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"Hit it, by Jove!" he "chimed. fb, dug the snow away from the trunk Ind with n few lusty blows Inld the (rt-o low Ind drugged It (ruling thromO the now. m, lost his bearings once or twee, and ttttttor, " a moment when Ar “not: unpaired of reaching homo Mr. Philnnder stopped and thrashed himself vigorously with his arms. There was a faint grnyncss in the air that was reflected from the fallen snow. and there wns the tickling rush of tlakes in his eyes, When he reach- ed the very opening In the wood: where they had admired the tree he turned around and looked carefully up Ind down the road. or course he could see nothing, nor wan there the faintest iinkie or bells. It was tt very lonely spot. Mr. l'hllandor knew that the strip of woods was prlvate property. and he also knew that he could make It all right sitttt Lnko. the owner of the woods. on the following day. as Lake lived four miles away and It was im- possible to trsek Mex rtermfssion now. Although Mr, Philander had Mated that he could put bl: hand on the tree In the dark, he found It rather a dim. cult thing to do an" all Fre low: himself several tirmm In the dame Chicken, and all the two trunks seem- ed unfamlllnr to hls touch. Thon, nu " once, he emerged from the ttndor, brush. and spicy Douglas of pine brush. ed hit, lace. He sallled forth. bearing the u, and waded through the newly falion snow to the corner ot the shoot. where he turned toward Turkey hin road. The snow was only six inches deep, and the walking was not so bad. Gray clouds hung low, and there was a thick marry ot tltttres as Phliander turned tho corner. When he reached the strip or woods " was snowing heavily. and he could only guess at the location of the particular pine he had in mind. He whistlmi wheerlly as he walked Ilong, for his spirits were rising. Ho felt a warm glow stealing over his tired frame as he anticipated the dry light of the lbrve small Plrilatvlern when they beheld the selfsame tree that they had so warmly ndmimi a short while before Bet up in their own parlor, ablaze with candles and rich with gifts. "Ot course, the ax try all means,” re- plied Philandor lrritablr. He was vexed with himself for having forgot- ten to order the tree, which was one of the necessary adjuncts to the Phil. under Christmas. He had never for- gotten it before. He meant to order tt that morning and have It sent to hm suburban home later In the day, but an important business matter bad driv, en the remembrance of the festival from his mind until his wife's greeting when he opened the door recalled It to his attention "Very well," returned Mrs. Phllnnder teluctantly. “I hate to have you go. James, but the children will be " dis- appointed. The presents are all ready, nod I have been up In the attic and got the base for the tree and all the orTtttments-MD fact, everything ls ready lxcept the tree." “The tree will soon be here." said Mr. Philnuder grimly as ho jerked on In; arcttrs and turned up bls coat col- tar. Nust bring me the spade from the woodshcd. please," he added. " spade, JGnesr. . I thomstittte, chopped trees down. The ground Is frozen." "Nonttenset." returned Mr. Phllander. " hope I know my way around Rose Heights. I saw a very handsome pine tree In that strip ot woods back on the Turkey hlll road. I could walk there blindfolded and lay my hand upon that tree." he asserted rnshly. "Well, you could do-tGt/Gita',". bit It Is 11 o‘clock now and there is no moon. You will lose Four way." "James." she said seriously. “you cannot tind a tree In Rose Heights to- night. You know there Is not a shop In the Heights, and where else would you look tor a tree?" "I shall walk Into the woods and dig one." returned P!ruapder, with dignity. “Couldn’t get one," returned Putin» In mommy. . "thmhtn't get one! Why not. James Moder?" ..- V' - - - cutrors.j - - a BEBE In the tree?" white 1 w pend Mrs. Philander II]!- I toasty an Mrhusbcnd shook I the snow from M: can and awfully wiped " feet on the brand - ddormat. “I forgot It, Bella, until jun " I got at! the train, and as that was the last train from town I couldn't very well VII: back and look up a tree. By that “we the shops would alt be closed and"-- “Walk back! Such nonsense! or course it you haven't thought enough at the children to buy them a tree"--. He thrust his arms into his overcoat and grasped his hat, but Mrs. Philan- der put out a detaining hand. "Mr dear," Interpolated Philauder desperately, "don't say another word, I'll and It tree somewhere tonight It I have to rob the church of the Sun- dny school tree!" 't-t.tmtr.rA.eruanrr-a-. When Mr. Phllnnder ramp down stall-s to bronkfnct ttte (‘hlldron garb cred about him eagerly. It was daylight when "no f1rst do. "glued shriek from tt small Phl!nruier awoke his tired parents. Mr. Philnrr der 'rrottned dismally. Hr, nchml from head to foot, and he was 5M: from lack of slew. Mrs. l'hnnndor was equally “rod; hut. with the RM! ah. negation of mothers m gvnoml and mothers in pnrtirmnr 6n Chrlstmng morning. she got up and went down. trtairg to enter into the Joys of the tmp- " children. "Who told mu mm: Jack?" asked Mr. Phlllnder sharply. . Dem " mmewhoro hnrurr, and she said " val that very tree" "Father." Mind Jnvk, ttte eldrsf. “1- thln the very tree wo saw In!!! Sunday when we walkorl along Turkey hm road? In (his the vory two?" It was with unusual sntkrncllon that the Phllnnders rotlrod that night. They were mm to leave the rcsplnndont tree. but utter wonrlnoss drove them to boat "There isn't a thing for you to do. dear. save to hang them on the tree." said his wire, loading the way to the lighted parlor. where the (we stood, its symmetrical hmnchcs glistening in the light and exuding a fresh bnlsamie odor. "By Jove, it is the handsomest iron we ever had!" exclaimed Mr. Philan- der, surveying the shapely conifer ad. mirlngly. They were soon " work, and pan emly the beautiful tree blossomed forth In glistening foslnons of gold and silver Muse]. A rmllnnt slur Umml the highest point, while dnlnllly (ll-c- ornled girls lmrdonod the hrnmhos and were heaped at the base. the tree ready thing handy?" He carted the tree mound to the hack door, and Triti1 Mrs. I'lnilnndt-r‘s help It was talien into the house and set up la the parlor. "Oh, I'm all right now, Bella," Bald Phllnnder chevrmny "I was worried ttttrt I found that I had fnrgotteu the tree, but 1 closed out that deal will) Wells today. and t was busy every mo. ment." “How 1ovoty that you got the con- tmet. James'." cried his wife oxn-itvdly, "That Is a line Chrisunus present for you'." "You bet your life It is." r Philmdor jocnsely. "Now let Mr. Phitau0er tttawed hlmsclf out In from of the kitchen store and qutttred fragrant eotree that his grateful wife had prepared. "It Is a beauty. James." she said gleefully; “the thnest we ever ttad. Hair delighted the children wilt be. t am sorry, though. you are so tlred, dear." that night. he found himself standing before Ills own gum. He carted the tree around to the "Oh, mother um. I mid hor I bad T fought Sunly Claws hrlnzed m" as " , "iii?" DRAGGED IT TRAILING THROUGH THE SNOW. for the liiddies 1"iqrter.i2lc."fTk.' returned t us get HHS ORIGINAL DOCUMENT I Every. t?irRo-'m?ue-rEhmtthr'rt, THUR SDAY, DEC“!- m. I.“ I. “1 "What trec?" Asked ME Pun-nae: rah-canny. "Why. that tree-rem know, the Nor. way pine that stood on their front lawn!" ', "l heard Mr. Taylor tetttrnt sail men that somebody eitoppod down (he the from his front lawn last night!" "Well. my boy. what I: " now?" ask- ml Mr l'hllnmlor indulgently u ho “21mm! his oonlinlln comfornbly. That afternoon Mrs. Phllnnder hauled herself in preparing for the evening’- txrsterttttrtment. The Taylor: had " vppled gladly, and so had the other ht. ilted gncuis. and Mr. l'hilnnder. who was we soul of hospitality. walked about and rubbed his hands with pleas. uni anticipation. He made sundry trips to the cell" for unplug and cider Ind cracked great howls of nuts. He "tried in hug. arm loads of wood for the tiretthtee and surveyed the roaring blaze with com- placent satisfartion. " was at that moment that luck f'hilttndor hunt noisily In. "Oh, fa. Hm, what do you thinl"~ he began lirnnmlessly "SUPP. we'll ask them!" chuckled Phuaruier. "RH show _ the way lo keep Christmas." _ "Yes, Indeed, that will be an excu- lent plan. Suppose we Invlle a few people to spend the evening and enjoy the tree with us. We cm put on nouns small remembrance. and here u jolly ttme," said Philander, warming up to the subject as he proceeded. "That will be "delightful." agreed Mrs. I‘hllnuder. "Let us‘nsk the Ta]- lors.” "Dear. den! I thlnk the children prefer a tree Just the same." uld Mm. l'hilander regretfully. "Poor little Tom. my Taylor'. We must Invite him over to see the children's tree this after. noon." "How strange!" uttered Hrs. Philan- der. "Why not, pray?" "Oh, I don't know. He Bald some thing about bard times. He and tin good. old fashioned Christmas united them well enough; that they would hang their stocklugl before the are and all that. you know." "it'ts beautiful." replied Mn. Phllan- der gappuy. “The children are lo de. thyed." “Well, I'm glad of that. l was tell. lng Taylor yesterday morning going down on the train that Christan- was not Christmas without a tree, and he said that It wouMu't be Cbrlutmas " thclr house. then, for they were not igrdag to have one." "Oh, nothing. it'l tine, but it 1311': the tree we saw," 'tPisted the tor ob- Ilinalely. He sought hls wife, who was belong Nomi with the breakfast. "Our tree was a great lucceu. my dear,” he Inld cenlqlly. "What I pity?" eAtatrnmt urn. Pttb “Nowh- mind. never mind," returned Mt. Phllauder good naturally. " ' ”In a Santa Claus tree, babies, no don't feet bad about It. Run awn] and play." said Mr. Philander runner mgly. Then he turned to Jack, "Yen. it's the very name tree, my bor," In said proudly. "It doesn‘t look like It. father," uld Jack Manny. "Doenn't. eh? What’f‘the - with ltr' ', walled Bessie. dragging her In! do“ romoraelesaly by 11: Helen halt. "An' l tttttred tt came that way. too!" protested Robin ludignantly. JACK. IN VERY POUR CtJN0l1'lON ir "Then warn‘t. In: as. tryin' to l launch the don. even it we had had , time. and in two shakes of a dog's , tall the Tlmh Ann rose high on the I top of a huge comber. qulvered like a dyln' "on and then plunged head firat l beneath the waves with all on board.” _ Captain tll .toppel1 and leisurely bit 1 " a chunk of cut plug. when mm. on. ( asked, "Row did you "cape?" 1 “Along nbout nix bell: the rust mute ', took the wheel, and I went below to ; get a water. when there come a heavy [crash and both mutt went by the I board. I welt up the commnlonway 1 In two Jumps, but store I ruched the I deck the water was pouriu' Into the {I fo'cnxtle In (on. and, the lblp begun j to heave and wallow llke I ltuck pig. HAM! chin. lhlll "ttwr on the In. -F'rorn Hum-n Mtg, In British lino-um. Fifteenth Canary. 57 I (Copyright. me, by Amman Pram. Aw» l elation.) _ The gathering of "old ttalta" omclnl- l Ir known as the Huber ehrh. in In ' session at Captain Truman's" note. I down by we dock. Outside the wind 1 howled and shrieked through the rig- ,Eging of the Beet or coudng vessels ; warped alongside the Main street l wharf, and unconuloully um men 1 hitched their chairs closer to the fire I as a ttercer blast rattled the windoys. During a temporary In" In the storm I Cap'n SI 'hntle Broke the silence with j the followlng ttarrttttre.. _ Cull. "tatt mm". on and tho other. an" oxen; ther ”an Inn on": other. And Dom. bout-mm” shallrdiro. _ Both hull and corn will not b. good, Apusln will Bo your“ for food. The tam: null! then b. hurt (Mr. For_dlverq points ot hare-y That Ihn'u than ngeurv 1 Through an (nuptial of they “and. N And diver. nuns" unkind , ", "Bo an: I." ejaculated Mr. Phnunder. I But all the llnle Pbllanders hymn I that It was the most beautiful Christ- ; mas tree they ever had. I "Too bad. old chap." said Taylor ('ie."y,',1t11iy1r. as Phiratuur. ugl- [ tatodly explained the absence of the . tree. “That's one reason why [don’t l believe In Christmas trees. They are I apt to take tire, and‘umre you are. ' I am glad It happened before we ar- Prfnco. that yur with tron lb." die: Thur. null In changing of many lord- high, Among knighu ttrent dob-(a. Many udlnn lhall com. to mun: y Inlay wlvu lhlll In unplug than. l _ Both ot poor Ind ("it "tatt l “fine. that you will all be good: The harvest In." bo wot with flood. Putnam "tt on any A country. Ere that “clutt- lhl“ In" mod And wan. ml! tampon: Iut _ any young people and shall b0. mingled with water- .ttNtntr; Good there shall be without table. For the Bummer null ttt mnnblq Witt: ntonm n um umonx. _ “And. tuba," continua Just tt nut”. “I In In the wood. on To " bill road today and (but ttttte In. I. I new 1m Sunday 1. mm yet. to: dldn't em It down. I know that on. ', wun't m" I Mr. Ptsihtttder baled .tigtrttr. _ "Whr, tuber." pursued thy (mu 1 Jack with a directnes- botn of mad.- I revel-non. "thll In Mr. Talon the! 5 I knew I'd mu it before.'" Christma- 'trtr.rmtitterrt.. tt " L‘hrlumn any on sand-y " ': A ttutr?"!" ftp!" yo Ila-l! no. Ft “There wit an of In aboard. Ind we was pretty well tnckered out next mornin'. but daylight thawed no let- M, and. to make (ulna use, a heavy now not In. Seemed n It tt turned to ice to wnnst won as it hit the deck. and More you could say ‘Jnck Robin, aon' the rtggin‘ was froze mud. Ind a dozen men with use. couldn't have cast lam the dory. "Wo didtrt." dnwkd (he cnpuIn. “Every blamed on of u: Wu: drown- “'Twas fst each A Christmas eve as this. along back In the eighties. when l was roundln’ old Hatteras In the good ship Thanh Amt. You recol- het her, don't you? Hailed from Green- port and could smash through my gale that ever blowed. "In course 'twas lame wet on deck. and the further In pounded ‘llbn: the rougher It got and an": we had to turn and run “on the wind. Never saw - I “I. to bang on! We plowed yams}: can you could only guess and“: of. And duck! You couldn't set your baht! “ore your face. A TRUE STORY OF _ CHRISTMAS AT SEA. rived !" " must hue done that." grained Mr. Philander. Then with mtddmt In. splratlon he stripped the tree of It: ornaments and candles and curried tt through the house into the buck yard. He scratched a match, and in me min- utes the Philamder Christmas tree was a charred ruin “In on the other Me of the vocal. father." and Jack sympathetic-J11. “and I guess you wilted right through and Into Mr. Taylor‘- yard." "My dear, I must have got turned Around In the storm. but the Lord only known how I got tn Taylor'- yard." “The Taylon will be be" In I ttw minutu. Jamal." “M Mm. Palisade! coldly. one clown] about all vat " in night. but Uh. may: "that with!“ o! It. not! this morning they toad (to tree 1m gone-only a. dump Ion." Mr. Pull-nan shrink from their hob ritted (an. ”that'- very “than,” china! Mr. Phil-odor. "and luck toe mu.“ an." bring an! dartedr near. Indore on: book. “The Sketch-Book " Geotrrey Cnyon. Gent.," had pleased everybody. no mach In. indeed. that it Q was republished by John Mnrrsy in . London and translated into sever-ll con- . linentnl languages. Both the pnblilh< f era and the public were urging him to do something equally meritorious. No- 5 body realized more keenly than did the ' author or the exquisite work the dim- rcnlty of producing in mate. end he l was not a man to be driven into medi- ocrity. Three years later he pnbliehed , "Bmeebridge Hell." and the chapter at that masterpiece ot mercy workmen- Ihlp entitled "Christmas " Brucebrldce Emu" we: the pioneer holiday we of English literature end. hes furnished e. model for subsequent unionists which has seldom been equaled end never excelled. IN my cries and felicity of 2 expression here a. revelation to every- body in thttge days, and the wonder end the charm are potent sail. Dickenl' Chrlttmu ghoul are unique in the realm ot literature. or " the f I Illent Ill-Del that "ii_,re, hue been cum- p" “ “A monk! from the F Cs,",, b upper and nether , A V , ‘ 3‘; ' worlds to lend en- ig: , trn, r':,', v'l cblntment to the 34m". II., Chm-tun- tale ' '&g,1 E IE his a ion. have LI C', P, _ Moms acclimat- - , _% ed. Them in nev- ‘t. _ or anything re pulnlve n Don t l them They are mUKIIAI'. the most comp-n- lnnlhlo npooh "on Invented. They In Ieldom t"'putcttrsl. but no tn- ]uonlly cheerful They Ire not the haunting. New killing and never to in nominal nhnntnma of the fury (lb. tut Inn-I permmalltletr, need from " I " C?),, l' All the makers of great t1ettott are more or lean under the spell of their immediate mrrouudlnge. but few hue made it more apparent then Cherie- chkens. Those who knew the citcum- Itancee saw plainly that he bed put himself and his and childhood into many of his pathetic abort stories. This in especially true of “The about to Mute: BI. Room," which in In " tount of things which happened to Mm in his troubled boyhood. " a child be we. I ttrm believer in shouts. Ind " is probable that be we: entire- ly abandoned his faith in spectral ap~ panacea. any of " men are peo- aled with disembodied spirits. and they In like the ”out: of no other writer. l'hey ere the moot- that nope-I to one and make one believe in their genuine- »... They ere frequently more reel then the living chencten who consort with them. Although they an dead, they conduct them-elm like living en- iitlel. William Makepeace Tuscany. mu ter of a realism that is the wonder out! the despair of those who In" (allowed him, needed no M model 'Ind chm liKillJ, n o n e. mrnem. MRI E Perkin." Ball” ro- If; " lemma no t b in; f ital ,1; ever conceived in Ill ,, the mind or any ‘13, am other mun. Tho ' porno was planned "? "r. with It. but never 0.; so much " was Thackeray human. “mom Mont amazing ot nit, the author of the tale motes-ed to believe that it was “Mrs. Perkino' Ball" that had made his reputation-that; too, in the face of the fact that "Vanity Fair” Ind just been published. Thin perversion of Thackeray in regard to the incl-an value or " wares and " lack of tam: in his mnsterpiece--he had so little tNytttidettCe in the some” of "Vanity Fair” that that it appeared he applied for a small government positJotr-are "out mMtietettt that the man who cre- ate. a masterpiece may have I dim conception ot artistic values. Contrary to the prevailing notion. the Inventor ot the tale with n distinctive- ly Christmas "vor we. In American. " in likely that it would occur to few Americans and to no Englilhnnn to dissent it it were needed in their presence that Charle- chkenn aria noted the Christmas ltory. His name is no inseparably connected with so much of the holiday literature en- shrined in the "(an heart that it in small wonder the mention or Chriat~ mu tnueota it'; The credit of the "literary and," waver, must be given to another. a man who was at the end " his thirties when Dickens was born. who had been " ”Malta when° Rel-en's Met nailed away to Trainlnr. who had visited Sir Walter " Annotate“! not! had captivnied him and who was m- erwnrd necretnry to the United State- lentlon in England. That. of conru. means Washington Irving. [ immacu- 'tr-U-tteye-ai.. IN FINN)": :t/g'istt. _'iilii'_',ii1il_is'ii J)?,)',))., 'rr", :35 l Ch, Chrlllmnl who (mar up... "0w Ar C “upland l l Ther mat upon in. In“ If“ " l And :3". than and loom n a w and horn. no “no Bot [no war". mm or old BoCteaeeto Ind In” Io that their mu. on. with! to - And Ion; nun [lad rum-Inna at at any. Ho bought u ply. uni M 'ee. mm To [In chm dull-c nu on 'Lia. morn WIHIV oto "a. child can). an. - - For new baby be! II. meer, . French cor-u _ ".% And an "in“! m tttnt - on. “Thoutb m. dullnl M to . I rock!“ ham. tt - Malibu." also an“... nth. a my hld prom-d gtrtt a in, each other. .3} They would - at . cum the anna. F," In. would ucrmc. hr that w“ mother. T, And It qtaddmted " to m t. smiled I '"ut" m.mu.uo.mu , t . ' so the who no vino-n mm by any. TV Fromn no? to Ihop, with I" w "I . ' Having dry goods mu up - "" I‘uy. t, not, by Amado-n Pru- A. lupm‘b cum] rr _ manual; . "Not merely tor m an at 311‘ mm". _ ' I I!” ma rptr1t. not an new Inns! a Lat In. Athenian-o, turn from _ THE RATIONAL In. did her magnum only. his. Br Muen- mod tron and. onto; "fl‘ Bhe would chow I. In“! III m * demand. s' ' How “can“: a can. m "aa',, w val in only a [ _ w any as _ around Vite 3 meme. woven a we psychological study that am- " , membranco ot the biz-land "on the mind. It: shoot- an no! m3, clnble and easily bani-baa who; chkena. They are total. cream and all pervading. They-ad fearsome apectere that the in the ' id vapors or Gemian tunnel-m.) . they are made icler [till with a . admixture of New England _ demolish). It is a masterpiece it" _ caption and In tmattn.rtt-mt at all about that-but it does If” i the Yul. log glow more was * lend a better tHroe to the in». bowl. _ _ _ Cir 7% Mary hum" Mitford glee, an! _ _ ' m ghosts. All of her atrium _ . actere are tretrlt and blood. "do. 4 they are not of the ”REID m' stay dead when they die." 'tor?, _ mu Party" is as dainty in ital T man-hip as anything which yttliAt6 from her careful pen, t','tt,iht,irt't ing much. It is as rutfui.'and' _ suggestive as a pastoral, and ttlt once is as soothing as the do! _ . - whtch escapee when them”: of a potpourri jar ia lined oet an"; ot an old time cahlnet is - ed-tha taint. pervasive odor of erm'?'., ed rose leaves and dried lavender. 1...; Like Metrena, am. but u n r fondue-I for the damn oe In . c" . One who knew him beat In th , to the In: any of his “to “no ‘ - much of th- Chrlnmu “In I " the In: kept up the {and and t 'a custom of lending "new e to his Rhoda." Better append: m End-ad than m his at!" = ‘ . d Harte mot an later year- ot it: t. _ abroad, but his Btoeteq wen ”(to .. V disthtettvetr American. II tttat mil-able performance and“ I , ‘ Saul: Claus Came to tlim-U; - there is no Baror ot the old will Christin“. and Johnny. Mind tn Cb stars and stripes. in I young A” or the most tse-trata. Ion. I r Two ot the not: “In: and... Mr Chr‘lqtmu "one. up: man ll. . a I . t no n " m “Christm- Ili- n 7 _,_-__ -.. - - lilmu . lo ttad A 'tut."" 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