PAGE FOUR
THE SUNDAY CITIZEN.
Sunday, December 22, 1907.
(QDILTtlOFlG fULK
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Santa's Annual ,Visit
t.
Dow tbs rblmney fe tome frowning)
. Tbneigh lb aursery goaa peeping;
Boon th 1ocl!lugs, great ssd MaalL,
. Tbesi prueeed to Ml 'em ill,,
- i- ' .
U tin boy' to ball aad ekatea,
Sometime book and brand ow (lataaj
Pnnns mid Art and toya gaior,
f 1U iv spill uptw tba low.
Is Ui ira' go trinketo-rara,
Wsndrous dolls with natural hlrt
rii-tur bo"V, und ribbon, hrlgbl.
Till lby .nil ,th Mocking tight.
' - V I -: . 1 , c, .. ...
Vhaft with on Isst took SbeoL
iauu tnlthlly stents out, ' .
Jump Into hi ilrlgh that's seas,
And vows so wore 'till tb seat year.
,. i ANKIlt JAUKH,
fl'. Air 47
-iJUk MkJ
6S
A Calm Witness.
' A fewor was cross examining wltns
with lw tt retting bltd aiuiblled lit
kit teitlmonr. The following questions
And tiMwtn or 'trad:
"Did yon go th pltlatlS faint abort
time '" .. ,
"Ye. lr."
"poopi tvra pal wbes they flut,
don't they'
"hn, lf, net kiwi
"What, da yes maaa t Mil m that a
proa aa (alat and act (urn palal Xild
jr u rf banr of inch !"
. "Ta, alt."
"tud ra arar aa sorb mm?" .
, ! did, air." .. . . -
... Aiiont a yr ago, tit." . v
'Who wa iir'
" "l'-aa a nrgr. air."
.The laayar (sensed (ba Wlta,
Lottie's Strange Christmas Eve Experience.
ay tikvn wai.kkr.
Ittto Andratra -at an only rbtld, hut
aba ataa not wbat thai fait oilabt Imiilr
la rnnit raaaa. h. nu at a aimllrd
eblld. I ha - a aat tampartd, fu
arena, arwHInnal lltll. niU. 13 r '
Ufa, potanMlnf aa aunnjr a dlapmlllan aa
una pould -tab to flad In an llllla lrl.
Ilrr boina araa a ironifortalila onp, wkar
bapptaaaa ra)nd. lUr papa and manima
ar bar cbauia, aa irrll aa lialng Ui
pparahl aonradra to ra. b oilwr, Tlrna
tun will aa thai tba Andrawa' boraa waa
an Ural owa.
. Imrlnf Ui p parotorjr dr that nab
rad la tba CbrUtutaatld U(Uo, bar
aiaiama and papa vara var buar laaklni
plana far tba ponr, arranflnf tbat tba
katfla af eiaar Uttla aara luWjUt la mada
(lad with far Chrlatmaa ainil -JUUa
inaa wko. hue fur tba fruaroaltjr of tba
Audrawl faiullf, would doubtlaaa apaud aa
Muaaantful dr. Uctla bad batpad arttb
tba tuflua of all tba tnra and prattjr
warm garaielil. tbat bad baaa aaat la
baakata. and bona to Ilia bowaa of Banr
poor famllloa- And bau, wa th mat
dnr nracodlnt Cbrlaiaiaa Kta, ltlla dU-
corarrd auothar poor ralully. abara two
Hula cbliarra lkt. t llttla ooaa wnoa
nolldajr aoaaua bald ao proialaa far tban,
bar rait boua to br luotbar, aaytng:
MauJiiia, t'a too lata no- to at Inta
tba abopa to uiaka aian purcbaMa, but
wa Juat aiuat Hi up a all boa for two
Uttla rfclldraa lint J cauta arraaa todar
trbUa golna Uuwn to our draaaniakar'a.
yiitr war inuiilu la front of a (bop
window loukliui an longlni7 at a faw
cbaap toa dlaplayad Ibara.. I atoppad
and talkad to tbaiu a uilnnta, aiklng
Ibrin thrlr aamaa and wbat ttaojr aspoctad
Mmita tt'laua wouhl brlug to tbata an
Ctir!tit',n. Tin lltll lilt, uot aulta ao old
...i i. Mill: 'Ob, wo'ro an poor tbat Haala
I'lana navar anma to our boua. ila rau't
dud It, I u. for tli.ta'a an flraplara
IHf auoauk fur blni tb corn down tbrougb.
Yoa aa. wa aara juat a Htlta atora, aad
It' alwar ao (tiukj tbat If ba tried
mining down tba atora pla ua'd atran
glo, w nrr gat arijrtbliig frm Saata
I'lana.' i Tban I got tba 111 tu ouaa to
tak ma Hi their bupie, wblib I )ut two
room at th lap of ona of tboai diaad
fill taaanlantbouaM down by Ilia rlvar.
I d'tlo't ge up, tor I kuaw yoa would not
want ma to do ao nnlaia yoa warn along
with ma, but I "t tb numhar add atraal,
a , wall aa learning ilia g'r on-wklrh
I liar liva.1. TUrlr name la tmall Baaimy
and t.ana , Hmll and thrlr aid grnad
aootber krap bona for them, and they
eld t bay didn't know wbat their father
worka at. bat that ba alept moatly dur
ing tb d and gnaa out at aiht."
"lea. danrle, you did perfectly right
In aot going up In on of thorn tenement
bouaea.' aald Mra. Andrew, "tor toa
nerer raa tell what (ort of psreone might
ba tbera, Aad yon did right In taking
pit on th two llttl one., aad In being
ao thoughtful aa to gat rharr name aad
addroaa. We'll Ox up a box and bare
John deliver It there on the night of
Ckrletroee Fve. But. let ma aaa, baren't
wa old toy and plA.rthlnga enough about
to bou.e to ttll a good elaad turn Von
know tba cloaet In your playroom la fllled
to orcrflow llifi nltli
no 1'iHxnr u.i, mo m
Itirm to Home llitlr
kal'l'T to cwii Ihiii
wM.ii :
UOUll lll'l
III'. w,.
Aim III
i In
r gli
.11 lir
.1.1 lu
i.n of
" h'l.l
flf. k
u nice
eoniu ruke, unit, riMnllr. un.l u t
'llj-. Tlirn. If roil llilnl" lb "t
coulJ niAk. u.e of a... n of thr
you h.rr oulgrov. n. make up
box of tbrm for lor. "
"Oil, Ibat'e Jut the lliltig to do." .Tlixl
Ixiltle. "Lai 'a gn to my playro uu t
oni and nulla h nlia el-llou of tny
fur llioee rhlulrrii I'm glnd, iiianiuia.
tbat yon alway. honglit a oertaln niiinlirr
of boye' loye fur me, for now I'll here a
air aaauriuienl lo give lo little ftatnniy.
When you were buying the for my
uurarry yuur tlioiiifbt u tu bare tbeia
there for my Utile boy frieude to play
with when tinning me. But now tbry
ar gulng to Uu a brtler arrvloe than that
Of (iilertalnlng well to do little boy a, who
bate toy and to apare In tbelr owa
home..''
And ao tba grratrr part uf tba ereulng
waa etieet by Lotlla and bar nothar U
auiklug a eeiactloa of pretty aud naefnl
toya and garrnrata to All two good-elaod
bone to be aeut ao tbe following day to
anwuiy and lua Mmull. tup floor of a
rickety old toneaent-buu on tbe banka
of a dark, aril looking rlr flllad with
war bouaea, bsathwue and tenement-
, tio,i.M ..f hnrl rrpntnttc:
I Aftfr ilo lon-e bail b" . dnly i.iok,
I IIHl.ril lil nir-l lnljj'lod t !-- m.r H'fl Iti
l.ltli-'M lo.lnM.ui, whera .t Vi. U.e hou(
j iuuii, iioo.ll -i Ihrni i 'i utorruw to
rnrry to llulr il.-otltu. I loo 'iT-n Lotlle'e
Iiiiiiiiun l;irlr lior i.iod ui.' I nod niint to
Lor own iih.iii. It In'Iuu l.'il'"'" liril time.
How lottir l.oirlo i:u1 1 1 ' i . i Kl.e ilM not
know. I.nl no' it r.oir duiliv me ui.-hl iim
uu wk.'io '! fioin her iI ...jI it b a noUe
In thu room ne of oiuff..,ir inovin; ubouk.
Itelug attll biiir tinli-oji, n -I routing from
dreemltiLil. wl.tif Le li..l i.t-rn railing
on Haute ('leu. and aaeieMn bliu lu aa
ortlDg toye fur poor tilMrru, littl
opened brr ryoa to laholil it llgura which
--In lH-r alirpy ronUlllou eUo uilatook
for old Ht. Mi'hulaa. Thi n, ill Hug up lu
bed, and einlllnk In a frli udly way -for
tbe room mil llfliti'd by a atreet lamp
nnr the roriiar, wlilrh alioue In through
tba window. - Lottie enli In a cordial
tone: "Ab, Huuta 1'laua. I'm ao glad to
meet you In pareon. And now tbat we're
gut the pireent fjueetluji fof 9
rblldrrn all eel tied I ahnll take It upon
myeelf to aie that our mnu, jubu, dfllr
era every box Uofore luttiorrow ulght at
12 iiVlin k "
Tho ulrange llgura ruui. quite vloa to
Lotllii und iH'ut orer the bad. "Mow,
lookee here, kid! Not a word euten
( .von, or I'll atop your mouth eo'a It won't
! open for awhile," And the terrible miin
lu-ld a rrrofrrr up flat Lottie might aee
I It. "I'm here to help uieerlf lo what I
onu flud, an' Ttn not In the humor to
be fooled with. I'ndi-mKndT"
Lottli- nriMnl lor lieuil, but did not
j dere to 0111 her iiioulli for fenr of the
I trrlMr wi-aMin. "I belong to that elaae
of po . le wliut'e gut lo Jive by their
wlta or ellgbt-of hand," tbe man oon
ttnued. "Aud it a up to uie to inuke you
rich fork over yer routrlbutloii. to me.
I're got Llda of nie own what'a got to
eat. It a t.'hrlatuuia time fer you-you,
tb rich, but where' th ChrUtmaa fer
my little ooeaT go yon Jnet keep a
tongna In yer cheek an' I'll help ineeeLf."
liOttl Mt bolt uprlkht uo. fur aha waa
fully awake, and rrallard that a burglar
waa In her room. But eke hud no Idea of
creaming for help; ehe knew that would
b the wrong thing ! 1 do. Ho aha aat
vary quirt, w.t.liii;. tlm man a he
opened the Urn with :i.I i lowta, looking
for valuublea. Aa he elooprd to examine
the i-oiiteute of 1'- I Hi,, uakon t'heat In
the room he ntrui-k hla foot agutut on
of the b-uxi-a that waa pui knl aud labi'led
to h aent to the poor family down by
tbe river the fulluurlng dey. With a
li
Tbe atora alnmllnai in front of ahnp -rrlndnvr, looulnc ao lonarlnslr at a feiv cheap toya
muttered cure for th foot be (truck
acainat the box eecined to be crippled -lha
tnun turned to look at the object of
offenee. Quickly hi. eye caught the
plainly written ntlilr-- on tbe aide of tbe
box. It waa: "tummy and l-cna ftmall.
top floor the l) k Tenement bouae, lllren
atrvol." The man'a ejea grew wide aud
hla bande ilutrhrd conmlilvely. Put
ting th revolver In bla pocket, he bent
(till clseor to the liox. reeding over aud
orer tbe addivaa wrlii. u thereon. Then,
turning hla dogged on Lottie, he
wblapered hoararl) : "Wluit'a thla mean.
kldT" Aud he pointed toward the ad
da 011 th box
"If a box of Chrlatmaa thing far a
dear llttl boy aud girl who live at th
piar named on th box," (aid Lottie, aur
prtaed to flud tbat (be ronld talk with
out lr. In fact, while tbe ataa waa
looking at the bux eo Intently all fenr
bad gona from Lottie' oitud, an 1 (he
felt that ah could talk to the bnrulu
aa aha would to anyone leea daugeruu:'.
"What do ou know of them klda?"
aakad tb man, hi band cloalng orer
in nox tenderly. "Them kid. are mine
M1AE do you know that, little grand
ladyl Yep, Xaunuy an' l.ruu Bum 1 1 are
mlii. th children of a common law
breaker." UK voire trembled aa he
(Pk and he turned hla eye. away from
Lottla'e, Theu he continued: "I hain't
alway bin a bad aurt. little grand lady,
f hain't. I aot me foot eruahed lu a
factory. Then I lout ma Job. After that
1 couldn't git work, wlrb thla thing lu
th way." Aud ho pulitted to the crip
pled foot. "Theu time got awful with
me m old mother an' ui llttl rlainuiy
an' Laua with uot Mug to eat an' uu
mooer lu me pocket. 1 got deaperate. I
did. Bay. I to uieeelf: 'l.t'. go an'
tak It frum the rich. They don't care
If we aterve. So let' take our ahare
of what' boarded up In their Due homee.'
An' ao I go an' doea It. 1 creep Into
bona an' taken what valuable I cnn
flnd. It buy bread und Are for me old
mother an' me little Btuuiuy au' Lena.
But I balu't a real bad aurt, little greet
lady, an' when I eoc ttiat box all
packed an' ready to be acnt to me own
llttl kid 1 HUy. o uieeelf: 'Here'a
aome rich ( baa a heart. An' I don't
Intend to tuke another thing from thia
boua. All 1 want la thin box what'a to
carry Chrlatimia luto Snmmy'a and Lena'a
llttl henna.' "
The man hngged the box na though It
weie The body of a beloved child. Hla
vole broke In aoba, aud he bent hi
face on bla brenat.
Lottl crept from ber bed and went
aoftly to the burglnr'a aide. "Poor man,"
b aald, "I'm not afraid of yon, since
I know yon are the father of Snmmy and
Lena Smell. You arc aat doing eight
now, but I'm aure you'll be a good man
again if If aomeoue helpa you to do ao.
I'leaae take (he box-nnd also that one
over by the eofn, tor they nr both for
Haintny and l.enn and go home at once.
Tomorrow la tho dey on which Sammy
and Lena muet have their preeenu
Chrletrona Eve - end you ehall be Santa
Clnus yourself. And tomorrow yon muat
come here ai;Mn, for 1 (hall tell my
mamma about you and (he'U aa tha
you get aome boneat work to flo,1
A frightened look came Into tba a -"a
face. "Oh, uo, no, kid, float tU w
mother about me. h'd cnll In tb' cop
an' have me pinched. And that WOoid
awful on-hauimy gad Lna a a' fa ol
mother."
"Oh, you do not know my mothar, poor
mini." nald f.otlle. "She'll b too (lt
to help you back Into th right waf
again. My mother la a good wolM.
you may depend on tbat. Bat yon doa't
(top to corxldrr how much woraa It ,1a
for Sammy and Laua and you ,aM
mother when you ara doing a g9H
tvulgbt than If yon were really .takaaj
by th polk. There'e alway t dga
ger and the aln. you know, air."
Th burglar looked Into Lottie' cleat
blue eyes, his own eye taking- a g
milder expression. "Yoa area taat
(JltANT) Uttle lady, a Uttla lady With
HBAKT," he aald. "If all folk arm Uka
you there'd be no auch man nm 11
go home an' carry along tba box o
to have a Chrktmas fer any Uttla liana.
An' tomorrow I'll coma back to talk wttb
yrr mother. Bbt'a a good womar a
I ran trust herto do aomathlng hp Jxglp
me. Only a good woman eul( 1
uch a llttl girl aa yon ara."
"Tea, you coma back tomorrow' 4
yon shall be aaslated id flnding aBaajt
work," said IMtlt la a determlnad woto.
"And now I'll let yon out of tba oooa
by th front door ao If a pollcamag aat
our beat ee yon with th baoMS tMH
not be suspicious. I give thau to. pag," .
And the following day tb man. fesg
Ixittle had ao miraculously turned fro
th path-of wlckednass Into the Bwt-t
right returned to flnd Lottie' Bjotlier fall
of deep Interest la hi case. And baaVW
the week wai ended the father of 8aaVa
and Lena Small had found honest mploa
ment as Janitor in the bom of th. An
drews, with romfortable living rooma fo
hi old mother and Uttle ona. And' a
he goee about bis work earnestly, h fa
peats to himself every llttl while:
"And a llttl child aba 11 lead theta."
A Christmas Memory.
fWlth apolage to Allc Cary )
Of all tba beantlful plrtnre
Ob Childhood's uieuiory' wall
! on of an avnrgreen t'hrlstnn tree
That indeth broad and tail;
lb wbo vary fopmo brancbr
A Mne-tyed dolly awing.
While Iowa down to friendly bough
A Teddy bearlet cling;
And ther ult close to Teddy
.Mng a aoldUr bold, of tin;
A drum. With (Ursa suspended,
. To aiaka a wavlike din;
A Of with wonOrou mud
Quit hldd'n away laalite:
A M a) strong and splendid
Thst at nat fonr boys may ride;
A plrtur book f ralrlee.
An angina. that will fun;
A toy puna wltk raal key,
A tool cheat and a gun;
And front tba gay, green branch,
I Mtooard a ribbon bright.
Swing airing of soft whit popcorn
Tbat gllateo la tba light.
And everywhere hang randy
for children, greet and small.
So, of all th 1'hlldhuod'a ineinur!.
This asw-wtg th best of all.
MAUD WALK ttll.
fife
fcr
How a Tragedy Was Averted
in Santa's Realm.
A STOItY FOR T1IK WEE TOTS. BT HC1.KNA DAVIS.
There wa great sadness In Santa C'taus'
rralm. It bad been b-iri.ril by - oi l
ud falthXul reindeer tbui iinl loo I m ,
tar . bad deleraalued to try ainkn.g hu
Ckrlatmaa journeys In an alnhlp. He -Santa
had confided thla hit of shocking
new to an of tba Inner circle, a inem
bar af hi cabinet a cabinet vompoeed
tt th most jrrlebrated toriuakwra In the
Nairn. And, strange to a.iy. thl uwlirt
g tb Inner elrda bag approved of Santa's
pis.. And then the atory bad leakeil
out.. Juat as all atorlee tbat are la
tended lie kept secret do leak oat.
first It - ehUpered ameng tba factory
woiaer; than It reached tbe atable.
where th reindeer 20 atroax overheard
th a'able haed dlseaaalng It. And the
woe, oh ! the wo 0 those poor aid and
faithful nandoer! Tor th Brat tiaa In
the life of Santa Claaa he waa to toraake
tkew foraak thaa and ao bla travellm
tp g aw-fangiad tbtag that waa named
"Alrahlp." Tba ehtost rta4r f the P
acton aa apoxesmaa aner in a rat aarn.
Ma aew bad ba digested by Ikes.
"Weil, my cemrail 1." he aald, abaklag
bla bogs aatlere, -If e-r eld aad btovl
starter, Saata Claaa, baa decided that ar
aaa ae tosujer be of aa t kins, wa mast
make th beat of aa aad a verdict. to
ana raaaot Sod It within sy baart to
aoadema our aaaatar. la all thlags k
trtsa to ba lost It may b that has datlaa
ra growing: tbat hi territory t asteed
bag; that th Uttl aa th aarik ar
mslttplylng a rapidly that aw loaigwr ean
w carry bias o bis rounds aa fnrarlr.
Bat let we be aaewred that the
(la (ii res for Sta daaa to take ha
departure he'll uot go without a word of
affection lo us, a word of llsuks for our
uaat belpfulueee lo htm lu hla noble anJ
happy work."
Tke other 19 rtdndcer nodded their
hda approvlnitly, saying that aluce tt
waa Santa rtaus' wlab to "lay them on
the ahelf" they would retire from active
Ufa without a murmur, nhhlng all sue
reaa to Mm - their IioIomhI master In thl
uew mode of travel. But though they
did not coudemn Sam a for hla having
taken up wltk eo etrauge a thing aa aa
"Alrahlp." their heart were heavy, la
deed. No mere real ext-i euvut of travel
for them. No mora would they rattle the
belle on their baraees aa they fairly Sew
throng tho air la beUleoc to their anaav
ter'e reins. Ah, It was a aad, a pitiful
outlook for tba old and mated raladeer
of Santa Claua' stable. They bad been
at companions for ao ma ay. many, aaaay
eaaatlaa years that to k pat aald new
ft r a tweattetb-mntary (aa chine ye.
MACHINE. tblnc wltboat a baart! waa
a meat heartrending thing.
Tba following moraine, aft tb alr
ahlp ae a had reached tba ratadoor, tb
Soar leading law their e rotable
atabla waa spaaed aad 1a wslked Santa
Claaa. Bla eye re full of toaderaeaa
yea, errca tears at lov gtlahaaed la
thent aa h petted sack hlord raladeer
on tha far aad apok la r reset ag tooes
to hiss. "Ak. dear, deer td aareaata."
h aald. kta rote ahakaa wltk asMttoa.
"The Mm ksa eon Wkea I cklak ft wise
to kar mr tor aad iwrarlf eeio.ied to
earth by a g.gereat saaa thaa that at
daya, U aheet, e
and frlenda, I lino docliled to let you
nil rust thronch thl busy reason snd
tak sa alrahlti In which to do my trav
eling. Th chlliliun - tiii-w their heartu
Nt'e now no numcroiin Utnt It bohouves
me tu piake nil poa.iil'1" ;4.icod lu visiting
thorn. You know lo. iv we've bad to
(train ewt-y ncrv .in the pnit to make
tb tatlJid(. itd nnw j'ou ur nil a wee
bit oiilro--R well as myself nnl yon
eaunot lu'vrena your prrd. On the other
hand, joii would iliiiibilera (lull It very
dltrlitilt lu trniel an Tavi it m you useil
to lu the old dj Ho for 11 venture
nier trlnl, yon 1,'iow- I linvc finlored
au alrahlp bulit on i!io l,:iri pl.tiu -one
tbnt will trawl 11 btinilii',1 uillee a mlii
nta."
"We nasd to do tbnt." sul.i-.i the old
t reindeer saillj ' In fft. on,- I'hrUt
mss tltns w bi-okc tii'll ii-rord nml wut
a hundred and ten inili-s 11 inlnnle. Do
you think, dearest beloved maater, tbat
your alrahlp can do betier than tnslV
"Ah. you dear old I'imilii t'nstfoot,"
aald Santa, caressing the old reindeer who
had spoken and railing lilm by his pet
name. "Those wore yruod days, I grant
you. But von could not do that now.
old frlrud. So joii shall rest this Christ I
uiaa aud 1 shall try the ntniblp. If It '
fella to be suireasful. I sliull return to I
niy ohl and trusteit reindeer aud uerer
again dert them."
Theu Sauta Clniis bid each reindeer au f
affectloneto fnrewcll. wivlujf tbnt tbr air- j
abip would lie conu-lru-d mnl del! i crc.l
to hliu on tbe foll.IMIlg cunllir lil:d
that he would fe k the toys and tic
off as Boon si, be could do so. ttlvinn
hlirself plenty of time to lunfce the Jour
ney to earth in the cront of any unlooked-for
delay through ac-i'Mi-ut.
The follow In cveiilm: the reluder
WHlchcd Willi many inlsgiviuM the prep
(rations tfoini; 011 lu the grr.tt atnble
yard for Sn'. lu'w rnnurii on rl li inlt. A
great umi .t tied then a monster
with hi.: ' 1 .':s nml gueba-s, a mon
ater thu: l:..:rt a heart nor a soul for
the work- In hand. And tbe reindeer
who had always lelt such pleasure In
their work lionk t'odr anllers anilly,
nylntr: "V lint doe.n hi alrehlp know
about ehlbl.ru! If Santa crb out to
It. 'Hurry up. my nlidilp. I ebAll be
Uto nt the homed of my little friends
If we dou't net s ni.ivo ou uu," do you
think th lifeless thing will understand
and respond as we always 1II1IT bio, no:
Its wlngi will not 11 .1 the faster, nor will
It cry linik. 'Aye. ve. ood maater; we'll
fly faster tbuu the wind, for tbe little
ones shall uot be UlMippidllted ' "
About H o'clock, bv tb world's time,
old Santa Onus, nlili his thousanda of
toya done up in buita and boxes, got Into
the airship und stmu-d earthward at a
pretty good speed. Hut aooti he cam
Into wntrary winds that carried hlin far
from bl.4 desired destination, ftir they
took hts alrahlp rlglil 10 th North Pole.
Aud what did Ssnla want to go tlirre
for? Thew wasn't a liutnau heiuir with
in thousands of .Mt;," of tbe spot, let
alone the thouaU: ( a 1 hild with a
Oirlatmas etockb : l..uigln: belde the
fireplace Heutu tited nlnly to guide the
airship rightly, but, i, the reindeer had
aald. the thing i.nl neither heart nor
soul It was only a MACHINE. And ao
tbe time sped by nrl Santa found him
self In a terrible (Hlemnift. He used ev
ery moans to make bis nirnhip fly either
earthward or toward hi own realm
ilbovi' the cIouiIn. but tl iUI'W bad got
caii(ht lu tl n-Kiilnr wind ilnle wbtih
swept like n hiiiiU'iiiie about tbe North
Pole, Kotuit In one direction alt the time
- round niitl romtd, like a spluiiiiii,' top.
Just a Simla Onus vvee about 10 re
sign himself t. the terrible fate which
seemed Inevitable, i:,i-re was n sound of
sletchbelia conltti; thruuffh tho air. Ae
Santa came round toward Mie soiilh in
ills revolution nbour Ihe Pole lie looked
luudwarda, ami there there there he
ftnw his own 21 reindeer eouiln nt a
speed be bod never before wlt!Hs.ii.d. To
them was hitched his dear old uleUh. the
one he had used so mni.y, immv. many
years to carry the thullMauils of loya to
earth In. Hut how was he. Santa lo stop
this machine, this terrible airship In Its
whirl? rie was In the strong current of
the wind and could not et out of It.
But whllit he wuk trying to solve this
uow (erlous pi-oblem .!d Piucgln-Ksetfoot
reared In tbe air. caught th dg of the
alrahlp basket ou his untter and etopped
the ahlp.
It waa but thr work of a few mlnntra
to transfer the toys from the airship to
tha ajetgh. aud Sniitn worked ns he had
never worked before. When tbe last box
had been coiistfued safely to a place In
the trusty old slrlxli Kama loosened the
airship basket from old Pnxgtu Knetfoot'
antlers and away It went In Ita wild
whirl around the North Pole, where
Th thlasgr had got waajkt la m Ngahu ! Ireto whtoh aw rmp Uka
kwislsaas
Isnk rwto.
Christmas Rebus.
rsnsessesseeeesesJeajSrssJ
doubtlaaa It still swiugs round (nd round,
(lid will continue to do so nntll some
great eiplorer goes titers and stopa It.
Aa soon aa Santa waa ouce mora safe
from the terrible airship and bad bis
precloua toy. snugly packed sway for tbe
journey he ran to Puggln-Feet foot, em
bracing lovingly, aajlug: "Now, my
dear trusted Puggln Foalfoot, how did
you know I wu lu dletress? And how
In the air did yen get here so quickly T'
"We've heeu following you. great and
good master," aald tbe old reindeer. "We
all felt that aome accident ruayb fatal
to yoo, at leaat fatal to the toya, and
therefore the children might liefall yoa
lo that hideous thing you call a modern
alrahlp. So e i.eeieii tha ruble hand
to bitch ue to toe trusty sleigh, aad ae
followed you wMMu an hour sfler your
departure. An, we'ie made alioot as
good time ss dbl votir alrahlp, sir."
For a few rr.mttte .nanta was too macb
overcoin to speck- Tbe fnbmel;
each reindeer In tarn aad thanking htaa
for bis loyalty 'o so disloyal a maater.
ha aald: "Xvsr again shall I forsake
tha aid end tried friend for th aew.
New, my boys, off we go to earth, as ba
haea anr custom for, k: tbc anaay kus
dreds of years. Aad not s mlaata shall
we lose, for you ar la bttr eoadlttoa
today thaa I bare ever aeca yoo. So
Mag ss I lire t trigs ver Chrtatsaaa
Time lust o long hH yea be ay treaty
rarriera aad faithful friends. Aad new
away toward tbe south, passing th wind
s bird passe tha flowing stnasa."
And the reindeer, k sowing that hat
for their tlnvely sppeacsaca at the Karth
Pt a terrtble tragedy area Id havw hap
pened, ssrwk their sailer aad swept arer
tha frwaea carvh Hk aa arrow to Ita
Sight
Aad Be aaa msmsat waa Saata
Maaa aa CVnatmaa Eva. .
Christmas Fun.
MIS IDEA.
Willie Say, Net, let' buy pop s) toad
for t'hrtatniaa.
Nettle Why do yoa waat to bay Uto S
book?
Willie 'Cauee I heard ass far ska
wanted blm to turn over a aaer Wat
PUZZLED BT DISCRIMINATION.
Little Sambo Mammy, kla Sawty (
see In de dahk, same ss a eat?
Ills Ulnar-1 danno, chlta. What
mskes you s'piclon dat h could?
Llttl Sambo H Mbbar am ksa aw
mistake an' gibe m aoo of dsta asekfjl
horses an' steam Injlnes Uka what O
whit chillua git.
GENEROUS FATHBB.
Dobbins Given any tkoaght la ywar
boy's Cbrlstms gift yet?
Bobbins Why, yee l'r thonght sp a
aplendld Idea, bat It would ba teat gap
Inch to here no some Chrlatmaa ttxa.
Oobbtss Ob: A sksd. oh?
BobblBs Ms. I thought I aeigat
on mw mnu.
Nevwr, se ir play arttk Irs,
Never tell pa baa.
Never pall tha p assy's tail.
Never touch ai l pica.
The When Santy come dining
Wltk his ha- In
He will tears s lot of
For Iks beat af hoys.
Conundrums.
When a soldier Ilk haaff
Whew to qaanara.
Whea la a dark Bk a dlsaetJsdsd
Whew atrtklag.
Why k
a widow Uka a aai
aha la to ba taaad to
Wkea to a ballon Bk aa atoanl
Whaa aaat tt sagkk.