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The town hall was wreathcd with ho._\' anti mistletoe. Bright red ' g from the old-fashioned is. Chrismas candles sent titiir sott glow into the night. Th: wnule plate cried out welcome to the crowd who thronged through the doors. B)" I it o'clock every seat was "wine... Small gossip and mur- s ol expectancy ran through the C::‘\\'ci. The little town was proud of the boy who was taking the lead- in; llill’! in the play. 'I'hey had known Tin Rtttvlings all their lives. Known hnn as an easy-going lacLtn- " w! lll nothing more than fish- td hunting around the coun- nnzl inter as an astonishingly

(ii ambitious fellow". No one

i to understand how the

zisnion occurred.

turned to the stag-e as the

.nn rolled upward. Three

]).lll'5 of eyes fastened

.. ~. w» ll“llll the nioviitg. speak- ing 1. ‘Isn't Ted wonderful;- yJ-ttn: girls whispered breathlessly tn each other. Between acts. thttn-

"lrti. mu were prefertly wonder- ful.’ Sully was saying.

rlerons bursts of applause filled the rot-m i-Ltntls clapped with vehe- n tire. Small boys made their ap- p l known by shrill whistling.

‘l‘.<l carried the audience with hnn. errry‘ step of the tray. He s- ":1 to etner. to merge himself

zoly in the character he por-

its drake-believe was so in-

the last act. that, there was a deep silence for a moment when the final curtain fell.

For lhc time it was no make- DUIICVG to Ted. He was living again all txr- ngotiy of parting, of seeing Sally Howard go away without a word. He had been sure until her train pulled out that she would come and say how sorry she was for the bitter. reproachful words she hacl httrled at him. Words that had left their mark upon his soul-—- that had stung him into a. mad. ambitious desire to show her what he could do.

He found no real satisfaction in the tumultuous applause that fol-

‘ gig: _TWENTY-FOUR

CELEBRATIONS

‘Three Christmas are eele- . braled every year in m6 Church of Nativity at Beth- lehem. The first occurs in the . Roman Catholic wot-Rm "l! December 25: l3 days lire.- ' the Greek orthodox church hold their celebrations. l0 it? followed by those of the Ar- menian church in mother l3 day:

.¢-_'i lowed. In this hour of his triumph. his heart cried out for Sally- 11 only she was here! If only she had cared! I-Ie scarcely knew what. he was saying in answer to the lavtsn congratulations

Suddenly small hands pressed tightly around his arm. and a. re- membered voice spoke in his ear. "Ted. you were perfectly wonder- ful." Sally was saying. "wonderful. wonderful. I'm so proud —so proud of you."

‘But, Sally, I don't understand. I thought you were in New York."

"I was. until lust night. I've been keeping track of you. I knew all about the play‘. and -and the way you have been working lately. I wouldn't have missed this for any- thing in the world "

"But the things you paid, Sally? They hurt —tliey still do."

"I wnntcd mcm to hurt. Ted. I know-I know it was cruel, but there seemed no other way. Someone had to give you the right kind oi push to get you going. You know you were really lazy? But now, well. you've really put on speed "

"Nothing like the speed I'm gu- ing to show in getting ready for a Christmas wedding. There's Just two days left. We've got to make it s really big event. Let's give out. the announcement now —while the crowd is still in the hall.”

Ghostly Christmas Bells to Greet Merry Yuletide

Amongst the bells which will ring out to greet the coming Yule- tide will be many ghostly peels. heard on no other night in the year; for tradition says that the bells of all buried churches Join the chorus every Christmas eve.

There are the bells of Raleigh. once a prosperous village iu Notting- hanishtre. now only a country ral- ley. All sign of habitation was swal- lowed up many years ago by an earthquake. It is said that every Christmas eve the bells oi the old church was heard to ring again. A legend of this kind is told of a. country church near Preston the very name of which nobody knows.

In Holland the story oi the city oi Been is told every Christmas This wonderful place was famous for its magnificence and beauty and also for its wicked- ness and shamelessness. One dly the whole city was swallowed up by the sea.

The submerged bells of Dunwich. now covered by the sea. are said to loin the ghostly chorus.

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Blessing Apple Tres

English Christmas customs that have been handed down for hund- reds cf years are still observed in many country dstrlcts. in Devon- shire and Sussex the olct custom of blessing the apple trees at Christ- mas is still mainta ned.

One tree is cticsen to represent. the orchard. 1t is then sprinkled with cider, or a bowl of liquor i8 dashed against. it. The incantation which follows usually runs: " bless this tree to the master. May it. flourish and bring forth abund- antly enough to fill a bar. to flli a basket. to fill a cart. to fill l wagon.

In many distrzcts it is the oust-m to open all the doors a minute or two before mdnight on December 31st, leaving them open unlil after the clocks have struck the hour.

Collecting money for Christmas cheer on St, Thomass Day, Decem- ber 21st. is still practised by womgn and boys in some parts of the coun- try. They leave a sprig oi holly with each. donor. ‘This cut-tom is variously known as "mumping". "doling." "a-gooding’. and "a-‘Iho- masing." and is thought to date from Druidica! times.

Christmas Essentially The Day 0f The Child

December the 25th is the Day 0i the Child.

It is upon this day of days that countless men and women and little ones barely able to speak their lan- guage utter the great rejoicing: For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given!

Even those who held creeds in which there is no Christmas feel the splendor of that cry. and those who have no formal creed at all. still know there is one oi the 865 portions oi the year which is es- sentially the Day oi the Child.

It is the day when even the most utisentimental adult. long since con- g-zaled and lmrdetied by the years can hear in his heart the footsteps of the little ones. Today they are running about so eagerly all over the world pattering to see what. good gifts may have been received. ardent Vl/llll a hope that only young hearts can feel‘.

On this day the austere scientist who has almost quit, believing in the very laws of astronomy which recently seemed so sure and stable, but which now seem dissolving in a mist of relativity -this careful pro- fessional skeptic becomes as a child himself. and considers it hard indeed if he cannot believe in Santa Claus. bearded fairy godfather of the children.

On this day even those who have been the most. careless feel like say- ing over reverenlly that beautiful prawr for wisdom in the rearing of children.

"Almighty God. heavenly Father. who hast blessed us with the joy and care of children; Give us light and strength so to train them. that they may love whatsoever things are true and pure and lovely and 0t good report"

For on this Day of the Child we all remember that the most prec- ious gift we can bestow upon our children is a capacity for feeling lust such tender and generous and helpful emotions as today stir in the breasts of all good men and women-Seattle Post-Intielligencer.

Wreaths. Garlands Gay Shout "Merry Christmas

What a joy it. ls to come into a home scented with spicy pine and hemlock. so suggestive of Yuletide that each room fairly shouts "Merry Christmas!" And what a real plea- sure. too. to gather the greens and dispose them so that they express all the klndliness of the blessed season. intensifying the delights of the "friendliest" period of the year!

_As garlands. the various types of greens may decorate windows and doors. or they may be massed on mantels or tables.

To make a flexible rope of green- ery. supply a foundation of heavy twine and l0 this attach the short sprays of pine hemlock or spruce interspersed regularly with clusters of laurel; or for a more decorative effect use the artificial berries with with the greens. Fine flexible wire is best for fastening the sprays in place.

Another use for greens is in the formation of window wreaths. Ar- "1186 hhe small sprays on a heavy wire foundation, taking care to keep the wreath symmetrical. Small groups of red berries, regularly placed. give character to such a dec- oration.

First Christmas- Trees Originated In Germany

On the wild. sandy heathland of the North German plain the dark- leafed fir trees have ﬂourished for many centuries. It is not strange. therefore. that the “Christmas 'I‘ree" should have its origin there. It dates back prior to the days of Christian- ity. THE early Egyptians used to em- season celebrations. It is a fact well known by all botanists that. the palm tree puts forth a shoot each month. and at the time of tho winter solstice, a spray of palm, bearing twelve shoots. was employ- ed in the temple of Osiris to mark the completion of the year. Curious- ly enough, England did not adopt Christmas trees unlil the middle o! the last century. The prince con- sort. shortly after his marriage w Queen Victoria. introduced them into Great Britain.

TIIE CHRISTMAS MINCE PIE

The inevitability of hot mince pie on the Christmas board ex- plains why it is well for the nu- iionai digestion that there is only one Christmas dinner a year.

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(By STANLEY HOOPEB)

"Before we settle down," said Jack Murray. peering at his two compan- ions in the pale light which filter- ed through me dusty. grim“! W1"- dow. "we'd better be in complete agreement about the terms of this fool wager. You, Jordan. are to stlY in this allegad haunted house un- til dawn. If you do-if in the rncan- time you haven't bolted llkﬂ B frightened rabbit —I um to NY you the stakes —-Harvey's twenty quid plus your own twmty. is that in order?"

"no; quite," grinned Harvey. “I stipulated that the three of us are to remain in the building. and it. is understood that you. as stake-hold- er, are w be Judge as to whether or no Jordan betrays any sign of fear. Don't. forget that part! Also. your decision, my lord. in 0011966- tion with my point raised in to be final and binding" Harvey bent low in a mock bow, but Murray made an impatient gesture.

“My decisio can be made known in advance." he grunted. "It is that you src a pair of iunatlcs. and that I III! Just u mad to let myself m for about the worst Christmas Eve I am ever likely to spend!"

Jordan. tall and muscular. with well-mounded features that denoted strenslh and determuiatlon. and perhaps a. little obstinacy. walked over to the window. his footsteps ringing loudly on the bare floor- boards. Fine snow driven by a cold north-east. wind. was pattering a- gainst the JIIRIOW, and the trees in the neglected grounds of Cran- iey Manor swayed and trembled in the gale. '

"Spacious. oak-panelled room on the‘ first floor." he said joculnrly returning to the others. "Glorious view of the country! That's what they say, isn't it?"

"Local estate agents have said all that. and a good deal more," re- sponded Harvey. "but. they can't find tenants for Cranley Manor."

"Well. we'll consider ourselves as tenants -for one night." laughed

Jordan. "Suppose we light the candle?"

"Just one candle," Harvey told him. ‘That has got to last tire

night. And." he added. "no alcoholic liquor! Pass over that flask of brandy. Jordan "

"I think this is carrying a. joke too far." growled the latter.

"And I, too," said Murray. "Sup- pose one of us faints?"

‘If that one happens to be Jor- $3.: chuckled Harvey. "I win my

Jordan struck a match and lighted the candle, which he placed on the high mantelpiece. Its flickering flame cast curious shadows about the large. empty room. showing up the cobwebs about the fireplace and the dust on the walls and floor.

"Nice sort of a show!" said Mur- ray with deep sarcasm.‘ "It's the peace and silence and comfort of the place that appeals to me!"

"It. is the best I could find for our purpose," Harvey stated. "Cran- ley Manor, old and disused and deserted —plu.s a spectre! An ad- mirable place. Just the type of house you'd read about in a ghost story." He took off his overcoat. folded it and placed it on the floor.

"Make yourselves comfortable. fellows; I'm going to drop into this armchair!"

"Nothing in your rules against smoking. I hope?" Jordan asked drily.

"My deal fellow. I couldn't be so cruel! Personally. I've come armed with a. box of cigarettes. Have one? And you. Murray?"

"Thanks, I prefer a pipe "

Murray filled his pipe. and the three lit up. For a. while there was silence. n silence broken only by the faint whine of wind in the trees and an occasional creaking sound which seemed to come from the stairs beyond the open door.

Harvey broke the silence. Some- how. in the cold stillness of the room. voice came as a welcome sound to the other two.

"As I have already explained," he said, the story goes that on Christmas Eve. I899. Sir Joshua Watt, who owned Cranley Manor, came upon the dead body of his butler hanging from the balusters. It. was a clear case of suicide and the sight gave the old boy such a. shock that he lost his reason. He died several years later in an asylum.

"Nobody ever found out why the butler committed suicide. but, ac- cording to the villagers there is plenty of evidence that his spirit continues to haunt the place. and that. it unfailingly puts in an ap- pearnce every Christmas Eve."

Jordan sent a. smoke-ring curling ceilingwards. and winked at Mur- ray.

"Sorry. Harvey." he said. "but your story doesn't impress me. For one thing. there is nothing novel about it. —-it is so very much like the average type of ghost yarn. For another. well. I just don't be- lieva in ghosts."

"Nor I." echoed Murray. "but I confea that my conviction in that matter would be stronger just now were it daylight and we were out of this ramshackle hole!"

“Exactlyl" said Jordan triumph- antly. "It boils down to time and plnco. Given an old country house, and the ghostly hour of midnight. £1531‘: lﬂnﬂiny?mhu‘tlle the atmo-

n w c g y-st-rtm; o- D1! will imagine anything!" p0

"Just a moment. gentlemen!’ '11.“-

W!’ Dressed the stub of his cigarette

on the floor. "There in one other thing you should know." be laid quietly. "The legend. u you call it,

about Cranley Manor i: that disaster '

has bcfullen all those to whom tho spectre has appeared. The last to sea ll. was Dickson. the villago cobbler. The very next day ho was found huddled up over his bench —dead. I've checked up on t-bn ltwyi It appears to be true."

"Old women's titles!" said Jordan. ‘Take it from me that if disaster in to befall anyone in this house w- night. it will be tho host of tho butler that will suffer " hum his jacket pocket. he draw a gleaming automatic. |

“No ghost. Harvey. no gun." b0 promised. “On the other hand, I as-_ sure you that any allogvd spook , fooling obout with mo will moat, certainly be the iplent of a lump of lead!" Ha laughed. and thnl laugh echoed hollowly along tho corridors outside to die away in the: distance. -

Murray raised his arm suddenly

"Did you hear that?"

"What?"

"A-“a noise. I cwea! I heard I

no . d "Wind in the chimney." nid Jor-',

an. “Listen! There it is again.

“Yes.“ said Harvey, after n. whb. "I heard it. Bounded something liko a wall " He rose to feet. and crossed to the door. A draught. from below caused the candle in tho room behind him to flutter, and shadows leopt about the broken baluslers.

Harvey stood peering irrcsoluloly into the blackness ahead. Qid sounds reached his straining can. a creaking here, a pattering there. He fancied he heard soft. footfalls in the hall beneath. and ho gazed anew at. the dark void of the stair- way. He storied as he saw two small balls of greenish light mov- ing up towards him.

"Heavens!" he muttered. There was a rush of foosteps behind him. and he swung round on his com- panions with blanched face.

"What is it?" jerked Murray. He had seized the candle from the mantlepiece and was shielding it with his hand.

"Look!"

A creaking sound came from the st-‘rs; it was followed by a low wall. like the cry of a new-born babe ,

Murray. who had stoopedﬁioidn-tg the candle forward. suddenly laugh- ed.

-I<‘rom the shadows stalked a large black cat, its tall upright, its fur wet and ruffled. Harvey moved t0- wards it. but the animal slipped adroitly by his outstretched hand and slunk away into the blackness of the corridor.

“Well, that's that!" said Jordan laughing. but the laughter sound- ed artificial. "Murray's fault for not closing the door when we came in "

"That's the queer part of it." said Murray slowly. “I did close the door—-I distinctly remember hear- ing the catch grate home." "Doesn't say much for your hear- ing!" ' "I tell you-J’

"Well. it's open now," retorterl Jordan. and we're likely to get a nice old chill if we stand here arguing!"

He walked back into the room. and Murray followed. setting the candle back on the mantelpioco. Harvey remained outside.

"I say. you fellows." he challenged.

u

“I dare either of you to go down-_

stairs alone and shut the door"

“Row gruntcd Jordan. "If you‘!!! not afraid. wuy dont you shut it yourself?"

Harvey came back int/o the r00!!!-

“I have a. firm belief that the spirits oi the departed can return to earth." he said. "As you ridicule that. belief, Jordan, you should have no fear or qualms over a. simblﬁ

matter ofclosing a. door in the dark."

The other helped himself to a cigarette.

“Cold reason tells me " there ll nothing to be afraid of. 11¢ Y9" marked. "but 1 don't. see why I should expose myself to an attack of nerves just to please you. 1m sticking strictly to the terms of our wager."

“So you are scared!" 186ml H"- vey. "It seems to me —"He brokﬁ off. cocking his head on one side in p, listening attitude. That set.- tles it," he said. an odd Gulch in his voice "The door has closed of its own accord!"

"Nonsense!"

Without a word, Murray rose and went out on to the landing. Ho cnme back after a few seconds, his face showing pale in time ﬂickering candle-light.

“Harvey's right." he said. n

"It; must have been the wind, said Jordan uncomfortably.

Murray drew in a deep breath.

"Look here, you fellows. I think this has gone far enough. I vote we chuck this fool business and 86¢ out oi the place. I'm not a coward but I confess I'd rather spend the rest of the night. in the village inn than stay on here —in an empty house that's full of odd noises and qt-eer hapnenings——"

"What. d0 you mean?"

dan. Jqoh, the door that. I closed. m“ came open and closed again of its own accord! The cat. 'I'he -the 7 haw-wt. vou heard them yourself‘!

"What?"

"Footsteps!" Murray said roukhl!

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Santa comer a-ateallrm, 4m; iplled m» with toys. Gently fills each stocking With gilt; for girls and boys;

Hark, the bells are ringing:

Santa's work in done- "Merry Christmas, chlldrﬂ God bless you. every one."

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"All over tho place. Upstairs. in the corridors. and down oelow. ‘There may be a reasonable ex- planation for it, on the other hand. it sort of plays on the imagina-

tlion I've had enough. What do you say?"

Jordan fingered his chin thoughtfully.

‘I'm ready to agree." he said slowht, "that is. if Harvey is pre- pared to call the bet off."

“I'm not," Harvey said em- phatically. “If you break away now. Jordan, I warn you that I shall claim the stakes "

“Then I'm staying."

"Of all the obstinate idiots!" Murray exclaimed. "If you ask me ——" His voice trailed away. From somewhere below came the sound of a dull thud. It was followed by another, and yet another.

Harvey sprang to his feet.

‘B0 you heard that!" said Mur- ray harshly.

"Maybe the wind has blown ‘he door open again—"

"Maybe! Maybe the wind turn the handlel"

"Listen!" commanded Harvey.

A loud creaking came from the stairs. and with it: the clump of feet of someone ascending. The foostseps were slow and hesitant, as though the intruder was experi- encing difficulty in the dark.

Jordan looked at. Murray, whose face was as white as chalk. Harvey stood tense and alert.

Nearer nearer came the footsteps. They reached the landing and echo- ed alone the corridor.

"All right, come on!" sold Har- vey between his teeth. "Whoever you are you won't: scare me!"

Jordan with clenched fists. took a step forward. but. a sudden thump behind him sent him spinning round. Murray had collapsed in a

p on the floor.

"Chuckod a. dununy," he muttered. Then. at a. smothered ‘amation from Harvey, he turned again and shred at the door.

ﬁlmed in the doorway. with one hand groping against the side for support. stood a portly-built mid- die-aged man. garbed in a batter- ed felt hat. macklntosh and leg- Ililll

‘Whuh you doln‘ here?" he uk-

“Who arc you?" retortcd Jor-

m. The intruder swayed slightly. "Bow c light." he said, blinking

at them. "Se." light." he repeated.

"so come up to iii-investigate." The other shrugged his should-

ers and swayed again. This time he

only saved himself from falling headlong by clutching the door- jamb with both hands.

"Not-not the devil," he

tuiated.

"Jlllh-hifll-qiillh th‘ caretaker.

Jordan burnt into a. roar of laughter.

"Tho man's drunk!" he said. “Full of the true festive spirit!”

‘I didn't know there was a care- taker to this place." said Harvey.

"Well. he says he is, so why should we argue?"

The lurching figure held up a hand.

"No offence. genTmen —no of-

fence. Make yourselves at home.

Just wont- to wish you merry

Christmash. Merry Christmashl" "book here." said Harvey. "I'll

see this johnny out of tho place.

I've lot some matches. Perhaps

you'd better stay with Murray. Poor

old Murray! The suspense seem to have him down."

Jor u! bent over Murray as Har- vey Ind tho lbnn r went clatter- ing down tho l . He pull his arm round the fallen man and lift.-

him to s semi-sitting posture, with his buck a ainst the wall

Murray wnl it ll in n dud faint.

blood had drained from his face. leaving it ghastly white.

“Como on. old chap." he aid ooothingly, "overythlnfs nil rgint." l-Io loosened Murray's tie gjld collar and rubbed the palms of his hands. But there wan m rctpome.

“I shall have to find some wat- cr somewhere." ho muttered. "Dash fir-Harvey's got the brandy. A stiff dose of that would lI-ing him s- found!"

l-Iorocefohlsfecitmdfortlw first time noticed that the houn wu utrongoly silent. Ho remember- od now that. he had not bani the door open or clone. Harvey mould have been buck by now. What in the world In ho doim? When

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landing, and lbﬂfbﬁlw bluntly into the dork mu beneath.

"Harvey!" he called. "Don't play the fool! I ncod the brandy for Hurray."

It: voice-cuboid and IQ-QGIIOIG about tho silent house. He waited tmtil the rotinds had died away.

"Hervey." he cried. "Do you hear me’! Harvey!

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ment he paused in indecision, then he returned to the room.

Murray was still lying where he had left him. Everything was eerily still. He could not. even hear the other breathing. He bent his head anduistened. Of a. sudden there was a muffled pattering outside.

"Who is it?" he shoulted.

The pattering ceased and oven as he stood, pulse racing, ears and eyes alert. the mom was plu in darkness and them was he sound of something striking the hearth.

"l-Ian it- ‘ho candle!" he mut- tered. went down on his hands and knees and groped in the inky blackness. ‘The candle must have toppled from the mantelpiece. It could not Lave rolled far away. but wherever it; was it eluded his sweeping hands.

He stood upright at last. Again he heard a sound from outside, the time a. creaking on the stairs. Ho ran to the landing, fortified by the common-sense explanation that the weight of wind on an old house would cause the stairs to creek. But Just now his nerves were Ll! a-tlngle. ‘

A shadow loomed up on his right. He swung round facing it. then darted towards it, but the shadow had gone.

"Harvey. for God's sake stop play- w] the fool!" he-cricd. "Harvey!

ere are you?"

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