Christmas Supplement.
Sav what is woll. and do what is better.
A ( hl:M9 TKEE.
T"' r ..ik a -tr.njr xnd iwrt trf,
' " !'- i! 'ft iDti-s op.
i Mfiit iraiuniit
In ai e.v 1 :u'y cnji.
. : :. .1; i . t.rvaier. ati'l better ina.1,
I. . .- .1 4 -t.Hiimin" ir"kp.
:..- :.n ; --in, -t f-ilttng tn
'c "iie -:.ir I '."in -if the o-ik;
c -irju.-r, I w ti. in appiirr! of irreen,
A". I :T- ir.if;- n'- fa.r Wi nee,
Ai'D 1- ;.r -leu freiirhl, for amad an! ITf-at,
tn ix .ui.iui cmvtmaK tre.
w ,!.. i.rtii.h.- U'n-I.nff low;
rs- li.in t'' 1 when iU f'rin we e,
A- !.-l t.-the river's flow:
! tt.i- h an u ie!.l. an-l the pulses Ismn.t,
And J"j Ulummi-sthe laee,
rsn".er a Kisllr ?lm i feun.t,
iF-oaiise of a-. iH-auty and grace;
I ut kinder, I iwd, in irr goodly in meia,
W.i'i brjnrh- more dru'p.ng an.l free.
The t;nt of h'W leave S'lriitf weave,
If Uie beautiful Ctin-ama tree.
Tm maple U du.'plt:, ami lithe, anil tpng,
AQ'l ciaine-th (hit leve anew,
w nen the day are lmtlena, and quiet and long.
And tlie w.irld us fair to view :
lend laTer as beauties anl irra.-e unfold
A monarch ngbt rrcaljy dre-st,
w ita streamera attaint and pennoiw of gold.
11 inwth of a!I the best;
at. ire lisaonM-, I ween, the brightness and ta-n,
Aud the coloring, sunny and free.
And the banners wit, that are beld aloft,
fcy the beautiful ennui ma.- tree.
TH- THIKVKS WIK fOl I.IIN T HKI.P
SNKr.ZIXJ.
Many years ago, when oak-trees uow
past their prime were aliout as large as
rdderly gentlemen's walking-sticks, there
lived ill Wesscx a yeoman's son whose
name was Hubert." He was aloiit fur
twn years of age, and a.- remarkable
for liis candor aud lightness of Leart as
for his physical cotirojre, of which, iu
deed, Le wan a little vain.
One cold Cliri.stiiiius Eve, Uii father,
having; no other heip at hand, sent liiui
on au injjxrtuit errand to a small tiian
8eTer:il miles from home. He travel
ed on horseback and was detain
ed by the bnwitieiw tdl a late hwur of
the evening.
At last, however, it was completed;
he n'turned to the iun, the horse a
nadiiled, and he started on his way.
His jonrney homeward lay through the
Valley of Blackmore. a fertile but some
what lonely district w ith heavy clay
road and crooked lanes. In those
days, too, a great iart of it was thickly
wooded.
It most haxe been alortt nine o'clock
whea riding along amid the overhang
ing trees upon his stout-legged cob
Jerry, and singing a Christmas carol, to
te in harmony with the season, Huliert
fancied he heard a noise among the
ixiigris.
Tbie recalled to his mind that the spot
he was traversing bore an evil name.
M''n had been waylaid there. He look
ed at Jerry, and wished he had leen of
any other color than light-grey; for on
tliir account the docile animal's form was
vwMe even here iu the di.nse
shatle.
What do I care?'' he said aloud,
ffeT a few niiiintcs of rellection. "Jirry's
legs are UK) nimble to allow any high way
man to conie near me."
"tl.i! h i! indeed," was said in a deep
voice; and the next moment a man
durted from the thicket on his left hand,
and auother from a tree-trunk a few
v.ir.is ahead. Hnlnrt's bridle was seized,
he w.is puJed from his horse, and
although he struck out with all his
arght, as a brave loy naturally would
do, he was ov, rjiowered. Hi anus
w. re tied lehind him, his legs were
Umiid titrhtlv togetheR, and he was
thrown into the ditch. The roblers
tewe fac s he Could now dimly pree. ive
to be artiliciully bl.tekeiietl, at once tle
jvir eil, It a.ii;ig off the lxre.
As o .n as Hubert ha-1 a bttle recover
ed himself, he found th ;t y pri-at ex
ertion he was ab!e to extricate hi legs
from the cord; but, in spite of t-vory
ndeav.r, his arms r-m ii;.-l lionud a
fast OA lM-fore. All, therefore, that he
conld do w;is to rise to hi feet and pro-
S'ed on his wav with his amis K hiu l
!iim, and trut to chance for gefti-ig
fhem uvfasteneiL
He knew t!i;t it would le i!!i)Ki.-.siblo
reach heim u loot that iiight, and
sueh condition; but he wniked
O ring Uy the confiiiion which tl.is at
lacs c:iu-isl in Lis brain, he lost Lis w.iy
i.ld won!d h;ive been inclined to lie
lovu and rest nntil moniii g amoi:g the
lead leaver, h:nl he not known the
Linger of sleeuae' without wr.ipiNT. ui
a f rist so seven-.
He wa-s not a little gl.id when lie di: -'i
r i d through the trees a Jisiaut lilit.
fowarls thia h lua-le his way, and
(it -nliy found himself in front of a
.I rye ni-ii'sion with tl.uiking wi'igSj
tes and towers, the lmttleineiits and
Iii.iinej -. showing their shapes against
:iie stars,
A.t silent; but the d.H.rst.hl wide
;,e-.,, it 1., nig from thi-N do t that the
':lsf .-hone whh'h had attracted hmu
: ) i entern.g he found hims If iu avast
.i..'ti.i.M arranged a a dliuiig-hall,
, :.l l.ri!lia:;tlv iiluiuii.ated. The wi.ll.-,
rrr covere,! with a great deal of waiu
seoti'.e, forineil into nioldeti panels,
e-Wier-, cio,'t-dirs, and the ttual
!t:i ol . hotiM- of that kind. l?nt
. ii.it ar . Ins attention tuost wa- the
lal'! m the nii.Lst of the hall,
. v. i.i.-h was sprea.1 a suinptuou
. ; r. Ui yet nvttoiielied. Chairs were
i.la . I around and it appt'ared as if
- . ie.T ! id iieeuned to interrupt the
i t-f ::t the ti'xe when all were
t,, i, ,n
l II I'.-eit beei so iiic'iued, hi"
'i iv , i'en in his he);l.-ss stat-'.
niore toons,, '-M-
..lnhranow. We werepretty the 'J M f,,re-""a, .,
unloss by dipping his mouth into the
dishes, like a pig or cow. He wished
tirst to obtain a.-si-tatiee and was aliotit
to 'lietrate further into the liouse for
that p'irose when he h.-ard hasty foot
steps iu the porch a:hl the wonls. '"Be
quick!"' uttered in the deep voice wlii-i,
hal reached him when he was dragged
from the bor.-e.
There was only ju.t time for hiiu to
lart under the table In fore three men
entered the dniig-li.dl. reejiing from
beneath the haneing edges ot the table
cloth, he perceived titat their faces, too,
were blackened, which at once renewed
any remaining doubts he mayhavc left
that these were t.e same thieves.
"Xow then," said the first the man
with the deep voi-e "let us hide our
selves. They will all Iks back again in
a minute. That was a good trick to get
them out of the house, eh?"
"les. lou well mutate the cries
of a man iu distress," said the
second.
"Excellent," said the third.
"liut they will soon find out that it
was a false alarm. Come, w here shall
we hide? It must 1 some place we
can stay in two or three honrs, till all
are in IhmI aud asle'p. Ail! I have it.
Come this way! I have learn' that the
further closet in not opened onxe in a
twelvemonth; it will serve our pnrje
exactly."
The speaker advarwed into a corridor
which led from the hall. Cn-epiug a
little further forward, Hu!ert could
discern that the closet stood at the end,
facing the dining-hall. The thieves
entered it, and closed the door.
Scarcely breathing, Hubert glided
forward to learn a little more of their
intention if possible; and coming close,
he could tiear the rubbers wliisis-niig
alout the different rooms where the
jewels, plate, and otiier valuables of the
house were kept, which they plainly
meant to steal.
They had not been long in hiding
when a gay chattering of ladies and
gentltmen was audible on the terrace
without
Hurbert felt that it wonld not do to be
caught prowling aliont the house, unless
he wished to be Liken for a roulier him
self; and he slipped softly back to the
hall, out at the door, and stood in a
dark corner of the ixirch, where he culd
see every thing without In-ing himsell
seen. Iu a moment r two a whoie
troop of orsoiiages came gliding past
him mt j the house.
There were an elderly gentlem .n aud
lady, eight or nine young iadieo, as
many voung men, besides half a-dozen
men-servants and maids. The mansion
had apvarently been quite emptied of is
occupant).
"Now, children and yonng people, we
will n-stime our meal, said the old
iieutlemau. "What the noise could
have leen I cannot understand. I
never felt so certain in my life that there
i pejson beiug murdered outside
my door.
Ttien the ladies began saying how
frightened they had been, and how they
had exjH'Cted au adventure, and how it
had ended in notuing alter all.
"Wait a while," said Hnrliert to him
self. "You'll have adventure enough
bv-and-by, ladies "
It arpefred that the voting men and
women were married sons and daughters
of the old couple, who bad come that
day to spend Christmas with their
parents.
The door was then closi-d Hul-rt b
ing left outside iu the porch. H
thought this the proper niouient for
asking their assistance; and, since he
was usable to knock with his hands, be-
gau boldlv t.i kick tne door.
"Hullo! What. di.-turbauce are you
making here?" said a fis-tmau who open
ed it; and seuiiig Hubert by the should
er, he pulled him iiito the dihing-halL
' Hi re's a strange, bov 1 have found
imikimr a noise in the porch. Sir
Simon."
Everybody turned.
Briiiu him frwa-L"f aid SirSuuou
the old gciitlciaau K-fore mentioned.
'What were vou doing there my Ik(
"Whv Li,, iirui are tied?" said one of
the ladii-s.
"Poor teliow !" said another.
HiiU-rt liegati at once to explaiu that
he had leeu waylaid on his journey
houe robin tl of his hoise, a:id merci
Ielv left in this condition bv the
thi ves.
"Onlv t.i think of it!" ixeLiiuied Sir
Simon.
That's a lj.elv tory," said one of the
'euliemaii-;:nesfs iiiCreduluUsly.
j "Doubtful, eh?" asked Sir Simon.
"Perhaps he's arobberliiraself," sug
gested a ladv.
"There is a curiously wild wickM
look a! k mt him, eertaiuly, now that I
examine him closely." said the ohi
mother.
HulM-rt blushed with shame; and in
stead of continuing his story, and re-lat'iis-
that roblK-rsw ere coucoaled in the
hon-e. he dociredlv held his tongue, and
half resolved to let them find out their
danger for themselves.
"Well, untie him," said Sir Simon.
"Come, since it is Christmas Eve, we'll
treat him well. Ib-re my lad; sit down
in that empty seat at the liottom of the
table, and make as good a meal as you
can. When you have had your fill, we
will listen to niiro particulars of your
torv."
The fotthen Tir.""eJed, aud Htiliert,
now at lil ertv. was not at all sorry to"
ioin in.
The more thev eat and drank, the-
nierrierdid the company Wonie; the
wine flowed freelv, the log-. Har.nl up th
chimney, the hidie laughed at the gen
tlemen s stones in short, all went
The merry
Merry Christmas M
AND
HAPPY
New
-PBW Af.l I't y : -t n,b,
... tl,., ber..lli-ht of a locomotive bear- . fiw tue ueek was so U. .U
ChruUmaa tide.
Year.
1882. m
s Aisrv rSLJ.1
'lite beautifal snow.
BuLsily and as happily as a Chri tui:'-s
gathering iu old tioms rx'ssiHy ctu!d
do.
HuWrt. in spite of his hurt feeling
at their doubts of his honesty, c-.'t'd not
help N iiig warmed lxth in mind and
lasly bj the goHl cheer, the scene; a id
the example of hilarity set by his neigh
bors. At last he laughed as heartily at their
stories aud repartees as the old liaronet.
Sir Siinou himself.
When the meal was almost over one
of the sons, who had drunk a Lttle too
niuc'.i wine, after the manner of men in
that century, said to HtiKrt.
"Well, my Ikiv, how are you? Can
you take a pinch of snuff?"
He held out one of the snuff-boxes
which were then liecoming common
among young and old throughout the
country.
"Thank you," said HurWrt, accept
ing a pinch.
"Tell the ladies who you are, w hat
yon are made of, and what you enn do"
the young man continued, slapping
Hubert tipoti the shoulder.
"Certainly," said our hero, drawing
himself up, and thinking it best to put
a IkiKI face on the matter. "I am a
traveling magician."
Indeed!"
"What shall we hear next?"
Cau you call up spirits from the vasty
deep, young wizard?"
"I cau conjure up a tempest iu acup
lioard," Hurlert rcp'icd.
"IU, ha!" said the old b.rouct, pleas
antly, rubbing his bauds. "We must
see this crformace. Girls, don't go
aay; here's something to be seen."
"Not daugerous, I hope," said the old
lady.
Htiliert rose from the table.
"Hand me voursiiuff-lx, please," he
said to the young man who had liiadc
free with him. "ud uow," he continu
ed, "without the least uoise. follow me.
If any of yon speak it will break the
spell."
They promised oliedience. He enter
ed the corridor, and taking off his shoes,
went on tiptoe to the closet-door, the
guests advancing in a silent group at a
little distance lchind him.
Huliert next placed a stool lu front of
the door, ami, by standing upon it, was
tall enough to reach to the top. He
then, just as noislessly, oured all the
snuff from the Imix along the edge of the
door. and. with a few short puffs of
breath, blew the snuff through the
chink into the interior of the closet. He
held up his finger to the assembly, that
they might lie silent.
"Dear me. what's that'" said the
old lady, after a minute or two had
elaed.
A suppressed sneeze had come from
i- side tiie closet.
"Huliert held tip his finger again.
"How very singular," whispered Sir
Simon. "This is most interesting."
Hubert took advantage of the moment
to gently slide the bolt of the closet
door into its place.
"More stmff," he said ealnily.
"More snuff, said Sir Simon.
Two or thn-e geiitlem- u pass -d the!
mixes, and the contents were blown in
at the top of the closet. Another sneeze,
not finite so well suppressed us the tirst,
was heard; then another, which seemed
to say that it would not l suppressed
under any circumsiances wha'ever. At
length there arose a jnTfect storm of
mez.
"Excellent! excellent for one so
voting!" said Sir Simon. "I am much
interested in the trick of throwin-' the
voio called I U liev- veiitaihwpiism.''
"More sntilT," said H'tU'rt.
'More snuff," said Sir Simon.
Sir Simon's men 1 iron -lit a large jar
if the lest scented Scotch.
H iln rt once more charged the npper
chink of the closet, and blew the sunff
into the interior, as lfore. Again he
charged and n'-ari einp'ving the whoie
contents of tl e j- r. The tumult of
sneezes lecnuie reidly extraordinary to
listen to there whs no cer.ation. It
was like wiud' raiu, and s. a batlleu.g in
a hurricane.
"1 lielieve there are men inside, and
that it is no trick at all!" exclaimed Sir
Simon, the truth fl.i.-diingon him.
"There are," said Hulnrt. "They
ire come to roll the hori ; and they are
the same who stole niv b'lrso
The sneezes changed to spasmodic
groans. Oiia if the thieves, bearing
Hiil-crt's voice, cried:
" Hi, mercy, mercy! let ni out of
this!"
Where is mylior-e? snidHul'rt.
"Tied to the tree in the hollow liehind
Short's Ghost. Mery! mercy! let us
out. or we shall die of MllToc atirva!"
All the Christmas quests uow pcree'V
ed that this was no on;er sport, but
serious earnest.
Guns and md were proenred; all
the iuen-serv:ints were called in, and
arranged in position outside the closet.
At a signal Huliert witLdicw the
liolt, and stoo.1 on the defensive. But
the three robliers, far from attacking
them, were found croitchiug in the
corner, ga.siiiig f ir breath.
They made no resL-teiice; and, being
pinioned, were placed iu an out house
till the morning.
Huliert now gave the remainder of his
story to the assembled company, and
was profusely thanki-d for the service he
had rendered.
Sir Simon pressed him l stay over
night and accept the use of the best
licdroom the house afforded, which had
tieen occupied by Queen Elizalicth and
King Charh-s successively when on their
visit to this part of the cmntrv.
But Hubert declined, lieiug anxious to
jud his horse J Try. md to test tlf truth
of tne rt'oU'rs' ktuu-iuentsc lavriu;
iuu:
S eral of the gu,'r aesi .; ltucJ
HuU rt to the .-po! U-l.ii.d :h 1 U-t.
allud. .'. t.i by the thit-vea w.ier.- Jerry
In.M. u.
Wh. n they reach. -d the k.ajl Mid
1- ke-lover, Uhol.l: there the horsx
stood, nuiuiunsj and irnte uiicoi-ceru-e.L
At sight of HuUrt Le nei -li. d joy
fully, aud nothing eotil.leXi-e.sl H lU rt'a
gladness at finding him.
He mounted, wished hi fri. n.U good
night and e inter. .1 iT in the ilir.s-tiou
tiiey K'iiited out as his u. are.-t way.
reaching home safely in 'out tour o'clock
in the morning.
Ill Lt Ki ul ,
"What's th.- uia ter with that baby I"
growled Spoopeudylic, as he sat up ia b d
and ru'-bed his eyes. '"CaVl you s p bia
fussf"
'Hush -h h h ! ' cooed Mrs S; o p
endyke, 'bn.l!in the infant. I). n't e
kv. Dodu uU to sVep Ba'iy a'al lie
ri'iod."
Mr. Sp..pindyke eyed the proeee ling
C U'eally f t a moment aul then the baity
burst out again.
'Dry u; ! " shouted Mr. Spoopeailyke.
"There's nothing the mattir with yua.
by don't you o to sleep like a Curia
tiin?"' "llere, there, there ! cnoncd Mra.
.spoojK-ndyke. "She's dess too tweet for
anysing. Poor 'ittle d rl! Now, go to
deep ike a 'ittle dear 1"
Whereat the baby howled disma'ly -
"t'an't yon give her somethinirT" de
ninnde 1 Mr. Spoor cdyke. "Can't you
you dose ber. S'fsjse I'm going to lay
awake all night for the fun of appreciating
that 1 am the head of the family I Here,
let me take her, I'll fix her," and Mr.
Spoopendi ke grabbed hisi.ff spring an t be
gan to pace the tl.ior with her.
"Be ciriful of her. aud I'll heat some
water and try a little- peppermint and su
gar," said Mrs. Sponpendyke, as she
promptly raked out a battered tin cup, well
blacked around the bottom and side,
whicti she promptly converted into a
boiler.
"A baby ne'Ter cries unless theru'i a pin
sticking iu h- r," argued Mr. Sp)cn'lye
as he held the inTant across his arm ami
began ta undo ber nilit dress. "What'
this thing you've got wrapped arounl
her."
"That's her -belly baud,' dont't touch
it," squeaked Mrs. Spoopendye, waving
the cup a foot from the gas jet in ber tre
pidation. Oh! 1 see," retorted Mr. 8pooiea
ilyke, fishing out the pins. "W fiat's that
other thing here, the 'briu-bingl' Hold oa
Cleopatra 1" be continued, as the bawling
young one made- a spring, "don't make the
mistake of trying to fool hpoope-ndyke."
and the fond fatber groped around for the
cau?e of the disturbance. "Since you've
irot the rest of the harness on, p'raps ym'd
better drive this baby with martingalea.
And I'll te-I! you one thing, .Mrs. Spo .pin
dyke, this baby's cuVthes aiu't mor 'n half
aired. No wonder she howls. Cuteiiee,
cult bee, ctltc'aee; dod g.ist the thiU4 '.
Say. what do you eail this ritle barrel bus
nebs? WhrU'e this breastpin doing here
under her chest ?'"
"Good gra:!ou.-. ti.V's a safety pin ! I-t
it alone!" sa-I Mrs. "v'p- odke.
What's tiie c.'iiiliinaiioa of th s racket
anyhow!" denian led Mr. Spmpendyke,
tugging at the pin. "Who soldered this
thing on ? What's it lor? Give me the com
bini'ion !'' ard lie jirked it l'ise with re
sullf l eT.al scarcely coniteuipl ited tor tt
left t!w laby sMeblcss. The star led y uni
one !bi' ri-! ai d was quiet for a moment.
"Told yol so, and Mr Spo. ipem I v ke.
with an a:r of triump'i. ''It oiry needs a
li'tle c imr.ion s ne to take care of a baby."
But at that instant the infant luntd up
aain with redoubled vigor.
"Let me- take her,"' pleaded Mr Si
endyke, "obe'll irtiz.- to death !"
"Let her fr.-eze !" nr.d Mr. Spuopea-
dykc. "if this inea'ly baby is g"ing u
have her way alu' how l:ng, she's eiiimj
to have it a out f eez'sn. Cu'c w, ctitehie,
cutcliie! liy up, will you T' and Mr.
bpoopendyke ce: his leith and praneoi
arouno, al of which extracted thu most
frif.liu'ul row fr au h.s inraiit.
"ouc wants mev'itini', and I ve got it
r.aily for hir," Said Mrs. Spoipendyke.
Come- to ma .uua, now, what a little dear!
Conic to nivnnia an I be comforted,' ' and
as she toi k the child the cries died away
into sobi snd were buried in sniff-
"Ikue lcoull qniel he.," ta d Mr.
S;'Oopeid ke, as he wa'clad the baliy.
'You don't know anything ah. ut children,
or you never would have put that tin
arehor in hir clotbeo That was what
ail d her."
"It wasn't e- 'ber," snapped Mrj. SM.p
endvke. ".-hi ?"t the e A'.c, little dear!
and' ou al.n. st kill.1 her."
"Anvway, she st pjd her howling."
retO'ted Mr. S'.pe:nlke, ' and she howi
ed beeau-e you w.inie l ber t" ."'and iu the
shafts all u'ub'. Another time you'll
j know en-Migh t unhiieh the- young oin-be-
j fore j"U put ber in the sVI." Mrs.
I Spooperdykc mad'? no r spoi-.s.., bu: I nHea
i in peojieruur.t. qualifi'i! with a Utile warm
water and f u. ir. Then she- carefully
j dresStd the b iby a:l turned in.
'-Going to put out the gasf" di .esn led
Mr Sp-.pendyke from under the clothes,
! which he had pulltd up to his eyebrows.
j "No." n p'i'-d Mrs. Sioopendy-e s iortly.
I "i'Le . it can burn!" howled her hus
band, "If you think Pin going to nmst
out yon re mis aken."
' But ten minutes later be thought of the
hil'.and thinking his wife- fas asleep, he tt
up and gave the screw a vindictive wrench
and tumbicd back to bed unconscious ef
' the hysterical giggle that toilowe-d h.s hut
' exploit.
j Friends mav some day be lovers. Irak
lovers who are not frieniLs wilsoon i
t be lmtu.
to a .... , i i " I
! for the seasoumg f ."P, lmt ..Well, my f nend, ye