Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1925, Page 92

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, DECEMBER 20, 1925—PART 5 R. HOLIDAY i (] BY GOUVERNEUR MORRIS He Had Millions and the Habit of Asking Personal Questions. . DAY stepped upon |car 5. She was crying. but T told her What hank were you teller in? s a friend of mine —he has to be. T'm | feelings of disappointment that he « platform of his car.|to brace up. and I guess she's| “The I ik I'm golng to | not much on Christmas myself,” he |cided to celehrate Christmas in 1 hawaka, exactly two | stopped them now to-—to see it they won't let [said, “but an obligation’s an obliga- | traiy was a_mixture of good before the express,| The young man jumped to his feet. |ub. The wife says thai's the thing to | tion. e shook hands with her, nod- Tam afraid, of malice. e ies of faint, well | Mr. Holiday chuckled ¢ ) vight to the boil of trouble and | ded ‘in a friendly way to the former 5 hinself: e 4 bl vade ot ol B U e e “I've been | br e | convict, and passed out of the car on | 1l invite all the passengers to pec. 208 the (G nd - Conteal iribht aavenifivacs of ihe i0for remember tl ’ {his return journey, consulting his| [ o'clock dinne 1d & Christinas tree B e ness.” said Mr. Holiday, ause 1| note hook as he went afterward with games and punch. I old him for the zood of his soul| Upon an impulse the voung iman|OWn stock in that bank. only | Then he started to revisit Miss|shall invite the conductor and e | that fifty vears ago, traveling had not|checked his -headlong inclination’ to took about $200 nen Hampton, but was turned from his |brakeman: the porters shall come to | e ey e D g cheel L S e e “That was all I needed.” said the | purpose by a new face in the car.|serve dinner. I shall invite the engi bl Gl oat inaed| et are right as often as that,” |Man. "It suved the missus and the | The new face rose, thin and white, on | neer and the fireman and the express O e e oS e ieh s o AsiChaC il iR b0 o hav i eloagY . |2 long thin neck from a clerical collar, | man. 1 shall invite everybody except e porter by beginning to =0 S oo S But don’'t you intend to pay itfand its owner’ was busy with a pad | Jolyfr. . “These he \onid not remove wnti = BENGE T the worin woniiiel mae o S AoineneL asicadl My | s moth b e L aaoned e ese he would not remo . “Not if the world won't le ar iting o s 2" asked Mr.|Hampton and the girl who had run time had proved that the tempe im e She.” sald xhg‘\:um_u-' rxrnm:] LSAME L any money. 1 tried for job all tod; ]Hulllhl_\ 2 :x\\'u\" to be m: ’.'¢ixln‘\lth~4 } was properly regulat | to the station to see me off. She gave |, yesterday, and the day before. 1| “No, sir,” he said. “I'm doing a | decided that the e S bt oat | me this [ e couched the Estdenia)ifla my: story stralent : dihe priisusllsunin gadditioh, and maling haevs | oo Boncbi s o bacty: hurried ward compartment | gently. “I gave her some roses Just | said that was the thing: to do. But I | work of it.” phemia, so these were ot the Mishawaka to see if all his|as the train started to pull out I dared | 2o Shos wrong for once. What | <l o it for you, said Mr. Hollday | once to the common cz Prunks lad heen put on. | Fle countedineesito icoma it el L VANE (waila: you) (bl ivon iwerSiENRANKRF | cagria MsTci ks AUTE NG | S pet e fHen over severatbimes iz oIl o] e B ay ind T came to You and sad: “Tm fust | vielded up the pud tions. There ime he came e black trunk he | ut— said Mr. Holida out of jail, where I went for stealing; | sniffed and wrinkled up his nose in-| “What are we to do?” cried the Lut I meant to be honest. Won't you | dignantly. The black trunk was filled | young man | give me work | | eld; vere hurried consulta ‘I'm trying to make it come 10 two | tions as to what would be a suitable | dollars,” he said, “and I|gzift for @ given person. The train | hands were to receive money, and sud with the 8 nd expen- | “Go back and sit with her,” said Mr x K ok x “That's because,” said Mr. Hollday, | denly Mr. Holiday discovered that he had ever been | ifoliday, “and leave the door wide M HOLIDAY wondered what he | returning the pad after one Swiff | hud only a few dollars with hin. e wehase. When his|gpen. " I'm going through the train would do. He was beginning to | £14nce up and down the columns, “it | sought out the clergymar, s and his wife had|now to see who's on board; don't 9 v i only comes to thirteen hundred and | .y, oo L S0 Hollday. : t he was go- | orry. Leave it all to me. like the ex-convict's frankness. twenty-five ollars. — You had the | o¢ wour rebntiding fund with s Shesshail * ok % % “Do vou know who I am?” he asked | answer correct Whe AR S n 1obE | AR st car S Tavwakd: betoretyou Everyhody know noby sight || It's for repairs to the éhurch,” said | o™ Jggn R0 (LI, CorEV AT had badgered - |the clergyman. “The contractor calls | *™3'HE Ouhiundre fhen, until he had | came to the baggage car and the .\lrvrl)lu ST it ”‘m- two thousand; and I'm just about |84 e fi ‘x.‘; gony snatched the fuxpress car was a common day coach. | ren you know.” said the little old | ready to give up N6 2 duws abut dollmge @ sunt & on ihe ficor | 3 ) L | gentlema that T've sent.plenty of | “IFGP ST Wy o0 e I will give you my check for th: It was draughty. A dog must have | pegple to in my tir plenty of 116 got ‘my dinner now. and maybe | SN 4 Mr. Holiday, “and som BT G . thing over for your fund. I hope you . e e [ later I can give you some idea how to | LTNE OVer fn your fund. 8 Selant Near the rear door sat a man in F've heard that sald,” said the man. | 50 @t £ il ai ith" me, in m o new derby hat and ew black « “But,” sald M liday shary leal v'clock Farther forward or y “nobody ever tells stories about the iHiec fannarerinia wronz doers 1 have forgiven. Your “T know that, Mr. Holiday.” said the | 4red dollars und souzht out t into one seat. The middle child, a case ne came to me. 1 believe 1 cepgyman, “azd I should he glad of | Man who had been run away as prese well.grown girl of 13 or 14, seeemed by | Would have shown mercy.' suggestion that you might cave | With this attractive person he t ! croco- | her superior height to shelter the He closed his note book and TONE. 1o make.” | very earnestly for half an hour, and rd Billy Possums | little tots at her > Only the blue ‘;;”1' ‘-’ W “;”’ :l“" straight P p .l‘;l;ml b‘u’u: in n!‘: |‘ ;mn ber of ques lolls and yachts ation sailor caps of these appeared | MV man, and asking for work.” | tons; Just the Kind of qu t g i P u::. Rt Sop ! 1l paised waiting a reply; but HOLIDAY seated himself fac- | he had asked the young s fu and | of each cap, including that worn by | the man only grunted, and he passed ing Miss Hampton. She smiled, [asplred 1o the hands 2 T ider girl, } :nte 2 of (forward to the children. He ex-{and nodded, and laid aside the book | daughters seven hundred and | the older gi had a_centerpiece o the visiting-card effects on the | che had been reading. Mr. Hollday's beciuse at 1 cents to fill | white about the size of a gentleman’s Ehelalnni b | o b ing. Mr. v'8 | s il an ; becuse kpow where I visiting card. Mr. Holiday promised e paper lubels sewed down, | I'm polng to tur . e interview Mr. Holiday himself the pleasure of investigating \ring the names and. destind. | seetms SOINE to turn you out of this | patted the young man on the back e ot e, s e g e oamen N0 dotol | section T . id. 10 Miss Hampton. | ", §41d that he would see him later. )" said Mr. | terest was excited by the ears of the o anfl Euphemin Calawer Y Sald Miss Hampton. | Next he came face to face with Mr man in the new derby. They were Toom: 1¢ right, were con- | the drawing room, Cas b he said. | JCRff. and the two old gentlemen He the brass knob of the | not large, but they had an appearance | ... are of the conductor 1o | Then e "’jm "he‘_' A AhaE vobii [P at eadh other coldly, but with door t ward to the regular | of sticking out farther than was nec. | L5 I. Painsville, Ohio. people who had eloped without exactly | Co" n of recognition. Onee coaches 1 and closed | essary: and Mr. Holiday was about to arms around Freddie | Menming to. '“,“’,,,,,,,.‘ n was de. | CLer so many years ago—they had M. HOLIDAY BEGAN TO DRAW HE NTLY TOWARD THE it behind hi ask their owner the reason why, when and her pretty head | [iented® Sl & 1 intimate friends. Mr. Holiday YOUNG MAN AND THE CLERGYMAN. prozre e train re-| he noticed himself that it was because to one and then to the | “Sha ind Mr. Hollday hurried to the | "4 never had any other friend of - t i the owner's hair had been cut so very, r Holiday sexted himsell | jrawing room in Car 5, of which the Nothing es- | very short wnd listened for fjoor had been left wide open, uccord or love of | T should think you'd be afraid of | come t ed that “mother” | jo" (O BT Ue WiLe Obs The came catching ¢ in this draughty car|was in hos therhad 50 n: reonia Nooked. vesy Natpy ard he we with your hair cut so short,” said Mr. | 1o be wit the Shildren’|, yyasot ghts Rt o L ERY (SR 1 peer in. | Holiday. were g Silas’ until sent | y\fr Holiday had begun to state their i . : han three “T am,” said the man tersely for . was a verS | jiruation to them wlith mincing. 1 let himseif In for a good deal enter. seat| “\Why did you let them cut it so|“grouchy : must mind | hey qesumed a tremendous pair of | °F bother, he thoug short then? one ) 2 H never be blushe which they were not able to this time Miss Hampton told “Let them!" grunted the man, with ' naughty, Uncle Silas would have | dguce for a long time n what a dear he was, and what a o And now.” he finished, glaring at | 500 tim ody was going to|was an envelope < e he uncomfortable young man, “vou | Bave. and that she would do anything not with money in . , | possible. z vour duds and put them in Miss { 1 the world for him: she v 1 even Jampton's section. And then you | recit The ht Before Chr . * Mr. Holiday Tm-: girl up Miss Hampton's duds and | f0F his company he aske and signed his R em in here® And he turned | And then they did great d £ . An enly she 0ok his finger at the girl. “Mind | Whispering 1 finally M nid, ‘don’t you ever run &l ain without a chaperon. They But suppose they balk ow on every bush.” “Nonsense.” sald Miss Hampton mehow, Mr. Holiday had over- | “woiild y« d I balk if were in woked the other drawjng room (B) i Now he same suddenly uy ey ss and the gen wd peered in. But he drew back n 1 1 and bowed to each yith a sharp jerk as if he had seen Y exchanged the most arch fattlesnake. Al the kindness went | looks imaginal And then ) hey co ut of the old gentleman’s face, and pton exclaimed off ‘the trair 1 hetween anger and hatred he turned “GGood heavens—it's 12:3 white. Mr. Holiday himself went to fetch | thought of everybody had pre “Jolyff" he muttered. And, all the | the children. In his pockets were the | pared a little speech § to his elasticity gone from his gait, he stum containing ney for the | zuests; and for ) of guests he | leave open for hir sled back to his own car, revolving | tra . the envelope containing a | had arranged one of atest sur- | his su e, and t ind muttering unchristian thoughts. 3 ¢ the t hundred doliars | that can be sprung on two | ing a plac For he and Jolyfl had been meeting | that he had borrowed from the clergy- | guests: and he ousht to hav n per- | finger. Then s all their lives, it seemed, in court and | man, and enough over to complete the | - happy. But he wasn't. Instinctively she out; sometimes with the right on one | rebuilding fund which the clersyman| When he passed the door of Mr. Jo « arm and clun ide, sometimes on the other. Each | had tried so hard to col And there { Ivff’s drawing-room he noted t b ifad cost the other a thousand wicked — — i ul looked such zers at passed an uncomfortable night in it. | them men w any s whom he had been so fond H | " now to recall what their first d Iy il saloes i I Fraticl i ence had been, and because he could have pleased hir not, he thought he must be growing hid Eaken b infirm. And he began to think of his oaching party with less pleasur childish | n his note i nments Tady apE TEe h ells me has had wart on A 2 ears; has had it removed vsis twiee, but it per hat I have never hac hat the crowd had and (tions he came to a closed which tenipted him stranzely. It was probably the door of o private stateroom: it might be the door of a dust closet. He meditated Ats and a mint of money vith 1 ipon“the kr “FH Holiday's wonderings through jus: 16 thi and CU T S R, - Return of Mistletoe to Official Favor m He could think of nothing but IV of nothing but old sores that vy 4 ] L] s uddled i e 5 /A 3 I wrc through his enemy. And ir . seat that ¢ « W s ¥ 3 ; \ \ that spirft he picked at his Christmas zirl, very ed and i eve dinner, and went to hed. = 5 i & " 8 & inz bitter i her head upon one i SR S e SR OY prevails among the romantic | service, for round 1 of the ri , : he e eito M. Tolifley oy over the news from the Bureau [a subtie atmosph ny one n 3 L e Tt At P of Plant Industry of the De- |of wizardry, almost of unholiness. that | places herself A ha s o mee partment of dculture that | makes it incompatible 1\ rejoleings | A curious b S ST S e R thp threatened _onslaught on [over the birth of the little Christ-child |is "fou it exactly what hour all those hun. Misiletod, the ' © Christmas land the helief fn purity inc rnate.” | family in Scc . dreds of vears ago Christ had bheen ~KISng plant” has been averted | Its earliest appearance in human |to have bee ver e o 1 e s Py through the discovery that it is not [history seems to have been in Norse tain mistletoe whic rew on the jorn. Had it been as cold as this in | e 1 as the agent | oaks of Errol. The badge of the house e Sl Yohaat the species which strangles so much [ legends, where it stands as the agent joaks of Eirrol. The hadge of the hou No, Bethlehem was in the semi. Valuable timber. e D e e | tropic, or thereabout, but the common The criminal is a half-brother, e cu e aun 5ol Balcer had Ihcinehiof It wers gcc car in which the three children were to speak. known #s the yellow bl et it e e el L passing the night was not. This mistletoe. Therefore the & M e 55k el uoeh s al ae e i to put her he - J : thought came to Mr. Holiday with- ' which lingers around the G bt s o Lo i uls e s w mirror between L ; ; utitnyitation, and iike @il unwelcome {bushiyatiCTitiatmas timeitsileftiundle| o L H00 LGS, B0 DROIEE snct, (o [iles i clul neonowy s o es, for which they hav Meamwhile, Ehouch X Flcss, Jnate o long iatay. 1 S0 pe jiurled S HdEthenTionesiwe msy-count | eoa oo Ao iot Sie e (HS U INIINGINS 88 B S0 S0 re Ak reat ination, alth ther bird making himself i ¢ 7. N > sistent, indeed, was the thought, meet- ' on abundance of mistletoe for some at the gates at Valhalla. The minor | witcherafe. o5y Tk will 1 Ry the he was con ; y ing Bsimind at eyery (usnand dos: |iyears to come gods, thinking that Balder was im-| The Druids, in their picturesque cumed w interest know why 5 clog dte footsiens thas he firgolially,; MheSimpression which diadligained!licnins (hEGATEEr ReEdito s o i ite robes, always cut the mistletoe he beautiful girl was weeping. And . 4 ! ibout: Jol it and 2ll about everything Inafion wide circulation that *forestoy:| sclvee iy (hrasing nisotes st i |bom (he T oot o et e e mie st i fiatlioat : S ety Do rung Jor the pericr. | experts repmided it an destruciive o | His sepmay; Tout, Tad Mlscovercd the | nolstics with . adiden kntves and But in the meantime another case v \ but had no answer. He rang again|the trees upon which it grew was| omission of mistletoe from the oath,|sickles. Then they used it in connec- provoked his interest. A handsome % g 3 3 s and again. Then the {raln jolled Slow:| roughtiabont by ihie Bad beRAVIOL OF | snailerts shioneds ELAtt oot —ostlltion cith e ot connes; 3 woman of occupied section in k: : 2 $ lv to & standsill, and Mr. Holiday got | this half-brother. Not only the West- | and gave it to blind Hoter, to throw |mal, at their great festival which fell s flowers car 6. She was dressed in eclose-fitting 4 \ up and d . and went forward |er vellow pine, the bulk of commer. at his brother. When it struck Balder, |on what is now our Christmas da either male or fer black, with a touch of white at her K buce more through thewnartow; al8leS | &la) thimber< in) ‘the “Rotiy EATGiithin | he Hellts file srciatla Branches of the mistletoe were dis-|that sex. Hence roat and wrists ’ 1 8 ) of thick curtains to the COMMON €A% | ;one, hut the Douglas fir of Washing-| This baleful history threw around |tributed to the congregation this [ is always eith Without any awkward preliminaries, / ! § i ? 3ut the passengers in that car had|io, 4ng Oregon and the sugar pine of | the plant a veil of unwholesomeness, | service, much as palm branches are | nature Mr. Holiday hent over id s e Sul Hhe SEcut | Califmnia s hden the ohset of ot [8R 11 Became scsicinbed whb pro- | Glves ont on Paln Sorday nowsdure | She pop “I've been wor . if vou H yict hine with cold, were In the same | tick By ihe destrictivein embar of thio | fATIARK 10V hiBh: SwaSh probably, thel|The MeADTe took tha bwies Rome mistletoe parasite are dressed in' black for vour father < B » was h “*_'“,": Ireddie; | mistletoe family. Busy foresters have|origin of kissing under the mistietoe | huns them over their doOwAYS, alone is not strietly t ¢ r hushand 4 & s s hugging Euphemia, | tried the chemical cure In vain, and . OO L I8 i i o ot up e 9 {1y | who cried gently and softly like a coid | fhey have now hit ubon « new idea. ‘ N hosts are the ap o e e s " and hungry kitten, to his The e iy e Eolng Y - : % o i S | poplar tree e oy o e ccause 1 . L AV 1 nvict had taken off his overcoat and | This will be done by cutting off the : ¥ [trees and it seen PR IT o LnThE e it B § i wrapped it as well as he could about SDrigs of mistletoe from vear to yvear ; : 3 5 aversion to bece it Bee: Bl gl } ) /] | the children. R { when they are on branches too large P> wi g 3 o In the west of England it affects e e, ponisess Mr. Holiday tapped the ex-convict on | to be cut and pruning of small infected : 5 the apiile orcharasito) Slioh an axie e SRR S \ the shoulder. ; | branches below the point where the (s ; 53] | that it seriously interferes with the HearT N s ed ;‘ “Bring these babies back to my fparasite is attached to the tree. It js 2 ; ¥ e : B8l 1development. The far-sighted St. Pa head Mr. Holiday asked, simply \ car,” sald Mr. Holiday, “and help me | admitted that not wuch lumber is 3 3 ; Irick must have included the mistletoc nd without offense. put 'em to bed. | killed outright by mistletoe. but its| 3 3 in his banishment decr when ¥ very bit of it.” she said. “That's a good deed, Mr. Holiday." | effect is to lower the vitality of its! 5 1 B 2 drove the snakes out of Erin. for i Daye sasplenaliyeai Sof dhair, N\ \ sald the man. e started to put on | victim tree and render it more. sus. < £ e e never found in Scotland or Ireland he commented. i Budiliere s a his overcoat. The undressing and put-j ceptible to the bark beetle and heart. | 5 ¥ 3 In America it is found principail |ting to bed had not waked Freddie. | rot i 7 ; v A |in the South and Wsst. The IV Iuphemia had stopped crying. And| This lJast pest sometimes damages - g § lington supply comes o Alice, when the two men had helped | 20 per cent of their marketable vaiue, | 4 5 3 Maryvland and Vir AVhere are vou {her with her dress, which buttoned | Inection at an early age causes ! B2 5 E s 8 | gathered at a ‘Cleveland.” h\ {down the back, had suddenly flung | phvsieal distortion into cnch qurer 3 ¥ > , | from parent re | her arms first around one and then ' .ng twisted shapes th: > b 3 gathering it is accountable fo < > I shapes that the lumber is | 3 gathering it is accountab L ;\\‘; ‘1 'm a bird of p 1.iq-‘.|..;:|m§n;i;.é:|er, and given each a | actically unmarketable gl 4 ? R S8 .. { |present high market. value here What is your mame?” 3 kiss <ht. | Much of the charm and romantic at- | : : At Center Market other mar “T am Miss Hampton,” she said, and |, The ex-convict buttoned his coat and | mosphare of Chritmes Wt alG2k | i% ! 5 e | kets of the city ssy white ber #he hoped that he misht have heard of turned up hiscollar. |t mistlstos were taken out of i S Sy | ries ana are a pictur iined e ML St she %] SHE WAS SO SELF.CENTERED IN HER MISERY THAT SHE WAS e s | Yetide atory. ~For akes its symbolic | ¥ ; : . ; & | coaue £oil to the crimson houy berries, o med el T O at the v AWARE AT 2 DOC AD BEEN OPENED. P place has been an honored one with | £ S > Lo 2 5 bt janaeniplans Plled W SHInbolg Fuclid The Christmas night NOT AWARE THAT THE DOOR HAD BEEN OPENE| Mr. Holiday watved the thanks|Loc® and axtist. And Ao Christirh | " ; : S Bl | Christmas interest. As a rule 50 cents e 1 D aisldogrore decoration of the home is considered i : $ : procures only Yell,” she admitted, “some say <o, ; sor “Lef em! You' o law o em. But she, Alice, s quite adequate without the 3 o ineffable scorn. “Let them! Youd{the law on them. But she | Ing ER i " 1 adeq e ind some won't hear ,.; it ol pave 16t them would take vare of them. ,‘H‘m‘l“);eresd bed for you, t0o,” he said twig to stimulate kissing, which ordi. 4 s > T8 3 5.;\.\\:1-0 un‘:nn'(mn_\\\.u]. s “How much money do you earn® 37Uy would not,” retorted Mr. Holiday| “Going to spend Christmas with | gently. i o na; goes by favor, but at Christ-| . ¥ jilere, it is considere “Two hundred dollars a week.” crisply. | “My wife cuts my hair for | Uncle, are vou” piped Mr. Holday| The exconvict hesitated. { mas time is permitted to any one for- ¥ 3 ¢ ¥ { price. risply. M 3 | - | it may have been owing to : 7 " tne Mr. Holiday wrote that in his note | SRS VMY wife Qute my ¥ uAdsIy: thars TIahti | Then—i 2y 2 10| tunate enough to possess a small 2 5 | The mistletoe from a medicinal ook S rned r un-! T le : h interested | he sudden starting of the train—he | o0 of the privileged plant e F k | standpoint has had its zood uses 3 The man turned a careworn, un-! The litt le tots, very much interested 1 onog against the door, and with a | T i e Lt : e 5 ; | though it fallen HE hanoy face. ., |and startled, ficed “about, but Alice | Jrhod BERIE FIC SR00 SEQ VLA &) 4 e s s S e o % 5 N THE s 5 comparts Of| LIy wife used to cut mine.” he said. | looked like a little reproving angel. { of those i pillows which 1 ll ¥ ovides Her was so el ed in her misery that she was not » that the door had heen openc:d cad thrust in withdrawn, : . she was sure had sudde said: Presently she subject of a mani impressi back of this in February, end he's got mor uff than hair St small portion, but as sic | 3 3 S % 5 4 A only a berry or two is necessary 5 » . Shom 2o, 72 08 | modern m medica side of the festival, yet in the days| [ et e - {days it was thought that of the Druids it played a prominent . e Re : W | lco,of crushed mistietoe be and frightened. Ie wasn't smoking.!the penitentiary, mister That'; v Sl S olbhile St h = . part in their ritual. Somehow or| s | applied externally it wou! Nt was dramminz on the window Sl | finesr. tononal batlor in Americis | 'y, Holiday was actually surprised; {to his own bed. This time he slept other, although custom now sanctions | . mors” from the deepest and most s but was drumm! on the window sill | finest tonkorial parlor in Aw but he went aside with the child,]soundly. i | 5 % 3 2 . St Tt . with his i - | anything from a shave to the electrlc | where the tots cooty mol i, g Y, e {its unlimited use in homes, the church | B d 4 o &) i | |cret parts of the human bods. It wa denia in his buttonhole s | {reatment.” I A bsolutelyewthiont e nacit mat iy | seems to have vetoed it for decorative | prescribed by physiclans up to the creseed evidently in his ; “Penitentiary is a jail for felons,” | qoing so, Alice patted and rearranged | AT 7_o'clock the porter called him, | purposes. In fact, as one author has | | eighteenth century as a cure for suit—a handsome ¢ ¥ said Mr. Holiday severely. the old gentleman’s carnation, and | dc€rding to orders. The train | written of its omission: i g ¢ 4 {epilepsy. And even to this day, in malaga-grape-colored waisteoat. Caite aid the man, “as T was | talked to him in a gentle, reproving | Was standing still. “It is rather extraordinary., when k . : 5 _ o Sweden and Germany, it is belioved 1 ekt ves @ ilamoria Horseshoe [y Ve 500 o tohe 5 ¥ 2 “Merry Christmas,” said Mr. Holi- | one comes to think of it, that though B % G e | that deccctions made from oak mis 5 3 O ol ooyt e ien i I've done everything T could,” she | day, “Why are we stopping”” | mistletoe has always heen associated e 3 s 4 : o | tletoe will cure epilepsy. In Japa o ' sata s 31r. HoHaay| hen R19 VOULK !said, “to keep the idea of Christmas| We's snowed in,” grinned the|with Christmas festivities and decora- | i 5 v 7o : { mistletoe is regarded as a sacre S e EIONT e SRl idn' ! | h cot it is never used 0 Rk plant to this day is helieve seating himself, “what m voulook | sight days ago.” said the wan, !laway from them. They didn't know | Porter. R | tions at home, vet it is never used to e i s | foc i [P s s 50 cross?” “and when I get good and sick of \when it came until vou spoke. But Snowed int” exclaimed Mr. Holi- | celebrate the r?"'ilhmf side of the fes- 4 B s : 3 . e il fertll X an o “Wouldn't you be cross,” said the jooking for jobs and getting turned {now they know, and 1 don't know !day. *“'Where? tival. Every I o i‘.lz_(..,::- : i 5 S ;- . 3 i B e R R T T b, it had to look for-| g, uess I'll go back. | what I shail do. . . . our uncle,| Tween Albany and Buffalo, sah.;may have its bunch of mistletoe hang- | L § ‘ B ; : avis P i up ¢ Eoung man, - L aou in a cold| “OMp Holiday had extracted his note- |she explained, “doesnt celebrate | Dey ain’t any name to de place.” | ing, with its sly reminder of love and | Sow it With seed to improve the crops ward to sitting up all night in a cold} Mr. Holiday had e 5 | Christmas; he made father understand | That he would be separated from | kisses, but never a leaf or berry is | HbsnityE compa e D 10l oor nibateola s rbn o Tiving | U4 i btars He o sre it ke s intn IDISEwIt: on Christmas day for the first | seen in our churches: its use therein i | Can’t you ret e id the £ Jus o o iaanea {mother got well. So father and I|time in their married life did not |is never suggested. This is the more 5 ‘ q | D D W inute s e e | agreed we'd keep putting Christmas |amuse Mr. Holiday; and although too | extraordinacy since, apparently. there A | ung man P s H 8 : | | e E 2 = i never used to celebrate religious 8 | thrust it open and slammed it shut | ooy g lebrate the religious ho e orwand | sat Y | “But “then I—I got into the habit of | “Onr she said, elimbing out of the | panieg Ky roung man. He looked at once sulky | having it done for me. Ever been to i behind him. seat, “I must speak with you first Mr. Holiday smiled and went back Laugh and the teacher laughs with : you, - a ie Off until mother got well. But now | much of the grandchildren and great. |is no law laid down in the matter, mor o ) d to give it up to a L T e i, “the missus | they'll want their Christmas—and 1{ zrandehildren bored him to extinetion, | is there any written pronouncement Laugh and you laugh alone; Mr. Holiday's eves tainkled pilh ",":;“ T oo Tever: | imitatye atyto Hhiom {still he felt that any festive day on |resarding the point: the practice rests | e Wiy MISTTETOE GROWS ON A BLACK COTTONWOOD TREE. e O e e TR hten interest: M had connéstcaiihg| hat Bins Tollopsd BiRROE TevioR RS Le 1 Alices said a1 | which they wers noC all with him was | on” age-ld custom. backed up by an HHOTOC IR oAby i T SO AL N ORESTIOR | =ardenia in the & man’s coa s 8 o s aTARIE s av. “When I zet people in tro. \a ve day e very wro: % 5 B . sense of the un- = ARE} AT PRI from U S TRrest Gorvice. 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