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liietuhoibw* as it Is any where 4ii.s^
In the wnrUI.
An*I why not;
) «» I>h sun*, the ties re t In ml In tea
nVea nwiiy. ami wlieu the winter
•toiuu come the wavim dash quite
otfer The two «• ren of ro^ks out of
l4^<*h the Htiinly llKhthoti.se rtnes
T%ere are no hia/.iiiK row* of atr**ets
I hied wi»h loyshopn there, no Blither
inn of families.
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! C'liristtiiiis eve tame, am) still tliere
w«h no Boose. Baity iJoli was |>u7ju<sl.
the others were "looiiiy. Sli!l B.il*y
lleli would not Ki'*’ HI' 'B'miI I lie
low tide atniut 7 o'eloek. She knew
that, for she had asktsi. She uouil
make her last trial. She had ln’|»e
,>»*?. hut as tlie others knew loitiilii^
, «>f her plans they luol alisolutelv no
• hope. To ‘them H was certain that
there could he no Christmas poose at
! their house that year,
j Seven o'clock came, and Baby l*ch
crept softly from the room and down
stairs. Site opened the Brent door just
a little bit and slipped out into the
dark liens-really did- slip, for It was
very Icy ou the rocks, ami she sat
. down very hard. However, she was
iCopyrlgut, 1*02, by J. Well* Chaiiipney. From * 4’opley print.
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no Christiiian
1 rees loaded
down with i»res
cuts. tiothltiK to
be seen from the
lighthouse but
the chanuhiu " t
ter aud uucbuitg
Pig rocks—water
on three sides
and on the fourth
side n lilutT bar
rier of rocks,
with the world
hiding behind it
ten unles away
There are si*
children there.
I hough, and a
mother and fa
ther. and if they
eunitot make a
ChrUtmas tficu
Hols sly can Why, Baht l*eb aheio is
niAteri.il enoiigh of w hh li to make a
CiinstiiMs. and a vet. rollicking, jolly
•ort of Christmas, too. hut when to
her you add Toni and hue mid Ann
aud Ike and Sam—well, the Brim old
lighthouse fairly overflow* with Christ
mas every iluth of Jleoetnber
If p i„ a lonely, old. one eyed MghJ-
houR'.*. has It not a chimney? And do
not children there have at-n'kincs—
gmsl. long stockings? Iiuhssl, they
have. Alai d's*** not Christmas eve
*<■•* them all temptingly hung, so In
vpiugiy limp and empty, under the
in tnieiabelf'* And does not Christ mas
tiiortdng very e*My mind you sec si*
gradnntrd. white mhed ghosts per
forming mysterious ceremonies around
*H hulgln* stocking*?
Ah. then. If yon suppose that tha»
cunning old gentleman B*nTa Cl.:’.is
diN*a ted know how to find a < hlimie>.
even wtien tlw* cold w.»'**s ^ire lilting
It with froseu stir*v it-c'.s ten miles
front land, you IP\c kicnv wliat a re-
markshle gift he tigs that way.
And Ihe Ch"lsnuas dinners they have
.then* c'sss-. the brown, crisp
Jw»<v i* letting r»-***t goose: Wha»
wnni'l Mist dinner he without that
gie»s *-» W hat, iodee*!!
Bu' oia-e -they turn pale at that
lighthouse now when they think of tt -
they ‘came very ueir haring no c«***e
for dinner on Christmas day!
It rsnie atvuit In this way. Papa -ah.
|f you coui«l only hear Bahv FVIi tell
alsei* If. |r would he worth the Jour
ney, hut vnu cannot, of course, so
never unud -I\i!w4 Rtuughton. th«* ilght
ho*!*** keetsT. you know had lost all
Ids money In a savings hank that had
failed early In that Deeeinlier
A goose Ls r* al]y not a very ov(»en
give fowl, hnf If one has not tin*
money of cnnrne one cannot buy even
a ch*>ap thing Papa Stoughton could
not afford a gistse lie aaid so--said
*o Is'fore all the family
Ike says that the silence that fell
upon that family then was painful to
hear They l«»oked at one another with
eyea'wi wide that It’s a mercy they
could ever shut them again.
“No go<iee*“ ||t last cried Tom. who
was the oldest.
“No goose!” cried the other* In
chorus, all except Baby L>eb. who was
busy at the time gently admonishing
-fjculpin. her moat troublesome child,
for lietng ao dlfiy. Baby l>eh fciid
“No douaeT after all the other* were
qulet.
That made them all laugh. Jio doubt
they thought that, after all, ao lour aa
Baby Deb was there tt would be
Chrtetmas toy bow. coeee or do joooe.
“ Bo they wore happy far a momeot mntU
tbe
For. you see. these parents were
very aimple henrted folk, and It aeeiu
4Nl to them very affecting that tin*
children should make such sacrifices
to procure the goose for Christinas.
“And what does Baby Deb contrib
ute?” asked Papa Stoughton by way
of a Joke.
“1 «les Y s not dot nutfin.” was Bn by
Deh's reply when the matter wa« es
plained t<> tier. " Vept 'oo tate Htttlpln."
Ob.'what a laugh there was then
for If ever there was a maimed and
demoralized doll it was Htulpin. But
Baby Deb was hugged and kissed as
if stie had coutrlhute*] a lump of gold
instead of a little bundle of ruffs.
Papa Stoughton and Tom were to
go out to the mainland the tirat clear
day to buy the goose; but. alas, a storm
rame on. and they were forced to wail
for It to go down. It did not go down.
It grew worse ami worse. The wind
ahrh ked I moaned tid wrestled
with the lon.-h tower, and the waxes
burled themselves at it aud washed
over ami o\ef the isl.iml. and uo boat
could have lix<al at all In such weather
If a g< tosc lie only a goo***, uo matter,
hut it tt U* a Christina* dinner—ah.
then!
Yes. they had good reason to fee!
dismal at the lighthouse It was no
wonder tf five noses were fifty lime*
a day llatteued despairingly against
the lighthouse' windows. «? Yes; sIn
noses, for even Baby Deh was tlnallv
alTveted. and. though she did not Uno\j
the least thing si tout the weather, she.
too. would press her little nose against
the g!a»- tn a most alarming Bay. ns
tf she thought that pressure wa* the
onlx efteetlve thing.
j It took some time for Baby Deb to
. realize the Importanee of having a
goose for Christmas, but when she had
grasped the idea she became an entliu-
*la*t on thfr subject. She explained
the matter to her dolls aud wa* |*nr-
tleularly explicit with Stutpln. with
whom. Indeed, she held very elaborate
and almost painful conversation*.
One thing became very certain
There was veryilttle prosjavt of elettn
weather within a week, and it lacked
only three day* of Christmas. The
others gloomily gave up hope, hut not
an did Baby Deb. The truth was site
bad a plan, aud you know when one
has a plan one ha* hope too.
Mamma Stoughton had only recently
been having a aeries of talks with
Baby l*eh on the Important question
of prayer, and It had occurred to Baby
Itch that the goose was a good ailh
Jeci for prayer. It was a very clear
_ case to her. The
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very chubby and did not mind It. She
crawled cautiously around to the lug
i rock, the keirn wind nipping her round
cheeks aud inciting her with the frozen
^ drops of spray. She knelt down
“Oh. please, dood Lord, send us :i
; doos**! We want* a doom* awful
j Won’t yon. please, dood Lord?"
• Thud fell something rigid alongside
plained how It was they saw It ns
plainly a* he did. and so they made
no more complaint. Only Tom fell
a-tldnklng. and when the others saw
what ly* was doing they did the same,
the lUfferetice being that Tom was i of her.
trying to think xvhut he could do to i “Oh, what’a dat?” she exclainn.fl
get Hit* goose anyhow aud they wen* j putting tier hand out. "Why. it’s a
trying to think what he xxa* thinking duos**!” abe cried, xvllb a scream of de
about so that they could think the light, as her baud came In contact xviit
hhme- all except Baby Del*, of course. a soft. warm, leathery ImkI.v.
who. being only four years old. gave Shedufgot to give a “thank you” for
herself very little concern about the the goose, hilt she was thankful, though
thoughts of others. Her own thoughts
ixtok all her time.
Tom finally said ••AM!” under his
breath nmk mysteriously vanished Into J
another room after beckoning Ids
brpthers and sisters to follow him,
w hi' h tin y did almost ls*fore thex hail
fairly said "Ah!"
Babx I'<*1» "as
there. Iihi.
w n a i nxveslruck
at the mystery
a b o it t her. but'
ready to h»nd the
help of her x\ is
dom it necevsar;. ,
“NY** n ust ha x ••
a goose.” sai*l
Tom
••uh'" g;i'-|'« d b •
HlldieiMi*. moved
h y mingle d
amazeuicnt tun! L
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admirnt ion.
Tom look***! at
them with great
firmness aid dig
not so very much surpriscsl. She really
hud expected it.
It xxas a heavy load for Baby Deb.
but she was excited and did not no
tice it. She made her xv=y into the
light house, ami. step by step, patter,
patter, site went upstairs and burst.all
breathless. Into the sitting room, cry
ing exultantly "It’s tummed. It's turn
med!" as tin* great goose fell from her
arms uiKui.tlie fioor.
Well, if you think they were not sur
prised you know very little about the
Stoughton folks. WhtVt they said no
body knows. They all talked at once,
but by and by l*npa Stoughton had a
chance to be heard.
“Where did you get It. Riby Deb?"
he asked
“Why. 1 payed Dod for it." answer
ed Del* In the most matter of fact way
•Tnld Dod! *
Papa
' uity. Ac
"Kver since I "on. t*i f.x>k, noon
' was born." he i.oki». sem> its a
I went on. “we bon**:!'
! have had n roast goose for Chrtst-
' mas "
; Ever since he was born! It might
have been a hundred years !>efore.
from Tom's tone ami manner, and the
audience w as trotnemlous y Itnpreaaed.
“And." continued tile orator, "we
must have one now. We will have one
goose ws.i neces
sary. Wny, npt
ask for It, then?
The great dltfi
eulty*wrts to find
a secret place for
her devotions, t »r
the family verv
well filled the
lighthouse, n ti 1
Baby D**h tin h i-
sIihm] that
•Tsr, bt aixr. pa**
TER, PATTra.
pra v
ers ought to in*
quietly and sc
cretty made
The place was
found, however
Just in froiit of
the lighthouse
was a b r <> a d
le<lge of rm-ks.
generally washed
by the wavi»s but
at low tide, ereo In this bad weather,
out of water. Tbo other children had
forbidden to go there became it
huagerout. hot no one had tlenig'u
Of CUtkwlng Roby Deb. Bo there -me
and In hoc imperfect way h-ggcl
taitf for the gooM.
i They almost stoppwl breathing.
“I have a pla'ti." They ^shuddered
and drew nearer. “We all must com
bine!"
“Ohr In chorus.
“Do you want goose, Sue?"
“Yes. tnde**d!"
“You. Sain?"
“Yes."
“Ike?"
“|)o |? Well!"
“Ann?
“Yes. sir'”
“M*. t**«>.” snid Baby Deb. with j
great earnestness, for it was clear to :
her that It xx as * question of eatlbu.
and she did not wish to Ik.* left out
••or course you. too, you dehry dnm- ■
pling.” s.iid Toni “Now. then," he
cm Umusl-when order was restored.
• what shall v.c cotdrUiute? I'll give !
my new sailboat That ought to bring !
DO cents." ‘ “ j
Ills new viiillH.at! Why. hr had only
just made ti ami had,not even tried it !
yet Oh. t-vldently this was a time of
sacrifice! Who could hesitate now?
"I ll give tuy shells." said Sue hero
ically v
“My ao a naxaves." sighed Ann.
“You may Oik*k my stjgrk s teeth.’
said 'Ike
“And my whale's tooth,*’ i*s!d Sara*
The sacritlee waa general. Tbe light
house would yleltl up ita tretiaures.
* “All right." aakl Tom. "Now let's
tell father."
And father was told, and for tome
reason he pretended to look ‘dot of the
window very suddenly, bat be did
•ot He wiped bit eyes, tad Mamma
Stoughton wiped her opoctnclat
winked very bard and aaid;
“Bleat their hearti!"
“POD'S DOOSE It
liOOb."
exclaimed
Stoughton.
“Paid Dod!"
chorused the
family.,
“ ’Ks.” respond
ed Baby I>eb
con vlnelngly.
“Do«I—*• dood
Lord. I p’nyed
to him. Hes«*nd-
eil It to me dess
now."
M o re q u ee*
lions and more
of Baby Deb’s
explanations re
vealed the whole
story. Funny
folks, those
St ought ons. hut
They spent the
next ten mtnutee
wiping their
hugging and kissing and
eyes and
making up new |*et names for Baby
Deb. it
Papa Stoughton did say to Mamma
Stoughton that night as they were go
ing to bed:
"A wild g(H)se. It was blinded by
the bright light and broke Its neck by
flylug against the glasa. And. after all.
who shall say the good Lord did not
send it V’
At all event*, not a word of explana
tion was said to Baby Deb. and to
one contradicted her when she said at
dinner next day:
“Dod's doose is dood."
Charles Dicken* on Christmas.
“It Is a wonderful tiling." wrote
Charles Dickens, "the period of Christ
mas! 1 wonder how many hundreds
of thousands of (mrents have discov
ered . at Christmas time, under the
magic of the season—through some lit
tle, little thing done by son or daugh
ter—that those they thought estranged
from them, by those things which
i come between, still loved them with a
i memory more tender than they bad
dreamed of.
“J wonder how many tons and
daughters, under tbe magic Influence
of' Christmas, have bad their henrt*
softened ao ta to ba moved by some
little manifestation of love by fhtber
which they
little of.
—J
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