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ftftma, ie.% ~ nillPfE7 * *-8 0 HEN the year is new, my dear. ,' Wht-n the year is - Let us make a prom. is- ee Little I an'i you. Not to fall to qu:ar reling Over every tiny thing. But sin; and smile, smile and sin^. All the glad year through. As the year goes by. my dear. As the year goes by. Let us keep our sky swept clear, Little you and 1. Sweep t) (very cloudy scowl, Every li:tle thunder-growl, And live ar.d laugh, Laugh and live. 'Neath a cloudless sk:. When the year is old, my dear, When the year is old. Let us never doubt or :ear Though the days g:?ow cold. Loving 1.earts are always warm: Xtrry hearts kr.ow n'c r a storm, Come ice and snow, so lov's dear glow Turn all our cray to -Laura E. Richards. in Youth's Companion. New Year Greeting. \y wte. sweet one, with the clut:eri:: curls. And the *:ee so darkly blue, With th- rb:iy lips and the two white pcarls h:t evr are ppimr through, 1 send ye aks v: er you mray iw. And a0gu e : .-y the anels comfort and ca:e for t:ce. And g.rat thee a gld New Year. My honny outh. with ni- brow. And the fu'!, urotoul'd ey. Whose only song .s of pleas.ure now. Anit joy in he by-and-by. I send my mesage alrosy the sea. Hlo-e en with n n r fear Beth o::g a.1 :. - ' .,y journey be, 1 wish the a glad New Year. 3:y aed o:2e. w: int "mowy hair, .iri the fe-!: step n(m slow. Thy voice that joined in the midnight pryer Was s:rar.gely fain* dnd low. I grest thee now, but 1 look to see if the Poa::an drawt th near, And I spea:: no word. since I know for thee God bringeth a Glad New Year. -Lalla Mitchell. in Ladies' Vorld. IXTHER (iRISTMAS. - REE wee: S b - ? } (fre Christmas e and Tnm u Irered agin. t lrl!/Sohodyei'e ve'ry much except ihemiv they minded . good dea', we"h made up for it. lovever when the extra netet 'ad lasted for a wole ortnigia-- uly ten day bevonid th e..-' ero-their friends -- 1 came cocrnd and as it drew neari Chi.+ mas day the pater wa ext angry "T1hose two young Ito--. mgt just asweh make it upinoi:w ~ ao r .,'"; aiot through Chtristmas tt ian iii everyt ' little mterlC '.l':. of the It'with a sorow shake of the headc. Col no the pater '~ Teom a h int that .A ";." ':: -re 'inc/: Per hasif lie were to dop.non'ci':."'' ' - the children. non' b.by.....gr.v.m:...: But pater thought that. ao Avge er's sister. and ten years youninr accord- a to the unimnpeachal e istiony ofh laily Bible, it vwas rather a mttr m it sisterly advice. So neither intervened, m the tenth (or wa it thc elieventh' pari : for "iorever" had l-edi three wees.o Christias eve. At this point all the faily agreed that sometting miust be done. "Ilf you don't .teak to Aggie. I "hl hv to speak to her tityself," m:id panter. 1:1rml1v. as he put on the Santa Claus coat with the big pockets. to sadly' torthi in the mocrning. "N'o, no, mty dear. I really can't ask1 por otld Temn to eat hmmble-pie. I don't consider that he was to 'tttme ttt all. H~e was pra'e tic'ally bound to uo and plray. for his club that afternoon. ;::al sheo 'outld have gone to' the shtow jua-'. as n~ 11 in the evening. Womnt: never~ will undetmand tha~t lteni-"O. paiter!" expocstulietd the matter. s->ftly. "e'y: ep~t youi, myA dear alwatys exceptolg you. hlut you arte uiqueltt."IWi Thnimater laugaet and lie kissed her. "ti:. but I htope yeu wont, . .lohin. .ihe said. coaxintgly. "Ptoor ci A4t has been erying her eyes out all the timne; but she's teo prou~d to miake overtures, thoughu she ewnts she was part-dy to Ilhame. it you eenid bring hitn round, now, to pay the compijlhnents of the season to me. or. to see the children?" "imph!" said s.ter,. rather shlortly," shall lose my train if l stop -ny. longer' arnd I ought to have caught the one befotre, really." Yater' didn't bothel himt an . urthter. She aaw a twinile' in his eye;'iic and lhet hadCbeen marriedt to himt for aine vears. antd knew; his w syvs. you see. 'Totm (whos .chie' lie v:s tooted i;:to hi.. pri'. at' "rm abotut ltuiich timec to lpay hi. respects. "Yout'econming round ti morrow2", afternioon. of coun -, od man?"tl said patcer, in his most ever'sa ovtone. lhut Totm Loohai v'ery glum and shook~l i::s head. Nnsme ejact.uiatedA hpter Wrathfully, "yvou v'.ere thte frie'nd of the faitity befoere Miss .Aggie'ermm to live with tu, the little inax. Yotu never dusert :h" youngster, oni Chi its day? Miony :a.1d Dot iae alwayvs asking al out '~Tu'eleT. .n.:1 l'm -ur' the boy' wili re meme. yo. ie's *t"-t:ee a fine big cham' now.and allsallo',.:- t e plac; he telm downse' r 't'e a c. "Nit, no. old ho e :. i n :. i cgt lot o ti . jo' buit a ic print or Ag. jo have *;td' in' e L h' w -peraps we in the street became so interestig ihat he took a prolonged look out of the window. whilst pater sketched an elaborate di(gramn upon his blotting-pad. However, pater must have cheered Ton( up a good deal in tie coumre of the day. :tr they left the otice together in high spiriis. They made a my.tericus and prolunged visit to a IaIcy-dre, eilIUl and1(1 One or tw o other places, and hen they stuc igl tigars in their mouths. a ad actually wleit ii ad played a couple of hundred at iiiliard- - pater's annual dissipation. as he called it. After this they went to the kiing c:icc at St. Paul's station t- Le'et half a van load of parcel: and iinally dispe'sed at Dulwiwb with a chfu:l pie. . t was noticeablen that ToM h::d grCwe Vc(ee ful since the moring. and paei'ed home ,o inll of jokes and Irrimnt t la: even Aunt Aggic had to nile. Then the real iusine, of the day he:an. There 1were the icIes anl nethew' to vii, wl ith present: Lt hee wee h liritm as boxes to the ,ervarts. tl sarcelringerr, aid all sorts :aid eeitnt of min, and women-for pater didn't ii in waiting till hoxing daV. There w tihe il S-LIiitrr of the ( irstntas tiddig. : soleni a ni n ; te. under the supcetirinedece Of cock. a: chih each elblei of the houc4h wi :a, ex peeted to he present. After this th ,-hii diren e t to bed. and the OierOul ,intLhmz woke at liv, aind filet the house with yels f Iiatur111s eXCitIIement whien tIley saw the array~ ot toys in and around tir (o i bloated stockin. lut v.:se nure h1d lit the gas storeC i i ti sLr. so that they could piy te dlurin' l the small hours w1 ihout <iis tunrhn'' every tone el-e: and exceptin that .1:or took a hadeo:l' the new roking ho rse. ai Dot warnied a wax doll's no-e a trite too muib at t it ire, no harm was do::e. Pater w:. as it l onuh ocI li asions, a rTourt h child. and the . ung: t were in hizh glee all the moriing. Then gra uidpa and gra ndia c::ame. I r' in re.ents 0r all the older ones--it bwinz undermood Ita 1 ty had been sIiu:!how in league witl tallia Claus as regards ti le cihildrtn. And everyone had a present :or them. evecn the little ones. whoe pe r nni had been imaka hly product ive in pater' hands. The d net' was Al. the pudding in pr ti-ular being suchl a suce's that cook was ailled in or 1tpeaial comi'im tent.:lhi1 twmiarly foil ovecr at ebaiir b'ow.in_ hiersel oml-. Evry-r thing wa S jolly that it Itally did seem straiie Ar .\uni .\.gie t l'ook -o grave, un le"s. sulgizctied litt' .iolly to Iot . \h wa, lio:IkZ io a present from "Uncle- Ton whih hadN't c'oe. .\ter dinntr pater made a little speecli w.'hich excit'd the cur:o-iiy of everyone. and nannomt.l an event whieh made that Christ and fnoowd byr a wronderful old gentlznan ini marel (ous attir. ;rho. e'cfl lby the light of thv hot gas jc s and At ickering tire. lxm casiQ- 'ceuMnized as Fttier (.1'I i-t4nias hin Ifi ait lie \X t,. a 1"ima 11 1llh 'i ht . I IV 11.l i1jlly I t1 tuldi fat:-. and sui"il trV.lini1i ii'oiiitcd b:.1 eIoxII of holly Iii de ~ith helt' -. an Ioy, pirt:d jilit *r'iiip Et"'!Y p~tickt 0l i, '-n1 il'i' ttI iot. He car! ie~ itl hi i'it ''i!d a -toutt stafi overed frithi tlli ivy 11 le L!tigllied all rouind a. lie :at dor"n it a i! everyonie ha imbe~d agin, andh id " \lrrrv C hijn ht' and a I li -New Yvr! in X11t -i a big. heart ;tX .1 (tlu then ..cl ii -hit.- -3111 to :(ii Pather I lLii lil:t ine h uord lIt i"-i' becni theitt ai"t llc.11(.p 1J4 I "it'll he he Ii iti Ani l' i e-, I.-, ti o tc it 1 iiater gut utp ::itd mfaiatoMntte ~it tt I.-i'iv t SUCKI Ii- no0 unt'l el could iTtakc. iitllt ie-i mrade thitn! g .and -01110- (i I il ll Then pater took hold of her arm, and said so quietly that no one else heard: "Fa ther Chris ts waits to ive you a present, my d4r." So Aunt Aggie rose and let him lead her un to theirU2'.I .lu--t a she eme to Father ( Chti'tmas. hut trter. grandp'a and(: girndma made tt, ' ImI ristakes. (rand pa aei('dentallv turned tle gas right out: and grandma, feelin: too warm. it mul: he pre -uimed. p.ushed the cIreen -uiddenly in front of the tire. It took ater. iteitL' a (ule i I l minutes to thd thie math< ii t:liib were it hi: pok., af:ter ali): and itat oulin't make grani: undettand aout the creen; -- di .e is geini att:'i old--aid So nobhody aIw exaeiy what hal-ppned. Mater has an idea that h he eard abmething aout "dear littie Agge!" .'i ' nd :r old Toma! thuhl he h::-n't trid l:n::n. and one and Al dIL!are that that wagbi y old seaimpti of a Father C(hri-tma v:: hid ILto ':i- auntie. Probaily hi 1ba1i:lin nritur ned af ter til{, for when the light v:it again he had di appeared ''ramhna eed : have been ILandinlg hip eleuthe- round t:e door. sot.e \nd thie rre e w hiLch le had left fi thetret. yC"r'd1 %ever ,.ue( s :it- Il ude Tom:nl .\te'r I at. eve: yoie mu1-at believe inL F th.r (i.ri"tmas. Perhaps. if the. are vei ,e0d. i.me of my 'aderS mo .tt Aunt .\i ajl 0 lule i('ig Zr t chl: ire ents: bil :THE PETENDEP B1IEN Christmas time j " 4 is almost here, "+ 111 1Ad folks begin to wink, \ Anti hush their talk whenl come near. Then I begin to think I1 write to Santa Claus about The things I want to till 3Ie steelings.-lo won't get the note, 'ut I pretend h' will. I slip it in the envelope, And put it With the mail. And ht. mamma to seId it 1'y the postman. without fail: .t hk her whe n I find it gone. For doing what I bid: I kinow she I: ver sent it off. But I pret'nd si, did. I takec mly stockings Christmans Eve, And! b~y the chimney side. I han" "hem, while I Wish that tile... twice as long and wide: .\nd e onde1r how the chimney L.-,s him dov.. that joll' man Of course . kno it truly can't. It:t i t re rtd !i cun. .nd wh. n on C hristmca mor~n::. All ~ ~ ~ ... ti-1:n:s Iw n e so. \rn '":tikim '!)rom my :ntocking tops, Or madn:i row. i ha .:a1 kiss-' mlly motI:r. An.I my fatheri. mo. " ase. I k::a it': mo t' : :l , thouice Fre amd it's StaaCas -Sir^.. l;-"r'- Archiiald, in Good The Gall. e!oll a ,hits-ro'ed arel at My -e.r, ' -"' ihou t: hfart i for' the dai of nd.' ir: me tal:c thy hand and led te rh chasm of dull gloom. Fea:- n: full Of r' .rat jew'Cls hav I fo: thy Com" orth. and follow w .-'the' way \:d ltea' old sorrows on thy tear- "pt floor.' It is the New Year calling th:'a to ro'. .\nd my s.u.l fears to tak: h-' 7.:lling hand: Yet ' must .o-Tim.:- holds th-- magic key. Anu I should tread the un-::wr., open land With song and hone-with courage unde filed: And so I go-with faith, as would a child. -Charles Hanson Towne. in Ladies' World. ONE IS ENOUGH. "Eph I. att ieyu nieaur e r t r ( ' rt m a s , " .said C o . 1 1 a w k e r . u t re Prss BRWNSREENE "Yes. I''ven toe buingoe yu it to e thing' >rey v'liti,''epid the. mawith.th "You" haverv That's good.el 1u I' d 'man. two-deowat byou'? have dgotnihet. ~.I'eo tr etrisime thins fc o mywea, and tc haen't hue slightes t ia I w ha 'ito ge t" '- .'t lie rsca pp.and e Eve ewith a his oft "Foryou wier hy Half.:.m b pYesg:' arie frmyn witheth iu'ld':l "(:oerehea ens.herown!wWhli.t-,ethenmles -r"Yur I'e mus be ia s; -;.tman ofur ohm no." Iaplijusth getin withwthe "YIx''e understangod. Is: odmn "Well ht you et ahe gve me t etshe tnd coms or thie. bum an iat'n tenootn a srie. I fexpei. omthing. the ind fo e hi'erwthabl'o :emon a: fwiday after Chri.tmat. Lhav >mtig that? ist tble for mt':. solIt ha "I sa, Dron. Youn jres aetn. my boy. beiev d I' wil uymy iftthndme.in "Wpellensas yae bosh vr mors bruievs tat it ~ or te agood , a.i nd o iv ~ernohateautifid'ieerseaum' pi: shehag o-ah nd from hon andhs year with a ble fo thnafe Chi t."-eriChrio Tn".l1ead. 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