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The most Wonderful, the most delight-
fui, Otte happiest and the. beast Cliri.at-
maa we ever had Was Whet' Santa Claus
really can].e nevem sill stayed v,'ilh
aft the whole of Christmas Day.
"Thea good old tutelary eeitht who pre -
wider over the' festive .season had tone
to us before, as he has eolLw since, but
he stayed in the big stoles all day end
when he brought hie elit: gifts It was
in the night while we were asleep, and
'rte wee always gone before it was' time
to get up. His vitaiti invariably mauve
144 glad; but we felt we should eke to.
wee him and .tell him how we liked him.
"The year he came" was long, long
ago, when we were all very young. I
was tea; George •we,e se'w's, and Bessie
was five. • Bessie• was the `1eareet 'arra
thing then you ever' saw. with long
curls and chjubby face and cheeks like
pink blossoms. We Were not tt all
surprised that Santa Clangs should have
lifted her up in his arms and xari:sied
her, nor did it seen' astonishing that
. he , should have said as mother was
whit: site was a little girl, for it was
quad, natural • he would know what
moth was like then, because he ^ssed
to c)J'lne just the same when she eves
little, although mother had told us •el•c
had poser seen hint. •
A • "Tate year he came, wbieh we called
Santa's year, we' were still living on
the farm at St. Constaut, bat father's
ilusiness in Montreal Was growing lig-
' ger and bigger, and ;he: said we would
soon have to come into the city .o i've,
except in the summer time. We night
not be on the farm another winter, and
so we would have an ice raiace--a: real
palace with tower 'aid bett.lementa• and
garden's and terrac, e.
"Uncle Tom had- thea been gone ten
years and we had cc'>•se'd to grieve
about him, for mother said he - must
have been dead long ago Or we should
have heard froth hint or from the ship.
- We children had not kuolvn uncle Sam
personally, for he left on the whaler
the year I •was 'sora;.; but we knew of
him just as if we had grown up with
him by hearing, father and mother talk
about him, wallas wonderful exploits '
and hairbreadth escapee on the water.
Ever since I remember father and 11
mother used to talk about- uncle Tom,
and they would grow verti ead as the
years passed over and he never came
hack. Once mother said, "Surely he
must be drowned in the ice on the
Greenland or perhaps the Norwegian
roast." And ,tet. we„gradually came to
the conclusion that poor 'uncle 'lust have
perished—that he and all the others who
went down the St. Lawrence one fair
summer day. tan a, wjlalinea expedition to
the Greenland seas• in the good bhilr
Bonsecours must 1>e lost.
"Well, so many yea's had gone by
without tidings or 'neebage from uncle •
Tom that we had ceased to mourn for
him, and had accepted his loss as part
of the appointed order of things, but
being the eldest, I knew that there •
WW1 an aching void in another's heart
which ecnld never '>' filled, for she had
eaid to me that until she 'harried father
}ter brother Tom had been all the world
to Iter. Tleg,re was nothing to damp the
joy or ardor of us slug folks at all
,lett£,' we were .iter', (stir, and • v"1(5'
anxiously we l,'11]•µ41 throng', the .frosty
panes looking' for ethe gin, :saint.
struggling under, „the .weight if• his,
loud, let Ito tsars nowhere 1n sight,
..11 around weee• scattered pl('ciut i
things that are dear to the oyes of
ehild'hood. They., were just as niet a
we' could have wished, but with i•t• all
we felt thalt the good saint who.
bi;oug'ht tlu'ut ,night h:tvr,•sWimp ci sae -
that he stolid have letirntii• tl1nt 4the,
Palace which he nuts, haan.: seen . It .t•s
his ,very o'h'o, even if be• did •bink it
too'eold to live in.
"Louis carne Over aiGsi bretdaaust;')lnd
rea txl.d hire that -Santa (i Billy had leen
hr rt ,"abut :vas in such a burr,,, he
eauldn't stop. Bat Louie wouldd not
believe that it wee really hint.' ale Vied
only sent his message bo;: hi 11}e
110 41, would e•ume himself 'alta,,
" "Look there,' said Lou,:; and lett'
pointed dawn -the road; . •Ind,• .;(.
".
enough, there met our eyes the strung -
est sight the had ever "sen. •1)asiming
u -111g is full r;zreeer was a thing like
a boot drawn • by four reindeer, with
an old 'mem with a icing white beard
wearing robes of snarle't a line)' with er-
mine welted in the centre. .ale 'stopped
right in front orf the poleee and limped
out of the boat --or it was a real boat(
broad au the ir.:iddle £Ind pointed at
the ends, juet like the beats they go
whale -Dieting in When they. leave the
ship lit the chid; setas, °u1; 'elna,iler, and
it was fixed on a sled. When he got
out of the extraordinary vehicle we
saw that he had a wooden leg,. But
such a kind, jolly old lnttn. owl how
he llatighe_d ..es he took Beset t up hi
his ant's and, kiseed her, and then
•
1dt11 so ;he . p1111104(1 „rue surprish pot
0,4 dr+eli154`r1, tett 1,101(11 1.lnti4 snit 10
e 1uet li`t'foi(, lat!tlti)ur. nil that (Bair,•
nuts 'light l,.''e"•Fie ask( 11 Urn '4111'. mime
of t11e ling of 111 ''gnus in. 'vide!'
he had li'vrd.
"III!' flame i11. wit- .0•10 ttg,r 14 1.hs g
Frost, no' dear. W(”h' reply. "1141 he
said, lvit'L,[ an air or -=lt1hats14: '.l lofi(,
:1 'will retain 1,1 ill, Ioiittt15 any
'more, now that woht 11:1,•.' gtlI n>'pah'r1
-for nu: here.'"
.l Ltd% L'<1.\ '.C -:;CL i ll'Y.11.1.1'. ripe )1, roe;
'1110 ean-ezffo•i•d-it, 1,'ot.l'• are (110 1,'..,!>I+'
to snrvil•r slur's, indefinitely tilt
after all'lapse . of cl.11lurics. The"' Mistletoe,
Why Melee tit:' - 1L!-"( of-(1111•tl.tii,
wl:iel' reappear.; every ('hristnta-e weal
a. sacred 4)4001, las ler hark a4 the days uses.;, The spell worked ivr-,1; I)ai„r,
of the 1'0141,'4. an object 0f n•orehip ,vas .ever unhurt, and it came to be
in I•ersilt anti 11111)). it evokes mom- an h'puur paid hien, when his invul-
try er, i
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l:l,.lder the beautiful, j fire, ,',water, stones, diseti;;es, healsta.
t(0al of OW Mltnanlf•1 4.1 a, IPIf.f.,•111,et... • pot1'l,
1'nire4t ot'.tii1 tilt" (1,1,15: - trees and flowers, One thing alone
. bight. front .his forehead beamed, ' ! rs, /tried.lief• spells. There green on
:tholes weer e upon ]lie tongue,' the eastern side of the Valhalla an
:1s. on the war. loris 44'.ord. itn,-4014t oak, 1t ached -Co which, root- '
• cd in itsg ua,!N(1 branches, she per -
.t( y 110(1 • fret'
Al! things ]u ea:rtlt :Incl air
Pound were h: Magic 411e11
Novel! to do him • berm? •
:111 save the 111stletu!',
'1'11". eared 111411',444'." •
Tiiet•e mfr ss,ull• ,•Lt,tuni.4 •w!li.11 45e111
{ ceived a tiny plant. at soft green, in-
si„ nifirtlnt thing With pearly white
l,erricts. It seemed so powerless to do
harm, •that site passed it: by. ..111as!
from +•'a11 ages Colne the warning. that
nothing is insignificant. After the
:.pall".:had hien laid oil all creation,
notOto hurt Balder, the goals WW1wont ((1 teat this immunity frog' harme
by getting 'lint to stand en the j)111114
of 1.i,ard as a target a r. s. u, h i oey
hurled darts and stones, 1•"4
ever) :rite. ` struck at 111111 'altl1 sn on e •lin l).... • ..1
: L.ley haVeli ,'')incl: of m tu'v fiat wear
natures are 1101 4f012,11,
tt:1;1 a-1,,,*(0„.1.1(:0
And i l i e w
(11i•i'tluas4'1 -•
'You mut' see them buying pr .:•e1rt4, gay-
ly�'trippillg 1•o ha.. -;ro11 a,
Buying; tiluvttling” 'e')• the t. tl,.1 . ••,:with
at lwmile,
Anil they never a hi•a az of l tl:u\ sets 41,1.
the way ' 411) m ,,loney soar
And F•1>n have to till their .free :cull
riiay style. 4 -
41'3 the n1i:linnah v lie finul•te". +:ut :Ile
l coA) 1('151- time k4\14 1i'me,
LL's the wealth unni.wiin 11011(4 11;1t1Y `
he spends;
IBu1 the cau'talffl'md-li` 1)e;p1e i1e1171 11;141:,
011 why or whehre, -.
Viten they prate ha55 Chrisiemee preaa
tette for their frietlde. • '
Though perhaps they starve to -'cresta
though a bill They ouglhl t4) pos.
.•vents• as we sa wont ice palace grow
tip under our hands all ready for Christ-
mas day. And such a gorgeous palace it
was) Write walls and pillars like pure
marble, We could nev +t• have done it all
flU'SClves—well me.Ike. teat anyway—
but it happened that Lenin Perrault,
who had become an atehiteet, was on the
feign that winter—the Perrault fain
was next to ours—and he designed it
for us, and told us how to build it.
Louis was justrecovering from ty-
phoid fever, and in those days there
were no couvaleseent tonnes, so he
Name to pick up strength 011 the farm,
and as he had nothing else to do he
took a great interest and delight in
helping us. So it tante that we had a
palace of rare twenty, with arches and
domes and decorative features, with
rooms and everything so real as a
palace could be, There was just one
. thing wanting to fill our r.up of joy to
the brim as we realised more and more
the splendor of our 'palace. It was far
too grand, we considered for anybody
but Santa rl'ttas, and oh how ardently
we wished we had a real Santa Claus
1'o take possosion bf it: If he would
only come himself this year, bringing
his gifts. of course, wouldn't we feel
that we had donee something for Santa
as wo too 'him over the palace and
told hint that it was his.
"We told Louis Perrault just what
was wanted to snake the realieation of
our happiness complete; but he shook
his head sadly and regretted he could
not help us in that.
Within a day or two of C.'hri114nas
though, he went to the uity,a441(1 when
het returned there was brief times'( in
l,ia eye as he in1011n0d 11.14 with *IOWA
seemed to be suppressed excitement,
Ant he thought iialtte, U'se's would
nattily 'canna. titbieh, Cthrietnaa . and take
Pb1.ecia41ojf of :la. z° lucre,.:4s•he.,staid
• this. lie le•o!e&:,.,; thee wif,ht his (yes
spantklungi•.,-but •t11i' +1,4beeame • grave and
ail` dtts;fox •sbs ,ted 'teat lake u)s ahs; sheen
• to- have oeus• • expeer 4tione raised to a
high pitch only to meet with disape
leoustenemt afterwards, rwardls, and she •lid
net "see how it was poaeible Santa
Claim would redly ,carne in the (ley -
I". bringing his paxu0,la.'4'We bel'iev-
however, that what ',sortie said
would come trite..is • e
"Claritatenas Moa 4-s),g dawned, send so
sep"ned the .)r5 that. was 111 the hurt,
of the hone and handed out the finest
lot of fore drat was ever peen.
):he daiutieee ut diene alt :x:)- rhe
set. he gave. to Bessie. 1144 thole. elle of
a basket 0.pair '1f lovely 5411)1'0 rule
bits, which he gore 10 all, a'1.1 there
WWI Rol•iethitlg toted fee bele "', too,
44110 1vit4 the shvtet of .12e. th.•a0,
While) Santa was handing 01)4. the other
nice tree:mute, lather and 1110th'•" (some
ruelun1,• dewy, -:enelrritcg whet 011 til'I
oolnlnoti•on meant. ale)) ran).• the
meet touching part. 0; ih,:
.11eth•er, when 01.14 beers) his voice, look-
ed at him heard, 11a:d then she gave at
acre''.'' of joy and threw liereelt in hie
alms. nether, tr'o, Aeo'11 became great-
ly affected. We esen(tk'red rather why
all this eleer•id i:.,, but wiles they be-
eanle more eolanes it they loot eft at
us and said they would talk 'together
later. We took t•11e old men to ''tis
militate, which 1) somehow. „neutral to
know teal about, and we began to ask
him to tell 't.s if in the C•)nntt;y he
(:01(1147 frau ere there such 11114+' things.
•,}lassie didn't. sem to ,1,111.0 antler -
stand,• 50 ,1(1141 ingm]I511 1f evet•yltctdy
there had wooden reg;•-.
elle seemed amused at the (Ovation,
and after thinking as, minute, replied:
'Not everybody-•-'ndy those who narcak
the Ring's laws.'
"'()h, she replied, 'batt. T ant sure
you .would 1401 b -eek the la5vs_.-an41•yon
have a w0odeu leg.
"'Well, you see, 1 41.1(1 not break then,
1nte.ntionally, but that did (tot make
any difference,' lis added, with a eiglt. -
°1'hein 11e meet let a erste' .15 ihll,' said
Beeeie, 'or he w'c>tt'id' not punish people
like t'ea't when they. do not mewl to do
tvx+angs
'Yell, he ,io• rather •a hard Icing, hitt
people 'should,.bi' 1!0,,1('8'''sot• to.' 1>retik his
iawl4.'
••Santa 01,0,0,0. 1'auua.illed with 115 14)1
131»;da.,v, and;.:sl>)h `a 'iday 1L ,'(vita \,t>.
body: could itltagine the tine `We' littd,
au,d it would be imposd!1ble to. defit)i'ibe
slur happirreK i.. Still, we • wondered why
Mather Seemed ee eilt fttdar^iy joyous
and-haelpila.., •r•
i•,.,
In, the ere iieg it., Nilo* all explained.
Sante Chine 'Undo 1'onn,' 1wh had
home home. He load been• carred lir a
Meet ttili4a(ntl'ottw WS.y when the still
lfttst go over Ice another (0'(ti (4 o
two,
They'll remernit l ail their love,' fere ou
t114• hie.' i 4 11ri't' .4a day,
if tits': 44444441' hale a )4'410)• 411,'11 '11x4'1'• '1:51.1)111 observed 10 tut. 1•.x41
• they're 1h1;.:1(11. et New Year. •sho"-in;; •14 that t11'•
8eti:!141 of the ot44.'rv1111•Ps ilk 1.:)e s11111"
011. rite (•:u1't-at 111.11. people are the 40 • N)lel) ('1150. It wee e,temnea e
people attar all, veered plant 1)1'1881.1.+ 11'e Xorn1011a 1.41(1
.fur it, love. th•it 4larl4 then) giving t:1r ('''tic name,, 1h' harpers of Scot-
'4'veryyt•at; l+te'i. and Wales reel! it 411 ',tree rev -
It is love that 11)d :s the Keene, !)e It. eihnee, Perlrtp' t•11) Mi'dt1'toe wa11
4h. )o very smell, tit!'cn 144 141 4yinbol of ih Now Year
.1ltd 11'3 loft that. le the eomree a1f oe' ne'('nunt of 114 dewier. '81 greee
(`hrietinaa t'it'er, 1'..... t.rrowltlrr neon bale ir409. and
(trice of the :t;1(4r•es chute, Id the
sr<r011 grove', and the Druids, wheee
prie$ty Wert' said .1 o have ,prong from
tlx' :Magi, 0•i1 .111 tiit)1.. here're 4,4 a
1.',,. cirri,' fornrd by the deities of Valhal-
la. Orlin stood gazing at the 'sport,
whir, Thor threw his ntighi. y 'rammer
at Balder, which rebounded. without
moon,(n'ury to the vnnthfi'I nod. In Iiia
ee me
nrabllity 1w1. 41.)41.1 • . . clad
the 'gods were Its'ennblee, what! Loki,
hovering near unseen, gazed upon the
singular spectuele. He beheld the
hri:�ht-haired .Balder stenciler, in a
Nih
',ila( tehl;aotell/atom•.111 1.4.• cru; '414 til
1)111I(154,' the f'e,11v t 'of 1114 entting of
tis' .tistlerne a)''O..tl!100 111 the month
w of it
o1. • la at( I, - 4414 i:;" 4r4u1 u 4'•1t1 •
moon, 'l'hP tenth or sleeted at • 'that torn each god hurled Missiles at Bel-
prritet n s New l'earat Dee., 15(111 ns der.',Srhe stood smiling .at then', erect;
the feetival required. til,' • full light of and unharmed. W'hltt could it mean:'
the •ti'nt's .iL ''vas held :44 near tiew .Loki determined to, find out. So
'4-ealr'14 Day n, the uaoeli world :tllo(y. changing his shape to that of a fair
Tilt J.1.initle'. cdehisce' that. the ,rods and queenly woman, he hastened to
14,ted tio o:t:l: nIckvr a.11 ,)111er treee. the dwelling of Freyja. The goddess
w•kis•thr tree of Thor,., the 1'hmller- reeeieed her visitor gl•a.ciously and
er he SI8 14411)111 V)1114 mythol.any. of 71- inquired whence she ,ante. "L'rom
pito. among the Oracle, of fern', who the , plain where the gods are narking
is the Jove 01 the S1 vonie nations. a td1•get of ';alder, with011t hurting
Ort (1)4' day appointer! ,l at: tilt tater:vatt hila: replied the false guest.
er ,th" as"laal phr,il• a pr!)c'es- ••,dye," said Frtyja., "neither metal
shot vote formes'. Two white Lull:, nen Weed inn hurt Balder, for .l have
lacing:• • Jed, were 11',,:'11('1 1>y their exacted an oath from all things, that
'wipe to the oak. 1 wilier' robe,' they will out 1111 11:1 111 111."
'.1)ntid climbed. the lea fl,' , • branches ^1VI1at1" ex('lainied the guest. "have
of tllo• tree. and with 4t ,sale' .sickle all things swore to spare him"
out the spray" of Misllrto l3Nneath All thirga." replied I'reyja, "except
tits stately oa1c taus a. circle o1 De'li's one littIt $ttrtlh that grows iIpun alt
prieytesses'4u 5)•1(1!1' ,•ober, (01141:11.11;1'
h"]1 Itltlr uai; 011 the 111')tsrn 41)10 of Valhalla,
eonfiitNit by goblets.er'scrut4; they ane! 'ia called the aliatleatoe. .1 .thought
held their snok•:y Neils o'tthpr.sa,l to is t0,, young anti tam, [ee111e 410 etufa
receive the 4itct•t•d aprllye as they fell an oath from it."
frcnu the nal., fnr w'e t+ep'.ferret joy thrilled through the
ntil,tetl to tnueh tlltha' gey rounrd. nttevliglorertls
fates. maiden as she beard these words,
A
rite; were then performed and the two a)l,i hastening from Freyja'+ dwelling
write hulls were sa,'rlhv" 1. 1'he ata soon as she ('unlal, she flew to the
apraya of _liM;ti('lu,. xrrr carefully ;11401 where grew the fatal parasote.
pr1i5Prvk:d and u•:^:) i:5 411l')>' haws. Then, resuming; 1s]s pt•oper Shupe, Loki
They were plated over door to bring crit. off the'Mistletoe and hastened
gree', fortune. (o Peep off evil spirits. ',ark to the plains of Asgard. lie
'I'1?ey weer Ulan )14(1 in 5lzriuus der.'(''
fowl," true gods still at their "lingular
t:i.alass to cure' uut1a� 41011(1(1iO4. 40)' grr)tt autuaelnr)1t. Tit' blink' god Siudur,
healing po4vrr 4tn; d(art)ed 410 the the god o.f brute strength, 'AVMS standing
Pruitt. alone to one aide. lo the NorsemyLtiol-
%eon 4nya that the liistlet.ue 101,'1' c,gy he signified \iglu, net flakier
sigili.
grew upon 'alis 4l•et4 r011114ed very me- lies' I)ay.
sled's', and the 1)rv]tis poll=ideretl it ..why dost thou 41n1. thrnry mm1,1,iun4
a rt'ttteklr for f,,re pi111011. tit Balder" narked Loki.
'401(14. eerie of (etml:ul;• the ('111)41• '4114'('11544e," a 1141•"red J !odd r, "1
rrlt still 1(111 nbomt. (111' ,1weet4. 18.1 not: ser, and T hove nothing to throw."
1,1.'100Otl{;• lit ,1"ors :11111 '•(-''1140, dreg," 40111 L(I.ti, ".14) 05 the
•,r4:uio'r": with lutunm'r4, .'r,l 411outingg 1•••sl. do. trod Mletlnl' 1•la id'r, by tl)r0wing
"the. Heid, slut hell:" Thew,. wnra" this twig at '.)int, 1 will guide thine
ars' l'htinly ',)1'11114'114 to i,4-' 1)rnidir,th arid''
s"uur of lilt �Iistetn", 11st.cl Lti 1'11'5 ' Jlodut tush the \1i.rlrinr atsd, gnid"el
',tient he sl1'al.t a,f it 11, ••.111 heal."' 1), 1.nki. threw it with all his strength
it. played ant 11111,0ra:411 part in the a Balder, who fill life:lk4a, pierced by
e141 the (lug's; a remnant
f ,(144 tlr' alert.
4404114 4o r.a,t. 111 1:1V11'."' fur the -T
14
Balder the Good," says,
14084141,, 18(81,) nt]ll vac t•!n' "tl1's.,iotl i tics old Norse legend. "by the bong's. of
".114 'dut i'1u1 11"))4" u, �eNl 1'rar'a the uuriturmerl Mietletoe."
shlehtlugg. Thr r'relnnTty 'rf '1'ro]at' The grief and rage of the gods wee
ing churthe4 1841(1 11'0,44.'s '•vi'.:1 'ser-
iitt• nor at this, true' termination to
g a t.ns is hf g1"8l antfgllltr 4n.l a11'; their homage, and feeling that light
1'1'''41 111 mane rn11:1' I'1•` - el- ti'irP(1" 1411d ,ly' had been taken from them,
wareowarewee 14141:11 41 , \c•• ,till find 't they gave was to 8rrsN- and 110117. .'111
their •efforts lo release Balder :from
Dela, the p1)11 eaingittrr of .heat',,
who held him captive, "in the plains nt
\iffheilit where dwelt the Dead," evens
fl•ast•1•al•4d by the machinations of Lo-
ki.
They resolved to a.5enge themselves,
Having captured Lul,i, they confined
1011' in 0 gloomy mountain (104101), and
lamed him at the foot of a huge melt,
014 the summit of Nvhieh lay a' stager•
1,"1114 401.11,'11,. who (1r0pepd poison on
hie nose, hut Me 5Nife, 7 ygilt, was
faithful to hint, 1k'tnained• at his side,
and calught the drops a4 they fell, in
a) golden chalice, .It was only when
elle was forted to t11rn aside to empty
the goblet that the venom touched
Loki, and he shrank and writhed t(>
eeenpe the burning drops; thea*' strug•
-
Ir shoo!: the rartli and eauied earth•
And they never think off ur'n's. and
they neve: reckon 11'14'e,
Though they really tenth: afford it, el ill
the} give;
.lnd this 5441.1'l will he a seed one alien
there', 1: , 11,ot'n t tcr]t]c N.
giving thein the 0plulrllnr' of 111151410
reuetv'd their force-te. 1.1 llritt4411>. it
is called' "1105he Ile 111 Croix." berintst' it
was believed that; )Tont its w0ns1 the
1'4111,(•: 541114 1111001 1 ltrn) lI i1 0'41( sleeve
from a. stately Ini•,`•1 tree in eense-
and the ('a.n't-afford-it. people eotaw' to (t)i'lote'1iFdothis 'il'1 )ant of the �liatiP-
Iivr. f
� . - . tow ni' the 1)rnidy, 50r 'reset with i}t'
•tut in the hen a1'ft'l 1egc'tttl of the
CHRISTMAS CORSETS.
Are they pn 1t)11e1
The ;y are vets possible.
Are they a,tcepttthle ".
Mothers, please „take notese.
Daughter woul'l'like a bea11ty."
A fiats extra pair for' fine.' wear.
The materials range to the fiueat 4i11.
Or pe1•lr,ap one sur general wear would
be best.
One of the long bast mat1e's is a very
safe choice.
No doubt it May be fitted after
(.ln•]Stu)as if there':( any" 1)ne wrung.
Only Two Realities.
11411y- 5a 1a'r (Iidlt't get 'illi'' 1011 11
jackknife and a sled 11 r Christmas?
Totnlny"'Yes, chit's alt .1 got . word,
s)ea.ldn' of. Dere? wee.* suit of clothes,'
an.tl an oeelcoet, stmt 'a het oe two, and
some underclothes, and 11 1)01)11 of poems,
and some sthekin b tyn(l: gloves, and 501110.
collars and miffs, a!1e1 a fe`v other things
like dat, not 'worth apeakii4' of. ---yield
anal Women.
'Warm bread 11r cake end, in rant,
Warm food of anti ldnd, sboitld 'lever be
put away+ in a, (05 coir1 the or 111141). The
steam makes -molding certain, 'Vegeta-
tiles b,,eonle Roggy' and unfit for 'foot'
When heated in title ' careless manner,
•
pi,
114'()11) 4'f ''alder, from the .14$oetathou
with wh]r'b it ploubtl"44 (lesiva!'" its
elm -tit'. The .1/214011o, or "Use god of
" eweettlrn, bore the mater of Sal-
tier lite (;on4i. 1Te' waq beloved alike
of gor14 1411,1 hell. In hitt' tri' N01'01'-
10011 honored all that was b4antiful,
14141(01511t( wise and ;'end. He was the
0141511 of acavit,s', joy end light.' with-
out the brigt"ttness of his presence, As -
4,1* 1.. the abode. of the gods, 01 Odin,
+)f 'Thor, of lirey314. would 'rave been doll
and Lauer', 1;reef trouble, therefore,
fell on the gods in Valhalla, when
1111141474' one (lay informed there that
h(• loll been vieite(1 by terrific dreams,
t'lll•eate111ng,'' hili' with deadly' peril. .11
seeing that. he dict not peewees the an.
mortality which the Greeks attribute
ed to their mythic (•i511111ie1. There'
for
to vie al 'their magas art's; to pi•eeerve
to i•heuthelves and to men their favor-
ite deity. The mythology of a11C1ent
;*candinevia included s principle or
leov.P4 of evil caller' Loki, whose eh1Nf
aim was to do nliseb1ef end mar ibe
1'al)liiness of the W0(19. Of all the
•( the 4341 0f 1'alhallal. determined
&eld st, Loki ,hetet1 411 •at• the (lot] of
T.i;;`ht., Baldet's milinr, 1reyje, re-
eeived to extort- 1114 4)1(111 from it11
treete(1 thiege that they .5vould not
11034' 111111, The gti;ldF':l'1 mother ,net
with a ready veape044' front eetrtl1, air • 541('1, what 1 got for'er11.'
g
muskeg. 'There Loki will remain 'till
l;nguarot:k, the twilight of the world,
whey the gods, the Earth and all the .
dlvellere therein -will oe destroyed by
the .powers of evil, the enlopanirnls et
Loki. Only Odin, the All heather, will
rentaltl and gatheraround him On the
11101415 w11441')' _'l'ga1•ll ones, stood, the
gods t'eg)ll1rat4 1)1141 purified by lire,
and then a new and hotel world will
arise, in which Balder will come again
met'+. his 11110en'clo118 slayer, ;lloidur, and
all evil will ee4lye, and light and dark -
men "11 trill dwell together in unity. •
After the final purification by • alit-
lrl•ing and fire and the 1•egeneratlon
to which the Northineu looked as the
1'ran4 of the ultimate adjustment of,
good end ev]l, a.nd from which they dirt
not e'rEtlrpt evert their gods. the infln-
t'ner of good 14118 t0 prevail. 'Balder
wcmlld reappear, radiant., beautiful, joy-
ous ars before; and. Loki, the spirit of
evil. be no more heard of.
e_•
,s ,V0ki'1'1, TASK.
Itaneslls (sty journal.)
"Y041 look 1l4resa011 You (+114)(11(1 have
Clone your Christmas elioppiug earlier,"
"1've dour; my shopping. Now lift Lry•
ing to 4101vinee the ehi10e1 ghat they
•