HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1917-12-13, Page 13s4
WILL O` THE WI§P has crept into theh ouse and
cast a spell over 1,, We do not know when or how
he came,. butcertainly
; js here. At first these.
was just asusplelon of something about -a little
thrill, a spark of gaiety in the air, a sense of delicious
Witchery touching the most humdrum things. And
how did' he manage to slip in? Perhaps the garden gate was left
ajar, and up the silent paths he came, the moonlight helping him,
to see his way 'The woods were cold and snow -bound ,a, d, no
living creature answered his call' for life and love, so he hal er1e4
his steps elsewhere. Or, he may have crept into the hotgse'dilll
the North Wind, where it lifted a window sash The di
a diamonds
YM1��a'i?1
Kirit a� ��ri�fmttf
plain string! There are many places where it is not discreet to
look. You must shut your eyes tight and pretend not to see;
or seise it isn`t £air, you know. They invade the kitchen with
him; at their heels, and he helps them stir the pudding and; pour
wji* e in the sauce. They sten into:the antr to vie v the goodies
. l p Y e
4wdeed carefully there, Ph m cakes are burstin with raisins,
' to lin over with cherries and nuts as trimrwit n oII
pp g g 1 Y
J�glting mince pies there are, all it a row and the punch bowl is
Sd to the brim. Through a chink - in the door he .sees the
vol of Gook, but in no'hiiarious mood! He gives the alarm,
a4; out into the hall the troop, togather around the are, The
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loug yellow -red flames twist; and leap in faptastie form, and there
when: you dropped your money in, It rang for even a pe,nnya
they said, These things would not pack down well they feared.
Co Ming all in, those stockings would be a tight fit!
, 3: en some one they meantto stayawake and see ha
'�saki th ,� w e r ve w t
reRity happened. hoyl}ad been told, well --never mind what—
but they
hat—but'they knew. /a1; this was received coldly, by others, who
were more old fashIn ed and clung to first ideas. Besides, things
had happened to children given to over curiosity. You had only
to look it up in books to find that this was true. There were the
stones, too, you had been told by your mother., The little boy
who would eat pickles to See what they were like—and the Vain
princess who leaned over the pond too far to see if she was
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it is a when we hint at
e1ielhg, icor 'secret. That he
aClPknow well;'and in truth
o ;the musze he lays, with
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is such merrinicnt`and frolic! Across the hearth he skips, the
gay little imp, and to the sound of the crackling logs, he sets the
time of his music. When the midnight bells ring out, would you
believe it, they still, are dancing, dancing, dancing!;
lip to the nursery the children are in bed and properly
asleep. This has been accomplished with difficulties, reluctance
and questions. Was the chimney really large enough? It would
be a pity indeed if the Dear O1dePellow got all sooty and black
coming down. They wondered, tato, if their stockings were their
biggest, fattest ones? They �t*ro 1d measure, anyhow, just once
, i
more, ForArk,
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o a Noah's wit `tho.e animals, is really a `bol
,tit��t5 Icy
thing, yow. know.
i Antfl,.eiet �a ',changing
,changingthe elephant
ph
ant "wish"
sfoeerna. soItldiweorusldswhotrdi?nstnice longslim one, theyhad
Dere. Then there
a„tl'e fire-
man s set, and the box o£,�beks�ra�d the bank ,which 'r�rlgl�;bell
pretty. To put an end to it, Nurse finally turned out the light
and said it was all over and done with—the talking she meant.
And so, when the spirit of 'dreams creeps into the room perhaps
ten minutes after, you would have thought he had lived there
always, so quiet it is° There is a sound of even breathing, : and
outside the tapping of a bare branch against the window -pane.
You see him moving about easily—the moon has sent in patches
of white light over the carpetand walls. 'He leans aver their
beds and they smile up at him in their sleep; They are listening
for his music and they nod their heads when he sings their favorite
nursery, rhyme.
And” rn the morning, just at the break of day! What
about!;; titer •Well, that is best told bythe acconz an Yang '
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Manicure Sets.:..:., ....2.00-8.00
Mirrors ..50-4.00
Comb & Brush ".Sets
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Xm=as Stationery R .. 25-1.50
Leather Gds .,23-2.00
Perfumes ,25-3.00
Toilet Waters... ....25-1,00
Travelling Sets...:... 2.005.00
Xmas Candy . ..25-3.5
Fox Gentlemen
Military Braushes . 2.00-5,00
Shaving sets:. ......30-2.00
flair Brushes ..50-3.00
sing Mirrors 0-200
Razors:. .00- 5.00
Pipes 4e<'ises) ,. .25-3.50
;kms Cigars 'boxes .50-3.00
Bit Tolds. ..754.50
Co tar Bags.;....... t -2.00
Writing Set ; . ..... , . 20.2.00.
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