Evening Star Newspaper, December 18, 1897, Page 24

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1897-26 PAGES, = = = eee: cver again—smooth, mind you, and you | nothing else to do; ste mist waken of her- ENGLAND'S ARMY. may tle her best ribben on. Hurry.” self. | Shock? Man alive, could she waken ato After a good deal urrying and | without a shock? But it will be mercifully s 3 Smoothing down and washing up, the | easier if it comes as naturally as possible. ee npc iin as small Coopers went, in a solemn little pro- | I tell’you it will be the difference between e . > cession, to the Queer Lady’s. life and death to her,; You say she talks of London Letter to the New York Post. { She was waiting at the front door. not remembering? Just so. I believe she For fighting purposes, there exi xe “Come right in,” she satd eagerly, “and | is going to remember by and by. And it British army in England. There fs (25 RE you'd better take off your things.” will come upon her gently. I believe it. mene phantom of an army. The chi We fi “Oh, no'm,” Ann Sophy cried hurriedly. | You must wait.” 1 a ee eC ¢ = “We couldn't: We only had time to clean But Christmas, doctor?” ender of the present system a eo up outside—keep your mittens on,” she “I know—I know. idt will have to come. admittsc that the hot battobens Se) : ; whispered in a shrill aside to Nip and | But wait, wait. The waking up may come, “squeezed lemon: a the reserve “si ? A Story of Christmastide. Tuck. » too. If not in time, you must explain, pre- thing of a sham anry so4 . Graham pointed to chairs, but Ann | varicate, anything to satisfy her.” nally 11,000. stre th ly S00 hy arranged them in a straight line,| And so, with his heavy heart, the little wrod Rc tal ghey Aisa ined 30 e by side, before they sat down. Then|man went home. * in an appearance last season—is a play- G she seated them gravely, according to sizes, | In the middle of the night he woke up in rt of well-to-do herself at the heid and the baby at the | unexplainable terror, to sce Marjorie com- a showy foot. They sat up primly and folded all! ing in at the deor with a lighted lamp in t their gay little mi-tens on their little shab- | her hand. She had on a pale blue wrap and Jobbing see ;. 5 by laps. The baby's stout, abbreviated |in the dim light she looked too pale anu Gobbing their horses ( stretched straight out before him, and } frail to be embodied. He sat up in bed and time) ats to the publi i ly reached the chatr’s edge. held out his hand: (OF the vol Now, ma'am?’ Ann Sophy said, expect-} “Marjo, Marjo,” he called. And then as there are ~), though mee antly, taking a last sidewise view of her | che camo nearer he saw her face plainly. aie ae ae ¢ line of parade. | “Oh, Marjo!” able as nteere, cannot be ¢ 7 “What do you want for Christmas? Ror hetadws that alenad tremempbered® force for a t able to stand >} asked the Queer Lady. He read it instantly in her face, in her a mo aloarmy. It w The question was so atrupt, so unex-| sad, quiet eyes. There was no restlessness unjust i pected, that a row ef little gasps BEOKS in them at all. She came up quite close be- eMy dear sir—* his horses and things lying round to keep | forth unmufiled. Ann Sophy swallowed | tore she spoke: The hand that held the cseest : ther | Me patient till he comes. I don’t see—I | hard. lamp did not tremble. It was quite firm ¢ es Soerey Gtfect, Ris finger toe (ecco F cane urderstan gc when she set the light down beside him. with careful precision before he continued. | “tent that a good tree? Look, Marjo!” “I went down to look at the tree, dear “My dear sir, it is one of the strange | Marshall Graham. interrupted’ quickly, boy,” she said steadily, “and all at once cases, but it does not stand alone in the | Pointing with his whip, and the iittle erisis I Femembered. ‘The children are dead. aah 4 : ; © | was pa ey bent their attention to the They are not coming home to Christmas. Nene ny eters Oe Oalietay = Soe b raiceronl al Christies Greer atterttriaey inal Dear boy, dear boy!” quite parallel. There ts only the one treat- | pothing more was said about the children's With a sudden cry she threw herselt effective in India, are first rat he cost S80 per man 7 nmnum) and the require ments of the British soldier, as compare’ with continental tri are huge. 1 nd to none; while the of made rapid strides jonal instruction, they are full ment.” coming home—the little children that never beside him on the floor, with her face in 1 proverbially brave. In case of a And that?” interrupted the little man | would come. his arms, and cried the terrible, beautiful, Newar, however, England would be onte, haggard with anxiety. ‘The tree was found at last that suited life-saving tears he had longed for. An quite unable, as Usings the field a single efficient A CHRISTM AS DINNER. These things v of cours well known to specialists, both army to the little man. cers and members of Indecd, The first faint Hght of morning was , r pend the money they have obtained in ie nits of the 1870 scheme Ha oa SWISS ‘ _ i creeping in to them when Marjorie lifted GENUINE ENJOYM purchasing a keg of beer and some bot. | ¥e manifest nine years later In Nee eercatan Wea : her face. It was swollen and stained with South Africa. | NS Marjorie—that had straight enough, sym- metrical enough, low enough branches, and was just big and just litle enough. She th hour—two hours—they never knew how long they lasted. It may have been but a short time. It seemed a long, long time Ss the one I have prescribed all along. e is no change.” little man, Marshall Graham, got on to his feet and began to pace the floor with rervous little runs. He plunged his hands in his pockets to hide their trembling. “We must humor her still, doctor?” ne asked. “You mean that?” “You must humor her still—I mean that. an just that. Humor her—humor her. tles of wire er spirits. Two gallons of | * Cony since not the blessed tears, but it smiled at him porter (always porter) to a man is the | Deen Wanting, and explicit warnin ravely. rnin recent discussions war “Dear boy—poor boy, I am glad I remem- mates. But the r state of bered for your sake," she said gently. i nd all kinds of “And—and we have each other, dear boy. | How Tommy Atkins Spends the ee were = customary allowa so that a fair-sized | ®t must be had, and in order that no expense be incurred this articie to | @f#irs was hushed up procured, if the corporal be as- | Shifts and expr " a orem Christmas morning ushered in the most from the nearest brewery. to in order to say rances. Even the Believe what she believes—if you can. If wonderful, the most glorious day in ali Greatest Day of the Year. zi sacar ges heehee ch of the ibraltar hud no Se ne ay believe. I tell you— the short’ lives of the little Cooper chil- The Christmas Padding. ject The hes he fitted finger tips parted and the: Piqheie sila ae alize na an -ooking 2 ver, during th twelve y white hands came down resound- dren. ‘Their wildest hopes were realized, aration and cooking of _ the uring the . n the le doctor's knee. and though Nip said “I told you so” in pudding is a momentous af- | Months upon tha military resources of tha te you, Graham, you've got to do it Sho nen MPD for once Tucks faited to} ATTOWED TO OVERSTEP ALL BOUNDS ward the evening one can see} ind ‘Lord Eansdawnes imeiaton nas tee Nhat eee eae ee You never!” she cried in scorn, “you enate the ae ee ues ee room, | menth. that « r million would be Raven't I been studying these cases forty never told me so, Nip Cooper. You couldn't ig fruit, beating and chopping | required “next y aad the effect redits have. e funds ot that make the "ave told it all If you'd been tellin’ me so . . suet, under the careful ever since!” Stints Himself, for Weeks to] «,. I teli you—I—tell—you— , ‘ haired veteran, who laboriously cons In the early evening, just at early Chr: forefinger timed the words on palm. The doctor's face was supervision of some | Which ali deman in this country already voted hi and | there any indispo: over and over sain a bethumb; mas tree candle Iight—for Marjorie woutd tion t—be—humored! Any rude shock have it so—all the little Coopers formed Splurge Just Once. he pudding mixed, and | neces and indeed a liberal provision for wakeuiea Wile be ice cenit in awed procession and crunched through very man having given it a good stir, to | the and devotes 122.04n),- smething worse. She must awaken the new snow to the Queer Lady’s. And ——_>—__— insure success, cl carefully pre- | va navy—a match for : om. Gelusion the Queer Lady met them at the door and served for the oc vies of any three European and quiet army, such as ft and quiet- nia DA ta ” Sa nara om, are used to wra led them into Enchanted Land. She was| PLENTY 'TO EAT AND DRINK | it uy in, and tnen a small process sors: smiling down at them. corts this sine qua non of all ¢ ; | no ess than 13,400,000, cana “—-b-ut—" the little man’s lips stammer- Afterward Nip confided to Tuck that dinners to the cook house, and orderly men | CCnttibuted by T i ce a ae heen. Che: cetae te ce that smile looked just as If she was cry-|__ Star by Lieut, R, Seat.| #© detailed to take turns at watching the | Mafntenanc entire German army would not ask itself, but the doctor read it ing. Written for The srening tar by Lieut. R. Seal | culinary operations during the lonely hours | P© waaee & jerman army ¢ nxious face. He got up and forced “But she didn't look ‘queer’ a bit—not an : of the night. And wakeful must the] “rhe explanation for this state of es je man into a chair gently. 21 even kind of so,’ said Ann Sophy softly. ss ne ae eo one stood over hin HRISTMAS DAY TO} watchers be, for an improperly cooked or | ; h his big —— the soldier in the| burnt plum pudding means condign pun- ete lice pte ety ayn ry ene d gave him comfort. “THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.” United States army | !shment “well laid on” for the offender. | Yorthiessness of the war office adminis “Man alive,” he said, “‘are you going daft, means little more Met now alert every one seems | tration. too? “Will she come out of It7—that’s what How the Famous Old Poem Was he ually re- cold Christmas morning—no turning ——__-+e-+ -___ . you want to ask, eh? Well, then, listen— Written. See orataeee A ee ae es Be vi le Hair E A Eitetleve ake with Ebelicce she aur 5 ms % . eurring holiday, with | —all is life and bustle in the barrack A Weecinwic Maiz Huterseinaion, believe there will be a quiet, natural wak- fora the ChicagonNew: its customary pium | reoms, for the , pudding and freedom | 4st. Rat-tat! ad morning! A merry | riversides in tropical America, has curious from drill, bringing | cheery voice, as ‘the. “Womar: | properties. Horses, if they eat it, lose the also to the more tor- | of the reom, who Ww things | hair from their manes and tails. When fed tunate perhaps, a/| for them, and is hers. wife, | exclusively on corn and grass they will re- great day has dawne: ing up of her own accord—when the time comes. But you've got to wait for it. You've got to watch over her constantly «I see to {t that no lubbering idiot breaks » spell of Ler dream for her. I told you hat that would mean. You've got to wait Sone ae ee aanmers The “ju:nbai plant,” which is found on century since the verses beginning, ~ “Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a a day’s leave on which | King out a scanty competence the | cover, but the new hair will be totally dif- —and the Lord give you patience! mouse,"— : to visit ola frienas| ORS pI according to traditional | ferent in color and texture from tne old, It fs terrible—the waiting,” Marshall first saw the light of print, appearing in ae muse oes _ffom the innermost rv Ruminant animals are not thus affec ed, am sald slow! oe _ ae Te 2 c 5 of her mysterious apparel produces a bot-| and its growth is actually encouraged as @ t is terrible to see her so happy, doc- the Troy Sentinel of December 28, 1823. As a pliyuimoll tle ond eee | ter, of course, emp- |! fodder plant for cattle, sheep and goats regimental or service traditions connected | t¥Y, but the former fil with some que is : : | but potent spirits. A measure to ev: with the great feast, and, though dis - Reds Ae eeeeee aes “ though discl- | inmate of the room, starting with ths old. pline is slightly relaxed for the day, yet jest, is this lady’s program, and it is ecar- there is but htile to distinguish Xmas | ried out without any variations, save that, from the other great American holidays. perhap the latest But to the British soldier Chri f published then it was anenymous, but it z was prophetical of {ts coming popularity miserable ee ee HE SAW THAT SHE HAD REMEMBERED. that even in that day, unfavorable as it eels a Ca was for newspaper iffustration, it was ac- doctor settled hack into his pivot y hard to suit—“for,” she insisted, | “Ma'am?” companied by a picture of S nd adjusted his finger tips once more it must be a perfect one this year | “What would you like best? Tell me all| his rounds. In the time interv fe a perfect onendearibas the things,” the Queer Lady's sweet voice | become known to practically D) fine ae _ nal case—an unusual case,| It was marked plainly and the locality | hurried on earnestly. She was too absorbed | Woman and child in’ Amteric is the “day of days,” a bi henceforth consider the regiment _ his apices 2 in his stilted prot tistinctly noted, so on the morrow the man | ir her own thoughts to see how surprised | hence to the widest ‘limits of thi zlsh-} term during which the military cha mother, : SN aaal Py find a healthy lock was so severe—it | could go after it, and then, in the early, | and how wistful the little faces all were. | speaking race, has been translated into the | (up is relegated to a back and J) Ny, | mother. A our children at a single | crisp winter twilight, they rede home. She hardly noticed them at all. She was | larguage of every nation that has a Santa Rinyamiecitosamn es sriort a to Gl Laying Out the Tables, Jcnita’s phys- n her terrible illness that fol-| The next afterncon Marjorie sat by her | waiting, pencil and tablet in hand, for Ann | Claus, and is little, {£ any, short of be Pp Ree a oe Oa ECU RCS This interesting inauguration cer (o—dical and , her constitution and put | window, absently watching the little Coop- | Scphy's reply. “First—what?" she urged.| the most popular poem in’ the world. an 2fe ged Mberdes The men 1M in cong oven altectlion Ki Wiconiel i kece mental wel- ; hindrance on nature’s meth-| ers next door build a deformed snow man. | “I want to make a list.” years it was an annual feature of all who, whether from choice or | sast and preparing for chat fare depend There were four of them, all sizes, and | “Oh—oh!" Ann Sophy was too bewildered | American newspapers. Then, in ISt4, it have not yet taken their | @°' 2 Preparing for church parade. to a tremen- they all wore little stout red mittens. | to ecnsider clearly. Her eyes sought her | was acknowlecged by {ts learned author, “furlough,” begin to look for- Already one begins to observe a flushe dous degree By the way, Graham, are the| Everything else they wore was old and | red mittens in her inp, and then, Ina fiash | being included in gelittie volume ‘et his Eee hee J }look among some of the more reckless upon the worthy, eh?” } worn and shabby, like the little Cooper | she rememb-red the fervent ambition of her} poems publisned in New York. Thence its Bos che aunualy onerrymeking = 100 | a aratters itor MOURN Ee icaatens seal Sesctees etnies bout and put the question | house itself, but all the little mittens were | rerrow little life. “Oh, a pair o’ kid] inclusion in school readers and all kind of | weeks beforehand, and ak of it for | poy oper. till noon, and the barrel in the dition during all Graham awoke irom | dazzling and new. | Mrs. Graham's eyes | floves.” she cried. “with plenty 0’ buttons! | declanation books was only a matter of a | days afterward with an affectionate re- | PO! OPP a ace as the period of 1pation. followed them in unconscious fascination. | An’ a book with pictures of cows an’ trees] snort time. In 1859 the edition that first That is, the old hands, or | Comer will noe - oes ey Pt er, yet the soldier that wants a drin —every one of 'em, doctor,” he| She had never noticed the little Coopers | an’ country in it—an’ a musiz bcx—an’ side | attained wide distribution was issued, with gestation. If, = = Behind every great man you will find a great mother. Behind every great ing him at the same m. - “f can trust them down to} much before—her own little children had | ccmbs, an—’* her tongue was loosened. | the pleasant illustrations made by Felix | VeteTans; to the younger generation, un- | YS Procure it from some myst during these a. They are all devotedly at-| never played with them. If she thought of | She poured out her cherished dreams in O. C. Darley, which are remembered grate- nted with the traditions of the | rious souree, no matter what the visible critical Marjorie—to Mrs. Graham. them and their small, shabby house at all | little turbulent flood of eloquence. ‘The | fully by any number of persons now cra and dazzle] by modern cricket | and outward restrictions may be. But to- months, the T s of the utmost importance. | it d ulways been with gentle vexation | Queer Lad pen-il could hardly keep up| ing reluctantly into middle life. It fs s regimental an- | that unmistakable look passes seem- mother suf- her, do they! Fall im with ail ner] because they were there at all, behind her | with it. Ann Sophy had given them cour-| prising, considering the vogue they once | nual orts) meeting,” no | ingly unnoticed by the inspecting officers, fers from about the children?” own pretentious, handscme home. ‘They | age and they stayed not upon the order of enjoyed, that they cannot be bought to- | longer such an obj and | and immediately after service every man weakness »or things, it’s terrible for them, | were the only blot on her pretty “view.” their saying, but said it ull, with shrill en-| day in a modern edition. has bee omewhat shorn of has his work cut out to assist in the bar- and disease were all so fond of the—tne— y she was not thinking of them | thusiasm. ven the baby expressed his] It will be a surprise to many to learn] glory and splendor. Yet enough rack room. Here the tables art laid out, of the deli- ° She was trying to decide what S fluently, sf not clearly. that “The Night Before Christmas” was | old-time practice remains to m: jclean sheets for tablecloths, and the cate and im- portant or- gans that bear the burdens of maternity, the chances are that her child will be weak, puny and sickly, with the seeds of serious disease already implahted in its little body at birth, Ifthe mother, during the interest- ing period, suffers from the abnormal men- amcor tal aes which recur Periodically rig ety aoe ae men who are weak in a womanly way, these ier iin, ence’ wit! | conditions will impress themselves upon n the scene the cclonel, attended by the | the mind of the child. o sce he ec , attend y the & F battalion major, company captain and sub- Every woman wants children who are nildren’s nurse still with you? she was to get for the children’s | On their way home the little Coopers | written by the erudite doctor of laws who | account. of m prove Ob, yes—Mrs. Graham will not! Christma: The decorations for the tree— tee Ne all over. prepared the first Hebrew dictio! y ever] ing and diverting to an think of letting her go. She is wailing for| Of course—those were easy enough, but| “She's a-goin’ to give us a Christmas!” | published in America. He was Clement C Fe Sea m te come home. the toys. They puzzied her, baffled her shonted Nip tn an ecstacy of delight. Moore, a descendant of a famous family in le little man’s voice broke pitifully. | strangely. She couldn't seem to remem- ‘She's a-going t echoed Tuck. the history of the Episcopalian church About a month before the gres He caught up bis hat and hurried toward | ber— Hush, she'll hear you! Ann Sovhy | and himself one of its most notable bene- | ihe ste: dy, prudent men begin to r “pocket mone whatever | crockery borrowed from the married wo- men of the regiment. Every knife, for and basin is polished till it shines again, cean. and when at last the steaming hot d day | are br the nostrils and the eyes are ple ssailed. fore the brave fellows can be- however, it is necessary to OF. ‘Tney've been gone so Jong. the children eeulioueds thers bat her stald little: face | factors. His her was the Hight Rev. | em t jovd morning, doctor,” he said over his | have,” she murmured, wistfully. “That's | was quietly radian She was almost] Benjamin Moore, who succeeded Bishop | TOM Ur | TEES shoulier. He shut the door behind him | why, but I should think I'd remember. I | ready to believe it herself. sau st in the diocese of New York, hav- | Sms they can, laying these by i 2 neavy steps sounded down the long | should think I'd know what Elsie'd like, T don’t <Know—it looks kind of so,” ing been the president of King’s College- [ing re tacles, or “dimmocking sut Dr Sperry was at the outer door | and the Girlle twins and little Peck. Mis- | she said, wistfully. att now Columbia University—and the rector | as they are called, with a view to en- cond later and called him back. ‘The | chief—Oh, I don't see why I'm so stupid I Huh, course it's so. What's she want | or “Trinity Church In New York. all the | 1, arece er toren right hand was held out to him, | can’t remember—I can’t decide. Oh, dear!” | us all to choose things for, then?” sald | Qimituries named being then, us now, the tmas there are who, ft got the little nervous, tense| Roxy, the children’s nurse, came into the | Nip, scornfully. in i com eu , highest in the gift of the denomination. | jjupting their ability to refrain from con. evn officers, After the usual inquiry as| beth physically and mentally healthy.’ . how it gripped! room on un etrand—or was it to make sure es, what'd she want us to for?" Bishop Moore was the son of Lieut. Samuci ae war quantity of beer | to complaints, the colonel in a few pies Every woman may have that kind of chil- . ."" was all the doctor | the chlidren’s mother was quite safe? Well, I don't know—it kind of looks | yicore, a gallant officer in the colonia n, so long as the pant words admires the decorations and | dren if she will take proper care of herself said, but the little man’s heart was lighter| “Koxy,” the children’s mother said, ab- | 80 honest, repeated Ann Sophy, slow ‘s, and five generations removed fron ngling coppers burn hole the men a merry Christmas. In in a womanly way. Dr. Piercc’s Favorite in pre om to the tingling of his hand, | ruptly, “did you ever have any little sisters Hoor-ray! An’ we warn't goin’ to have Rev. John Moore who was the first | {icir poc se a subdued * to you, Prescription is the best of all medicines for ané he went away home with foctsteps | and brothers? any Christmas beforc—not a single thing, | minister in Newton, L. I., dying there in | te aedaet s sh from tt “kly pay | many of them” is heard, and the | prospective mothers. It acts directly on rang less heavily on the stone pave-| “Me, mem? I had a Uttle brother once, | Ann Sophy Cooper, ‘cause the coal bin’s Charity Clarke Moore, the moti ner OF | Gnd put it down to the r aghter of Mi in the verna e of wine or the delicate and important organs that bear, which the sergeant the brunt of maternity. It makes them but hi Graham, his pale, sweet wife, | baby,” the girl di-he went away when he. was a | mcst em! s are invite] to nswered, quietly. “No, we warn't—not a single, Ann Sophy s they efer, the poet, was the second a: ilar, they Marjo: on s Cooper!” Thomas Clarke, who fought for the Brit- ‘on the or und a A hearty cheer is strong, healthy, vigorous, virile and elastic. met him at the door. She was holding out| “Oh! Then you can’t help me. I thought | Cooper!’ ish crown and its possessions In the days | “ctyy a cor of this | then given for the colonel and another for] It allays inflammation, teals ulceration, nds in welcome PSoce ment be’ elie tolne ember eases cay before the revolution. He was a man ol tinence morning ateeE a h of the officers, in the midst of which | soothee pain and tones'and builds up the Bee siaate Neier Se Oren Stes Pe tra ees tee Seo aetna cater cium or Meipa tenia loceaucinaten on Patee (mean eeNOMbulls nimyalmatiatons |ineeins 46/4 sh and the guard room to latter hasten out to the next room, | shattered nerves. It banishes the usual dis- nd here I've been waiting an: Ww a le ise ent. = aE: 30, ”: mding lack of inmate at this season means of privileges and incurring detailed for guard hough you will generally find the las joined subaliern lagging behind to hear i ame cheered and rejoice in his pop- show a_ cc vr punishm Sophy’s w hich he called ‘Chelsi a goodly di | her eyes fell once more on the little red- | murmured Ann Sophy's wistful volce again. | MCD [Me Cones City of New York in ys, though its exact site was what 3d street, 200 feet east of Sth ave- “Yeu bad boy, to stay so lon eS the| mittened band outside. They were just|, The Queer Lady, left alone, was look- houlders, and pat-| Putting on the snow man’s head. The old- r her jist.’ It was mot, altogether at anes fi holding the baby up to do it. | Satisfactory. She was a lttle disappointed. ae Panett ee ee en cc ee eaTEsd CHG aeLGEe erties ae Chee aia] Sone of tite tinge wereld qiceoont tein | mu @authnt: tinelit stooltonathichihill comforts of the critical period, and makes baby’s introduction to the world easy and almost painless. It insures the little new. comer’s health and a bountiful supply of such i A Royal Feast. is y on her face, and | i “Why | could only remember—did children really | the lawn sloping down with handsome ter- rooms begin to as-| ang ow they fall to, those hungry de ae Sapte ; cg rate Tee Recdetwerrtem ees iorwe Commute Ih tle COMM Dug noses WEY Ut | Col aaah aiineanacnthGbE? ren really | veces to the shady banks of the Hudson. OG We | aa sou so oe 1 A book shout keeping well. Dr, Pierce's “Ww she said, folding the list care-] Built about 1750, the original structure | i. y winks at the for many a one ate little or no break- Common Sense Medical Adviser. For pa- am was tall-half a head fully, “I'll get all’ these things, anyway, | Steod until its destruction by fire during and roof | fast in order to have the more room for] per-covered copy send 21 one-cent stamps il. The rings | i ay, and ‘perhaps they'll suggest. othe: the last fllness of Its owner. He was res- meses a eee sa erst that evedh withiaiticulty® and) theltatiock “une The few intervening days went past on| dcubtedly hastened his end. It was r swift wings. Marjorie Graham was very | built by his widow and came by inhe: to cover mailing on! Cloth binding, 31 decoration. |dinner, and the roast meat is washe f s stamps. Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, iled |} down with the officers’ quarts of bee: followed by the glorious plum pudding and more beer, Then the tuckcart man, srow were almost | ar from old. Her han superiatend the work and under hi man of Lusy and happy. The children would] tance to the poet’s mother. It stood until assistance the — each 7 come on Christmas eve Just in time to | 1850, when it was torn down to make room 2 their leisu to adorn-| who has lain in a large supply of fruit, hang up their stockings. And, meantime, | for the advancing city. wails, roof, fireplace and even | sweets and other delicac’ provides the with unique reproductions of the | Gecsert from his cart, and preparations arc motto and “crest, while. se an ae made for the afternoon sitting. Beds, Mehals oe pinhead’ ur ’h | forms and tables are crowded round the Bid cwhoate "te. | roaring fire; the barrel of porter so. wist- eninw | fully eyed all the morning is broached at wiih an | last, and a large tin pail filled from it is there was so much to do—so many beauti- Jt was in this spacious house, with its ful things to see t acres of beautiful grounds, that Clemei Two days before Christmas Marshall | Clarke Moore was born on July f Graham came home unusually early in the | The only child of his parents and the hi afternoon. Twilight was just beginning to] to great wealth from both his father a spot, fold in the merry Christmas world. He | mothe there was nothing which money, | toons of- colored or gilded pa: hurried up the ste: Roxy let him in, | learning and distinguished ancestry could | the hanging 12 or gas jet A AHEA Se OHaB es ae PIEMIR ALB E oe eee “Where is Mar—where is Mrs. Graham?’ ] not obta for him. His father geve him raordinary apy . At cake do duty for mugs. he asked anxiously, his preliminary education and he was grad- dullest of times the bare look of the | Wich do duty Hie ee eee The girl's pleasant, buxom face quivered | vated from Columbia in 1798. ‘Though in- | barrack room is relicved by some preity | | QOVATCG Ty TAPES ee enjoys for a suddenly. She pointed toward the parlor | tended for the minis! he never took or- | and attractive decorations, but at Christ- Noee: hepey i ane aalight wr his door. ders, but occupied himself with his He- | mastide “gorgeous” is the only word that life—an crea quantity of beer, open- “In there,” she said huskily. Then she | brew dictionary and other matters si convey n idea of the effect produced. ly consumed in barracks. By and “py the sank down on the stairs and broke into] able to his erudition. He was ¢ Adjacent shrubberies even are de: | ae Se ees sy SE hushed sobbing, swaying back and forth | terested in the General Theosophical Sem- | under the cover, of darkness to y “Tittle ‘Something hot” as always ready ing her arms. inary of the Episcopal churchs In 1818 he | the “green stuff eT eap et Tally SE Ie POMERAT Hotes ee oe. —it,” s o pave it the t t of land bounded by 20th | mistletoe and evergreet endeavor ron- ms respec eral . femabeea ties hese hecuen sented Street, 2ist street, Ith avenue und the Hud- 1 the objectionable white-washed walls. { der of the day, always sentimental be it it was hardly ap- ary notice ret to tell you—and some- do,” the sweet voice cried know—you funn: to!—that next just in time are, you know eyes—“must have t have re- ain't, for- neted, for Tommy despises your comic Maw ‘The little man braced himself as for a] son. Three years latervhe accepted the Goose or Pig. song, and has only = passing fancy for {| | Nesdy pristmas blew, and went into the parlor. Marjorie | chair of RETR ig perenne from | ‘phe major, captain and subaltern offi-| those of a bacchsnalian type. Beer and ys a, ne e to et i vi! aug) Sit ‘2 y, er baste nM 3 m 3 ‘ els zs Pet es And SERRE ee ee Eee ety Sonia anmiccs Homerine eee also contribute liberally to the fund; | Sngs—songs and beer—that ts his sum-| | Fight Million Elgins o e of it. cae “ = 2 mum bonum. Speeches are the excep- “See, dear bo: she cried, “isn't it | 02 July 10, 1 oa providing each a quart of beer per man| tion, for those that would cannot, and More watches than any other factory softly, “why, Roxy'—but Roxy | lovely? Is all ready | but lehting the | ,The poem which hus given him greater | or a load of coal to each room, and add-| the’ few that could will not waste their| | in the world has produced in the same there are four of them! There | 3. I coulan’e wait till Christmas to | f seen as a gbstifie and given Sng | ing a substantial sum in money to aid in time in mere words. And pan at last period are jus Ge " You see, I can keep the d was is sh fa five! = tas: s inner. st | the keg is emptied—another “de: ma- ~d time sizes, too! One, tWor three three py | loeked—the ‘children "won't ‘Iehows endey | children as a Christnas present Just sey. | cbtsinitg the all OS ae | Re ae A Full Ruby Jeweled Elgin Watch and the little one’s a hoy can keep coming in to admire it. No, | enty-five years ago.He thought little of | amusing feature is the inevitable debate | tion’ to levying sufficient funds 10 lay in has pivotal parts of such hardness, acting t up, mildly excited. Little rea | come over this side—there! that's the best | It at the time, or later. Indeed, it Is pos- | mong the members of each barrack | 100 i GF the necessarily. inferior san, aot i < med out in her white cheeks, |View of it Now, you dear boy, say its | sible {t would never, have become known | toom Re at the renee Te saig | teen brand. And so it goes on till “tights | |Upon jeweled bearings, together with h eee She eeetaaStine he aaa outiamonentin rector of St. Paul's im Troy, N. Y., seen the | the men sleep and eat in the same apart- Bee Seas enone that it is practically wear-proof—and “They'd know everything! "| laden branches, readjusting and relooping, | lines during a visit te New York’ the year | ment, twelve or fourteen beds being al- 7 - ‘}, | ducted on a quieter scale. A supper, of unvarying in action. She raised the window a Ittle way and | Her eager eyes shone like candles to him, | 2fler they were cotfposed, and pubtished | lotted to each barrack room. Hence, each q pper, of i ed eh which the exhibition of the regimental — called down to them in her clear, sweet | _ “Say it, dear boy, why don't you begin?” | them in the paper mentioned without their | company contains several small “messes” | 1121's quite a feature, speechmakine and prada peng veg ay voice that “carried” distinctly. - she cried r 2 tis er 2 Dest — at all jewelers. ayly. A athor’s consent. I Js said that which are distinct. Generally the occu- a — i yly And the little man drew at Red Rela see teoree nothing ants of two rooms form a mess of about dignified jollity all around are the order of Eigin Watch always has the word “Eigin™ ene! Won't you please come over here and | 48 he could. It satisfied her. She was too ; Maeep ; this is especially the case on t { cee aed hile? Cs ccupled to think his v All these facts, with aifacsimile of Dr. | rooms; this ee Tackle. look of valet homes a When Bee rea while? I want to ask you De ielised: s voice was stilted Moore's own manuscript, have just been | cccasions, such as the present. Now an- need . v: smiling again F i - 4 From Life. The children stopped their play and look-| ‘Those little Cooper children helped quite | Published by William 8. Pelletreau, A.M, | cient custom and time-honored traditions | Fr i now what I want looked at him | was gon mpt at smil- rt do it er as I am forgette I'm not as good e out in the tree!” sh what. You took me last year before—and before—and most back to the flood! Did 1 were going to get off this bit of it. sir! We'll go right ch—way out in the count you I'm going to be very partict to chatted on too busily to notice the ‘went right after lunch. The ed at each other with round, astonished | @ lot. I called them in. You can’t think Re eT YS Poe e Christmas ainuecsrbete pes ae eee eae was chising and a amest Mtg wie on Lee. what funny little things they were! There, How He Announced It. tere Cork: Rarelyc cif roe tees | tt nee tert a flurry of light snow into their faces, nna | "Oh. said Nip, excitedly. it's quite, quite done. Tie my hands so I| From the Troy Times. ae 2 The haughty damsel shivered, as in ap- * departed from, and naturally the! - aighed 4 The SS: and | «Oh, my!” said Tuck. won't touch another thing! And over here, of °C sate é ° | prehension. Gut of the eitys into lovel sate | Nip’ amd Tuck always sald the same | see, on this sofa, are the stocking thrarg | Bishop Wilson of Calcutta was called auherent] irreconelable. it is a curity [ "That low Princeton. tackle!” she mut- red country roads. “ly SNOW: | things. Four Piles this little soft one’s Peck o' | eccentric, which seems a silld term in view | POT shat the old aoldler inclines to the | tered, striving to be calm. ‘dear boy,” Majorie said. | “Let's go tell mother,” advised Ann So- | Mischief’s!” of some of tho stories told of him. Here| homely. but satisfying “bird,” while the h to be happy over! The | Phy wisely. “I'll ask my mother, ma’am,"| The tears were running helplessly down| is one: "A young clerical servant of the have established permanently their Policy of selling all books at Sweeping Reductions from res ‘5 “ ** and young soldier seems 5 ren coming heme—isn’t that enough to | she called up to the eager face at the win- | the little man’s face, but she did not see any, newly arrived from h Ie prajudiced in acon of the oe Sire blisbers’ ri ke a mother feel happy? Oh, but you | dow them. He kept his head turned away. | COmPanY: DERI | THe Steen eo likar wig Ine Geckling” thist kuptty “aces: BPublisbers’ Prices. don't. _know- can't think, dear, how | “Mother, Mother,” they all chorused, | Four piles of toys were ranged in a prim | Suest at the palace, awaiting orders, and eon aun snaionts-iGe course sissy ae Pye been missing them! How could you | “the Queer Lady wants us to go over there | row and four little black stockings lay be-| interceded with the domestic chaplain to ow when nd the disappointed “gor ” ‘Te nothing but a man, poor | 2n’ see her—she called us out 0’ the winder, | side them, their limp lengths dangling over | get him a good station. The tmportunity ke to thelr defeat very Kindly, to judge 2 Is different with mothers—there, | henest she did! She wants to ask us some-| the sofa’s edge. Outside in the hall Roxy | reached the bishop in due course. but fe. by results at the table. The usual scale u needn't look so grieved, dear! Of | thin rocked her arms and cried tears of honest | ‘some days produced no response,’ At last | of provision is one goose or a leg of pork rs vu've missed them, too, “Yes,” Ann Sophy recapitulated with |love. That evening Marshall Graham | ne evening the decision was thus strange-| to every three men. Yes, I've missed them, too,” the little | slow emphasis, “honest.” called on Dr. Sperry again. He told the| ly imparted: “Behold, O Lord, thy serv- Early on the eagerly awaited “eve” man said steadily “Well, of all things!” ejaculated Mrs. | whole sad little story, and the kind-hearted | ants assembled under this roof, especially | the corporal in charge of each room col- “Hisiec and the girlle twins are bad | Cooper in amazement, “I deciare! Well, 1| doctor hemmed and coughed and polished | ¢he Rev. Mr. Cast over him thy]lects the ‘‘dimmocked” hoards and ob- enough,” ran on the sweet voice in his |’spose you'll go. She's harmk and repolished his s; cles. “Mi it , seeing that he lea’ - a re. See hae BE GB, the, sweet, volce in his | ‘spose x ge armless and they po} pecta ly dear | protection, is ves us tomor-|tains the “stoppages” money - from the how I miss that lttle peck o’ mischief, acted ae ke ae mae ayaa ei meaty ident ee smectawrait Wait ilo meats or. ue namaing ne ef to Guctakes TA ae = hile a o’ mischief, | got to clean up. Ann y, you scrul e In,“ » you must rait lous station of ,’ naming one of the the née market wi Marshall! It makes me ache. I keep ali baby’s face. Nip, you braid Tucky’s hair | and the Lord help you! I tell you there’s erent settlements’ of the service.” CATALOGUES FREE. ad BRENTANO’S 1015 Penn. Ave., Washington, D. 0.