{A Christmas mvvt-"rr"; l 5 Episode t q First.

1 hymn-e absolutely imlwssible 1 ur superiority, Ronald.”

n

111-._.tominity, dear

111111 two words.

T1111 111 where Mona and Ronald Her lips framed a ‘flippant, 1111

poyle had arrived on the road o

their married life. At first bliss— gloom o1 the 11101111 the , 1am

unslloysd and vastly deepflned by spectral iu the ladingg llghlweil; the arrival o! Hector Derek Fer- which one o1 tho “1111111111-1115111186 guson Doyle who was at present hud hanged ‘himself, the rustling o1 tin the absence of nurse) investi- dead leaves in an uneasy lbreezo gating the sawdust interior of‘ his She felt 11011-11111,- 111111111 ' T111111y Bear to the detriment of Mr, ; The 1119.11 by ‘her side watched Dear and the flliliearfliilfl 0f UM’- bol‘. eager and calculating, until

nursery floor. Followed petty irritations, An

noyance by Ronald that ‘Mono. "Anlhwhat is Ronnie doing to

should trifle with “hlgh-brow’

movements. A vague feeling of without a lglllilBflllle uiee . joolously in Moon's mind when stranger?" sage m‘ a Ronald spent so ‘much. time playing’ The sensation of loneliness. be-

cricket or shooting things or fus 111111; over a motor-car.

The lmotor-carl That was the scious of the world f hilt cause of alxl‘ ‘this uiliaseasonable in her voice. o erueas trouble on 1C rstmas ve . The‘, 111111.11 ,1. 1 , beautiful new Bentley ‘had arrived 111111111, Tnlneoéoméugffiee?”SJZQE: l1 ‘leek “50- "- wul ‘Rmlam lmhP-lnight have taken months of schem- 11111 out, u Christmas gift for both 111g‘ m, 1, was’ with!“ a‘ “Mm

or them. lie had since monopol-

isod the steering wheel with all the 11111 11111111161111“, k1 h 1

sense of triumph and power "5111111-1119 11911111911 3755111.: f)?

p0ilS8Bill0n gave until this morningi111111_ 1181,0110“ 10w

when Mona hnd taken it to round ' ' i ‘hll '. f ‘ ‘ i f -

live ‘minutes into for lunch and

ltounld, hungry and pacing the ‘gra-

vol in front of the garage. had de- clarell that t.lle car hnd been over- driven.

Discussion of the incident hall

culminated in n normally kind and _a a 1 1. h 1 courteous sportsman being crudelykomgfioxhsg 2,,;.\:1veu:,1:.. filer‘ The“

illsolent to the woman he adored.

"Over-driven!" thought Mona feroclousiY. as silo slowly laid her lubleirapkin on the table, spark- llllg with its polish and glass and silver. and, holding hor head very proudly. walked out of the room.

Outside the sno\v drifted down. covering the tennis-court with its

kisses, flirting with the leaves of

the pine-trees. bringing silence with the promse of a White Yule- tide. And inside a, remorseful young anan chewed a cigarette wllicll ‘he hnd iorsolleli m “Ell!-

Eplsode the Second.

The flakes were still ‘falling an hour inter when the sat-ea of the stables clazvged to behind Mona, u slim figure in her dark riding hab- 11_ .1111tride the back 0f fl"! Cllesh nut. Patty.

Dominating the countlxvsitle in

homo were two eminences covered with beech trees. They tyrannis- e11 through sheer personality. Ono

1-hour was‘ an nueilM-c ‘FINE earthwork‘. the trees on tllom lw-fl lit-en planted to commemorate o great national triumph. The (‘lumps inspired love in some. fear in others. delllmll‘ l" 0W9" 51m‘ But all telt their oppression. Patty rather than Mona took the pleasant brldleways which led through three miles of fields t0 tho Clamps. As they entered the gloom o1 the trees s. man stepped lorward hat in hand.

Nlona had sometimes wondered whether she reall)’ llked B°rn“d Karelake Did he seem to 681100 to well, too look at her a little £00 steadily, to hold her hand a little "

Who is Santa Claus?

F‘

which we all like to keo

“A1111 you're so very diilflcult in understanding.

T111, two angry 1181i‘! 0f eyes lug the storm," l..- smiled as 11 fought over the ‘lunch-told?! The helped her to slip to tne ground’ e plan was dead white, the g r_ flush. Not much 111111111_-- 1,1,1, revue‘, e11 crimson 3nd’ alien her coloulr, llgnllfily}!

11111, slowly ra I1 ~ away as s e t ' e hnd seen her fsc ah realized the urriorlnvvvblii “nil-ll! 7°59 11h. before she who 81f: h; 1n the pause before ner husband's autsrd.

111111111 the Doyles ‘hnd made their.

‘ toms Christmas has manYp.11ou' 11,11 1emmed to ms own chmnbe“

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too long? Yt it . think of these llliilgs“:llenslll1loy 1:1‘? n gay]: “Fined l" W"!!! her in a a °l ‘Ymllllllly and complete

w? wvrvv,

"The Spirit u! Good Tidings, 1111.

"And no good tidings?" he asked.

iflwer, lhut her eyes sought the

lsha turned to him, when 111,11 1111. " preamp" became Dure aollcituile.

' l9! YOu rosin about in tho gnaw

- came crushing. .. Ronnie!" she repeated, uncon-

phone, the Bible

Mons was in his arms. Between

“Como with mo, darling. At

fllflrved- Tout-titer life will be lzlolzious. we snail be glorious, for l will teach you what love really 1s. Lielcu. At nine o'clock if ti‘ see u. light in your room 1 will g0 to the eud oi’ the paddock where I will light a Cigdl't2il9—-—l‘lil‘8r3 times

As shc rode slowly homo oihc l-llfliillllll of lRonald. But ltonaltl had insulted ‘her, had insulted the womanhood for whose emancipa- ;tlon she was enthusiastic and ‘her lips tightened with cold resolve.

.1 -

Episode the Third.

But up to now we have forgot- your hearts;

talned window at the white land- scape on which tho moon which ‘hall broken through the snow- clouds smiled. But ll-lector Derek had sterner business on hand. He had ‘been reminded that, to mulct Father iCFhriBlmaS suitably. he

NE wonders sometimes on the first Qhrigtmas 1f any 01111191-5118511195 the wondering shepherds ‘heard the angels’ song. How for was it broodoast that Silent night? We cannot tell. It may have run up on God's invisible ‘wires to all uhe world. It may have been f11111g afar upon Godls radio so that men in distant Places might ‘lla ve ‘heard it had they only listened in It was a quaint thought that of the little girl wiho was sitting with hei- mother one day when she suddenly said: Mother 1et’s sit very quiet f0!‘ a mlmlte- D01” let us speak a word. Let’s be very still,‘ and let us try if we cannot hear angels singing‘ 11 111 heaven! 11 . that little one was right? W'h0 11111113.? W o knows how fa‘ not tell. But -of this we maylbe sure, that if we put .11111- 9111-5 11f faith to we telephone 0f God's word there will come to us the eva ngel of the angels ‘Behold I bring you glad tidings of great joy.’ and we too Uhis Christ mastide will rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of -glory. Or if we will take up tho record of Luke 2: 13, 14, in G0d’s Grama: 1 We Will heal‘ the SOUP,’ they sang far away Uhere on the hillsides of Bethlehem. “Glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace,goodwill toward men.” What a marvellous, thing Christmas islwhen you think of it! Italy may celebrate Gara- baldils. birthday, and France Nalpole0n’s, and Germany Bismarclcs, and a1] Amefi. cans. Washingtonk. birlihday, but nobody else in any other land. Only one Man ever born into t'he world is given glory and honor by all nations and kindreds and peo- pies and tongues. Many years ago a boy in England used to stay awake on Ohrist- mas eve because ho ‘thought that ‘he miglht hear the angels singing in the sky as they did the night that Christ was born. When. ‘he grew to be a man, he became an author and in one 0f his writings he said: “I sh0'lldn’t be a bit surprised if the angels apé sins-inn still, but; we .won’t‘hear them if we are not listening and opening our hearts to let Christin.” There is a happy and an unhappy Christmas. You know what I mean. Close up your heart shut fast; your eyes; stop your ears; refuse to see the p001‘ the sad-faced, and the broken hearted; refuse to hear the sighs of the poor, and mailned and the halt ‘and the blind; refuse to think of the homeless and the wrecked and the’ broken and those who tramp beside you in. the cold ill/inter in misery and hardship and you will have and you will deserve t0 ‘have an unhappy Ohrisiimas. Open Lip

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

“Listen ‘to the Angels”

A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE By the ‘Rev. Dyson Hague, Toronta

We may not know, we can-

open up 1 your ‘handsiopen up your ears; stop tihose farmily quar

to?‘ (algzsgltutltjgggeklréfriililzspn.18}, m rels; tiiyup sottpetteirs on slpgrovving i£i)0:SéS(f13ilt€l' sttaheds of ‘kindness; edho the angels’ ‘p; 1,1,1 1,1,1 gum 11,011,“ 11,1, “new, song, give g1 s o 1mg c er, an a v a open e heart gates to lei: Christin, and ,1, then and then only Wlll you have a happyOhrlstmas, and its lasting joy. ' i

must display his stocking on the bedpost, ‘Hector Derek's stock- ings were small. They seemed inadequate to contain what he hou- ed for. lie didn't quite put it that way. because he was still of that honest age which czlh express simple things without using four- llyllabled 1110:1111. . . lNow mother's stockings would contain quite a lot 0t chocolates. if only slle hadn't been fussing up- stairs for o1. unusual time he‘ would already have acquired one. At last there was ‘llllei- l! BBC!‘

or Derek Iliad known that his Inoth- **"

“l” and °°“c°“““5 ‘t’ by me Dickens, has ‘long ‘been recognized 5m“ l“) “mull have exlwefised as an English classic. Through himself strongly. for ‘he l°“‘l"-‘“ tho medium of a littlo Docket odi- MY- Kfirslake- tlon published by MacMillnu & Co.,l Hector Derek slid out of bed and 1t has found 11,, ‘my mm ,1“, hem.“ 95am?“ “mug l“ nwlhelfl“ "Mm" l‘ and homes of thousands 0i ipeolwle “i116 “mm Wm‘- elemflc‘ “gm so he who have neither the ‘tlnw nor llli‘ 50°“ ‘mind Smile stockings and money to expend ilpou the works 911°“ m“ large“ A“ ‘he 19H‘ ll of this great genius of English lit- struck hilln that Fflll10l"Clll'-l'$llnii3 e‘ ivwllllre. Charles Dickens. ‘in rcn-xl- Preference m" “lgm vmmlg 1m“ lug it in the spirit of its author, 9519M“ desire gm‘ secrecy whhjh . v ....l us o1 hearts have been fltll “M m l“ Wm‘ a“ that deem“ enriched and uwukcnetl to u more isht vi n - . e l‘ : 3° Hem" Derek mapped it o“ lllisngoylliutlll dgltzllnarltlilll llllcluyealll nouguout the whole of it, we sue

lew of us know the we!’ l“ which As he fell asleep ton minute“ lab tho grout heal-t of Dickens going

they first came into being. Christmas Fire

Q11 1111. occasion of il. festlv

is always the proper thins. l0 leasi- .-'.irl who stood

0n the richest and most delica fiends, Thin ls Wll)’ many good things to on ulna, including turkey. vlutu-vull ding, and mlnccpies.

Santa Claus

il-‘othor Christians. Santa Claus lllli "i!" "l

or Saint Nicholas. to klW llllll ‘Wm

m‘ l?“ “am “me O'clock boon] out to nil ‘who should be held in fflrlll- 1 remembrance in the annual (‘elebrzt 1 tion of the incantation ol‘ the Sou Mill “"19 l‘ “we about m“ {he of God. N0 doubt Dickens works

ill. ll Dill! Blld- by "m" rather rmghtenell‘ out his (roucclition by lilo introduc-

lllOlllllg out of tho

we have eo oi the Pllililollf- T1?’ Knfislhalgflfi world without the supernatural? l. lit Cllflfiiv ‘)1 l-lllti “'°""l m“ “nmflma a,“ Vi“, Keeping this in view, we shall best - nurd was with!!! no Us“ n V‘ l understand n“ tnmurorluuliol‘ m. nut gpuuruils llrcpsccrci. zllld sl-lf- ,1,“ juncture 11101,‘, bur,“ 1m‘, :8:““.;.‘;;:)‘ “,:‘1H°(Y;'il~r1lllll Scroogcb lll‘.]llll‘\\'. \‘v'lil)“ll\ u gentlemen wlth111-11w, gown“ 1-...

_ ' _ ' ‘ clloorful voice cried out. "A. orry sumod his labours with nli lnlprov- 111,1 c1111 11 111 c1111 W1 (1 1111 there known as St. Nicholas). they rmmnfl‘ ‘upped m“ pomwd mm“ Christmas. ituclo! (‘mil salvo you!" I [m y a o e gme

flllylllliiif llllil "kink-ml m“ _~ _,, 1, regeneration. call it wllut we choose. x Mliliflhw"? jtgll:‘ll"ll‘filltll“;ll“i_ “ which took llluoe iu lilo ilartl mul- ulr “IR d“! ll -‘ ' ’ '. erlul soul of old Strrotvo. tho urin- lllll "n" “M” “Nmml m" “vlpfllf m? ciDal flilurc in tho llllil-b lin llllll lllH "m “m” durum: linml hurtnol‘. Muriel’. ill tho IOl-Zill busl. o l0 h". ll "M'- “"“"’ "l mm“ o tress hnd long htul illo bowcls o!

l0\"~‘- Ol “ml-l” “"‘l“r“m"dmg' PM. rompasl-liilll (lrlcd up wlllliu illclu

~ i, . s d to , _ , ._ o! m“ nanwg’ who g “mp0 e "ll “VB? “H1 "hakmg he" mm“ by their hard dcullugs with tllnlr

come down thochilnnoy and fill lb children's stocking!» lfl W°ll‘l"l°“'

9 . n ll!!! llel‘ ‘wbbmg "m" M“ ‘Noam lilllnw mull. Muriel’. llUWilVPl‘, to

“My ilelll- m?’ ‘Wm my "my mull‘ hulzill with. was dead. and that

' . , The name Santa 1 _ , . . . 1 lllatllithy ‘rhhrllgyu corruption of St my "ll°“°“ huhbdml‘ w‘ “u “Mulls no reason to doubt lo;- " s Ellen" the register of ills ‘burial was slun-

Mdwlaa‘ children‘ who gave secret As he. too. luudc ills vow, the

lllvcill! to needy younfiilels-

iS0llD(l 0f ringing bells ‘Hplwd no undurlllkcl‘ null tllc chief nlournl-r. ‘T055 ‘he an°w~ And the "M "mo" Tu use ‘Dickens’ own words. Mur-

°"_'°" WhO. "it"? it“? lhollgrlld lgy was "as (loud us u door null." _ . _ h 11 loo 0i town on o1‘ ' 1 ‘SW39 °l 3°?’ “ml pulse’ 0mm ‘m o? 1Peaco io the whole w ld. lustl Mafia)“

tompunied by dances, have B8911

811111611 11101-1; broadly still-and

w“ by the English [of ‘now ma“ flick“ a “livery my M mm“ .\s Dickens develops his llluli, we

a thousand are, being handed 0111 _ 1 1- _ V _ llfim the Dfylfltlfl to the Christian liglzuefihbeégg‘bare branc ‘e5 0 u soc tliut .\lltllcy llud hone i0 iliL Church. “On Christmas Day in the " l’ Morning" and "The Cherry-trail C"?

CHRISTMAS ROSEStart11:21:.“;.;"i;‘.:lf"1:r.".l.‘z.f‘iitl __ {-5

Ni." are found in many iangualfl with slightly different words.

Crackers

it has long been the custom in Trance to sell packets of sweets l" i-‘oloured wrappers twisted at tho

Masques. They were introduced i it Ensure about eighty yam as

ll over the world.

’ Our-lotions __ Trsgo,

Tho Ohrlgstmss tree which all

indie _ . axng: ‘Must still love childish ilrlnn. My mm I“ m he“ bu, no, 1,, ,1,,_,_

ll: out. The French polled them

trgm them the crsker war o:- Olie . I80 llli f crac - les. no 111-11 mmgnzvgnw 3,291,111 ‘.1111 Yet children hang their stockings “P”

.. t 11,1; ‘r111; to go buck to the time Frost ilhove the Dolmen "00 S’ parliollcd l-lpllorc and Will’ lsnowballs in the air- Rose's in tho children's cheeks MlWll ncctl hnd thud laughter everywhere‘. Sun is hid awai» 99min“? Gloom across the skies?

11, in little childreiffl BYE!- o.

‘Better days of yore?

up no they‘ have done before: .5115 still the robin chill.

m" “m. rite

~ . l i. l ‘remember. but no Go laugh so all the children do. M{n":x::é," l n

ro- lrqm cam-or - _ . ‘ '5' “m” °"rimrgllnlolgawhahllgihrlrlzttoro not M? “W” "‘ '“ “"“""“‘ m" m’

' in t nu Raid‘ 31,211.?‘ Jan; if warm hearts best within.

in regret.

_ and thoiotli» 80;‘ sir oeom Rowllnd nines, hi. r. M;°;Yi°le h the hum”, “me o

. 19111 he London's Lord Mayor for next 70m ‘no will be officially installed the your. Imam‘ il- ‘-‘ 1 - 1 Qllflfitmfili- ‘

1- s.

ull by the clergyiuuil, the clerk, the

rvgloll of the ilumnod. ulid tile only 111.5111. g1-1111le1l him thorn, alter ruin uud snow and hail and elect.

“(mm bowl or the "dvanwge "W" tioll in which the bnli-sluurod clerk mm m m“) ‘m0 respect‘ The?’ mm" peokin; but -i’rm1l his room seems . Clllllt‘ down liaudsouiely. but 1111111 1111i Scrooge llt-vor did.

rtnor Scrooge from stich a lat-r.

My third ls in hour. ‘but not in

My 111111-11 is in smile. but not in

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, BIBKENS “BHRISTMAWSiARUL” SPlENillillY REVIEWED 1

Bl’ hall bee" bu” lmekmg a suit‘ “A Christmas Carol," by Charles “winning. Oi‘ course. Scrougu kumv

that hlnrley was dead. lie 111111 heglll his sole executor, his solo adminis- trator. his solo asslgnec. his sole rcsiduary‘ lcgatue. his solo friend. and sole lllourilcl‘ and iwen his tlcutll llud haul no effect on tile ilard soul 0t‘ Scrooge, fm‘. on the very day of Zilarloys lilncral, Scrooge hnd solomnilotl ills passing by striking nu llmiuublutl Iiurguill. ‘Pcrhtlps llc nlude gain lll contract- ing for n tombstone to be erected to the memory of his departed friend illnrleyx

Scrooge.

"The tiescl-llltloil oi‘ Svroogl-‘s character is ‘best left i0 Dickens himself. llerc l". is: “Oh. but he was a tight-listed linud ut the griml- stono. Scrooge; 11 oq11eozl11g_

tl0l1 01 the supernatural; bu. .1l.1cl-jWl‘°11¢l1l11l§» stunning. svrflltlltu-

t0 ‘Ylllilllw 5"’ n“ 3131"“ “L m“ “m! all what is this hard, luntorial

clutching. covetotls old sinner!

~-n_-—‘~‘L;§d\h-q-L'__L__1

The Grousing Miser.

‘ll-ouch ‘beings zlru tn be bornl again, it is only tho power of the:

not ot‘ this 'W0l‘lll.

l

in Scrooge. "they had hotter do iband

Rev. W. Bruce Muir Addresses St. James’ Literary Society on the Classic‘ Christmas Tale 0i Old England.

“***‘****¢+**H¢4*"*°*°"” rr

i t

[frowned and shook his head, and

handed the credentials ‘back. A vain

rendouvoi‘ was made to convinucla Scrooge that thcro ivvre in London God tbnt can ldo so), stud. nilltiilousalltls 0|‘ desenvlug poor want- c ens goes 011m slow L11: raus- ng cvcu the common necessaries lfltilllllk Work 01' mature which alrc of ‘life; hundreds of ihoueatids in OVEN. ug totlc want oi common comforts. “lllat Olllt-‘éihog {lid Myroviét‘. ihoro he slur shall l put you down for? on . rs mas Jvc. without is as cold within, as lie listens to the crouwls without stamping their feet lll)Oil|Scrooge. "Since you ask me what the pavement to kccp tin-m warm. l wish, gentlemen. that is my oml- "light have been moved to cur os- to ulltlcrstailll What they any is duv- llc kept his old grcl" vyc upon hlflnver. l don't make merry myself clerk employed at tlic rate oi’ iifteon|11t Christmas and 'l can't afford to 0i’ all. William Rumble. Myster- fact that they have misbehuvcd shilling a. week, ‘out of which had to keep a vvilo and family. The ‘copying letters iu :1 small room with that it looked ‘likr- one coal. but iludly oil‘ ulust go there." tho poor clerk could llot repleulslt it. for Scrooge kept. tlu- coal-box m his own room. The clerk trlcdto warm himself zli

“Nothing!” Scrooge replied. "You ivlsh to be anonymous?" “l wish to be lcit alone." said

make llllo people merry. l help to support tho establishments. theln- stitutioue fouthesc people. T1142)‘ cost enough; and those who are

"Many can't go there; and many would rather div." "ll" they would rather die," said

Hum “m1 “harp a” mm’ "m" \\'lllL‘l\ effort. not htdng u mun of1locro1111t1 lilo surplus population."

which no steel had c-vor struck “(rung 1,n,,g1,,,u10“' h“ l-anmp

sllrivcllctl his check, stiffened his gall. mutlu his tgvcrl rt-d. his thin.

wus ou ills lluud. and on 111:; cyuw

oilicu lll the tlotuluys. and (lldu‘t

EXllTllle llt-ut and cold llod llltlc

bittuvcl‘ than he. no falling snow was more illtolli upon its IllIFDOBtE. no 1icltlng ruin less open to on- trcaiy. Poul weather (lltln‘t know \VllCl‘L' to house him. The heaviest

Scrooge. how are you? When will

overdawn? i do not think so.

nanometer-oi? _ /

brows llllll his ‘wiry. chill. lit: cur- 11 .- o r . v.11 1. - - 11 vied his own low ti-luporzltul-v ali-lfi,,llll,llnllr:z,l,.y\.,\h“ H“ “w h’ ways about with him‘, lli‘. ivud his)“, '

What. rozlsou lluvul ‘cold and fog oi‘ tho room within. Dickens, with that urondtlrlul c1111 11-1111 111.111 1111 by the traffic fur b" "ml value 0! hi‘! slits. The pro- power of (inscription which only ht‘ can use. shows us the streets nut- sldc. Tile cold is intense and lab- ourers are hurrying to and fro ro- m, "mm m,“ the“. 1m, no reason rivee, he is warmly welcomed. pairing burst water pipes. Around ' their brazlurs gather ragged men 10mm .1110 1,18 um and “m, a 1mm lone of the oldest. practiceo still ao- and boys warming their hands and winking their eyes before the blaze m he amply‘ Th1, 10mm, geu-uey-Lhrlstmas in England lg thot, of l“ “Wilts ‘The ‘brlfillineifi °l ‘he man 111111 left u during the irortlolbuflllns e "Yule" los- It was always shops when holly sprigs and berries homqlpl crackled in the lamp heat of the windows made pale faces ruddy as they passed. ling on the‘ scenvphthe lurid lig is of t‘ e mane on. ese n11 1111-1 A11 10.311 1m o