‘u. amend... vane. FOUR

(By W. A. SWQOIWY)

1n a street behind t-hO P111118 Royal ln Paris sI-OOd the antique and curio shop cf Monsieur Gilles. kllL-Yll l0 collectors e..l over Paris. 0,, 4, certain, oold, foggy Christ- mas Eve a young man called Georges Vidal was makinﬂ hi! “WY slowly [D the establishment of M. Gilles. lie was walking slowly bﬂbillrc he yvus going to work. ‘ Lleurgcs, indeed. alvmys walked; slowy to work. It tvas not iatliille‘ or rid ice that caused him w W811i sloiv.;. zur he was a. very

mun, bu; 1 mental attitude prO- (iuoed by the thought of work. ‘At such moments 681N865 Yfqlemed», hjngingly, on the manners and customs of fakirs and Buiiciillst-s and people like lanias who sat for years in bleak fastnesses (101118 nothing but ponder.

Anyone meeting Georges going to work and subsequently encounter- in", him cu his way to the cinema, say‘, could be excused for conclud- lllg lilJL Georges luid an unfortun- au; mm brother who was suffering from incipient ralysil in the mg: snil who worke with M. Gilles, the aniiquarzan.

I: urns Chrisimzis eve. and though the tinsel and holly glistening and, shining in the shop window's made Georges slop lllilll" a time and gaze at the display \\..li eyes that also shone and glistened, nevertheless, he was feeling far fzom festive.

There were two reasons for his‘ being out of harmony with the‘, season, the}: were u lady called‘,

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broke and couldn't buy her a‘

rstums present. , \\"‘cn Georges, still plunged in a stale of gloom. arrived st tho an-i tiqiae siiop, sighed and entered, ' ' l" employer, said: ‘

llie young man walked behind‘ the ccuiue; and facing an imagin- ary custuiier placed one irund on we (punter and ralsed the other in ping gesture.

1, addressing we have here the most icinar .e collection in Paris-I Clllllll 2o say iii Europe. ‘Ihere is nothing ii; this establishment, monsieur, tvhioh does not bear g histozy. That inkwoll- Moliaro it to write Le Cid. That qiiitt'—"

"Stop!" roared M. Gilles. “Mol- icre didn't wriie Le Cid. imbecile! Did the relormatoiy where, un- doubtedly, you received your in- atnicrion, never tell you of Racine, ldlil? A thousand million times have I made you go over this and will you are cflpnble of saying that Elkllnt‘ Past-u! wrote La. Fontalntfs fables, sdiift! null de-"

"That ink-weal." Georges correct-L ed himself, “was used by Moliere to Write Le Bourgeois Gentllhommo at the communal of Louis XIV. That quill-pen it was Balzads. 'I‘ii:ii snuff-box has felt the touch nf zlio cunning fingers of Cardinal RlFllflllﬁll. That chair behind you -re:rird the chair, monsieur-creak- ed in ihe weight of Tullevrand and rlinsn lmnis~if monsleiir will cast ~ upon the boots-avers worn

by . .il!l‘(§ Chcniei" lwfore lie com- fmsiti xlie uiurseilliiisc, anti-J’ "Sltlll for the love of heaven!"

throwing his hands skiwards. , ah, Mon Dleui listen to himl Andre Creme-r compcsing the Marseill- Anvnzil!” he cried, "will you lv-tirn it? Numbskull, will you drive me to my grave with your lQllUYﬂllCB? Am I to suffer your—"

At this point M. Gilles, much against his will, stopped, for a cus- tomer had entered the shop. Cast- ing a murderous glance at his assistant, the enraged antiquarian stepped forward to greet the pro- spective buyer.

groaned M. Gilles,

"I want to have s look smund for a Christmas present," said the customer.

"We have here, monsleur, I assure you.“ siild Gilles, throwing a glance at Georges to see if he were paving attcntiou "the ghost remarkable collection of antiques and curios in Paris—I claim to say. in Europe. There is nothing in this establish- m '. mnnsieiir, which has not a hlsurv Retard that ink\vell—M0l- lee ‘red i1. to write Le Bourzeois Gent llwume iii the command of Inuls XIV. That quill pen-it was! Balznfs. rum. snuff-box ms reitl the ioceh of the cunning fingers ofl Cardina‘ Richelieu. That chair be- hind Ybu-reizard the chair, mon- sleur-wenked to the weight of Tulle“ and. and those boots—" here M Giles glanced biilefully in the (llrection of his assistant once more and raised his voice-"thooa boots were worn by Camille Des- vnoullns monyeur, on the way to the scaffold. . "That cloth of blue and gold was on the table at which Racine vvrole U: Cid and Andre Chenier wore that waistcoat and, doubtless, wrote nOPmg in it.

"If mnnsleur is not precisely a gollcctor perhaps he would put bim-

Ibr Christmas comes but once n Aye. shall they be merry.

Though other‘s‘pi;rse.s be more W[l,\'!.;1fa‘$l;]d we pine or grieve at

Hang sorrow! care will kill l cut, And therefore lets be merry.

Kikl and ihe tact that Georges waslhuma" 119111145

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self to the tvoublc of stop go the back salon, where la £11,“ something suitable for s Qnriszmu present. If you will follow me, rnonsieur . . - ."

As Monsieur Gilles and the m5. i-OHM‘ departed tu the back of the establishment Georges took his seat behind the counter. Ho wits nvi $0 much occupied in antiquities (as has been already said) 11m puricular morning as in a verjv mudcrii piece o1 goods to be found. no: live mlnuli-s’ walk atvay,

The surname of this precious obitfct uf ari uas Diiclos-l{iki Dutuos, and Georges would have gladly exchanged the boots of‘ Camille Desinogiliiis mid uli the

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church of Our

looked out. ‘Hie. closed und we N .

clear. She door softly behind her down the steep stone‘ stairs. ing the floor bcluw swiftly and made llci‘ way peek my her room again.

The concierge was laboriously. Kikl sighed. She (iv- tesied the concicrtte, for zill do detest (‘UllC The latter lady entered ilie , and stood with folded arms reu 111B Riki pulling on a pair of worn

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gloves. t

“E11. 1718B." said the concierge, "virnat about the rent?“

Kiki did not reply at once, (he continued to fiddle about \\'l'.il gloves. She did not like the co - ciergea conversational st‘: ~ it ‘

H86 (who Went bv the totally m 198171112 mime oi’ Angelm been 1.. . 1118 t0 a rich prospective eleni. she would have indulged in rum ' requesting 11in, w Dug, __ the suffering and misery o

down and thereby enchant her- beyond measure.

With the occupant of the top, TOOIHJIOWBVQI‘, her cherry chit-chptl these days was gcnerzuly confined’

to "Eli. Dicii, vous evcz des cous pour mozi") Brief, lucid, virilc ill style

I ‘hope to fix up something to- day," replied Klki, coldly. From “haze do you intend to geti

‘the rent? It is six weeks overdue."

‘Kiki seemed to be having some]. difficulty with one of her glovesJ “I shall makc nrrangipneiit this‘ afternoon, no doubt," she sziid,l freezingly (and this was not diffi- cult for she had no fire in har mom). She would have given her best hat to be in n. position t0 smack this woman across the face and then drop her eight storeys from the window.

Angelo laughed harshly. “So you said before," she said. "Well, all I have to say is either you (ind the rent to-morrow or I get a tenant who will pay." With this womanly and festive mcssnzxc delivered she left the room, slimmed the door.

Kikl looked at tlic closed door for a while and then, ejaculating the word “Crapaudl” walked clown the stairs and out.

"And tc-morrowﬂq Christmas Day," dhe murmured, with a sigh.

As she entered the curiosity shop Georges smiled when he saw her.

"Glerle." he said, by way of opening the conversation. "I adore you .-

"I know,’ she replied, "but the old one-is he in?"

"He is said Georges, "at the luck.“

"Georges," murmured Kiki next. "I am hungry.’

“Mon Dieu." whispered the

wretched young man, an expression of anguish sweeping across his face. His hand dived into his triuuseri, pocket and produced two two-franc, pieces and a franc. It was n11 lie. had, five francs. l

Klki shook her head decisively. i

"No, cherl. you are generous, but| I am not going to take all you have. ‘ Glvs me two francs. You must

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have lunch -

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room," protested Geor 1 , "that is going bad, 8% ymsly’ Take all this; l get paid to-ulght."

was prevail-d upon to ace. c n francs. LP u“

w he 201m; w give you a rise?"

nUOlllliy, ‘information about by MarQFll NP)’ lit Lilo SIOJHJIH of

ilid, intermingled, by why of with knowledge o1 iii.- ‘ by ltubeinzs when lie \\".-<~ti~ waistcculs and entire \\'1ll'dl'O‘.)(33 of or whulcvcr it “has he “N, 81- I116 DOf-‘is of the l.i.~r i0 centuries what for one of her bootlaccs or a bit of‘ coiicie her garter.

Kiki Duclos lived in a top room Gilles and his customer emqﬁed m the Place des Petlts Peres, where from the back. ‘ E stands the famous Lady o_f Victories. Kikis room ivnsl“l shall probably cull P10531113’ U18 Cilllﬂftlet in llic wurlrlyiij; tit ought to hzue IXJUXU, but Ill. lllﬁHillulVlllg me your “uh; lihnient she could not pav the rcnt uolectiloii, lilonsjcur. —and it was Christmas time. was out of work.

She . pityalhotvetier, about can estl ks, ht "g - .,-

Walking gently to the door Klki them 5-05 lliiVf-gifbl you m“ H

opened it and

coast was the dame

“FY1118 Y0 100k as opulent as mountlnryin the cheap little fmei; 11111410 _iu'i.'~c f siv Ill0lll§1~

llﬂrted, M. Crlles rcganle"

mate mistrust nnil (l-lfl‘

lacked something. Had ziieYduei-i"

iilngxwsrious. He would glye ‘W,

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“Ihsvo sstookod Ioodln my

I assure you,

"B1" YOU!‘ pziy l3 llltii“tg.'l_','cli." Flluilly, iiftir much nruiiiiil-iit, she

"Llswn. Coco." said Kiki, "when “He has promised it ioy n“; 111111111» S0 1111'." wuiii on Liuowcs "about nil he grit, up; is llic socks worn

lie Bastille, or wluircxei- u \

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did that rge, Before Kiki had time to .Ll)l

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say to-duy,

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"Well," said Kiki in s loud voice- n1 llll ‘w ili

fiiuiicco. -, Nu

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t. L tlllf. y got

ii '., those aiic;

got them " "We ivculd be 011v .4 ~l ~ ivoiilii ilmlillll‘ ound iiic irremisi-s

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iii}.

‘said Gauges, bOlVillg gun-mil. ', she turned, the wai

"Maxi, monsleuy.” 5mg K

nut with an eye filled . . v

"Wliut ancient

Jl .0 fill‘ llil

. whsvl about the rent?"

his p831 until she found a job-not that at was muclruiit ihough lio could manage on u men. 3, tiny of bread and sauclsson the lluw in the plan was that Kiln would refuse blankly to lislcn to such ziu arrange- meiit.

And it was Cliilstinas eve and he hadn't even B. present to give her and she would probably be put out of her room to-morrow

Be sighed miserably, and at that mtmcnt the shop door opened.

At a. glance Gcorfics could tell that the woman who entered with the man was an American and the ‘man an interpreter. Ho was right She was a Mrs. Elijah Digby. whose husband, in a< place called Gun- lever City, Texas, made money by the hundredwelglit from a system of reselling scrap-iron for twenty-live tmcs the price he paid for it.

After the interpreter explzvned something to her in English Georg- es ccared his tiliront.

“We have lie.e, madam," he said, wlille the interpreter translated at the 0nd of evi-ry sentence, "the most rcmurkziblc collection of rin- tiques in Paris-J clnim to siiy in Europe. Tluit lnK-WC1l-~»-MO‘.lEl‘0 used it b0 Write the Mnrselllnisc."

As the interpreter Wns gazing at him in wlId-eyii-d sort nf manner, Georges added hastily, mezm to write Lc Bourgeois Gent nine at the command of Louis .\it' ‘ltiiit quill p€ll—B.’lllil(‘.'$. Those llfl.ll.'i—— if madam will kindly cast iicr rye upon the boots-were worn by Cardinal Richelieu on the way to the scuff-J‘ Georges paused, con- scious that something was ivrong again. He seemed cloome/l to irip up on those accursed hunt, And then in his 'relief the interpreter said.

"Madame is interested in this chain, evidently."

‘Hie Americnn wrmnn was lirind- ling a "fine gold rlmln 1hr hid picked up.

“Thiit, mndiifn." liemm (ironies. "belonged lo the Baron llui sznvin, the man who made llir- Paris of in- l diiy." Luckily sht- lmrl picked up something of whose history he vxas

sure. IQIQdJII-Udliudbwlli-Hnlllliilﬂl

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TANGLED TITLES

SOLUTION

1. NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 2_ BARNABY RUDGE. 3. DAVID COPPERFIELD. 4. THE PICKWICK P 5. A CHRISTMAS CAROL 6_ THE OLD CURIOSITY BIOP-

A SEASONABLE MESSAGE

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PEACE ON EARTH '10 MKN OI‘ GOOD WILL."

A ROUND ROBIN sournox swoon, cnnsr, smog. knoll.

GIIOST, STRAP, APP LIACII. CHAIR, nears, Turn, no“.

(a. Howlock) tmuox omoiv. ONSET, sruiin. mas swan. 01m YOU co - no ORNITHOLOGY sonuuou 1 cums: s cnow was. 4, OWL. 5 riumorr, o’ buck, 1 HEN, 8 GULL, 8 LAB-I, 1O SPARROW, 11 PEEWIT, l! BANE.

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andhis heart unks little. She would be sure now to lift some ob- ject whose history he couldn't, for. the life of him, ranember .

If only she would take thl b00915. Or the waistcoat. Whose waistcoat was it, again, anyway? . . , . It wumiiiher“ wishes w inwv m

“ amo history of the comb," said the mm-

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plui‘iﬁ' sued: Here he men safe ground. The comb, o little tortoiseshell comb, was something Georges knew all about, for it had come in only the before. blon- sicur Gilles had spent an hour tbs previous evening tallin| him about it and its price.

"That comb, madam; lu all, "is one of the latest acq tions o! the house. 0f course, madam undir- stands we me in emit-Ant 001$ with the greatest and molt renown- ed collectors of Europe.

ed to the lsh Impress Ir- genle and bu recently come ma: Eingland."

He was about to add something about her long and prosperous reign 0n the English throne, but thou: B it. wiser not to risk

“it i; quite beau ” am American woman. She viiguest ides of who the Eugenie was, but it right, anyway, and the m!!! in lhil shop, she had been told tic arédt gens-singed. "And once o e roll lllllnh say. Well, I k lhIVl rt (lrindy souvenir to shnw the (nib at home. Ask the young mm the price of it," she said t0 $130 intu- prefer.

"ll is an object of hi‘! VINO. madam," pronounced f‘ , halv- iiy. "nnd the price Is three thous- and francs."

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The lady had already opened not ' '

‘was woumvs nun: — ‘

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that I hadn't already Plwﬂed °1‘

ldandlwas 8° .0. I tooklt outof myb -

when I

comb bearing s small crown worked

three thousand francs were goln8 toenable Klki w mm 1w’ 1>°Y whom she loved-o so muchl-dl-

its ms hopeess ou ook in the In- ? business (at which Geo?!"

‘°i was in here-wh e 1 mm _..

ing to pop it

attract-is are syonymous with

to come and spend the holidays with them. The Christmas candle is symbolic of the Star of Bethle- hem. Holly is supposed to be par-

The sleigh bells jingle And sweetly mingle With children's joyous mzi-m.

SOLUTION “hsTY-“um” attmethis gpﬂthetio lngrrﬂllted by muttering "Not so Minn-iv lucky for men. ‘Ilgvimgly, ciaxesslngly, “is” ‘m’ ‘h’ ‘mwm-‘M g 211mm into the B1161" "1 Km *1" 1mm” “W? m” 1*“,g‘,§;$°;"‘,,,“,,," Many gardeners know that there sn§1fu§¥,§,°“§§°,§fs°°“d' ii and .2) 18 and 2) (5 s l y mm then regarded her ship to-day ) she wou ,. . mo‘. ‘M hm“, “m,” o! P,“ m8 their put ""“ i” “d " uioxgiitnuy. one . a strange. sigh m let thfotn have it ll I M, _ m, m,“ he“, ha, mm, 3,3,, to we m, m, '_“" stiffened expression 3w W Si" Q "11" wwm‘ e m“ leaves, and the - ' , t him Furthemoru. she would P" "m lmoogh Slowly and uncc A SEASONABLE f?’ h" m” "if? 3* o ' -- an us: vim bO-IIIOIIO; m?‘ h u, giggly‘; mm Heaven itself $2., 00mg, a ' he con A to become in?» “iiimgwnhubz-rtisiilar restaurant mam“ "mum": l“ the m!‘ Isfkplﬁ glxlsdbyihllt?’ eNeGllAM snmrrtmm” ' “W “m” ii mine ~1- we» M e- dit; tlﬂ"i.i‘.?i.'inl’.lfi'.lli“ﬁ.l“ m; iii aria i... Sowrm" m» h" "Y" '""“"°° ‘W “Ft; “rlti“ﬁu52'il¢‘$?u‘£ ‘n- M ‘MW °" *1" "m" II minim" ‘ ,, round the mom and finally swim“! 1i 1‘ ° w w 5m band. if so t she-holly. your °\'¢ ° H mll- 6 Ind vet A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A ‘t ., mm able. The next instant for two and e .. 6 l. d N" '1“ ‘m “Q m, “m,” mm; n, I notice this. each year i live; HAPPY NEW YEAR’ b“ bound” “gig,” m; 5110p WelL, ll 1310' “I! U!!!‘ 1 glwgya 111m (h; gun 1 “t, - mung,“ _ show dny- “b-‘wphyuh mdbﬂnim‘Buthowllovsthegiftsrgiv L I, OBLEM 0n m. table n; t. tortoise mu (The W" 11"" "W111- . (A must». carom wou.) A TRAVE R I

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it; gvrusicnns

Young Whlsker-‘s Christmas Party Was held in Wainscot Hall.

An invitation hearty H0 sent to one and all,

And plebsld mice and brown mice, Albino, black and grey,

And country mice and town mice Turned up on Christmas Day.

You should have hoard the lquoakhgn, The happy, laughing din

The merry Christmas greetings, As all the guests trooped in.

The walls were hung with holly- Rod berries all a-gl0vv—.

And oh, the scenes of lolly Beneath the mlatletooi

The Lady Mice came rustling In all their party belt,

In satin, lace and muslin, In silk and velvet dressed.

tfmi?‘ criiusrnas ,.

You should have been Id! Inert, The smart, bo-vvhllkcred isles,

Arnyod In fancy waistcoat; hcludngpllp. Hcudtslh.

1nd bow they frlskod the mum They heard the llddlon play . . .

(“Nova may l luvo the placard’... "You, It. Ian, you uni’)

Old grudinhnu and grandpa: Left crutches by the wall

fAml Joined the Ban Dance Sesnpen M. Whisker’: Chrhtmas Ball.

‘And Supper! What a spread! Ah . . . Wlut chooses round and rarel-

Dutch, Gorgonzola, Cheddar, And Cheshire and Gruperel

ﬁled bacon, pork and duckling, Rad apples by the score . . .

(“Mill Twinkle-toes, some crackling?’ "Well...jnlt on nibble moral")

The candle and: bu! uttered, The lllll was in the III!

Before the first guests mutter“! They ought to squeak Good-b)“- Antl how they all thanked Whisker

And elm-used one and all, “We've spent a gorgcolu Christmas M. Whisker’: Christmas Ball!”