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CHRISTMAS CALL
11 h: had written to blue. "it will
• . '•m quite like old limes to
live you with us again at
Christuuae. It ,.emirs ruich
Mager Chau four years slues you wen•
[nye, hot 1 Int Kure (Wags will appear
quite ae usual to you. We wake no
chinge to our yearly program fur
Olarlatufaa. It is realty the children's
day, ea it wits ased you and 1 first
Herta It -together. (I hesitated when
1 weal to,wrile how many years ago.
11 muet`Ire elgtlleen 1 But 1 think fa-
ther and mother --and 1 --take quite as
(week interest to it as grown people'do
en Noe circus -quite for the chlldn'ri'r
.eke, of cowrie
"1 would ask you to (hotter tmtnedt-
ete•ly on yodr snivel Chnstuwa• eve,
bee if 1 dared to suggetet.the prewroce
Ili
an °Wavier there would be a hub-
bede mimeo; the towers that rule the
rlurse'ry eenI -at this aeswin-the en-
tire household. 1 simply darn not Ray
neeylhing wave that we should Tike ti)
--hirre-ytnr elate et A precisely, tiu that
we may have a little chat before, the►
-- sorriest of our other klie•ehe."
• Anti indeed •ea he walked up the ave-
lute"withhie loug prairie stride -Ch -chit -
man err• he was depressed to find
everything No little changed from the
night toter years Nonce. when he had
lett New York for the west to make
Over hi* We. in a new pattern of work
nod eiseferlrle•ele.
Ilcre was the familiar door and the
Md bronze doefrknoC wblch had once
bees os a level with him eyes. And the
old bailer, whom the Ste
h:td had
Mir' twenty years, t1pen a door to
lafw and i.......ered hie ng with a
M.peeUnI "Oood eventing, Mr. horn•
nide," giving him h1* Christian name
Ilk If he had called 0[117 the evenipg
before ' that the hall was hidden In a
- Mus ,i, of evergreen and holly, and the
- .,usthcbIbs glowed in their shade*
like huge, berries in the greenery. And
here be Ree111e11 suddenly -a stranger,
►Dewing nnw on the,_ MQ Christmas
spirit er'i whirl' hie absence hall mads
hint an alien. It bewildered him; tt
'saddened him.
Ile. entered "he frost drawing room
iand sae/11/3e tend of a skirt disappear
thn.tlgh the portieres whirh, bong he
tweet, that and the wood. drawing
meter behind It. Some one was placing
a (I,rtslulas wreath in the middle win-
d•w, a woman's figure. e. ile did not
know her. She menial to greet him
1,1111 an eager, "why. Burnside, 1 am
ea camel to see you!" and gimped his
!brown fingers with a warps clasp of a
white hand.
She waw not of that girlish fragility
which he had remembered. She was
the elder'slster of her old self, but In
the excitement and pleasure of wiring
him her voter and manner were those
of the girl whom he had loved --and loot
-four years before. He gm11rr1 .t her
,,s,aadlly. "flow you have grown" he
arid. ' N
hbe .retied her eyebrow, at him
"A rad you r abs laugher!. "Why, you're
am broad and brown an a moldier. 1
eb entdn't have known you. Yoe have
• changed""
"Have rr 170 PRught at ft eagerly.
lithe Raw flap trouble In his eyes.
"They'll all be delighted to see you
looking is well" --she avoided It -"no
big and Wrong."
ile saw the picture of himself which
.1011 carried 1[1 her memory of him, and
it pained him. fie had thought that
hie Iett.rttt wonld have told her.
Rhe held the wreath up to him. "1
Wig., pretending to hang it In the win-
dow," Rhe ronfenned, "so that I should
he the Arms to sew you. And 1 didn't
know 7011 when fon panned." •
Ile smiled again, and they sat down
'together. "flow ore they all?"
"As well as ever," she meld and' be -
ton. to tell him of them -bow the cbU•
Oro'. land !been growing; how her
mother wee aging. "And father," she
whispered. "is mo deaf. You mustn't
MOM Bea mini mD *0004.1.7 A lrr*A *Ona.
lel him see you notify it. It wan the
. last_ winter." As Or herself,
her life n;i* the old round. "I keep it
full r tide -with a groom. it Isn't es
folly RR when we used to ride togeth
er 11ot you -you moat tie n famous
nur.eman by fhb. timer
ite rememl/.retl thaw rldea What
e fool he had been to forfeit all Matt
"►'rS," he Raid vaguely. "What *n
ge 1 hive been awvyl"
lnii %%hal a Int' you hive Jaur," she
reminded 1111... "Yowl don't know how
prierd we have been of you. 1 weed to
reed yoir letters *114 Stewsrt'R rot to
Sather se soon ma they caeca." Ake
blot them. Rh. went over to the win -
dew to hang the wreath, with her hack
t.. Mm. "tie tined to watch for them
tinea. sit H.gee., u 1 did"
.,aro, you were all very good," ha
Mgfaed. It was usklad, 'hones, for her
' n+R 7 Rears Wogs whew mho meant
g by theca.
e 'Uri lee inset MS nice ctrhi eel
we aC" she asked In soother ivies,
Mailing lousily with the wreath.
lie ,,book his heed "Not that i re -
Member '.
"slow did you *pettd last Mil"-
1111111?"
rlst-
111a.7'
"la .e railroad trait[. 1 had to make
a trip to Frisco." Ile spoke a et
cdty. "I haven't had a real C
senor 1 went way. 1 telt like -1 don't
know what -when 1 saw the old hall."
She caught ser breath at his tune.
"Oh, did you?" she sald^aympatheticel-
ly. "We fixed It In the old way Just
for you -to make ft mein nice old
W4..." She had„eorne back to trim.
dietrtwwed by his manner. She looked
down at him helpless/4y.
"That was just It," he said "Noth-
ing has changed."
She guessed whet he had left nnlaid-
He needed eurouragement, ,-otasoia•
4.
moan are WAS Pwanto A ffargr)aV
watATi I1f Tart winnow.
[don. the assurance that his life Is
the west had cleaned the blot from his
c+ac'utcbeon. She begin to bogy- hereetf
-about the room, pinning sprigs of
Christmas green on the hangings "Do
you remember law we used to dor-
orate toBether?" she mated him.
"Do I?" tee said. "Dont Toa let UR;
servant» do It yet?"
"No," she laughed. "Tt'd spoil the
fun. I have to do it alone now."
"Oh, I beg your pardon," he apolo-
Razed, coming over to leer eagerly.
"Can 1 hetp your
"Well," she said, "if you haven't fee
gotten how" -
"Forgotten'" he exciaimed. "I re-
member the proper Ware for every ber-
ry."
•
"Get the holly, then," she orttered.
"We'll have to hurry. They'll he in on
tee to a few minutes"
lie brought the branches to her and
they went to work together, putting
twigs of It among the bric-a-brac and
la the vases, dr.,optng clusterm over
the tope of the pictures and twining
them in the chandeliers and electric
brackets. She saw Wm smile with
something of hie old boyishness and
was encouraged.
They stood In the -.sector of the room
at test mrdlooked around at tbetr
work. "1 have one .prig left," .he
said. "Where can I put lir
'There'. not a corner left," she Raid,
searching the waits with it most in -
torrent eye. Ole could see none eather-
"Why," abs exclaimed, "there'll the
old place over Me mantel-"
lie looked np at the carving. "T can't
reach It without a ladder, even yet."
She measured his height with a
glaze... "Stand on the arm Af a
chair."
"'With m7 weights he laughed
She smelled the alttmtion. "111 de it
if you'll steady—rhe chair."
Fie drew over n corpulent ch.fr of
miffed uphdatery, with *n arm as
broad Rs n cushioned window .rat.
She hopped Into the\*inple Rest of le
with a show of dainty slipper,. and put
her hand on the shoulder. "Yon will
have to calrh me 11 I fall," Rhe sinned
down on him.
Ile reached up and took her hand.
careful," he Reid and clneewt a
flrm grant) on tier fingers, whirh were
trembling dertplte her4elf.
She stepped up, ewnying, on the
erne, he held the chair with hla knee
and handed a .prig of holly to her.
Ile had forgotten the four years that
had plumed.
!the straightened op slowly, "Oh, I
can't," she said and fell hack to ham
'gals "rm afraid you can't hold
1111 "
Ile came around to the othe ,e of
her "Put your hand o e y shoal -
der," he eel it •. the way they
had done It - , and he longed for
the old tour " .n she stood np on
the arm the chair he put his arm
a e , er and held her there. She
cued the branch of holly Into tt»
place In the carving slowly and then
lowered her hand to his shoulder.
There were tears In lila eyes. Re
took her flngere end put them to his
lips. 'Thanks," he k*lil huskily.
sq. eft, pod down to him in it Rud•
den wave of we•akeene "Oh, Burn
Nide," *he whisperrl, "how -how 7011
frightened me!"
She WMR Rush . little thing In hitt
arms. The blond choked in his throat.
"'lave you forgiven one'!" lie poked
mnlck ty.
ller fiend gtote np, tremtdinz to tint
trey a touch of pity on hi, trr,,u n cheek
"IMrglve "an?" .he whispered. "1
forgate you the day you went away
and cried all night for you to cone
hack."
He gaged Into eyes that were ewlm
ming In tenderness. "Cod Mega yon,"
he enld to them-"desreat," to her
lips.
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The butler coughed in the hail- "The
ealsUetee has come. Mien Prances." he
nnnnnured
"Ring 1t In," .h1 cried "We'll hey.
ftnm1 on the chandelieer."
"Ands piece over the mantel," Rms.
*iris Rnggrated mlyly.
She looked at him with a RM•kregit
smile. --New bort Oomtmeselel Arlen
User,
I`HE SIGNAL : GOLERICH (NTATSIO
THE VETERAN'S
CHRISTMAS TALE
jNEYICIt think of Cbrl1unat+ but 1
think of the one 1 epent wheal ou
detached merrier down to VI:-
viola
lrgiola in '1:.. 1 was a captain
then, and, being ori special service, 1
happened to be temporarily attached
to the command of General 'Cox at
Gauley Bridge, Va. 1 was warmly
welcomed 'ea 1 arrived ou Christmas
eve and brought some letters to both
entrees and men, the first many of
them bad received 'for nine months
The command was the First Kentucky,
and a tine lot of fellows they were.
Captain Ralph Iluut invited me to
share lift tent. and us we sat smoking
'together after taps ire threw me a
letter, saying, "head Mat."
Dear Ra.pn-1 have sent you a turkey
and some 11x1ngs,and also, *erne new ton -
ere -wear, and 1 hope the nos w11) reach
you In Alm* for Christmas,
'That's etaugR4 he said, fur there
With a tut more in the letter, auti 1t
was signed Susie. "Dia hoz is under
wy bauk, end_ as you nee to-lemre to-
morrow night you are sure of n rood--
dinner
ooddinner anyhow." So we turned in,
and Christmas day dawned clear and
cold, and when it came time for din-
ner the captain's orderly bad dour
himself proud by cooking that turLey
in ace style.
"The pickets are driven In." said
.Captain Elaut as tie etooi in. the tent
opening with a turkey leg u. o',,• hared,
and the nest moment he was ordered
to take his cotnpanv, make a reconnot-
sancta and report the strengtb of the
enemy.
The country about (Maley brk1ge
was thickly covered with scrubby
a,+
'iiia PICC tti ARIA DtrYEN tet -
pine and cedar. Pushing through tbla
until be dl*ained a paettion son,.
+sandlinr the road by which the Con-
federatee rust advance, the captatn
halted UM men. 11. n few Ins
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h advance as scouts. then be and
1 and a corporal went forward about
twenty yards. Tbee.»ccutx, bewildered
by the tm4.rbetua ,.got into our rear,
tad. se eons as .wesbe-nrd men ad -arc-
ttrg'tn,our'fro t:Hunt at once said it
Iw.M't,'. uetxrtsvrltt -,i ere "That t.r-
finally won their regard. When asked
to give his parole he reffidiel. iii-yrae:'
4You fellows spoiled my Christmas
—Caner that 1 and ray &leads here
get back :,tel finisb it if ean. Yon
get Do parole from toe." _attelLthe
corporal gave our parole. be i-:aptain
"Dant was mad clear through. lie
- was ironed and. after marehlur with
....our. guard throne several towns at
And were thrown Into 'Abby. Wes'
never beard who ate oar Ctirtstare
turkey. -J. A. it- 112 itrooktyn Kagie:
try• isn't eeld yet, .and we'll edsb 1t
when we get back.-
lu pla•w of our scout% the adraur-
tul; putty e:,. the advance guard of
roofed**-ate•.111�Yt recogulaed theoltl-
c'er 011 rote .:old as Captain Iemkhbor-
kough. and '1,1- three Of um lumped to
, over. Poe Loughborough who was
iu ttdvane•.- cif ilei men. had caught
eight of Hunt, end, -with a_ vblley of
oaths, be cried:
."Corns out, you ---. Yankee, clad be
shot!" Ar be cried this he covered
Hunt's hiding place with a loos Mb-
tit
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117 6(t\ r,D1E.T,
sfsaippl rine and tired. Seal.
grabbed the corporal's
smooth her' musket Lord so male
had he acted that both shots rang oat
at the same instant. I was 1uokii
out at the whole thing through the
branches eta thick eednr, and the two
men were reit more than fifty yards
apart. The t7onttdernte "dropped ia
his harks' and never moved, and at
ogce a volley was pound into the cap-
tallies
apcarni bosh. bot not a bullet hit him.
Humes sen. supposing that the three
of us must have been k[lled. beat .a
retreat and made goad their escape.
and we were aurroonded and -ewp.
tura!- At arm[ the Confederates were
for wreaking vengeance on Hunt for
the death ora.fa wore° officer, but the
gallantry tie displayed and his per-
fect coolheee while to their power
The Christmas Story.
Oh, the belts. ./re hills and dei*, raelpae
warm fruep heart to Mout;
steer.- stroke the story tails, eavmweeme
proclaim! its part.
1icadu.g low with those-in.dousee.
Sternly chiding -those shout
To Mew hurt
04 the POW, Ire twos I tela. ta■usNNs
Nth the ltxe the* bear,
aoftty each (11. *5 wy"1a, aesar+14.'.'
,meq works to share.
farimag hearts tl at.have geowfwesea.
PlaadHfl with -tis- asat•aod.aW
-Mow Teak ,Assns.
THE FEllNES'CllR1STMAS
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Going to a Christmas Dinner
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Visit Froin the Doctor Next
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SANTA CMS OF THE WOOD,
NOC, as he comce- with clashing
bells.
Co children that art alae and good-
Chc tianta Claus that trims- the trete
Of Christmas In the wood;
Plot in a single night he loads
Che boughs wtth gift and cradle
here.
Rh, [10; to trim the forest tree
tie labors all the year
C11ts summer tarried while he hung
the bauble balle of silk and
sport
ilpon the bosom of the oak
And enter sycamore.
the autumn lingered while he wove
the ellrcr liberal and the Hose
Of gold and amber in the lap
And apron of the moss -
1
ur: rt.e.eW ter 9041) AND AYBirt
�r. wr. ught wtth sap and wind awd
rain
While summer suns were rich and
raw.
Chen strung his beads of crimson tire
'fbwt the fruited haw.
And. tendril tied. he hung the grape
from bough to bough --a left era-
for euros antics of the squirrel. '
thegymnast of the trees.
1518 Christmas carol is the hymn
Of whaler birds that Piet sad ,\
sing.
his goody -gifts the promised sweet-
Of maples in the spring,
l5ie ,tittle ark a fallen leaf -
Chat tipples down the crystal stab
Of sylvan brooks, his toy balloon
A snowflake In the mfr.
In every home somebody
ought to buy some body an
EDISON
PHONOGRAPH
for Christmas this year]
1'hc best ('hristInas present is some-
thing all can enjoy. All can and
do enjoy the Fc:icon Phonograph.
If every member of the family
would take the money he or she
expects to use to buy presents for
the other members of the family
and put it together, there will be
enough not only to buy' an Edison
Phonograph, but also a large sup -
ph' of Records.
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NOR marvel where The cbtentee place
Co use hie coming chance to
be -
CA( rogue -behold Men slipping down
An ancient hollow tree!
Oeccmbcr's gifts and gifts for 'ray
be ieaves; then ere he passes by
be begs a match from night and lights
the candles of the sky!
-Aloysius Coll in Ladies' World.
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