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Christmas
Fare
HOLIDAY CAKES.
car:zo quantay Ca(?'11.
Ifidtcn;',1,Ai. 3 oc4i9z eajuCI
namori,a Uni t eu1-1 tipe'4
CilOrfeed ra'sJ.,i,i1S,I level !uEmu scAcl,
(.I?::291-efi in wc.ti,r, ctah ilo.,L",r Iamahe
a drop IDattet'. rkito Glaallow pan
and cvli.cla ecc.)1 el, iaIa ria Ian vifl4
awl dcoorata
walZ2Utg ae
SWEETS.
Ralf the fun of Clue/Amos lice in mak-
ing candy for the wee folks. Never get
the idea that it is cheaper to buy candy,
for it le not. The pure candiee are ex-
pensive, but the theap ones more so.
Injuriotie dyes, cheep sugar and adul-
terated materials ge to make up the
highly -colored theap candies many
people buy under the impression that
they are saving money. Better deny
your children candy always than to buy
impure trash, -
Taffy.—Plain taffy * easy to begin on
and all children delight to pull it. Take,
two cups molasses and one of sugar
with enough hot water (about half a
cupto melt the sugar. - Add a lump of --Weenier MoctotesesTeieedsee inexpensive
butter the site of a walnutand a table- but toothsome. To X cup butter, add 1
spoon of 'vinegar. Cook withoue stir- cup sugar, ed, cup strong liquid coffee,
ring till it threads,andpour on buttered 1% cups flour, 23d, teaspoons baking _
pans to cool. When cool enough to powder, whites ola3 eggs, stiffly beaten,
handle pull WI white and shining. '34', cup walnut omeats cut In halves.
Peppermint Drops. — Cook without Cream butter, add sugar, beat well,
• stirring till it threads 2 cups granulated Add coffee, then the dry ingredients
sugtot and 1 cup hot water. When dohe sifted together, Beat, add the nuts and
beat till thick and stiff. While still soft lastly fold In the egg whites Bake in
and hot flavor with a few drope of es- ,a loaf and frost with.. confectioners
settee of peppermint, and beat again till icing. Take 2 tablespoons sweet cream
stiff. Drop en mall heaps on buttered to. which add etinfectionces- sugar to
miser or pour into a buttel'ed paneabout make of the right consistency to 'epread.
Add g teaspoon each .of lemon and.
vanillaextract."' .
Penoche .Cake with Nut filling.—This
Is a prize recipe, Take 1 cup sugar,
cup butter, ee cup milk, whites of 3
eggs, 2 cups sifted flour, sifted again
• Fig Loaf Cahe.----1303t Ss', cup butter to
a cream. Gradually beat in 1 cup sugar,
then, alternately, 3e cup milk and 2
cups elEted flour, sifted again with 3
level teaspoOns baking powder. Flavor
with 1. teaspoon vanilla extract and
beat in whites of 3 eggs, beaten dry.
Have ready between S;,S and S4 la choice
figs, such as have a terider silky skin.
Cut each in 2 or 3 pieces, dropping
them here and there in the mixture as
It , re added to the pan. Bake about 40
minutes. When cool, invert the loaf,
and cover 'with a boiling icing made of
ees cup sugar and X cep.. water .boiled
till it threads, then pour inea thin
stream over the stiffly . beaten white of
an egg, stirring constantly.
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half an inch deep. If the pan is used,
Out in inch squares when hard enough
to keep their shape. "And as the week's notice is up to -
Nut Dainties.—Boil together till it day, Miss Thornicroft, you'll please to
threads 1 cup sugar with just enough go CtS soon as possible." •
, hot water to dissolve it. When it is, a
„,, Clarice Thornicroft looked up into the
" tined syrup add very slowly. y, pt hot with 1% teaspoons baking Powder, hard face of her • landlady.
milk and a small lump of butter. Stir* Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla and bake in "It'se--it's Christmas Eve, Mrs. Jeff -
all the tithe until it gets sugary after the 2 layers. For the nut filling take 2 cups riee," she faltered appealingly, "
mille is added, and then lake from the brown sugar, %, cup istablespoonl 'That's just why. } want the room. I've
fire and beet till quite- thick. Add 1 pt bungle Boll togeeher digit it thialtexcedi some friedds coming. to spend Christ -
nut with you, kernels, either walnut or hickory. then add '1 cup chopped • 'hickory d' Or trno8x0 nidletintee.1„..Y.ellelouonolwteakraecYosuixr.
• it threads 1 cup granulated engin. with stove and stir until creamy,, then spread dweeks'
enough hot water to melt it and ee lea. between layers of cake and on top, de-' "But I hope to get something to do
spoon cream of tartar. When it threads corating with halvee of nut meats. I directly after Christmas, and then I
. have ready Your large pan of popcorn cornstarch Cake.— To 1 cep nutter! shall pay 'You. Do give Me one week
and a Pan of very cold water. Get add ' 2 oups sugar, 1 cep milk, 1 eup more. X don't know where to go or what
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someone to pour a tiny stream of syrup ccirnstarch 2 cups fkur, 4y teaspoons fe de•fl •
, , , 2 14 •
boilings hot on the corn and loss it
lightly till is coated. It is beet not to
attempt more than two or three balls at
a time as it quickly harclene. Dip the
hands lightly into the cold water, shak-
ing off the extra -drops, and form the
.balls as seen. as possible. A very little
practice will enable you to keep from
burning your hgnds' and wetsdng th
syrup. • .
' With' Honey.—One pt white sugar and
enough het water to melt .it. Add 4
largo tablespoons of strained honey and
bail till it becomes brittle in cold water.
• Pull when cool .enough •
u Weld rudely retorted the woman,
baking powder, whites of 5 eggs, %, "You must have friends to go to, and
teaspoon -almond extrect. Follow recipe' believe you have plenty of Money to
for mixing Walnut. Mocha cake. This pay rue with; -look at that good coat and
makes 2 nice loaves. Bake en corn-
starch cake mixture in a dripping pan.' skirt's and that grand hat. *Why don't,
you pawn them and pay your debts?"
%Cvuathceronses_hSveisue.theSbpreenaerld bieeitnwgeerneeflpaeyetres
"Because I must keep some good
which have been added 8 soft prunes' enif° anytliekill nid . a mWhothwoope61 df °ern engage ;let 'ima lei o
stoned Ond out in pieces and X 'cupi.
almonds blanched and eta in d piedesd J looked shabby? But there are still
some things In my -.box. Take them, and
first reserving enough plain boiled icing
let ma, etay .one -week loriger,"
for top of the cake. Deeorate the top
e But ,the landlad3r was adamant. Cla
with blanched ndeats.
re
. . Joe must' go, arid. go at once.
-.----4,--.--, . The .ehort winter's day was drawing
' ',-. -- to 4 close.It was' dark, and' ntensely
CHR1STM4s. MINCE MEAT, 's
, cold. Afew'snowitakes drifted into the i
.,cAltEs ANI) c Omits. Two Excetient .ne—cipes, one' with and girl's face as she went out, tightly grasp- t
rag the little handbag cOntainixeg the a
. cinnamon Jumbles:' ,, Cream together the Oilier Without Meat' ' few erticles Mrs.. Jeffries had allowed
1 cup eofe butter and 2 -cups brotvn su- ' - . her to take. She was snide unable to a
ger. Add a well -beaten eggs; When '"Unr6' is a recipe that: has always given fOr'in any Plan, and walked aimlessly c
well Mixed Stir in enough flour to ,etle. satisfaction, and on account of thet. on fora long lime, until She was nearly
4en, having soft as possible to roll. Cut materials used need not be. made so knocked over by a man who ran down e
early, as it does not require so long a'
into desired shape, sprinkle over with the steps of a large handsome house, g
time to ripen unless one desires a still
• granu/ated sugar and cinnamon, cinnam", aud richer mixture: Telco a large beef,A.
which .she was just passing. ,With a has -
bake in °a quick oven, ' y apology he steadied .her, and then,
tongue—if dried, soak it over, night in ,
1,Attle Gem --To 3 cups flour add % ti' ' a : lei ace-, a ex -
teaspoon salts 2 teaspoons sugary, e f plenty of cold water, then in the morn-' claimed joyously; ncenetoete is it realty
7 II' mg put -Over the 'fire in a -large bolter addleo . , ..
baking powder, 2 eggs,„ 1 pt .eream. well Oiled with*. cold ,.,:yiator,- * Let . thelt Roe Was a tall, very distinguished -
Flavor with extract of cinnamon or. 2 water, gradually mane to boffins, dont looting . ,. , •
teaspoons. ground cinnamon. ''''' Mix hit° and at the first boil Pour the water off, i theastaelie and defica,iely , chiselled tett,
man, ' with white hair and.
a lirna batter, and bake In buttered muf-
fin iings, . - . •• - and replace- With fresh cold water; let! taros. ,
this gradually* heat to boiling pcdnt, , ,.•„ ,
' Fig Cake.—Cream together 1% cups My name Is Clarice, the gill .answer -
then let it- boil steadily but gently for guger and . y cep butter. Acid 1 cep
2 edi "but--but---I don't know you.”
aneltdur,, At the end of that time put '41 have change,d, no doul4t,, but you
milk and, when aimed the 'weli-beaten in three' °minds of lean beef from seek are just the same. I- knew- You at once,
yolks ofe 3 eggs, thdo' enough to of round If the soave weighs more Hosy tortutuate tha.t -I should meet you
' form a. good batter, Lastly fold in the ,,than Olive pounds take same quantity]
beaten whites: of the eggs. Flavor With, jest aseI was going out! Come in, Char-
addbeele,. Add a tablespoonful of salt . . ,
-orange. Stew top finely chopped flee, end let it boil gently for three hours' ' c°n1e In' '• . ..
Utterly bewildered, Clarice accompani-
teaspoon lemon 'juice and 2 table- 'longer, keeping covered, Then remove, ea hen. into the house. After all, he
spoons white icing, spread betwedll• the from the fire, take out the tongue and; might, be some friend of her traced
cake, using 'Plain white icing for the skin it- and then return to the liquor in who had known her as "ri child; he WAS
' outside. s. ' . the boiler and let -both tongue ,and beef
. Fruit and Nut Cookies. — Two-thirds boot in the water ill which pldisputably a gentleman; unmistalcals-
theY were, 1, Sane, and ifevidently well over shay;
cup sweet- Intik, 2 cups- granulated auger, boiled.. When .per-eol&,remove the' Besides, .ahe estas- eeedandr.tsenh mystery
chopped raisins and figs, 1 cup chepPed trim off /tit skin and gristle and chop ply I cup 'butter, 1 egg l'3 Onpa flour, 1 cuP fat 'froth' lienor, take' outtie nieat aril end tinxiety that Itetwas easier' to co "
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e,a,..aseeded. seesen tee tat e,.! eee enned astnee tee teat pee eit, my' dadehtere
tardeee, weil b..%e ewe,'
‘ti t e•rick tt‘ teet
Itesietete-, "Melte e, 1144 .11- yesterday, Xit,
Clavir(;e flz.':F2cd r,:cp:act, v.kis'
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L'Ilrit7 V.:2;1K) ycr. n.(31,",wiiht c;n fel- a Y14,i,:ro, filag,iiV, aria
:A0.11,131;' V'0 inqalcvt tcup, ▪ to44cd (.6.1w yi..„4 to tiJ:1Jii, HAI
6u ore ffuy Onole",9 5ci 34114.' (h:zi.j.,i'Llcir„ VA I urn uct, 1 ON
C3cin',c,1 Cif) V-4,43 ThGrn:'eLft„
tease' ilesITA • AtiTy2 FC11.1, C -r.1 -107.3S 00.
an ten'er and Af.ieii2av_?() raig/fi'il r;gy riara-lo treny4
her eyes those .aniinsicd cusie I an net rolti
n e hay.
"Very simply. Clatleo rfaul ha at lrac,t
• feuiteen years your .etendsie 1,,larvao.m
EtS-liF.3 your reeemelanee hee, the tin
stent I saw you. I knew you to be on
impoeter."
Clarice gave a little kvy.
"Yes, am; but, oh! not willingly. Let I father? In fact, you miebt woreo,
yo7e-' de -teener at an." ,
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Hee vete) 1,3.7T3i0, C1(1 kl,C IV.;ric'ii.4
,wceping 'from the rer.ma. • ' -
vrhoro was a*iioz-,'1 silence.
' "Poor little i$Guti" c7.aid Mrs.. Mountford,
"she ita5 eon() to pad:, 1 euppeee, but
you won't let her go toneined, will you,n
me explain, hew it came Acme !naval than adopt her. You (night to have ee
woman about you new., end 1 can't.
stay. I W01.114.111°t for worlds. Mounted
ford is a good fellow, end. we're very"
happy. You knew elle now, don't yond
I am epot adventuress. I have al-
' ways lived in the country with tny fa-
ther, quite alone, for I am an only child,
end my mother died at my birth. Ile
died suddenly three- months ago, and I father?
°they told me he had been speculating The old man held out ids bands to
and bad lost everything. So I came to her.
London to earn n-iy living. "Yes, _C:lariee, I _Itnow you now And, -
----
"1 had t'ell ti'iliCd for nOilii-nlie'liq You are 'rigid: You would not fie 'hap- -'
1
'understand," went on the soft, pathetic py here, and that little girl has 1 be -
lotted delightfully cosy in the Wench)
firelight, and thee contrast between lt
and the cold, dreary streets from which
she bad come drew a little sigh of plea-,
sure from the girl. The blinds were!
1
drawn, the lights turned on, and pre- .
sently Clarice had slipped into a .warm
wrapper and was feasting on tea and
delicious hot cakes by. the fire, The
,. It els in laying ou toile
necessaries and bringing from the ward
robe evening gowns for .her mistress I
choose from.
"The right Clarice has obviously eel)
voice. "I was just a carefully educated lieve, a claim on my love end prefectin
g domesticatedgirl, brough up, to lead A
sheltered, life in my fa.ther's house. Still,
I was ready to do anything, and I ad-
verlised and paid fees to agents till my
money,was all gon , and yesterday my
ygt,
landlady turned x out." ,
Arthur uttered -smothered eeclama-
lion.
"Ohl I can't blame her. I owe her
care. You remember, Arthur, that
once told you I had loved a cousin of
my own, Gertrude Denycourt, and hadl
asked her to be my second vstife. Sir'
refused me for another man, Lea
Thornieroft, of St. Mary's Ford, and
that child has a. right to her Derneour
fate and name, for she is Gertrude
Deynoourds daughter. Go, Clarke, and
t isix weeks' rent, and -she has her living bring ber down to 'nee',
- to make, too. I wandered about till f But Clarice Thornieroft was gone.
o found myself opposite Ms house, and .111 soon overtake here, -exclaimed),
. Sir Everard, came out. He called nie byi
Arthur, starting to his feg as his cone
on her luggage in advance," muse
Glarice, as she signified her intentio
to descend to dinner in , an exquisit
creation of foamy white,' "and what wit
happen when she finds a total strange
Wearing her gowns—and jewels"—as th
meld'onehed a jewel -case for her inspec
tion—"I shudder to contemplate."
The gown fitted to 'perfection, and th
pearls she selected became her admit
ably. She was a vision of beauty when
she once more, joined her host. Ther
was someone with him, a, young man
of about thirty or more. °
"You. will not remember your .cousin
Clarke," said Sir Everard. "He has al..'
tered. ver ch sine left us. Yet
—he is of your own age." He glanced
dubiously from- the girl to the young
man, and an expression of perplexity
crossed his brow. "Yes, Arthur Is just
your age," he repeated slowly,
„4„`My cousin wears remarkably welled
pleserved the young man, with ,a bitter-
ly sarcastic smile, and just then dinner
was announced. • •
"You shall et opdosite -your portrait,
Clarice," said the old mteo, pointing to
the full-length portrait of a- girl, which
almost startled Clarice, was ..so like
herself. She might have been looking
rite a mirror. It was a beautiful pie.
utten-a. little taughing face, all dimples
rid rose -bloom, starry grey eyes, a Cu-
pid's •bdw of a mouth, ripe for , mirth
nd kisses, a dainty. head of nut -brown
urls. .e •
"The slikeness is marvellous," remark -
:T Arthur, standing' for a. moment to
aze from the painting to the girl before
taking his seat, and as he sat. down,
facing her, his eyes "met those of -Clar-
ice with an expression that told her he
knew her to be an imposter. But he
said nothing more, and a mad eeeldess-
nes..s'etook -possession of her. e'et the
future take care of itself; she wou:el en-
joy the present. .
Weeks of living in miserable lodgings
t my name, which is realey Clarice, and
sin returned with the nee . "Slid carili
Nor hed she. After a short search*
he found her standing leaping againett
the park railings, her white face turnel
lip to the stars. It had ceased snowing
end' was intensely cold. Arthur's hear
contracted with a sudden pang as h
saw the utter despair in the small wark;
made me come in Just- t first I thought have gone tar."
n he might be some friend of father's
a whom I had forgotten, and when I saw
1 it was a mistake I hadn't the courage
✓ te undeceive him and go out into the
cruel streets again. I know I've been
- very wicked, and ill tell Sir Everard
'whom I am as seen r see him. Obi
e do you think he'll seed me to prison?"
- "Nonsense!" cried Arthur. "Of course
not. You. haventedone anything wrong. started with a little piteous cry, he too
e .1 believe •everv word you say;' ahd iti her tenderly into his arms. "Little girl,
you leave 'things to me, I'll find the best P• bane come to take you home again.
lime to 'set things right with my uncle... you have a right there' ' And as Eh
, ,And Dow, as I see you really -know no- with grey eyes looked the question th . •
ei
"detr;
face,
"Clarice," he said gently, and, as sh
thing about our affairs, I'll tell YOU pale lips could not speak, he hurriedly
'about* my. cousin Clarice. She'.and I exaltrined. nose,. little one, coma
had a „great wish that when we grew
were brought up together, and,nly uncle home; come home, 'cousin Clarice," be;
urged—dad she yielded. '
up we should marry._ But it wouldn't
do, , Clarice was a kind-hearted, good-
hummtedegirl, but she had no mind, and
her teetes were hopelessly common.
"When she eloped with her groom
was not in the least surprised, for I
knew her love of low society, and, that
she had found her fitting mate. We
I heard nothing of her for years,. until, a
1 few weeks ago, my o uncle had e letter
I
from her announcing hen widowhood
„ and her inteption of spending, Christ-
mas deithnhim. uncle is perfectly
sane, • remember, but his daughterte
elopmentehad,nearly killed him: he had
been ill for Months after id tells more in brown paper. wrappers is
al. •
ler bad a tremenZlous effect en bim, and'
almonds," 2 teaspoons baking. eiowder, s cra than o resist, e
111*w• ‘nemeve ell end rhembrellie led her into an inner hell. and sent a
' Innen of salt, 'a little ground -cinnamon ttrfeM the three pounds ef fresh heel .foottnari for 11SO housekeeper.
and nutmeg. •Drop on floured tins and seet and "chop fine, adding it to the ' s
bake quickly. • , ‘`i•leree 18 MSS' teehee," he said at an
beef end tongue, Next add • four pounds
Coeoarnit Delighte.—Beat together s of chopped lad apples,. weig.ted, after, imposing personage appeared.. di told
on each of butter and sugar, add 3 (hey are pared an .enred; four pounds Y-e4tzerietah,at expected her""
eggs and beat again, add 2 ozs flour, 5 'of large raieins, seded and cut •in halt Sir Everard."
drops orange extract and 4 ; had your letter, Clarice, telling me
02s grated two pounds *of picked, ,washed and,
cocoanut,. 'Beat, well and havd ready dried currants, one pound of shredded I me, and and you will find that Mrs. Ellis
you would spend Christmas with
. buttered tins and on these turn the mix- citron, quarter of a pound each of has made all preparations for.,your.com-
hire in strips about 5 inches long. Bake. .eraege,and lemon peel, shredded; one fort. Take Miss Clarice to her rOorn,
30 minutes in a moderate oven. When pound of 'sweet 'and two ounces of hit-
Mre. Ellis, and have her maid sent* to
roel dust with pulverized sugar. ter almonds, ahelled. before. weighing;
Spice CaOkies.—Ono bulter, 1% blanch and chop fine. Also, add .t.he
Sin Everard," rejoined the house-
dneups brown sugar,. 2 eggss 1 cup cur- thin grated ,yellow rind and the Jule° keeper, and Clarke followed her like one
, rents' 1 large tablespoodemolaeees, 1. of four oranges and four lemons. Sweet-
,
in a dream. It Was - now obvious that
teaspeon soda, Cloves, cinnamon and en With four pounds of soft white sugar; .there was a tnistalce, but Clarke felt
nutmeg to taste; 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 'odd two level tablespoonfuls of salt a
,poweidese to ad. it right, Perheps the
suffielent.flotite to refit level teaspoonful••eaoh of neliper, grinned
Nut Drop Cakes,—, Cream together 2- cloves, allspice, eintiamohe Mote: 'and ,righte*'Claride might not turn tip. till next
day, and meanwhile' her deputy would
• tablespoons butter and g cup sugar. two medium-sized nutmegs grated, ,Moi- 'have ;ia night's shelter.
Add 1 well -beaten egg, 2 tablespoons sten the whole with a part of grape The room Into which she was shown
milk, . pinali salt, 1 teaspocla baiting juice to make it of proper eonsistency,
powder and 1 cup !leer. Stir 4n I cup Mix thoroughly adding more sugar, sea -
chopped nutel • drop on well -buttered sorting and spices if taste requires, but
pans from small spoon and bake he carefal that, no, taste predominates.
quickly. Let it stand at leaSt twenty-four hours'
Almond Wafers. --Chop 1 cup cold before using. This mince, meat, will
• butter into 2 oups flour, add 1 teaspoon keep all wihter, well covered and in a
baking powder, % teaspoon salt arid cool place. Watch and add more ap-
tau* quantity of paprika. When fine pies if it, becomes too dry.
a -like meal wet, into soft dough with ice Mincemeat Without Meat. -- Five
water. Boll le: Inch .thick, spread ten pounds of chopped apples,' one and, a -
blanched arid/ browned aleiende, press half pounds chopped sweet, one and
• with rolling pin, mit into strips and half pounds or currants, wasted, dried
bate, and picked oVer; onedind-One-balf pounds
MOI*Ile DAINTIES. needed raisins, three ,pounds brown sin
Cliocolate Puffs. --Stir 1 cup flour into gar. eine pound ,citron cut thin; the
1 tun water and et; cup butter, boiling prated rind, juice and pulp Of, one or -
ovoid". nenioeo from are, heat in ange; the grated rind and juice of two
tlz, melted chocolate and one at a time, lemenst ene'half "nee eimamehl
half ounce of cloves, ill 'H and lbaeCt
3 eggs. Bake by dropping a spoonful at
time about 3 Inches apart on greased '11:1txc'd't Ono ounce . salt; AW0 nidniegs
pads; mod for 30 minutes. when cow terdled. Chop all the friths and euet
thoreughly, Mix well with telgar, Salt
tut a tilt In the top and put into each,
1. 'a large spoon' clievelete cuelerd, Sprig-
Ide erer illierdy with powdered sager.
DEPENDS.
e'lrange Cookies. --rine. cup sugrar,
elm butter, teaspoon baking powder, 4 Mother ----"Well, Johnnie, what'are YOU
Oro, well beaten, grated rind of t3 going to vivo, your teaeher ley a cheiet-
eisingee, e 8etint, cups pastey floue, lions prertntir
hefore sifting. Drop on oiled Johnnies -"It is too noon to talk about`
peper tenet teilepoen; Nike niebly. that yet, trituonuas all defends in
blown (*gar, % cup tool
Not ad ;h0c0;ate Ilings ' vo cuP4 how she beheses heraelf betwfICIA SIOW thie? Guess take e
d the And Chstelmss."
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and spice.
0104,44.9,
Nothing Will ever convince Sir Ever-,
and • that his meeting on Christmas Ev '
With his nephews future wife was n.
a masterstrokeof genius ratber than
a happy accident.
EpN *WITH A CHRISTMAS TREE.
,
Every Gift Must be WraPPed anif
Made Mysterious. .
The ordinary Christmas tree hung wit*
-presents and heaped at the base. with'
sufdetent, delight for many ehildrand •
he was in the in°4 excited statee‘ but since there is always great fas in -
"He' Weis for granted that she was lied reeeseineel the tree of this yeulae:i.
corning to Make her 'home with him
tide should beeconnerted into 4 metitery•
tions, 'haanedan'grah"lererOaeraXtendtniVee 1P1PrePaaroad'; ditie '-task',af metemorPhosis is not diet',' • -
. • ,
buying everything or girl could vala4 .ficalt, tholfgh it takes some little lirilf4: .
for he seemed to forget the years that
;had' passed since Clarke had gone, ,So lael:reYap°illtati aaindditoWhmeenrriitmi:fite.°113'eaP-1:taeldisi
eand unlike himself know "WaS be yes'- eirhat"bren Pies are,- those delight;
'texrediate; that when he went nut's' wes" aa reponsaories of preeenN into ,which
about to follow him, but, pf 'course, he the hande of the eager are linnet, to be,
came eau -A& back almost directly with You* i withd•raedn after a. certain space of tilde',
----ill break' the netits of his mistake iti with the parcel that promisee to have
on cheap Joodeeenten ureeremoniousty hi
pi
in her one room ariadeater -keenlyeea --eue
Preciative of the dainty meal daintily
served, the swell -appointed ,. table, the
beauty of silver, cuteglaas, flowers, floe
damask, 'brilliant lights.. . ... fie
There. was little conversation during in
the meal, arid very early in the evening ewe
Clarlee pleaded fatigue and escaped to ede
her own rantn. • ° i&T
Christmas Day Was ushered in by ,n e
heavy .snowstorm, and Clarke,' waking d.,
in her white (tawny nest, so different *s"'„A
from the .aerct .conbh arid •grinly, sheets Ite,
lef her late lodgings Shivered 4 little,as a "
she watched the whirling snowflakes.
.. ,.
• N. ani certain to be turned out to -day,"
elk reflected, "tore of course, the right
Clarke will arrive, and there's no gnow-
eng whether my next night's rest Indy
not be taken'doo a plank in. a, prison
cell; for all I knodr, I may have brought
maid made the meat of present, Sir Everarcl looked hard • at her, then
m later on; until then, kt• us imagine
selvesetoebeereallyeeousine."
*
Fairy-like in her pretty white frock,
eked with holly, Clarice sat that even-.
g ,at the piano softly *playing to the
o men, whe listened entranced. • Ar
um was turning over in his mind the
et way of tundeceiving his uncle, when
ate took s the mailer out of his hands
The drawing room door opened; 'Mrs:
ountforde was, announced, and an en-
reously steut and overdressed wontatt
stied in.
"Good evening, father, good evening,
Arthur," she cried,
Sir Eyerard rose. courteously.
"Good evening, madam, You wish to
speak to me?" •
"Why, good gracious, „tether, don't
you "knew me? am Clarice; your
daughter."
myself within reach of the law. S6 I
forts,. oh how is 'snows, 'and now
cold
the girl .at the piano. Then be
w
cold it must bread of doors!"
, Presently her maid 'brought tea, and
the fire was lit and her bath prepared,
and by she was ready to go
down to breakfast. Hai supposed caul.
sin whose name she had discovered to
be 'Arthur Deyncourt, Was alone in the
breakfast room, for Sir Everard, Ctbe set
'wont told her; breakfasted in , his own
apartments.. A told hew was Arthur's
only greeting, and they sat down in sol-
emn silence, which lasted until the sets
(vent had left the room. Then Arthur
AND THE AM
'
—Lassigliar _
1
(haMious, fide must be a new kind , I "My dear," he tab! jr4I'illy. "I do not '
malerStand ell this. I am old and consloe
stretched mat his trembling,ehand and
laid it on the shoulder of Clinic°, Thor
nicroft.
"This is my daughter Clarke, ma-
dam," he said very gently. "You ere
under some 4:blush-in."
Mrs. Mountford stared helplessly at
him, then burst into a laugh,
"Well, this ' beats all," she exclaimed.
"I didn't quite know how you would re-
ceive me/other, but I didn't expect, this.
I don't know who this young lady may
be" --eyeing, .Clarlee closely --"but I sup-
pose you Uwe adopted her because she
is like what I was when a girl; but it's
a bit thick to ,disoWn your owe child."
"You ere under some eleiusiri„
ma -
damn" repeated the old man, "Thi s is
the gteateat prize; well, *the myster'Y
etreeepartekees_ef . That -species- of-fun,
._without the bran, but with something
still' more amusing to take its PlaCe•
teery gift that appears on the tree.
os at the base of it must be 'se -gipped upt .
in such a way that if does not look in
the least bit like what, it is. To take an
:example a dozen pretty handkerchiefs
may each he pulled Up slightly and tied ,•
le a mottled brown paper, and then;
festooned upon the tree Where they wilk
look like a string of sausages. When;
the recipient of whom they are Intend -4,
e1 has enjoyed the Suiprise of such a'
quaint preeent she Will find to her des:
light that the insides Of the sausages s'
are 'set Of daintily 'embroidered mous
thoirs instead of prosaic pork. „ •
No relationship can -be traced *at first
between' a set of razors, 4 cake of shav=
Mg soap, and very infantile -looking
doll in long clothes. This, ,however,'
forms tnpresentefor an extremely young
men whose budding moustache is only;
. jest making its appearance, hence the
nnection between the. baby and the
zors. The cake of shaving soap le
ughly modelled to form a doll's fro*,
d ,eurrounded by 'a cep of write
per; the leather ease of razors forms
e body, and thettoll habited in a
rig dress of white paper, much frillea
the edge to imitate the froth et soap.
A white woolly lamb may he tras.
rmed into a raging lion for a small
lid by having wound round its legs
d body tawny brown crepe .paper, lo*
ich is added 4 bushy mane and a
I made of darker paper cut in strips.
e 'majority of children highly, enjoy
dile mystery of this kind, and feel ea
hey were receivirig lisp presents When
la lion Valid. out id' he a meek and
lel larebkin.
The more valuable the present the
more timueinge it is to belittle its
„portance. Supposing one of the Won-.
defied and smart embroidered picturee
be bought, it might effeelletely, be cov-
ered up with paper, outside which
piece of Mae meet would figure, inaltel
log the parcel look like dress length, •
DrAcibleoaxP oefl°pat'ate»ted imel warranted 10
odd intelligence to the broin may very:,
reesortably contein a hook that has been
wanted by the recipient for ever so leng.'
A eotlage loaf carefully scooped sax)
will enshrine a jeweled ring or a watch
tuost satisfaetorily. ,
co
rh
nb
1'0
Ppa
th
lo
at
fo,
ch
an
svh
tat
Th
l
my child,. who .tn eaely youth mede..en if t
untortimateetharriage, and hag now re- the
fumed, widowed and penitent to her 1111
l'rn• blest!" gasped Mrs. Mount-
ferd. "Why father, °can't you see Mit
child isn't more than eighteen or twenty
and your daughter is thirty-four. Of
course, I'm altered. .I've grown, very
stout, fin' one thing; but surely pat
know me. I want nothing from you ex-
cept your friendship and forgiveeess—
in your lifetime, that is, for, of course,
I expect- you'll do me justice in . your
will.
"I've married again, a wc111O-do pub" -
limn, and the life just suits me. I'M
alwors in the bar, I wouldn't live in
, Par! Lane again or at Deyneourt Manor
r the world. I've chosen thy own life,
and I'm bappY in it. But 'I want you
le be hien& again with me. Conte,
then, urely your own sense tells •yog.
(ha bit of a girl can't he yOUr datIV,11-.
F.,1;vrard thrned a looh . of diatreee
;-Ii
von MISINESS PunrosES.
"I we -h T could be a laundress," ;eta
iiflk llos-ethte
ee zould hetet to everk eery, eery
;Iliad. My shed." etserved het, mother.
Par toet ,usemnia, of all SW
kings ) upr
a trap.
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