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n — mm i •••*- ■ a* tflMOTr. MISS ALADDIN By Christine Whiting Parmenter Copyright by Obrtstlne Whiting Parmenter WNU Berv!ce “Well, no whistle came that night, and at last, bitterly disappointed, fearful for his safety as she al ways was at any untoward delay, my mother erepf into the hlg bed and dropped asleep. No doubt her pillow was wet with tears; bnt things looked brighter In the morn lng. Tt was a beautiful day. and I, ©f course, was twittering with ex citement. She could scarcely per suade me to eat breakfast T was ao eager to examine every orna ment and open the two parcels tied to the topmost branch of my small tree. “At Inst she pushed aside our soiled dishes. This morning they could wait, for after all, Christmas comes hut once a year. She drew a chair close to the little tree; took me on her lap and put into my hands one of the gifts she had pre pared so lovingly. Yon see. she had contrived two dolls out of homemade clothespins painted their faces very cleverly, and dressed them in scarlet flannel from an old petticoat, wrapping them separately so that I would have more to open.’’ For a moment Miss Columbine sat silent, as If thinking; then she went on; “T do not. of course, remember every detail of this story; hut it was told so often that the scene rises before me very clearly. I wa9 so enthralled with my doll that F forgot to be curious about the oth er package: and as I Rat there on my mother’s knee, caressing this new hahy. something, possibly the sense of being watched, drew her eyes away from me for a moment, and at what she saw her poor heart almost stopped heating. For there was a face at the window, peering In at us- -the face of an Indian !” “My soul !“ breathed Aurora in an awed whisper; and as If not hear ing her. Miss Columbine continued: “Perhaps you young folks can’t realize what that meant to a pioneer woman alone in her cabin save for a little child. Instinctively her glance rose to the rifle lying ready for use on a shelf behind the stove; then fell to the Hr tree: that em blem of ‘Peace on earth, goodwill to men’; and Just as the door latch rattled ominously, she came to a decision. “She was a courageous woman, my mother hut I have sometimes wondered what was in her heart as she set me on my feet and moved toward that door unarmed Did she expoet to confront a hand of roving saraces ? What met her eyes was » single brave and a hoy of. possibly seven years old. No donht the Indian looked sinister enough Only the week before a woman not many miles away had been scalped and mutilated The horror of that story was still upon her; yet she did what may have been the only thing that protected herself and me My mother smiled It was. I Imagine a smile horn out »f terror; hut to that grim-vlsaged Indian it was a gesture of friend liness. Who knows hut had there been more such gestures, one page of onr history would have been less tragic. And then, although her hands were so tightly clenched that (she found later) the nails had pb»rced her flesh she looked straight up at him and said two worris words which sounded strange to her own ears in such a moment Per haps you have guessed them, for what my wonderful little mother said was: ‘Merry Christmas!'" Miss Col uin bine paused and there was silence until Aurora Tnhhs ex claimed : "But you ain’t fellin' ns that that wild Indjun knew what she said Miss Columbine! It’s not believable ’’ The old lady seemed to he look lng at something far away. “Not the words.* she answered, “but perhaps he understood the smile; and she spoke gently. He came Into the room, followed by his boy. and stood, arms folded. THE ZEBULON RECORD, ZEBULON, NORTH CA ROLINA, FRIDAY. APRIL, 19. 1935 looking dc-.vn at that s' •i , l g-n tree and that happy little girl who knew no fear For a moment; then, glancing up suddenly I laughed with pleasure Mere was another child* I held m\ doll alofr so that the Indian hoy could see It *T,ook !' I cried Joyously ‘My new baby ' See" “The boy reached out and took it from me hi* white teeth gleaming n a quick -tulle The man grunted something unintelligible and moved nearer the tree. He seemed, my mother fold me, both puzzled and admiring, like a big child wonder ing what it was all about. He touched a yellow butterfly made from a scrap of paper; said some thing more, letting his gaze rove slowly about the room. Her heart quickened as his eyes rested on the rifle; then subsided when he made no move to touch it. The boy. still admiring my homemade doll, said something rapidly and took from his neck a string of heads, holding them out to me. It was, my moth “My New Baby! See!” er understood, meant as an ex change for my clothespin baby, and fearing trouble should I rebel, sh© said: ‘See. darling, he has brought you a Christmas gift! Let him keep your dolly. I have another exactly like it for you; and this poor boy has no lovely tree, per haps no mother. Tell him to keep It.’ “My lips trembled; but she took the beads and put them about my neck, and suddenly 1 was enrap tured with this new treasure. Ap parently I was desirous of doing something for the other Indian, for I lifted the paper butterfly from Us branch and held it out to him, say ing: ‘lt’s your Kismus gif, man! Merry Kismus!’ ” A breath of pleasure swept through her audience as Cousin Columbine ceased speaking; then she continued: “T seem to remem ber the Indian stooping to take my offering. I know he smiled, though that Is something my mother never corroborated. He grunted a word or two. Intended, she was sure, as thanks; gave one more curious look at the small tree; and then they left us, those strange, strange Christmas guests, mounting their ponies and riding Into the forest, disarmed, my father used to say, by a smile of welcome.’’ “And did you ever see then again?" questioned Eve Adam; her low voice was very gentle. “N'pver again. What they came so they were going, we never knew. And only a half how later there sounded close to that well barred door, the clear, sweet note of a hermit thrush! Not un til then did mv valiant mother give way to tears." Said Matthew Adam, gravely: “That is the nicest Christmas story I ever heard. Miss Columbine ” “And now.” suggested his moth er. going to the meiodeon. “let’s end our evening by singing some of the good old carols." Later that night when the guests had departed and the Nelson man sion stood quiet in the moonlight. Nance went to hpr tower and gazed for a moment at the snowy Peak If had been a long exciting day. and suddenly conscious of being tired, the girl opened the window and slipped gratefully Into her big black walnut bed. Continued next week) Eight Killed on State Highways ■ Highway accidents accounted for eight deaths in North Carolina ov ’ er the past weekend, survey show- ! l ed Monday. Wet highways and dirt j roads suffering from the recent rains were the cause of the ma jority of the accridents. Os the deaths five were in Western Caro ( lina while the remainder were in j the east. Holloway’s Hits Jas. H. Holloway, Raleigh NATIONAL President Roosevelt is the first man in all human history who had Five Billion Dollars to spend at one time. If the business depression can survive the expenditure of this vast sum the country will be in a bed way in more ways than one. Millions of our citizens will be pau perized and our national credit will have been almost destroyed. Statistics from various sources seem to support the administra tion claim of far reaching business, improvement. The main trouble is, the large and increasing number of people out of work on Relief. This condition may adjust itself be fore the fall in which event the •oun'c.y will be safe for the future. STATE The General Assembly is still r hero and apparently no nearer, agreement on the Revenue and Ap- j propi iation bills than they were I two months ago. Following the ex- j ample of the House the State Sen ate votes one way today and the opposite way tomorrow. It does' seem that men of integrity and j honor would at least maintain a consistent attitude in their votes i from day to day and not raise the | presumption in the minds of the people that they were either very unstable or under the dominion of the lobbyist and the predatory in terest. Conditions in the General Assembly have become so bad that even the Lieutenant Govmor has openly stated in the Press that this was not an outstanding body. No one can possibly blame the Gov ernor for the record the legislature has made. He presented reasonable recommendations at the beginning of the session and it was up to the General Assembly to accept or re ject his proposals. After more than three months they have nothing to show for their work but a lot | of rotten local laws that will only j add to the confusion of the citizens of the state. It is extremely doubt ful whether one-half the members know just what they have done. 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