The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1930, Page 14

here and talk about it aged fourteen, puckere vident great conster ever seen when we looked out d | the window this morning,” r- | father’s eyes danced, ddenly he threw down his | not been riding in airplane. dashed for his sweater | When one feel t with the “Where're you going?” Mariol shouted. | world it's easier to see the beauty n |of things we sometimes miss.” Sam, Jr., grinned at them all The banging of the front door|“Some Christma: was the only reply. In less than a half hour, Sam, Jr., came bursting back again, a 2x ready! We're going! We're “Going—fiddle sticks!” Marion 11 '‘Reindeer Mischief ease explain, young man,” Sam | Blitzen had behaved very well Sr., quizically demanded, a gleam |until the first of December. Then of as he caught sight of tal understanding comi into his |all of a sudden he decided to go 1, | into Santa’'s workshop. The first indsome Dick Roberts who had | terrible thing he did was to lap »d quietly after Sam, Jr., and | the paint from a doll's face. Santa just inside the door. Now|had put a great deal of care into stepped forward. Merry Christmas, everybod, Marion's face was as rosy a: making that doll for she was to go | to a little girl who was ill in the s | hospital. Blitzen thought it the Dick’s as she grasped his extended | very best paint he had ever tasted hand. “I thought you were going to | and as he was alone in the work- | yeur sister’s in the East,” she stam. ed 25" Dick laughed, “but busi - |shop at the time he continued to lap everything in sight that had | - |red paint on it. Lap, lap, lap went | s wouldn't let me. I don't mind | his tongue until he had finished a | that T can be of service to|Whole shelf full of toys. Of course Young Sam knew I hadn’ , and he swooped down upor and ex, the predicament at your service.” n can come. I no chance for the ! Ma..on gasped. “A in this snow?” Theyll lear the main ys first. s bean- tiful, iso't it, Mother? with the ice and cleet on the trces and now the snow for trimming. It's land yocu safely at your grandfath when Mrs. S8am arrived first and Sam, and las of all, Marion, all rosy and have seen. And we both are well and strong and t together. It's cat andfather Clark slip- bout his wife's waist him Grandmother had / hap- Py, satistied as she patted his hand, then departed to the kitch- en to issue her i ctions to An- | nie. excited. “A beautiful sight, wasn't it, off with hi togs. added quickly Mcanwhile Sam and his family seated about their breakfast table, werc much more concerned about missing Christmas at Grandmoth- er'’s and the good dinner than they were at the beauty of the world |, ubf)ug ther | You're a welcome new membe! “Ch e of the family,” Sam answered qui Bgngr will i+ | etly, and dropped his hand on Mar the daughter was speaking. “We're |y, shining hair in this case. Ham and| «pother and I thought this w it took a ride way up in the cloud: pilot for life. Congratulate me. “Yes. My piane has skls, and I can take you one at a time and Grandfather and Grandmother | d€8r?"asked Mrs. Santa. Clark were more excited than the Yes, we have everything and are | others, if that could be possible, | °P Our way to wish the world a explained what was happening Sam, Jr., came next; then Father gliding over the country?” Sam asked, as ne helped Dick him jump.” “Marvelous!” ¢ | Santa was angry, as angry ,|a Jolly person could be, | made Blitzen stay in the ba three days and three n that is not the worst part of lhe‘ story. | Christn eve cam¢ and all the ! reindeer were harnessed and wait- ing for Santa. q “Have you all of your bags,| § | very Merry Christmas,” answered jolly old Santa. “Hump,” said Blitzen to him- selp, “and humph again.” | The red paint had had a bad ef- fect upon his disposition. Off they sped and up, up, up they sailed through the air. Blitzen was going ! along beautifully when he suddenly ' wondered what Vixen would do if he, Blitzen, should bite his tail. “Not very d,” though Blitzen to himself. “Just enough to make t ol And as they hurried along that winter's night, Blitzen reached out his funny warm nose and bit Vix- Then Dick| en’s tail—hard. Vixen jumped,| | then he kicked Donder, who in “But every-|turn kicked the sleigh, upsetting it. thing is won-|Over it went and down it went, derful to me | Santa, toys and all. Fbrtunately today becausec |they all landed in a soft snow- s | bank. Santa picked his snowy self to convince Marion that T could be | up, put the toys back in the sleigh and off they started once again r b The first house they came to was - | a lovely old farm house. Santa and - | the reindeer made a beautiful land- | | ing on the roof. [ s| “Now while I am gone see that | 5 for Christmas! | the most beautiful Christmas we'd | You behave,” said Santa and down | ‘Gee! Can’'t we do anything |on the ground.” barn,” |ed over the peak of the roof to|I have it! | that is just where Santa left them. | | smell reached the nose of Blitzen. | | everything in sight. He ate so rap-| | stare and wonder. Pies, cakes, | as quiet as mice |and the sleigh. Blitzen glanced I the chimney he went. As soon as| “What Ho,” bellowed Santa, “Do| he was out of ht, Blitzen start- | you want to upset the sleigh again, ed trouble again. | you naughty dee?” | “Dum-dum diddle-dum-dum! S what I can do!” he snorted, and B crossed his front legs, stamped his hind ones and sat down kerplunk on the roof. { “Here, here,” shouted Santa, ‘as| he came up the chimney. “What is{ % the meaning of all this noise? It % sounded like an earthquake. I thought every moment that the roof would cave in. If you can't 1 stand still on the tops of the houses | "Blitzen cannot have anything to | | eat and he must go right into the| said Santa rather sadly.| | “And T fear he cannot go with me nex{ Christmas.” All over tne worid ihey went, not skipping a place. Blitzen was very | tired and as he cowd think of { nothing better ,to do he snorted and fussed and counted stars. At just as OChristmas morning wned they found their way home. Mrs. Santa came running out to| | meet them, and to help Santa un- { harness the reindeer. I shall most certainly leave you Santa knew that this would be a dreadful punishment to them all| "4 4 pow indeed was Blitzen a as they were very proud of being| .. qder and wiser reindeer. able to stand on the tops of ‘, houses y, my dear children I know | you all love Blitzen, You must, | he is a lovable old fellow. hen you hear the deer on the| Christmas eve it is always| hoofs you hear, because | The next house had a slanting roof with a peak at the top and when Santa had gone down the chimney that mischievous Blitzen promptly sat down again, kerplunk, snorting his favorite song, dum- stamps hardet than is| dum-diddle-de-dum. The first thing ary, And when you hear the| he knew he had started to slide |bells you can always hear Blitzen's| and couldn't get up quickly enough | above the rest, no one knows why. | to prevent sliding all the way to|Just because he is Blizen, I sup-} the ground. Over the roof he |POS and likes to give an extra went, dragging the sleizh and his ) and an extra shake when- seven brothers with him. Out of possible. He will be sadly) the chimney came Santa and lean- | misscd next Christmas eve unless—| Let's all write a note |to santa and ask him to forgive ’pm)r mischievous Blitzen before red of your non- ! next Christmas has a chance to sense tonight aid he. “Now yuuicom around. If all the children will stay on the ground.” ‘in 111 the world should write I'm | And when in the country, they |sure Santa will forgive him. ! stopped at another farm house; | —————e call them . | CHILDRE CHRISTMAS “Sniff-sniff, sniff-sniff!” A spi v L iy : ] BEHAVIOR IS EVER THUS Inch by inch he moved over to| the window and stuck his head No holiday finds so man ood right in. He proceeded to devour ! > > Y, 8 boy girls as does Christmas. On Christmas morning all the homes are filled with little saints. Johnnie has been getting in the idly that the other deer could only | tarts, jelly and jam all went down|® g 3 with lightning speed. When he fin- | Wood and doing his chores for the ished he licked his lips, turned ! last month without being told. Wil- around and pushed back to the,l€ has had good lessons every day place Santa had left them. When|8nd hasn't been kept in after school during the entire month. There has been no trouble in get- “Well, now, that's fine,” called|ting the boys to go to Sunday Santa in a cheery voice. “Sce how | school. For some time they have much better things are when you | been getting out of bed in the| behave!” morning at the first call and their Now we all know that it isn’t the | table manners have greatly im- best thing in the world to run|proved. after we have eaten a great many| As scon as breakfast is over Sal- sweets, Blitzen soon learned this lie has her apron on and her and began feeling very ill indeed.|siceves rolled up, ready to wash But feeling ill only made his dis- the dishes, Marie insists that she position wors in the distance he | be allowed to dry them. They hurry could see a city and above this|through with the dishes so that city he saw a tall steeple. As|they will have time to sweep the they raced along near the steeple| house before school time. Blitzen pushed his brothers over Papa is well kissed and hugged so that when they passed they|pefore he starts for the office in were so close you could not have|the morning and all the children put your finger between the steeple | are at the gate to meet him when he gets home in the evening. Santa seems to be helping the children greatly—William L. Gaston Santa came out, there they were at Vixen and saw that his hair was standing right up straight. 'HERE °TIS! " ---the same old Friendly Greeting in the same old * WE COULD [EET YOU "Twould be nice if we could meet you and tell you how much we appreciate the friéndly co-operation which has characterized your dealings with us But this being impossible we take sincere pleasure in wishing you one and all a Merry, Merry Christmas and a Happy, Prosperous New Year May this WE WISH YOU JOY Christmas be your happiest “SAY IT WITH FLOWERS” { - fdtflo it may be--every, * year it’s new to you and me ----- that cheery old greeting Friendly way : ::: ever, with enough to go around and to spare, and may you live as long as you It’s nothing new want to and never want as long as you ; live---are our vuletide wishes for you. : : To wish for you--- ; : e 2 biat Merry Christmas Everybody Chistmas joy and cheer. ., Still, we're always Glad we're here Happy New Year Too - To wish for you each When Juneau & Douglas Telephone Co. Juneau Florists Sy mewallooma oo fowoe