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SECTION ONE e? SECTION ONI VOL. XV. NO. 267. ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 16, 1910. x m mx &sm KHBawftowBr.TOinii n Afflux wmmrwmmikA .v iin , v mwi im "fetm wr v. I jj H ERE was once a little wax angel with golden hair and a blue silk sash. who was taken gently from her bed of cotton in the attic every year for many, many years and poised on the green spire of the great fir tree in the library. Her outstretched arms seemed always to be scattering blessings on the happy circle in the glow of the Christmas candles. She bad looked down on the first Cbristmas of the wide-eyed first born ; she had smiled her waxen smile at the boisterous joys of ten, tbe .,. sentiments of sixteen and the worldlmess of forty. Indeed, her blue glass eyes had beheld tbe seven stages of Yuletide rejoicing. Now, one day it was noticed that the beautiful blue sash of the little wax angel was faded and grimy, that her pink cheeks were pale, ber nose quite flattened and her left foot gone. " We ll have to use something else for tbe tree this year, said Mother. "The little wax angel is all worn out' And the next day her flattened nose was buried in tftsi fbbafe NoUy would have believed it, but the wax angel was glad bar tror-top dnye il J j-a. - i LI ! t- .LntJ Viit r4 si flat- aaA over, ner arms were very nreo scarcci-rag dicboiujjb u --" - - - the had often wished to close her eyes on to? pretenses and petty calmlatio f tfivinrf : sbe bad drown oale because of ber lonrf vitfil over tbe mockery of tbe C.L. UmA nlantcsl in vnund bearta bv the tboudbtleas ifeueiossty of dotintf elders. She bad seen quick eyas search for bidden price marks, and. liarl lvnU tkair owner's look of chart-in or satisfaction in reflecting upon tbe baubles that bad been made. SKc bad beard wives and daughters m enthusiastic thanks for lavish gifts- -thanks which the wax angel knew wuro chat only t Father over tbere with tbe weary eyes and tbe limp purse. She knew, too, that tbe frenzied purchasing, at the last minute, of that pises of r-al l for tbe Rich bad cost not only more than could be afforded, but it bad cost also all tbe Christmas joy msssfar enough of ealestfirl who sold it. Its fussy, irritable selection had been tbe last straw at tbe end of many tired days. Altar last sale tbe girl at tbe bice counter just crumpled up and lay on ber bed all of that Christmas (isjr days besides. You see, it is given to little wax angels to see many things, hidden or unheeded by tbe best sf us. Suppose you resurrect tbe one that may have topped tbe Cbristmas tree of your vootb your fancy. Let ber unblinking eyes peer into your secret soul, and note if she finds there the real or the mockery thereof, that has paled her cheek and dimmed ber blue glass eyas. Or perhaps it may hove bw silvery star that glistened on your tree-top. Look if it has not been tarnished by your growing indffisraara to good-will and kindness and other things for which it stands. With a rhining star, and all that it symbolizes, or an all-seeing little wax anfe! as need no other Cbriitmas sermon. hJ wilt
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