Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1927, Page 44

. TO LOVE IS 1O LAUGH By Coningsby Dawson Posie, Spending Christmas Away From Home and Bob, Found No Joy Anywhere. 6] T,MUST be that T'm homesick.” | squeezed for her hadn't hoen suficient. | Jeavored to conceal what she earvied, | shepherd, wenving his hair afier the Posie addressed the Mediterra- | 8o many francs for a dollar! He fan Loon's eyes were sharp. fashion of little Lord Fauntleroy. nean. “No snow at Christmas | cied she was wallowing in monoy. | An 1mmense affort had heen mads —that's what's doing it. And|Rather than tell him, she'd mount | to” portray motion, Evidently they vet, how si'ly ta be homesick. | up and up the hotel, vetrenching and He had lost enamored and ahout to renew when T've come =0 far to be happy!™ | reirenching. till. at last, she wax in There wax very their_vows, after a tragic parting, Her mind went hack to the last:an attic, the neighbor of Russian | lttle she sted to Leon knowlng, | There wis nothing to hint what had jy Christmas — boys returning from | countesses and domestics, | He had suffered. use he had xuf- [ ocensloned their rupture. Woolly Princeton, red wreaths in the win P he understood. He and she | xheep dotted a hillside. I they were dows, dancex. partlex, Last vear shef, - 3 | crets, She had told him ' hix sheop, as the crook seemed to had heen a debutante, with not a ¢ HE Casino. Puxhing through ve. | onfided to hor | indicate, the separation could not | e ety g e g volving doors, laughing couples A have been for long. But they had should wear and which of her beaux | Women in costly wraps: men piloting fenred it wix foreve *he shonld favor. This vear she was o them delicately. She turned away. ¢ The evex of the girl-doll were little American girl alone in the south only Bob were with her! X streaming. She wore the Imbecile of France. No letters had arvived —no presents, | In the hurried p ¥ of the eleva- | ecxtay of one who wax willing to Xothing to he alarmed over,” the | The mail wax dela Messagex were | tor, is they axcended, he peeped at her | forgive anything. Perhaps she had x had said, “bhut 1t wonld he certainly on the way: but it fed her | hand. [ hoped he would relent. All day she or to send her away for the melancholy to pretend she was neg- | “Eet make the musique. mademol: | must have watched him from hehind Winter.” rom the sen front she wan 3 N'ost-co-pus? een preety.” her cottage window. Even in her Then a friend had suggested com ed into the Rue d'Antibex, retracing - She examined it shyly [ despuir of his coming. she had bininz health with self improvement. - stepx 1o her hotel, Khop windows "1t 15 pretty.” she assented. “Itn ) frexsed for him. Her skirt was scar- Why nat learn a_fan 2 Go to Werw al tempting passers to ex | Drettinessatteacted me. Hello! There's | let and bulged lke a balloon. She Carnes and speak French. {rvaganee, . Hore one conld procurs | Writing on the buck. 1 ean't read it had o little white cap pinned to She had fumped at the Nowers, there perfumes, there laces, | 1US in French.” her blowsy locks. ller bodice was nes had spel'ed romance—a kind of | She played a game that Bob wax with | He halted the elevator between | of hlnck velvet. IHer adorer was her pernetual mrand epern. hiue skies, | her—that they were In Cannes on | fleorsthat she might show him. matel for quaintness, attired in sky- flashing seas. orange groves, guitars— | thelr honevmoon, 1t was a game “let ces the tune eet plays” ne blus knee-hreeches, a canary-colored perhaps an sdorer who would threat- charming that she risked (he night . | fneket, and Tyrolese hat. en to shoot himself if she rejected nir to loiter. But what is it called? late | “Rosl as you both think you're him. 1t would be daubly funny with | “And what shall we give to Ange) 07 me splendid, T should w Poxy apos- out a fami'y te watch over her ne Our first marvied Christnas, T Love s to Laugh.” trophized them. That spot on her lung had seemed Nothing sufficiently splendid.” L I W -"hnl l;lunmhvnn-rlml them to ac- the apen sesame to adventure it was They peered through the plate gla PO T owledge —her graciouss the et et (g b e’ had reached the topmost | gipl.doll by ping a v, the She had left her hirthplace with the T ishahe. en what At tha dlake momeRt shie doffing hix hat.' Be- feeling that she didn’t sveatly care be something 1 ean keep N0 v parted with her posses | canse they paid heed. she felt a if she neve: again saw it. Even the | for sion She imugined hersell surprising ' trifle offended. They seemed ax real o g s I heen dismissed ax MM T hought it for your little bov, to her ax painted things had heen nation. “Good-hy. Angel Face they lunworthy. She was within a few LRteRn,; ahe Sk ont Her Hinichtlat: They were actual peo- had wrung her hands. “Ang co” | paces of her hotel. Refore a toy shop | 00 - phY Christmas tomorrow. | ple; she was the shadow. If they had been Boh's name for her—the rest | she halted. As she gaved. . Noel to you, mademol- would only stop ogling and go for- of them had horrowed it. ChiMishnees. hensath «he opened the door of | ward. Perhaps they were walting Not one of them had proposed to welled up. Doll: Cows. om, the darkness pounced, for the music of o love Is to hier. Eheitind hoyied Bohiwould. 10 the | Aakebaliove: ' Cywtelam Tadsd n might have done who had Laugh.” With the first tinkle, they s in_ wait for her. “You|would leap into each other's arms. \‘ %\ gary last Tt would have besn a satie: {hoart she became liitle. Thet RS Sl ISl D T S ction to have heen allawed to refuse | hee: “hr N en he o inlly i il s o Bl Reeanse he Tmant. 1 had heon | nod tanen mer o an eeveninom | Pufl! “The newly kindied finme of her | Lide Buire e el WY So =niled 3 searcely a 3 ‘our r ' N se y | s Jed : ket 1aliak Coliibustin faearc ot e Anvnon. D 0 AR SIeicAIEhL NNV SRMOUNL e b 18NG| LHEIHRTIIRL A Bt e STemInY s : e ST R e N S et s o M man ko he room too well. Rut, in the | bolder It was for all the world like AT ITS HEAD WAS A CHILD WHOSE EYES RESTED ON HER. AND YET NOT SO MUCH ON HER AS ON THE THIN sho Mad discoverad her lonaliness. 1n | hin oint stars i manie of the wx | d2rkness, she could imagine that the | crystal-gazing. SHE KNELT, PRESSING THE THE MUSIC BOX INTO HIS HANDS. ::{ml;wmmn(::d_ on ':inxis foreizn ave i, Wthes hadian before | Attle v luxurious und that she was “':N‘\:‘s:ll-:r “:le;llllr:::-l‘!:ldc;:l. (‘:;:'-_ e : Rl e S s stmas. loneliness seeme hop. « er hand. oo | n NIt hef i ".“h il e s S ! |‘,;|::\,;3|::n:;'||in 2 hu-hmd The scene framed by the window 1“."- a little wirl, with frilly skivts | Jler hand gripped the | glanced at the mirror. She had tunnel of golden quiet. Not a B e e e | et Sk vt rovement—no in-| and plump legx, sitting elfin and ab- the gentle heaving of their flanks | music-hox. Fler only Christmas pres- | changed since yester There was moving. Shop-windows he magnificence she had venting on her part could enhance hn’uu d on the nursery floor. She benting of their hearts. Bob's | ent! She had had to give it to herself. | nothing to aceount for the singing in | Round a corner came stie—the fashionah'e promenade about | gl 10 o ik ; the Bay of Cannes—she hegan to | . ha made music * | lovelin From below In the garden, |could not see herself. She only rt beating.. Joy that suffo i - 2 pet—1if o 3 e b Lo e arieaan, 10 | had given her money, urged her across | the brittle rustie of palma nscended, | Kuessed that she had gone hack 13 e LRI muRUE Sl ahure o N 1 e e s e Croisette was deserted. She rea p.q:","'“""l";""’ , jund. from the pave. | Arclights, following “the Crolselts, |Years, She guested. hecaune =her pleture faded, only to begin | gy ¥ NS T love eI g AOTUSE Bae Rt He aadte | Serinied Tnio sght, the Wolemim aed the reason, hut she was reckless, ent had watched her make the pur- wers a far-flung rope of pearls, The heart felt so heleving. She had at- moving in a_vircle. g de: | %" o joor— " consric on their way ta ehureh. 1he T Tew stranters who passed hor. | (S “Suldenly” e knew' Wit S | Cising was bsing jowsl. {tention for nothing save the pi he endin | " Prectous little to lavgh aboutt Apd | o5, 18, door-rbut baited. conscious | mites on helr way o < ried b w th muiers pressed ngaine or the fiest whrbstmias 0 poste knelt by the window. her tace [0 0 fiad { varied: xnow and liughter. She was | Sot she wanted to laugh. Perbape bY | The music box: It looked so_lonely | Posie reco h = was the hour one ed 1o e {or- | patween her hands, Why 4 he first merry tinkle, every. | holding the music-box safe against her b U] I Harting | there ol o Snateh- | wi v sunset when the dazzled air, On the fextival of chill | o8O ';x,‘-nm* h‘m::.,: :::,L::‘.'Iulnz began to stir—hut quite feebly. | breast. MEREE G the wrong end. I xhe were to | e jy .:'h:.::m'l‘(l x:’:\n:hu;';l; Fiaai -l:y‘-:dfih’:r‘n n had given health all dax. had hecoms | MO0 When her awn childhood was SP00 GAEERE NS T e, | lumpily, that was the word. The | T think of givin | The hotel was unusually silent: | At its head was a child whoss esee dangerous ax the breath of 3 swamy, | UDDNE (rom her, 'she ‘wanted & box | ' ono conld huve, howght It Her | e sheep lted up thelr hetde 4| ¢ yii (o wore opening. Where | ¢ Pt she'd bought no prosents, and. (elther eversbody was late. or the hour rested on her—iis hig innocent eye- A ulencrnt Raze. hum aver svary. | U mde musice " For emembranc. | e had heen' that 1 Seminied her | <40 ack acrows their shoulders | R e pening. here | if xhe had. on whom could she bestow | was early. She pressed the bell for And vet they were not thingan uncanns twilignt prousht | PRI b, *o0 ponderously. like sheep i was she? Christmas morning’ | them in this Jand of strangers? She | the elevator. No response. Very | much on her as on the thi *as T mdden dron n temperatee | ! . ; e o s e i e | B U i &l A hreeze | goanily ghe sent her foot groping for | 10ried the handle of the mysic hox, | early—that was the explanation. o | holdins : e sen had turned mockerel srav, 6 JE veus une hoite aui fait de I conscloun gesture, “Sen for vourself, | (Ued her cheoks, swaying trees and | 0l ing of vy | NODINg that mizht help her. A childs | much the better. No ane would not She stooped and knelt. pressing the :,,,' sky livid Palm gardens, mount. | % musique.” she demanded of the Nothing's | alieced No letters, No| 50 the waking landscape seemed T rustling of paper WoUld f1oy: [ts magic had vanished. her. But she must hasten, or she music-hox into his hands Bk e Bills Mhiat' Meiiihe atiore, | AArk Sonar AN Who st SEINC | AR A K A Scever T | e e, - betray their presence. None on the | Ax though xhe were late for an en- | would miss—It was uncanny. this cer- | She had loved. Jov rose in a bus Iooked fantastic and nightmarish i = s el WLy Nl BB A L She turned the handle harder. ~they must be in her s ockings. | cagement, she roxe hurricdly and set | tainty that she had an appeintment. | bling laugh. The littie feet passed on The one cheerful spot in. the blur ! ut ce iy . b . - Sheep.began to wander, bt still, like | 8She peeped ahove the sheets. No ahont dressin; No d en she | s cax 3 I = of vaguencss was the briliantly | plied In Englich, 4 muste box. We | faine Mor et e arue, and | anails, acarcely perceptibly, - She : L e e el L Lo Lorment OF s o rillantly | plied in English, “a music box. W Her attie h s, searcely ceptibly, - lighted Casino. A mile away through | have many." h Mine ehange wad | thought—was it fancy?—that hehind £ m 3 zh | 4 h of a transient: the change was | g 2 he dritting » o the mest e erself—a hrenthlexs expectanc: 4 maznot aseul with whom to talk. la child: she invented, ““almost | most burt, She glanced at the o e L L L OORAAS UNANGIT, | s elb s LAl From s s Y- At wnla o | lite—the ‘lovers, iast of all % il S i g m‘__'!lm‘n_\ her tiny hand: | "It can’t he that.” Then away. pre | Thev had lost their artificial smil- LROS: ; every ery- hex' are all for children, made. tending to fgnore it. “The Christ W BE LT GNOsS. body. There's not a speck of peace maiselle.” His eyes glinted amuse. It mirrc I T e e i of good will in my heart.” yes g . madness, It's eatching. persons. The lovers were on the point | CHEPTER WA e g |of meeting. She couldn't make it | LEECKETY-KLECK! Cleeck 3 ) erything in the pic- | ety-Kleck!! cleecked de clock HE had reasons for being mad ck to exactly where wh-rh(u was from '.1" r‘n: N hag"ohing had turned out as fanc g had been hefore she had started. | nuture. Houtsite it was mid Pad painted." No adorer had"threai. The landscape hecame rigid—a crude, nlght shoot himself for her. She was mental daub. Do alling : t was falling 2 good sobste g’,"her from be'ng loved than ever, % ¢ 1 rext and try agal White|aseuieinn, « : BRRE Ereras ™ |-‘\':|l~'l‘»] Even on the Riviera Prince Charm. | she rested. she attempted 10 hum. the |\ frizzing witt snizzing, Hall hover | ngs do not scrape acquaintance with Lair, but her recollection was of sec- i pone in de halr hici 1,,“.,,_1 unchaperoned girls who ean produce ; ret’ lnughte . ; _ t S s v snow piled opp high like it piles Bo social sponsors. Daddy’s money . '"w'_' "h':'"_"l‘:“':“"_‘":“""' it, that might | in Cohen’s pipe Ginsboig's to- Having gathered her strength. she e » el | commenced turning_again, with the |, S D o S e | same. result: The Ro-Peep girl and | it atieanl v-Rlue shepherd were on the point : O el S et ak Gin HiLy | TNAIC (e 16§A(e aikexeld matlanoe | When #he ried to recovet | Pincur, de miser, jomped opp srad- | e e e, corts happenin: | ally, “Hm." he kecklel (geeving a | The moment there was no musie, | Ka%e by fulling white patti trom heing 5 vears old. she shot up | fonersied from snufMivkes). Jeary oid. Ahe ol [like Lindboig i again, Il she was Angel Face, and 20. | heh—heh-—s0 108 alrady fite me L] Chreestinas— wherr fs Senta Cluss? OP‘ The times xhe tried the experi- he gafe & open de door: 8o instat ment. she kept no record. Surely | on de durrstap a an odd occupation for the night be. | i el nnl ::.l.l ‘: o -nll\;un:i, fore Christmas, this persistent play- | [1om & indiwidfil wot it belunged in de [y yay de durestap eske X = e Togof & musie boxt What wauld any | Kettegurey from batx o ia0 dunRun A v & 0 home und wai e e e e one confecture who opened (he door dle son-from-a-gon't 1 . | deed it was < & and _suw ner. ] W73t rehlied 3 WL flom | eYou T dees baby?? i CHEPTER FURR. Ligrioian “No one will, 1t locked.” dn b wot 1t ponched heem | g g, Sl i a Downatairs, in the hotel, festivities it tury heem de wheesk: | ey ook Ronbi ST e ekt Chreestm were In progress, From the palm hed heem de faze WOt | hoem ot Evot hoplreenging you brutt tescked de clock wheech it was from | Kleeck Vout gurden she cuught the jingle of hap. |t broke heem de heyeglowses wot it £ GRS clock matirr cukon nesn and the of 5 | keeked de sheens wot it jomped heem [ p— some time an estrn on de corns { KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! thumping. The hour must he g | xon from-a-gon, o | St ing Iate. Approaching midnight, e probably. Kuppose she changed the | it ] o bt o ecromancy hy co waw felzzin ¢ ™ Tatep. > ::",“';,,' ’,‘,‘;’I,j'”‘;,’,_:::“"l‘,: y S [ Hate ‘miles Pincus chased a . N the animal kingdom there ta|palm squireel, which fs partially do-) Dees time was fife Beskots Switching off the lights, she took the | Werkon. Graduall he retoined potting probably no animal more husy at mesticated: at least, it lives in the im- In itch music box with her to hed. witt penting witt hout fram bratt— | I8 xeason of the year than the squir- | mediate neighborhood of human habi- Cukonl! Hinkle. tinkle! That was bet witt atemping with frigzinga chiery | '€l The parke and squares are filled | tation. There is ane Oriental spe In the gloom walls fell hack —e [ Mluxe awiited heem. Do house wis WIh the husy little rodents, working | cles which presents the only known thing expunded. The pleture filled | boining don | hard— hegging nuts and burying them instane of the as the attie, demolished ft, uxurped i1, | Deed he was a son from a gon- dot | for their Winter supply. ! son - . But still, when her hand grew tir baby!! Dunt esk!! In many Washington ks they | of a distinetly orname coat, cor . E - ~ " [ . ¥ | vesponding to the brecding plumage of hy We Celebrate. Marry Chreestmas " o they come not aniy close BEFORE A TOY SHOP S| - actunlity anserted itaelf, | —— e wo SHE Mz She tried cloxing her eyes and Iy CHEPTER TWO and take nute-from the hands, but | bicds During the xteater vart of the | x squireel 18 of a uniterm HALTED. AS SHE GAZED, ALL / % Ik Aot agninet the pillow. o her | (Dunnated by Henry W, Lungfullow) clamber into the lap € by no oth that wus hetter. Nhe could ¥ Pincus wan ndapte means the nuts ean be obtained | Bray color, hut about December its WContinued from Second Page THE CHILDISHNESS _ Kiah 00D WELLED U, ; ;:' r""‘ pleture now at the point Und grew o ] tfor aotting, they do not tarry. They quickly Dack becomes a beilliant orange-vel: | = until about March 1 . HER WOMA! HOOD WELLED UP. : it (S e | Lolnea 1t re om hall e &g | senmper off, teylog ono place atter | W, which lasts mustered encrgy to go on. With the »t inother (n the offort to bury the prive, | When it s again repliced by & | w ;.{V’!ICL‘,M FADED. IN HER | ¥ : \ b hed | From o pushcotts awiped | It R ™ X % e th i VAR 4 8 16 tnzy. Nhe had | Ao purheotts swiped henenas. Cix not buried very deep into the e mating time e sauireel 8§ gnething T SHE BECAME LITTLE. C and eonld m..h‘m- Witt 1-.-|||I|-lulnl~ It canme de el ors, L zround, but s carvefully covered and ‘l' ¥ \'m'n :-lv\mn The | some ,m?- 1 AR e . el 3 ntire ulght lay be. | Came to Pincus--tll by Pincus | the earth patted down with tiny front | 0 from (heve to nive young | o vaies and e o8 shameien, .i,',':,.','f; ment. “We Jave no hoxes for—how | Ax in & drenm, xhe hegan to un-| ; T wnreel the tovers' |ONp It ruge from blowd de praxsure, | paws, That finished they turn greed. | The squiviel is a monogumous antmal for Christm: . . M‘"“l: :u-:‘l-: rmwln upr dress. Khe had not dined. She dared v hy allments, i Hall Kinds doongs he put opp witt 11V to seek other gainw, One sometimes marvels at the ap ing ag rangement. Except for the | ton, They g gt "’r’) weloc [not face the famlly groups in the| Of course, they wore lov 'Ihrl.f'" wan ! he fond a Intter | The squirrels, in addition to nuts, Patent holdness and recklessness of | o ment in her health, her entire pro- o N i P dp« e restaurant, To to hed mo enrly | girl hud liyed nlons in the cottnge ax | Saving “So junk, poppa doliink, | acarne and all xorts of vegelables and = Squirrels in ieaping through trees struck and engedb i ey P s he kind,” Hhe whook | was ridictilous, Kverything she ha: |long nx she could yemember, Hecause l“g' fted gradually v [fruits, ave fond of animal food and | But they would sustain no njurey if ) The ™ In the old walled town on the | e seemed | | done had been ridiculons thut evening. | of having had no one to love, she had [ WoU Ll gonna Join i coleus. | mitce, small hivds and bhds' | they fell. ¥ xpecies of tree squir | Ring ¢ mound above the harbor twinkling mm: “'l'.‘" ':.--':‘":'“hn’ M‘T:mml""lv One by one, tuntalizin. eagernexs | never laughed. @ver the hill, driving ‘u":" " rTIr!u .m‘n.n Pine V8, SR . Thev also eat young bark of | tel seems capable of a sort of rudi | ook the th Ly lights were springing up. It 81004 | (e)] me?” P mudemolnelle would | with slowness, she removed her gar |his flock hetore him, had ne lll?iw"l o "”II'"\\ "‘3“" n heeg one [trees and buds and do quite a little | mentary fying. or making itsell into a | Bnglish Christmas was e aloof from the modern Cannes of | ' o1t was » little squsre ane fhe| MM This tima last year she had |shepherd. From her window whe had | Brom viliE w igh u dipp one . lamage in this way | parachute wo us to ease or hreak a| We come now to the mos gamblers and fashionmakers, & relic | (nok him into fher ron he Lheen putting on her - |watched him. In her warm bed at mappeared by heem na Some snecles of the squivrel family | M1 oF @ Lap (rom great helght. A | mined struggle of all waged of u sterner eivilization, Humped be. e my"""}' o vae, 1| MAKING heruelf irventatible | night she had hesn unuble to sleep for ‘Tnlnnlm:‘-(":o mure by heem de hair | S e e itial State uf | Sauirvel hax been Known to take a Christm st neath the weight of fading xky it had | On the tow (hare was & plo;| "o eoming for WA | ininking of him out there in the cold | o0 WIT e qa weenter Ribsrnation. IWhen the warm Spring | leap of 60 teet and land without n. [ hew so @ Chuis heen aneient wh n the Incas were he. Intry arne ety ooloved, | The memary had inst its powar to|and dark. =~ Then ¢ morning she | Al o . ~rlotie. nor weather hegiin they wake up and the | Jury. The tall of the squirvel i | lnited ing conquered. Kwinging low over ey neene Y N rtored. [ orture. 1t aeemed more wn incident [ could xee him no longer. Rreanging heck witi heem do coicus | NUEY WhICK thev have stored away in | broad and long and when he leaps ot | | The Puritans wha settied New ¥ s turrets, stare shone werenely Iy i 1t bl When St | anticipated than n memory. Nhe knew | And now in strange, dreamiike |y qiTH PEEL WAL Cocun | he Sunimer and early Bl supply | (s through the Alv, the tail ia arched | 1AM brought with them § he soene brought tears (0 her evex | Tiin e guw how he wan regarding auite well the pleasure she wis post | tawhion. Poxle and the ‘girl becume | gating “TPon"de Mhow in strended (helr food, The gray and red squiv. | And rapidiv viheates, thus acting as o | MUed of Vuletide, As for thei: oorecoliections of & contentment never A Teanly ADOSUR G (as ping, Whe slipped her feet Into her [one, Fiinging her clonk acrows her | pit i, g opp® No de coleis | P18 Rowever, are more or less active | xafety valve It s, (hevelors. mote | Shristmas . Sw. A Wiled, yot Samitiar T, 1o doub . 1hat the pressnt was | PADtOUAek, fastened her drensing | whoulders. ahe went out through 1he | jied by Pincus weenter quadders, | *1 Winter, [ than an ornament. It not only ix an | Journad ot John Rradterd 0 Jittie D of Bethiehem tor herself, Hhe blushed furfousty, * 11 | %" nnd mented herself hefore the [arifting vell of whiteness in senrch of . he de Mighty Souirrels vary in sige. Gom no |8l In Aving, hut serves alwe ax o | SN , Horw still we we thes le must be cheap,” she srove to master | M to hroxh her halr. To the Rha wanderad bewildered, ut m s, kot heery Tarser than & mouse, n species faund | cloak which (U wraps around it when And Yo 33 day (Dec) Cattis 16 the stalls, The maniger, | Bor eshlusion childish fane that wiared tuek at her [ tarly divectionlens, 1 e vose SRt B0 nieatied i Porneo and Wost Afekoa, to others it sleeps : LTl howws £ Mary. Bundey evenings. Chidish | “Tut mademotwelle shontd hnve suld | e . “I'm aware of ah yonr|henmath her before et | Knffen witt spoons- o seetver diet 14 Tavge as A eat, such ax the bl The fiving sauirvel Is (he gentlast S voies Brothers and sieters elumpued | o et e it whortcomingn, vet | approve of you.” | e wan b - no longer the shephord | Wanishod day by day de selver {and vellow squirrel of Bupman and Al st harmioss of podents, B has ey together, before any of them hnd aetly, LA preny fuce—more pretty than o the pleturs, Under wardder (0 de hattol o [ Malie areas, The eotuion squlreel | lavge, woft eyes, awd wsott, heantitul > Collawing Chy Areamed of growing up. Eeow on | He had. 11 seemed the old one re beantiful, - The evew were bina wnd [ He drew her down beslde him 1010 | Ty tree wickn n Hindon Fakly B fonnd wll aver Burope and northe g fue, 10 s BE mere commen than the | i e o e the ground—piies of 1t A (hrisimas | coverad, ~ Not that she remembered | "PDUnE. The mouth waw quivery, |u soft, white neai, The nest was made | OBt 0K, B NeW ¢ Jorn Avia. from Beland 1 dapan and | geay sqniveel, wss dEniBed aid men e, ahoud e troe "ugainmt the window. with fiek. | the old ona in detafl, but when he |, J1e was nuking 4 more than ordl fot woolly ahaep, huddied wurm und | Eram de ehendeliers hong | o g o e Ot the Inmdle 1 pve o (e 00y st idboun toilet, Phove wiun't n | panting, s aem stole about her On e tables fomped opp monkies, | | in each childish imgination' A Nt | swme sort of playful Hie tinkie, Jo| 2001 10 Cannes who caved. Having |uhe wrew drowsy, Hnow fell with |1n de hude und in de peclows, o MuIETeL VS up ne stove of nuts, bt |y e e e ke (e | it m it o ooy, dhempite the gt |0 Ber i, she powdored Do | ikl musdee-scarcely with o time, | fadeostuk o depio vacon Those of north and west surries abaut for foed (Al wether, | Thirpnaine years after ene before her, except that she | 1hiat 0 conld never have Dowe and el (o work upon her neile | for 1t had o ale o i sioging (it T de Kaltans, in de deoshes vope are of the height ved color foeding upon the seeds (n the cones | oF the 4 o e | the Reltin M u sl the blanbet of whitenans. 5 | ins-——as thosh 1t had hean. § P wits ven 1 burled her b | Brake de vocking chers for Tadies ho MelEnh anival, While thise oF the o the hemioek and xeeds of feasen | Syt it g memory of when bearts b8 been sim | 400, wlter a1l e yearm, win b MATAAEE W iis " neinth glint of Tunahior—- | oliber ehacks do Robber M gafe [ IOWIEIOWE peiiine of southorn BOGapptes. When it does fay aside a store WL Wadver el bo B : natted on (e Boor e g o tokether, Thore wis no LIy de stove an we Vi e o ey ko oI e L o futuve v, 18 Tnaedotly -nu‘{“."\;"“,{“ R e from § o n el ple | iho wita here and the Kb e the like o RPAY 001 There 1R EESAE meonnl | ang re, et “"" thove W suplings | labar, feasting or any w Chanie 1 the appearanes and % Vo v It qQuarters, Dahall e subdet to @ fe ¥ ofthin latter squivrel, The sars dose | . WHEN the sap stavts 1 the earty j linss amined the writlng on the hack: To [ ypderstunding. — Again Hoh had he | Greeps witt cheels witt vh :.:.M'l it of halr and the “"l:{":','"‘ I:*l'"{‘ e lwn:lnh the bark | “n.. st Christmas cely house erowded. Feto, cofed. Kvery | puvement. Khe netunlly gz Yiave In 1o, Laugh. Not & doubt of [come the shepherd. Nhe watched him | In de chast a pain a hees one. wehen o much lshier ol JOF (he hranches of the mame trves | Masachusetta was held by one excited, Winpping presents. deco. | 4 1 Wh ) . from the window, Ha wan xo buny |10 de troat @ wolce 1 huss one 0 the foreats of worthern Novtd | With thetr chivellike toeth and duink | Bovernar, wha, with all the chv s R ORISR Devarncs, dese- | Snwy 1he wireet for him us she " hen whe had funcied that Boh counrding hin fock on the hillsida (hat Ml sl Americn the ved sauiirel and in n\‘.lllw aweet Hauid shut axalnst hum, wsed the town g Ty T wouhe .,.,A,.:., A . - was her pquent, wha had heen ol QT hought of her, He never hardwood forests of central, sastern | W choeRa of the rel and geay | DO (00 veligious services, and » Saise. Would any one remeniber Rort | uag oo Shout (e sxe her fathor|ways fauptiing, A wise persons=ths | iosyeq nor way: he mIght naver hiave | Nrafunlly cAme Ao mommer, and sonthern United States the gray | Muiveln are - without pockets so ] WHR AR excait o0 saltiers o e Wt ey Bt b gsnidy e A | ‘f.y ::v.’:n::.:,l.: 1” I.:'.:-ll'l.-‘:v‘mll» pevuon who hud weitten 11 A wom. | L0l L Sate agan de bom n wanish [and fox saulviels wre -i\ullrlrn-uoi“"»‘"‘"’ TheV carey in batween their DM Against the wrath of (he ¢ bhuying fiowers? Once he'd trie n kius | stooped tn glunce into the thild s tace, | W) TR BnC At lent, an In the musiobax pio. | WIE do hold men's watoh he wan'ahed [shecles The = black squirela ave[teeth, The shinmunk, en the onatrary Yot \n New Ungland, an elaes hero ,, Argapetnapy Gy dane, cane o | aloaes aroaotin 4 e it kind of won An ool one | et (Haneing from her | WV ITE 4o wox un de soxpandern Phises of Tt species b Calitornie | MIch tare pravident than the ved | 1Ne 3l apiie of Cheistinas daaly o PPy P oo IR S Sringl L0 m‘ oo ;van conld haigh no longer. huewuse | Y as, she mw him AL the Nets. Witt de other things he wenished e found & lavke gAY squiviel The | SQWTeel I storing up it faod toar | PYEVRIRE sithough it was aan s T T ¥ v was emded 7 And vel pmhinps | W P S LWL de prgs Bonday hritehes 1 ordinary species of squievel v ow | WIRGer, Ras pookets i Ris cheeks tn | TSI IRAT Christmas was finally wade phed been both wlud and Trighiened, | wave erping hidden inide er load. 1’ voi oo whoss oot pociked o |} (i D win to IRV AT Saldny [ Wit de falan (oot wnd*de foever 11010 nRIME fram SIEhE 40 ten Inehea | Which 1o CArer uts, hoveien on what | @ BEAL Roliiay (n Massachuvet Hunning ) | e s e Vo Tar s pilly crmdle while her hands mude toye (o | WIthout her help, she Wi mive: he £yt de hom complittly LI msth, WIth BelehE siappy Black | e3er (0 may be puttin B Y, R U e thets nee 8 her fatier | e was minded 1o thiow e g [ hedp b st ind winin would vefume (o open. N wis | [eves and n bushy il Wt | Wit PUtR WAy e TR 1 e enemien of Christmas and e Your mother's tired away. I wam aking her whmond | To ehange hev thoughte she et | Dol fant - Nke n atatue, o help him CHEPTRER TRER { Bl il (410 hee b NI Foor old daddy’ Mow vepronehfol | gy ‘o0 F leigd o oot | 3 an s bty | Chipimnks wie semetines ot | CRECEL AL Taast ot i your ham Mg oW ot or g b i B ied to Dwar the OokDng [at the pletire on the top. A I wan the only waes B whiel she | g ook N I Was moteliog | The Bnedih squiivel bea beantital Esreand squinels hecause they tive e w1 the full wiivit af the tma we b [ . 9 tune At delpure. Thae dark young msh Cpictine, nnlve as no norser e, | ot Beip Bimecwhe woghed 00 she g geaduadiy Pincas, de i Pl il bt b surpassed by | the gronad Thete oo b Wish you Al & Meey Christmas B 1o wacrifie by eend e abrond (n G whon b only wround ou i Teribly Cevide, ol oegrme Frs | he would have tuened wway At oxothimed. . Woich, Whesih [ many GF the sauivveln n the tranies. | Aivon with R i Y A \ o e e kit fow wumple bure, Alwady Uhelr it | woia urean ue pislay, The wetiing farsyay, Never. guessing How eaNar: |1t wan (s sronerts Erain & Mysteerni] and exnsolntis | tRane. o6 ne. Mulay | That Nave ;""l'f:..",‘“‘.‘f o Sasing | b pot on ey dung—that wae ditterent | iad escaped her A0 she eontd be | sun was w0 : ately he wis nesded M o " by ¥ e HEN: reaite sl of ves ! e U oG St B T oL | paacmmand e ol os min was iAos ‘-'"d.-pl‘:.ud.n .’_..:Ir:: Iy 0p AR ORI, iR konY Kbtk 'Ilnllumlu‘u he o WHeDItng @ Bet | countrien Herm woarly wll o (e | usinllv wnder the et of . tiew w | Glass Cage for Sea Diving 0 I da S0 Sitheul (s new ek SNk lg turn (e handte, yioui | paller, e woeia duiistEGa eotidue ) UG NeD LA il Sene atout e W aneslk nature. anwelen e BidlantyCwavked wid e 8 xtane Wall, and make & s Witham Beebe, selentifle s es, i v nedburppreth o s gl |t L) i 'q‘ R oW R g A o hau, Do, ? .n l::»m. :‘fi";:‘I.:in‘:‘:fi|l;:r~:'\ u:::h\unuuu NSt AL (he bottom, wsially With twe fwarking on & pran to descend + ily #ol sbout 3 But the wmount hed As she enteied the hotel wn onistreiched, wus @ cheruble Whiteness, Bofine Woolly ahesp, “Twanty 3ire ago you fond maybe B dndia 1s (he pretty tle stiipe *htaheen ARS. B W, DAVIISON, ::::l:‘.l:‘ SuLlace ol the wean W § were open | rom Taphnd ta north By, but ohe [ orten guiity of petty rveny about wpeclen i thin wide ey havnm and i the graln Relds 'rnm!{:‘ it b o ver Guubting the world's kind. | smgically restored | GatlorCawhion, 10 wis renlly [coldness now, nothing ot comfort, | Ret do oedle Five ier " 5 SN take 1t Fhe wn " 1 oo wiser, b wighed, 8 sieh | Vieass dunt tronble tn Wins it comle Vo huve become wo ehildish, [ The sty e el I i (Mt dollink i (e hadn’t | Hummer when she wihoned WIth | Ate from fie tons cod de fhie An whe hunded over the money whe | Th “ho i ] » d Hor longing bridges the miios 10 her | med the sermmiros teat e foier oy | e musla-box'a doing', Whe ok |ihe whsniice of anow, had come mis (leeving Pincus hinfuens home, What were people doing” The | ha watehing her proudly 1