{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“ iffQ-O-Q-O ‘Talfl- Br Bradford Allan, g v vvvv‘v¢ x‘ 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 + o 4+++v++o+oe++ Q-QQQQQ-Q-QQ-§ _._‘ , 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 the residence of the lard Mayor ol He Decembeng x M’ mama‘ “nae 1Lpnd0ll lit up the sceno behind --- which, in imagination. one may see Father: "-l hope you like your 11111, team, 1-11 . the fifty cooks and hutlcrs prepar- Christmas dinner. Willie. lDld you r1111, 1111111 and 1.5:“ we" mlwnd ing lo keep Christmas as a Lord have all you wanted?" ' Thus the dialogue goes on , tween Scroo e and iilfitlonce nu Scrooge. N0 wurulth Scrooge 81.051111; 111111 grnusing M. could wnrlu.‘ no wintry Wilttlllmfl"vurythhlg and m! Mvhew 9x101]. l-llill llim. ‘.\o wind that blow wuslhm me plunges of (-1,,.1_.,1,nas_ Bu,“ lug that although it hnd never put a scrap oi gold or pocket. l believe tllal it has done mc good and will do me good. and l say. iGod bless it'!" some dcsultory conversa- tlluw it one degree at (‘.lli‘|tll.mu~l.l I . take great deliizhi. Scrooge? . Nmmdy 9"” nephew departs and an ho leaves Sinlipcll huu in the street to say. 1119 1118mm 0mm Svllmgc 05 m" Wm‘ glmlsmlm’ l°°k“' ‘My ‘lea’ Scrooge two other Decide euier it. you come tn sec mo?’ No beggar implored him to bestow a. trifle. no .- The Benevolent. "d m keep “Id canmm‘ mm “m. Yet sunshine lingers everywhere A children asked him what it was iu-utlcnielt. pleasant to behold. and they stood with their hats off ill ScroogeT-i of- They were churitablogeiltlc- men. collecting at this season of the year ior the many charitable insti- tutions of London. o'clock. no mun or woman cvel‘ pure in! all in‘: lLlle finqulredlthe way l‘ h 1111"“? I (i RliPl Mi l0 a pace, 0 Christmas not qu ew a ,3“. “mt 15 in are. but not in Srr00g,,_ 1mm, the 1,11,“, ma,“ I d dogs appeared to know him, and My-secontl is in hills -blil notg B 9*‘ WllUll they saw him coming on. i would nag their owuot: Lnto door- 11 n, 11.8 I tme. \li'il_\'sl an up coltrts.an t en would 8m‘ ‘mm the ho yon a e Dflhluurth is ill riddle but no in wit: 5111\n- wilal “ill that“ llhiey reisrfihl to his list 1_ yme. an . to eye a a s e er on - And mo" ‘mo would love mm! My filth ls in wheels. bill "01 l“ an uvil eye. dark master?‘ That lu the picture drawn by t~Dlckens of this old. hnrd-flsted. hard-hearted partner of t _ llrm oi t Scrooge and Morley. is ' picture Many or us in the course o: lite’: pilgrimage have just with similar f characters. in there any wonder Slicing clearly thnt it would bo 11d opinion of himself. and lil u mnru "llzth," said 1Srrouxv. “llllli1bllR-" functions tclnliur than was usual _ liuulilufl. unrlu!" with 111111, w“; dllmf‘ imd film“ m" ““"““"“l' said SCTOOKU‘! ncpln-lv. "You don't n lib glut up. HllCll. A floaty l'lll|t!‘n“_“n mm I “m, Hum-- A Dismal Christmas Eve. ‘flue hours. of tllnt. dismal Christ- lllus live puss oll, tllc cold and 1'01: ilutsillv only ill-lug rqunllcd by tilt- Mayofs household should. (Continued on Page 11) _ ITYbwre Good Santa Claus will come tonlillt l! you're good be- And do what you know is right. lieve." sold one of the gentlemen. As you should. “Hove l the Down the chimney its will creep. pleasure of addressing .\lr. Scrooge Bring for you a woolly sheep. or Mr. Morley?" "Mr. Marley has b en dead seven l! yotrrve good. years." Scrooge re led. "l-lc died seven years ago this very night." "We have no doubt his liherality Through the wood. is well represented by his surviving But he'll come around this way nlrtnorl’ ssid tho gentleman. prc- 1f you're good. seating his credentials. tslaly for they had Ami a mmio mode of rings, then that Dickens introduces the been twojrintlred spirits. At the He will bring you mlny thing; And a doll that goes to sleep. Santa Clans will drive his sleigh. wuu a wind-up blni that villi- ominous ‘word "llbonllt!" Scrooge If you're good. PAGE NINE l. The Haunted Taxl- s. Mvllle l-ml- ii L‘ As a taxi-driver, Mr. William it took Rumble a few minutes In Rumble was. in appearance, pretty extricate ltu can irom the surging much to type. 0f middle-agemor- stream of vehicles, and when be Ose of mien, with a walrus mous- mane for the nearest policeman. techs. and an almost glamy stare who made a note or rt. suggested acquired by constant peering into he went to the police-station, and the traffic, he was as good a apecuwished him s Merry Christiano. men as one could meet or thstl "Fuel-it'll be no merry unrlstmu class which wears voluminous ov- fotr mo!" irelorted Rumble, “un- ercoats and carries its loose less l get hold of that bloke . . . S’ Chimes in some elusive depths truth! there's over a quid on tho thereof. c ck!" This, however, is regarding Mr. m-‘Vd luck. Hillel’ Bymllfllllilod Rumble from an outward vlew-"he Wllcemml- manwhll“. B- ma" po-ut only, which is, 1191-1111115’ 1111. had entered the taxi and asked to falr to Mr. Rumble, who differed "6 dlvefl l1 I110" JWHv-‘Y- For a from the average follower of his “wmem- 31"- Rumblfl demllrwd- Cflllllls. lnusmuch as hc worked for "A bl°ke3i 3"" 19¢ m9 dim" f0! no firm. but owned his own cab. 0"“! i1 llmll-fl". he said. “And i This is no mean distinction in tho “'35 Jun‘! £01118 l0 llle 1101M.’ -'l~ taxi world, and Mr. wllllam 1111111. 110"." bio was justly proud o; 11_ He "Well, it's no use throwing good had bought his vehicle on the ia- m°n°Y ‘in-er ball" "blerl/Bll llw 5111111111111 1111111’ 111111 h" 901119191911 new fare. "it's Christmas time, the purchase several yous as“ and I'll give you a half-crown tip. Everytltng, therefore, should have “In hell’ l“ mill“ 09-" pooh all right with m. wllllom The "8"" W“ the! lili- Rumble Rumble: and so, usually, it was, W“ 511mm!’ delayed 0n it's visit though 1101 1111 111.1 (3111-151111“ Eve t0 the police station, where 11o to which this narrative refers, ‘"15 lle-‘li-liled to receive a surprise. He had hnd a busy day, which, f» Bf-‘Tlzeant listened to his 810W it’ followed by an equally profit- ‘will patience. Then he said: able night, 111111111 111111111 1111- 11 "If your descrihfou ni’ the man brllrllter Christmas in the Rumble l“ ‘l‘r'""‘lfllc. l think it must be th- hollsehillll- Bl". Strange to say‘ mun who was murdercd about hall‘ such 11 Itlght 111d 1101 10110“, on ml hour ago in one 0i’ the streets 11111 Conn-um.’ 11 proved w be 1e“ lending lfloln Shafteshury Avenue Drolitnble than any he 111111 9111161. 51110 Soho. Better come to the icnccd during his career as a taxl- morlllfl?!’ With me. There are driver. 1W0 0f our mer- up there now. We "Christmas Eve. too!" he mut- "M" "‘l"\hc~od ." soon as it hap- lelell. us lie heard a chulrch clock PM“ " “ 1-1 1 chime ten. "And here's me with _ ~ ‘ '1" ‘t my rrrid?" ask a taxi private owned and ooh‘; 3111 "d ‘ll r‘ ‘My ind cny a 1111111111‘ 1111-13)’ it. nlz n“ the hotly?" Mr. Runlble's "beat" iny 111 the The °ercc‘ln' disclaimer! know! Bnyswatel’ district; where he "IVH o" such n thing. and a little PFOWlGtI about the 11111111 squares 511-- Wlllfam Rumble was looking with their giant houses gloomy "W" “i” ‘he dead face of his re- and sentinel-like. lt was his tlte- C?“ h” ory that one fare in such a quor. "ll'= Wm '11‘ right" he said. tcr was worth two anywhere else. w“"””"“°“ ‘l ‘ldlei-‘ilvi’ “llllflclflf But to-nght two "Jobs" only bad “km him "' “Tl” "t "upmmls '9' been his 1iortion; 111111 even 111e,. ‘oi"‘z to the dean's man's move- had been short journeys. He was “"3"” Rumble mld lllm 0f 1'59 frankly puzzled for 111111111111 11111111 visit in the h/ulSc at Kenslngton he had 11991-1 111111611, 0111,. 111 11nd and ‘urwhetl him with the address hi; 111-111111111111116 1111-1, “.1111, away as to lvlVr-h hew1= driving him when he flDlJroac-hed to pick them up. ll“ rlkvmncorell. And that c.011- "Anyhodwd 11111111 them was “l"ll'!l "hz-‘stmos Eve for William something wrong with my face", "l‘l'"l"“ he growled, as he noticed l'ttle <"""*"‘"°d °“ 939° “l snowflakes dancing eerily about a ’ street lamp. "'0wever, if it's g9. lnz to snow‘. things may bet a nu ' ,,,,,,,,._.. _ The Chrlstnlas But things did not. Thi s, in fact, grew worse. ng Meanwhde, Mr. William ltumblcl dmve bl“ cl" mllnll ‘U19 gloomy The craker we can't do without, square, breaking out occasionally, ‘Oi tlhat there-s not the slightest i’. 1M0 imnrecatlono about. Christmas‘ doubt. eve and all connected with it, for Since everybody knows that it he had suddenly remembered that is always bound to make a hit. o twelve months ago to the day, or For after all, pray. does it not rather night, he had had an equal-i “Go with a bang" and "cap the ly bad ‘spool; worse, in fact for he lot." - had made nothing at all. . (l it was a miserable story, and 0X13 ungp which he would norlrave ~ ~ ' ' ' re ect but tor ‘this recurrence oi‘ ' bad luck on Christmas Eva 1;, yep; later, it was simply an associa- tion of ideas which made him re- Although Christmas is celebrntod capitulate the events of that night 111 much the some manner all over ll 5'68!‘ 850' the world. different countries ‘have Al- lllal- time» 719 llflll bee" lllY-1certain customs peculiar to them- ing the Strand when a distiaguisn-‘eelvee. Germany is the one that Bd-lllfllilllg man, wow-ring o short has the greatest number of these imperial beard. and speaking with perhaps, for German children re- blokon English accent. hailed gard Chritmas Day with far more him and asked to be driven to ungeverence than do those of any address in Kcnsinston. lother nation. it was from Ger- “And you must make haste!" many that the Christmas tree. lad- flfllll llw mun. excitedly. "But en with gifts, woe first introduce-l keep oi‘! the usual way. Go The idea. however. is really of Ro- through—what is it———CheIsea— man origin. there arc robbers after nle!" A iirm belief among German chil- Mr, Rumble, smiled his custom- dreu is that on December 25th ary. cryptic smile. it was all no animal's have the gift of speech for nothing to him. An ordinary man twenty-four hours. Their Labilllv ty; but not a taxi-d-river-loogt so their parents tell them, to .111- Ious inreu had long since ceased themselves during some portion of to interest hlm- Further, he wag the previous twelve months. in not going to permit lfmself to be NOFWHy there is B Pretty custom oi’ excited by a foreigners mythical llmVllllllE H good dinner on Christ- story oi‘ robbers. He just drove mas DRY for all domestic animals the mun to Kensingtun at his or. Th" Lrnlcrs give the“r burst-smut»; "nary D1100. cu... a‘ .xtiu supply of fodder. At Kgnglngfon 1111 11-1111 11911111111111. while sheaves of corn and dishes ing for an hour. and then his fare 0i‘ grain are put out in the yard {or reappeared @1111 11511611111 1111 driven the benefit nf the birds. When by a circuitous lroute to a street in “hlhlmn l" ll°llmlll "B118 11D i-llfili‘ tho 111101031; to pursue their point. thc 11111 11113111111 11111111" 11151 11111-1111 of stockings in readiness for the visit Oxford street. Mr. Rumble nod- "l some (‘i-nus (who. by the way. is of ills instructions and mcceeded P13" a CB-Tmt l" 1116111- This l5 ~11 1111.1 way, idone for the benefit of the horse on $0 far. not a bad ‘Christmas Eve. which i119 01d gentleman rides Tile meter wuo steadily mounting when WW8 {Wm b01186 M! house up and already nearly a pound was “m1 hi“ 559k °l Dreififlil- who! wgmterem NO, 1W1 at n11, the rider sees that his faithful steed thought llVilllilnl Ruluble- is m“ TQmQmbBTQd l!!! l5 bollflvfid At thc top of Silaficsbury Aven- m beam"? m0" kindly (“$150594 uc. near the Journey's end, the hllmell- “d l° "WYWBQ We miflv some urinutee. Mr. Rumble srull- Pei‘ date, by the way. for a visit ed. for it was to his good. Pres- "m" ‘he Diltchiflsnto claug 1o Doe- cntly the line o1 vehicles moved ember sul- 5U". whenever he ar- in particular. M-r. Rumble looked one “f U"! mmmmlehi. l‘! W911 B! den snarl of anger. iliscovered it Fmcllli-ed with the obervdtion. bf lllshted from a brand that had ‘been “illfllllly saved from the prveioue lrears log. The word “yu1e" it 1o llulelellllfls to note. is derived mm , At one time specially- mflde csrdles were used at Christ- i r11 ‘Willie (much shocked): "l should 1111.1 fige1ft°111g‘,fl“’g,fggflfd ‘Gus? m" “°l- ""‘°"‘-" ‘isms! Darts of amt ariuln with “Because if l'd had all l wanted l Christmas. .0111, u,“ o-huu 1 should have eaten up e. Christmas 9111111115111“, 1a m“ . bflfl“ z o: pudding. a turkey. two ducks. tillllbgggmbef 25m mam‘ good‘: b sausages. eighteen apples, two 111-111; 111 Ydrwnre ma" f? . pounds or nuts. lire pears, sixteen strong 111111111‘ "M", bu" I oranges, three boxes of dates. two fled on Ohflstm“ my “emaili- iu their house; December 8th an ties oi lemonade!" an time d ‘El-it. In Ate Too Much. “n” °1 “Mimi tliirois s. I ‘ "Visitors: “And do you like Christ-belief that the fifit merino mas ‘pudding, Willie?" Willie: "Not always, sir.“ on Ghflatmu "Why is that?" more look a 11“; "l like it very much loom; 1111 months than“ 1 . Christmas my. l go on liking it 1101106., ‘ll is on; 4,1“, ~ _ more and more until it ‘hlQ all ille- ‘I j . _ Invested dth n to 14W" an u ctlouii." on m” 0' _ u one d» . Ivvvv-Yvy bottles of prunesanil a dozen bot- lngers in 111111 csstershirc recondiiigr: ygf!" "wit! to have new boots or ‘hog family co open the lioer o! s mo: ‘ lllflll luvs