CHRISTMAS, Ob, the glorious Christmas weather, when all hearts keep time together, And we never have a feeling that is not serene and bright; When the snow is falling, falling, and the sound of coasters ealling To their fellows on the hillside echoes clearly through ths night, How the sleighbelis tingle, tingle, while the snow goes crinkle, erinkle, And the furs and robes about us hardly serve to keep us warm; And our feet and fingers tingle to the music | and the jingle, As we drive on swiftly homeward through the thick flying storm. How the lights shine out to meet us; how the dogs rush out to graet us, As wo draw up at the gateway: and the horses, fh a steam, Stand there restless, stamping, stamping in the drifting snow, and clamping At their bits, Impatient of us—like tho | shadows in a dream, How the blazing hickory fire flashes higher, higher, higher, As we pile the wood upon it and draw | closer all around; And the cracking and the snapping of the | loge, like wood-gnomes rappiog For release from out their prisons, has a | weird and wintry sound, Ob, the warmth and love within there! Ob, | the stories that we spirthere To the children, of the goblins who live | out in all the snow: And at length we leave the fable, and recall | the lowly stable Where the King of Love was lying many centuries ago, Till, as we all sat there thinking, little eyes with sleep are blinking, And the old clock in the hallway tells of Christmas come again; And the whole white earth rejoices as we hear the angel voices Bing again the old, old story: earth, good “Peace on will to men.” Then to wake up at the dawning ous of a glori- ‘hristmas morning, To find everybody bappy with the warmth of Christmas cheer, Ah, when lov ter selves revealing, Let us dwell in love forever and Christmas all the year, » is such a feeling, all our bet have James G. Burnett. “Langham was so sorry he couldn't meet you. He won't be back till this evening, so we—let me introduce Miss | Mildred Palgrave, who is staying with | us—thought we'd drive to fetch you in. | stead. I am afraid we are a poor sub- | stitute for brother Lang, but you must { make the best of it and take us on our | merits,” Looking at them I though myself { lucky, and thanked heaven that Lang | could not come, ingrate I was, | Miss Palgrave held out a well-gloved hand, saying, “Iam so glad to meet you, for Langham has told me so many stories about you as a boy that I quite feel I | know you already. But they tell me | that I must treat you with respect, for | you're a mighty Nimrod now, and a | slayer of wild beasts.” | “Not many, I'm afraid. Mere trave- | lers’ tales. Some of dear old Langham's yarns,” answered I, modestly, but I | was socretly gratified at her taking such a friendly interest in me. “You've got to take Mildred and | Goliath (the tiny terrier) in front and | drive,” said Nellie, when my luggage { had been stowed in the bottom of the | dog cart—and I was expecting to have to sit behind; “I want to have a rest. | Old Banjo—we call this cob Banjo be- | cause he is so musical—pulls like a de- | mon as soon as his head is turned for { home," ing Johnson's directions, swung it well out into a deep hole at the mouth of a backwater that ran round a little island in front of the house. ““That’s the place, just where your float is now,” cried the squire, who with the girls had come down on the lawn to | watch the fun. old country gentlemsn, the picture of health and good nature, with three pretty girls standing by him, and Don, his| sedate old poicter, at his heels; while | gayly frolicking round them all was she irrepressible Goliah, who seemed to im. | agine that the whole party had come out | entirely for his gratification and amuse: ment, As my bait touched the water | the excitable little dog pricked up his ears, and advanced at the water's edge, surveying it critically as if he fancied it | might be some vagrant water rat with | whom it was his duty to do battle. “Come to heel, Goliah, come to heel, called Mildred. “You'll tumble in and | | i catch your death of cold.” But she called in vain, he heeded not her warning, and I almost forgot | my fishing, so taken up was I with] watching the comical little beast. as he dodged about the bank in fussy impor. | with the dry grass and weeds. | ! Nothing loath, I helped the girls into | | Moat, which was only five miles from the station-——a very short five miles, and | I hated Banjo for making the journey 80 brief, when I should have liked it to have lasted forever. My companion chatted on as if she had known me all ber life, and I fell desperately with her and quite forgot my boyhood's sweetheart, who only reminded me of her presence as wo drove up the avenue by exclaiming: “This is where you shot your first rabbit that Sunday after- EE ———— 5 “ their seats, and we were soon at The | i i i { ! | | in love | | | | i A CHRISTMAS My bait was so big and lively that it kept the float moving briskly, constantly pulling it under, and as I bad no corks I was obliged to let it go, hoping that a sensible patriarch would discrimi- | nate between a bony roach and « float | and prefer the former, in spite of the attractive red top of the latter, However the eccentric vagaries of the said red top attracted all Master Go- liath's attention, and each time the float | bobbed up he gave a little jump and a yap in unison. At length his excitement grew so intense that we all burst laughing. To him it appeared no laugh ing matter, but a serious subject which PUDDING. spare out yf, ~ THE CHRISTMAS PIKE. BY MISS L. V. BULLOCK-WERSTER. HERE shall I go for Christmas.” was a question that much disturbed my last year; for I had A great many be back for the big | ce at The Haw- open weather, and in the stable, I dar with horses thorns, and four good pdged missing even oneday's hunt- | gruag 2 v ing. Still a bachelor's hunting. box, seven miles from anywhere, was not exactly'my idea of the place to Christmas in; so [ turned over in my | my | but | mind the merits and demerits of varicus friends’ establishments, could not come to any conclusion as to | mind | i | ipvita- tions, and only a few days to spare. I par- Hcularly wanted to | | | which I intended to honor with my | presence. The evening post settled the matter for me, “The very place,’ as 1 had finished " dinner the maid I cried, when just | brought in a letter from my old chum, Langham Carter, who was home on al six months’ furlough fiom India. He | and I had been close friends at school, but we had not met again until one win ter when I went out to India for some tiger and big game shooting. We were both staying with Sanderson, at Mysore, and good sport we had. He showed us Row to catch elephants, as only he knows how, and put me in the way of bagging wy first tiger. “What tun it was! and what a good sort old George Sanderson is—very few like him, worse luck,” I mused, as Langham's letter recalled that jolly time which we had spent together, “Dear Frank,” his note ran, “I am going down to The Moat for Christmas and I hope you'll come, too. You can have a good mount on any of the daa's | borses—they are all your sort, well bred and good performers, If you bring a rod | you can catch pikes galore and of sizes large in the moat, Father and mother and the girls (you remember Nellie and Nora when they were little) will be de. lighted to see you once more. Come by the early train on Christmas Eve and I'll me you at the station. Don’t bother to write, just send a wire to say you're coming.” Bo next morning [ sent my message, *“Thanks, delighted to come,” and spent the rest of the day iu pleasant anticipa- tion of the fun I was going to have, If there is one thing I like, or love, next to bunting, it is a bit of good fishing, and a big pike is my especial in the fish line; so I packed up my rod and looked out suitable tackle for the mighty mou. | archs of whom Lang spoke. It was only midday when I reached the Carters’ station, for I had got up be. times. Two very pretty girls were wait- ing for me on the platform; and I in- etantly recognized one as an improved edition of the little Neilio 1 used to chase and kiss under the mistletoe long ago. Bbe had been my first love, and we made all sorts of vows and promises dur. ing the winter hoiidays that I spent at Toe Moat as a boy. Her companion wes not Nora—I felt sure of that-but | thought she was the most beautiful woman I bad ever beheld, Mediom height, and fair, with curly golden hair an Astrakan cap, she looked quite the regular Christmas—story-book . picture girl, with the advantage of a merry pair of sparkling gray eyes and a laughing In her arms sho carried a mite of buil terrier, led 1 pulied my Carter came { member? Old Christmas comes With frozen thumbs, His long beard whites with snow; "Tis right good cheer His knock to hear, And grief to have him go. i} MRIT, an | tioe, I stalked i i i { i a leaded ‘pike stick” settled | dive, { Langha a rushed forward and sh | ness in rescuing Mil gaff in his hand, end did not lose a seec- | ond in galing Master Jacob behind the shoulders, Luckily it was one of the old fashioned, home made ones—a huge hook big enough to gaff sharks, with a big holding barb on it—and struggle and fizht as he might the | not get away, A charming group they made~~that fine | Meanwhile I had dead Goliath into the punt and struggled in myself; then, slipping a cord over the fish's tail, we soon I ud him ia the boat, where a judicious tap on ths head his hash. The sight of his enemy seemed to bring new life into Goliath, and seizis g him by a fin he shook to his shook and heart's content, quite oblivious of his | { own broken leg and torn sides, When scrambled we touched the shore 1 out with the plucky little terrier in my arms sod restored him to his anxious mistress, who heartily and gratefully showered kisses upon her ure, thanked me while she rescued treas. The squire hurried me off to the house, wisely thinking that a hot bath would prevent any evil effects from this cold My coat sleeve bad protected my ; {arm 80 well that a few deep scratches tance, his red jacket contrasting prettily | were the extent of my ills, and I felt as if 1 would gladly have a hand be thanked once more like tnat by my darling Mildred. For I quite reg her now as my own, and deter would propose that very night dinner, For the first time grateful to the uncle who had worked bard and left me the money which had LOBE 7) in my life I felt made my life so easy snd pleasant; and [ kept repeating to adage, “Eoough two,” next Mildred and 1 would ask Nellie and Nora to stay how we would talk the old for oe is enough for mysell J and thinking how I should spend Christmas ut home, and how Langham and and over this day's pro- ngs, and enjoy ourselves ime I had dressed 1 felt ' and had y dou with 1% us, : is at all be down in a minute,” I an. And as soon as I brushed my ms 10 my satisiac- rs if I was recewed thank my idol, to try aud tell her that my life was at her service, As 1 stalked into fwerea. d tie L340) down tO receive as walking on air, the and the drawing room ok me ig, ‘I am Frank, you dear old A thousand thanks for your bold. lies pet. warmly by the hand, exclaimis 80 isd to see you. wan. ures that little brute above creation For a moment I was thunderstruck, My dream was over! Fool that I was, right, and Heartily could I congratu on their it served m returned iate them both good sense soon good fortune, and I hope no one ever guessed my dis 8] Pr vatment, **Bar one thing,” Mildred as she slipped her hand caressingly in Oroke { his arm The children dance, And the babies pranes, For the tiniest tod ller knows "Tis a world of drums And dolls and plums, Where the jolly oid pilgrim goes. noon when we were all at church, What a row there was about it! Do you re. You were both bad boys in those days.” On the steps were Nora and the Squire, who welcomed me heartily, snd Mrs, Carter met me with a pleasant greeting in the hall. In a mo- ment I felt “at home,” and it seemed more like fifteen months than fifteen years since these Kindly folks had last seen me. As we sat at lunch Mr, Carter apolo. gized for Langham’s unavoidable ab. sence, and asked me if I could console myself with the pike for one afternoon. “They are all on the feed,” he said, “and Johnson, the keeper, has got some nice roach. 1 want you to try and catch the Patriarch. Old Jacob, as wa call | him, 18 a huge brute who abides by the {island. He is wily, but as no one has | fished the place for a year we are koping { he'll give you a show. Last year he | broke two of my friends, one of them | twice, aad they swore he must be fifty | pounds at least. He ate a good. sized duck last summer, aod we picked up a | half dead carp not long ugo that weighed over fifteen pounds, and had a big hole {in ite side like a cavern. No doubt it ! LJ ” | was old Jacob's work. I almost forgot Mildred in my excite { ment, and directly lunch was over rigged up my pet old rod, made of a bamboo I had brought from India, where it had killed many a goodly mahseer in the swift Joaldoka, and put on live bait tackle of abnormal strength and size. Johnson and I were soon in the punt, and began at the foot of the moat where the water was shallow. I mounted a nice roach, fresh and lively, of about two ounces, and under the keeper's instruc. tions tried a bit or water beside a log. My float was scarcely settled when I had a pull, and knew I was into a good fish, and afters few minutes a ten. potnde was fn the boat. On the way up caught two more and then oame the haunts of the Patriarch, and we grew cautious and slow, “No use Xrylig 8 small bmt for him, un J on very largest in the So, dutifully, I selected one that was fully half » pound weight, sad, follow. required investigation, and when the bright red top disappeared longer than usual he could stand it no more, but jumping with a dash, regardless the bitter cold water, swam out for the point where he last saw the float. Mildred's face was a study, “Oh, my poor little dog!™ she cried. “Do him out at once, Mr. Galloway, and bring him in. Don't lose a moment.” As well as his laughter would let him Johnson was paddling to meet the bold | swimmer, and I leant ready in the bows, with my sleeves turned up, to grab him as soon as he was pear enough. His round, hittle head and big eyes and red coat made him look like some strange | new water-baby come to view the world. When he was within six feet of the boat, and I was just making ready for the | grasp, there was a mad swirl the: sent the water fiying into my face, a rush, a | huge pair of jaws swept the surface, and in a moment the Patriarch had pulled poor Golish under the water, and he was lost to our sight! All the girls screamed in chorus, and | Mildred gave such a weird, wild, ago- nized cry, as she saw her darling disap- pear to certain death, that I felt almost as if [were a muederer; for hal I not been fishing this would never have hap. pened, Johnson had all Lis wits about him. | “He's gone for hus hold there under | the willow,” said he, driving the slow punt forward, and plunging the pole deep into the water in hopes of frighten. ing the monster off his prey. As he did #0 up came fish and dog, the latter strug: gling gamely, bat still held seross his quarters in the cruel jaws, I could not help mysolf—in a moment I dived from the punt right on to them, and quick as thought with my left hand grabbed Goliath by the collar, whilst with my ri $ Soity 8 buses law across the pike's jaws, whic 0 him leave go. Johnson seized my hand as [ turged aetl d of wi jod tle “An her,” continued Langham. it was my first present to bh ged." When be bad done talking over our adventure, and saying how thankful we were that it had terminated so well, we all went out to inspect the foe, the sight { un made Goliath bristle with rage, and struggle to get out of his mistress’ arms, and attack once more his would. be murderer, Certainly he well deserved the name Patriarch, He weighed forty- i my it's Just because | ¢ “Yy er to ave it i Know a after we were eng ’ | eight pounds and was long and lean and | a : lank, with jaws like a crocodile. Had he been in condition 1a proportion to his agth be would have weighed fully sixty pounds, and I felt quite proud of having played even a subordinate part in the re of such a monster, Johnson got a couple of sovereigns from Langham for his share, aod well he deserved it, If it bad not been for his prompt action I believe old Jacob would have snatched Goliath from my arms and left his mistress a-lamenting. We spent a jolly evening, and never have I enjoyed a Chrismas more than I id that one, though this year I faney it may prove even pleasanter still; for now capta {Iam going as Nellie's accepted lover. Don’t laugh; in spite of one day's infat. uation for her friend I discovered that it was Nellie, my first and only sweet. heart, that I really cared for, and the { girl 1 loved as the boy of twelve I now love with the strong and lasting love of manhood, Ob, yes, the Patriacch and Goliath, what became of them! Goliath went out to India six weeks later, when his mistress married my old friend, and I {am afraid he will carry the marks of that day's adventure till his death. I trust | he may never again encounter so cruel a foe, for a pluckier little dog was never | wrapped in a skin. And the Patriarch! We ate some of him on Christmas Day, In life he was terrible, and in death he was horrible; may I never taste so vile a fish again, Pesce be to his memory, we ne'er shall ook upon his like again. His skin js stulled, and hoids a place of honor ia my hall, aad [ look upon him, indirect. ly, as the means of giving me my love, What's Nellio like! Well, my (riends, you'll seo next yoar when we are mar. ried, and then you'll agree with me that she ix the sweetest girl in the world, Holly Leaves. SL ——————— A Snggestion. Head of Firm —'*You had better give the office boy a couple of dollars, Mr. Penwiper, for Christmas,” Mr. Penwiper (the book! think we had make it a New watt] war's | gift, sir. 1 have just sent him out with pasiaesniand fdou's think be will ge back by Christan.” si monster could | chucked the halt | with | | Ale | bonds during the last five years ow t ¢ O00 | gating almost #1, h . The Russian blouse still reigns, Puffed sleevesare going out of fash- ion, Fancy footwear obtain more and more. Que must now commence one's letter on the fourth page. Mary Anderson is said to be ac en- thusiastic fisherwoman. Brocades form§ the basis for the even. ing owns of the winter, It is seriously said that chignons and crinolines will again be fashionable, toed shoes vd abroad, Extremely pointed are voted bad form at home a: Large colored glass boats are now the fashionable thing to hold cut flowers. A silver shoe buttoner, two feet long, is amoung the dressing table novelties, No woman who values a will ever wear embroidered kid gloves. bark the A new button is made of in fancy colors to recall Indian ware, All ribb new French ever ad- declare the the women ms to be finest ¢ that French call this cauine camel's hair shawl, Furs dyed in all sorts of brig are to be trimmed on cloth dresse cording to a Paris correspondent, A new gray material {or DE 1 Russian army . : rire wos is It is casy to see, ever J vision, that the ) the backs of Miss Kate Drexel who recently took th WU in ber own right and 1 } s +4 se beautifully in the houlder bows of a many with expensive ribbor set new house made pleated msi ad of sleeves, T al ' finn The linings of seal and fi cloaks are unusually g¢ son. Pale brocades, g ryeous AV Hh. a lant silks and hi | Ae common, All chairs in Madame lelina the | Patti's boudoir at Cra 2-y-Nos, Wales, draped with ribbons of all col taken from inoumerable bouquets which have been thrown to her. Mrs. Er Schaflaer, of New York City, the ‘‘angel of the Tombs," or the *‘prisoners’ friend,” has given bail ag Lre- a WS, The swagger girl crimps her hair in a very astonishing manner, these days, reserving flat effective ringlect which she coaxes to repose picturesquely one | at the central point of her very classic | head. At Brussels, Belgium, a few days ago Mile. Marguerite Gombart was awarded | her degree as doctor of Philosophy and letters amid great applause. Mlle. Gom. | bart is the first young girl who has ob. | tained this degree, Miss Sadie Price, of Bowling Green, | Ky., has devoted nearly four years to collecting and classifying the wild plants of Warren County. Bhe has found in all about ecighty-eight different orders and about 650 species. In the five Swiss universities of Basel, Berne, Geneva, Lausasne sad Zuricu, during the past summer, the number of women students was 224, of whom 127 was in the medical departments, sixty. two in the philosophical and five in the law, Walter Satterlee, the artist, says one of the greatest difficulties he moots is the lack of models in this country, whose hair is so black that it has blue or pure. ple lights in it. He adds that what he wants is common in Europe, but almost unattainable here. A high school for girls in Tesland has been established. The subjects taught include Eoglish literature and Scundi. navian literature and history, besides the regular branches of study. Cookery and talloring are also taught, beosuse Icelandic womon have always to make the men's clothes, Miss Homans, head of tie Normal School of Gymnastics in Boston, ina re ccot Interview said: “Two years ago, out of a class of thirty-seven, there wore but two or three women at the end of ‘the school year wha continued to small hand | sewed | Alvioza Hayward, one of the earliest of the gold millionaires of California, is very old and feeble now. He is worth probably $20,000,000 or more, but has dropped completely out of sight behind the newer bonanzaists, N Myr. 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