fancy work baskets; '
ather souvenir g..
m ificent display of the
hes grades of note paper.
.7galan floods
to 11('11(1 afar.
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Books
sly all popular\authors. Boy'
Own, Girl's Own, Chum.
Voting Canada.
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,Book Stor
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'oderich, `Ont.
for very little coin.
at 41.25 and 41.75
at 410,.50 for 47.50
" 810.00 •• 48.50
" 418.50 • • 41 .00
tlets $5.00 for 43.50
offs 45.00 48,50
43.75 for 42.50
especially such as we are
iets for 2c up. Special
or 10e. Others in pure
'he Rxcelda, a favorite,
`uttlers, some made up
in bows.
1, Hite }leaver overcome in
Boy's heavy. all -wool reef -
want one you know some
Pleas out all our clothing,
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rithout an abundance of
pure .fresh air In the
oven whatever is cooked
therein in distasteful and
unhealthy,
are specially suscep-
tible'to impurities while
being roasted -their rich
savor is "'retained only
when the ov
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berry hdwls, her s peons; R. Wallace eo Sons"1835" s y; Merridan Britannia hi iia Co,'a
ry poonft, butter knives•, pickle dishes, pickle forkl+s crumb tra�rvera in cases, huller dishes,
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