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A rlivnie, and a Unlit and llthct one,
Tliilt attara lik a npn e fine i
A rij. mill tirlnlit mill blithe ona,
A-Uuoil with the C'hrlstiiiM-aklna.
A catch, mid a Oar anil g one,
l.ik win lir.xik-uoif In the upring;
A Mave. nnd n nil mid mvl oye
That shall mako the rnfttirt rlu.
He the rwnt of thu dnncra In It,
The lltli and the laughing Imp.
n I thi thrl l from Hid tliroal of allnn
Hint diet to a rapt lira deep
Thrn It'a cheer, my mater merry,
And cheer, my bonnr nuiida, 01
Our aong'a for the hollv berry,
Our kiaa for the nililluioe.
- Clinton Soollard.
A SEARCH FOR "SANTY."
ANTA CLAUS Is
A ho vivid a reality,
.VV boys nnd girl
IU lllUfL IllLIt
W Vv--rJ innc any uouni
s
Vi'0"4-
thrown upon his
existence is us
nally Indignantly,
resented by them.
Little Robbie had
no doubts upon
the subject. Why
should he? Hadn't
kind old -Santy"
brought hlni toys
and candy every Christmns he could
remember, nnd he remembered three
of them? But a cloud had fallen on
Robbie's faith. His mamma was sick
and ailing, nnd many of the bundles
of sewing that she had always seemed
to be working upon remained unopen
ed. Some days she could not get out
of bed, nnd her hands were cramped
so that she could hardly use them, and
she almost creeped rather than walk
ed. "I nm afraid Santy will not come
to us this year, Robbie," she said, "but
you must be a brave boy and never
pi hid."
Truly, Robbie was a brave little fel
low. A cheerier, merrier, more affec
tionate little chap was never letr. to
console a poor, struggling widow. He
had ways of his own, too, and an odd
sort of independence that is often
characteristic of the children of the
poor.
"I'll go find Santy," he said in his
cheery way, "and tell him Robbie's
mamma is sick, and that he mustn't
forget Robbie."
Mrs. Garry scarcely paid any atten
tion to the prattle of her boy, although
he repeatedly announced his purpose
to "find Santy."
The neighbors in the big tenement
were kind to Mrs. Garry, but they
were all poor like herself, and had
children of their own to provide for.
They did what they could, but their
charity did not take in the idea of pro
viding Christmas presents for the
prattling Robbie.
It was the day before Christmas,
and Robbie's little head was full of
his plans for finding "Santy." He had
figured out that he must arrive in
town that evening, and during the
day, from his perch in the high win
dow, he had noticed a bustle and stir
in the streets that indicated to his
childish mind the early advent of the
good Saint
After dinner he stole quietly out o
the room and down the long stair
and out into the streets he sallied,
well clothed and booted, Indeed, and
not to be intimidated by the frosty air.
The neighborhood in which Robbie's
The Findlug of "Santy."
mother lived had few stores, and these
mostly of a small kind. Here and
there he stopped at a window, to note
a display of toys, but no sight of
"Santy" rewarded his vision. He
passed block after block until finally
he was lost In a maze of streets, but
his heart did not falter nor his sub
lime faith in meeting "Santy" in the
least diminish.
How long be wandered Robbie never
knew. He never had dreamed the big
city was so big. At last, he was at
tracted by music from a tall church,
that was tho principal object in a
neighborhood so neat and orderly that
it looked to Robbie like another world.
He crossed the street, and standing on
tiptoe on the steps, gazed through the
great open portal of the church to as
certain what caused the music from
the Inside.
What a sight met his gaie! Within
were crowds of people and crowds of
children; light and music and laugh
ter; and at the end of the chancel a
great Christmas tree uplifted itself
loaded with beautiful things; and.
there could Robbie believe his eyes?
was old "Santy" himself handing
toys to the children from the well
laden tree. He clapped Lis hands, and
laughed a merry laugh at his success
' in at last finding the objtct of his
quest
At that moment a richly dressed
lady appeared from within the church.
"Say, ma'am," shouted Robbie, so
eagerly that he was almost breath
less, "Is he coming out soon?"
""Whom do you mean, my boy?"
asked the lady kindly.
"Old Santy! He's In there. I'm
lookln' for htm."
"Oh!" and the lady laughed In spite
of all her gay nttire nt the funny little
fellow, "you're look for Santa Claus,
are you?"
"Yes," said Robbie boldly; "my
mamma's sick, and says 'Santy' won't
come this year, but 1 thought I'd try,
to see him and tell htm Robbie's been
a good boy, and didn't make poor
mnamma sick. I guess he'll come If ho
knows that."
The lady bent down, as she wiped
her eyes quickly with a lace handkor
chlef. "Who are you, Robbie, and where
do you live?"
Robbie knew who he was nnd where
he lived, and he told it without hesi
tation. Then a strange thing happened. The
lady led him Into the church, and,
after a short talk with some other
ladles, he was taken up nnd intro
duced to the big man In furs nnd long
white beard, whom he knew to be
"Santy."
Then tho Superintendent arose and
told Robbie's queer adventure, in
simple, affecting words, to the whole
school, and there was much laughter
and clapping of hands.
Robbie was taken back to his home
in a big sleigh, with furry robes, anil
prancing horses, but big as It was It
was hardly big enough to hold the
many beautiful things gcod old
"Santy" nnd his children had given
him. There came help nnd comfort
too, for Robbie's mother, but that need
not be told here.
This Is the true story of how Robblo
found Santa Claus.
A Mnrieat Requent.
A near'- Chrlatmaa Gift.
It was Christmas Eve in Moscow,
and every one was busily preparing
for the great festival of the next day,
when a tall man, so muffled in a thick
sheepskin frock that he might almost
have been mistaken for a woolsack,
came tramping over the crisp snow
past the red, many-turreted wall of
the Kremlin, leading after htm by a
chain a huge brown bear, which plod
ded gravely at his heels without tak
ing any notice of the admiring stares
and pointing fingers of the countless
groups that eddieu carelessly to and
fro through the "Krasnaya Plosht
chad" (Red Flain).
"Hello, brother!" cried a stout, red
faced, blu-frocked izvoshtchik (hack
man), who was driving slowly past
in search of a fare. "Where are go
ing with Meesha?" (I. e., Michael, the
Russian nickname for a bear).
"They're going to have him and me
in a Christmas show at one of the big
circuses," replied the bear leader,
"and to give us twelve rubles (nine
dollars) a night Not bad, eh?"
"And by what name are you two go
ing to appear in the bills?" asked a
dandified young fellow in a smart new
fur cap. "You'll be 'The Renowned
Bear Brothers,' I suppose." -
"That's it my lad," said the beast
tamer; "and as bears generally have a
monkey to perform along with them,
hadn't you better come and join us?"
The laugh was now turned against
the Jester, who, irritated by the re
tort, took off his fur cap, and began
to tease the bear by flipping him in
the face with it
"You'd better stop at that game, my
fine fellow," said the bear's guardian,
warnlngly. "Mecsha's a good-natured
creature enough in his way, but he
don't understand being joked with by
strangers, though he doesn't mind it
from me. He's got teeth of his own,
I can tell you, and if he makes one
bite at you, I rather fancy you'll find
your sum comes out wrong the next
time you try to count on your fingers."
But the dude was not to be warned,
either by the words of the man or the
low growls of the beast, and was con
tinuing to plague the bear, when all
at once the shaggy head was thrust
forward, and the juge jaws opened
and shut with a snap like the falling
of a steel trap. The Joker drew back
his hand just in time to save it but
at the same moment he saw his fine
new fur cap (which had cost $7) van
ish like a pill into the bear's capa
cious mouth, amid a roar of laughter
from the crowd.
"Serves you right, young fellow,"
said the bear tamer, with stern satis
faction. "You've made him a nice
Christmas present anyhow; and
there's no fear of your brains catch
ing cold for want of it, for you don't
Beem to have any."
LITTLE te.LV
VIRGINIA'S
IDEA OF FV
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TKn't yon think Chrtma t!tn" Jolly and nloef
1.i1 of white iiw ttM.I tin: v uf lot ;
C iting nnd kallrtf-oh. hut i t tun
And. the , it juu'iv g.otl wbf.i Santa Clan
e. nie.
Hf'll o-eepdown thechlmncy aud luuk all aboutl
And, thru, U you're aiatiip. he'll crawl softly
vat :
With twinkling eyea and a oomloAl grin,
lio'.l oil your uocklnga way up to tu lirlru.
-6. Uauiploo,
'' Git tho Governor a Seat."
One of the best anecdotes of the
late Governor Curtin is that one rela
ting to a sensation he created in a
Washington theatre in the winter of
1884 85, when he was serving in the
House. The grand old man was very
anxious to see Henry Irving, who wan
then acting in that city, and he told
his wife and his daughter, Mrs. Wilson,
to go to the theatre, where he would
meet them after Congress adjourned
for the day. " You need not encage a
seat for me," he said as they parted,
"as something may arise that might
detain me and prevent my coming
until tne very last moment. I can pro
cure a seat easily enough if I do come
and it will be all right."
lhe Mouse, however, stayed in ses
sion on the river and harbor bill until
quite late, and when the Governor
reached the theatre there was stand
ing room only, and very little of that.
lie weclued himself along one of lhe
side aisles, and unintentionally stopped
in Iront of some men who were Perch
ed upon a window sill. One of them
touched Mr. Curtin rather roughly on
the shoulder and commanded him to
move aside. Governor Curtin looked
about surprised, but before he could
explain a big, double-fisted fellow of
herculanean proportions who was
'.standing close by pointed his cnor
mous index finger up at the three
window sill ornaments and thundered
out in stentorian tones. " Say, do you
know who you are shoving? That's
Ex Governor Curtin, our old War
Goverr or 1"
Then turninz to Mr. Curtin he
shouted, as his lice grew purple with
indignation : ' Governor, I'm one of
the boys I served under you, and
nobody shall shove you around where
I am ! Get down off that window sill,
you scoundrels," he yelled,, "get down
quick 1 Shall I knock 'em down, Gov
ernor? Shall I knock 'em down?"
And he jumped around like a Coman
che Indian in his excitement.
By this time the men had slid off
the sill and the doorkeepers had ar
rived. V Git the old Governor a good
seat," said the veteian, as he pulled
out a large roll of greenbacks. " Git
him the best seat in the house," he
continued in a voice that silenced Mr.
Irving's on the stage. There was a
private box not yet occupied, and the
manager of the theatre was glad to
rush Mr. Curtin into it and end a
scene that was not on the programme.
" One of the boys," as he called him
telf, then stationed himself in the
middle aisle, and for the rest of the
evening gazed intently into the private
box at the old War Governor, who
during the melee was unable to avoid
the attention he was receiving. It
created more amusement and applause
than the scene in the play. Mr. Curtin
made futile efforts to ascertain the
name of his gallant protector, who
may still be living.
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