zMerqcLI-jﬁhostsl Are- .

ﬁhristmasiliaitors Who Rarely.

' ‘Disa'point" ' 5 .. ayenou oasis ’

y . w¢ 11124 "m"?

_ with Peter-Pan , ’ t we believe in y fairies than ha . lnith in ghosts at; this season. aregenerollsandde- l

u. u ugh; u" tainaoo nno 1i. ,.,,. 0r counie. .11 the 9.51M 11111? read 811515- peare they would have no ﬁngullmellis at 91111891115- “Ths-‘poet records a belle! t lt:_ . "No spirit stir abroad: ._ »

The night-ll are wholesome: then-no til-mite .11"?-

No {airy takes, nor witch hath power to charm.’

Unfortunately, i! eyel- the people tavgured this tra- ‘dition it -was not endorsed by the yuieulde spooks. It was a stillolder legend that the. whole twelve days o! Christmas roused ghosts and witches to eerieactivlty. From what we know of the habits. 91' 1311B 1111111919116 White les who, are reputed to haunt some o! the ancient mesol Enzland they would certainly not mink of paying calls at any other sea-son.

Even so, no ghost is trustworthy. It was only -t'ivo Christmases ago that a rich American store mag.- irate advertised lor an old English mansion, but he in- sisted that it should have its yuletids ghost. Ho re ceived a surprising number-o! oﬂers. The one hear:- ccpted was that or a Suﬂolk house, because a famous ﬁrm of estate agents were able to give documentary evidence of the pori al hnuntings. But that was ull they could do. ‘they could not guarantee that the Yankee and his guests would see the traditional ghost

a. "

. .68! youns. Lady." esteemed iriend tor many ‘ ' _' j ‘Ajifiie haduvery sane and dsiinitcsccsonlif , _, , .

aim-n got oi! the. table and an to plain: the room. _‘ - . .

"Uncle Henry was alwayi sruhiblina IBM m! love-aﬂalrs-triﬂing with- peoples’. _ ,_ , tiotiahesallcd it. I suppose he thought. i! -I got sittlﬂ down." ' _ ‘ ‘ . ' -.

"rum. was the case 0111181011118 nephew." 11w

l marked. o . . . ., ‘wigs; Dawson? welLilPctor ' 10ml!!!

iool oi huuwi Just because z relused him x can't be _

blamed." y -- ~ . , . "You encouraged-him. and mined his lilo." " . “Quite. Also, there was Patgﬂolnersby and the

‘rinklory boy and that weird youth named Wil-

llanison—-" ~ s , y. Mr. Rawllnls curtailed this ﬂippancy. "Your uncle, who adored you. and spoilt y

fromthetime he adopted you as a-"tiny child. w»

deeply grieved at theseheartloss ﬂirtatious o!

You have caused an inrlnito amountot‘

and

sg-aiuch lo 7°i1-.l-.114I'il?"~ . "vibe tumwl J .. tw- p “methods re

Wititwliillthiut you also‘ p ' '11s" biggies‘ her witlra Tfyiunir- nitric .1“ '- w»

upanddowii ‘ jwillmarry you." . " _ . when nunitbui uy

m? -... ~ pianiod on Christmas Eve." He . _ hurtiu hisoyes. Blowly . i tpciuhls suituac on the l:- . l‘! shall Malone-tor Christmas. liter a113,’ e ' - wire to Jmy Jnothcpand . .. . '. ' t 0 . _ y ,_ , ‘tliciintt at tho door. or the register-once and _ was performed wi startling rapidity. car» awaited her _‘ tside. and Paul

H ing Christniaslalonér" There voles. ,

‘ l" she anawcredwith emphasis. ﬂan-trio's. They live about ten miles o _ . , ‘driving over in timo-iorldlnneirto- 111i’ whole 080W! there. I It'll be a. tremendous

"no stood-alone lhthe sci-set. hat in hand. ~ and watched the red car ‘glide out o! sight. . I D O O l ' »

y lsolngtb!

- ; " l "hcjlﬂll _

"Miss Gloria. there's ‘a letter Just come tor you." The maid stood. salior’ in hand. beside the ilnsslng 1117191111!!! 1161', W111?! mistress was putting the ﬁn“-

"Thdnk ou,'Olivo." Hastily she scanned the lew _

“you let, me

gs ' the u‘ " mmgnnupuy in which meuottaceulvﬂl P“ iii... the cu- m the door. ole!- r1919” hilninto the any parlour. WPlWnF-‘P, ~ - “‘°"5$l.'i‘£ on troublef".

Tiuuinwbulsceu i..."..‘..v.... and Those g9 Fintlwlt

.. i¢.1a,ruiiiaiiai1bowca~~~

my imi-rxavourrr y; §

13in: she stood buxom

~ a m‘ ‘d "" M11. .. i=1 . g"_i’l""dtlij - ,',.. ' ‘ won rtul-w ml. Glo -' y Horlaughingfs ‘ .-.. “Thmkﬂyog wmntlrnight. Jilsanwhile, why did you ask metoealli. 1m in u hurrah’ ,, took her hllliilﬂllllﬂl- v "Glqys, to~d§ythe law made you my his ydua-Just once?" Angriiyashe’ stooped‘ sndynilliled Ill! 111B 111M114” cloak. » . . . "Did youlqskone to come here for that?" “Yes. I did-ff _ . . "Then you might havssaved yourscll the trou- ble." . Belom she ooiild get past hini he. sprang to the door and locked iﬂpocketing the key. Hcr lip curled with scorn. ; , ‘ "For heaven's sake, don't behave like a pm from a penny novelette. Lot hie-go at once!" "Not. until I have kissed you. ' "Bo that's the sort oi’ beastly cad you are! I was a looito trust you." ~ ~ ~ ' "There is nothing oaddish in wanting to kiss one's wife." .. .: . . - "Oh, don't keep harping on that. You know well enough that our marriage is one in name only." - "You said so, yes." PAnd you promised-it should be so." "I didnot. I merely said I would marry you."

wile. Won't

‘a baggy Christmas: flherobis masvproduction o! greet. pgdlgyggg,’ > ; . . V .,

. u this yzll nonsollsei .1 hm all these wishes cheap, DUIHIBBiQI-jnoinﬂfﬁrwllfdd’! ' By no means. _

l n t lot us“ get, , "point, clean-the wishes oi our Irish will not. o! _ lues. us happy. Unless mwwnwwuco 1y". .. v

ca. _ ' ~ .

I » , , , ‘ - ‘Ingive ‘ "Whotakes core .'

to give a hejaaleitwlshl shipping» to all his (or her) y tivatlng a. nsighbourlyjecllng, and that ~’

"IBBQB: 18 C I r undoubtedlyconttibutos to happiness.

ml: rooanlcn '

But llsvillu “ism matter of. ﬂhrlilmw curds ancgmvu .. "instill-yin indulse our" esireli. or all those, is who rush on to the Riviera and WPBrlr-‘lor ‘Ohrls would be hlbiiy. They have inoncy to satisfy their whims; they receive plenty o! presents and wishes. -

" w‘ ,' lfiv-g-p, '.".". " . ‘ V ‘ " We are, ulloi.’ us. vely ciﬁiul-to-wlsh each other

Jltbyarewvrth- . ‘1

' 1 written "Wshovbrwught this‘) Is anyone‘ walt-

“A llttlbvllbhaelsduniss. Hesaid there-was no answer. andwent on." ' ‘Wolf withdrew and Gloria read -

"mww "6"" "(i ran) Oan A‘ ma} ' 1 .~. , ,0 __ , call 1D annular Fvfdlilnﬁlilllel on‘ yozrwwdyio the Jar-

‘Tlll- R6118‘ urgent. ‘Yours, Paul!“ l Till _ “WW1 llllillahtllllly. Bow tiresome or 1°11!‘ lllu'lrllcn.wliy,oouidn'i " ’her‘ln Oil , Dhhﬁrwrlhlhe hdilments ‘law her suitcase» and

I .. ». y

11m shallrsturn, Olive. Have a 1w;

'l‘hey HIVWBVCIYIILIWISII thing they desire; but they stroll the Millicnt Promenade des Anglais, and haunt the luxurious hotels ositho Place veniioms in search orsomdthillglthat is possessedoiba ragged little boy in a city slum, and which ‘they could not buy Irom him even ltllie were iwilliagito _

->-.'_-;;;v ‘

are they lisnnywhotasscmble at iamllysatherlncs “'

in IRIIBMDUIPYIOIIIQI- in the most desirable nooks or ~ our oountryninhoincs, when stint isunknbwn, and .. _ when no son or simulator-lacuna inheritance? . .

Not glwﬂyg, .7. 1' ...-u__ . w, . 1

m cadmium/st the lamlly. reunion are 0m" ., ioroedbsmiisshthogsiaty is. ml-nulaotured. Among the mwn-up»soiis_.snd..danshlcre. there um sncers at the s . ir»°ll?q'l.hit9 ‘sclltlmllllt W1l1¢11 . _. y brine ‘the inmlly weather at.

thslbored‘ ; it. 1 The women u‘ “I810 INN. but

It was bOMUse'0!-$11“_1Wl8‘ih.§ti'il¢$6dj\¢‘ pron ‘thiswill!’ , - "Andi! Ihnotmarriodbyftlie timespod-ﬂﬂli’! get nothllls?" ' ‘ v _, _ "Notapumy." ~ Gloria brows together in uiooaht. Thus was butoae short week lcttqto chi-lama: nap-one yveeitbetwcca‘ alums

.. "lxliavc it" she cried excitedly. "mum-simply stalmxthagoltllilllt boﬂrigledtby that-iiatc..__!t y, nothing a u ‘lick; my ucbaad. on ._ mn-ieqdoasitir Bolﬂwotilaybdll-Qii‘ {is contour with tlm regulations, and catly sites-wards." _ y ,_ ~ The Ind Inwa- me to lﬂllloet villa-sci , . ' "My our mun: lady. what ideal

.ia mining to prevent your. '

when Christmas came. PATHETIC LOOKS! The White Lady happens to be the most depend- _ . 1y a dozen country

Slowly theoolour drained from her face.

What ehactlyho‘ you mean?" ' "

"Slmplythis. iYou made me marry you and now I cannotletyou go. Stay with mo, Gloria, ii’ only just ' (or "thisolie "night. I need you so!" There was a strange loolc in his clean-sliaven. weather-beaten face, and his mouth act into a rugaed line. He came to- wards her, his arms ‘ tretchcd Gloria strained hack, but his arms were hard around her.

"Gloria, stay with incl" he pleaded.

"Let me I0. I W11 you. let me got" '

, W111i v umgsilll holding he: he lifted hel‘ lace until‘ he; b v gcgssvmet j a "'For the ‘l s t e I ask you, will youstay with

Mildenhall, in Bullolk. a. white I341! will. i! she N913 her appointment, appear and glide, silent and graoctul. through a large drawing mom, casting. just a. sad. sweet glance around her as she vanishes mrollghztbe richly carved closed doors. Bhc has never been iden- tilled. . . _ , ..

A more particular White Lady makes: Christmas appearance in a-homo in the Qu She

orn country. » chooses to be seen only by such guests as were born in December. Ho: lavouritc bedroom suddehly glows with a. beautilui solt white light and this is tlielicrsltl

‘ﬂhcrapproaoh. . > ._ . '

P -'- she cdmcsdreassd in‘ agowirwhioliius the lustre

,__pl rich. white silk but he: lace is untorgcttably path- etic.. Its isaliiddsn, andabldiiigjialn.

"One tradition runs that this te lady mom-oh ' 1h; plﬁye Y t. ~ ‘villa "W16 111B“ ﬁckle lover who lalled to mp a omnibus try t * . - . ~ a ’ - " i will, and it u was» “to-keep onthe right-side of lulu" brokeherheart. < _ ,--- ., - ' ' _ V _v _ _ ' .

What is the moat a nriate-sliostxor 0 ~~ ' - . .. ' ' ’ ' wnaw ls THE snclwlfr p s

My personal vote wou ~.be.glven to the niiser.» It is not always so, o! course, and one reioices that.

lt is simply W111 Jim thatsueli niggairdsiir ' . “ -. ‘ ' f ‘l i i 1- ~ ,' _ , , ‘ ‘ ' n» -~ My <- 1-» - CHRISTMAS (JACKLERS m in l» m» EmPSQB glsghe mocnandsce how wetcQanMbe-ﬁ . “lltmvlﬂllllll! ' i " ‘ I u... \ " .4.‘ " -_ . ‘ l. m some m‘ the“ y a m“ m _ y

this Obtll Ml o: you." - m‘

my. "m ‘ m ch ma“ “No, no, nolifshe rasped, pushing him from her. ’- ‘my r» m hlsﬁleiiuthered her Billilhinhlsannsandcrlished h psﬂto hers. Belore she knew what she was doing er na s were tearing at his hair and her teeth de- scended with a snap into the thick part or his wrist. i

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. . -—'1'* " or , ,1 da ‘human sincerely pleas- m hall" in the twentieth century. ‘ “W111! "°1'"°',1"1*"l1i1llI-¢l1il _ ' 3p? $13: thbir-‘llﬁrlnts'~thleli‘r sonically. and to muni- mssa cones ro COUNT: . "Blltvwllevegglw 91l- Ylu also you ' - l. lest unu- usve.‘ nucyby‘ u that true ol every There is a ﬁne old ghost o! this kind who, may be refused’ ﬂow’ ‘M u“ I “n ‘ ' 511°“ 1'¢““‘°n~ 1 I expected in one o! the most storied and. picturesque ' HallsinYorkshin. Thea a tliatbenmdcaior- tune out or the poor and su erlng in Londomat the time ol’ the Plague and then retired with his riches to the North. . . ' ', -_ The wealthy shunned him because o! his sinister reputation, and he had no thought ior the 110M. ', ﬁe spent the rest o! his lite in counting hismoney andég

who. men's nanny? '. ' -

».. ‘ u.» _ _._- . » - What intneiecmtci chrutmu happiness? I run wrltoonly omn- own sundown I he“

spent Christmas inniany ways and in divers Flaw!» but the mellibf! o: the hassle“, Ollﬂ-"lllem- "W; ,_. irom those itruchudnood bellmc to s cwlud "mm _;; lived ina pubs district. close t9 one will W"

I81‘. . ' pofln those days‘, 1 would be out and aboutss early < g as seven o'clock on Oliristmss momma. making m! . way through endlesssti-eets o! little housu. _ which heavily-laden postnisn picked their way 111 “(I . silence broken only by theoocalional ltulh o1. <>h11<1~ ~1 ren inspect the contents o! their stocklllaﬁ. testing v thetlntrum snduicdcuuistwmiiduy 141mm»

l! you squecaed ihhard enough. _

1 had to walk about two mi-lol, ior thcrs were no Lramcafﬂ ninning so-early on 1 Christmas Day. and w sometimes the walk was through and slum. 01‘ d, through navy a biunc wihii.

At the elirlol the Flimsy. a _

a hundreds oi ﬂilldrsn; will: , children w W" that hardly anylqruicin- _ _ unsgwhed 0M1!»-

wlrrmelulllciltu _l .1 I .

. I Thchall. , a jriilrilassl-ﬂﬂ 11W" <l°¢°"' -

tions. and bits ofihullr and mileage; but only small lol- hollyandniistleiioowas tart ttrcomc by. some o! the cluldrca iniaht RHW a, holly 11nd crew bemlivhero in. the Wllllwi

met 9 V"! they

“ “m” t° 9°“ as Dick Whitt ' M“

, . ,» ingwns cat, and tbs

ff, lff§f§thlmm “"1 “m” 1°" only uung they give him w drink all -. 30533,: “Became I wished to B‘, the evening was a saucer of milk.

to the lootball match."

..deadlyi'earthatsolneotthq germs ol the.p_ __ mlshtbelnhisbody- Nowhisbonyandcmaoil' ghost returns to county and count and again count his mystical golden hoard. ‘ ‘

It is such a-sruesomely typical story that‘ it scans almost a pity 3p add that this is the only known ghost bearing the namo o! Robinson.

There is aOhrlstmas ghost in a ma-ilaion neat .Minehead, in SQMEYSQU, who is a, yer-y n; time zvcoming. Guests have assembled each Dxcmber in the hopethat something would happen. Ibr- ' times

ﬂﬂiglltﬁ in succession during the Christmas ma: 11d: ..__ g ,. some years past they have heard the sound oi loot- ‘ - - - ' ‘ - u" _ I- ' .. 3 . stepsacoompaniedbyialntharksoiadogﬂlhenhave '_ ' j " * 1' " ' ; ; ~‘ Jollowedthree Ientle taps on tho door. Alterthihﬂio - - -_ .- . -- * ' " - ».; -‘ ~' ' ' strange serial ghost story has been suspended [up m, < ma! Imam (u. c; - miﬂsﬂvak CALLER: "I rind that other yea-r. , ' . .5 . . - . -’ tor): "and remember, dear, when. 1 3"“ "111" 11°11‘ 7°" 18 m“ 1° l‘ Mllllffmv Y“ w» lime the PWUFEW an n1 that‘! hive goes w you." ~ beet-lee" ' ' 115211011551“ V1850: 0f a W! '- b “meg: “Tum; yam ‘mt-la no LANDZORDZ "talk? ‘UM ,5 "1 W" 195.111. Y. Ootsteilsol m ~ ms i" YWKRDIWBHW. .Wuﬂ9¢¢¢ ~ the mysterious moth to keep him in remembrance. m’ 3"’ w“ “n” ‘7 9m“ to ﬂnd it lull iii-white mite?" ' -. SPRING-BIBLE!) 8200K: ‘ , ’ - I . Itmustbeastimngseirpariﬂnce " from the yulotido fair and suddenly m ﬁnd a Lﬂditillmllm upon one’: back. Yet _ v , the ghost which-la allppodod to haunt a lonely it country road in Y ‘ ~ -. -

The cynic might suggest that this must have been

r ‘he ghost ollilistxess Prohibition, for when the Brown Lady was not getting her unconventional "lift" grain the homecoming iarmcrs, she mode her appearance when all was merry in the historic vllille inn. ‘ﬂiers she would sit on the cask and in some prevent the now ol seasonabie liquor. . _ f .‘_ ,_

Brown Ladies are much less welcome

_ the sedate and gi-acoiui Whlteéhadioo. The most-ram-

<-"ous Brown spirit appears iii on Nortoli‘ scat -'oI tile Townsheada. Few ghosts have been so‘ _ ‘

authenticated. This was due to one otyherumanyin’

discmtiolis. - " - ., I -». c.

TWoIllests satupvsryiaisamr all

members M a Jolly house-party ‘ad

theywerssoiortilhaisuiorccoi a

beautiful ghost dresiil in

cade. liar tenures

r I'll/I. ' v L1 .//’ "_ ﬁliiiii.

mas-minimums "my 19"” '9‘ ‘IMF F!

. . v . F133 _ _ tbzlmeunyt’: ‘ﬁniiﬁﬁiili’ ‘.13.? "§i§<>"o§?¥>’ Eiiﬁunw-Zui-uiuu inagfﬁlﬁduiﬁqnﬁésr. oralnh" " ovum“ ~ ‘ ’ "= - ’ -- ~ ii you'll take your‘ pipe outollriiy ' ‘Hwiwdm ' ‘

.. .1.» -. . --; "110. Mummy. and than»; couldn't." mouth."

that can:

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