PAGE SIX
THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1913.
(THE OLD LADY SPEAKS )
BY James wancomD Kiiey
Copyright by JamtiWhitcombRilty
lLast Christmas was a year ago,
iSaya I to David, I says I,
'"We're goln' to morning Bervlco, bo
jYou hitch up right away; I'M try
hro tell the girls Jes' what to do
For dinner. We'll bo back by two."
I didn't wait to hear what ho
Would moro'n like say back to mo,
But banged the stable door and flow
iBack to the rouse, Jes' plumb chilled
through.
Cold! Woohl how cold It was I My
Oh!
Frost flyln', and the air, you know,
"Jos' sharp
enough," heerd
David swear,
"To shave a man
and cut his
hair!"
And blow and
blow! and snow
snow!
Where It had
drifted 'long tho
fence
And 'crost tho
rnarl nnmn
places though,
iJes' swep' clean to tho gravel, so
Tho goln' was as bad fer sleighs
As t was for wagons and both ways,
Twlxt snowdrifts and tho bare
ground, I'vo
Jes' wundered we got through allvo;
I hain't saw nothln', fore er sence,
'At beat it anywhoros, I know
,141st Christmas was a year ago.
And David said, as we set out,
'At Christmas services was 'bout
;As cold and wuthless kind o' lovo
To offer up as ho know of;
And as fer him, ho rallly thought
"At the Good Beln up above
'Would think more of us as he
ought
'A-staylng' home on slch a day,
,And thankln' of him thataway!
And jawed on, in an undertone,
!Bout leavin' Lido and Jane alone
There on tho .place, and mo not there
'To oversee 'em and p'pare
The stuflln fer the turkey and
The sass and all, you understand.
I'vo alius managed David by
Jes' sayln' nothing. That was why
He s chased Lide s
beau a w a y
cause Lide
.She'd alius take
up Perry's side
jWhen David tack
, led him; and so,
)! a s t Christmas
was a year
ago,
Er ruther, 'bout a
week afore,
jDavld and Perry'd
ouarr'l'd about
Some tom-fool argyment, you know.
And pap told him to "Jes" git out
O there, and not to come no more.
And, when ho went out, to shet the
I door."
'And as ho passed the winder, wo
Saw Perry, white as white could bo
March past, onhltch his hoss, and
light
.A see-gyar, and lope out o' sight.
Then Lido she como to mo and cried
(And I said nothin' was no need.
iAnd ylt, you know, that man jes' got
Right out o' there's ef he'd be'n shot,
P'tendln' ho must go and feed
Tho stock er sompln. Then I tried
To elt tho nore sal pacified.
I
(But glttin' back to where waa wo?
iOh. yes! where David lectored mo.
ah way to meet
in', high and
low,
Last Christmas
was a year ago:
Fer all tho awful
cold there was
A fair attendance;
mostly, though
Tho crowd waa
'round the
stoves, you see,
Thawln' t h o i r
hools and
scrougln' us.
Ef 't 'adn't be'n fer tho old squlro
'Glvln' his seat to us, as in
"Wo stomped, a-fairly perlshln',
iAnd David could 'a' got no flro,
He'd Jes' 'a' dropped there in his
tracks:
iAnd squlro, as I was tryin' to ylt
(Make room fer him, says, "No; tho
fac'a
To. I sot to git up and git
Ithout no preachin'. Jes' got
word
f t 11 1 t r nn mi r i am toov inmnpn
"he sormont and a long one, too
couldn't holp
but think o
squire
"round so, and
admlro
Is Ernnrln wnvfl
to give his warm
ench up, and
have to faco the
Btorm.
n wnnn 1
bin' 1 thought best
To kind o' sort o' lot him rest:
'Peared like he slep' so peacefully!
And when I thought o' homo, nnd how
And what tho gyrla was doln' now,
And kind o prayed, 'way in my breast,
And breshed away a tear er two
As David waked, and church was
through.
By time we'd "howdyed" round and
shuck
Hands with tho neighbors, must 'a'
tuck
A half hour longer: over ono
A-sayln' "Christmas gift!" aforo
David er me so wo got none!
But David wanned up, more and
more.
And got so jokcy-ltko, and had
His sperlts up, and 'peared so glad,
I whispered to him, " 'Spose you ast
A passel of 'cm come and cat
Tholr dinners with us. Gyrls'o got
A full-and-plenty fer tho lot
And all their kin!" So David passed
Tho invito round: and over' seat
In ever' wagon-bed and sleigh
Was jes' packed, as wo rode away,
The young folks, mild er so along,
A-strikln up a slelghin'-song,
Tel David laughed and yelled, you
know.
And jes' whirpod up and sent the
snow
And gravel flyin' thick nnd fast
Last Christmas waB a year ago.
W'y, that-air seven-mild Jant wo
come
Jes seven mild scant from church to
home
It didn't 'pear, that day, to be
Much furder rallly 'n' 'bout three!
But I was purty squeamish by
Tho time homo hove in sight and I
See two vehlckles
standln' there
All to myse'f. And
presently
David ho sobered;
and says he,
"Hain't that-air
Squlro Hanch's
old
Buggy," says he,
"and olaybank
mare?"
Says I, "Lo's git
out tho cold
Your company's nigh 'bout froze!" Ho
says,
"Whose sleigh 'a that-air, a-standln'
there?"
Says I, "It's no odds whose you Jes'
Drivo to tho house and let us out,
'Cause wo 're jes freezin', nigh
about!"
Well, David swung up to tho door,
And out we piled. And first I heerd
Jane's voice, then Llde's I thought
afore
I reached that gyrl I'd Jes dio shore;
And when I reached her, wouldn't
keered
Much it I had, I was so glad,
A-kissln' her through my green veil,
And Jes' excitin' her so bad,
'At she broke down herself and Jano
She cried and wo all hugged again.
And David? David Jes' turned pale
Looked at the gyrls, and then at me,
Then at tho open
door and
then
'Is old Squire
Hanch there?"
says ho.
The old Squlro
suddenly stood
in
The doorway, with
a sneakin' grin.
"Is Perry Anders
in there too?"
Says David, lira-
berln' all through,
As Lide and mo both grabbed him,
and
Perry stepped out and waved his
hand
And says, "Yes, Pap." And David jeB'
.Stooped and kissed Lide, and says, "I
guess
Yer mother's much to blamo as you.
Ef she kin resk him, I kin too!"
Tho dinner wo had then hain't no
Bit better'n tho ono today
At wo'll havo fer 'em. Hear somo
sleigh
A-jlnglln' now. David, fer me,
I wish you'd jes go out and see
Ef they're in sight yit. It jes' doe3
Me good to think, in times llko these,
Lido's done so well. And David, ho'a
More tractabler'n what he was
Last Christmas was a year ago.
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Itather than saw cordwood a Spring
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SUNDAYSCH00L
Lesson XII Fourth Quarter, For
Dec. 21, 1913.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
A million and a half of oranges
wcro sold in Pittsburgh for a cent
apiece.
James Simmons, 703 pounds, nnd
Blanche Stevens, 125 pounds, wcro
married in Philadelphia. They will
llvo in a spoclnllyconstructcd house.
Dr. Graham Lusk, speaking before
tho New York Academy of Medicine
on "The Fundamental Basis of Nutri
tion," said food should not cost more
than 20 cents a day for an adult.
With $9,000 in tho bank from ono
year's crop of onions on twenty acres,
I M. Luger and W. D. Luger, fanners,
near usseo, juinn,, ueciaro weir mriu
has been better than a gold mine.
Text of the Lesson, John i, 1-18.
Memory Verses, 1-3 Golden Text,
John if 13 Commentary by Rev. D.
M. Stearns.
Wo would be glad to take the regu
lar lesson in Josh, xiv as our medita
tion for today nnd be refreshed by the
story of Caleb, who felt as strong nt
eighty-five as ho did nt forty and asked
Joshua for the mountain where tho gi
ants were and received Hebron as part
of his inheritance because ho had
wholly followed tho Lord God of Is
rael, but we choose the Christmas les
son for a greater than Caleb is hero,
even tho Lord, whom Caleb followed
and who kept him alive all those years
while over 000,000 died in tho wilder
ncss. Tho studies for 1014 will bo on the
life of Chrlsfe In the gospels, concluded
from 1912, when the last lessons were
in Matt, xvlil, nnd this will form n
connecting link as well as bo a more
appropriate Christmas study.
"The Word was made flesh" points
us to Gal. lv, 4. "When tho fullness of
the time was come God sent forth His
Son. made of n woman, made under
the law to redeem them that were un
der the law;" also to Hob. II, 14, "For
as much then as tho children are par
takers of flesh and blood, Ho also Him
self likewise took part of the same."
We must remember 1 Tim. ill, 10,
"Great is tho mystery of godliness;
God was manifest in tho flesh."
We are not asked to understand it.
for wo cannot, but we can believe It.
Bishop Thorold has said that to recog
nize what we cannot explain and to
consent that It should not bo explain
ed Is the humility of true wisdom, and
to accept what we could not otherwise
have known, on tho authority of God's
revealed word, is the obedience of
faith. To this wo are called absolute
and unconditional faith in every word
of God.
This is tho eagle gospel, as Matthew
Is tho Hon, Mark the ox and Luke the
man. Hero we soar beyond all tho
others. Matthew takes us back to
Abraham, Luke to Adam, but hero we
nro taken to tho beginning, before the
world was, and to tho Creator of all
things, without whom was not any
thing made that was made (verso 3).
He is called "the Word of God" In
Rev. xlx, 13, nnd "tho Word" In I John
v, 7. To me "the Word of tho Lord"
In Gen. xv, 1, is also Himself talking
to 'Abram. Tho Bible Is the written
word, nnd Ho la tho living Word
Some ono has said:
The Scriptures and the Lord bear ono
most holy name.
Tho written and tho Living Word are In
all things tho same.
Ho Is distinct from and yet one with
the Father, "Tho Word wns with God
and the Word was God." As one has
said, this is too high for us, but In
verse 14 Ho comes near to us In hu
man form and tabernacles among us.
no is tho Babo who was bom In Beth
lehem, and yet nis goings forth havo
been from of old, from tho days of
eternity (MIc. v, 2). Tho same verse
says that He waa born to bo ruler in
Israel, nnd in John 1, 49, Nathannel
recognized Him as such, saying, "Rab
bi, Thou art the Son of God; Thou art
the King of Israel."
He has never yet ruled In Israel, but
Ho Himself answered Pilate, "Thou
sayest that I am a King. To this end
was I born and for this cause came I
into the world" (John xvlll, 37).
Though wo rarely, If ever, see this
title, "tho Ituler of Israel," in Christ
mas Sunday school decorations, yet for
tho fulfillment of this tho world waits,
no Is the only LIfo and Light of men
individually, but when no shall come
ngain as tho Light and Glory of Israel
then nations shall como to her light
and kings to tho brightness of her ris
ing. It shall bo to the world as Llfo
from tho dead (Isa. lx, 1-3; Rom, xl,
15). There is no llfo or light or knowl
edge of tho truo God opart from Him,
for Ho only enn reveal tho Father
(verso 18), nnd those who do not re
ceive nim as God do not know the
truo God, but worship a god of their
own imagination, suggested to them
by the God of this world, the Ruler of
tho darkness of this world (II Cor. lv,
4; Eph. vl, 12).
Tho prophets have spoken the truth
by tho Holy Spirit, but He Is the
Truth (John xlv, G) and reveals to us
the holiness of God nnd our sinfulness,
but also tho grace that saves slnuera
freely by His merits (verse 17; Rom.
Ill, 24; v. 1; II Cor. vlll, 0).
I think that verses 10, 11 are among
the saddest in tho whole Bible, telling
us that tho world that was tnndo by
Him knew IHm not, and tho people
whom Ho came to redeem received
nim not They make us think of Ills
own yords, "Oh, Jerusalem,
how often would I, and ye
would not" (Matt, xxlll, 37), and of tho
day when Ho wept over tho city sny
lng, "If thou hadst known, but
now" (Luke xlx, 41, 42). There
nro no words more precious thnn those
of verses 12, 13, which tell us how to
bo born it God nnd tho truo moaning
of believing, a word used a hundred
times in this gospel. Believing all
nbout Him will not benefit us unless
wo humbly receive nim Into our
hearts as our own personnl Saviour,
who loved us and gavo Himself for
us, bearing our sins in His own body.
Believing is reoclving, nnd he that
mth tho Son hath Llfo (I John v, 12).
W4h&
ram
Mr. Glonfaddle started out about
two weeks before Christmas to solve
the servant problem.
"Tho trouble with women," he said
to his wlfo, "Is that they don't go at
tho thing right. This troublo will
never be settled until It Is settled by
diplomacy, and diplomacy is n thing
that, I am sorry to say, doesn't como
natural to women. Servant girlB are
only human that's a thing which Is
too often forgotten. Treat your girls
kindly and they will stand by you.
That's the rule I go by In my busi
ness affairs. What kind of a tlmo do
you suppose I would havo with the
men In my office If I tried to manage
thorn as a woman manages the help In
her kitchen? Why, I'd always havo
to keep breaking in new people
"Now'let mo give you a few point
ers. Get something nice for the girl
on Christmas something that you
would be glad to have yourself. Most
women give their servants a few
cheap trinkets that serve no other
purpose than to show tho girls that
they are put away down in the social
scale.
"Instead of getting her a ten-cent
comb or a new contrivance to scrapo
the crumbs off tho dining-room table,
buy her a nice present this year. Glvo
her something she will be proud to
show to her friends. Then, you see,
they will get to envying her and com
paring their own cheap presents with
what sho got from us, and what'Il bo
"Emma Has Given Mo Notice."
the result? She'll conclude that this
Is a pretty good place to work; she'll
seo that we glvo her credit for pos
sessing good taste, and wo will havo
no more trouble over tho servant
problem for awhile anyway."
Mrs. Glenfaddle decided to take her
husband's advico for once. If the sol
emn truth must bo told, sho has never
become addicted to tho habit of doing
this. But there seemed to bo a few
gleams of reason In his argument,
and accordingly sho decided to mako
her Emma thrico glad on Christmas
morning. The girl had been very pa
tient and faithful for quite a while
anyway, and it was no moro than
right that merit should be rewarded.
Among the things in the box which
Emma found on the kitchen tablo
when she went down to get breakfast
on the morning of the great day wero
cloth for a flno now dress, a toilet set
for her bureau, a glove box with a
'pair of gloves in it, and a purse made
,of seal leather.
The next day when Mr. Glonfaddle
got home his wlfo said:
"Oh, by the way, Arthur, I wish
you'd put an ad. in the paper tomor
row. Emma has given me notice that
she will leave us a week from Thurs
day. She has found a place whero
sho can get 25 cents a week moro than
wo are paying her."
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To spread your gifts afar.
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Where Joys and comforts are.
But have you In your gladness
Bestowed one kindly thought
On those who sit In darkness,
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