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Show TWE? SAT TV ? STTTSf S AT.VM 4 ITT4H driving them back to the stables this nights work la done, she said. j WAKING UP GABRIEL ! "If youre awake when we get back, you may do It as always. i j Ilow the children stared I Was little old mother going all alone on that By CLARA C. HOLMES J j long, wild drive over towns and forests and oceans and up and down AlcClur t by Newipuper Syndlot.) Coaducttd by National Council ot tba Boa chimneys, and goodness knows where, Miss Wyman, dont be scart if you bcouis of Amenta j without asking St Nicholas If she hear a noise smart early; Ive got to might? wake up Gabriel." HONOR ROOSEVELTS MEMORY Yes, that was Just what she was Very well, Miss Arville, Ill be on going to dol For, when a good thank you. On the anniversary of the birth of guard; tiling needs doing," she said brightly, 's Arville Smithers wms one of "no permission Is needed. Theodore Roosevelt, October 27, scouts and ambitious housekeepers; In every part of the country united In Keep the fire going, be sure that Gabriel was her brother, who hadnt HIS Is a story of last tbe baby has the fur rug well up paying tribute to the memory of their a grain of ambition. Christmas Cay; and I will around Ills chin, and give your father chief scout citizen and his scoutlike the brisk With sweeping tell you right away that it a good breakfast when he wakes," she qualities of virility, Integrity, square in at my It I fell nsleep. window, ended Bervice and happily. But It be- culled over her shoulder and was away 'dealing, public practical seemed immediately that I awoke with gins sadly. It was Christ- out of the door almost before they citizenship. and sat uprighL Arville was mas day up at the North had realized that she was going. They The two thoughts animating the a start Gabriel! up waking pole, and as usual on the heard the scampering of the reindeer demonstrations," says James E. West, Miss Smithers was where in attic the before day were chief scout executive, Christmas, St. Nicholas hoofs, faster the dimmer they got, and first, to she had had a hatchway cut through had been hurried and rather grumpy. then Just the stillness of the North do honor and to keep alive the meminto Gabriel's "down below." Only this time. Mother Nicholas pole. ory of a great American and good scout, Ye-ar- ? I thought to herself that he was Just Arville, groaned GabrleL That was last Christmas Eve. And who kept tbe scout oath and law himbe Arville blame a bit grumpier than she had ever if you ask any child who lay awake up; ye-aself; and, secondly, to Inspire scouts known him. And at suppertime she to see St. Nicholas, and peeped out and the public generally with a desire you, old woman !" tone The used Arville me told that with one eye, all tlie time pretending found that slie was right. to be better citizens, remembering was being called an unforgivable He came into the kitchen, closing to be fast asleep, he will tell you that such as these have lived and died. name. his workshop door with a bang, and It wasnt St. Nicholas he saw at all. Ceremonies took the form of special I pitied Gabriel. My first impulse sat down with all the little Nicholases It was Just a tiny, sprightly old lady troop exercises, public gatherings, was to slip into a day gown and slipwith frosty white curls and a red hood, to his porridge. speeches, rallies, tree plantings and and go to see how much Gabriel who filled naughty Willies stocking pers .. he Well, Ive said It before," dedications In school yards, community was in need of first aid; but on sec-- , mean 1L The Just as full ns good Marguerite's, and but I this time growled, centers, and on highways. ond thought I gave up the idea. Even children down there in the world will One of the most impressive cereIf he were not hurt, lie might whimper from my pack hls night. monies was the third annual pilgrimget nothing and need a great deal of attention in- Its time were taught a lesson." age to Roosevelts grave at Oyster they deed, if I appeared. Lately I had obAll the little Nicholases gasped, but Bay, N. Y., attended by a thousand served Gabriel e watching me dog-likMother Nicholas only asked calmly: scouts of Greater New York Rnd viout of the corners of his eyes. Beof National under Why, what Is the matter now, facinity leadership he had begun to call me gently, ther? After Scout Commissioner Daniel Carter sides, youve been working for little critter. them the whole year, you wouldnt Beard. So I pondered a long time until, at go and disappoint the poor dears The plan to erect at Oyster Bay an I felt I had solved this Gubrlel-all- c would you?" last, exact reproduction of the cabin occuriddle. declared St. NichYes, I would, pied by the colonel when he lived a That morning as I quietly ate olas, swallowing his ranchmans life In the Bad Lands of my breakfast porridge in great with Arville, I naively gulps, and pretending that he was not North Dakota, has received favorable confided that I had left a devoted n saint at all. Half of them go around consideration from local and national friend In Oakland. I also confided that saying that there isnt any St. Nichoofficials. Logs for the cabin, accord- I had no Intention of marrying anyone ing to the plan, will be contributed by yet; that I loved my freedom, and it las, poking fun at me, and. laughing troops from every state In the Union would be a difficult matter for me to In their sleeves. And the other half representing the 550,000 members in consign myself to an eternal husband think it makes no difference whether they are good children or not, m fill every city, and nearly every town and and a bungalow full of babbling youngtheir stockings just the same. Its a hamlet in the Union, all dedicated to sters. Then I started early for the thankless job, I te.l you. And Im the same out-dolife, study, manli- office, but, to my dismay, Gabriel was too old a man for It. Sol ness of character and virile citizenship for me by the wayside. He waiting Come. said Mother Nicholas, sooth-inglassociated with the ideal scout and had his gun over his and shoulder, here is a plate of griddle cakes. citizen, Theodore Roosevelt. In his hand he Had two big codfish When you have eaten you will see heads, a Intended for things differently. Arville. THE ROAD TO KNOWLEDGE No, when I have eaten I shall go I was tarnel shamed of Arville this to bed. Thats where an old fellow How do you pack a blanket roll thats St morning, he apologized. Poor little like me belongs, an old fellow who a for forest tramp? ve scairt blue? children dont believe In. How do you build a crackling fire when critter, wasnt SL Nicholas Welcomed Her Back Afthank Oh, no, Is you; Arville warned all of the wood damp? Mother saw that he was determined, fectionately. How do you stretch a shelter tent and me. But you lmvent been gunning, and that there was nothing to do for how do you make your camp? Mr. Smithers? s left many more In both than Row do you cook your bacon and spuds It, since griddle cakes wouldnt help. wus usuai. No, the wind aint just right; but So she That so none of the stuff will burn? peeping child will to her lips to her put finger How do you know the things to take and these will make Arville a delicious motion the children silent, and went also tell you that before she went the things you must leave behind? chowder. on quietly about her work. And when back up the chimney, she gave baby How do you make a bed of boughs that's I saw Susan Cartwright yesterday. on his pink cheek, a thing St. St. Nicholas had finished his supper, a kiss comfortably designed? How do you know the trail to take, and She said she was positively languishhe did roll away to bed, only telling Nicholas (who is as afraid of babies as a burglar Is, and for the same reathe way that you should return? ing for a good coot stew. I wish you Go to the Scouts, go to the Scouts, go had got a few coots, so we could share the little Nicholases to be sure to hang son) bus never been known to do. had been their for to the Scouts and Learn! stockings, good they And mother, will you believe me, them with her. Do you know, If I were children all the year and still believed In spite of having stopped to kiss all a in fall love with Id man, Susan." Where are the streams that teem with In him. the babies, was buck at the Norik, Now, wliat would you fall in love fish, and how do you travel there? The minute the door closed behind Which Is the trail to the piney woods with her for?" a whole hour earlier than St. him the little Nicholases burst Into pole whose fragiance is on the air? Nicholas had ever been uble to make sweet-voicesweet-tongue-d and Why, shes excited chatter. llow can you keep to a faint blazed trail Oh, what a pity! even In his younger days. Her it, and sweet-faceand as your only thoroughfare? Those poor children! Surely there What Is the secret of your craft and Shed make an A No. 1 must be some good ones! Oh dear, work was well done, too! But in where did you get your key? of the early hour, she found the sweetheart, Mr. Smithers." what fun will Christmas be to us if spite Hiow do you pilot a slim canoe through and her husband waiting for children The next morning Gabriel was wait- all the children in the world down rapids that seeth and toss? Nicholas welcomed her back St. her. How do you pick the safest ford when ing again. His face beamed. there are unhappy I more affectionately than the children. there Is a stream to cross? been gunnin; Ive got two Ive ! What indeed Mother Nicholas How can you always find yourself wherI woke in the middle of the night, coots. I was so tarnel mad with shook her head and looked often at he ever you chance to be? said, eut of such a horrid dream that I gave the birds to John Follow the Scouts, follow the Scouts, all about crying children and sad follow the Scouts and ve! John Cartwright, the lobster dealer. Bless you, good wife, for mothers. when I met Susan, she laughed Later, What did you do to get so brown, so merrily. not letting that dream come true!" husky and strong and straight? Oli, dont mention 1L said Mother Camille, you and Cube are coming Where did you learn that easy walk, that Nicholas. It was no trouble at all. on and over to dine with us coot stew. breezy swinging gait? Indeed, It did me good. I think, faAnd where did you get that fearless I heard the decision. a Like child glance that challenges Chance or She chattered on, but at last I manther, since you are getting so old, I ' Fate? will tuke over this Job myself from And why do you grin and blush a bit, aged to say: now on. so hold head your I have only gay afternoon gowns, high? yet St. Nicholas looked thoughtful at Why do you spring so readily to answer and I like them. You wear something a call for aid? He paced up and down tbe that And why do you tackle each Job you find winsome, Sue. Then lie came and stood iu lloor. anas If you had learned the trade? Im too old to indulge, she front of Mother Nicholas, straightenAnd why do you view this big round swered plaintively. world with a confident, cheerful eye? ing up and looking almost as young You are not too old," I protested. Scout, I am a Scout and a First-Clas- s us in bis early days. and that is the reason why! Delighted, Gabriel accepted the inviA mother," be said firmly. No, Berton Braley In Boys Life. tation and I I must let him be my is in the home. Ill atwomans place escort. I had plotted a romance in my tend to tbe business hereafter, thank A SCOUT IS KIND own contraption ! you. wliat When our hostess greeted us, And mother, who, after all, only a surprise I got ! Susan wore a Cwanted everybody to be happy, made A little boy who was flying a kite which colored silken dress, him some griddle cakes for his breakIn a big wind lost control of it In a openhagen color of her blue eyes. cross current. Tbe kite came down In deepened the fast. to She bad fluffed her hair and, due But that was last year, the year a broad sweep, landing in the top of cheeks were pink. a high tree. The youngster was too excitement, her pale got a stocking full, even though you Susan was pretty. hadn't been so very good. Tins small to climb the tree so be broke the you I bad never eaten seabirds before; you bad better watch out, for year string as near to tbe kite as possible will It Is old St. Nicholas himself you have and went borne sadly with only tbe and never, never in Christendom, to deal with. bull of string in his possession, Ids I partake again! One mouthful made I was so white Susan obheart broken because of the loss of me seasiak : his treasure. On the way home he met served Party Supper Boxes. Camille, wliat is the matter? she Where there is seating room at the a boy scout who with characteristic Yes, I Would, Declared SL Nicholas. Christmas-tim- e observation noticed the little boys de whispered. party refreshments are Quietly she slipped awav to help me the closed door, behind which St. Nichin small boxes served Jected look, and asked him wliat was appropriately or lioliy patred with covered the matter. When told of the tragedy home, but Gabriel followed immedipaper be could heard already ing snoring. tied and wth terned the scout asked to be shown the tree, ately. gay ribpaper, And the reindeer!" cried the oldWhats the matter with the little est which be promptly climbed, released wliat will they do without bons in holiday color. Em h box con boy, the kite and restored It into tbe hands critter? lie asked Arville. It seems as tains a sandwich, slices of cake, nuts their yearly exercise? Ptomaine poisoning," malignantly of Its delighted owner. He might have have fattier might gone, if only und candies daintily wrapped in wax though A tissue paper napkin, In behaved in precisely tbe same fashion declared his sister. paper. for their sukes. When Sue and I had suppressed our mas Christ if he had not been a scout but, being design, is folded in each Mother Nicholas thought so, too. each person has received box. When a scout, be just naturally couldnt have merriment, I said: Take Gube home with you and pac- And at that minute they heard the his or her supper box the coffee and done otherwise. reindeer's little hoofs beating on the ify him, Sue. Ice cream are served and the contcm-o- f hard snow crust at the door. Wise litnext The we sat in Arvilles evening the box- are eaten with it. Th? TURN GOOD SEE9 SL Nicholas bad never living room. Gabriel was watching the tle beasts boxes can be retained by the pretty Eve Christmas the delayed journey so guests ns n semen. r, or favor," if flames pensively. fireplace in Trenton (N. J.) Times, From the Miss Wyman, Arville says you be long before, and so here they were they like such tlrngs. its dally "Seen this Morning column: to marry an Oakland feller to save him the trouble, of going for of basket scouts carrying Two boy them. The Nicholas children felt that when you get ready to do housework , Choosing the Holly. clothes for colored washerwoman. bis voice faltered, but I knew they neer could face the poor little and people assert that one Superstitious that Arville had repeated the whole reindeer's d'sappointment. should he careful about tbe choice of PRESENT COMMUNITY PARK But wliat was Mother Nicholas dostory. Part the holly for tbe decorations. so busily over there by the cupI laughed. ing "Perhaps, everywhere should be smooth rnd pnrt prickly find Scouts opportunity Im goin to work tomorrow; Im board? Tbe children looked in amaze- Then providing both kinds are carto perform their daily good turns, picT.t was seldiu l that mother ried into the house at the same time to help John in liis lobster busi- ment. When goin not excepted. nic grounds ut any time of day. all will lie well. But should the left the ness. prickscouts of Zillah, Wash., presented to Between us, Susan and I had waked And here she was. after dark, and ly variety lie taken in first. tbn the acres 12 Scout lark" the community Christmas Eve, too, putting on her husband will rule the bosisebc1-- dur for a picnic ground, they rolled 3G5 up Gabriel. hood and cape, and pulling ou her ing tlie coming year; If tlie smooth had it for good turns all into one, Box info. Feed gauntlets! offIs brought In first the wife will be uken the boys, with the aid of to bo? Whats drive reinAre the that, going you one to prepare "top dog. icials and friends, year A centaur, half man and half horse, deer back to the stables? asked the and clear the grounds, construct equipA creature of tbe golden age. Oh. please. let me. Faoldest boy. Christmas Spirit Needed. ment, make trails and bridges, lay Ill say It was the golden age. Gosh, ther always lets me, you know. None of us can have too much O i water mains, dig ditches tad pipe city Mother shook her head. Ill not be Jte Christmas spirit wbat a chance for racing Information." water to tbe park. 1 Sv BAD n-t- il CHILBRENS . I Man-hansett- i' I sea-breez- e Why Bake At Home when you can buy bread like it, ready baked? r, peace-offerin- C5UNT tender fruit-meat- the raisins d. Ar-vii- le - 1 snow-hous- ! to the Sun-Mai- Raisins. d Thats another reason for its slice. Taste it see how the rai- sin flavor permeates the bread. No need to hake at home when weve arranged with bakers in almost every town and city to bake this raisin bread. Just phone and theyll deliver it all ready to surprise the family tonight. It comes from master bak full-fruit- ed superiority. A rare combination of nutritious cereal and fruit both good and good for you, to you should serve it at least twice week. Use ! Raisins also in puddings, cakes and cookie. 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