Her Daughter and His Son
h A Great Married Life Story by
1 ID AH McGLONE GIBSON
I mi Lands J6b,
I suppose 1 must have hpn very
dull or very younc and unsophleMca't
od. because I did not understand what
he said. I supposed "check girl"
meant cahler work and I never had
heard the phase you're on ' before
but I decided to be game and said.
"I shall be very gird to work for
my dinner, but will have to have
some money to phy for my lodging."
Oh don'i you worry about that.
Von 11 net thar In tip "
I don't think 1 quite understand
I said
"Don't get uppish right off the reel
You're In a had predicament, my girl,
and it's up 10 you 1o make gnnri .if
- .meihintr or you're liable to starve to
death. Not that a beauty like yon
need be hungry long, you'll be a meal
hound If you stay around here lone
enough. You wont be able to eat all
L the meals that they'll offer to blow
M For a moment everything dse was
V forgotten in my desire to strike this
V man. 1 fairly trembled at my helu-
R lessneas, but my angtr gave me cour-
Hf age and I accepted his offer of work
PHH thinking if i: pro d distasteful when
I had paid for my dinner I could quit.
: "jjVH rt was impossible for me to apeak,
IJH however, so I raised my hands to rc- j
MH my
KSH "You are a game little sport, nrentj
Il oii"" said the man and a note of ail-,
3HI miration I had not heard before crept'
1 into his voice "I believe I'm srronc
for von even If von are lying,'
HO 'llhc:e. Sellers, take her back to her
1 station
"Pardon me. I'll find it myself." I
qAb The detective eyed me sullenly, but
'hHJBh the manager seemed to realise that
jjtfM I wss afraid of creating a senatlon
SHjB asrain. and Bald':
9 "I'll show you the way myself.'
HHH I meekly followed, bal stopped and
H must have looked my ;'ma7erncnt when
H he said lo the hi' checker.
i
"Here's a pal for you. Mamlo. Now
quit yelling for help."
The Kir! turned quickly and I liked;
her at ii glance. 11. i Irish face and
broad smile nave me comfort lmme
dlately. and 1 thought, iieres some
one who will believe my story
I This is Annie Whitcomh Mamie. '
I gave i sigh of relief as I found
the man bail mlsundei-stood my name.
Hanc jour hat and coat here," she
salrl with a smile ami then the man
ager was called a Way
For awhile I stood watching hex
with Admiration and wonder as she ,
bAvp each man the right hat. apparent
ly glarHng at the checks. I had an
,;idirri i especl for even her occupation i
Frohl her 1 began to get an idea Of
what service, if given- lovally might I
imcan. I knew it would br some time
hefore T could hope to be as proficient
a -hr. but despaired of ever acquiring I
her ability to give a pleasant smile orj
a quick-witted sally to evervone Be-
, tween rushes of business I was eon-
' scions of Mamie's furtive look at me
"Can I help you?" I ventured. 'I'm
afraid I shall bp very stupid at first."
"You've never checked before'' How
does it come Johnson wished this job
on you? Don't try to tell me now
jhecause It's awfully busy Just take
the hals as they come In and lay 1heni
nil on this shelf, hand'ng each one a
icheck and putting his hat on the samp
number. I Iwon't he hard for a girl
like you if you haven't am corns"
and showed all her white teeth in n
smile.
V or two or three minutes I was very
busy and wa. too nervous lo even
look about, but at last I heard some
one sav
Hello, etifle. when did you blow i
in? Never noticed von hefore. Ztejr-
feld hes nothing on Jnintgon when it
conies to plekinc winners."
I tried to smile, but my lips were
f ro7en
r6morron n Unpleasant Expcrl-
Ollt-e.
) Dorothy Dix Talks fi
FOR THAT TIRED FEELING
Bv DOROTJH DX, 'lie World; Highest Paul VoTnari Wriier
Hi A vv
BV to do when ou'v got tat tired ffeel-
is in, i ti d innoi
. ., gnc Bhi .... ry unto
Hb d -.in of hei ;. sht oi
HtH to hate her typewriter as If it were
H s.dme cruel pod before which she was
H offered up daily as MS sacrifice;
H that she could as as with jov Ik-i
rood, kind employer every time she
takes his dictation and counts how
HV mjany chins he has, and that she has
HV neither pride i.or inures! in her work.
B ajbd wonders that Hir WSS ever keen
H and ambitious about it.
She knows well enough that she
H needs rest and change, and to Kel
away from her desk for a while, but
I he remedy for her nerves Is as far
beyond her reach ;s the port wine
cure is bevona a pauper. She has i
HV mother and a little Sister d.-pendenl
HVH on her. Her little white hands must
fight the WOlf away Hum the door.
H and so she BSkS what Bhe (an do to
H pet back her :est in life, and her en-
HH thuniasm for her work,
H Your case, little sister. Is a hard
H . one. but it may comfort you to know
HH that your experience 18 the common
Hv lot It Is bnly the who are
1 lucky enoufli to be a hie to rest when
they are tired, and to seek Dew and
piquant flavors when their lives le
RHHP come dust and aShcs in their moUtha
v There . nol a ' inesa man In the,
iljttl world who does not have his moments
fiilfliB whan h Is sn woi'Il ami Weai'V V. ih
Hl the strain of planning sellinp
B campalcns. and worrying over imonr
VBfl petent subordinates, and the anxiety
BBSj of financing fresh enterprises that he
BS?I Is tdmpted to throw up the whole af-
j! fajr, ami po into bankrupt)
BBVJ There is not a mother who has to
nurs and care Cor her ow child
who does not gel so d ed oi
BHjJ walking the colic and waghtrig little
BMH laces and wiping little noses, ami lis-
BSsJ tenlng to walls for mother, and set-
BSVJ tlljlg quarrels and buttering bread
BSVJ and picking up scattered tovs. that
BSVJ site does not at times feel that she
BAVJ hates her own children, and that she
BAH would give anything on earth to Ket
BBH beyond the hearing of her babies'
HBa No matter what. we do we aJl have
BAVJ this reaction ugainft our occupation.
BBVJ our hours when the very thoughts
BJBJ ff entering the treadmill again, and
BBJ polnc the same monotonous round for
MBH the millionth time, fills Uh with a pbys-
BBkt- menttl nausea.
HJBBj Then comes the test of the sniff
BjHBT of which we are made. The weak-
BJ ' lines give up. and sink Into failure
l&j7fl Tlie slronp gird up their loins a liltl
toSWI tighter, and take a strangle hold on
PfctMal their courage, and go on lo success.
h9 (Secause you are tired, little Mster,
bBBh don't let yourself believe that you are
INBJ at the end of your resources. The run-
njg&B nets in a race will tell you that when
nHHB, they huve gone a certain distance they
BBBj are almost overcome with exhaustion.'
BBVB Their feet drag, and their breaths clop
BBVffl but if they force themselves on. thej
HBVJl get what they call their second wind,
IB
BBY
BBBJ That in true everywhere In life If
BBVJ we refuse to give up when WO
BBfl weary. And discouraged, and lose heart
BBJ we get our second wind, ami find that
BBVJ w f. lia . . dir.ped down Into unexplored
bbH :uid undreamed ol wells of vitality.
I Ii and power, and that we are enabled to
Kfcfial do better work tiian we have aver
BBBJ doiii-
BJBJ If you are tired ami your work and
BBVJ environment, and circumstances are
BBVJ that you cannot chanpe thent, wh
BBVJ not try changing your own viewpoint
BBH them?
BBVl Everything in life depends upon the
BBB 1 in which we look upon It. The
Hj.. only difference between work mu play
flP ' titudi toward II II
I costs a man a lot of money to drive
Bf i v n autotii'd.lle. It!.
mitr spurt He hir'.' a m.in to drive that
iJiLSiiE same automobile, and that man calls
MkjBJB It work, but both men have done ex-
lBJBJ OOtbbfChe name thlnp
BBV .Most ftlrls consider that they are
BJ having the time of their lives when
BBW thi go shopping, and peacock around
B before long mirrors in imported gowns
BBf and wraps that they haven t the
BB moncv to buy; but when a girl Is paid
BB for showing how lovely she looks in
BV gorgeous finery, she bewails hci fate
BV i as h poor, down-trodden, working
, J So v..,, see it is all in the angle thai
is oc gel your fate I know lust as
if man) rich ci -1 who -rr bored to
BJ'! death with having nothing worth while
BL to do. as I do working girls who are
tlrel of having something definite
MW they have got to do Kelleve me, my
v:BB dear, yu can get Just k sick of drug
I ' iB gl'ip around to parties as you can of
I im in ding a typewriter, and you can
J, come to hate the inane chatter Of "wll-
I - boys just as much as you can the
I BBB lino of conversation your boss car-
V So the bost cure for that tired feel-
BBSft' lng 1 to (lul1 looking upon your job
la - n-pard It an a bless-
HV- Just reflect that It stands be-
BBBf' you and want. You are inde-
sBBjH pendent, self-respecting, honored by
3H 1 10,11 who know you. No shadow lies
.across the white pathway of your girl
hood. When you look at the poor be-'
I draggled matures of the streets,
skulking along in thjc shadows, just
think thai but for your ability to make
your own living you might have be
longed lo that sorrowful sisterhood I
You c.mnot stop to rest because of i
the helpless ones of your family who
;.re dependent upon you, It Ts hard
thai your slender young shoulder must'
lu.ir such heavy burdens, but when;
you think of your mother In the poor-'
house your little sisters and brothers
!iu the old. forlorn shelter of an or-
jphari asylum, does it not make you!
want to go down on your knees and
I thank God for the Job that enables'
son to keep your honie-flres burnlnp'.'j
And, lastly, for that tired feeling,
shake up your self-conceit, and take!
a pood strong .lose as often as requir
ed Qui! looking upon yourself as a
martyr, and gel a slant on yourself
J as a conquercr. No woman in the
World has such n rlpbt to be proud of
herself as the girl who by her own
brains and ability can not only take
care of herself, but support the fam
ily. Jut for a woman to be able to
'hold down a goo, Job entitles her to
wear on her breasi the feminine cross
of the legion of honor.
Speed up your work, little sister, try '
to do it better, and be glad you've pot
it to do. That Is the -sure cure for
that tired feeling.
'j
Dr. James L Vance
, 4
My youngest son and his pater spent
the day In a ronph si ream that leaps
down the steep sides of the Grandfath
er mountain. We came home with xa
speckled beauties in our creel.
The brook trout Is an arlBtocral He
1 1 a piscatorial thoroughbred. To seek
him In tho kind of Stream he loves Is
Lo be spoiled for other kinds of fishing
This little fish Is all action He is
built for speed. There is nol a stale
; minute in the stream when he is In a
mood for your fly. And when he ia
not In such a mood, hew 111 pester your
if mper with his disdain I have drawn
the bait right across his lips as I look
ed down on him In a limpid pool, and
he has not stirred ul w hen ho wants
tho fly, ha will all but tear him and
tho rorl out of your hand
Theg lory of ihlsl ittls fish, how
ev er, is not his beauty nor his sprcd.
but his fighting instinct He fairly
Sister Mary
i .
Cake and bread tins have a tendency
to rust in the corners if not earefull
cared for- .h
Very often it isn't ne.-earv to wash
I Cake pan after hsking
If a spatula Is used scrape the;
pan clean, the tin will be In perfect,
shape to use next tlnu
All baking pans should b kept in a
cupboard or drawer as near dustproof
as possible.
MI 'M FOR TOMORROW
BREAKFAST Haked pears, little
pork snusaces creams dpotatoes, bran
muffins coffee
Id 'CII K N--Sardine snd egg
sandwiches, creamed asparagus on
togst, little pickles, tea. ,
DINNER Rolled shoulder of lamb
i, vhed potatoes i.nUed squash endive
SSlad, apple tapioca pudding, drop,
cakes, coffee
MY N REVIVES
If the maSQUllne member of 'he
ramll happens to bo golnp far afield
on a hunting trip for poor little bun-,
nies he will need a hearty breakfast to
brace him for unusual exertion. This
breakfast, of sausage and creamed po
tatoes, baked pears and bran muffins
is calculated to satisfy and Is at thCj
same time well balanced and carefully
chosen.
sUIDlNK WD EGG SANDWICHES
1 box sardine
8 hard boiled epp yolks
moyonnaisi
brown bread
butter
Remove skin and bonej from sar-'
.lines. Mash to a smooth paste With
epg yolk's, and enough maonnalse to'
moisten. Spread on thin slices of
brown breafd and butter. L'Re the
whites of the eggs In the renm fiuoc
for the asparagus.
M'I'I.I I UIO V. M DIIN.
t apples
I teaspoons butler
1-3 cup sugar
cinnamon
1-3 cup minute tapioca
- cups boiling water
1 -2 teaspoon salt
I'u.k tapioca In boding salted waterj
mi transparent Pare apples, cut In:
halves and remove core. Arrange in'
buttered baking dish. Fill cavities
with butter and sugar and sprinkle'
With cinnamon. Pour over tapioca'
ltd bake in a moderate oven till ap
ples are sft Serve with lemon sauce, i
You can't make both ends meet on ,
kitchen allowance from which you
oorrovv lo buy hats.
Little Benny's Note Book
PLEBCEMBN
Pleecemen are out weather it rains
or not.
They oerteny deserve our pity.
They have to chase bcrglers if you ask
ihem to.
Because they're employed by the city.
We see them wawklng along their feet
hooking free from all affliction
but they may have a wife and family
home
Proving truth is stranger than fiction
Pleecemen wear a uniform
So you'll know wat they are at a
giants,
Consisting fi rst of a helmet
And I'nd. coat and pants.
The coast has buttins all the way down
Made out of solid brass.
Ami no matter who you think you are
They wont take cny of your sass.
Yes their buttins ate made of solid
brass
But they look like pure gold In the
sun.
And its wise to stay about a block
away
If you feel like Insulting one.
They stop baseball playing in daylite
And robbers and things in the dark.
And "All pleecemen have big feet"
Is a old but true remark.
ADVENTDRES OF THE TWINS
DY OLIVE ROEERTS BARTON
Till Ml SHROOM'JS RIDDLE
Of course, there was dancing at' Mr.
Scarecrows' masquerade party, and
everybody had loads of fun. Cobb)
Coon had a hard Mine however, find
ing a partner And so did Wisp Weasel
and SnOOpy Skunk and Marly Mini.
You see. It was this way. Along In the
fall, when the harvesting was over and
the sweet corn gone n all, and 'Farm -01
Smith had conoped up his chickens,
for the cold weather. Cobby's appe-
V'.'c.:-;. :,v. . r.-r'Ti i imi iisiu
his mother had reminded him to be I
gallant, before he left home, and tp
. sure and behave his manners. So;
after thinking it all over. Flop de
cided that he just wouldn't. And he
' didn't
Hut they had a good time, anyhow,
c:i Sam Snakes boy, who had ruh-ber-bandi
snapped all over him, and
'who had come as a string of sausage
They had nut-cracking and fortunes
end ta ffy-pulllng i pulling the wild
THTi ii mii ii i mm m iwir m
i!ic had uut -cracking and fortunm and bobbing for apnles, and riddles.
tite began to bother him. Besides you
know, cold weather makes one hungry
as a hunter.
So It was perfectly natural, wasn"'
it. that Cobby.- being large for his age
and uuite full grown, might make a
mistake when he was dancinp with
Chip i'hlpmunk'8 slater, and absolutely
mistake her for a nice Juicy carrot or
sweet turnip and swallow her "hide
hair 'n all.-- The same with Flop
Field Mouse. Ho was awfully afraid
to ask Mrs Owl to dance, even though
honey out of the hole in the camore
nearby; and bobbing for apples, and
riddles.
Nancy won the priie. for apple-bobbing,
and Nick got the one for tatfy
pulling His Magical Green Shoes took
h;m right liiHlde the tree, and he dug
out a whole pocketful of hone .
This was the riddle the Magical
Mushroom asked. "Who Is It. who isn't
what he is and Is what he Isn't?"
The scarecrow looked around uneasily.
I
adores a difficulty. Nothing can stop
him. He can swim right up the roar
ing, racing cataract He can negotiate
a 30-foot fall to my certain knowl
edge He will not stay in a placid
stream. His homo is among the rocks
and the swift water and the deep pools
i and the leaping enscades
It is this tlghjtlng instinct that makes
I him a thoroughbred
1 am writing shout him because the
;same thing holds for people.
"I wan ever a fighter, so one fight
more," Is the spirit of the only aristo
cracy that is worth having.
The soul that sighs for an easy time
is a scrub Give me a lad to whom
a difficulty is nol a discouragement,
.hut a challenge. He In scheduled to
, he heard from for the streams of bless
ing that run down from God s high
mountains of privilege are for "him
'that overeomtdh
Oft
j It Is estimated that had there been
no wars and no epidemics, ihe present
population of the world. 1.519.000,000
I people, have descended from a single
I couple In 1 7S.2 ears, or since 138 A D,
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MILLINERY DEPARTMENT I
" j
BEDTIME STORIES
BY HOWARD R. GAR1S
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I I I w M.I. ii m ' x 1
Copyrighted. 1930, by McQlUfC News
paper Syndicate,
i Br Howard K. Gnris )
One dav when there was snow on
the froniid in Woodland, near the
ruife Ice ll,OUn l a Ins where Uncle
Wlgpilv had his hollow stump l.ung.i
OW, the old Kenilenvm rabbit started
out to look for an adventure.
If you will kindly wait a moment
I'll go with you," said KUfe .lan
l"u7.iy Wuzzy. ;is shf saw Uncle WlR
! Rilv tak- down his red. while and blue
Istiiped rheumatism crutch off the clock
I shelf.
"Of course. I ll wait for you, Nunc
Jane. ' said Mr. l.ongears, very polite
ly. "I dldn t know you wanted to
havw an adventure, also."
"It in't exactly that I want an ad
! venture.' the muckrat lady housekeep
er mud- answfi. nia i am hmhs
16 help Mrs. Wibblewobble. 'he duck
:,nd sew a bedqullt, and I can walk
pa rt way with you "
"Dellrhted!" exclaimed the bunny
rabbit, io It and Miss Funy Wueay
I set off toeether over the snw.
"Do you think you will have an d- ;
venture today, Uncle Wlgcllj " skd'
Nurse Jane, w hn they were about,
half-way to Mrs. Wlbblpwobtde s
I house.
"I hop so." answered the bunny
Uncle, and he hail tu i.vmkle his pink
i none twice as fasU as a snowTlake fell I
j on it from a aatafrag bush Jusi then, i
ticklinB Uncle Wlgglly.
Then the old gentleman rabbit hap- ,
pened to look down. ;md when he saw
; some marks In the snow, Mi LonK
an eailjrht hold of .Nurse Jane by the
I im nrl vvhlnrrfcl
' We had better not go on any far
ther We d better k i iglu 'l'k W
'our hollow stump bpngalow and slav
, there until Perclvnl. tho Policeman
Ijoc can arrest him
"Arrest who"' asked Nurse Jane
I don I see anybody who needs ar
resting." "I don't exactly sec him myself. '
spoke I'ncle Wlfglly. Hui her. aro
I the marks of his paw ann clawe in
: the enow, anil h cannot be far off. '
Who Is If " asked Nurse Jane, us
phe took hold of her sewing scissors
Dial were In her drsi pocKet
It Is Bob Cat.'' whispered the bun
! ny rabbit. 'And he Is no relation to
Tommle Joie and Kittle Kai. the
I pussy children This Bob Cai ii a
: wild chap a lynx he ! sometimes
f "
Woman's hair is her crowning
glory. She's man's crowning glory,
too with a rolling pin. Play safe
and
"DON'T EVER MARRY"
v
called, and be Is very fond of gen
.Ueman rabbi' and muki;H ladies."
' Oh. then, if he likes u it Is all
right," said Nurse Jane, as she looked
I At the tra ks in the snow "I shall be
i pleased to meet Bob Cat."
"And he'd he jrtr.d to see vis." said
j Uncle fVlffily, "But if we gn hack
easy like and careful perhaps he will
I nol find us. "
"But why don't you want him to
find us"" asked Nurse Jane. "You
'say he s fond of gentleman rabbits
and muskra1 ladles and "
"Yes. he Is altogether TOO fond of
us!" exclaimed the bunn. H
want to bite us and nibble ue! And you
know, as well as I do. that It Isn't
any fun to be bitten by a wild Boh
.Cat. or lynx."
I "I suppose It Isn't " agreed Miss
Fussy Wuy.ry.
I "I KNOW It Isn't'" declared l"nclo
Wlggljy, positive like and doubtless.
"Come on, we must go back. I'll look
tor an adventure some other dav-, and
you can help Mrs. Wlhblewoldde an
other time."
So he and Nurse Jane, th musk rat
lady carrying her scissors, needles and
thread, started hack over the snow.
They saw on the white ground many
marks of the paws and claws of the
Boh Cat, but thev hoped he had run
far nway.
All of a sudden, however, there was
a sort of snarl and a yarl and a
grow I and a row! behind a big stump,
and out on top of it Jumped a wild
animal sort of yellow In color, with
black Hpots and s'rlpes on hi fur.
He had a very short "bobbed tall,
and that was whj he wa" called Bob
Cat. And n his ears were little tas
sels or tufts, of hair, like fringe
" A U .1 I .. 1-. 1.. ..... ,. '!
growled Kob Cat and he opened his
month sort of hungry like.
"It It's afternoon If you plce."
aid the bunny gentleman, trying to
hide Nurse Jane behind his tall i!k
hat. so ihe bad creature wouldn't see
the muakrat lady housekeeper.
Afternoon or morning. t la all the
pame to me." growled Bob Cat ",rl
of working his claws in and out. tear
ing bits of bark of the tree stump
I am very hungry. I'ncle Wlggily, and
I am glad I met you. 1 saw your
footprlnis In the snow and I fallowed
you here. You have a friend with
you. I believe. Don t try to hide her I'
' Tees. Nurse Jane Is here " --ani-mered
I'ncle Wlggily.
So much the better. ' grunted the
lynx. "I nm more hungry than u.-ual."
and he shook his head so that the
tufted hale, or tassels, on his ears Jlg-
Bled to and fro
If you are hungry," spoke I ncle
Wlggily, please come to my hollow
slump bungalow Nurse Jane hSS
made a most lovely turnip and carrot
shortcake, wnd "
Rah: It isn't CAKE l want! It'a
I YOU!" suld Rob Cat. and lu was Just
I
going to Jump down eff the stump
'when, all of a sudden. Nurse Jane
jiulled her sharp scissors from her
pocket, and. stepping In front of I n
cle Wlggily. she snipped nd snapped
rhe scissors at the lynx and cried:
"Oh, Bob Ch:. you have .lust vvhit 1
want; Two cute little tasseU on your
ears. They'll be must stylish for u.
.sofa cushion I am making! Oh, you
I won't mind If I cut them off. I'm um :
Mold him, Cnde Wlggily. and I"l cut
those tassels off his cars!"
"Eh ' What's that" Clil the t-sels
off my ears'.' The tasels I am so
I proud of" I guess not! " howled l'."b
j Cat. "This is no place fo. me.
' Jumping down off the stump away
: ran the lynx, trying to hold first one
paw over his ear? and then -the other
paw. But as this was ha?t to do he
fell down In the snow and turned a
somersault. And. all the while he ktpfl
crying:
"Don't cut off my ear tassels! Don't
j do It!"
"Ha! I didn't hive any idea ol doing
it," laughed N-urse Jane, when Bi !j
.Cat was far away, arid i'ncle Wlguil .
land she were safe. "I Just s.ild thati
to make him run'"
"Well, you made him run nil right!"
laughed the bunny. "And ve each had
an advantage." Then U ,vis p-ace
land uuletnes. And If the thr- i
doesn't fall out of the needle's eye.
so button-hole can t see to go to "he
'moving pictures with the thimble 111
, tell you next about I'ncle Wlggily and.
Splashy ningiaii
J on
I Walt Mason ;
1 4. 4
TIME PASSER
Full soon the bltnardS will be pep
ping and hanging snow wreaths on
our brows, and we'll be asked to dr
our shopping as earl a the law al
low.. It seems no time aince bells
were ringing proclaiming Christmas
peace once more, thai happy time
nl,An 11,. I tvi.M liilnclny lull ft lllll-
I cracks from the store, it seems no
I time since old Kris ECringle propelled
hl. flivver through 'he night; tiie ech-i
of his slelghbells' jingle sen;s all
around me as 1 write. And now we're
' facing Winter burly, and soon each
aheet at which I glance will say, "Pica ;
do your Shopping eailv, and give the
'weary clerks a chance" No doubt
the children think the aeaeona have
I much like snails or turtles raced: but
we old lads hae auudry reasons for
usslng Time's Indecent haste, a sum
mer's gone before we knrtw It. an au
tumn smiles and then Its through, and
een a highly moral poet Is moved 'o
language warm and blue. The sexton
io his rope Is clinging- to ring In 1
Christmas Joy and cheer, and soon j
the old hoy will be ringing some other
bells and w e won't hear. The sky is (
gray, the wind is surly, more desolate,
the landscape grows, uh. let us do ourj
shopping early, and give the sway
backed clerks repose.
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