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Long, long year ago when the days
were getting shorter and shorter, the
nights longer and longer, the people
feared that the sun would cease to
•sine. They met finder a great oak
tree sacred to the god, Thor, god of
'war and' thunder.
A young Man traveling through
northern Europe and seeing altars
under the trees, where the, people of-
fered sacrifices to their god, decided
It� tospend his Life teaching these folks.
t, tl IIe spent many years preaching and
' the d teaching, but few gave up their rel -
t t%t igloo. One cold winter's night toward
F:";�t' a',?tt forest where the peopleof the the he Went into
gathered to
•dY�,�+'i,�yrfy1 celebrate, and were about to offer
sacrifices under the Thunder Oak,' be -
hoed to .be guarded 'by the mighty
Thor.
At the foot of the Thunder Oak, a
bright fire burned; in the centre knelt
a young boy about to be sacrificed to
Thor. »:In the midst of the crowd of
heathens, Winifred .began to cut down
the oak. As he cut farther and farth-
er into the heart of the tree, the crowd
a watched for..the stroke from Thor that
ti} rK ,s , would .kill 'him.'
d _;_ ,+ _.w,, �F�,
re, ea ▪ i ..But he chopped away, the chips flew
all around. A cackling sound was
heard in the top branches, the tree
groaned and with a -terrible crash fell
to the floor, split in four pieces.
But just behind the tree a young
green fir tree stood, just as if it had
sprung from the very place where the
oak had been 'before. 'Straight and
gracefel was the fir with ,its 'branches
turned upward. "Look!" said the
young man, "this little tree is the
child of the forest. It shall be your
tree; it is the word of peace! For
your houses are'Suilt of it.
"It is the sign of endless life for
its leaves are green. See! It points
heavenward!
"Gather about it, not ,in the wild
woods, but in your homes, where it
requires not sacrifices, Take it tee the •
home of the chieftain. You shall no
longer go to the shadows of the forest
to keep your festivals. You shall keep
them at home with laughter and song."
So they took the little fir tree to the
home of Gundhar,-the chief, where
they set the tree in the centre of the
'tall. Winifred stood at one end of
the hall and told the. story of Bethle-
hem while the people listened in
silence.
ore in Music
and time for the poen her as she stepped gracefully
fight -herd. 77tese lout beside the piano to sing at a con -
impressed them.; cert lie had attended, the sweet days
fou•:aeee of Johu;witiel. follower, their enjoyment to -
he eves thumped i ,ether of the symphony, oratorio, and
opera, for both being amateurs of a
ho.eete;ty l,naer., : esit ability. they had met upon th
tie
pule of the Arte. "mums greim,l of their love of dlvin
lad • the rola-gaupi , iruml.i.
tuatlbl;: slumberingnight-ht..ha'cu:sd into i ado to ehe Mitchuerm
sloe f tit
ended> to, mule
liter peered oft that wonderful day when-ln
ox it t main vie•the
ad met her at the altar, and spoke
c f tt t t na fire
-w , .,,.al, tili,l , tett."*oras-td:iWWdre `fb"bind than -to
to eine,e the mince, w"titer• through life. He looked bad'hf+ mitering bent,, at thein •wedding trip as at a beantifu
a.'y c c•l, i t_c re"'sscil i dream. How well he remembered th
r
'm "-eras. his c,phsh us of boat,, in' return la the lovely hone lie bad pre
I ansa itis own wet ones in par- i pared for her, and the first dear day
within. its walls. How happy they ha
I u•olli"g his "sllc•kor;" t,
iu, be 0 sertiug tetuporarily as ff love, acid bow lin had loved her! Ha
he tinvelcped himself iu its I t'loved 11cr? IIe did lure Iter. The
ohne and followed itis trait a'e his .sorrow. 1 -ho realized that a
n of stern duly out intoe lung as he had life, his whole hear
wetted ire hers.
br,;e t And then the shadow had cant
,,"-t;usir home. He asked hinisel
g t __ as elf have bcett i il,erly illi he had not been more
on the other side of the earth, for all
Me assistant's it gave In tate operation
of saddling two of the picketed horses.
The .herd. lay to the north of the
amp, and setting reluctantly into
air seats, the drowsy riders turned
r•horses in that direction, trusting
he instinct of the tulinn: to to fled
C.
fee Hite sound of a hoarse
iefully raised in ti (Bernal
dy conte faintly to their
as they neared the singer
e aware that.lie was en-
c public to "take him to the
and place a sod o'er him,"
monotony of this request
someone. to "bury' him not
e prairie." The effect -of
Fal music was indesoritiably:
and Waring found himself
why cow -punchers invert -
each gloomy themes for
notes on -thee card! It had come tet
him like a flash. He tore open his
coat and drew the postcard from an
inner pocket. There was no mistake.
He had solved the mystery. Almost
mechanically he reached for a pencil,
and wrote the words under the lines
of music, added a signature, and gazed
ton and ea • tl etas face a erfect
g y, p
O kaleidoscope of changing expressions;
e then, with a wild shout, he wheeled.
e land rode furiously to camp.
, Pulling up with a jerk that aimoet
o lifted the iron -jawed bronco from the
gr'eunde he literally hurled himself
e from the saddle, and reached the
n Boss in two bounds.
• "I mutt be in Ciifgary to -night!' I
want your best horse, quick!"
1 The Boss stared at him in astonish -
e meat:--
" �WhY; man, it's a hundred an'
s twenty miles. You're crazy."
d Waring fairly stamped in his ho-
d patience,
t "It's only sixty to Bowden," he cried,
s "and I can get the train there. It
t leaves at one o'clock, and I can make
it, if you'll lend me Star. I know he's
e Your pet horse, and you never let any -
f one ride him, but I tell you, Mi•. Co-
berly, this means everything to me,
I simply must get there."
Coberly scowled. "You ought to
know, Jack, that I won't lend Star.
None o' the other ho{ises can get you
over there in that time, so you might
as well give it up. What on earth's
the natter with you'that you're in such
a confounded tush?"
Waring thought a moment, and then,
drawing the Doss beyond earshot bf
the listening cow -punchers, spoke to
him rapidly and earnestly, finally
handing hien tits postcard. Coberly
scanned it intently, and a change
came over his face. When he looked.
up, it was with an expression -'of res-
pect mingled with amazement.
"Why didn't you show me this at
first. Of course youcan have the
horse. III there! Some o' you boys
round up the horses an' rope Star for
Mr. Waring. .rump lively!:'
The men made a rush for their sad-
dles, and in an ine'redibly short time
several of them were racing across the
prairie in the directionof the horses.
A rush of hoofs announced the ar-
rival of the horse and his escort. A
dozen hands made quick work of sad-
dlIng, and with a hurried good-bye all
around, Waring swung himself up and
astride of the magnificent animal, and
was off on his long ride.
Ting carefully, to avoid
the cattle, the two riders
and relieving the tired
mmenced their dreary
il, on opposite sides of
'he cattle were unusually
e rode slowly along the
ark mass of sleeping
Ad ample oppor-
the'disadvantages
lfe.
e streams from
in coat into hie
bo. The chill wind
mp o thee, and made
the saddle. For the
within a week War -
himself as en unutter-
ellnquislting the coin -
lion for thus hard life
h in Alberta,
arrival on the rands
e, a "tenderfoot," and
alations he had en-
ohis transformation
ged cow -puncher. Of
d dangers which come
f the ranch he hail
hare, and faced them
winning the respect
i -hearted men among
at his lot, Ho hacihunuued the notes over and
easy menthe had been over, and though they had a strangely
ad failed in his object; familiar " and, yet he could net plerce
ergot, He' was not the the frag" sit, nor even determine the
that one cauiot easily composer. His failure to decip. er tire
ry. It even -seemed to enigma at oyed him. It had t mean-
ry.
of growing more en- fug, of t at he was convinced, but
h time, the soreness -in his what cola it be? 'Who could have
the sting of regret incibased 'sent it?
passing .day, He wetleered .Waring began to sin to pass
the separation! .yep g r a s the
she tithe, atid his rich baritone -rang out
his thoughts wandered back above thb sleeping herd,
east two years; hp :recalled • Suddenly., - while in the midst of a
ent-Of their acquaintance . iaesage teem one of the great wants
ly as though it hado0curred 'of a maker campesere he atppPed
erdee'. .Thee daY 110 had, -first short in•aut'prtee, He wee singing
the
iiient with her, and made allowanoes
I. her high spirit and quick temper,
to was such a child. He could sec
F that he had been to blame many
hes in their quarrels, wlion at the
he he had sincerely believed him -
4f in the right,
should he go back to her, and admit
lit he had been wrong?
Never! The memory of that last
iy was too clear in his mind, The
eras she had spoken iu the heat of
If anger had burned themselves into
soul, and could not be forgotten,
firing etraighrtened in the saddle,
Id 'the hot blood rushed to his face,
ht wondered now that he had been
tie to answer her so calmly, He re-
ailed every word he had said:—
"Your words Convince 'nue.: that we
(Pot live together any longer. I
ill neither forget norforgive them:
Ism going away. Good-bye forever,"
filet was all. Without another word
b had left her, to come out here to
h loneliest spot he could find, and
tinge tato its strange life in the vain
tort to forget
Ile putted down the dripping brim
e;his cowboy hat` to shelter his face
fin. the stinging wind, and resolutely
toned his thought in other directions.
B speculated vaguely on the conda-
tin of his considerable property, and
endered indifferently how his agents
etre managing it. His friends at the
cribs—did they miss hint? From
ten his thoughts strayed to the
erange message lie had received the
f1r previous, •and he began to puzzle
Its brain in au effort to decide who
leld sent it and what it could mean. It
ate an ordinary postcard, its peculiars
tt.consisting iii the fact that the com-
nhnication on the back was composed
rpt of *pals, but music—four uteas-
sies in tie .iter of G. This was' the
eitessego e -
T.he long, pacing stride of Coberly's
pet covered the ground in a surprising
manner, and eight o'clock found twen-
ty-three miles behind his nimble feet
and the Bar Triangle Ranch in sight,
A live -minute stop, and then on again.
It was twenty minutes to ten when
Waring drew rein. He unsaddled the
big .thoroughbred, -A halfhour's rest
would put ,new life into him. Twenty-
two miles remained to be covered, and
nearly three hours in which to do it.
At quarter past ten, Star, refreshed
by an energetic rubbing and a mouth -
fel of water, was carrying him tip the
road, with no apparent diminution of
power._ On, on they, went, leaving utile
after mile . of prairie road behind
them. At fast there was only five
miles between him and Bowden,
Rounding a turn it the road, he es.
pied a horseman approaching, and
turned out to pass him, The man eyed
titn sharply as he drew near, and sud-
denly whipped out a six-shooter,
"Hold, up there! I want' to talk 'to
yon."
For a moment Waring considered
the chance of riding over the titan, but
or a moment only. He suddenly re-
ognized the uniform of the Royal
Northwest Mounted .Police, He
rouglit Star to a sharp' baht, search-"
ng , his mind ,for an ' explanation of mercer of the• man In the blue uni-
e hold-up, The Older'covered him form. "That person heard' his excuse
th the revolver while he said: "I with \n impassive. face, and merely
ant: to know where. you're going with announced that he Would 'have, to get
oe Cobei'ly's horse." off at the next station, , This' was not
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"Oh, is that all you want?" said
Waring, relieved. "Wiry, I've been
working for Coberly, and he lent me
the horse to ride over to catch the
train." And he gathered, up his reins.
"Hold on, young man!" and the of-
ficer adjusted his gun suggestively,
"That yarn won't do. -I know old Joe,
an' I happen to know that he wouldn't
lend that horse to his own brother, let
alone one of his cow -punchers:"
'Winning groaned: "Look here, Mr.
Officer, I'm telling you God's truth.
Coberly let me take the horse because
it was the only one that could get me
over here in time to catch the train,
Christri'ya Cakes and Cotes
Patin Foundation Cake—a/h cupful 1 qupful fruit juice, 1 cupful hena
shortening, i/ 'capful sugar, 1 egg, % Mix in the order given and add enough
cupful milkor water, 1/ teaspoonful cold water to make a stiff mixture,
salt, 3 taespoonfuis baking powder,' 1 Turn -into a well -greased pudding aft
teaspoonful vaniila'-11,t' cupfuls . flour. or into two smeller molds, filling
Cream the butter and the sugar then molds only. two-thirde full. Cover
oughly, then teed the well -beaten egg, mold tightly and place in boiling w
Sift the flour and salt and add alto and boil six to seven hours. Renta
nately with the liquid, keeping the mix- tate pudding from the mold when co
tare of an evert consistency, . Mix This may be made two weeps befo
quickly, beat hard and fold in lightly Christmas, but must be reheated
tate baking powder sifted over the top boiling one hour just before servi
and the flavoring. Turn into we11.
greased pan and bake in a moderate Fruit Cake With Money,
THE FAITH' '
old The ('otintese 11oi1'clene, who was a
the : brand-new attd very ;t:untsonte Christ -
the utas doll, gave her ince overskirt a
Ater ! final shake and tossed her . golden
ee curls. Then with her 'big blue eyes
ld. ;site stared at Dandy Jim, and said,
re "You see Elizzabeth already likes into
by far better than she does you! 11ero
ng. it is two whole days since I was taken
from beneath the glistening Christmas
tree, and this is the first time she has
Mame. She would have taken me to
oven thirty to forty minutes. Make
one layer, 1/s cupful sugar, 1 cupful extras
honey, �/ cupful sour cream, 1/scup
Variations of Plain Foundation Cake, shortening, 2 eggs, 3f, teaspoon
White Cake: Use three egg whites soda, 1 teaspoonful cinnamon, 1/e t
in place of the Uogee spoonful cloves, 1 cupful raisins, 1 c
Goad Cake: wholeUse our egg yolks in fill currants, 2 cupfuls flour. Cie
plates of the s egg, the sugar, shortening and honey
Mocha Cake: Use cold coffee in gethere Add the well -beaten eg
place the liquid called for. beat' hard, then add the sour. c:'e
Chocolate Cake: Add two squares the dour mixed and sifted with t
of melted Chocolate and le little loss
flour.
Nut Cake: Add one-half cupful of
chopped nuts, slightly floured,
Spice Cake: Add one-half teaspoon-
ful of cinnamon, one half teaspoonful
of mixed allspice, nutmeg and cloves,
ted
peal church to hear the Christmas carols,.
Ali only her father told her it was better
ea- to leave her new doll at home."
up- Countess Doilldena, cent':ntte t to
am stare at poor', ragged Dandy Jim. He
to- lay limply upon his small boa in the
gs corner of the nursery. His face looked
nm, thin and sad,
he "I said that Elizabeth already pre -
Variations in Tins and Shapes,
Loaf Cake: Bake in a small loaf
pan or double the ingredients and bake
in a large loaf pan. Loaf cakes keep
well.
soda and spices. Add the flour
fruit, spread in "a well -greased a
paper -lined pan and bake in a mode
ate oven about ono hour.
ed fere me, Dandy Jim!" the countess
nil said tarintiugly,
r- That was too much! Dandy Jim
could stand no more! "Wait and see!"
Mixtures with honey require mode
ate beat.
Filled Cookies,
r-
2 cupfuls oatmeal, 2/3 cupful sugar,
1/3 Cupful corn syrup, ea cupful this
sour mills, 1/ teaspoonful salt,21/
cupfuls flout', s cupful shortening, 1,•,
teaspoonful soda. Beat the sugar en
Layer Cake: For a small cake cat shortening together add the sour mills
the one layer in two and frost, making the flour sifted with the soda and tit
a two layer cake half size or double salt. Roll mit thinly on a well -floured
size the amount and bake in two board and cut with a cooky cutter.
layer pans.
Cup Cakes: Drop the mixture into'
well -greased muffin Daus, filling the
pans about two-thirds full and bake
about twenty-five minutes. Or rise the
small muffin pans and bake fifteen
minutes. These make dainty little
cakes for all purposes.
ho cried, ",Wait' and dee! Five long
years Elizabeth has held silo close in
her arms all night. Five long years
she has played with me at least part
of every day. Christmas is an exciting
lc tune, Your clothes certainly do look
r far nicer than. mine, and yen are ex-
treniely pretty, I see ;est why she It.is
d forgotten ins for a few days. I shall
lie right here till site takes the again
in her arms—for tike me alie cert,in-
e• ly will."
"Har Weighed the countess cruelly.
"Then you will lie there elm rest of
yens life."
1 Dandy Jim pressed his lips tight to-
gether. He knew that if he spoke at
all" he would utter rude and angry
words; finch words that lie would de-
serve to lie the test of his life upon
his bed, forgotten for all tithe by his
I adored little mistress.
Late that night he was awakened by
a terrible crash! The wind. which was
howling wildly, had banged the out -
.1 side door. The windows rattlr:l and
bu
the whole tts" shook. Pandy Jimlonged to rite to telieeln tate roma. He
is.iehed toetem•.,t her. for lie knew
I:ew nmtil site c1 t ,,.,,I atm! 'mate: la
the middle et t'•,,. teet, Whit a ,- eh
he remember -i: Ile,' site had ch.,rctn
` the Counter I,''''u
111th :1 e did nut
want him-- yet.
Stttlilaely-.tite n•ocery door thew open
with a bang. A tiny electric flash
light shone straight into his blinking
eyes. A dear. deter voice cried, "0
Dandy Jam Dainty Jim, I octet yeti!"
A little girl in a white nislthlress
rushed to his here, an;l
d cla�t'�hire
safe In her soft, warm acme S, e hur-
1 Berl through[ the riarl: halls hung with
Christmas greets-, soul
as she Wren '
• "Oh! Dandy deo,'. the sou ,t:.. wee.very bessunil• l to hank at, vet 1 r amt.
fat to walk tet to talk rata. t Eattit
night 1 sat her in :e cltah' neer Lea.
where I would not muss her ea.:.;3,
but where I could 1,00 iter i1;0i'r t
thing evety :nnrniitg when I epet,c.l
ray eyes. Site looked se urn , :,e ..p.
Dandy Jim—so wouderfttl; hut •
Just then the wind gave thr i ;est
shriek of all, • The house ttete:Med,
and Elizabeth[ jumped back into lute
warm bed, with Dandy Jim ltulte'ea
close its her arms. She whispered.:
"Bute Dandy dear, when it comes to
storms and to winds there's no one in•
the world like you. My dear old,
fafthfuliest friend ---my Dandy Jim:"
Bake in a hot oven, •
Filling -1 Cupful sugar, 1 cupfu
water, 1 package of dates or 1 cupfu
chopped figs. Stone the dates and pu
through a fine chopper. Cook with the
sugar and water until the mixture
thickens. Place a spoonful of the
mixture between two cookies and
Fancy Cakes: Heat tiny fancy- press firmly together. Store in a dry
shaped pans, then brush with a, good place.
brush dipped in melted fat. Drop a Variations to Plain Sugar Cookies.
teaspoonful of cake mixture into each
pan and bake ten to fifteen minutes, Ven;tia Cookies: Use one teaspoon
Or a one -layer cake may be cut into ful vanilla and omit the nutmeg.
fancy shapes with. a cutter, but there Chocolate Cookies: Add three tafile
is a waste unless great care is taken spoonfuls of grated chocolate after it
to plan the pieces, is melted, use vanilla for flavoring.
.Cocoanut Cookies: All one-htahf'cup-
Chrlstmas Plum Pudding, ful of shredded cocoanut to the' dry
1 cupful dried -bread crumbs, 1 cup- ingredients in plain sugar -Corky rule
end roll one-fourth inch thick.
Nut Cookies: Use holt as nitwit
shortening and add one-half cupful of
finely chopped nuts to the dry me-
terials in plain sugar -cooky rule and
roll out one-fourth of an inch thick.
Finely chopped nuts may be Cpi•ittkled
over the top before belting.
and I had to be hi Calgary to -night i
ful chopped beef suet, 1 cupful brown
antitoufail." sugar, 1 cupful seeded raisins, 1 cupful
currants 1� cupful finely '
His a for shook o hish a
p h4ad: . "It's no F i
cupful finely cut figs, 1 tablespoonful
uee, my friend; your story won't hold! candied lemon peel, 1 tablespoonful
water. Why are you is such a tear- candied orange peel, 1 tablespoonful
in' hurry, anyway?" salt, „l teaspoonful cinnamon, 14 tea -
'Waring remembered tete postcard; spoonful cloves, u{ teaspoonful ginger,
he reached into his breast pocket and
produced it,
I ne y cutcitron, %
"That is my reason for haste," lie
said, "and that is why Coberly let me
take the horse," and he added a few
words.
Keeping his captive carefully cover-
ed with the muzzle of the revolver he
at all in accordance with Waring's I son for the accommodation if you will
Plans, and he endeavored to impress oblige me."
upon the conductor the importance of The manager begun to look sue.
his being in Calgary that evening. picious: "It must be a very urgent
He grew desperate. Was his ride matter that requires such haste." he :
after all to be fruitless? He reneem- said, sarcastically, •
"It is an urgeut matter!" cried War.
lug. "I was about to explain to you,"
and he went on and told of the post.-,
card and its purport.
"Let me see the card," said the
banker, His 'voice had taken on a dif-
ferent inflection.
"From what is IL taken, did you
say?" Upon hearing the answer he
left the room, to return in a few
minutes with a rather bulky musical
score, which he laid upon the table,
and turned the pages until he found
what he sought. Carefully he com-
pared the music on the card with that
of the printed sheet. Then, turning
to the younger man, he said, in a kind-
ly voice:—
"I will assist you, Mr. Waring. It
will; of .course, be a purdly personal
accommodation, as it Is contrary to all
my business methods, but I cannot re.
sist such an appeal as this.: Also, I
consider myself a good judge of faces,
and I feel safe in trusting, yours. What
amount do you require?"
Waring, beandte with joy, replied,
"A hundred dollars will be sufficient"
"Make your cheque for a hundred
and fifty. You will need that, unless
you care to travel in your present cos-
tume."
The banker exchanged it for a
cheque for a like amount, saying:—
"You can cash this at the Hotel Pal-
liser. I will 'phone the cashier, so you
will have no trouble."
Waring tried ,to thank him, but he
would not listen,
"You are perfectly welcome, nay boy.
I am glad to be ableto help you. I
would give half of all I own to be in..
Your position," and his voice trembled
a little. "You have my best wishes for
a pleasant journey. Good-bye." A
cordial hand grasp, and Waring ran
down the stops, and ten miontes later
these words were speeding•over the
telegraph wire:—
"Card received, Arrive Toronto
Friday afternoon, See St. Luke 1, 13.—
JackW,"
hen the Trans -Canada Limited
pulled out of 'Calgary John Talbot
Waring, clean shaved and attired
in garments of the most approved out,
was standing on the rear platform of
the last Pullman, softly humming a
fragment from the great' oratorio,
"The Messiah." There was a tender
light in hie eyes ae he gazed at a card
he held in his hand. And the words
he sang were:— -
"For unto us a child is born,
Unto us a son is given."
At the same moment, two thousand
miles away in the East, a pate young
wife was holding a telegram close to
her lips, An open Bible lay on the
bed beside her. She glanced lovingly
at the dainty cradle, add whispered; L
"Thou shalt call his name John."
carried, the officer rode closer and bered his reason for haste, and de -
took the card. As he read it, his tided to take the conductor into his
face lighted up, and he lowered his confidence. Leaning over, be wills -
gun. pered something quickly into his ear,
'That's all right, youngster. I'm and ended by showing him the post -
sorry I stopped you, I don't wonder card. At first the man looked incredtt-
Joe lent you the horse: I'd have done lous, but a glance at Waring's earnest
the sante, even if I'd had to walk my- face reassured hint. His expression
self. I hope you won't miss the train, softened, ' and he handed back the
I'll ride down to the stlttion with you." card with a sigh.
Overjoyed at this satisfactory ,turn "I reckon I'll have to fix it for you,
of affairs, Waring touched Star with but the only way I can do it is to pay
the spur and rode forward, the officer your fare out of my ownpocket. I'll
by his side. They could see the town do that, and you can send me the
before then, a toile distant, The train money. It's three -sixty," He wrote
was at the station! Another touch of his name and address upon a slip,
tire spur, and Star stretched out into which he gave to Waring.
a run that gradually left the officer The car wheels were still turning
behind, well mounted though he was, when he strode through Calgary sta.
A half -mile yet to go! A quarter!— tion, jumped Into a cab, and was
The black smoke began to come In driven to the nearest drug store, where
heavy puffs/nemthe funnel of the en- he consulted a directory.
gine, and the line of cars moved slow- "237 Bellview Avenue," he cried, as
ly away from the station. Then it was he re-entered the vehicle. Arriving,
that Star showed the spirit that was at his destination, Ire xerasia out, anti
in him. He bounded forward and saying "Wait," ran up the steps of a
swept down upon the town like a handsome residence.
whirlwind. To the servant who opened the door,
The road ran for a mile beside the he said: "I wish to see Mr. Foster,
rails, as level as a noon. The train My name is Waring. I haven't a card
was gathering speed with every re. with me."
volution of the wheels but Star was The servant politely ushered him
gaining at every jump. into the reception -room, saying that
Waring, with eyes fixed and jaw he would see if Mr. Foster was in.
set, was riding desperately. Thirty Apparently he was, for he appeared
feet! The spectators in the doorway almost immediately, the personifies. -
of the last car gazed breathlessly, tion of keen -eyed, well-groomed
Twenty feet=and Star straining every finance.
nerve and muscle in his body, Only "What can I do for you, BIr, er
Rve feet now! Inch by Inch he Waring?"
crawled up. He was abreast of the That young man took in every detail
platform! Swerving his flying horse of his appearance, and he realized that
closer to the track, Waring leaned over, he had a hard-headed man of business
and grasping the railings with both to deal with,
hands, lifted himself from the saddle, "Mr. Foster," he said, "you are the
kicked his feet from the stirrups, and manager of the Calgary ' Dominion
swung over to the steps of the car, • Bank, which, I believe; handles the
After calmly accepting the enthuse- Western interests bf the Sterling Bank
antic congratulations of the passes- of Totcnto."
gens who had witnessed his dramatic The other bowed, and Waring con -
boarding of the train, Waring dropped tinned:—
into a seat, with a sigh or belief, and "I have an account at the Sterling,
was- soon lost in thought. He was and I want you to cash a cheque for
roused from his reverie by a touch on me. It le after banking hours, I know,
the arm, and turned, to find the con- and even if it were not, I have no in-
ductor standing beside him, He mediate means of identification."
readied into his pocket for the re- The banker's features stiffened per-
quired•cash. His fingers encountered ceptibly, but Waring went en:—
nothing more valuable than a knife "It is of the greatest importance that
and some -matches. The other pockets I take the eastern express to -night, or
were equally unproductive. Then lie I would not come to you in this In
remembered, with a shook, that he regular way—
had put tile money in his little bundle, "One moment Mr, Waring. Pardon
at that moment firmly attached to his me for interrupting you, but what you
saddle, some miles to the rear: ask is impossible, as you should know.
It was maddening. There was troth- My advice to you is to wire your bank
tug to do but throw himself on the for the money,"
Waring broke in impatiently:—
"Of course, I know that I can do
that, but it means a day's delay, and
that is what I want to avoid. I am
willing to pay any amount within rea-
At Christmas.
At Christmastide theeer nine snow
In feathered flakes comes drifting
down
And wraps the shoulders of the hills
That seem to guard the sleeping town.
And in the hush and in the pause
That mark the ending of the year,
As softly as the falling snow
Your gentle spirit draweth near,
At Christmas.
At Christmastide an angel leaves
The door ajar a litttle space,
And peace and joy and charity
Beam on us from the Shining Place:
'And you, I think, slip through the door,
Drawn by the well -remembered days,
The silent house breathes out again
The blessing of your quiet ways,
At Christmas.
At Christmastide old friends estranged
Renew their long -forgotten ties:
"Peace and goodwill," the angels' song
In benediction from the skies,
And yqu—for what can hinder love?
I think you leave the Happy Host
And come with comfort, for you knew
This is the time we miss you most,
At Christmas, .
On the Taking of Jerusalem.
(By the British, December, 1917),
The march is o'er,
The day is done,
The Cross against
The Crescent has won.
In its dazzling light
They cannot stay;
Ye of Allah
Away, away!
The Cross returns
To the land of its birth,
Rejoiee,dye peoples,
'Throughout the earth;
And ye of Allah,
Kneel to pray •
At the Cross of Christ
This Christmas Bay,
The reign of Self will end when mue41
'shall heed
ess what they Oath than what the;
Lose througg Greed,