rn A a 3 wl ny ow —— Te ay yon el Ser '5, Ch rigfpig\ CPTI Tr “oi a FF Noel Clas with white ing, woman H was tall and candid, blue eves gaunt, and his look- | ton ciear, small and i hands vous NOere as w kent thos pandemoniun - 3m but ream thors he onj Of course there baby was only a mite—a wee, blue eyed, golden-haired mite: couldn't walk, crawled, you know, but we were awful chums, and when she went and took our mite—well,” and the man's laugh hurt his own ears. “Well, then I took to writing love sturies--love, old chap, with a happy ending bish- ops, bridesmaids, bouquets and bless ings, and"-his temporary excitement had left him—he added drily: “And it pays! Now go, old chap. I must get my stuff mone for the early ————y a Co —— ori . ot and Chum went out while Noel to his interrupted work cach line on of oexpre nted him, turned again Between every page sgfon, quaint dead turn thoughts hau a aim girl wile past spoke to The Ih i had been very beautiful empty. There party going on her progeny were He had been writing for half hour since Chum had left him, felt the old familiar touch on his wrist. It was imagination, he did not turn his head, and then he looking into blue eyes, in the framed face of a who up at him a rosebud to be kissed child—where carth from? and who was and Mrs, attending a Marsh and it. an of course, even bov of four, laughed “Goodness, do i 4 ‘ 3 ; Drougni VO ¥ fai 8, On who name? to make You cocome our { began Kuee Erie? a lofty Babs for climbing ‘Who Brought you here YOu Com of iy 21 not vou're chool and then mar life S——— CHI colloge, vied When the scribbling fil nsed draw her close to his writing table, daintily white oft and and flufty, for! the prospective and the few! remarks she made seemed to chime in | and identify themselves with what | he was writing. but, all this happened five years ago One odd little trick Pearl had, and Noel remembered it this evening—and missed iL. When his pen was working extra she used to lay the tips of her | upon his right hand-—just | hand meets wrist She did not He de they wis on him | wicker knit} mas Pearl ( low chair ting of fingering inl, downy wearer Of course, where wo small, and he had often written with the tiny touch on his wrist al guost unconsciously —only peeping up from time to time at a sweet oval face, into deep violet eyes love lit, But, of course, this was five years ago. So he wrote on, feeling a little bit sorry that Chum had not stayed, for after all, he only had another half hour's work before him, and then they could sit and chat, and perhaps drown the sound of the bells that he knew would ring out in a few hours. He was just in the frame of mind to summon his landlady’s children, but except for himself, the house was BY PROOCKIORST, 1825 happen to break cleft by the would only allenoee ! sigh of a child The church the street thing a only wad only at the end of shut in a bent to his work. He could hear the bell fling along the frosty pavement, few minutes--and he Half asleep, half awake, he was conscious of the old, almost forgotten touch upon his wrist—a dream doubt less—but he could not shake it off, and then he looked down. Kneeling as of yore beside him, blue eved, teardimmed, was Pearl “1 have returned, Noel” quavering little voice, but it him How like sh ringers it was a thrilled o was to thelr child, And then the bells clashed forth their message, “Peace on Earth, Good will Towards Men,” and to two Hearts they carried a sweeter, deeper mes sage still No word wae spoken. A small fig ure, in a smoking jacket that reached to his heels, stood at the dividiag door, an eager face turned 10 either. And husband and wife kissed silent iy. ~~New York News, As to Santa Claus. With our modern fangled notions Fairy tales no longer do; ‘Stead of coming down the chimney, He has now gone up the flue. At Christmas time long years ago ‘Good will to men’ "And peace rang the angels on earth” Across the sky's celestial glow, Atl Christmas Long time Years ago L Christmas that £1 od time {une will { The loving wishes of a That rien COMnive (todas At Christmas 1 And all May its ime ey the ot life vCHRL {SIT ‘hit Wor what you down’ paints dent “Ye {hei said gether nee.’ pleasui in existe “1 belle than Jane happier Dorothy am you are tonight said wut her lip quivered “Why? asked Bright hat | finest shown Evos am going to heotises in the of “Don’t live in city, the know 1 one of the and “400 “What be to members mean by the 1007" Jane neglected, said Bright Eyes You going, any “I am going to little Jennie Reed, whose mother does washing for a liv am 80 anxious to see her, be. her mother, when do you uneducated “Tell Way Yrs “You poor, me, told the clerk that Jennie had not been very well since her papa died, and she hoped that | would cheer her up on Christmas Day. If Jonnie is MADONNA thy Jane grew from talked day to day, until her Jane the neighbor about it Doroth ever Jennie went, Was with her Bright Eve¢ hard the hous vd od there wer other h he ai , on the x tit i Wi and aen ound that oth Bo iesarevrstae i emetase verses Cou ink at it wi not “art ih 1 i that big Fix the d and happy doil nuRis ped ghe tell entirels { ncn Bill as out, aid to his the startied tant, silly It had Bright kK) thie wagon sudde Dorothy i: het had when she Lop ine a> about made up mind to missed the had unshapely Byes yon that she bie ondary o of §i¢ 0 al All Oo made love an Bright time 10 say rag hand “Maki a he put Was, But head scornful wr up the brown: you ever get up into me,” were her in ounce ol that littk 1 love Frye Bin Zi fossod hey with 1 he | | call as ran high society on Bill complained bitterly to wing overworked the | after | Jape over to} floor of the Mrs. Reed a bom Mrs. Reed Ride filth house, ou the tenement Jonnie's little in the fireplace, facing When Mrs. Reed had Kissed the | sleeping child and tiptoed out of the! room. Dorothy looked around for other Christmas arrivals, At first she saw no one else, and began to feel the re sponsibility which had been thrust up- on her of being little Jennie's whole Christmas. Finally, however, she spied a little pink candy dog, and he told her that he, too, was there for Jennie. The next morning Mrs. Reed peep od into the room in time to see Jen nie jump around in an ecstacy of joy, with Dorothy Jane clasped close to her breast and the pink candy dog in her hand. The affection of the ¢hild for Doro IDOITCI, 16168-16806 was gone from hier and one arm the next day Bright looking the Basement areaway, with Doroth the io sn r hair cheeks were and 3 Eves ans the ash when Jane in basement bell get the washing. recognized Dorothy at once and calied out with all her for mer hauliness crushed and broken: “Oh, you dear old rag baby: you were right after all.” Then Jennie went and the dolis never mai again. New York Mail and Express chow so just over top of frog rv barrel, in the Reed, arms, had come Bright Eves Jonnie her She rang Christmas Chimes, By Arthur Stringer. From town and with tilt and tune, A gust of chimes takes flight Where that dim golden boat the moon Drifts slowly down the night tower, Like startled climbs, Alone, aloud, afar, A thousand-pinioned flock of chimes That float from star te star birds, it swings and 1hey tire, and fail, and turn, and CURse, ~ Joy's homing birdé--and then For one glad Christmas Day of peace Nest in the hearts of men! Mount Sporis, near Glenwood Springs, Colo, 14.300 fect above sca level, is to be made into a summer res sort. Among the unique attractions will be the perfection of & natural tes boggan slide.
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