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.. JGKESL.
Edna; Do you know how to malls
peppermint rock?
Joan: Yes, sway it gently to and
fro.
Jack: I say, Dick, have you heard
thc news?
Dick (eagerly): No. Jack.
Jack: Better buy a l>\1l>¢r then.
old man, Y0u'il find it all there.
The master was testing the know-
ledge of his class. Placing l fifty-
cent piece on the desk. he Sold
harply: What is that?
Heads! cr,ed Dick in the front
row.
Mr. wiggle: Do you know if I
can sce over that house; my lad?
Piggic: Yes sir. Just hold on to
the end of this rocket. I am going
-to fire it off!
Now boys, said the school in-19045'
tor. xs there any question you would
like in ask me about lon! m°°l\1”
before 1 peas on to the next oiwii
Yes, sir, sad Jimmy Jones. How
many pclicemen‘s feet does it take
to make a Scotland Yard?
Sam: What do you think of a man
that throws o. banana Skin on the
footpath?
Snowball: I d0¥1't kUOW- Whit d°
you tlrnlg of a banana skin that
throws a man on the !0°ti>Bth'i’
History Professor: Define the
li/fididle Ages. .
Student: They used to be 30 to 4§.
now they are 50 to 70.
M,-5, smtp; Mari is something like
n lol>stci'--
Mrs. Doc: Yes, when he Bets ill
thot water he turns red.
Sho I seo in thc paper that three
people were killed in a feud.
He: Those ciicap.1ittle cars are
very dangerous.
'ITG lndy |'sitor was chatting
with Lttlc Nail.
Ilow many others have you, dear?
asked the visitor.
Three replied Nan.
And how many si-tters?
Just one, replied Nan. I'm it.
‘ Mummy, the barometer has ill'
len! cried Doris. .
Much? asked mother.
Er-er-yes, quite a little bit. It's
broken! said Doris.
Gentleman: I saw you playin!
with some very rough boys lust
now, Donald. Why don't you choose
some nice quiet little boys to play
with?
Donald: Their mothers w0n't let
H10.
Peter: What makes herx“lH85 feel
ill, mummy?
Mummy: I dldn't know they
over did feel ill, Peter.
Peter: Oli, yes, they do. It MTI
in this book that _tlioiwands of hor"
rings are cured every Y"-‘Y
Mother: Why did you run all the
way home from school. mink?
Frank: I was t\'Y1I!8 to stop W0
boys from flshliliif. mummy!
Mother: Oh, who were the boys?
Frank: Bob Puneher and mel
Teacher: Now, Joyce can you ie"
me what a camel 15.?
Joyce: Yes teacher, it's like 9, tof-
fee o.:\‘¢' it‘s 'wrapped in PIP"-
But you musn't sit in itl cried
Joan, after she had admired her
fi-lent-i's new party frock.
Why over not? cried Polly. 1001!'
ing very punlcd.
Well, you know, was the reply
ellk is never sat in (utinl)
AN ENIGMA
First in cab. but not in cart.
Second in stag as well as in hart
Third in BTW. but not in blue
Fourth in colour, but not in hue
Fifth in cream, but not in milk
Sixth in lame as well ss in silk.
4
The Honourable Freddy Todding-
ton was feeling uneonscionably bor-
ed. Two hours previouslyhe had rc-
celved a nasty set-back to his en-
deavours to interest a certain young
lady in his charmsf Even the fact
that he was the son of Lord Lan-
chester had failed to arouse her to
the point where young women, even
nowadays, are supposed to know
how to bait their hooks.
"Well," thought Frcdfilc, HS he
raced his car into the heart of
Essex, “tliavs ,ine last chance Shes
“omg to get. In fllture my dear
Dolores, the Honourable Freddy will
have other more aPl1€i~1S1DS “Sh 9°
fry."
The car was a fast piece of me-
chanism and Freddy always knew
how to handle the fast stuff. The
low blue auto, with a nose as long
as its tau, zoomed along the black
1-omg that led to Ryecomb Manor
needless of everything. The man at
the wheel. well-known as a compet-
itor at Brooklands, had apparently
forgotten that the even the ub0liii0I1
of the speed limit. did not mean that
the owner of a racing car could use
the country's roads in this reckless
manner, But Freddy was past caring
for laws. I-le had invited Dolores
down to Ryecomb for Christmas
and she 'had turned him d0WI\-
Nothing else mattered. I-Ie knew he
would have a rotten Christmas un-
loss something else turned up dur-
ing the next three daYB~ ,
The car swung round a ds.nfl@1'0\1>
comer as if it were taking the
banking at Brooklands; the white
ribbon of the powerful headlamps
sweeping the leaf-bare hedgerows
for a. second before settling down
once again to blaze along the next
stretch of road.
A miie farther along something
happened. The car was mechanical-
ly accurate; the road surfncens
good as one could expect after all
those raids on the Road Fund, nnd
Freddy was no great believer in the
supernatural.
The headlamps, as has been ob-
served, were powerful iiiuminants.
That is to say they could pick out
road objects thrcc or four hundred
yards away, and that was what
happened. There, dancing about lil
the centre of the road, arms
stretched eerily above its head, was
a figure; whether human or ghost-
ly Freddy could ilot tell. It had at
perfectly snow-white chest, a black
body and legs and a mixture of
black and white that might or
might not have been its llcnd.
Instantly Frcddys foot was rais-
cd from the accelerator pedal and
transferred promptly to the brakes.
For 9. moment the cal' protested nl
this curbing of its llutllrnl function;
or perhaps the shudder that ran
through its steel fl-nine wus because
it, too, had seen tho ghostly danc-
ing figure down the road. As for
Freddy, he was quite certain hc
had only had two quite innocuous
V alcoholic concoctions nt his club bc-
fore setting out. Thcn`lic realized
as the car came io il lmlt half R
dozen yards from the apparition
that it Was 8. man lu at black tail
coat and a. boiled shirt. At that dis-
tance the headlamps rested midway
on that boiled shirt sprcudiiig n
large halo such as might with nd-
vantage have been used ns all rd-
vertisement for immllclllilte inun-
dcring.
The I-Ion. Freddy was nluioycd as
he still sat at the wheel waiting for
‘the spook to perform its next url,
He was unaware that a. lunatic usy-
lum was in the vicinity, or that fills
was a new device of the locnl ron-
stabulary for the purpose of, prry-
ing on tuisuspectlng motorists. so
he waited.
Noting that the car had stopped
the figure advanced cautiously ut
first, then at n brisker pace. Then
coming alongside the man peered
into Froddy's face.
"What’s the big ideal" Freddy
demanded. "Rehearslng for it lnuln-
mlng party or have you got thi-
Phlllivlll training complex?"
"If YU" Wm D6-rdon me, sir, would
you care to make up U. party for
d|m\°l"" H61' lldynhip has been dis-
8=\l¢I\th in DGXI. but not in Neva
Eight in June. but 'riot in Eva:
L5st,I think you’il find in bggvgr
'rns letters. put by you arlght,
A spanish town will bring to ligllt.
Answer: Barcelona ‘
Asn 'rms Nr cnnlsnus nine:
Hero’s A riddle for you if you'\'e
tim! to spare-
Whsn's a Christmas pudding like it
millionaire?
You have lot two answers, but you
don't know which
Is the right? Well, say one. Yes,
"they both are rich!"
appointed by _a guest and( she re-
fuses to sit down thirteen at table.
Il' you could oblige. sir, I assure you
her iadyship will be most grateful."
For a moment Freddy was foo
shocked to reply. The man was ob-
viously insane and he had always
heard that insane people should be
humoured. To flare up, as he felt
like doing, might eiisily be fatal,
and Freddy did not like belilg a fa-
tality.
“Now that's what I call real kind
of you," Freddy purred; “What
lilllc is the meal served?"
“In half an hour, sir. Of course,
sir, therc's the matter of dressing,
to Mr. Frederick Toddy her mind
was more composed. It was true
that George's efforts at outfltting
had been of a. rather generous or-
der, nevertheless, Mr. Toddy twhat
an absurd name it was, she thought)
looked as if he might be a gentle.
man and he spoke quite nicely, too,
but nowadays with all this mania
for education, speech was becoming
more and more deceptive as a cri-
terion of quality._
Dinner was duly served at _seven
o’clock and Freddy found himself,
after his introduction to Lady Hei-
ena, hurried into the dining apart-
ment and pushed, rather than
_ /_
I-'rim apparition was 3, man in n black failed coat and boiled shirt.
but p<‘l'lll1pS her I.utl_vs"iiip \\'on’t
mind that for once." ‘
"And might I be favoured with
her l:idyslzlp‘s name?" '
"Certainly, sir, Lady Helena ,Bci-
coo!"
- Freddy whistled softly. The wills-
tle was not intended to be a musical
effort. He had heard of Lady Helena
before but so far as he could rc-
membcr hc had never met the
dame.
Rigilto, George, I suppose I can
park my bus in perfect safety? You
may go und anrlounct-'mc to hcl'
ladyship as Mr. Frederick Toddy,
lately of Lontlon."
“Very good, sir. If you will be so
kind as to give mc a lift ill youl-
cnr I can direct you to the house."
The car sprang into life with a
surprising roar, and seemed disup-
pointed to Find that her ladyship's
premises were only it few hundred
yards along the road.
Iluviilg parked if., securely, Fl°ed<ll‘
followed George into the house,
George leaving him in all ante-room
while llc wcilt to inform her lady-
sliip of his find.
“You :irc quite certain, George.
that llc is suitable," worried her
ladysllip, anxiously. "I couldirt
collntcnuncc 9. tramp or anyone like
that." _
“I should say that Mr. Frederick
Toddy is a. gentleman, my lady,"
said George, confidentially. “Least-
ways he appears of good quality,"
remembering the expensive car.
“Unfortunately, my lady, he will bo
unable to dress unless I can find
hizn a spare suit_"
“I trust you to do* your best,
George. Pills Fours look ratlivl' too
sporting for dinner wear."
Fifteen minutes later Freddy
found himself ill Georges rooln
struggling into a somewhat jaded
suit, of dress clothes of a discon-
certing girth, but with the aid of :1
1H1Cli0t of sufcty pills 'purioillcd
from ilic cook, George was sufisflcd
that Frccldy would meet with ap-
pl'o\‘al_
Frctlfly rzltllel' liked George who,
for il bullcl' llutl it quifc su|'pl'ising
scllsc of llumour. 'l`ilc Slicer lluvcliy
of the occasion appealed io that
perverse streak which had been
Frcddy's since the day of his birth,
with thc result that he contrived to
find cniertrtinmcnt ill tile most un-
expected of places,
"Well, George, old thing, I'm not
exactly Savile Row," smiled Freddy,
‘but its jolly good sport after all."
George, knew her ladyship could
not reconcile the expression "sport"
blit even he find to admit tlult the
prcscilt was wllut thc lawyers cull
a privileged occasion.
Lady Hclcllu Bclcoc was a stick-
lcr for the conventions and the fuct
that slle was ihordinately supersti-
tious inercly served lo emphasize
thc Bsficrtion. On the discovery that
one of llcr guests had-nt .the last
minute, too-telephoned to say that
she had been stricken with un un-
expected attack of' ’flu, llcr_ ludyshfp
realized. with her accustomed swift-
ness, that on no account could thir-
teen sit down to dinner. It was
while in the throes of this dreadful
dilemma that she had hit upoli thc
id” °f UEOFBC Dnsilng anyone hc
could find into the unlucky breach.
.Now that slic\h:\d been introduced
shown, by George into a chair at the
far end of the table.
Hastily and with an accustomed
eye he weighed up form. Lady Hc-
lena presided with a plump urban-'
ity although ho was quick to notici-
ihat she kept shooting an inquiring
glance in his direction. I-le noticed.
too, that oil the far side of the
table from himself there sat a pur-
ticulurly attractive girl who appear-
ed to answer (or not as the case
might occasion) to the charming
nam of Rosemary. Now the Hon-
ourable Freddy prided himself on
being something of a judge of form
and as he surveyed her he wonder-
ed why hc never remembered hav-
ing seen hcr before. He was quite
certain she had never been entered
for any of the Matrimonial Stakes.
Had she been Freddy would have
known her form to the most minute
dciall. '
Next to the girl, a vacuous youth
was seated. He hud much foo pro-
minent tooth which he displayed in
a sllcccssivc series of inane giggles.
On the other side of the girl was
:L man 'he had oftcn seen at Ascot;
Colonel Somebody or other with a
complexion like it tomato and a
snort like hull Rhino. The remain-
der Freddy dismissed as being of no
consequence. He knew their types
well; ho knew, too, that Rosemary
could not possibly bc interested in
either of her dinner companions.
I-fe realized that it had been rude
of Lady Helena not to have intro-
duced him fo the girl, but such little
formalities never troubled Freddy,
and when once during the fish he
caught her looking across at him
he considered if 2, favourable omen.
It inmmt that it much more desir-
able fish than filet of sole was
awaiting' a bait.
Having decided that Rosemary,
pretty, brunettisli nlld with clear
tilrqiiiiise eyes, fell into his category
of possible starters. the Honourable
Freddy fcli gallailtiy to the task of
conducting thc dinner from dish to
digestion with occasional glances at
Rosemary, during which occular
cxcursiuils hc fouiitl that he was
uct wholly without recompense.
At last the meal ended. It had
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It isnt far to Bethlehem town,
It's .uiywhere that Cllrlst comes
dawn
And finds in peoples friendly face
A wclronie and abiding-place,
'lflv road to Bethlehem runs right
iilrougll
'Ilie home oi folks like me and you.
Madeline Sweeney Mi for
U O I
Sllepllerfls pl the fields abiding
Watching o`cl' your flocks by night,
~Llod uifll mnn is no\v residing,
Yonder shines the infant L`ght;
Cnluc and worsh p,
Worship Cllrisi, the new barii King.
been quite n _folly menu, decently
cooked food, and the wine was the
genuine vintage. I-Ie had passed oc-
casional pleasantrles with his
neighbor, a somewhat frilly spinstcr
whose age might have interested an
archaeologist. Lady Helena, in the
midst of her duties at the top of the
table had found time to note that
Mr. Toddy was comporting himself
quietly and reasonably. She had
noted too, that his table manners
were, fortunately, quite accurate.
The diners dispersed to the spa-
cious drawing room for coffee, but
Freddy was in noihurry. He linger-
ed a little and wlnkcd at the mask
that oeorgo knew for nn face. 'rnen
a. surprising thing happened. A
pleasant voice said: "I think Aunt
Helena forgot to introduce us."
It was Rosemary; Freddy knew
that it would happen like that.
They stood for a moment togeth-
er. I-Icr name was Rosemary Car-
len, Lady Beleoe's niece. He told her
his name was Toddy which was
quite true for all his friends called
him that.
In the lounge hall a big log fin-
wns buming and there was a pleas-
ant little inglenook simply yearning
for occupation.
Freddy explained how he came to
be there but Rosemary knew the
facts. `
"Do you know these parts well or
were you passing through, Mr.
Toddy?"
“I had the good fortune to bf-
passing," Freddy told her noting
that thc inglenook still looked
yearning. "Shall we sit here for a
while," he ventured.
"Aunt Helena will be horribly
annoyed," smiled Rosemary. "Wo
ought to be with tho others, Mr.
Toddy." '
But the inglenook was not disap-
pointed and neither was Freddy.
Rosemary was the most attractive
thing he'd met for years,
"1t’s odd that I've never met you
in London," he observed casually,"
"It's not odd at all." R.osemar_v
told him. “The 0gre’s too cute for
that. I’m sorry," she corrected her-
self quickly, “I should have said
Aunt Helena."
"Say no nlore sweet maid," smiled
Freddy, “I’ve read all about it in
books. You need a. dellve'rer," he
went ou. “By the way what precise-
ly is your Aunt's objection to your
mixing."
“She just hates designing young
men," answered Rosemary, with a
laugh.
“I was never any good at art," re-
sponded Freddy. “I couldn’t design
a. plain square."
And so it went on until George
appeared looking abysmally worried
until he caught sight of them.
"Her ladyshlp has sent mc lo soc
why you are not having coffee, Miss
Rosemary." `
In it moment she had gone, but
she flung him a smile over her
shoulder.
"GC°l`S0." announced Freddy,
1i€hti11§ B cigarette," thirteen's my
lucky number."
George, however, was not inter-
ested in mathematics.
“Her ladysllip, sir, mentioned to
me that you might wish to con-
tinue your iourney. She also said
that she would like to thank you-
whell you have changed," hc added.
significantly.
The Honourable Freddy had no
urgent desire to contililic on his
way, but he realized the absurdity
of his position and having changed
in his plus fours he found Lady
Helena awaiting him.
"I must thalik you very lnucil.
Mr. Toddy," she smiled, holding ou;
her gloved hand. “And I do hope
you have enjoyed yourself. By the
way, I didn‘t inquire before, but you
are not by any chance looking for
a position--unemployed, I mean."
Freddy smiled. “If you mean have
I anything particular to do, the
answer is in the negative.”
"Then I wonder if you'd mind
coming in to help George on
Christmas Eve? We're having a big
party and George gets so nervous
when hes' oil his own. I'm sure you
could manage it.”
"What time do I report for duty.
your ladyship?" smiled Freddy.
Freddy rcportcd for duty as six
o`clock at Ashburton House. The
idea propounded by Lady Helena
had appealed to his sense of hu-
mour. He had never officiated as n.
wlile waiter before and his lord-
ship, tho Earl of Lancliestor, would
be vastly amused if ever the esca-
pade cnme to his ears.
George was dovoutly glad to find
that Mr. Toddy had turned up, ll‘
hud as good as hinted tn Lady liv-
lcna that Mr. Toddy would liot. lu:
George cuilil not collciilvv .fliiyoiiv
supporting all expensive car with
the "menus test" in operation, but
being at good servant and realizing
that the Christmas Puriy meant
overlvork for him, he had not allow-
cd his lnentul processes to inter-
fere with his own tvclfaro.
Freddy spent a coiisiilcl'ublv~ time
in the pantry marshulllilg the wine
imd dlsc'i`\'r-rcd that Georg" llud u
nice viliwigu of ills own will:-il hr
dispcilsril :tt intervals. l-‘ri‘¢ltlv, loo,
learhrd '»-'iiiwiliilg about l'to~.ciilnry.
“Keep hcl' foo l-lo_<t-_' was
Georgcis i=>l|sldcf't°d oplliuili, "She
cal'l`t cxpcr; io lzccp cl girl liar: that
for ev(-lx What do you _-a_\"?" George
was an employer oi' labour. cils-
pensed ultll titles.
Freddy, fnuliglii the saint: .is did
George. Ui collrsc, "Tho Ogre"
conldni Ii. wasnt reasonable. I1
wasn't human.
“You was h:\\'lng a bit of all
right," \v:\,'s Georges next llluniin-
ating coliiilicilt. ‘Ill the iilglrilrrok, l
means." noting :hu look of inno-
cence lli l"1'<-<l¢ly`.'~' f'_'.l:s_
"Oh, tll.if_" :-illilvrl l~`i'i_-d<lj.'_ "I was
speaking to hcl' like it futher."
Which l-t»innrk causcrl George to
cilortle with ili.'l»_~ii<\iu ;t_u<lil>llity.
The guc.~i'~: \>t~:.~i il _trrivc aflf-l'
dinner and thi-rr: wr: dancing ln
lhe library, llluiilzr. 'ti culcflllly sc-
lccted progr:iuil'n<-s on the rudio,
llelpcd out with nil cqlially well-se-
lccted bnlvll of gr.:ivi<\plloiie records.
Freddy ntfcllriiul in the bnr set at
the end of the dining room and it
was not- long lic-lori: he had un op-
portunity ol' plwsiiig a cocktail to
Rosenlary. Siu :'.:uil-'rl her ,'_'ri~r-!llig_
“How do you like ii?" sllc 'lil-
quired.
“Bctter tlinn o\'ei'," smiled Freddy.-
iirretilrii. "I tliiiik I :-llull drop mv
amateur :.t.uu:a :uni tul'll pi't_>if~:?
sional."
The bar rvfls wi-ll pntronlzed, hui.
for the next flour ol' tivo Fl'c'tldy
did not llu\'c the pl1‘:\.\ili'e of scl'vili_i_'
ltosf°miil'y.
Guests were :il°rli.'ili_g nt intervals
‘_lil'ougllollt :hr <vcilir.l.; :incl George
hud hillivil llixll it woilld bc well
after lnicliuglit belorc trade de-
clincd.
Close on cicycn o'clock Freddy
had his first cl\coilntel~ of the even-
ing with Lady Helena.
“Thank yoll so much, l\.i'i'. ’I`ndd_\'.
for your rl_<i.<sinllc<~." she said. "If
you lvnulri like 10 lcafrv us now I‘m
.~.ui't~ (iool'p;c :uid :lie girls can inali-
:lge_ lf you .~-ec George before you
go llc will :rtcliri in yoilr i-r~milncr-
eration. Muy I tuiic this upportull-
ity of wislliilg you il very happy
Clll'i;.l:illis, Mr, 'l"ofl<ly."
"It is it shitinlcfit I lit-:u‘i.il_v recl-
pi'ocu‘.c.' smiled the olllighlg Freddy.
Bill Fri-:lily did noi immediately
seek out George io (lclnulul his duo.
He hud no llltviliion of wliiriiilig
lionli- yrifliout sccilip, Rosemary
again.
Casting aside his nripkill Freddy
lrnulc his way to the bullc~r's room
and sspiwlcr-cl himself up. }lc had
taken lilo preczllliion oi providing
his own outfit to-flight, and llc felt
that uinong Lady Hclciiu'.s guests he
might dare to mix lliiiloliruil.
He foiuul lloscill:\i'y sifting alone
in thi' lllglcnook, lier lllic-duhcc
partllcl' lluvillg been cullctl away to
fulfil lic. next clui_\'_
“May I lla\‘i‘ the pleli.sill‘c of ille
next zlullci.-, Miss Roscm:\l~_\"."’ asked
Freddy.
R,o.<l‘iilul:_\' lookrti 'uit _\ltltlr‘li`i_\`,
.s-lli~pi‘L.l-fl.
"Why not :llc l.iil,:lu-ii, "lin lioi
in the lerlsi eoiiwliiloiiul, bill lyiint
will Aunt llclcllzt ,.;\y‘."
"Nothing if I run prevent ll."
uli_s\i~vrc<l li‘i~o<lci_v_ "ills it l'0Kll'f\i "
Foi'l\\ll;tfi~lj.' Aulii llvlrliii iizm
busy clsc\\'llcl‘c at tllut moment. Shu
was culling "Tivo N1-'l`l'ulnp.i.' ui,t~.'
the Colonci's "'I`\,\'o Spzulcr
Tilt- fiixirul wus ii ;;l'u:t'. ~u~».»~.
Fl‘cclrl_v held her .iw his urui .intl
told hiiilsl<ll` flint lilo nlnlfli in :lic
Llmchcstcrs was snlnctliiln: ailiout
holding wilrlf, llicv liriil, illirl in flint
niomclll Frcrifly \\':\s \i~r_r luu<'|i it
I.n|1cliestcr_
H,o~clliiil~_y' r:iif»§»'<‘tl ii. tus. .‘.li'
Toddy rc;vc:\lcd lllni» .f its llli l>.‘\'t
pilrtlicr she hull lr.id thu: liicliz. lic
danced rliviilcly. lir nflruclcil hor
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What Is tlhristlllas
'l`llc lnbflcc of cartil.
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Mtfclwi fi-il of ll-.iiilipir
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'File spring licic of Chi'..llu;. liupc.
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Cement to uillze broken iuin;;l@5,
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The glorious b..i'1.lida3' of inc K_ng
of Kings.
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The rising day of the sur. of
Rlghteouslless. '
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Times romndel- of il. ;,_@d
ones gout- deft/le.
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Tile londstonc vtll.ch .itlrncts
inanl' 11 Dwdlgal ',o hi.-, _'ather`s
lic/use. .
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Tile sun wlllcll inay lE_.i\\ _-_.mo
d1'0i'>S from even it mise: _. heart.
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The doll: n'h.cll carrie., tile olive
branch oi'.'Peaec ou earth lo our
families'
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An annual visiff.-r who has a warm
5\<‘2H'i. tllullkli its head iii- <1-r»‘.t'iic-d
with n garland of snow.
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The focus wlll<h sllouid riiimpxs
unite the rght but scattered rays
of family affection.
i-L<ewhc~re_ but it was with somo-
flling of a silrprlsn that. looking lu
on the dancers he saw "Toddy"
dancing with Rosemilry. He had
never heard Lady Helena mention
that she even knew the Laiicllesters
although he was aware timt`Lud_v
Helena would have givcil half her
soul to have been able to include
them oil her social list.
f‘Somethlng must liavc happened."
murmured Mr. Protliero, ns hc put
awny a magnum of _thc best chain-
pagne. "I must really congratulate
her on har success, It should bu an
ideal nizlll-li. Old “Todci_v" ought to
be settling ciovvn .<.oo!\_"
Lady lfclciln. wrir. not in the but
of tcmpers when silo encountered
Mr. l"rolllrro_ The Colonel had been
particularly iilil fury in ills remarks
abou: bridge playcl~.=_
“My dczilr Bnsilf sillilcfl Lnily liv-
lelia, "l’ln so gh-td _vou'vv Colne.
Rosemary has been frlghtfully nc-
glcctcd ull thc cveii'ing_ You know
what I mean, doil't you, clear buy?"
“I don'l lliilik :.iic's bciiig neglect-
ed now," Mr. Protlicro lllforinctl
licr, as they walked from thc drutv-
ing room. “ln fact. I camo to coli-
gratulnic you ml gl-ttiiig olll
‘Todd_v’ here. I know yoll`\'c n`.t\'uy:;
wanted lo get in with them. If`.~< ls
feather iii _rour bonnet old dear."
"Might I inquire what you :irc
talking uhout. Brlsil?" dcmztlicitwl
Lady Ilclcliu. “I hope I may fuki i'.
us u. conipliillcnt in my cllrlllip:l;:ii»~."
“Do you nltxili :ri fcl! mv that _wil
dont know thai yoil`vc not the Fu.;
of Lallt‘c.‘~ti‘l:`.~; still hero --the }li»i_-
ouriihlo l"i'f'dlly '1`o<itlillgfm|'."’
Lu<l_\‘ lif~lcn:\'s frirc \\ri 2, :iii t»t:‘.-
rugmuls pink,
"I cerlitilily' do not, Basil. iiili.
please cease yolll' _lnkliltt and i!')
:uid find Rnsr-in:lr_v"
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immensely. \‘\`llai‘. li pity it was lllat  
Aunt Hclcilu ul; so snobbi.»llI_v
|ial'tlclllal~! 1: \y..; uulul to think
wllat silo \t't_iui<i i=.i_'.' if :-lu- llilvligllt
hcl" |lil~r.~ wus tl ilu iiw; \\i‘,li ll llircd
bm'-if_~ii<l<‘l'_
They 1'rp.\irrf“l l>Ii:~.l.ill_\' happy to
the iilgi<'iiook_
’1`lla lll`.l\‘i~:'.\lll joy oi Cili'.sihl.i\ I'
ccrluililv \\.ii~_drl'lill. We rule =:
bells when pl-iln~e'.s :ire borli_ -ii ;~
a mournful dlruc llliiiii mon' lmi_i
pass away. Nallolis liure their loti-
Mciilizrllllc. illli.ln»\\ll f.. tin- litul- |.~`m. dm,-_<_ m,.,,- ¢._,,,,,._»,,<,_,~ and 1, __
olli-.iliiv I~`li~<lii\', li.~ old friend Basil
Pl'tu!ii~i'il limi ni'ri\'\iil lnlc :is il»u:\l.
lic was il pai‘tir\llul‘ lrn~iui of Lurll'
flyuis, bill ollcc in :lic your ri. l
nlily once, the vrliolv \\'.»l‘ld s:.'ili<1_‘.
silll in cv! ilrnff- ilu' i\ci\‘.“ilt til it
}l<»lf-il._':= um! -ilu lim! long i-ll'-ri ii- j;;.» (>|,',_\ ,l.._ qi. .,' \;;.y,\|-,»,l\ <1.. 1;;
rd flu* liopr .lili uint il hop. ~
Rus.-Mui_\' :rff:.irl le.
Mr. Prollu-l'u hurl ll..~' uliit:i',i.ul”
l'-‘l, Ili-i lvl! lii\'ll '.<i‘-i'..'i illtll |i:'.\iu't‘ Yfil rililliui viii Gllzi-..i'.‘.'1
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