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THE
T OF THE A
. j. . v .
The People's Rights A Representative Etfir.opracy -The Union and the Constitution Without Any Infractions.
VOL. L. NO. 33 WHOLE NO. 4484:
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1912.
1' E SPIRIT OF THE AGE
Woodstock, Vermont. ,
Printed Saturday Morning
OWE DOLLAR A YEAR
nUODSTOCK NE
HARTLAND.
I he lolli'iwing liibutc to Iniihiiid
is yivi-n in the new IxioU, "Thrtiugh
thi Scln.nl," b 44 Al li;ildy," whois
R. v. Fiedeuck Kenyon llrown,
piislor f tlu' ConyieuHtioiial church
cliii'iiit; the vear 1909-1910 : . ,
My new piii ish, v hich I visite'd
oti n Sunclnvs, .wns 11 niosi
drlihlful villnne, wheiu an uiiiisiuil
niim'l'fi' of intt'ieating pcnple mmle
thcii h'.ims. I hiuli iit lirst si"ht
thp villnue iippeiiit'd all isolatfd,
slet-pv plnce, ytt 11 plline nito its
activitius mid :i CiUcliiii) of its spiut
niL'nnt the discoveiy of it niunber o
ente 1 prising ililellt-ctlial' aml social
effotts, of vvhicli any lni-ge commu
nity would hn'vtr been proud
Thtie v ms .1 village iinture elulC
This club wns cninpnsed entiiely 1
the iiivMispi-upic, yet "one of Ihe
mi-inbti.s I.jkI hei'n the. co-.ml lun
wiih 11 scii'iitist 111 ihe htuily'i.f fio-h
wnter nlyiic ; iinotlifi mcmlifi lu d
mnde it 1 t xliiutslivt' stud) of gi.is.si!
nnd ininetiils in kucIi a scieiitilii
miiiiuer that his work had leceivco
the lommtMidiition of the stni
botnnist. The club had txpcithiul
studeiits and ti buttetfly collector.
Anothei ol'its niembers had dihci.v
ered a rnre iern, hi.therto never fouud
east of the "Nlihsissippi. The niein
bera ol this cluh, sui loiinded as thiy
were by the richea of suuimer and
vvinter b.eauty, lived ' in a gl'jiioun
world of advcntnie. VVhen one
family drove lionic, up tbe long toao
to its pine groves and isolated tjnni
house, it counted the varietiea ol
flowers gtowing by the vmysiile and
made 11 leportof rearinteiet-t tq the
other membeis of the society ;
nnother member vvatched the stais
and pjive reports 011 the iiewir
iistionomtcal happenings.
Then, too, such iutellectnal inttr
ests reacted upon the social life of
the little coinmnnity, and a tenins
couit for boys, clubs and sports for
the girls, villuge - impiovemeiit
utHlertiikinga and. very- inteiesting
nnd rare , lcctures through tho long
winter Were tbe rule, hacked by
trained, tnterestetl people. This
typc of comiminity, also, iwulu, 'tbe
chtucb a very destrable and intei
e&ting one nnd m.f''e it easier for
me to be nway from" Suiulny to
Sunday, foi the social concei'ns vveie
certain to go on under efHcient niul
responsib e managemcnt.
A few weeks ago mentidn wns
made of' Ilartland's composer, Mis
Clara Shedd Hacktis, vvho sent a
copy of her snng to-. Mrs. .Kate
Britt&n, Biibbitt of :Hellovvs Falls, 11
foinier Hiirtl.ind lndy and laugbii'i
of Ihf? hitc Mtv nml Mrs. Wilson
Britton, nnd , tbisis',the n-ply" Mis.
Backus rpcelvel.: '
Inslile a roll of paper
I found the Bweetcst sonpi
I'Bang it overmany times,
and BB.ng It loud nnd long.
Perhnpa I did not cafo,
Becnuso my fricnd c'omposcd it
'Twas long before I thanked her
and I should havo'dohe it soon,
,But truth to tell, I hoped full well
To hear lier play tbo tune,
Perhnps to see her smile,
Sho cart-do all' bo' graciously
It makea ono'8 timo worth whlle.
Pcrhapa somo day I'll soo her,
Perhnps I'll let her know
Her frlends all think her versntile
nnd lon'e to tll her bo.
Perhnps she'll be nioro fnmous still,
Perhaps her namo will be ,
Enrollcd with Paderewski's,
Then will Bhe. thlnk of me ?
P.crhaps.
So Harflnnd'R nnine is eniolteil
among the poels 11s well as nmong
the musicinns.
Bethel Veteran of Two Wars.
Willinm Mnuioncv. aced 30 vonrd.
the nldeflt tnilitnry mnn livinc iir
Bethel, dioil enily Suniliiy niormnp
after n moiith of fiiiliut; liealth. Ho
was a nntivo of ChnteaiiKny, N. Y.
Ho was 11 urivnlo in n licht liutteiy
iu tlio war witli llexico Ho landed
nt Vorn Oruz nnd marcliGtl to tlie
city of Jloxico. Ilo had a run of
yellow fevor in, the Iutter city. Atthe
elcmo of tlio Mexicnr;"wnr ho wuo
honnrably dinoliarged from tho sor
vice of tho United States.
Mr. Alnjiioni'y aguin voluntoered
to HorvH li'm country, nnliHtinp Jnlj
15, 1802, nnd servud in Co H of tlio
llth Ret. of Vt. Vol. Inft. Ho
Rorved until tlio climo of tho Civil
Wur atiii wns prespnt at tho Rurrou-
dor uf the Confedornto nrnty to Qen.
UlysRes S. Orunt by RobHi t E Lee.
lpor the pnst 30 yeai B Mr. Mafiioney
livcd 011 a farm nbout tlueo miles
from thia villnue nnd ofton camo to
t.lio villago until a fovv wpoka ngo.
Detailed to the V. N. G..
The federal govornment hus ns
riigued First Lieut. L. J. Mygatt,
Pifth Duitod States Infantry, to
Vermont. He is dotailed to thip
ttate to act a iuspector nnd instruc
tnr to the Nationnl Guard nnd will
lnke the. place of Lieut J. 13 Uurnes,
tvho hus been on duty hore and re
ceutly went bnck to the regtment.
Lieutenant Mygatt ia from the same
i'aiinent tlmt Lieutenant Oarnes h
111 and Iiiih been stationed ut the
Pliiltflburg barrncka.
. While Lieut. Mygatt, it is undnr
inoil, Iiiir tnndono defiuiis plnusyet,
' in pmbnble tlmt he will tnake liip
ii'lqiiai ters in 8t Albaim.
How to Use Red Cross Seals.
I'lio poHtofliue depmtmeiit hna ap
proved of tho Red Cross Cliristmnn
chI dcsign being UBod this year.and
Iim Kenls nmy, tliorefore, in aceord
uiice u'ith order No. 5020 of tho post?
lBi' dnpnrtment " be affixod to the
ivere aido of dmneBtio' mnil mn'l
nr." Rod Croaa aeals must bo pjncod
nly oii.tho back of lotters and not
111 t.lio uddreaa nijle of nny pnckagea
t.;int. aro going througli the mail,
I'hey may b'e,3lueed nnywhere .011.
nntter- g'l'mg by expreaa. As mivny
Hals mny bo uaed. on the baok of a
letter or pnoknge as may bo deaired,
!i;re Hlniuld be cxeruiaed in acnding
nnich iiid'iHe tlirough tlio miiila noi
to plaee aenla ov tho- string with
wliiuh tho pnckngtriH tied, aince this
.oula the package againat inapoution
iinl snlijects it to liiht claaa postage
rilte.8, " '
Vermont's Butter Productfon.
Tho Vermiint Duiryrnpn'a asaoeia
1011. will lneot. in Burlington, Jnnu
iry 7-'J. The year has been proa
pornim for dnirytnen in the atateand
iigurca iaauod by the cenaua burcau
'-olnttng tn ilairy producta ahow that
r. 1 10 ntiie produupR more pouuda ol
mtier pnr oupitn tlian nny othpr in
lie union the averago being 90 9
p'Miiida. The Rtnte nlno ranks third
in production of cheoso, per capiln.
Vcnii'int whicii rnnka 43d iu popn
lutinn, RtainlH 9lh in produetion ol
dieeao. lQrh in vnluo of condenaed
nilk, iiiiiinifiiclnied, nnd llth iirthc
i)ridiieii(iu of butter.
Vermont prnduceR more butter in
f.icturion tbnn on farins, the 'figtirpR
Ui'ing 20.228,000 potmda iu factoritR
md 15.100,000 pounds 011 fariiis.
I'he cunaus figiireK imlicato 140 but
t.or faclorieB. 37 rhoeHO fai-toriea nnd
t.lireo I'oinleiiRed tnilk factories 111
t'lin stnte.
Tlie totnl valne of butter producpd
$10,207,000; valueof clipefltf, 395
7?a; coiidoMRed tnilk, $975,063.
''Iipro liguieH eover the niarkotH ol
1909 Tlio iuo-eaae ia Riibatantial
uiul ilairyinon havo reaaon to con
m'i Itir tlieir biirtiiit'an otie'df profit
Gaysville Farm Fire.
Th farm liiiirdingR of Wilbur (3.
Ituiitwoll in Gaysville, were burned
to 1I10 grouml De:embpr 12 The
ptiice waaoeeupied byMr HoutwollV
iluiiglilpr and husbnuil, Mr. and Mrn.
(IIpiiiiJ. Darling. All the oi'cupanlH
of 1I10 houae eaeapeil ivithnut iujnrv
nuif tlie atook wiia aaveil, but otliei
w'iho the losa wna total and will
itmoutit to $2,0t0. The owner, Mr.
Boutwell, wua the represontativp
fr.om Stockbridge in 1908.
Fuller 0. Smith of St. Albans hnn
fonvarded to the comtioller of the
fiirreticy nt Wnal'inglon liis reaig
iuition na nationnl bntik exuminor for
Vermont, western MaRanchuaelta nnd
n pnrt'or the atato of Maino. Twice
niiifn hia appuintment his territory
hna been increasod by direction ol
the cointroller until 97 bauks .were
uuder his BUpervision.
A CHRISTMAS SUGGESTION
To your friond who enjoya good
reading you cnn mnko 110 better or
more uei'eptable Cliriatmua gtft tlian
1 Buhauriptiou to the liuHton Evoning
I'raiiHcript
The publiahera hnve iasuqd 11
mmily mtgiuved BiibHfiiption eeriifi
riito to bo givon to thoa'e iirilorinu
the papor aa n holiday ofFering.
vhicli may be Runt by mail to rencb
1 1 10 recipieut at ChriHtmii8 time.
Freo aainplo copipa nml rateH will
10 cheprfully f 11 riiiBlietl by the Hoa
ton Tranaeript Co., B0U011, Miirr. '
S.S.Ballard Heads Fat Men.
Tho aun iutl mouiiiig of tho i"at
Mon'a club, which hna r. total mcin
hprahip of 5200, was hold in WellH
River Saturday. ' The following o'fii-pi-r
woro eleuted : R. S. Ballani of
Mout.pplier, )rpaideut ; II. E. Parker,
Bradford, Reeretnry ; ,1. I'. Hule,
Wells Rivpr,,trpiiaurer", A. R. Miek
inrd, Portlund, Me., nnd V. E. La
ence, Havprhill. N. Ii executive
.mmitteo ; R. W Glover, LiBbon,
H , vice )roaidont for Kew Hamp
diiio. Othpr vice preaidenU nre to
be eleuted luter.
HIT BY STRAY BULLETS.
Exciting Episode at Moving
Picture Entert'ainment at
' Springfield.
' Attemling the moviea ia not tlie
ufp.8t amiiHemeut iu the world is the
ipiuiou of tho undioiieo at Dream
lnud tlieatio at SpringfiHld Saturday
nglit. Tvvo men reiieived wouuils
iiiuj u tliird liad liia clothing p'ierced
by bulleta which came through the
niir.tition which aepnrntea the the'iitrp
uid'tlie armory of company K, Ver-'
moiit Nationnl guard.
Severul membera of compnny K
wore practiciug nt tlie company'a in
door rifln rnngp. Ouo of tlieae care
leanly sot.hia siglita for 1800 inatpad
f 500 yarda with-the reault. that thp
'22 t'aliber. hullota cleared the top of
ihe targetand pienied the wnll which
wns auppoaed to bo bullot proof.
One of the misalcR stnick Wnllor
iebl iu the noae, iuflicting a aerinus
v()und.. It hu8.'uot been located.
Befiire theahptingcould bo atoppcd
tlarry Taylor liad received n fleslr
wound under the cliin nnd a bullot
paaaed through the clothing of.
t'lhitrlea Itlnncliard, grazing the elsin.
Although the thpalre wna well fillod
tritb pnople nt the timo, thero wiia
iim punic.
A Great Germ KiHer.
Germim acienliRta anv lliat, aero
(ibirie flightR in high altitudea dp
iruy tubprculoaia germa. Thia np
nareiitly ia bnrnoout by tlie fact tliat
vviat.o.rs, hen piuked up, aeem not
' rhave been killed by tuberciiioais.
Oleveland Lead'er. "
Whitelaw Reid Dead.
VVhiielaw' Reid, United Statea
(mhaBsaddV to the court uf St. Junirs
frir aeypn ycara. diplonintiRtand man
r. lelteiw, died nt noon Sunday nt'
IJ.ircliHater' IloUae, liia Louildn reai
dence. Death wna catiRcd by repealpd
itinckH of aeiilo uatlitna, n ninlndy
u-liieli he haa auffpred for aov
r.il ynarR. nnd. which oflen occurred
ii thiH hpuroii. He was 75 yenrs old.
Two Aviafors Killed.
A11 aiM-oplaue tiirning lunle iirid
alling 150' fppt on tho Wcmblpy,
sCtiulanil, g"If oiui-rp ''Sunilny after
killed Lieut W Pnrke' of the
Ri.yal Nnvy, aud-Mr .Hiirdwiok,
.inrtiniger of nn iiproplanecotnpnny.
Green Cut Bbne and jjYleat
is 11 &U'iidid cold weii.thcr Poultry
lriu.d. Send iir youi check ormohcy'
ouler for $3 75 and we will sliip you
11 200 poutid bnrrel, freiuht prep'nld
to your rnilrond stntion. ' CAnnOLL
S. Page, Hyde Paik, Vermont. -
Alvvays the Nighties.
Di-Fpnlcheu irom Bostpn snya tlmt
a botel c.uiglit fire the other.PYe.nidg
nnd oh, yes, dear render, the lndy
guestBescnped in thcir night clotbes.
A botel fiie story without tlmt
Kcntence vvoiild bc likc a tuikey
dinner without cranberry snuce.
Philndelphin Teleraph.
OURFIRSf CHRISTMAS
Holiday Celcbratcd In America
Before Time of'Columbus.
The, Chrlstlan Norsemeh Undoubtedly
Obaerved the Occaolori on the -New
England Coast In Early .
Colonlal Days.
HILE tho eottlo
mout of tho Amer
Ican contlncnt la
nioJern and Its
hiBtory'clearly do
flnod, probably
thero 'wcro Chrlst
moB celobratlona
ln -wlint la now
tbo United Statea
uovoral centurlca
beforo tbe flrat
voyago of;Colum
bua. Tho chron
lclea of IcolanJ
tell the 'Story ' of
the vlslt made to
Gr eenlahd by Llof,
eon of Brlo tho Rodof Norway, and
descrlbo tho southwnrd voyage of hla
little venBol past-tho snow-clad moun
talna of Labrador and tlio wood.od
shores of Nowfoundland, until Vlno
land; an lndeflnlto reglon on tho Now.
Englanf coaqt, waa reachod. . .
Hero Llef, who wns a Chrlstlan, and
tbe mombera of bls little band of dar
Ing ndvonturers spcnt the wlntei1 of
1002 and no doubt on tho blcak New
England shora tho hegutlful feast,
tvhoso God-llko splrlt haa'softcncd and
conquercd the world, waa colcbrated.
Tho Norweglan vlslts to Vlnoland
wcro contlnued by Thorwald and Thor
ateln, brothcrs of Llef, who had buc
ceeded tb tho. patriarchal offlco and
possessions .of hla fathcr; and on tho
deaths ln qulck successlon of both
Thorwald and Thorateln tho wlfe of
tbo latter, Gudrlda, marrled a rlch Nor.
weglan namcd Thoriltf and accompa
nled blm and a compnny- of his fdllow.
ers to Vlnoland, wherd thoy Uvcd
threo ycars. Gudrlda was a.filous
BoUl. Whcn herBecond huaband dlcd
sho vlaltcd Romo, narratcd to Pbp'o
Benedlct an account ot'her advcntdr'es
lri thia far west.ern world and with 'tho
papal blessing roturned to Iccland,
whero'Bhdiounded a'convont, of .which
Bhe becamo abbess.
Thero aro- no records bearlng on tho
CbrlBtmas days spent by tbese hady
Iprweglan8 ln Now England, but lm
aglnatlon can well plehiro tho rcnowal
ln this ntrongo land of tho Chrlstmas
cuBtoms vqt Scandlnavla, And ,thus lt
Is cntlrcly legltlmato to assumo that
by thera tho' first cclcbratlon of thd
day was .ob'aorvod Jn the now 'Yrorld!
H'lstcfry: and'Hradttlon as well. aro
Bllent' after this, on new world, airalrs
un,tll fho cpmlng of,the,Ppanlnfd8, fo'l
Jowed ijf .tho. PorjUiguesot Frerictt ttriil
Jlnglfsh-- By.,thom the fdasli'of tho Nn
tiylty was colebmted, and 'long. h.efqro.
Plymouth jftpck 'JlaB dlsco;oredt to tb '
mado the iorde'rstorio of a' 'now- clvll
lzatlon, hardy'flahrtnen'from. Franco
cliarrtod tho hymns of tho Cathollo
church ln the watcrs of Man6. An
'p!d, Frehch Chart givea. to certain ls
landa nea'r' tho Machias rlvcr. east of
Penobsco'tVfho naines olflalcs dea.nolsj
Magcs and Havro. Mago Isles ,pf tho
Maglan' klng'a, nnd Atasjiin harbor
ln memory of tho' threo wlse mon, who
followbd the .iriystcrlous'Btar, to lay
tlieir offerlngs of gohl, of franklncenao
nnd of tnyrrh boforo tho Babo of Both
lehem. . ...
In sterh and' purltan Now England'
Chrlstmas waa placed -under ban..'Tho
Plymouth colony, lndecd, dld not pass
prohlbltlvo laws, but ln 1622 Gov. brad
ford placcd all Chrlstmas gatnes uudor
Intordlct and thoBO- who nfterward
obaorvod tbe day dld sccrotly. IBut
j Utn j a iO-angc ntiu'tuoruur-iuhlsper ln tfte. ntgKe uAna.,
Xflure'da song of Uuialuzr 011 the Up of mgm :
Ohj can yoa Jvtnr lum utagtng.lus iuluJ teu tixc'carth a-jlngiig,
VVho HoltU tht. wontur of HitivaHci co lui paz armi. nu bom ?
Slng iDtv.'slng low. oh yoii who fUl fiti prttciwt, '
For grtat anct good' ana gtoiiou uhei . v '
He. (UL9 ttt euvaomt aatxnung of- the. onkj ivinxcrtnoming ,
Wntn. sui and. hate. ana.torroiu an. lot ln ciaHtiv.
tl t cart tnakt the. tLnncr jairuty. for t nufnxcnc, "
Then wHilt Ljtc hCs spcU. U ocr ut. Iic utiU. mardv aXong txtforc us
pjgfve out mw ttie sUcixa. of titc sliaaowt cii aiuai , t . , .
' Oh. OjnUt.rvdt from Quristmat iin to CVuu tm aJ.
But Hm aUe place to bttxcr mcn ana viac,
Thouglii uou prtach your sorru story . stttl iuc knoui that UCe. U Qlonj. .
For JtluJO. iuc.uexScrcaC'iuarUX a-irouali Uve Ctirutma tpCncS cyts.
the MaasachuaettB Bay colony, follow
ing the cxample of Cromwell'j par'la
ment, which problbltod all obsorvanco
of the foast and decreed tbat "bolly
nnd lvy wero badgcs of sodltlon," en
ncted a law, In 1C59, obllglng all men
to labor on Chrlstmas day and lnfllct
lng a flno upon thoso who observed tho
feast, It was not uutll 1C81 nioro
tlian 20 years after tho passlng of the
Cromwoll rcglmo and tho restoratlon
of tho Stuart dynasty to tho throno
that this law, abollshlng personal frcc
dom and llborty of worshlp, waa ro
pcaled; and aovcral ycars after this
tho splrlt of New England was rofloct
cd ln a Ictter wrlttcn by Rev. Joshua
Moody to Itov. Increaso Mathor, ln
which the obscrvancq of Chrlstmas
was thus refcrred to: "And tho shut
tlng up of shops on Chrlstmas day and
drlvlng tho mast'er out of school on
Xmas bolydales are vory grevous."
Elsowhero . throughout tho colonles
tho feaat of Chrlstmas was observed.
Both Now.AmBfordam and Now Yorlt
malntalned the old-world customs as
Boclatod with tbe day and ln tho south
tho boautlful fostlval never lost IU
hold upon tho hoarta of tho Engllsh
Bcttlora. -
Today thoro la no north, no south,
nb caR no-wost, to Chrlstmas colo
bratlon. in tho United States. The
story "of thd Babe of Bothlehom is
wrlttcn on ovory hoart and overy
tongue on Chrlstmas morning rcpcats
tho song tho nngela Bang ovor the
Judean hllls: "Glory to God In the
hlghcst and on carth pcaco to men of
good will."
FRIENDLY WARNING
. Atlaa waa. holdl'ng up tho world.
At thia Juncturo Santa Claua drovo
by. . ' ' '
"Hello;. Atlaa," sald Santa. "Stlll
.Jipldlng .it-up, I Beo."
"Yes," .woophe'd Atlas.
"Woli; g'ct bus'y with iy Santa ad
.vla'od. - . '
tii 'AfterI mako my trlp this .year
thero won't bp anytHIng loft for an ot-.
eryday hold-up man." ,
-' 1 r;
Had 8omethlng In H'm,
Itov. Hudson Itobert- Jones had:
preachcd what ho ..thought was a
grcat Chrlstmas'aermon. On tho way
homo 'from 'Church' ho camo upon a
youth slttlng doublcd up bn the Bteps
of a domicI.je.;JsbIng to admonlsh
thlsoung perabn!fdPwhat ho took to
.bo Jazlh6sB,,ho fltcppcd up to hlm hnd
sald:
''Don't 'alt. thero liko that, my boy;
this, la dhrlstraa8. G'et' up and' stlr
yourself ; . ypuv certainly- . mu'at havo
Bpmething ln 'youv" ,
' "I'vq. g'ot a blg Ctirlstmaa dlnnor In
meV'-' wiis,'tho fpr'ced rbpljri "and I
cap't ove.', '
s --
THE
SPIRIT
OF
CHRISTMAS
BY
P.MACLv.
LPGINTON
PREPARING FOR HIS ANNUAL JQURNEY
CHRISTMAS FOR TWO
By AGNES HOWARD BUTLER.
M A lt ti ThomaB
Mooro waa born an
brphan. So far aa
ho waa concerned,
hla briof hlatory bo
gan and ended at th4
Chlldren'a homo. Hla
blg slster LUy, who
waa bIx and there
fore Bhould havo
known bottor, told
vague tajos of a real
Mother and. littlo
house in thi coun
try whore thoy had
cocoa every .day for
breakfaat. Thia laat
condcmned tho wholo
story. At the Asy
lum one had cocda
only on Sunday, and
this festlve eve.nt
rodeemed a day oth
crwlse devoted to
rellKloUs exorclBes.
Tho two ciilldren aat on the c'dge
of tholr chalra ln the bloak nsylum
parlor. whoro threo holly wroaths ln
tho 'curtalnleas wlndows proclalmed
that "it was' Chrlstmaa. ', Both woro '
drpssedi in tho lnsMtutlonal bltio and
white check, and' thoro was a .red
shlnlngness ahout tholr faqes whtch
told of tho recent and vigoroua'pap
pllcatlon of soap and water. Llly Kvaa
crcam and roscs with appeallng long
lashed eyes that would havo secured
ho'r a homo many timoa ovor lf 'sho
had- been wllllng to go alone. No'
one wants to adopt a boy. Even tho
blondo ones were unclalmed, ao what
chanccs had ThomaB, brown as to
halr and cyeS and Blcln, although any
thlng but somber ln offect? Tho over
worked Matrop had reluctantly glven
up the idea ot "placlng" the two chll
dron together. A dealrable homo 'had.
been found for the glrl with two prlm
maldqn ladlea and little brothor had.
to romaln behlnd. So the, 'tvi folka
'woro-'to spond tholr laat Chrjstmaa
togothor with Llly'a now guarcllana.
f j.S,later :wjll. come ovory Saturday
to ae,o. Brother," sald tho littlo girl,
who hccop'tcd tho comlng Boparatlon
With a' chlld's strangn fatallty, al
though her .heart-'was achlng.
,..,"Yb," .assflptd' Brothor noncom-
mittally. JIp,.waa leaa concerned with
future happtness than with the pleas-ing-prospect
of a day in now Burro.un.d-
ings.
,A carrlogo dra$?n hy a fat slug 'of '
a'horao drow up.to. tho curbln'g, two
ladtca 'kb't rut aWd' "cautloualy aBcend
ed tho Bllppory Bt'epa.
"Mlaa-PrlscllIa-red-headed .and Mlsa-Mattlo-pull-hor-halr-back,"
onnounced
Thomas, who had his own way of
characterlzlng people. . 1
"Tommy.t Tomr. y! Bon't caH them
that," wallcd Lljy; "say MIss Prla-1
ctlla and MIbb Mattle or maybo they
iwon't want me,1'1''
At thia awful thought even Thomaa
wns abashed, bo lt was tho shy little
"iliy alono who Bllpped from hor ehalr
and offcred her hand to the two ladlea
aa .thoy' entercd the room followod by ,
tho Matron. MIss Prlscilla Bhook 1
handB ln a matter of fact way, but
Mlsa Mattle bont to. klss the chlldron '
as sho holped thom on with thelr
wraps and gathorod up tho moager
parcol that contalncd Llly'a porsonal 1
bolonglnga.
"Shall wo go noyr, Slster?" sho ,
venturcd. Tho domlnant chord ot'her '
oxlstonco had alwaya' tlnkled a sott
accompanlniont to the loltmotlf of the I
declslve M1b8 Prla. 1
"Y08," nsserited tho latter posltlvo
ly, "and wo will rcturn the hoy pre
clsoly at flve," ahe addod to tho Ma
tron. who had beon hovorlne nvcr Tllv
with eood-byoa and admonltipns,
1
The coach'man carrled botu uuiiuren
down tho lcy ato'pa and thoy boro
,thomBclvcs with bocomlng modeaty, aa
lf accuatomcd to Buch care, whllo tho
orpbans in tho front ward watched
envlously, and one of thom oponcd tho
wlndow wldo enough to caH down:
"Aw, Tommy'B comlng back any
how," aa a salve to their sltghtod con
dltlon. Whon tho blg houao waa reachod
there waa a dollghtful holiday amoll
ln tho air of evergroens, orangcs and
freahly burnlng drlftwood. Lily was
taken upstalrs to. come down later,
hor blondo beau'ty radlant In the white
lawn and blue rlbbona .ln which Mlsa
Mattle had dresscd hor. "With a
chlld's adaptablllty sho soomod to 11 1
in perfectly with hor surroundlnga in
contraat to Thomas in hla coarso
bluo glngham and heavy ahooa. Sho
would brlng the.plrit ot, youth to a
houao, lane" accuatbme'd to the deco
roua waya of sober mlddlo ngo. A
blnck and white Japanoae spanlel, ,
with a noso .80 short that he seomed
alwayB on the polnt of a sneezo,
Jumped up bcsl'do 'her and lald his
head affoctlonately. on her arm.
"What a picture," slghed MIss Mat
tle. "Don't apoll tho chlld," rojolnod her
slster, wlth.n glance at smalt Thomaa,
who seomed rathor out ot, lt. "Come,
it's' ti'mo for the treo."
A whlte-capped mald 'shoved asldo
the portlorca and.rovealed.a troo, gllt
torlng' wlth tinsol and heaped around
with varloua rlbbon-tiod packagea.
There waa a satlafying amallnosa, a
cozy. "portion. for two" .fb'ellng abou't
thia fat little troe, in contraat to tho
uaual apindly, sparsely trlrnmed ever
green at tho Aaylum, which waa bo
Iargo. that it never, B.oemod to belong
to anyono but tno Boa'rd ot DlrectorB.
After a moment ' .of" rapturouB b1
lencb Llly huggo'd a real" dolly, and
Thomaa foll .upon. a toy horao. Be
ing' of an' ihvestlgating turn ot mlnd,
It was soon mTmjs.jsaddlo and hrldlo
and the tall waa about tO'follow whe.n
MIss Prls created a dlverslon- by jlght
lng the troo so that ho mlght s'eo lt
ln all Its glory' beforo ho went back.
Tho early winter twlllght bogan to
shadow tho roam as shernng lor toa.
Then thoughtfully she hung. Tom'a
coat by thd flre to w'arm in prepara
tlpn for hla cold .rldo.
The' toa-wagon appeared, 'In honor
of tho day it boro tho Martha Wash
ington Bot of colonlal tradttlon, a
cherlahod he!rlo'6m wli6se 'egg-sholl
fraglllty had bobn gunrdQd, from do
atructlon through flvo careful gen
cratlons. Besldea the uaual toa aerv
lco, there. waa a pltchor of milk and
thln Bllcos of .bread, epread with raap
berry Jam, and a plato lieapcd with
' bananas.
It was wheelod into placo beforo
MIbb .Mattle, whose' transparont handa'
had barely tllted tho teapbt, wljoh with
a whoop of 1oy tfr'o rlotous Thomaa
' made descent. Heedloss of his sls
tor's warnlrig cry and poor Mlaa Mat
tlo'a horrifled gaap,. he grasped tho
handlo of this hovel push-cart, shout
ing: , , ' 1 ' 1"
"Ban'anaat tfananaBr'" ' '
Tho peoullar tatallwhjchyjpursue8
Bmall boys. ln a drawing-ropm swoop
od down uporf hlm. ' Thero was a craah
nnd a tlnklo of sllvor as tho whecla
met tho odge of a heavy' rug. and
Tom, the dcvastator, sat arold. tho
rulna. , ' '
"Ohr MlBB-PrlBcllla-red-headdd I Mlsa-
Mattle-pull-yout1iairTbackl ,ik dldn't
. .f . .. . . .. . ..
meun ,10 DreaK jf;, .aon't- Bcnu. iuy
back tothd 'Blum"canBb' r9e'bad, and
be tay Muvvers, t'o6:l5'h'o' concfuded
breathleasly. ., '
It. waa MIsb -Prls who plckcd hlm
out of tho debrlB, and as his short
arms .mat .around hor "neck and his
toar-stroaked faco went'dowh ofi her
Bhouldor, sho lookcd across at 'MIss
Mattle and as ono. who has at length
arrlyed at a happy doclaion, she an
nounced:
"You tnke tho girl tho boy is
mine."
(Copyrlgat. Uli, by Weitern. Newtpnper
Calosui j

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