HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1913-12-25, Page 6w.
H Tatraom.ay, Dec j'Jj. Ally
4
THE 81G?'AG : GODERiOR ONTARIO
fly Miguel Zemacols.
No .., far as 1 know, has ever told, pierced boles Into the `.art of oaks just
how $tJoseph, a carpenter by (rade. as if it ea.: aw monk 1 inert
perform' lits hank a. n earywnrrr. Neer Nevertheless the visits et these little
pl
•erike\t h nue New Teat 4rwoaar
it .erms that h.• on. a eery .kitfnl ear -,i animals. treated with •o mark considera-
tion
ltrrsN .
lion by the two beings who Incarnated for
Him ell the' goodness and all the wingless
of the world. bad developed is the eldhl
Jew. ■ tutors' diq.ositiea for rherisiisg
the butatbip and the weak. He deism -
strafed a great affection for all animals
•.d sought 10 Mara Nemeth'sg of OMIT
imago. frown Ilia adopted fatdser, whom He
greatly emlernmeed by Iiia a enols
au ruses maraca m neater. and in his own wnv w:,. quite as
T ikaptr •ed in Nazareth, a little city of remarkable ns the Ite...d Virgin. '
I
Galilee, • tour time nous 11e 11:1.1 not his equal at sawing a joist.
'Ilse Itcs.r, Vsri:.e was 1.eae.fulty at pi••r.ur, a hula ..r at heating .to it
with two.. strokes of his hn.oswr sae of
ap:gniu[ soul nut far away from the ILunr nails yr Ions as n finger whkb curl
hent 1. whore St. J...et{L was comas -Wm: up as if with la ,glii, r when it is ,row or 1
tio.uiy plying his plane. . who wi.•I.1 the hammer.
11,1111r Jens binurli Walt do.og 11011•113X.Hot 11,e triumph of St. Joseph was bis
Itoe.'o. ura 11e hooked at the Messed Vir-
gin ..•ming. sometimes at St. Joseph
plenu•i, azul according as 11e was herr
or their 11e lunged to touch the distaff ori
the 7,4 an.
1ttie Ise did n••ither, for he rrcal:ed •
dn,.'de wii.adv.mture. [Icon. I1. bad leen
onside to r•,i.t the temptation. and Ila
1
bad se Levi Ili. another to let Him try to
s,iis 7 it to cues( w. easy. The I:r'...Pied
Virgin 1114 pi ..rl her distaff over to 11.
end in a few momenta there lud bean'
sicL a tangle of hemp apd thread au.l of
*pinto• f.at tl.i• child had anon blu.a-
ine' .-turned iii• distaff to Ilia mother.
T:,. '_[lard 1 irgin had e..n put every
cit{ io order *gala and centime.( her.
&Sherr. ,,ted labors. Alter that the 1'ttl.1
Jews. toad sever dared .to touch the div-,
tart, to.wyth 1!e was ,vmrio ed that things
•sold r• better the second time than the,
tiro, - i
lir idol contented Himself with wvtch•I
lot; 11c. titer spinning and n' spor•tacle.
w.,a 11 ou.•• more .•haruiiun and morestir-,
prisig .Fur w,,. one ever :.an spun ori
doss sur will r.:u like the 1:l.•eieI Virgin.(
and if any Due tells you of the 1u•rfectioi
with a bt• la tfr.eeu at.•rth;t s;.nti all you
h,..c to do is to slirttc your sbvulders.
l
{lith JurnmparaIl. trace 31311 r.l.ln•-,
the Itle.aeit Virgin took the thick and
Lttot4.J hemp. awl under tier c.•.y and •
skilful fingers thin culree hemp turuel
into titrod at ouc.• the thinnest and most Plat'ing'' This planing h:rl a touch id
idol tint .•c... was wenn, au prrlee• butt,. magic in it; it was fans,,(,. in the .uoutrv•
for et, ones, an 1 fur re•siating leewc- that! `ids, and it is probalyy },e.•ut+e of thio
Ilk to JO eialwrato marlines of uo.Jerltit1at painters always r.•pre..eut St. Joseph
days lace never 1x'cu able to turn out its in 11. act of planing.
Ostia 1.
•Souse say that some heavenly influence
and intervention rase to her aid god that
t cry well see by'Wein, one a facets the
glass windows that the surrounding coun-
try was white with snow.
le the large hearth spluttered a big
(mot at wood. lighted at one end, which
Huey pushed little by little toward the
centre as the loge were consumed.
"Does the wood suffer when it is sawn
and settee it Is burned?" asked the infant
Jess.
Mt. JoscyM bad sever put this question
to himself, and experienced • moment of
agony at the thought that bee, who was ao
kfad aid peaceable. knight be passing his
Me in martyrizing bits of wood; but, re-
membering that never 1.'411 his experience
Mod be over surprised even in the most
cruelly abused of joists the slightest sign
of revolt or para, be took -beset again.
"'The wood feels nothing." be affirmed.
Mal the authority with which be prof-
fered those words restored peace to his
conacie.ee.
A cricket .britled bee p the hearth.
"To make the caletet serinitft fa '
way," continued the child Jesus, 441ges't
you think that he is too warm? It wool I
be easy to put oat the fire with the
water front this pitcher."
"If he were too hot be would ran
away," remarked the Blessed Virgin.
"lir would not remain obstinately in the
name crevice of the atone. It seems to
me that the little cry he utters from time
to time is a situ of great comfort. What
think you. Joseph?"
"I think as you do, Mary, for after all
if he did not lore great heat, why do the
It.rtnnns call him gryllas, a name that
evidently comer from. the verb to grill?"
Tills etymological deduction, and • St.
Jos pit was the ,first to wonder how be
hail arrived at it, seemed to convince the
Build Jesus, but a alight cloud of sadness
still lingered in Ilis large eye' which
alarmed the Blessed Virgin.
"Whig t preoccupation are you bidinc
from lia?" she asked, drawing liitn to
her knees; "you are usually so ray ou
t Tn
Christmas Eve at the thought that so
A' -••11.o I. s 111311) little children like you will are run-
4 Mug as anon as they arc awake toward
711: chimney unit that at the sight of the
esp,•.toii toys they will fill the house with
their shouts of joy."
Tne chill Jesus Pouted His lips.
"Yes," He said with an iu,kseribable
Air of iunportance, :'1 ant It year alder
than I was last year, and owe year more
With • single stroke of his alinereap• ample. tisatwclien the cat pa..ee her pea than Mold iv something moratoria'. 1 an
straight and vary direct, w•it:,o.t .heck ,.r •uslerncath her ear .it is going to rain: 'ntt''h un,rc .mails(., and this t'hristmas
rebound, he misses( en a long head heron that .chew the •wallows flv high the 1 think mosso than 1 did the teat. %Whr•
the angry were pml.ably uu strangers to a magnificent ,nave•( sharing, e•1•'nl from soother•.ill be (sur: dist when crows fly Inst year the nr.iwals were not such area,
t,rtye left it it an skit orneu, and that he friend' of ntiuo; in fact. 1 hal never
the affair. Thal it very powsibM, but end to end in breadth •ltd thic.cnore; It t
knowing nothing shout it 1 seemedufin,1 was no easily shine that it seemed I"•li'au straw, her 1.,ioa k.•,•(•".1 her young. raretse.l any ezropt Rt. ]slur's lamb awl
self to stating, the fact and not ex ,laird easier than spinning- So one day when %Whets the child Jeans had exhnusr,vl the one old fri:•t.d Philistine, bort that 1
1 ,tntek up acgnair,tan•e with al! the ao;`,
Inc it. at. Joseph, his back turned, was warntinr's'ientif:e store St. Jusrph-mud it
What iu the bieJ.. t degree tmu,u•,i the lap the glue, little Jessie himself had tried' lo,.k Iluu nu Inn; tiro" to 0o ...-!Ir pd. anal,4 MOO anon(' to ire us flying ur 4...p1ust
Ir.•.s.•1 ilim..lf t.. Ilia in.ther. The 1 nnt,sorry."
cluld.Jreus via,. not u.er•ly to a+ is at 111, 111s bast to inaitut.• hind, but the Diane, hws' \Why sorry?"
mrt.rn,orplies. rf a hail of hemp twtr it henry (or 11in liitie hands, had apeedily1 t''%+•.I'5 11111 ku••a little more, but heal , Sorry for what''"
Isd.bi:. of thread. but to watch the dailystn.•(- in I know• not whet knot in the. kindly 'ieliucs and her tenderness nook, ,l,
snit -role to islncl His mother's task givewu'sl, and ha.l refnaed to move further
The' Infant Christ and " Philistine.;
For Sc. J....eph, the saintliest of men.
and the most 1 idn.trinus of carpenters.
vas little of a naturalist. Als,nt tile
Iwl.it. of anima:. lee hue. only what the
moot i; u..rai,1 knot.• by I,..,r'ay; for ex-
pve," mid the Blessed Virgin, "and the
angels must have time to fulfil the wishes
you make."
The child .leans was a model of good
I�havior and never waited to be raked
twice to go to bed. 11e undressed Himselfmodestly, fat on a white nightgown so
long that his feet tripped over it, and
made His way to His bed.
It was 8k. Joseph who had made the bed
on which Ile slept" It bad cost him a
great effort of the Imaglnatioa (because
be was a carpenter and not a worker in
eboay), but, evidently owing to supernat-
ural intervention, his tools had set to work
,with extraordinary ease. It needed noth-
Ing, even to the little columns which he
had carved to perfection without the
slightest apprenticeship to the work.
The child Jesus knelt by His bed, said
Hsu prayers and was tiles told by Ilia
mother to ask from God whatever Ile
wished for Ilia Christmas.
de
blot well ore asking•" gibe si
'T w�ap �Iz
yoaltrist-
mns wishes are always realised and you
must not make them lightly,` a
"Try to ask for something good or wase
fill, as you have dome before," added 8k.,
Joseph. "Last year you eked for the re-
covery of our old neighbor who was sick
and the year before that that I shoala
bare lots of work, so that you should leek
for nothing."
"I will ask for something a .. this
Cbristmu; " said the c'hlld Jesus, " as you
ate no longer in danger of suffering from
poverty and sine oar old neighbor has
grows twenty years younger. I know
what I am going to ask for."
IIe joined Ills hands together and add
with fervor :-
•,'My f''�od, si.ce this is Christmas night,
since all children will be happy to -morrow,
and all parents will rejoice in the happi-
ness of their
w children, since men every -
here are drinking, eating and gayly sing-
ing. grant also to the poor dumb animal.,
if you wish to give me joy, that they shall
have • merry Christmas. !laving aald
.that Ile kissed His mother and Ills
adopted father and turned satisfied and
'confident toward the side 1 tb. wall. Rt.
.loseph took the lamp and withdrew with
the Virgin to the next room, where they
'knelt down to pray together.
\s ,ono ns the little Jesus was in the
dark r!,r customary astronomical pbe-
rim. (either ba,kwnrt' or forward.
1lnrDimmedly would the Dimmed Virgin take The child Jesuit had very quickly
her distaff is hand and lake her place on dropped it and begun walking lin d
the doarateth than there (k. Mrd around 'town the .mop, ringing like a boy to whim
,'.
1,from ail sides a crowd of animate nothing in particular had happened.
selo.w• . inky' .Ian suns •pianiw[. 1 St. Jnecph had resumed the plane and
Prom the worm eaten ,+•,Iir,s e f for ,o4- h•sd immediately noticed something ve-
to[.- there first dew -ended s lot of ',rid •r.. • usual on the plank. Pointing to the gash
who horned lo. take thus'. re. a e. ou the Ise had sa:d:-
Ihr•.iwod, stone .with thin:. eight logs to . '-It was not 1 who did that.'
the lintel ate( curio/64esti-hod the "Ti,.,.•ii mend have been i," answered
Hoe oat of e ibfe., 1, ...lid a. a the , hnot Je.ce wbo knew how to lie,
ew:•Ir. •..d smile rsfi•hte •,f retaieiao and el:n ke.kel •t tht' knot as if Re moi
either it bee sr a mak.: whereas tree threw soarit fur Il,.. first time. 1
who-lothey themspool weires a..mist herr!, "It most Mare bees You. In fart," Rt.
•r•..d the h, .
struggles of a r • :rtme. Jo.,•�h hv.�r.tnrpw.la„reppiring the gija-
llhtjr�Irstb' eeeijt2• chief w ith /iAMdla`dttiollP 'of krs"bl'aol+. '
oeews.d tbst they hal rani 1 s --in' After Il .t the chil•1 her t never again
e•rd-r h, .also• w1s4 fro floc ,bay we anal.[ Inucla.'I 11... plan.. iie contented -,tel Ilimael
esM 11•. -trick 4 find rr.•1.• ' with watching the white and elastic shav-
f`rwe the send., «Leiter they dot:.. init. g• 'her (lined sipsar.l. and in event -
their r.g•.Lir comma -Hi tI"e. 4,, s..ne,l Mutt 'heir number. -
with ail tk..;wod ,•..e11.h 1.. list it twos., •Pipe, ileo seen little nets "' 11e world
the plass. of rrtuhti.ii, a,'nd 0er did nay hem m151011/.4 exclaimed the Blessed
n aturalist or psy.•hulnrist speak at nuc. Virgin and St. Joseph in concert.
movingly ■vid so eI.s ,,eutly of the lace ' i w•oald like the animal., alas, t.. hare ae animals?''
d mothers for their children. .ittlo
One day when the child Jetuus was in %hill.. l'htist
the questioning mood 11e said to the ' ler`'
•'itut thin([ .1 little, my darling. The ani•;
"llotber, you hare often told Me that l• rush d. not know [holt throve is n t'hriar-
the stable at iBethlehem i was bora be. mss, and that is better, became net all of
them by nny means have any r.ruwu
rejoice at Christmas, but ranch the con-
trary."
"How is that?"
"Why," continued 3r. J.ss.ph. "ynu know
Virgin : -
twee* as ox and an sea. What became rd
them both? I hole that the good clod did
n ot allow them to radon. the ordinary lot
of oxen and ■.a.. that the oz was eaten
in its youth and the las treated with blows
op to its old ogee^' •
"He comforted. my child. we employed
some a the gold which the Inas' brought
tat awe glitgr [bels te'yilikin a evireat) lrrrt4.
to purchase the oz ■ad the ass which
5
warta.d you with their breath is your/
good aid Inas, who make.. iso of it o•ee ml
year to plough his little field led who Ma
promised as to let it die of old age. The
flap . er.wd of raterp•Ilar•., whet. spare' Cry. adasienal}' aa. we kept ler ..rselrea. It i no other
/or [(sola "sun rebuilt • rsdls. to the Colo MI Jowe•ph, guar• rl .sant t.. Fig worklye your friend 1'hilistlr now evasion
.tw ttt.te ; i liiumise, woo= rim low. ••
01 eu•.-.n. 1s.!kw.w,w. were n.N 11w liar aoold f....• I.in or:l to "Meat hi. own roe. swrh sod who ,.turnsy ear Inv,, MM.::
t,• release (k••saaette. /rims t1"• er"nk. of l.' as w.• sur ru.wrlay. 1n•1 «ills
ltwr.I4ern trs•••a he yeller /a roses.• dud I' -.r,. kir. .• Oa.. who bore Mrs to Egypt .ad
Ar fnrrheirl bslMrl in sorer wood.) pooh “"
o twefitabl, looses in the art .d •pi•ei55. Mia great plane fo v mato e ey,e [• :.peal mfM,the
[cath ••( the wicked Il.rod."
"Light. wine -e , • •w little pinta." th.
i..y '1,...,1 .1 •-ry. rat n aiaati.yel:, . mskiar
Me stipple beam 4 we in lits lads s. 11.
MAI i1 et one end
Theo 111. e..ukl Tae to show this nrsMt-
sur in••ct• p11 1. a rue sod ovoid wake/ere of"ek.eiwea;•arp.'etrytoHh..*Mato
I\ Atli` Ibel Ile •b"nld tent stir Icsl 11. wre Abe world Piet oat to ilia that dee gold-
, One nary, sad. .i•tin: ',met! down to la evil. of 111. bele were intimately move
.fair doily t,'k ovoid do her h.wt'to sustain 'orad d1ty. •gal tie
Ler revs[.[.." •• • dirty, toiler, wont.' smote.- in 114 hair the t arrant
.%1 first q.wetiries of birds had winged ti, 613 limes.
th.ir way hlth.r w•!tb the Iat.sti..p ed
prattles by the -.im.. hr..kf..t sl) ant rhe roll. Jr^s was sot the may
reedy serval foe thy, but \Ivry, not wish- wNaow fu the 1.11..r. aa
as o n lea sd
/tag that th. latete1. .cnM r•xnt el haw- &S' J.•hail The Litter, M wM ass Iat
Um Filmed , *Moe r.i•t% w tIM .amply 1'irwia. bast AM fervent admirer' At thane
rift her eyes to the •,.. sea the meow"' "I' .elf 1 'e 1 a•1 ant beg". fletMted b Tb►
(shod birds wedN heaaerlyes rlm.alfert. Ir ire rhes• sedaseera ...tee Oe
t y lutpvewnlwnl 1.
6roarbra
Ayer this *der•
Omni with ..ally . r yi„� the tree .t•r•Jr tg fu IV t•• hat siva •a ia.apwsibi. joy .l the thought that gond Mm.."
clay mover dreier ' • • • ,.. , 'Mick the trees farina his se hew ns Not Wight almost all .i114re5 were Not len. wt.g «bat to saw►r to them
patbiwg little ge.. ' •tn ' tti.«.gl t1wws •'f was. rad WV.* N w. 115. heppe ksossee 11e. the i.15.t Joss. had word.. Ifs Vlrgte soil Rt. Jawph teak the
Nrssedrw wan *I '.yiwr • ' .•e1 pity. ".s.. vs.a•tlns tka. rsrb. I.. we amspr, Ase rs,a1. Ise tea vierla app.rtawit• to plvwte it saes lab the
[lace 1dir,M ewe- boldly n N..'.1 reaps of r frets, bdsv.•r., rook m.ew. Nod as Ilei. pans iMr ('1o•l•tmas Ere fwa making that was ...endue at Obi hear.
,d ekesd freer the one w.'• .tense 11141 nine sad seam bks, gravely .iI•i t11- very a.msmety approved to be en.t. "91s. Ala star hes jest erwsspd over the
1 1MMIwt • MOW w K t.. stag. 11h. ass /heir h•.s..., oohed m lee was ,.rue ase d Xevew+el.an it we. Ciel sof of the mtak*," said J
when the e1 i• - sees 11? .1 , r .caring der •s the pose wee4pd b way he • feel noose t'hriete ee w mead imagism.. if l Joseph. she 1d
gainiam u Wa, 11e aileld so Naw sus oteekes y grows t, pie eat et the wisdom. "It M
Whew at soak. thtsM r statittrT mist tOiAtrs wee racy rend owtiasrk ..d ley the IigSt Hasp for pie ti M to he/."
j111. _l.plri 1.1 woad way t1s sera• Ned tea, sewwlaf msrrd• .r tww4eg mase awe esusel "AR tbe more bemuse this 1e Chelrtmep
cradleThe oz we gave as a prt.et In a
When the eeild Jews was cited of devise
11.. mother wnrkier 11e wo bi f5 01es to
MY IG. *Amos' father at work •
Th. HI.' ..d %ir:'e woonld then silently
rein, out to the child Jevons the [myriads
the ^•oodirlg are to I ,. •0. •[omen leofi.dt.ty WI • brow
he eft ferre•7wibM t• the .l 'it the aw(►
Tersu,..n tittle Jesse *egg off to take(
1 sew vie.. of 1'Ailisfir with a enrle•ityli
1e hail never lwi.w..zp.rwo..•.d. Tidal of,
1 ' % tag N ..( 1,., r{es who hod mole the
Semmes t, Egret r:rs Cabal... Kaye. -
.•1e had shpt is the shade of the Pyre-
mid..d .b.. wasn't 11.e 'east bit e'asrelt-
el .boat it
Mathis, by tea fact that 1'idliatlr was
o taedl.g bad& the sager which Ile His-
ser ward a. a hne.e Woe!. 11. climbed eel
ro
The Horse Foresees a Horseless
Carriage.
The Rabbit's Drearn,
would awake, how give them • happy
Christmas otherwise than by giving them
an opportunity to satisfy their natural 1n -
dints: for example by placing the lamb
in the path of the wolf. the worm in the
Loath of the duck, the fly in the web of the
spider, the white worm in sight of the
nightingale, the green worm in reach of
the frog, and thus in due course with all
animals from the biggest to the 'woollen?
Was it l eces.ary, then, to hasten the time
that most arrive? To precipitate ioevita-
ble hecatombs? To cut short in some
As to the mosquitoes, they Lad never
bees able to put between what serve them
as teeth so many white and tender arms
filled with such appetizing blood.
The same joy reigned among the birds.
The little insect eaten dreamed that they
wanted neither for flies nor plant lice, tb•
grain lovers had never found themselves
a1 eco treat a feast, •o abundant were the
harvests, and those who sought fruits
were served to their utmost eapacier by a
short mod sudden gale that dislodged and
carried •way the terrifying scarecrow',
what
The O▪ x▪ 's
waa Still left them of life?
To speed
Yearly Task.
which premeuted them from pillaging the
herry tress on their rounds.
The birds of prey war- not forgotten.
-1 even to the .rre•ch owl with sur, u,el eyes,
the enjoyment of others? To create the
illegal, the absurd. the unjust? To ilea
tify, in fine, for once, the recalled late!
lectuals and the .o -called philosophers?
The good God could not do this even if
Be wished, since 11e waa the essence of
justice and reason.
Then what?
It was all very complicate.(, and for the
very reason. as I hare already- said, the
good God who bad never before been per-
plexed was very much so on that panic-
lular night!
'But little Jesus, who dept •onndly in
His bed had no concern with details of
this sort : it was Christman. His (7bri-t-
Imagi Ile had all the more right to the
!realization of Ili. wish ,because it was the
opposite of • selfish wish. He might
have demanded a pleasure for ilimself. a
toy to ammie Him, fine weather to let Ibis
take a walk. a fresh supply in the pantry
from which 11e might have profited. In-
stead of that He had interposed in favor
of a multitude of inferior beings appar-
ently disinherited who would not eien Ire!
grateful to flim for his sacrifice.
The good God was mnch embarrassed!
Rut with the good (mol emharraswment
does not last lona. He smile.' a moment
later And with Food menu, for ile had
found a way to satisfy at once the de-
msods of the child Jesus ■rad of the
gigantk urirerse.
To every animal on the globe, from the
microscopic inf,s,ria to the giant whale,
He sent a delightful dream carefully
adapted to it. tastes and its ■pp•tites. and
gra none wine forgotten from one end of
the globe to the other in the immeose
zoological scale. 1 e.. give you bet the
frebleat ides of this extraordinary db
tribn•lon of pleasures and gntifintlnwa
of all our .
The infu.orla .nddenly dreamed that
[bay ,seas swlmndag amid the greatest
•hmadawce of lire eatable. which bad ever
been known in tafowsrial memory; the
very little fish dreamed that the lefmsoeie
• :rneorAlieg Mead 111 s1eii
that they bee' bat to °pea wide Heir
month• to swallow •a many of then s.
they wanted. The hlg fhih dreamed that
the little ones suddenly lost their Isnal
agility awd that they lapped thews op
without say neessiy for any ezkausti.g
elms The sariee memstera saw the big
fish submit with nn•eeugMned rei.+sa-
tirn to heeome their tastronoatieal prey.
The wh•Iea .sally eluded the murders*
h.rp•..o. of the whalers, and the pretty
dnlpbins beheld the compassionate sailors
throw them from the .hips they were
following all sorts of delicacies. • • •
On earth everything was paslly foga*
best. The aniwal■ dreamed that • wilts
n epbyr welted the spew avid that • mieir
steady pr•rocto s epilog had replaced
rigorous winter. The kine. «bleb hang
from the hunches of teem melted Into
bemefle..t dew. Nature awoke sad the
fruit trios were covered with blastema
They Imaglood tb•maehas on.rdpg from
theta torpor .ad footle( the jay of living
at IS fullest Might.
The heedless grasshoppers dressed that
they bad as other provides them the sats:
the wasps dreawa, ►Nan .1d ofh.r so -
lepers of callzw dressed that aver bed
the )ages of hewers boom no .4mmdeat K
se fleetest; It task Hs et them to 'shamed
the t.ae.sw .1 a ily, .d they waw m1
wild whit delight .t tauter dellbw,teed a
nomenon took place. The big star which
Asa,' mark . -1 the time lie •hoeld to ID ilea*
by showing itself above the roof of the
meek hastened its course, and w fired
itself as to shine direr -try through the wIn. I
dew of the bedrooii,. Nor wend,' it stir'
noel morning. This stir w•• tb. guard.,
Man over the child irons.
tj I4 » dt••••. to readopt[ his side to lee
whether the familiar light welt NPR. be.•
estmeed spot, saw it. bade gond night
to It. Mid his blond curls upon the
lows •sd went to sleep with • .mile for
tlr. Engels.
11e slept without thinking that He
had eml..rasa.J t the «ho nevertheless
was not •rrwston,e.l to meet many .b
staeta. slung his p.th, namely lb* goo.(
('mal himself
The good kiss(. never fear. had for • long
time heard prayers of every sort daring
the rooms of 1►e eent,oriea he had listens!
to the erode r.fleetiom of self-styled in-
telle„•tD•ls, and the ehil ieh dlwmertatlms
of self-styled philnsophen. .ad 11e bad
seen ilimself reproached In all the lan-
guages and .11 the wrltmgs of the eaireree
with having • leek of method. of lock
od whdoas. of fare Ight la crating and
.irmenlaiag the world. ,.wt H. had never
.news •wythisg sate Idatg•wt pity for
thew crawling sad 11.14.4 iatelligenee•
whin resolved the stet eemp!1• .atoll . f
.ztre•hamao problems without Its. wise `
the why mad tbe where're,.
And wow • Intel• prays frets • eh;.1
embar'raa•ed Him. O. the ow, alae 1I
meld est do otherwise thaw g -5.t the
ebarmtng wish of HM beloved Ana, m the
other bawd hew sell he grant it wfth•nt
overturning the pelmo'dlal prImelplee .1
ereatl•a!
ie this parties of H. glebe it was sid-
eplate": o r•h*V et the Wins% reposed
la the hese .t the wales an the earth -
little barged eggs. we... or barn refuel -
des --or Wee slept as pri dl. •r Is wilier
g ms. Ills easy wet •awe• e1 [Ase
without heo'sldng a h.dwm.wt.l .d Its
mwtwMs lam ml/beet *MA the eshwggel
1.....sp egged here bar.. destroyed. .and
ores that tik world of WRNS
Ib bort sewed with • groat pals leaf DWI well ..stag\ to make • testiest of Christ-,
'pp.ar.s1 logos Ilia msolher is the fashion re use must peeps re . geed sapper for Its
N ubk•h twwtydt.e y..n tater Ike w me. «ficb N rancid a reveille.. sad 4.,
to aster J.rw.skm this purpose one most broil large [twee
yeaviwbih the sweeter menthe were as. task* • Moet or white broth. furnished
oonsiog tawny. the. mw. mitoses. mad the by vwey tet gases"
eve of Christmas was bard .t bead. The "Ito meek the worse," sighed Ilttk J
MHO Jess isl•5tiwtty •waited the se- "i regret that the scaly rasey of my birth
Mired etc w,.rl.rs ea wool, trio . r lav o ear .s•i rw•vrnar•e of tido dote. T.w 11. felt M ant a pretext for every see t• berg •
rots.
1. bellhrfA .n'1tb there was se amp
cry 5k. •%y year 1a w4lef the edge $
their whop had hass tame Masa se
eters silt. • ' �",�
The wild bowrb stns era met
NW is' WM UM
flat day over badly=ustllpgl
draw .t Ogees 1416 as rndi IMs.101/1,
•
who dreamed of a fine, clear night and of
an sbtm.lance of small game. '
The rauary birds, the buzzards, the bit-
terns, the geese anal the turkeys dreamed
'that they were cited as types of intelli-
lence, and the chickens, moistened by a
rainstornt, were delighted to tial them -
I selves motels of energy and courage. Tho
ostrich *rained that the fashion of wear•
Ing feathers in the bat had passed away
forever.
Among mammals each had the dream of
his choice. The mute dreamed that it had
the eyes of s lynx and that long gal-
leries opened out of themselves in the soft
earth. The mice dreamed that all the eats
were paralytics and the cats dreamed that
all the mice were afflicted with rheu-
matism.
The marmot dreamed that he did not
'wake even in spring; the hare that he
turn( against • terrible hunting dog and
strangled him; the sheep that he erased
to he herbivorous ■n.4 devoured a wolf;
the wolf that all the traps were eprnn[
and that he was accorded a special wel-
eroie into all the sheep folds; the deer
that hunting had fallen into desuetude and
the chamois that all the mountaineers had
fallen into precipices; the tiger that the
Murbaronw human custom of entering their
dens in the skins of ferocious animals
had ceased; the bears that the bee had
eowtracted the habit of storing its hooey
in their caverns; finally, the horse
dreamed that men had invented •e in-
grufoas meebanlelm whereby carriages
could propel themse•hes.
Thanks to these numberless dreams, oo
will adapted to the taste* of each and NIL
the entire animal kingdom paused a dell -
does Christens' Eva Little Jess also
passed • reeleklsg one bemuse dad Yalk
that is dresmlag He should have perfect
ewsBdewee that His wish had been real-
ised.
Aad still «hes H• awoke the ebIld
Mlle eerie abash/Mg addled • •
He bad indeed dressed [bat all the est
male had ptosed • joyous sight: hot now
eoald He be certain that this bad bees
tree snide of HI. dream/ What was
there M prove he Him that the good (Ind
had not had ristres te this little strate-
gies to anage
from His perplexity ?
He 4stermimod top oat and lee • • •
Quickly He dressed hitseeW. ram Sae the
courtyard, railed seas( Wm ail the do-
sa elk asims's--the five shop, the deer
mad its taws, the pig. the e4kJt.sa. the
torah the Meeks, and the p(geese-sad lei
them es toward the stable where Mills -
time was still .i..ping sad easefully
els.ed the deet.
Wade happ•..4 then/ newly would,
ever have hews it the Virgin end Int.
Jewpb had mot bad tb vaey natural
salty to peep betwoes two YI j.4.
phi
Hardy had they sem. We the stable.
IONS the ..N..b at 1eir tows mwtl on
assegai H_mmeiese is • scan(*d-. the.
little esu M [asst, the Nome wee be-
hind, sad, Sash. • a is igite ttdtnelw
each dissevei&Sg • mike trials Ile. theist,
related his dress to little Jess Whets It
ease to lhitlldltt'. tom he dmntib.4
with all the fealty 5f •Ise.Mak We
fed 4.i a 1.1d B•leses's as.
what swpssEllA1 lops be boa [averd ` e.
stmt d enrtfi` piwrM plesesi wiser*
with thistle./ Wks a1 1s11 woks alk«
Nab Rewe e.es.r tie Mme. lasing be -
este. Mme _ eillenar ssf�at . mMlrhe
H(((eir [111111>rW Maws/ ellteeeWrms
- Ill[► emr_ltrll. gib is Janne
wilt jrt. tigllnS d ales W
ell(! 0/41• , a -.his,.,'