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4 o 33 4# . Then his face red Aened 40 Qn' poin» of 6t Ti dpiflm'on c â€" What I WDould Po Wr hat [J‘« Td #!% * ""U thes (fo spend â€"or ky on hand ed ”’:;}. o to her®sword, tM® school misâ€"! Reaim of Santa.. So on this very # "asked thesclass: onA the fol busy morning, Fingo decided to alâ€" day rogarding, the . namaes of low Hump#y to come into his saneâ€" irce battons. \She beg:uA y puttingf:tum and assist with the carly mornâ€" he anestion to‘Jtcl. mu*ru boyting‘s mail. â€" h ts . class, , a Ylad > about $ten y "As you say, .Fingo,. The Great!" d EGGY was cérly six \years Mold, \but #he was i;ery, very smart ~ittle maid Torther yerers â€"!gne s helped her mazma t wash),the t and: to sweept theifloor, for m“f.wint) woroYoL’uch. and fe"did> not keepÂ¥a $heusemaid éefore© did wist with atito echool E..A per c !i*m the pl make 2+ \*Thk ® . atic h. â€"J Jaek‘s# [(Â¥ Qur puzzle Corner $ Peaay,And* SCHOOI M Tiz M M 16. porod. Nee ®#" ta h E* lA 4 * ) olnse. ‘Now.! she. went on to | n, "you must @ aink of the first i‘ as representin & Life; of the & as representk )& Liberty; of ‘represer iting the Purâ€" f ll::h'- Ta morrow I shall ou what the thri‘e buttons sigâ€" AREITHMETICAL PUZZLES 1)01 Fil m le inde; ¥® h BEHEADINGS y NWot happy.} s money: had am U s way 2 Dilemma. ell rang and \Pext!.lnd to the. schoo%room; and sats and .opetmned ‘their anta and Christmastwere TER ENXIGMA sh. ® he same as my/(fourth tst he a withseyes â€"‘nough hai ‘spells a storm 6 and drear: ~comes idnen .go at> Alge«: cey (dimn «eily six \years#old,| bed one night she saw something ul very, very art | white outside her window, something r%'m-ymrb s 5 Ting andâ€" waving; Itke Hitt‘s forms maigma tog wash),the | going hither and thither in the night iwcp‘i the g@@ficor, for|She jumped from between the covâ€" were gnot# rich, and}ers and ran to the window to see what mx: hr«semaid ithe white objects were. To her surâ€" ~work., And Peggy /prise, she found they wereâ€"just huge ,mby}too. and w snowflakes,falling, and the wind was ringa uml schoolâ€"g whipping them around. Peggy‘s heart fell; she had so hoped to see fairies ecess, Pegzy s bestf flying about her window, for she had ud'toiher: “What‘ read and read so many times of ing* tobbring@¢to you fairles, andâ€"had so longed to see one ggu**"* really â€"and truly. So when she saw her‘. head;. "I; donft} it was only huge snowflakes, she mite.sure he‘ll‘put a, sighed very loudly and said: "Ah, of Sitnday «hoesinfto«) only snowflakes!" Then she returned nma gays I. must lmtl to her bed and <got between the I dort get the doll,| warm covers and shut her eyes to go t have pnough tzn.o to sleep. But pretty soon, and while d hun’t\om- forfme,| the winds were howling around the a new" head onto|corner like some wild beast trying to dy, anyi‘ make/hear aiset into the house, Peggy heard a e‘ll ‘be iquite uamod‘lught sound at her. window. And ; then, on opening her wondering. blue rang and \Pesn.lnd‘eyu. she beheld a strange sight. The he. schootroom; and | window opened M‘ a door, and and .opetmned ‘their in walked two of . aintiest Iittle : and Chrittmastwere| whiteâ€"cladâ€" forms . Peggy had. ever time be!_nsSL seen, even in a. fairy book. And aw Pegev fwot intoright ub to har bed they came, and aw Peggy fgot ie fa y > and make it a 1X; remove compensation PUZLLBDES uind get a diâ€"| ALPHABET PUZZLE And she h member flA 5 I sfhal th it to st it ies he fun e Dec ~ch und. in not n& not not not ingab some The FaiPiGS. A Christmas Story for Wee Ones giy hich in in 5. Henna. $ h| . BEHEADINGE . AND _ OURTALL h ING®: â€" 1. antaant, 2 Chimehim 3. Changeâ€"hang. _ _. . "You might .cal! Humppy," replied Fingo, tearing‘open thrbe letters at a time, and running through them, atia glancey Fingo was the Master Letter: Reader of Santaville. And that was saying a good.deal, since there merarar ce {etters from fiu‘am-!‘rfoun. Fingo could go through three or five \letters :at one glance.and never miss .a \word. And what was more. remarkâ€" able still, he‘never forgot aâ€"~letter, once he read it He kept a funny kind of memorandum. book in which he jotted down names.and addresses. And . on loiklnc over. that book .a year later, he could tell you exactly what each :&Ker had said . in his letter, and J what he had. asked for from Santa. Humppy was the secondâ€"best ~Letterâ€"Reader in the thrust out from & greex dow, and <the fastâ€"falli ered it as thickly as. t! white beard ar fastened it. Then he drew dowa the window sash and turned to _Ng»wl,- vate secretary who. was ‘up. to his neck in the morning‘s frst mail. "Got some word from the Little Folk on Earth, ch, Fingo?" said Santa, ?mn- ing overâ€"the pile of letters. ‘ Fingo looked up, nodded his nd blackâ€"haired: head and replied; W a few letters, Governor.‘" known as the Governor in San lle, "Want some . assistance, â€" Fingo? asked. the Governor, .winking an blinking in his funny way. 4 Fingoâ€"looked. uy blackâ€"haired. head a few letters, Gon known as the Gon his own realm). ‘‘Helghâ€"ho, Humppy!" called Santa, Iloo, beckoning to. that busy. little fellow. | ‘"We And as Humppy came running forâ€" 'hnp; ward, his face as full of smiles as hr |IAtth head was full of hair, we shall exâ€"| . "F plain why. he was. called Humppy. laug He was a hunchback. And once hellonx xclaimed this â€"IO URV 3Â¥ OTUNG : DIAGON A1 C 4* h# 2 QQA) (1‘.\]’4 @ thora| °~¢ | ag %‘fip,fl' L. 3 0 '”'1\} ‘x ANSWERS TO LAAT WEEK ° PUZEZLE®. ' p to her. bed they eked Bâ€"Râ€"4â€"Gâ€"Hâ€"Tâ€"Bright I,:~â€"Hanta.: ©â€" Crossâ€"words Lanok,. 3. Lands. 4: Meats N A ECE . lattice shut and he drew dows the turned to his priâ€" Sar h In Santagille â€" @A Oisit bushels he th 7 H erphanâ€"and tools h one Christmas Kive as Santayille where the thing. &# Want, nor happiness. And in & and and had Earth Childrer persons there v And that was "And the sort of work that we like, too, my good Santa," smiled Humppy. "We‘re getting things ready. for. the happlest time of all the year forâ€"the Little Folkâ€"Christmag! t ‘% "Right you are, my good Humppy," laughed Santa, trotting off down the long hallway, . And Humppy hurried "If you can get through by noonâ€"|~ Santa sat up« well, there‘ll be some more letters | rocked himself from ‘the Rdrth Children at that »heartily, \"My time. We‘re pretty busy, now, aren‘t|he cried, when w5 Humppy, my man?" f : |Ang, : "can you "And the sort of work that we like, | going about in tan me saad Santa "amiled Humpoy.| would be too Peggy.sat up and smiled a welcome to them, for she knew. them to be fairtes. n i ondy *‘So you were not just big snow= drops!" whispered Peggy to the little visitors. > "I thou(h‘ you were only snowflakes at first." , "Ah, we are snowâ€"falries,". said one of the tiny forms... "And we. are Santa Claus‘ friends, going about on an errand for him. We heard that you wish for a doll, and we want to know just what you desire." Pegigy clapped her handsf "Oh, any kind of doll that Sania wants to give me," she cried; but she remembered to hold her voice low, for she‘ did not want to frighten away the fairies by talking too loudly. "I want just a dollâ€"big or little. . My okl_dol:fl has a crack across her face, and ‘her hair is almost gone, and one ‘eye is out. Bo any kind of whole doll will do." ‘‘Then you shall have one of .the nicest in Santa‘s Doll Shop," promised one ‘of the fairies. ‘Then without anâ€" other word, they turned and went out through the window whence they had come, and the room â€"wasâ€"in. darkness and silenceâ€"except for the wind outâ€" sideâ€"and Peggy fell into a deep sleep from which she did not awake till her Mother came to call hepâ€"in the "Come, Peggy darling," said Mamâ€" ma, shaking Peggy by the arm. "Come, get up quickly. and come down stairs and see. what Santa Claus brought to you last night," C iak "Last n%'ht‘."' asked Porgy, sitting bolt upright, and fully awake, . ‘"Was it Christmi@s ‘last night, Mamma? morning ings two little handkerchief«, <a pair > of Sunday., gloves, andâ€"hanging beside the stocking#sâ€"a â€"pair.of Sunday shoes But the doll! There was ho doll in either of the stookings. . Peggy Jooked about, then said In a low tone: "The fairlds came to my room . ias Wt aylah ‘hristmas Eve. And Santa,erme while ve all slept. Come down aud pecp at our stocking, dear." A * Peggy was #o elated and m;lod hat she would not walt to put on her lothes; but wrapped her bathrobe ladr hri ight be apa ha ve. â€" Sh brought him intc hat.is it, Sir?" You .are to assist y morning‘s mail," m slippers. (a nice .moolly. pair indmamima had knitted for her on birthday), and ‘ran down to: the ng room a} fast as ever she could and thereâ€"hanging from the manâ€" over the grate, were her two stock= s, and she now temembered very 1 that she had put them there the ht before, ~and that. Mamma and pa had told her it was Christmas o. She had ‘only forgotten ‘It after 2 FPZZ* ming He i sand me ~ Doll Sh day r and dreéw 4s Chr Mamma n earth, and had be Santa sat uporn a.big toy, chair and laughed beartily. THE OHRONICLEâ€"TELEGRAPH â€" TUURSDAY, DPEC #, 1811.~â€"PAGE 11 1 SBar ?" asked Porgy and fully awake last night, Mam Christmas, dark for the # w . full.they. are!" Ayad nloading the stockings vdy, nuts, raisins, figs n# go who d ; hapy her litt] h and his Sania who happin es ied Santa with the H very for a rocked himself‘to and fro, laughing heartily. \‘"‘My Master Dollâ€"Maker," he cried, when he could stop laughâ€" ing, : "can you imagine Santa Claus going about in an mirship? < Why, it would be too. ridiculous. to speak about. _I‘d lose all my Hittle friends were I to do soâ€" unseemiy a thing. Ever since I took â€"charge of <this Christmas . work.: and .got: acquainted with the Earth Children._(which is more hundreds of years ago than you fairles got back to.Santa® place in the sky. But I shall not be disapâ€" pointed4,. forjust see how. many mice things J have in my stodkingsâ€"and outside It, for here are my lovely Sunâ€" SRYâ€"BROMMUE _ cssc â€"ci4lâ€" .. 1clo e silcg L. cialc s "But don‘t you see that long boxâ€" on the mantel, dearie?" asked Papa, his face smiling and expectant. And then Peggy took down a great box, and lifted off the lid, andâ€"there inside it lay the, most beautiful doll she had ever seen. ‘She laughed and cried for joy, hugging the great dp!â€" lie to her breast, â€" "Oh, the fairies did keep their word didn‘t they?". And then, to Mamma‘s and Papa‘s surprise, Pesgy told. of the two fairies <who came to visit her the night before. And Mamma smiled at. Papa, and Papa smiled at Mamma, and .one of them said something about Peggy beâ€" ing aslcep andâ€"dreaming. But Peggy was too busy sorting her mamy Christâ€" mas gifts to notice: what: they said. And. she was the happlest little girl that falries ever .came to see onâ€" a windy, snowy ‘night. nite , MIND READING, Tell a person to think of a number, multiply ‘by 3, multiply the product by %, divide the result by 6, add 20, subâ€" tract the nurmber thought of, divide by 4, and then tell him what his result :s. Solo thon :â€"Tite nul;,mn be five. The ‘reagon i# cleap, -‘Mbbhl by 8 and # and dividing by 6 he has obtained the number.thought of. + Add "Ah, .good u-;n.u beard . 4t. ruâ€" red that you were, to use an airahi; the future lnla:afl your lW: A reindeer,‘" ‘said a) rosyâ€"faced old iâ€"maker who was sitting over his ach. of tools, busily ‘engaged in putâ€" g a fing flaxenâ€"haired head upon a wdust body. . ‘‘Thenâ€" the report is Santa sat upon & big goy chair and t by 4 ta nee o The Town..Qtâ€"Santa Claus. 1 _ the . meather, is & U& tor‘hlfin‘. T splendii condition s he readingiof letters ing, . say in â€"_ It. has gnow enything is in shi Pristiumsâ€"â€"the se he his wor a . ready #1 in .. s T a maigh draex up say busincusitht a fleiuh drawn y pairs. of. * ‘The ~little his~stables showing. th the open, workers in ‘â€" When the .L"‘h was ready, Banta gumped into "his seat, took up (the reins and gang out to the wnm animals: *"Up, my fellows! ~ Up, â€" away into yonder sunâ€"lit clond. â€" The snow has ceased. to fal}, and the winds‘ teeth are sharp. fSo, up and. travel fast and get your blood to circulatâ€" dng."* â€" After_ the _ride of* several â€"hours, Santa cried out to his reindeer: "Now to Earth, my good hl{m And don‘t lag.. ‘We must be r just as the dark is falling over the land. If we wait tilisthe comes out, we‘ll attract Atfinflom\l that would never 46," The reindeer, understanding every word their master said to them, made extra speed, /and when the sun.in the heavensâ€"for now the sun Was shinâ€" ing brightly| after. the heavy snowâ€" fall of the early â€"morningâ€"pointed to three ‘o‘clock. the: earth came ln’g sight of Santa and hi# reindeer. "15:, . An Important Christmas Question. N selecting presents to give to your kinfolks and ~friends, avoid getâ€" } ting unnecessary things, _ WThere ® areâ€" pergons who. buy~ Christmas wifts without a thought. as to. their usefulness, . A dear old grandmother will. sometimesâ€" .receive a silly little ormament which she cannot possibly wear, and which takes up room in a box or drawéer, and which reminds her ‘ of the cheap bargain counter, where: all« sorts of odds and: ends. are to be got for a.few cents, but which are dear even at that. In buying for your mother, be sure to know. just what. will please .her most. Jt is & splendid plan for the children of the family to make up a little fundâ€"what they ‘can spareâ€" and together lruy #some very nice and useful thing for. each ~parent.. . If Mother needs a box of gloves, or a set of: silvef® â€"or china,, or a. pretty lampâ€"shade in stained glass, ds it nc bettor for the children to put togethe their money and get that which the know she â€"wants than for each chil to buy some individual tride for her And what will 1‘«"& or two get fo Father? _ But : im; or‘ three chil dren will put into a fund a doltfar o two each, there will be qu?to enous to get him something very nice in to get him . @ ks s oot ‘_zc tm wl chowugth th saying, Makers d (Dhat Shall (He Gige To Oar Dear Ones?* ers Departmen nt es. ‘l’fiz the :.:“u“‘: w their impatience to be Out and: Santa gave orders to in .the stables to hiteh Op. to the. sleigh, as he. meant te days A§ #0 m s >3E wb s 5.9 m hy peare o ty yer ~P es _ Fege o ahee s : o " _ f ' 6 9 l o adan e oi *L . M * y _ _ td h #h ds â€" whik hort Aime / "And Time We must | he from 4 wer t t casing As the darkness. settled over the Tand, ln; the tl;:{l llwg% trom the countless.. windows. â€"of. the : countless ; |nomes and countiens ts sou8 mere look â€" | awa sha ho u Wh h Rania . And Wqfltoz "I‘m almost out tory hands wre . before goirg on p a and Papa, old Sania dropped. from. dlnsey ce o ie Coaree a on church steeple. he _ out of his. sleigh, told &a" to . walt M'Mu.:‘r not ‘to move from that steeple, made his "to ‘the roof of a convenient house. " And past ;ho. m of hundreda. l:: homes & to om, | & counting the new" Lc!l he was ..l:d_\ Ing for the first time, y as _ "Lots of new little ones," h to himself, smiling. "flod‘moz3 t;fi all! . Well, they keep .. busy throughout the yéar. h‘:;qy are increasing xo rapidly thit‘I‘ll ‘have to ‘take several Hundred new assistâ€" ants next year." ns . c ‘Then . Santa ret;rgd. to. the high church steeple, and as he mfitflu into his sleigh,â€" the aged ‘ bellâ€"ringer, accompanied by his g-'qsgot of, ten, came out of the chure h a lantern in ‘his hand. . <The : liftle. grandson looked up and cried out to his grandâ€" father: â€" : t ‘‘Oh, lookee, Grandpa, there in the do as his cousins asked h aky!~ It‘a Su&; rC‘linl Qin'd xl’”?;â€"+*%§”%,‘ deer. ‘Ses them fying! ‘h, now | and." £. . n they‘re~ woneâ€"clein tl}:o\fih f mtl%;b. u&rénil& s white cloud‘ over‘ the :0 % , guch silly things" °> ~~~ ravdbe,, ta you see themd) * oo P Mt"f.-myS-d a"thi +"No,â€" my son, and ‘nelther Ald you. | that grandpa did not know. to present ‘Aubtie and married â€" Sisâ€" ter with useful as well as lovely and acceptable gifts may rest assgured that they are not going wrong wHen they give : embroidered or " drawnâ€" thread ‘linmen. //‘ 4. PEW Nn Im Prelty ‘linens are alway@ sccoptable to ‘a housekeeper. No matter. how full the linen closet may . be, there is always & place for something new in the â€" form . of 'at;wnxr“g@.' pilfow cases, pillow shams,‘ toiltlfilb' oths, napkins "ahd ‘ funch cloths. %qu housewlfe . loves. & goodly store of limeps, cand ‘boys: and girls who "wish presenting him. with a book, also to keep in mind the fact that a book is l pramsnentd T1 :O‘IF well as to amuse or enteriain h: na y se c sc t# loud H ol uk dres" tals * h th HE following letter: wa by Santa Ciaus one day heas . wha "’ OM U « 5o 72 eff e gh the spowâ€"drif H EJ My Jlea # a Wend /4 ‘ F7 â€"~BEI 1IH iPpolffuicc‘» ha its here Me Weather | Ma 10 n Wh ake en Â¥ _ "HS â€" Dierel & of anow, :rncgn&ag: nuln‘g.how materia with ir â€"work.. â€" Bo w h r us carrenriatrs 13 TPEV & 47 omnorsp Lar Tak S wl & betfer than & or.. Is not It & e so cancless as know where silig h )h hiw â€" fr «t week. slin his eat hants B hi# But 1t a \ Gusg.Littl sq. Little (Mazsg There are Dot and May ar . hn es very . On theirs frock®.to sew. Your mind is so full of. Christmas dus! non: uat reh ts tuake eana You just imagin Safite "urd l relndeer Were over the .A'gf’:, 4+ it wants & whole week belors OnAat mas, sonny, and: Siata) Saver aa &g&mw‘mu«a ng, mon"m the. 4 h“ .{’"“j ewybs bis Jantern and. lng The way ong the snowâ€"cover ith," to _ hik little grandson. SemgRe, | 1 owing. : But in Sa: s hokut "oran ‘a Christmas presents she S e corsint on Orf the dolls will hear! nm“‘--a-%;.,_ ‘uot > Indagtined Y ..|I' m ‘%fi?fn; is round .to ; the good, «hii@ren fite, “"2* igu.,.*.f.‘fi‘ft.; h. th. M PM "_L‘* Imuge {f %‘mu ;‘\“?’ C He hasn‘t cared about Banta for s . â€"z. tiany years, ‘ But I doâ€"oh, L | o ts Row I should love fo ailp away np twto the ¢:1oud:3 tqufi, : {_a ia: ta? Realm! . Butâ€"that would be fmg a} It.is not Inte fl;‘_ ’fi tcht“t'b‘fl the tarth. Sn is Kno %1:' so he comes to them." ~â€" oakh c i _JSust then â€" Saminy‘s grandmothar opened the ‘Kitchen door tor l and as Sammy efitered, the #! ;’,. 4 lady.stooped and: kisged; ] saying: ."I just had. a jletter . from <#ou couunm.b.xw’& 2ayink thes were. co,‘n_yni to apend, C "*'s' us, and that they nad written ‘Bania Claus of the W of theira r‘?" so that he donld fetch their gift« fer â€"along with yours.\ Bless the d w â€" And Sgromy knew that Santa wonle ?:.u his cguglp“‘l.lg;og. ::q i+ w10. 246. * That i4 adidcom, a08 wife. ‘fi‘ghudrén' figflw s ot" belteve guch | silly thln?."',_‘f * + en e But Aammy knew a"thing o# tw furniture for their mfn oms : but on the whole, the matter of buying Tor the boysâ€" is rather fmork serio4s Ala t Waks â€" ing ‘for‘ the "Rifles CC A)0 s e 4 taste si9poth vakeee apmp geogh and taste offboth before se ~'~.p‘5§;un to p,urc:gne the, g ."”@_r the nd. a > [ ‘to rge &n‘q'!;nbjmx' x‘fi’n pc‘kr meimbers . of the family ®o that gp"‘ Ko : "v'*"“-’ the same ‘wort of things. ; _ "* "° It is not unusual for; a ‘boy to Â¥eâ€" cetve ‘ & dozen‘ neckties (tihts ; kin@s he does not like!), @nother it motawoury edeane needs not a single new ‘pair‘), Wna h.ept(ef.éhla" n u%i;n’ haps he Tongs ‘fo "~pi "‘-;f»_'j < gloves, a new pair of ies‘ or YAler skates, ‘or a footvall, or‘ 'é-â€"ér k for his den, and gets Rot ome of . th muny things Ne wishes for, Wwhile the money which was expended. gifts for ‘him would "have WM‘:P one :or ; more of % ied “‘_, longed and ‘hoped for, . â€"~ . _ money is really the least part ‘Of it â€"if "induiged in : Fightly, _ _:‘# i study the needs and desires of ‘those whom he hmm reaent _ wi gifts, and use judg/ngui anuâ€"guoortaete in his Christmas purchases. Bon‘t hay a thing just because it is él A d after it ‘has: become *i’ atty, hunt about in your mind for woute paFâ€" won to giva the undegirable, chaapP (?) uht to. Keep your déar on@i in mind, and bmt’t t ag youl en have them buy for you. If this rdld is observed,; there wilt be no "wrome" glfta @iven." Wns NietiP h ioi c «& So at Christmas time, @giftâ€"making is not & glmm,‘e thing to & .'i"‘v* .\ The money is really the least part Of â€"if ‘induiged in â€" #1 ‘Qé:’*;‘( study the Leeds" and deblres Gf ‘tThos lde 1 hain well as enny Thing you caul ne baw and Maw is pore fo‘ks and Adnt Have so alfired rauch Mu _j:ffl + on khristmass unkel *‘ ; . t Us things @time Times but knot, 3‘* p he has got @ Kid ov hilgon 3 is I wood Like a ponny to Ride O bi I reckkin you‘ dont give SJch sn# tu ‘Hoys# doo ‘you theys Tut MHW Fe kand wha M a w de hi tw t o reel â€" R sen ds Br ped |lwe .‘t(fiuvw ad Maw wants a bur mase Diner 2 1 tBlg Jn â€"Al Day your lnr\'lm t 4: you m iss Santy M'q;n a BRall Bat 2 if you >ne ye v tu some uther Boy all $ed a stokking ful oy Nubs) wht nd Chuing gum and Pop ke you have a, fine Eambiy it tches Mice Dleas ‘Efifi' + ‘ our kichen hay Rot em 1 the | Hand _shay" at © w iolds 9 like gum 2 and, keamdy.as speak