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Ctrl Engltr, our thW vte* c«A
madder. w»* MUiit tot fear. ftt
glanced *t dhc «omto*ndtr, iheh
left th« mm. Out in the hall w*
totlM hw • M’se 1 nUffW’ vplc*
«ayit>| aorocthini about “mama
and d*ddy.” Soon tngler returned,
looking piiitifd, *" ■ \
••hOlftfr Commander," )» Mid,
a,, boy -sut*#). wba taya
he'd like to apfe* to the port. S*y»
hi* name in' Djvld Cery and thal
what he has to eay la mighty im
portant.’’
Harry Brooke, oar commander,
a balding veteran of both world
ww «r«to ' -'•VL'v .
‘•Comradea." eaya to. “t*o tot
lde§ toll ltd U tod' ijfc of Wllaon
a tofews
' toe
to what hie hoy
< you^,^^‘' rejtor
to* * one elhew aadtofe*
yftaa*. /-;•
When that boy itfe* Xtojiftr ke&ea
im men .and apoko Ha ploctv.; k' •
token fte led kid Jett ptoerty
gSf&&sE£
turned to
"Comrade Butler," be a aid, 'l
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tohi Ky
VES, YIRBINIA jSHHMHMHB “Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as
well not believe in fairies!
“Yes, indeed! “You might get your papa to hire men to
“Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They WB * n *^ e «kimney9 011 Christmas Eve to
have been affected by the skepticism of a sken- V / li[|B|
—they think that nothing can he which is not com- I %st¥&wn m 'mmmm
prebensible by Ibeir little minds.
\ l catch Santa Claus, but even if they did n o t see
I u A Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove?
Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that
„ ||4 ; „ a t h e r e is no Santa
v A Claus—the most real I
things in the world
jW , are those neither
a- ' . pjgSPgAW children nor men 9'*'
can see.
z:::
•v V : can conceive or imagine all the wonders that are
man is a mere H .
'•’’ jmß dfl unseen and unseeable in the world.
in Idbn inftcilleet in* 'with e ■ I
H measured by the intelli- makftg the a veil covering
Cbiu. *nd view and plclil-ethe nipenulbeauty
“He exists as certainly as love and generosity beyond.
exist, and yoa know that they aboard & HIBHMH
and give to your life its high- ■ I>f
est beauty and joy. Alas! I H I " BhJ
how dreary would be the I I • **'**' * IHLgfl
world If there were no Santa |<to«s<^^oogcooo»aooeoooocfr^^^ W v^^y,y-,
ts fJ&Cf*£ WIN BO Virginias. months in tho futuro . Bid Vifffinio o’Hanlon‘s concern was |
There would be no childlike I I «;«pwtoiK proitom <W. to W, famw im stosha. Tkm | «ts haß real?>ah, Virginia, in all this world
.;. wot why sho wtoto hot fottor to tho Now York Sun. a
«bl« iWi otowto V. *«M i»™ »® enjojmiß.l, rite. »»«« W fmei •■ Ctart. «■■* « No s,„u Cbiul Thank Cod!-b. live., anil
Th. nmaJ Uri.l with «+* “ • *■*—* -"*« «"> **«-»>»«" ■» “*■■:: . ...,; , .. ,
Hlal<anMlMlM|l«ni'rtM.> he H«a Hwni-i tbrnnand year, worn ",, it
eUldknof fllb ihe world wouhl be extto- glnla, bmj, ten dwneand year, from n.- ,V- <l.
—— pm— ..... i..™———m— ,p nuk.,|p'l 4. Im. of Mill'' l '.
IBS DAILY RECORD) DUNN, N. C.
CHRISTMAS PMM