| OCR Text |
Show T!Mi:S. PAKOWAN. I'TAII PAUOWAN (liarle tar rity, Utl, t m,. - M ol u Bcroost. HehtfUted and 111 dUporcd to vvr on, hid told hti ood naturrd humbuf " Mphtw that Chrutmn lit alio told commute lookir.f for Chrut-donation to aid lh poor that b aueh M tlnady lupportmf Inatitution for them. Ob. Jail. and workhouac u Cir,! n poor-koua- r. Till STORY SO FAR n ha taw Wirlry i (hoit. btarley had been unlovely and at unymrroui ar hlmarlt. Marlry ti wrarinf chair forced by hit un charitable deed while on earth lie warm againat hii niramina. He aayi tha forced by Scrooge la avea thicker and blfker than h.a Ha tella him ha will be vmted by three ipima. The tint spirit arrive a when tha bella toll ont. (Saw ronunua altb Lbt tury) Scion- Ci - uin aliva.ty imtaumkst two Bear but a touch of my hand there," said the Spirit, laying it upon m. nrj,f w;tn. I ! h;m in the rhu-c- i nd the w him td ge. guard id the np off v: u are anded ad the tutlOO 1 fj 0 salt ng in 5 white i ad ixed, i the asily. arob-yo- n elect or a acco gifts y. if gifts oose bert hese re kers and bin heart As the words were spoken, they passed through the wall, and stood upon an open country road Good Heaven!" said Scrooge, 1 was a boy here! The Spirit gazed upon him mildly. Strange to have forgotten it for to many years!" observed the Ghost. "Let us go on. Some shaggy ponies now were aeen trotting towards them with boys upon their backs. "These are but shadows of the things that have been," said the Ghost. The Jocund travelers came on; and as they came, Scrooge knew and named them every one. Why was he rejoiced beyond all bounds to see them! Why was he filled with gladness when he heard them give each other Merry Christmas? The school is not quite desert A solitary ed," said the Ghost. Child is left there still." Scrooge said he knew it. And he obbed. They went, the Ghost and Scrooge, to a melancholy room, made barer still by lines of plain deal forms and desks. At one of these a lonely boy was reading near a feeble fire: and Scrooge wept to see his poor forgotten self as he used to be. The Spirit touched him on the arm, and pointed to his younger self, intent upon his reading. Suddenly a man, in foreign garments: wonderfully real and distinct to look at: Stood outside the window, with an axe stuck in his belt, and leading by the bridle an ass laden with wood. Why, its Ali Baba! Scrooge exclaimed in ecstasy. "It's dear old honest Ali Baba! Yes, yes, I know! One Christmas time, when yonder solitary child was left here all alone, he did come, for the first time, just like that. Poor boy! And Valentine, said Scrooge, "and his wild brother, Orson; there they go! And whats his name, who was put down in his drawers, asleep, at the Gate of Damascus; dont you see him! And the Sultans Groom turned upside dowrn by the Genii; there he is Upon his head! Serve him right. Im glad of it. What business had he to be married to the Princess! "I wish," Scrooge muttered, drying his eyes with his cuff: "but its too late now. What?" asked the Spirit. Nothing, said Scrooge. Noth- There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should like to have given hifrt something: thats all. The Ghost smiled thoughtfully, and waved its hand, saying, Let US see another Christmas! Scrooges former self grew larger at the words. There he was, alone again, when all the other boys had gone home for the jolly holidays. Scrooge looked at the Ghost, and glanced anxiously towards the door. It opened; and a little girl, much younger than the boy came darting in, and putting her arms about his neck, and often kissing him, addressed him as her "Dear, dear brother. "I have come to bring you home, dear brother! said the child. "Home, little Fan? "Yes! said the child, brimful of glee. "Home, for good and all. Home, for ever and ever. Father is eo much kinder that I was not afraid to ask him once more if you might come home; and he said Yes, you should; and sent me in a coach to bring you. And youre to be a man! said the child, opening her eyes, and are never to come back here; but first, we're to be together all the Christmas long, and have the merriest time in all the world. Youre quite a woman, little Fan! exclaimed the boy. her hands and She clapped laughed. a delicate creature, Always whom a breath might have withBut she ered, said the Ghost. had a large heart! cried Scrooge. So she had, said the She died a woman, Ghost, and had, I think, children. One child, Scrooge returned. Your True, said the Ghost. nephew! Although they had but that moment left the school behind them, they were now in a busy city. The Ghost stopped at a certain warehouse door, and asked Scrooge if he knew it. Was Know it! said Scrooge. I apprenticed here! They went in. At sight of an old gentleman in a Welsh wig, Scrooge cried in great excitement: ing. fea-ri- st lild, aert - is ins. h Why, its old Fezziwig! Bless his heart: its Fezziwig alive again! Old Fezziwig laid down his pen, and looked up at the clock, which pointed to the hour of seven, and called out in a comfortable, oily, rich, fat, jovial voice: "Yo ho, there! Ebenezer! Dick! Scrooges former self, now grown a young man, came briskly in, accompanied by his Dick Wilkins, to be sure! said Scrooge to the Ghost. fellow-prentic- e. 'm :'$y if ''t a Then old Fezziwig stood out to dance with Mrs. Fezziwig. cried old Fezziwig, skipping down from the high desk, with wonderful agility. Clear away, lads, and let's have lots of room. In came a fiddler and tuned like In came Mrs. fifty stomach-aches- . Fezziwig, one vast substantial smile. In came the three Miss Fezziwigs, beaming and loveable. In came the six young followers whose hearts they broke. In came all the young men and women employed in the business. In came the housemaid, with her cousin, the baker. In came the cook, with her brothers particular friend, the milkman. In came the boy from over the way, who was suspected of not having board enough from his master; trying to hide himself behind the girl from next door but one, who was proved to have had her ears pulled by her mistress. In they all came, some Hilli-lio!- " shyly, some boldly, some gracefully, some awkwardly. Away they all went, twenty couple at once; hands half round and back again the other way; down the middle and up again; round and round in various stages of affectionate grouping: old top couple always turning up in the wrong place; new top couple starting off again, as soon as they got there; all top couples at last, and not a bottom one to help them! There were rrore dances, and there were forfeits, and more dances, and there was cake, and there was negus, and there was a great piece of Cold Roast, and there was a great piece of Cold Boiled, and there were mince-pies- , and plenty of beer. But the great effect of the evening came after the Roast and Boiled, when the fiddler (an artful dog, mind!) struck up Then old Sir Roger de Coverley. Fezziwig stood out to dance with Mrs. Fezziwig. Top couple, too; with a good stiff piece of work cut out for them; three or four and twenty pair of partners. A small matter, said the Ghost, to make these silly folks so full of gratitude. Small? echoed Scrooge. Why! Is it not? He has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money. It isnt that, said Scrooge, heatIt isnt that, ed by the remark, Spirit. He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count em up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune. He felt the Spirits glance, and stopped. What is it? asked the Ghost. Nothing, said Scrooge. Something, I think? the Ghost insisted. No, said Scrooge, No. I should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now. My time grows short, observed the Spirit. Quick! This produced an immediate effect. For again Scrooge saw himself. He was older now. He was not alone, but sat by the side of a fair young girl in whose eyes there were tears. It matters little, she said, softTo you, very little. Another ly. idol has displaced me; and if it can cheer and comfort you in time to come, as I would have tried to do, I have no just cause to grieve. What Idol has displaced you? he rejoined. A golden one. What then? he retorted. Even if I have grown so much wiser, what then? I am not changed towards you. She shook her head. Your own feeling tells you that you were not what you are, she I am. That which promreturned. ised happiness when we were one in heart, is fraught with misery now that we are two. It is enough that I have thought of it, and can release you. "Have I ever sought release?" "In words. No. Never." "In what, then?" "In a changed nature; in an altered spirit; in another atmosphere of life; another Hope as its great end. In everything that made my love of any worth or value in your sight. If this had never been between us, said the girl, looking mildly, but with steadiness, upon him; tell me, would you seek me out and try to win me now? He seemed to yield to the justice of this supposition, in spite of himself. But he said with a struggle, "You think not. "I would gladly think otherwise if I could, she answered. "Spirit! said Scrooge, show me no more! Conduct me home. Why do you delight to torture me? One shadow more! exclaimed the Ghost. They were in another scene and place; a room, not very large or handsome, but full of comfort. Near to the winter fire sat a beautiful young girl, so like that last that Scrooge believed it was the same, until he saw her, now a comely matron, sitting opposite her daughter. The noise in this room was perfectly tumultuous, for there were more children there, than Scrooge in his agitated state could count. But now a knocking at the door was heard, and such a rush immediately ensued to greet the father, who came home attended by a man laden with Christmas toys and presents. Then the shouting and the struggling, and the onslaught that was made on the defenseless porter! The scaling him with chairs for ladders to drive into his pock- JLu,- ,a4.vnAsD ta.su Servua. mini and miatrly, and rtch. mu bctooa But that MkM, l l.ciiMui vva, juI avn fnra iltrr hit partner, Mulry died, ha waa SEWING CtRCLE PATTERNS mmt I"HE hot put CE ct bu set Sinil !. ('foil. lr.t Js'riij i (in prdhj twa$ 'R ' t IHckenM - .. JL Sd-C- Suit t nil in 1947 will be the Yankees the Yankees and Larry Maclhail. For both ore hot xt. Even with a team that finished third hist season, the Yankees smashed all past attendance records by an incredible margin They mere the first major league team in history to pass the two million mark with a few hundred thousand to spare. Hut what about 1947? The new manager of the Yankees. Buckv Harris, is one of the best in baseball. Hu assistant is Charlie Dressen of the Dodgers, who, among ttie insiders, is given almost equal credit with Leo Durocher for the remarkable showing of the Dodgers last season. Dressen is one of the most underrated men in baseball. He ha proved in the past to be an and he has proved with Brooklyns nimble Dodgers that he could slip into the second slot and still be a star. The combination of Harris and Dressen should give the Yankees ranking class at the top. Their next problem will be a ball club that can handle the Red threat In aide-manag-er Sox-Tig- er 1917. Marlhail is not the type to acbrand with what cept a you might call equanimity. Maclhail is too fiery and keen a personage to accept the general verdict that it will take two or three years third-plac- e to bring the Yankees from the barren lands into the uplands, which they held and defended for so long a time. A team that has Robinson as catch-- 1 er, plus an able infield Heinrich at first, Stirnweiss at second, Rizzuto at short and Brown at third plus DiMaggio, Keller and others in the outfield, can't go badly two years in a row. What about the pitching? One answer is that Yankee pitching allowed fewer earned runs last season than any other club except the Cardinals. New men will be added and the present guess is that the Yankees of 1947 will be a long leap beyond the Yankees of 1940. Their hitless postwar dip should be over by now, especially with such normally good hitters as DiMaggio, Rizzuto, Stirnweiss and Heinrich. ti cm 8068 34-4- 8 Slimming House Dress A COLORFUL, oversize ric rnc is used to trim this beautifully slimming house dress. Note the smart side closing, the handy shaped pk ket. You'll look os neat and efficient as can be in this simThree Lovely Blouses EED a new blouse or two to ple style. brighten your suit? Here ore No. I, (,.r Hire, 34. 3d. 3. three lovely styles to make from o.Pattern 4Z. 44. 4 and 4S. Size 38. 3!, yard, ol the same pattern. Youthful round 33 or 3li ineli Tb Kail V and Winlrr af FASHION neckline or flattering ore pro- baa a wraith af far every 4 avy la mnka yatterna, vided, and you can have long or woman who arwv, aai.rattana deal.nera. beaaty short sleeves. Choose snowy white and boma bvmaking aerllwnv, free printed bell pattern In the beak. lrlet 14 ceata. crepe or soft pastels. to: Send 8078 12-4- 2 (UVIS Inp-fli.- your order Pattern No. come In sire 12. 14, 16, 16, 20; 40 and 42. Sire 14 tab blouse. l yards of 36 or 3jMnch; rutiled blouse, 2 yards; bow tie. short sleeves, l7 yards. 6078 Sailboat With Twin Hulls Reaches Speed of 20 Mill SEW1NO CIRCi r. PATTERN DEPT. Mlttloo St., Saa Fraaclico, Calif. Encloae 23 centa in cotna for eacb 70S pattern degtred. Pattern No. The fastest sailboat in this coun- try is undoubtedly the "Sea Spider, a catamaran, whose 25-fo- extremely sharp twin hulls, joined by a framework supporting the mast and cockpit, are 12 feet apart, says Colliers. In recent trials on Long Island The Army-Nav- y Game Sound, this craft reached a speed Pomp and pageant still mean a of 20 miles an hour, which is faster lot to this country. Army and Navy than the records of other types of at Philadelphia will be a sellout for sailing vessels and even many mo104,000 spectators, even if Army fig- tor boats. ures to win by 40 to 0. Which Army wont do. Animal Standing While it appears as though there has never been an Army-Navgame Many of the highly trained anithat looked as it must be remembered that Navy still has mal actors in Hollywood are used their parts in good football players. Navy has only in close-uphad a rough road this season, but long shots sometimes being played so has Army. It will be different by as many as three doubles. after 1946. Navy next fall probably will return better material than Army will have. Navy is taking her postwar shellacking now. Navy already is passing through her major depression. Army still has one to face, as far as anyone can see. Any team that loses Blanchard, Davis, Foldberg, Poole, Spoils Sleep Tonight Tucker, Fuson and Enos, with only works right Surprisingly fast, two replacements left from the 1946 where trouble is to open up your clogged must stare team, into the starting nose relieve stuffy transient congesshadows for some time to come. tion. Youll like the way it brings relief. games are always is also grand for (NOTE: closer than they figure to be. A year relieving sniffiy, sneezy distress of head ago, Army ran up 21 points against colds.) Follow directions in folder. Navy in the early going. Everyone rte wmmmv , y one-side- ets, despoil him of brown-pape- r parcels, hold on tight by his cravat, hug him round his neck, pommel his back, and kick his legs in irrepressible affection! The shouts of wonder and delight with which the development of every package was received! The terrible announcement that the baby had been taken in the act of putting a dolls frying-pa- n into his mouth, and was more Army-Nav- y than suspected of having swallowed a fictitious turkey, glued on a wooden platter! The immense relief of finding this a false alarm! The joy, and gratitude, and ecstasy! They looked for a 40 to 0 count. But are all indescribable alike. It is after that first crash, Navy had the enough that by degrees the children better of the argument in the last and their emotions got out of the two periods. So there not only will be an Army-Nav- y parlor and by one stair at a time, up to the top of the house; where game, but also 104,000 spectathey went to bed, and so subsided. tors will be on hand to see it. And And now Scrooge looked on more it can be a much closer meeting attentively than ever, when the mas- than one might predict. ter of the house, having his daughter leaning fondly on him, sat down Football vs. Baseball with her and her mother at his own No matter how the skyfireside; and then when he thought line seems to be, peaceful there is always such another creature, quite as someone out of life. taking the graceful and as full of promise, Now an inquisitive joy correspondent might have called him father. wants to know which game draws Belle, said the husband, turnthe greater number of people footing to his wife with a smile, I ball or baseball. He also asks for saw an old friend of yours this after- an exact check on this count. noon. For one thing, baseball has a far Who was it? longer season five and a half Mr. Scrooge it was. I passed months against two and a half his office window; and as it was not months. For another thing there shut up, and he had a candle in- are close to 200 football teams with side, I could scarcely help seeing varying degrees of real drawing him. His partner lies upon the point power as compared to a considerof death, I hear; and there he sat able less number of baseball teams alone. Quite alone in the world, I that can match this collection at the do believe. gate. said Scrooge in a broBig league baseball last season Spirit! remove me from this drew close to 18 million customers ken voice, through the turnstiles. The Yankplace. ees drew well over two million ad-- ! I told you these were shadows of the things that have been, said missions in 154 games. No college That they are what or pro football team can match this the Ghost. count in nine or 10 games. they are, do not blame me! exme! Remove Army, Notre Dame, Michigan, Scrooge Navy, Pennsylvania and Ohio State claimed, I cannot bear it! He was conscious of being ex- are among the leaders this fall. They hausted, and overcome by an irre- should average around 400,000 specsistible drowsiness; and, further, of tators each. For example, Army being in his own bedroom. He had drew 86.000 at Michigan, 80,000 barely time to reel to bed, before against Notre Dame, 75,000 against he sank into a heavy sleep. Pennsylvania, and will play befor 100,000 against Navy. (TO BE COATll LD) - Nam- Addreia- - Enjoy thfeelin of energetic weO i Take good-taatibeing Scott's Kmuliiion right away, if you feel tired, rundown, unable to throw off worrisome summer eolda hecauee your diet lack natural A&D Vitamins and energy-buildinnatural oils I Scotts helps build energy, ttamina , resistance. Buy today I s, iftomCHmFillsM ol t ol af a Mentis nri1 5 Keeps for weeks on your pantry shelf . . . ready for quick action IF YOU BAKE AT HOME-N- ew Fleiscb-mans Fast Rising Dry Yeast lets you make all the delicious bread your family loves, quickly . . . any time you want to. n fast acting.. . New Fleisch-mans hast Rising stays for weeks on your pantry shelf always ready for quick action whenever you need it. Get New Heischmanns Fast Rising Dry Yeast today. At your grocers. Easy-to-use- .. . ttfisnsaz. n 'Ay, 1, ' - |
