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CARRY W. REI! S.A.
CMATfi ACCOUNTANT
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Jthought, he was the:most
unlucky::: boy. that ever lived!
.1tverything aid to gowtong
with him, fife looked dark for :lib:•
right slow, .Jus# . at few
haulm ago his onCr aattotily glass
marble had tol "down ,the; drain!.
That Was not all. of:his- p.pblems.
fortes`, he wasasldvr tg with colds
He• should have !lad soo and
....undetelotbet to wear btit'be 41110t
`havee:a ny,- because_.-thrc was not
enough money tp buy. thein. His
father was out of work. Fc'anothe
thing, he;} was hungry lt Wat she'
hours since. lunch, and the biread,
and t titter' i.' had g906 cleats
downs theSeuth Fob. He trudged'
alongr-dte stets with his hands :in..
°his pockeet, .and he saw. other boys'
and girls going into beautiful homes
forsupper, and he knew he would
have to elinib the dusty; ::narrow •
stairs'.for a' ' e. bit of jam ' and
bread that he would' get.
He passed a toy shop window.;
with lights and full:. of everything •
that makes- toy'. :art
d and watched :other boys and
Marls coming out with brown paper
°paivels `tinder their sons.' He dug:
his ;hands deeper into hiss pocket
and fingered •his.penny onceain.
his very last>. cow.. He wished - hoe
could buy,something for ; his !Crude:
raster., •lying. at home so sick,
,' Something she would reallyr like. if
!ain't die unluckiestfeller that ever, •
--lived!", he said to himself �.
But the ' next • day his luck •
.changed..He was,walldng down the.
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sneer and •a well dressed. lady
"Stopped him.. "Is your nair+e.Jun
MacKay?", she N� asked. "Yes
mra'ami' sand Jim, ant";
wondering what was,going to hats
p "Well,".: Said . tin .lady,"+acro
have -your •nacre on a list .at out
•echu th, and we want you, to.oontne
to •a !special:°Christmas ta'eat next
week Ifere is a ticket fat you.- "Oh
,myl", Said Jimmie, not knowing
what
:the to say; "But what about
Jean * she's . my sister,, y'know,
she'll be better then, perhaps she '
Mighty come too." I'm afraid we
can only take cue frontach family
this ; time ` 'said the lady kindly.
"1Y'e will try to. take Joao, 'next.
ell that's:tidy that's:imd.,
said' ,lainself e( 'lady
*d. away. "Lucky fat.nro and
unlucky for poorwa
fig"a dso ,
cu.ld
let Soar g6,i niteatdt
looked at his ticket, it teed
"Admit b ;aEtrer " Bonnie MacKay
otriy~ ',Unlucky again!" murmured
Jim. So lint wont; to the treat. P'or
most of the time he forgot about his
troubles. Everything was so dif•
ferenr t, so vioniderfixl. lie, had never,
ever ;had .serf much to eat. After
mapper they 07,played games until
it was tat ate . the presents on they.
Christmas we to be given *Way..
Jim •could . nidly sit stilt as' .he j�`�`�,•, ��(' .yy.
watched Ole other Children go up in �T"�`�1A ni arm, .. 4
front of bun. had just allotted` a',• All the 'way hots.. ha thought
wonderful :tor ' ort about -the bad.luckhe had.. First,, he
1. the.:tree " Seane� JIB had wanted had lost his engine, and' mond,
all of h life:how did ha!tope, had been =at:bk. •the wholelope, how oo .ones Would tok, • crowd 'of . "W I`m not the
far' it uNuickiestfdlet" hebegan Monte
• At last 'µ after what seemed like felt the. doll "'oder his aria. At once
it Jug's:• ttmtit.• "Jimmy l thoughts' brighte�need - and he ,
y! c ed;,old thio Iardjl by Walked fasces . A. few minutes°later
the tree. •Jim •jumped uP, and: he bewas- up . in cute ,little':: -'dark
Could see -that,the. stud engine iia bedroom';.where Jean Jay sick aa;
s 1` there! •As be a ached .then bed. "f'm se .glad ,•you :have cane,".
lady, he `noticed .that a awas ,the saidJean. It's so lonely here,all by
*01Yone who had spoke to, hhnt on myself.. And what have you got ::
the street andgiven him •ohm' ticket there?": she asked sitting nip in bud
for the treats; Iaimediately�'a new Y and peering ,at''the dolk with. Seager
idea: entered his mads "And what ' eyes. •"Is that for me? ;Oh,°Jitruttie-
would you:like to'have Jimmie?", : you are a dear!" Jimmie forgot ail
asked thelady. "You'mayhave.any about his bad luck..A thrill of joy
.one thing: from the tree." Most of went .through :hirer as he - saw •his"'
all," he said looking -11P at the lacy, sister's delight.
"I would =Bite .the. red engine; but if ' Just then:there wets knock ;at the
you don't "iniad- I'll take that doll ••door. It was' the -lady: from the"
Over there."' Tears filled his eyes',as church: "What ---? began ' Jiannnie.
he said .it, but " hekept his fate: "rye came to say'hoty ram
stTaight. Somehow tiie lady seethed, that the children were so fd• to
to enders. and Without a word your this ,evening," interct>pted the
she. ,.-brought Jim. tha doll!. As he:lady "Tl ey . are sorry too, now J
went 'away she .sque ed"I is hand. told them why you chose the doll.
and: bending down, she• whisper And they asked me to Haig. you
"God bless you!" But. . the Other something for yourself. , it O.
children didn't understand at all:x Now I must ga, for: it is getting
Fora moment a riot broke out -as' as late.. Coed night!" `and she',was
who :sand ; yeller they ° told, • the ., gone. Jimmie and' then .
world that Jii n :.had clr�oseit a -doll. th . It was ilia
:Sonne.• of• the boys' led luta "Si _ ....... �'Theni ;,,pe � jig
•>•,ssy!" and 'others with.a. laaigh • atound,.Jeat's:• bed; ;ch a
uckling te
Arlene ycir,dErVV:
• G ade,
*A we anted', ,J qMashed. He
cOu '€: help it; malty be became
ep uncomfortable:that he put on Iiis <,.
cap and went, out with the doll'
",Im ire a boy ail doll!" Arc Ahlmsetf,' aiici ray "If I ran T > .
,the 1Ltrile Bnisi sai ' was ilio X1icki+st ,feller drew ever Iivedl
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Clans. I% it a hard person to. track
white that we know. His
down. because his identity seems. to longstandingname was . Saint
`change riot _country to counuyy* Nicholas. 1ei
s patterned after a 4th
Here, on the North American. century bishop' -who 'became well -
continent, people know hirci as known own - for his . friendship to.
Santa Claps. , He's a jolly, red. children. On the eve of St: Nicholas
checked, plump'' man with at fuu say, which is .bete nbe r 5. Saint.
white beard who: travels all over the Nicholas was said to reward. all
in a red, shut trimmed with ' children for their goodness.. He
white fur behind, the Mies of eight could. be reconnized by the long
l 0 �c r Santa Claus?
This week the Hex. a Deteective ; - Before -Christmas,"
Is . hot on the heels ofat jolly' old. "Santa Cerus" is a re�ively new
fellow we know in Canada asSanta / alias for beardtee Claps"
than with the
.
flying reindeer: If: you wilds man
flying across, the sky or coming
down a chimney adsChriatmasi Eve,
. reit.';ate# that he • only.
grind wishet and dreams trite:
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robe he were that:cnabledhim to
travel Wit place to place rummer ndy..
It, was the , -Dutch people
who
brought .'Saint Nichol t No
-Medd. Arid it was in North
god you if you an America holt he changed from Saint ;
-or a scurf on your soof,amy o . Nicholas to Saint Nick - to Santa
tithe of the year, either call your , : Claus eta occasionally Father
eye doctor or call the police.) .The Christmas or Pere Noel.
Santa Clans we. • know' and ,love. '
originated in the pens and minds of
.gating card artists of the late
1800's..10 fact, the modem day
Santa Claus owes his existence to
the author, Clement C. Moore, who
wrote the famous Chrisiinas poem,
"A Visit From Saint Nieholas" or as
it is better know "Twaas The Night