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Ilia ithariottetown Guardian

President. Lion!--Cul. W. Chslter S. Ilclsuro. VIN-Prolldenl. J. B. Burnett, I. J. I. Secretary; Lieut.-Col. D..A. MacKinnon, D, B. 0.

Yuan." mu usnsglng Dinner. J. 3. nnrnm. r'..|. 1.

Assni-.inte Editors. Frank Wsllsr and D. K. Currie.

dlornlng Dolly (founded U81) l5.00 ner year (In advance), delivered. ILM Der year (in advance) mulled ta Canada and United Ststel.

munsnav, Dnommsn ia. 1935. Who Selects Candidates? _

As predicted in yesterdny’s Guardian, MR.

I. LARADEE, M.P.-elect, has agreed to vacate his seat in Quec-n's County to enable HON. CiiAnLi-:s A__DUNNiNo, _Finance Minister in -the KING Government, to run for the con- stituency, and as a reward for tl-iis favour 'it is agreed that MR. I.ARArmi=, is to he ap-

» `pointcd't0 a newly created position at the tax-

payers' expense of “special officer in the De- partment of Fisheries to supervise boats of the department on the Atlantic,”-ea position for which, it is announced, “provision was made in the listiiiiatcs some time ago,” presumably with an eye to just such a political cniergency~as has arisen. The nature of the duties attaching to such an :ippointiiient are not clearlydefiiied, 'but the salary will no doubt be adequate to compensate for the loss of Mn. L.-\RAuii:’s $4,-_ 000 animal sessional indemnity. , -

The bargain concluded, a “formal invit-

ation” was yesterday extended by the executive of the Quecn's County Liberal Association to Mn, ,Dt'N.\'iNG to accept nomination, which he promptly did.`:\ccordiiig to today’s Guardian despatches, _the invitation came to MR. DUN- NING “several days ago" from the Queen’s County Association--though MR. SINCLAIR, l\l.l‘., knew nothing about it on Monday. This. like the mystery' surrounding the LEA Govcrninent's recent bond issue, is unexplain- able except on the ground that there are wheels within wheels iii the Liberal party machine, and it is not alivays easy to say \vliich is the driving wheel, _

At first, apparently, negotiations were en-

tered iiito_witli MR. A. E. MACLI-:AN to vacate his scat in Prince County, but for some reason this deal fell through. Whether the other Island nienibers-elect: DR. GRANT and MR. PETER SINCLAIR, were approached in the matl ter has not been divulged, but the latter, at any rate, was not backward in taking the very first opportunity of expressing his pleasure at the prospect of having an influential member of the Government as his colleague,

.\Vhetlier the electors of Queens County are

pleased at the`prospcct of having an outsider- howevei- influential-foisted upon them as their representative is a question which, in the event of Ma. DU`N.\1i:~:n’s by-election being contested, they will be able to answer for themselves. But our contemporary’s argument, that the Province would be honoured in having the Finance Min- ister as its cabinet representative, does not prove that Prince Edward Island interests would be looked after to the same extent as they would be by an Island minister, or even by an Island member. MR. DUNNINc.'s position, as our con- temporary states, is, next to the Prime l\liii- ister’s, perhaps the most important. He would be too busy to acquire that intimate knowledge of his constituency’s affairs which' satisfactory representation requires. So far as we are aware. MR. DUNNING has made but one visit to this Province; that was several years ago, during an election campaign. In the event of him suc- ceeding MR. LAizADi;iz as MR. SiNcLAiR’s col- league, it would be upon MR. SiNci.AiR that the duties of looking after Queen's County inter- ests would devolve almost entirely. Himself a tyro in federal politics, with no past experience in Parliament, MR. SINCLAUI might conceivably find such responsibility beyond even his capac- ity to discharge. The Province had one exper- ience in representation by remote control, dur- ing the occupancy of the Prince County seat by the present Prime Minister. That was suf- ficient to prove its undesirability, which in ef- .fect was admitted by MR, KING when he with- 'drew in MR. .\lAcLicAN’s favour_ _ ‘ The need, however, of finding a scat for »I\li<. l)L‘NNIN<: is a pressing one, It was first iiitiinated that he would represent an English- _speaking coiistituciicy in Quebec; but Liberal optimism received a rude .shock in the. recent provinchil contest there and it was decided to seek pastures new. Mn. KING in foisting his "-\\’estern colleague on this Province no doubt had in mind the fact that he himself, when out in the \vildei'ness, found a foothold here. from ‘wliicli to_<lirect his p;irty’s fortunes in the House -'_0f Coiiiiiitiiis.

E What About The B.N.A. Act?

if lt is to be regretted that thc Prince lidward ‘Island delegation to the Inter-Provincial Con- fcrciice did not associate themselves with New ]'3i'tiiis\viclt`s dissent to the proposed change in Nic British North America Act. Our interests _7-:are closely identified with those of New Bruns- '.'.wick, and it is all-important we should hold _fast to our charter of independence. To give ;that up, is not the thin, but the thick end of f-the wedge for us. 73' \Vhat is it that the Federal Government (in particular, and other provinces in general, want done with our charter? They want the B.N.A. Act so amended that, (in the case of the Federal (iovernnient), they can do as they like-_ when they like, without let or hindrance, with our provincial self-government, even to 'the length of compelling us to,uiiite with the other two Maritimes in one province. Other provinces like Nova Scotia, favour this; while some of the business people of the large, dom- inating provinces of Quebec _and Ont_ar_io have for long insisted we could save administrative ¢~ noses by such a union-n fallacy we have 0 i exploded. The particular legislative and n `.ii.~i.rativc powers allocated to us by the ll. ..\. Act are to be filched from us, and we are told, though not 'in so many words. that Ottawa should be permitted and authorized "to riti 'lie whole shooting match." _

Now in the time to enter our emphatic dis-

sent, as New Brunswick has wisely done._

We have nothing to lose, but everything to

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gain by leaving the power and authority of safe- guarding our charter in the hands of the British Parliament. The _British Parliament, through long experience and cautious general- ship, acts as,_a wise and loving mother to her Dominions. She will not object to amendments, will willingly put them into effect, provided she knows and is satisfied that the will of all parties concerned is expressed in said amend- ments. No amendment can hopeto be adopted that has not the hallmark of democratic assent on the part of both the Federal Government and all the nine Provincial Governments.

But ‘if once we begin to tamper with the

the contract, where do we find ourselves? We would be in the hands of party administration at Otta\\'af'aqgl with no appeal even to the Privy Coimcil iii tlie` event of dissatisfaction. Federal Parlianient’s decision would be final.

For Prince Edivardlsland or New Bruns-

wick to assent to such a change in our con- stitution would be equivalent to committing suicide. _»

Vife notice PREMIER LI-:A had nothing to

say on the subject on his return from the Conference. '

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T Editorial Notes `

Roads will now be good. _ ‘ ' ik ik Bk

l_°.\iV. C. closes tomorrow for Christmas

vacation.

iii. il( BK _ Farmers are still having a good demand

for their produce.

iii ¥ lt

In New York, the Christmas trade so' far

is reported from I5 to 30 per cent, better than last year.

3|( il( 3E '

It is the essence of cynicism for Prime

Minister KING to punish Queen’a County Lib- erals by making them stomach DUNNING when they would not swallow MACMILLAN.

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Do the LEA Govemment approve of the

Charter of the Dominion being removed from the safe keeping of the British Parliament to the political footballing of the Federal Parlia- ment?

il( il BK

One thing about Hon. Mr. DUNNING-his

Alberta. experience should make him a good beggar in behalf of the province. But, of course, as holder of the purse strings, he will look upon the begging profession differently.

SK 9!! 9K

Mr. RAYMOND MAssr~:v, brother of our

High Commissioner to London has arrived in New York, for rehearsals of "ETHAN FROME,” with PAULINE LORD and RUTH GoRDoN. It is a MAx GoRDoN production.

» BK it 9|(

“To be or not to be” independent of the

changes and chances of political parties at Ottawa, that is the question this Province must face now in all seriousness. If our Government fail us we soon may be literplly wiped out as a province, and become a neglected backwood county of Nova Scotia.

are at are _

Sir FRANCIS FLOUD, British High Commis-

sioner to Canada, in an address to the Com- merce Club of the University of Toronto, gave three reasons why “Canada is in serious danger of losing the British and European grain mar- kets”, viz,-The spread in price between Can- adian wheat and Argentine wheat; the growing demand in Great Britain for “fancy breads” which are composed of 90 per cent. Argentine “soft” wheat and io per cent. Canadian hard wheat; the falling population of the civilized countries of the world. The normal spread be- tween Canadian and Argentine wheat has great- ly increased,” said Sir FRANc1s_ “In 1933 the spread was 2 9-I0 pence, compared with the present spread of Io pence."

JK iii 9K

The SMALL disappearance mystery of To-

ronto, involving the disposal of an estate of nearly $2,000,000, is not the only one of the kind receiving the attention of police. A quar- ter of a century ago, Miss DORori-rv ARNOLD, a socially prominent, 26-year-old New Yorker. stopped for a moment to chat with an old school chum on Fifth Avenue near 27th Street, and then disappeared from sight, and despite a world-wide search which cost her frantic par- ents some $50,000, iio trace has ever been f ouiid of her. Miss AkNOLi>’s parents have long since died and her surviving relatives are convinced that she is dead, but the police have never stop- ped searchiiig for her. lf she is alive, she is 51 years of age and probably would have con- siderable diificulty in identifying herself. The cases of SMALL, ARNOLD and _Iudge CRATER are annoying records on the police blotters, and the Missing Persons Bureau in Toronto and_New York won’t stop until satisfied that the theatre niagnate, the heiress and the jurist are dead, actually as well as legally.

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The problem of food and nutrition is not

simple. There is no one diet suitable for all people either in health or disease. Proper advice about diets demands a knowledge not only of chemistry, physics, biology and of physiology, the science which deals with the normal func- tions of the body, but also of pathology, the science which deals with conditions of the body in disease. Dr. I. M. RABINOWITCII, assistant professor of medicine at McGill University and director of metabolism, Montreal General 'Hos- pital declares. The physician alont, Dr, RABINO- wircn points out, is in a position to guide the individual in matters of 'nutrition He warns against the dangers of the increasing popularity of uninteiiigent dieting. Such practices, if con- tinued, he believes, must inevitably lead to ser- ious impairment of health, not only because of misappiieation of properly established diets, but of the uses of food materiali or cornbinations of food materials, which notwithstanding the claims made for them by so-called authorities on diet, have no foundation whatsoever in loiiiid

theiry or lu fact

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British Mother of Parliament's supremacy in

‘_|B'r\1nswlck, 'and Dntario.

Notes By The Way

Although live stock in Canada In

1934 showed a decrease compared with 1934. British Columbia and A1- berta registered an increase re. 5P9°tlvely ln.the total number of cattle. Sheep increased in British Columbia. Quebec, Manitoba, ima Saskatchewan. Swine increased tri British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebeg and Ontario. Horses increased tn Brit. ish Columbia., Prince Eflwsrd Is- land. Quebec. Manitoba, and sn- skatchewan and poultry ,increased in Prince Edward Island, New

Ollo German emigrant hit aponi

n unique way to get his monefyi out of the country without having most of lt confiscated by omeinis of the Reich. He had about $12,-i 000. and knew the Nazis would seize nearly 811 01' ii. lf he tried to cross the border with it 'in his po.<.s.n-§ sion. So he went out and bought al C°i1l>!e of rare postage stamps. He slipped these into a safe hiding place in his luggage and took them; to london, England, where he soldi them to a., dealer and to saved his money from confiscation.-

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Sunnis

WHEN AN XRAY EXAMINATION OF THE~ UFOMACH AND INTESTINE SHOULD BE MADE

IMC!

One of the embarrassing positions

ln which a. physician nnds himself ln treating a stubborn case of indlg. estlon is whether or not to recom- mend the Xray examination, There are a number of symptom; that make him suspicious of cancer-the age of the patient. some log or weight. persistent pain after eating food-but he dislikes to put the patient to the expense and log 91 time of the Xray examination.

The examination means a num-

ber of visits to the Xray specialist, extending as long ns n, week or inore in some eases. Yet with the signs and symptoms already pres. ent. the physician cannot quite make up his mind and knows that the

Windsor Star.

Ono thing that is needed nowa-i

days ls more people who will do: the best they can with what theyi have. This applies to their talents! aa well as their possessions. Many. folk do not begin to live up to their i possibilities because their special' talent is not equal to that of their neighbor. And so they drift help- lessly _through the years, when their lives might have experlencesi of thrill and accomplishment. This thought even applies to giving. Any church official knows that therg are scores of folk who, be- cause they cannot. glve five dollars like their neighbor, withhold the one dollar that they might donate, and give nothing.-Bt. Marys Joumal-Argus.

Whaleventhe degrees of guilt or

innocence of the twelve persons charged with the murder of the Hull, Que., bank clerk may pi-ove tio be. there ia proof already of s robbery plot. which had been hatching for months and embrac- ed a wide circle including men in positions of trust. The poiice 'have acted with pralseworthy prompt- ness, and it is essential to the rep- utation of Canadian justice that the light be turned into the darkest corners of an abominable conspir- acy.-Ex. _

Ice is regarded by experts in

aviation as being iilniost as dan- gerous to aircraft as fog. 'It has foroed airplanes to fly into the ground and has driven them so low that they have struck obstacles. Block-ice, forming found wires and all edges designed to cut the wind. Sometimes causes u fatal increase in weight and head resistance, as well as distorting the flying sur-. races which supply -‘ii~.t" to inet machine. The tlilckening of one_ bracing-wire has been found to de-i crease speed by 15 miles per lioiir.i The problem of air lcicles is be- lieved to have been solved with xt, device by which compressed air! forces anti-freezing liquid throught rubber tubing to the ice-coated; parts of the airplane.

Bishop; of the Anglican Church,

have been denouncing the “cold pog'roms" in Germany. Uninforiiied persons who imagine that only the, Roman Catholics and Jews are, under the Nazi jack-boot, need to, be reminded thot. the guiigstcrsl who rule Germany are equally per- secutlng the only brunch` of thei German Protestant Church with, which the Protestants of other' countries have anything in com-

mon.-Ex. 5

The League ol' Nations eunnofi

escape the duty of giving nn op-1 portunlty for ii review of certain of. the provi.slon.s of the Treaty of, Versailles relating to boundaries ini Europe. Doubt`<-.ss an atteiiiliil should be made, through the dlplo-, matic channels, to secure soniey measure of ailrccnien; in nd\'ni\c.".§ For the rest, aithaugli some rvatl- justments of maiidniies might bei found practicable here and there, the chief solution of the poblenisi must be sought rather in the econ-_ omlc sphere than in tb; i,ei‘rltnrii\l._ It. ls a question of assuriiig sufll-, cient supplies of foorls‘.ull`s and raw; materials to enable the paplzliitlliisi of the dissatisfied Statfs not ii\i~ic~| ly to live, but to p1o.~:pex‘.--Sir Her-, bert. Samuel in The Niiict;i‘ntli_ Century tl.ondon.> 5

The second set oi quodrupli-is to’

be born in England within it few] Weeks reca`l.s the diplomatic answer! of Dr. A. R. “Quin‘nplets" Dafoei when the first. quadriiplcts wrrei born. Their coming into the world? caused quite a stir in England and plans were made to care for them in the fashion in which Ontario is looking mei- the Dionne chii¢nen.| Anxious to know what Dr. Dafoe would say about the four babies, nn, English newspaper called him by telephone from London. The doc- tor was asked just what advice he would give and how hc would care

gre p‘¢||t;y of e,xc"ptiom\.iy fine

id th

would know perfectly well what to

expense means much to the patient.

Thus the cost and difficulty of

obtaining n complete Xray examin- ation causes the physician to order the Xruy only where he is almost sure lt. is cancer, or in a doubtful case where the patient can ago;-q the Xray, The -serious pm about thu is that

"€HrlY” cases that are curable may be missed and so become' incurable.

Dr. B. R.. Klrkltn, in the Proceed- lU€S. Royal Society of Medicine, says. "the imperative' signals for the Xray examination, _ unless the cause can be readily detected by Omer IHEYIDS,-are as follows: bleed- ing from the digestive cemsj--blood C0mlH8 away with the wastes from l0W¢\` b°WEl1 anaemia.-thinning of the blood, unless this thinning of the blood can be explained in some other way; loss of weight. ¢5P€c. inlly if there doesnt seem to bg guy other explanation for this Ion; of Weight. as the general health la ap- l1Hi”€l'ii-ly good; vomiting and nan. sea. occurring fairly often; pei-ning- Ent Dain in the stomach especially when there is food there; consupg, film With Dnin ln the abdomen' constipatlon and diarrhoea. alle;-I nating with one another; and nn. ally Symptoms in the abdomen for which no definite cause can be found."

However the patient 'should be

sulded by his physician and if at all possible should have the Xmy examination when the phygiwm first Sllksests tt. To wait for all or “lost °f the Symptoms above men- tloned before having the Xray ex-` nminatlon might be fatal.

Goodbye To Food

__ tMoming Post, London) Winter Soup-410 lb. beef fore-

fluarters, B0 lb. legs of beef, 3 bush- GIS best split Dense. 1 bushel noni-, I2 bundles of leeks, 6 bundles of celery, 2 lb. salt., 1 lb_ blmk pep. P012” Such was the “reoeiPt." the MOWUHS POSL gave ln 1820 for one thousand quarts of “nourishing and agreeable soup", and what 1_1 more, our great-grandmothers act. ed on lt. and making the stuff by the vatfuil, filled the whole parish of Bcrmondsey with a savory steam, so that the unemployed of that day came leaping, bounding and running, like hounds on ii. hot scent. with bowls, dishes. mugs, iwrrinsers. and whatsoever eng in their kitchens was to hand, capa- cious and soup-tight, And having tasted lt, they begged as earnestly as snnclio for more of "that de. ltclous scum.”

Now in 1935, we have as much

compmslon for the unemployed as the charitable folk of 1820, but with this difference: that if Bermond- sey fancied soup, wc should despatch tl generous assortment of tins. For one thing. who owns s cauldron lit to render down 300 lb. of beef; and for another-at the last Cookery and Food Exhibition it. was mourn- fully acknowledged-"cooking is a dying art in this country." No one wilt ever see again such warm and cheerful soenes as were enacted rlnlly in the great kitchens of prine:lii‘g.s mid fat abbot-S when turn-;;its, sculllons and undei-cooks ii-iidecl tif.-5 like beacons and ovens like kilns; and never will another Antony command that successive exquisite f°asts be ready at. half- lisiii- lntervafs, io that Cleopatra may <l`ne whenever appetite dawns. The fact. is, as long as Cleopatra is handed ix cocktail, she doesn't bother much about the food.

It is no use protesting, the time

1. coming when ri. msn who wants nii old-fashioned cooked dinner will have to satisfy his whim at. A luxury price in some few remaining restauranui of the “Ye Olde" pat,- iern. He will be looked on as an eccentric, like the persons who still dislike motor-cars; and his friends as they drop is vttnmin~cone down their gulieis, will observe: "Can you imagine what old Jones must ‘seo ln food?" When was the death warrant or cooking signed? Nobody appears to have realized the omin- ous moment., which arrived .when we began to despise the open firs, whose embers prepared our siriotna and whose ashes roasted our 90-

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Tennyson’s House To ,' Réllt '

(london Free Press)

Looking over properties for sole

in the London Observer one would think that half. the estates in England an on the market .Last _week's advertrlsementb contalned one that will arouse memories in the older generation. Quo of tht advertisements announces that Fxrrinztord. the Isle of Wight home of Lord Tennyson for the last 40 Years of his life is to be let _fu.rn.i.shed.

It ls almost impossible to zeal-

im how much Fnrrtngford meant tothe generation of our fathers and grandfathers. Tennyson is re- g‘8.r‘dEd in some 0l!'Cle5 ng a smug Victorian. Butfor 20 years before his death Lord Tennyson enjoyed a. prestige which probably no other poet in the world's history has ever enjoyed during his lifetime and hlshome onthe Isleofwight be- came an object .ot pilgrimage for everybody from tihe Queen down- wards.

The Prlnoe Consort, Longfellow,

Oliver Wendell _I-Iolmes, Char! Darwin, Jenny Lind and Garibaldi were some of the people who visit- ed Tennyson. It was in 1858 that ,the poet first became attracted to the house and rented lt.. 'I'-izree years later he bought it md made it his homo until his doabh. Most of his poetry was written in this we of Wight homo.

Farringford is sheltered by sn-

cient trees which the poet loved and which he described:

For groves of pine on either

hand,

To break the blast of winter

stand;

Aud further on, the

Channel

Tumbles at blllow on chalk and

sand.

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hoary

but s chemio process." And we shall carry the chemic process farther, even to the pocket food tablet, which for is time shall en- dure. But finally (the pirophet/s mantle is descending, we se¢ the future as ln s crymtl) them shall come s reaction of universal wrath, and Parliaments the world ovar- and Dictmors-will reinstltuts oooldng by law: to keep five bil- lion wives at home and out of mls- chief.

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WINTER

How large that thruah looks on the

bare thorn-treel

A swarm of » such, three little

months ago,

Had hidden in the leaves and let

none know.

Save by the outburst of their mln-

strelay.

A white flake here and there-a

snow lily

Of last nlghtfs frost - our naked

:lower-beds hold;

And for a. rose-flower on the dark-

Ling mould

Tha hungry redbreaat zleams. No

bloom, no bee.

The current shudders to its ice-

bound sedge:

Nipped in their bath. the stark

reeds one by one

Flash each lt.s clinlng diamond in

the sun:

’Nenth winds which for this Win-

ter's sovereign pledge,

Shall curb great King-masts to tho

ocea.n's edge

And leave memorial forest.-kings

o’erthrown.

` -Dania Gabriel noesetti.

` Ideal

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A Christrnas Carol

A GHOST STORY

(By Charles Dickens)

, (Continued)

III.

Scrooge’s former self grew larger at the words, and thi

room became a little darker and more dirty The pane" shrank, the windows cracked; fragments of plaster fell out of the ceiling, and the naked laths were shown instead but how all this was brought about, Scrooge knew no mor; than you do. He only knew that it was quite correct, that everything had happened so; that there he was, alone again, when all the other boys had gone home for the jolly

holidays,

He was not reading now, but walking up and down

desbairlngiy. Scrooge looked at thaf Ghost., and with ii mournful shaking of his head, glanced anxiously toward,

the' door.

It opened; and a little girl, much younger than the boy

came darting in, and putting her arms about his neck, and' often kissing him, addressed him as her “Dear, dear

brother _

“I have come to bring you home, dear brother!" sal

the child, clapping her tiny hands, and bending down to laugh. “To bring you home, home, home!

“Home, little Fan?” returned the b y “Yesl” said the child, brimful of glee “Home, for good

and all. Home, for ever and ever, Father is so much kinder than he used to be, that home’s like Heaven! He spoke so gently to me one dear_night when I was going to bed, than was not afraid to ask him once more if you might coma home; and he said Yes, you should, and sent me in a coach to bring you. And you're to be a man! said the child, opening her eyes, “and are never to come back here, but first., we’re to be together all the Christmas long, and have the merrlest time in all the world ”

b “You are__qulte a woman, little Fan!" exclaimed the .0Y- `

She clapped her hands and laughed, and tried to touch

his head;‘ but being too little, laughed again, and stood on tiptoe to embrace him. Then she began to drag him, in har childish eagerness, towards the door, and he, nothing lonth

to go, accompanied her

gainsay it, Spirit. God forbid!"

I “She died a woman,” said the Ghost, and had, a I

think, children.”

“One child, Scrooge return d

“True,” said the Ghost, “Yo nephewl”

Scrooge seemed uneasy in his mind; and answered i

briefly, “Yes.” _ Although they had but that moment left the school

behind them, they were now in the busy thoroughfares of a city, where shadowy passengers passed and repassed, where shadowy carts and 'eoachs battled for the way, and ull the strife and tumult. of a real city were lt was made plain enough, .by the dressing of the shops, that here too it was Christmas time again; but it was evening, and the streets were lighted up. . l The Ghost stoppeu at a certain warehouse door, and

asked Scrooge if he knew lt. .

“Know it!" said Scrooge. “Was I apprenticed he '" They went in. At sight of an old gentleman ln a Welsh

wig, sitting behind such a high desk, that if he had been two inches taller he must. have knocked his head against

the ceiling, Scrooge cried in great excitement.”-

“Why, it.’s old Fezziwig! Bless his heart, its hezziu ig

alive again!" _

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Old hezziwlg laid down his pen, and looked up at the

clock, which pointed to the hour of seven He rubbed his hands; adjusted his capacious waistcoat; laughed all over himself, from his shoes to his organ of benevolence, and called out in a comfortable, oily, rich, fat, jovial voice -

“Yo ho, there! Ebeneaarl Dick! Scrooge’s former self, now grown a young man, ciimii

briskly in, accompanied by his tellow-’prent.ice,

“Dick Wilkins, to be sure!" said Scrooge to the (ih si

“Bless me, yes. There he is. He was very much attached to me, was Dick. Poor Dickl~Dear, dear!”

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horses

“H'_illi-ho!" cried old Fezziwig, skipping down from tiiii

high desk with wonderful agility” “Clear away, my lads' and let’s have lots ofiroom here! l-lilliho, Dick! Chirruiii

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A terrible voice in the hall cried, Bring down Master

Scrooge’s box, there!" and in the hall appeared the school- master himself, who glared on Master Scrooge with a fo- rocious condescenslon, and threw him into a dreadful state of mind by shaking hands with him. He then conveyed him and his sister into the veriest. old well of a shivering best.-parlour that ever was seen, where the maps upon the wall, and the celestial and terrestrial globes ln the win. dows, were waxy with cold, Here he produced a decanter of curiously light wine, and a block of curiously heavy cake, and administered instalments of those dainties to thi young people : at the same time, sending out a meagre ser- vant to offer a glass of “somethmg to the postboy, who answered that he thanked the gentleman, but if it was tho same tap as he had tasted before, he had rather not. Master Serooge’s trunk being by this time tied on the top of tlu chaise, the children bade the schoolmaster good bye right willingly; and getting into it., drove gayly down the gar den-sweep : the quick wheels dashing the hoax' frost and snow from 0E the dark le‘aves of the evergreenl like spray. “Always a delicate creature, whom a breath might h

withered,” said the Ghost. “But she had a large heart'

“So she had,” cried Scrooge. You re right lll t