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w*iflf<“L‘?i‘l_%i’t’lz¥is"X‘£’l»”i¥i?v‘ll’..l_  cHaR1.oT'ri:'rowN,-Pizincr 1 EDWARD ISLAND, fcAN*ADA, 'i‘HURsDAv,§ DECEMBER 24, rosa. {¢'_%'its‘t°¥&n”l'¢”».*th‘¥it” §_`fi»‘l%i
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
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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
When you solve the above.
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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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| "And now, if you'll come with me,
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
"*_;‘ __ _..._ *_ s:-zz: _::,_,f:: ‘._T -
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
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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
we ma e is ying HD 0 T5* 0
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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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nrpriae on Paulie's face he said: "I rim
ii it fi ' i: 1 me im f ssnis clans."
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on
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.”
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_ 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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Jnow engaged in? And why have you left
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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ll* ‘IL ' m\\ Q  top of tba slide that the mountainsids
.' _U 'l H/ .  .ff/1 l l| 4  = echoed and re-echoed tlie cry. The wail
_|_ _; i  I I ~ ' I wss one of hormr, for now the reso\ii.ng|
' ' »’/ ' ` ~' ,i~ "_ party _bagmto understand the danger of
- I :’ ' ~ ~-- _ _,__ _ _ _,ff  tha icy slide and the predicament of poor
_ _ __»_./(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"
=`-22'*-'f'  '\\ ‘,» _5 f _. 7,9, _ said Lightfoot, sitting at the bottom of the
\\\ - ' .F , slide and'wai1'ning his front paws by
“ L' "\" Q 1 blowing his warns breath “D011 _ll1°m~
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One at a time on this icy preclpiee is auf-
ficlsnt. Now we are a dozen strong. And
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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
By Maud Walker.
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dsssift return bali!  Eve l_ _the|a_, use - slowly up _ths icy assess;
inn bs wo iiahsli he oossalets my sis- zmllip. dl:§:§lg___<£°*:__d'_#f\;m°°'54bu” __
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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had entiolpllisd-, “LID liliohjllmlilk b°§t,. Ighuooc Bwnm "Jun U 'OWN
liare,” d sred one of the old bean after
te,ki 'l~l'b nt view ot' the moving oli-
ls'sti1:n(tlileell\¢l:ltlll1llll°- "YUL W' he'
but dist use el sonssass esa§_ s In s_t
Hsere! Corus, |et's go at once sisd_p\v\il
upon him to return to his lsoms with ul.
Wi hin half an hour the compllly Of
krsqhiiia gall E_t'h__s_;eif___s;_ thsfggr of 
mi Mf*&wcyl0W!f¢ 0 Hill I
end' ,';2'”§:.°t Mug; Gig ',°¢-01,, ,wth _hs-vvss still i_sak_is| slow work of gettiniz
whos. ,|i`";‘"-5. th. nilht him Md _up the steep incline, for no Qoner--woulg
osnssd .0 mush self and anxiety in 1).. lie reach a certain place than he woul
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For hours they searched uviaud down ° 0 09° *IW* __
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thi mnuvitsini al crossing canyon alter _____l-I:;£io___:_l:::'_:, __l_l8_l;:fc;ot_o__t‘:i gfhf,
sort of antics do you call tnose you sr'
"N'c\‘sr niindflgor mind, good fnielld
iial nei bor," ssll another siotliei- war.
llulliiigdligf gpm] dpi”-h0r dl.l@il-I
fiienil. "Ali an sims, liusbsiids .md
""“\ Ira going fu; to'-stu* IM' ’_V“"
"~\-on on., -su we 'siiiiii hm fm' °>h°
ian mi the wont is sssnsid. oome. cbs"
“li until other news has been received."
Then, with g Quffy of tl'lll\D°“s ¢\°
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""f\_\'on_ . ` Nh' ons slreamss
“ul whciimih? noon li)d:i,eh\'l;l*’°ll "M"
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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
admitting
To Paulie's astonishment she was inet
tad by
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
cka, gin-
hout the
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
‘unlined
slr oozi-
to read. And after you have
than I want your opinion of
tents." -
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. .
Most.
Teacher was asking the little MQ 1
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,
l like to gitf'
hes. what would you like in get?'
SU", In Id_loik to git even with
Ryan far ainashuf. me nose," 1-epiigd
cd ran like this: ‘;Dear Santa-I’m lu” the “B” da" wh." "My ""7 mlidl "il
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LUN UANDRUMS. `
____l;'_lii>n is a blow from ii stranger Maile’
“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.
l' 
,_._,.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." .
"But 1 wont to tell Ss "
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
- :ning-room.
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-
you found me this aftsrriooh, still at-
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PAT'S VISIBLE MEANS Ol!_' SUPPORT.i
It in ii very sharp emergency that can
catch the witty Irishman, even though lie
be ignorant and ragged. Pat, whose gur-
ments were in tattere, was brought before
a magistrate on the charge of being a vng!
rant, with no visible means of support.
Pat drew forth from his pocket is hugo
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and several cold potatoes, and spread thcni
on the judge's stand. "Shure, yer honor,
what do you call that but visible means
ot' support?" he asked, coolly:
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'lat lille Johnny was not aidd, ' .lf
But smiled from ear to ear. 
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