Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, December 25, 1901, Image 3
I 7 A II M E R R R O W N. Mr*.
Browii, and five little? Riowiir !
| ** wore at dinner. It was a
(7~* few days before Christinas
and the question which was disturbing
their minds was what to have for dinner
011 Christmas Day.
A groat deal of the talking was being
done by the live little Brownies,
as ibey were called. They chattered
and laughed, and quarreled, too, I
fear. Sometimes their father and
mother got a word in edgeways.
"Of course, we must have a turkey,"
fluid Mrs. Brown.
" Did one with lots of wish hones,"
cried Brownie Xo. "so wo eau all
nvish."
"Ain't we going to have any pic7"
chimed in the youugest.
"Well," said Mr. Brown, "I think
pumpkin will do. it is tli** h aiihiest.
This with a smack of bis lips.
"Yes, it's the best, too." chimed in
tjie little Brown, who had asked l'or it.
In spile of a stern giauee from bather
Brown, and a sharp "Hush" l'roui his
mother.
"There's a big pumpkin in the barn, '
that will make a dozen pi< V said Mrs. I
Brown, "beside, throe smaller ones." I
{ "Yes," replied Mr. Brown, "I know.
As soon as dinner is over we'll go out
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to tlie barn, and sop which oiip we will |
nocd. That blp one is too large, I '
think, but we will see."
Ar scon as the incal was over the
Mthole family, Mr. Brown and Mrs.
Brown, and the live small Brownies,
*11 trooped out to the barn, to pick out
the pumpkin that was to bo converted
into pics for the Christmas dinner.
Up the stairH they went to the
hay loft, where lay tlio four blp, j ellow
pumpkins, all ripe and mellow.
After a long discussion as to the
acetic of the family in the pic lino, Vr.
sad Mrs. Brown decided to use the
biggest one, so Mr. Brown picked il 'tp
ind sol It at tha head of the stairs, :
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Yt*'u?iv it "?v on Id bp rer.dy lit lie brought
(y the Kitchen wlion want; <1.
Tlii i all the ftrovrns, Mr. Itrovrn awl
"Sirs. Krowu nnd tiie live little Brown-,
Jo?, Koleiunly filed downstairs Mr.
Ii vow si to see to tli? chick; in, Mrs.
Brown to l:er suwing and the five
anul! Brownies to play.
JLc F.oon a? the family had ffor.e the
big pumpkin which had been chosen
lri,.tu to tremble all over, ' like a bowl %
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ful ol' JelJy." as the poem says of Santa
Clans when lie lauglicil.
Did yon ever see a pumpkin tremble?
No? Nor I, but this one was different
from the kinds that grow now,
for he trembled and shook like n leaf.
The medium sized pumpkin said to
the big one:
"1 told you so. You were so proud
at b?iug the biggest. Now you see
what will happen. You'll be made luto
pica, like your brother was ou Thanksgiving
Day."
v All the smaller puinpkius laughed at
this and the big fellow grew white
through his yellow skin.
"Well, I'll make more pies than any
of you will." he replied, "and better
oiios, too; that is. if I don't escape."
"Escape!" exclaimed nil the others in
a breath. "Why." continued one follow
with a lump on the side of his
head, "Why, you're so fat'that you
can't even walk, let alone run."
This settled matters for a few moments,
till a sound was heard on the
floor below. Tills set the big follow all
a-tremble again, for he was sure it
was the farmer conic to make him iuto
pies. But it was a false alarm. It
was John, the hired innn, talking to
his brother, Jim, the gardener. "Yes,"
jfSlll
'[CN Qxri-stmaa Prc?ei\:.s, a
Polly choked tk, clolly ? tker
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Pr?.v.r\t.s, jomt ^tnall, 50m* great;,
kifcy tore tkc picture-bcok ? tlvU* <ktt"C v/Crt
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"Gf^^f *"~- ate op all the ca"\i
lie was snyinp, "wo must liave some
fun on Christinas Eve. Let's make a
jnek o' lantern." The pumpkins were
ail attention.
"The very thins," exclaimed Jim,
"and there's half a dozen pumpkins or
so up stairs in the loft. 1 saw them
Hi i other day when I was looking for a
rake."
"That's so," replied John; "one is a
/is oiu-, i reuiemner. ne'U make a line
lantern."
"Well, I'll go pet a knife," said .Tim,
"and you hunt up a pole to put it on.
We'll scarce the whole village; that's
what we~?l do," and they ran out into
the yard.
Upstairs all was still as a mouse,
while the men were talking, but a a
soon as ihey left a great commotion
sprang up.
"A jack-o-lanlern," exclaimed the
medium-sized pumpkin to tlie big one,
"not even a decent pie. Ila, lia, ha."
The others all joined lu the laugh,
while the poor doom d one could hardly
contain himself, in fact, he almost
split with rage, jump.ng tip and down
and shaking his lis; at the others iili|
the little one hid himself for protection.
"And what will become of all of
you?" shouted the liig one, "if Hoy
make a jack-o-lanteru of iue;"
The laughing stopped.
"Why. two of you will be taken t?
make pics, and you'll be boiled and
mashed and baked and then eni.n,
while I will enjoy myself scaring poopie,
just ns I nm scaring you now."
lu spite of what he said, he didn't lock
ii.n though he would enjoy it much, but
ho coutluued: I
mA
"Yes, If they make a lantern oat of
me. I'll just grin and bear it. aud the
more I grin the more folks will be
scared and the more folks are scared
the more I will grin."
"If you grin loo much," put in the
one with the lump, "your mouth will
meet at the back of your neck aud the
top of your head will come oh'."
"Silence!" shouted the big fellow,
jtunpiug up and down. "Silence, all f f
you. I hear some one coming."
Voices were indeed heard and the
farmer entered the barn, talking to
himself.
"Why don't you run," piped the little
pumpkin, becoming brave, as he
hoard the farmer preparing to mount
the stairs.
4*Yos lllirrv nnil oconnn" cull!
lumpy one, "why don't you run or
roil, us you say you cau do so gracefully."
This was too much for the big one,
who was iu a towcriug rage, and was
jumping up ami down like a rubber
ball, lie was close to the head cf the
stairs, aud as lie heard the farmer
coining up lie gave a big leap, and
missing his,balance, down he rolled.
Bump ? bump ? bumpety ? thump!
ltight oa to ihe farmer's head he
went, and thcu fell with a smash ou
the lloor. where lie was dashed inio a
thousand pieces.
The farmer was stunucd by the blow
for a moment and couldn't hiuk what
it was that had hit him. But lie turned
aud saw ihe wreck of the big pumpkin
that was to have served for the
Christmas dinner, lying about tlie floor.
"Dear me! dear me!" he exclaimed,
"there goes that biggest pumpkiu all
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?Youth'? Companion.
to smithereens. This barn is setting
so old and rickety, 1 ought to have
known better than to have put that
pumpkin at the top of the stairs,
where it could bo jarred down."
"Well, then, there's nothing to do
but to take two of the smaller ones,"
and suiting the action to the word lie
walked up stairs and carried off the
two bigger pumpkins, leaving the little
fellow all alone, trembling with
fear, yet thanking his stars at bis es
cape.
His joy, however, was short-lived.
An instant later tLc hired man came
upstairs.
When he saw only the one small
pumpkin he scratched his head a moment
and then said:
"Well! well! So the old mnu has
left only the little one after all. lie
must like pies! There were four hero
this morning." So picking up tin? liitle
pumpkin, who was fainting from
fright, he carried him otT.
The next day all that remained of
the four pumpkins were a dozen pies, 1
a jaek-o-lamern and a lot of smashed 1
pumpkin on the ash heap. Mortimer
Foray the, In the Krooklyn Eagle.
fBPlSS?
I teco ration* Liel Till Tirrlfth liny.
All Christinas decorations, according
to the English Idea, should he left in
position till Twelfth day, and n sprig
of holly should remain somewhere hj
each room till Ash Wednesday.
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Rearing Santa Claul.
You afraid of Santa Claus? Goodness me,
I'm not!
I'm lots too bi^ to let hint make tne
scared;
'Sides, a year ago I saw him, rij;ht on
Christmas five.
So now he wouldn't scold nte if he
. i t
Yes, sirrco! Tie's big and fat, like his pictures
are;
An' I was sillin' by the chtmhley. too.
When he lit rieiit on the hearth, shook
the snow hakes off,
Au' turned to nte, un' says: "Why,
howdy do?"
Nen 1 run back to the doo**?so's to lock
him in?
"I'm pretty well," 1 ?ays, an' ncn we
sac
An' talked a lot about bis work, an' he
told me, he did,
'Twas hard to get around when you're
bo fat.
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IV mc-by I siyi. "1 hope you won't forget
nie Christmas Day.
Although I'm noi, the be I of children,
'cause
If you should do so. I'm afraid I'd have j
to tell the boys
That b'lieve in you "There ain't no Santa
Clams!"
I
My! D:dn't lie turn pale! lie caught
holt o' tuy hand;
Says "Don't <!o tint, picnic, for I like
you,
I'll give yon heaps o' things you want, 'f
you'll b'lieve in ine.
An* let the other children do so, too!"
So we made a 'j rccincnl, an' I will hive
some things
At Christmas time, yon bat! What's
that you say?
Don't b'lieve I ever sca'Til old Santa
Clans? Well, now.
Jest ask hill, if you see him Christmas
Day!
Tlin lii'imlt ?if Kuvironmont*
"I tell you Santa Clans Is tall and
tliiii."
"And I toll you ho is short ami fat."
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Th? i t s;x'tdive |cd
the slturtiou.?Judge.
tVliat a "Yuletltlc" Mrnnt.
"Yuletlde" is, of course, again to the
fore. It is a good enough word, euphonious
and convenient. But there
is no use in investing in syllables with
too much glamor of medieval poetry
and romance. The cold, concrete fact
is that it means the tline of yelling, or
yowling," not to say caterwauling.
By all means let us have a merry yuletide,
but let us not "make Itome howl"
too much, nor let our yule festivities
become?aft the name might imply?u
katzenjamrner.?New York Tribune.
on lilt lieu HUH r'Jf
Coii^omir.? ,?'
PvW.li tur'pj. ('.f.rnj. iluf/.r.} Cr?r.t?rry 5?u?trt?hf4
Pbt!j*l l..-Rinfa (elei'J Tc.ij
Oreo; nit.
(fiictrn p.r t?K?f *.? ?. e a"&rj Turnip ucu&'.V
L'Uuff.Wil.n Trtnrh ilnfilir.s.
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Hir> I.ltiln Cellular'* Choice.
'Though I were sleepy ns a cat,**
The little scholar (-ahl,
"I would not care to take a nap
lii any river's bod.
"And, though I were 90 starved I scarce
Him htrongt'i enough to Hiumt,
IM l?eg through all the valley ere
1 sought a table laud.
"Ba', oh ! what jolly times I'd havo !
I'd plav itud never stop.
If I could only take a set tug
Aad spiu a uiouutaiu lop.
Wliat You >eo in a I'tnnjr.
An amusing game called" What You
See in a Penny" is ndi .ruble for older
children, any party of young people,
or Indeed any gathering where games
arc in order. The materials required
are a card to which are attached a
penny, and a pencil for each player,
with a prize for the winner. On one
side of each card should be written
the name of the guests, on the other
the following list, equivalents for
which are to be fo' nd in the design
on the penny. For the sake of convenience
these last arc also given, but j
wh< n the game is to he played this j
completed list must be kept by the !
hi itess for reference; that shown in j
the left column only is given to the !
guests, as the tun lies in testing their I
ability to find ll><? colnllnno.
A weapon?an arrow.
What our forefathers fought for?
Liberty.
Name of a (lower?Tulips (two lips).
Name of an animal?Hare (hair).
Name of fruit?Date.
What we love?America.
Name for an ocean?Sea (C).
Place of worship?Temple.
A messenger?one sent (one cent).
A niv hod of voting?Ayes and noes
(eyes and nose).
A beverage?Tea.
Part of a vegetable?Ear.
A gallant?lleau (how).
An art of protection?Shield.
A punishment?Stripes.
A term of marriage?United State.
An ancie nt honor?Wreath.
Part of a hill?Prow.
An occupation?Milling.
Writing front the absent?l.etters.
One of the first families?Indian. I
More ca*n be added if the gametea
Uer is clover enough to see more
in the penny. i
When tin* guests arrive each one receives
a card and when all is in read
11 nk all that illustrate one city together.
A boy of 12 has a really fine book
of this sort, full of interesting pictures
of St. Petersburg. Edinburgh, London.
Merlin. Paris, Moston. St. Louis and
other cities. His plan in most cases
is to paste a picture of some famous
public square in the middle of the
large page, and group the buildings
around it. In this way he has acquired
a good deal of information
about those cities.?New York Tribune.
1 lif Th'c of n l?o(?,
"Speaking of dogs." said the r.lster
of a Mobile boat club man. the other
day. "there was a qucior thing happened
recently. Charlie, that's my
brother, told it to inc. so I can vouch
for its tru'h.
"It appears that one of the young
fellows belonging to the boat club has
u pretty hot. tinderlike temper, although
he's a mighty clever and goodhearted
b'.y. Well, ft little hybr>J
pup that belongs to the man that
tends to the club house, chewed up a
flvo dollar hat belonging to 'Dobblo'
I
incss t ho hostess announces itk purpose
and gives a signal for the writing
to begin. As a rule a half hour i<j
sufficient to allow, but if the players
me younger children, or more time is
required, it can he extended at discretion.
When the hell is sounded all
the cards are collected, and the writer
who is most nearly correct wins the
prize.?Home Magazine.
llrll^lit fill N?-r>i|it>r>nlv?.
One of the most absorbing amusements
possible to find for children is
the making of scranbooks. The rainiest
of days may be made enjoyable by
I o -i?*?
.. .. ? mtbu niirna 01 snuiij; wrapping
paper, cut in the size desired for the
book and folded into two leaves, with
a collection of old magazines and papers
lull of pictures.
A novel kind of scrapbook recently
made represents a doll house, each
page being a room. Advertisements
furnished the pictures, each article
Illustrated being carefully cut out
in outline and pasted in an orderly
manner on the page to which It belonged.
The kitchen has a range, table,
chairs, broom, cooking utensils, lron3
and ironing board. In the drawing
room are sumptuous couches, chairs
and cabinets, with a perfect love of
a fireplace, and vases on the mantel.
Windows, doors and fireplaces for
all the rooms were found in the advertising
pages of magazines, and
add greatly to the charm of the surroundings.
This is a delightful play where there
are several children in a family. One
can undertake to furnish a library,
and will look for library tables, hookshelves.
renrttnar lamno
places, "Sleepy Hollow chairs," and
Sll h annrnnrlntn nlctumo
Another could take a bedroom and
cut out pretty brass bedsteads, dainty
washstands and dressing cases and
cosey chairs. Tho dining room offers
a promising field, as there are countless
Illustrations of sideboards, dining
tables, pretty dishes and so on.
Older children often derive a good
deal of fun from making scrapbooks
of cities. This Is done by cutting out
pictures of buildings and squares, put
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Blank?that's the fellow with the tin*
derlike temper?and it mado him
mighty hot, I reckon. He swore he'd s
kill that pup, and he just chased him ffVBj
all over the pier. . "
"But the pup wan too lively for him.
and led him a regular dance. Finallv
'Bobbie' got him cornered out at the
pier head and the pup. as a last resort.
Jumped overboard into the bay. Over
went Bobbie' after him, and swam
him down, for the dog was no swimmer.
Well, gir'3. Charlie said 'Bob'
just pounded the face of that pup and
ducked him under tho water so much
that two or threo women standing
round .-'aid ho was a perfect brute.
"And now comes the strange part.
The next day 'Bobbie' went down to
the clubhouse. Thcro was an awful
sea on. Charlie vows he never saw a
worse one on old Mobile bay. The water
was breaking right over tho pier and
sending the utids clean over the clubhouse
roof. 'Ilohbic' had to make a
run to get down the pier ns far as the
clubhouse. The pup saw him running,
and thinking, I reckon, that he was
going to be smashed again, he
sneaked down the pier and jumped off
tho end, right in among the broken
rocks and jagged piles.
"it was sure death for tho dog, with
such n sea running. 'Bobble' stood
suddenly still uud ilgured for a secend.
He's a mighty clover boatman.
and a lirst rate swimmer, but Charlie
says 'Bob' knew a man with a boat
hadn't one chance in a thousand' of .
getting out to that pup and getting
in again safe.
"Now, girls, what do you suppose
'Bobbie' Blar.lt did? He turned round
yind went into tho clubhouse, flung off
his coat uml shoes, got down a boat,
and somehow got her over the lee
side of the nier and tumbled into her.
He got the pup nil right; but it was a
quer think lor him to do, now. wasn't
it? To risk his life for a worthless
cur that he'd been bent on drowning
tho day before."
A Mnrr for Our llojra.
The principal of a school in which
hoys were prepared for college one
day received a message from a lawyer
living in tiro same town, requesting
him to call at his office as he
wished to have a talk with him.
Arrived at tho olilce, the lawyer
stated that lie had in his gift a scholarship
entitling a boy to a four years'
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<.??>>?; 111 a IVII.UII lUIIUgt;, UUI1 Willi
lie wished to bestow it where it would
be best used. *
"Therefore." ho eontlnucd, "I havo
concluded to let you decide which boy
of your school most deserves it."
"That is a hard question," replied
the teacher thoughtfully. "Two of my
pupils?Charles Hart and Henry
Strong?will complete the course of
study in my school this year, lloth
desire a college education, and neither
is able to obtain it without assistance.
They are so nearly equal that 1 cannot
tell which is the better scholar?"
"How is it as to daportmont?" asked
the lawyer.
"One boy does not more scrupulously
observe all the rules of the school
than the other," was the answer.
"Well," said tho lawyer, "if at the
end of the year ono boy has not gone
ahead of tho other, send them to uie
and I will decide."
As before, at tho closing examina
tioris the boys stood equal In attainments.
They were directed to call at
the lawyer's office, no Information being
given as to the object of tho visit.
Two intelligent, well-bred boys they
seemed, and the lawyer was beginlng
to wonder greatly how ho Bliould make
a decision between them. Just then
the door opened and an elderly lady
of peculiar appearance entered. She
was well known as lining of unsettled
mind and possessed of tho idea that
she had been deprived of a large fortune
which was Justly hers. As a consequence
she was in tho habit of vis
hands a package of papers which she
wished examined. She was a familiar
visitor to this office, where she was \
always received with rc3pect. \
This morning, seeing that the law- v
yer was already occupied with others,
she seated herself to await his leisure.
Unfortunately, the chair she selected
was broken nnd had been set aside as
useless.
The result was that she fell in a
rather awkward manner, scattering her
papers about the floor. Tho lawyer
looked with a quick eye at the boys
before moving hlmsolf, to see what
they would do.
Charles Hart, after an amused survey
of the fall, turned aside to hide ^
a laugh.
Henry Strong sprang to tho woman's
side and lifted her to her feet.
Then, carefully gathering up her papers,
he politely handed them to her.
Her profuse and rambling thanks only
served to increase Charles's amusement.
After the lady had told her customary
story, to which tho lawyer listened
with every appearance of attention.
he escorted her to tho door and
she departed.
Then he returned to the hoys, and,
after expressing pleasure at havins A
formed ?helr acpmlntanee, he dls- A
missed them The uext day the teachor
was informed of the occurrence,
and told that the scholarship would
be given to Honry Strong, with the
remark: "No one so well deserves to ^^H
bo fiti< (! for a position of honor and
ii.ruMK as be w 1:o fools It. duty i ^H
to help the numhbst and the lowliest." |H
?Our Dumb Animals. JH
lloit A1??itr<1! H
"Did you hear the terrible storm IB
last night, Sarah':' / B
"No, not a sound. Did It thunder?" J
"Terribly."
"Why, didn't you wake me? You f
know ; can't sleep when It thunders." H|
?Ma < .'icster Timea HI