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Tommy (for the _fiftieth tiins)- Say, nisw, wot’s you going ter ginilia dis ` 'stmal'

_very nan lity little maid, ding thin,

Pauline was 'the little girl’h name, li. `

her papa and mamma called ‘her Paul lor short. And Paulie _was sometimes

-well, l'll just throw the toys away sud ny with my old ones." _ "Oh, thst’s a' ns.ughty.tlireat, dear.” ex-

g F; ained Paulisl’s mother. "You must take

she shoul not have doiie. i _ r instant .When her cousin Gncie=csms_`to spend tl day with her _she 'nsuAlly‘ bifouirbt abil a seens by _denying Gracie ‘tl .- privilri

of playing with her best doll. And il' .

was vary wrong, indeed, ferr Gracie won have handled the beat doll more mrefiil than Paulie herself. And Paulie won also laugh at Giacie'a toys, which wo mt so nice as her own, for, whereas (li sie had several brothers and sisters i share the playthings at har own houic Psiilie was the little queen of har psi ents' house, being thc only-child. And

lier toys were numerous and costly

"I miniler what I shall have from Santa

Claus this Cliristinas, Mamma!" Paulie asked of her mother one mornin just be

_ shouldnt I throw t rm away if Shsy

(' . Illia Maw-A licking, if you keep on bothering nie.

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,fore Christmas. “I do liope lis‘ll bring me just what I ask for: and if he doesn’t

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HIDDEN NAME PUZZLE. _

gy taking tho initial letter of a one-

svllable word from _each of the following ,`,nqsnees, and writing them in the order in which they come, the name of a greats yoet will be spelled:

Obtain the worth of your money when

you buy.

' Turn over s. new leaf on _New Year:

Money alone does not make is man ricli._ _“ways try to look on tlic bright sids. lt is well to investigate all new thoughts

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BE1-IEADLNGS.

(1) Beliead a place where goods src

sold and have a dance. _

(2) Behead the language of an infant

sud leave a baby’s playtliing. _

(Il) Behead the condition Of a knife

- LEITER ENIGMA.

My first is in tack, but not in nail'

My second is in boat, but not in sail; My third is in yeast, but not in brasil' My l'ourth is in simple, but not in iieail.

My whole spells n name

That all children love; And you'll know what is is

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ANSVVERS T0 PUZZLE (TORNERS.

Latter Enigma-Santa Claus. Hidden Proverb-lt is better tn give

than to receive. ' Beheadings - (l) Strain-trail. (21 Crook-rook. (3) Donkey-key. ' Curtailings -~ (1) Tomato-Tom, (2)

blade and leave rmusicsl instrument.

Counter-count. (3) Crowbai'-crow.

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out please ine? I don't understand wlll' eliould take any presents lie sends, and -l thankful for them, too, if they arent 1- what I asked for. And I believe lill -|i Santa a letter, to make sure hell nv ' t what I want l'll write it all

i at night after the light is out and l lied. Yes, I'll just write hiin a letter, l tell him to be sure and fetch to me vary things I name."

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iilie looked up to see beside her a very

Q\/Ep, Tug lil-looking little old mnn, wrinkled and

_.#5 iiiuy. His eyes were blinking, and lic

T n merril Scein the look of

Jus . _ . plainly-which is better than telling

No need to trouble about that, little _?." said a voice at Paullo'a elbow. Anil

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aulie Visits I; e Realm an

"Yes, r'-_~, we iline at' o,`clock," an-

swered Pn||]i¢_ “And I s uiilil just love in pay Santa Clan; a visit for 1 was just getting reeady ui write hi u letter when

lwtvvei' gifts___th`c g_i_13d Santa Claus sees: you came into the ioom_. But where _did

"__§_‘: ll|'\°5§Y_0\l_i‘__ 'grateful fior I enter? The door ili not open into

en ' _.rang, an ies- is mom." _

imma he tiifio'to_tlis parlor to _rscsivef “Ab, my entrance ilossn t uistisr st sll. i-sllsr. Paulie went into the Iihmry,ilittlo'maid.” laughed the unny little old iors it was nice and warm, and, sitting man. “And now if ytru'l| come with me

it big cushioned chair in front of the we'll make a dying trip the realm oi' npsned upon their approach, on grate, she began to solil uiu: “But Santa Claus. He is ex ee you." them to the most beautiful grounds. i_\~ should I bs gintefnl toogsiita Claus "Oli, is he?" Alidgiiul' sprang of the

'ie brings me toys I do not want? _And big chair and saidi&a'd ua and gat h¢'by lanta Claus himself, and s

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wnspe and 'bs ready to start ia a minute

No, need of wrsps, my little niaid,

said the funny little old msn My sleigh is lined inside and out with warm besi skins, sad fur robas are there tn wrap about you So come along without de lay or else youll be home late for din ner

'llien a very strange thing happened 'llic funnv little old man touched the

all lined with skins and fur robes. Paul- ie was soon snugly settled among the warm fum, and the reindeer were ol! through thc air like the very wind, thc lit~ tlo old msn lau hin and c in out to

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window piuie and it opened noisa1esaly,|of the place and kept giving vent to lit- allowing space for Psulie and himself tle exclamation: of surprise. Then, alter to pass out through. Once out of doors lhs had been shown about to ber content Pauline was helped into a big, cozy sleigh Santa Claus led her into his own private

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_‘na llnlli K )`~ E _ ' nrpriae on Paulie's face he said: "I rim

ii it fi ' i: 1 me im f ssnis clans."

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from the .realm of Santa Claus, and have i.-emo to ask you if you would like to go ithsra on s flying visit. We can make the trip allll return before your- dinner hour,

lwhioli I believe, is 6 o'clock.”

_ How the Bears l-eaifned to Coast---A .Ch

There was muah excitement in. Bear si.-are-li 'had availed them nothing. Not s

City. One of its youthful eitisnss had single paw-print ofa bear had they found. gona od in the night, no one knew where. "It will break his mothers heart if we Andfaa it was nearing Christmas Day the do not find him,” said one old bear. "And wise fathers`of Bear City were feasful upon my life I oan't understand tlie that some cannibalistic people had coaxed youth's conduct. He has been happy in 1-hs venturesome fellow from hh home his home; has the best mother and lil- tlist they might slay him and devour him ter in the world; and since lils'father's for e Christmas feast. death a year ago he has seemed to ro-

“ 'Tis the first time my sun ever wane aliss tha responsibility devolving upon lum away from home without asking my con- as the head of the family-" sent,” wept the mother bear, alluding to "Ah, whst’s that!" And one of the the dspss-had ess, "And Pm sos-a afraid young searchers pointed to the side of the he has met: with foul play. And if he mountain about half a mile distant. And

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your happy home to come away off here in the rozen mountaiuside to climb up and slip down this icy slope? Come, give an account of youiaelf, for your poor mother ls all but distracted over your un~ accountable disappearance."

“Lightfoot paused while half way to the

f°P» "ld," hanging on to si bit of hemlock _bush _that thrust itself through the solid ies on the fnountainside, answered in a Weak voice: "Friends and neighbors, you may think I'ani eapering in this fashion for fun, but you are sadly mistaken. And ,if you’1l smist me to reucli the top of this slide l'll explain lio\v 1 camo to be here."

All the bears int to work to rescue their friend, and several stepped boldly upon_ the icy slide before Lightfoot could cry to them a warning. To the bottom went every one of them, dying past Lightfoot in their ddcent like so many rubber balls rolling down hill. One big fellow stnick against Lightfoot and caused him to lose his hold on the bush, rolling to the bottom again. _And such ii wail arose from those who liali rslhiinsd standing on the level at the

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_ _ __»_./(5-`,; " , \ / ' Lightfoot. But _as yet they could not un- _ ~ '»_. `;::~_;_- dsietand why Lightfoot had conis fliers.

' ~,_-7-,<_¢» ._ ,_ ‘\~ » ' __1 "Now, ws're in s worse fix than beforh"

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them ui fly as theyivero won’t to do with their master. Then turning to Psulia he said: "Yon are riding behind Ssnta’s reindeer, and sitting inside his sleigh.”

(lf course, Paulie was delighted at this,

ristmas Story

"We do," said several of the wise 1l‘a~

thers of Bear City. "And we agree that it seems the only plausible one, too. Bo, do not delay in calling out your instruc~ tions to those at the top, for it's not a vary comfortable sitting hers an the frozen side of a mountain that is so steep it makes your head spin to peep up or down.” Thus added the wisest of the wise of Bear City.

"I amltoo weak to give the instruc~

lionl," declared Liglitfoy. "I have been climbing, and rolling bac , nearly all night, and you may imagine how weary and cold I aiu. At first it was great sport-the slid- ing down, but after an hour or two it became less Enjoyable. And after ii night and forenoon of such exercise one liasn't _an extra breath left in his body. Sp one of you call out the instructions to the rescuing party at the top."

The wisest of thc wiec of Bear City

called the orders to those at the top, and upon receiving them the half dozen young bears soampered-off through the woods to gather together the grapavines, which were to be used in hauling the victims of the iceslfde to s. place of safety.

Before the afternoon had waned every

l_1Bs!‘_, old and young, was again on nfs looting, and heading toward the place they called home. And as they went along Lightfoot explained his :il--once from

home. Here is his story:

“You see, my friends end iQ‘\boie, my

dear mother and sister an _. siiniug on having a great feast on Christmas Day, and mother said yestcrdiiy that she wish-_ od she could procure enough of those bright red snow _berries that grow down the mountsinside to decorate our house

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each is sa helpless ss the other. If you, good friends, -had not atte_mptsd to comc~ till l. had advised you, things would not have been so bad. But those at the to_p_ have been duly warned by your 019°"-

oii the festive day. Well, 1 conceived the idea of obtaining the 'berries for her at night and hiding tbein in a hollow tres till the day for their use arrived: and than bringing them to her as s little glad sur-

enes, and will remain there to car; out any instructions 1 may give them. ow I wng, ham to procure grapevines and tie] them ogsthsr. _Whenthey have s' chaiu o¢.thiih long enough to 'reach us,.one ati

a time eau bs drawn to the top. Do youi comprehend my plan!" ‘

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prise. Last night I traveled miles in siiiircli of the berries, and at last sale by tho light of the moon what appeared to he what l wanted. lloirii that icy slnpe` l. starteil tu iiallier tliciii, when 1 lost my footing and slid to tho bottom. And there'

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honored for rns°" girl, and

and felt she was being uiuvb “But why does Santa Claus n-ral she asked. "I am only si littls

don’t know him personally.”

“I think Santa. has a lesson to teach

you." was all the little old man would reply. Then be turnsd his attention to the raindaar and said not a single word more till an hour later, whsnkhey arriv sd at a great ice-glistening gate, which

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To Paulie's astonishment she was inet

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hun to alight Then he led her h in

isoeption mom ol his wonderful abode- a giaat temple built of candy b i gi bread oolumns, a tafy roof and ice~ cream steps

Unce inside Paulie wus shown a

factory, a great toy workshop thousands of workers were busy

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where making

toys and preparing delicious iiweetmests. Paulie was overcome with the immensity

apartment.

“Now, my littlc Miss Paulie, I have

here some letters from various little folk on earth which I shall plzice in your hands

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to read. And after you have than I want your opinion of

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quits a su erior little girl Bo umlinl I* hiui sweet y sha took the letters a.nd P" pared to lead them The flnst she Upon'

is poor little girl and hope you wont for get me nn Lhnstmar Please bring a°l\€ lla pi: i it to my dear twin brother, for he is sick. lf you have not enough C0 £0 around you need not bother about ms. I i-'linll not mind being missed if Brother liill_.- is rcniembered. And if you have any iliiug you iuay bring to our family, Lob- tie, aged eight.

Paulia laid tha letter down, a straw"

thought coming to her. Somehow, she felt ii bis ashamed, and did not raise her face to look at Santa. as lie handed lier an- other lette: to i-end, exclaiming as he did so: "You see, my dear little girl, these letters were not written by those whose names are signed. They were just wishril by them very deeply, and their wishes were carried to us through the clouds by fairies whom we mill our ‘postal servicf-.' And tlien our secretary wrote the wishis on paper so that they might be filedawuy in the form of letters. Now, here is su- otlier letter for you to read."

Paulie took the letter and opened it,

reading with flushing checks: "Santa seiid uie just what I wish for. lf you do not -and send to inc things I have not iizlvd for--I sliall throw them away. Mamma says I should take what gifts you see lit to bring me, and be thankful for tbciii. But why should l be thankful for things

not shed for’ I want 'ust what I

l’aulie, aged nine. P. S.-Do not bi~i_n,;‘ me any more dolls this year. But give ine is little piano and a gold ring instead,

1 have is . J want, and nothing else will please mc. .

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ed to get on Chnatmss ln turn the q

tion was asked of Tsddy a brigh

ied haiied little lrisnmsn , 8 yssrs gli, NUW, Teddy, trll us what you pH; Q Kot on (linstmas?" said '1eachsr,

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hes. what would you like in get?' SU", In Id_loik to git even with

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cd ran like this: ‘;Dear Santa-I’m lu” the “B” da" wh." "My ""7 mlidl "il

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“fhen he strikes you ag|»¢¢ab|y_ _ W hat sniall animal is turned into slugs

mio by being beheaded?

Fornx. -'W what '|80 Bl'0\1l¢l A Young nsan marry? At the parsoii-age.

When is a sheep like ink! When taken into the pen.

,_._,.iiiiI- for it's getting near your dinner, "Dio Ah. there’s the sleigh st ihs gat., “"5 °ld J0llY-Jabliens is in his seat reso,i lo drive you to earth." .

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lkiiilic. when she felt gylfauéd cllsltgilingw _ rliiiiililci' and heard a voice calling in hor \

lf'I "C0\l\¢‘. daughter, dinner is uniting. You

1-uat have slept :luring llii- entire after- oo_n. C0i!ii_°_, wake up! l';\|»s is in ¢|,¢

of dollei. I have five dolls already.”

Santa Claus took the letter from Paulic. 1

saying as he did so: “Here are many other letters, but I em happy to say there :iri- nono disclosing so seltizb a nuturo .i~ ilu- dnc wished by the littlc girl who si-rn.~‘ herself Paulic. Now, do you wish io i-»:i.l ` any more?"

Paulie felt a lump in her throat, :ind

shaking her head, she replied: "No, Santa Claus. I have read enough. l mysel. wished the last letter l. read, and 1 ani ashamed of it. How could I ever have been so naughty. And how different the other little girl wrote you--the poor girl? who signed herself Lottie-1-l-1 hope’ you are not going to--to-keep that let- ter--that I wished. Santa Claus." And l’auline's voice trembled.

"Certainly, my little maid, we keep all.

our correspondence. We mist liuvo somcl thing to refer to when making out our' lists of presents. But, maybe you’d likrl to send another letter of later date," he suggested.

"Oh, yes, yen," crieil Paulie. "And flic

next letter I wisli to you slisll be a very different kind. I did not know I was so sellish till I read little <:ight»_\'e-'ir-ol-1 Isot- tic’s letter, and then rcnd mine."

"Ab, 1 felt quite' sure you'd ace things

in their right ligbt," declared Santa Claus. "And I'rn sure this little visit to ms will ,bs the means of making you a better lit-

Paulise, in her vanity, iliou lit &nts Claus was doing her a great honor sud; that he appreciated the fact that she was]

tla girl. You'll grow less seldsh and learn

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l’aulie opriicil her eyes and sim- lm,- .ollii-r bf-nrling over her. '_l'liiine ni" 1". .1 ihr~ lug. cushioned chair id front of the WW. illt as she had been early in fifrrnvoii. Had she been dreaming? W3. lreaming or not, sho mrnnt to wrlt¢._°f- v_i.=h-another letter to Santa that vary uslir. and to confess to him ms; sh. .ad been a very selfish little girl but hat in future she meant tg gum 0;” . :ew leaf and bs good. And to gd] him _lint lie should remember all the poor chil- ren first on Christmas and if anyth 'cus left after their needs and wishes $ been supplied, she would be teful far :_:ny little gift he might sea sltieq sqm ict. ‘ “Yes, Miiinina, l'll come immediately" lic said, getting out of the chair. "Add ici s talk over giving some presents to the ;~ior children, for Santa Claus may nit ave enough to go round." "Well, that's a dear, thoughtful Mfg.

daughter," said mamma, looking song. what surprised at what she heard. ‘Th sure, my little Paulie is going to become very kind and thoughtful af hat litda

fri¢;nds who are lsss fortunate than bt- sel ."

“It was Lottie'a letter to Santa that

caused the change in nie," explained ine. Then her mnlh<-r, L tis she alluilt-.l to ivan still ll*',‘

scquiiiiilrincc, only laughd aM '

to consider the happiness of others as vv- ll

as your own. And now yon'l have to l__ _

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to the top of the slide. And now that I am on my road toward home again I innst tell you that tha experiences of last hight and a neat part of today have beenpast description. 1 feared I should perish there. But, laying aside the memory of the unpleasant part of it, I think I `have discovered a most jolly game-sliding down an ics-bank.”

"Yes, it will be grand lport,” cried half

a dozen of the youthful bears. "And, since you have escaped safely-” _

“You mean since I have been rescued,"

corrected Lightfoot. ‘ "Well, since you have been rescued, and are not the worse for the trying experi- ences, we shall have you help us plaihthe ground for the new sport. And what all we all it!" _

“Ooasting would be quite an appropriate

name," suggested ons of the wise fathers of Bear City. f

And on Christmas Day, after the gl-eat

holiday feast, which was partaken of at the lioms of Lightfoot Bruno, tsbs bearl. one and all, repaired to a pretty little slope, which had beeirprspared by fthe

youth of the town ss s coasting groitid. and thsra they enjoyed the sport of co sb- ing down hill till the stars came out. And the fun of sliding down was so great that the participants dldn’t mind walkingiup again. "It's quite different to being drawn up by a grape-vine, 'mn’t it?" asked one of the wisest of the wise. `

"Yes, and the coasting down is some-

what mora enjoyable here than on that icy slope whore to get up by one’s sell is out of tlis question," declared Lightfoot.

And that is how the bears loarnerl to

oosatin winter time.

NOT IN HIS LINI-I.

_ Visitor--Doctor, I don’t knew what the _ trouble is, but I can’t`slsep at night. Doctor-Um-yes. What is your occu-

potion!

Visitor-I’m a coal dealer. Doct`oi\-Pardon me, but you should ron-

sult a minister. I can't undertake t/i re-

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