Show THE SERGEANT I I AND Tl TINY N ry TIM I v p liver Ever since the s sergeant was C G i years old oil ho he had o observed ed cd Christmas day b by reading Dickens Dickens' Tho The Christmas Carol Carot It began hec-an when he used to hear his father read it aloud under the tho I evening lamp and ancl continued when ho could lie In front of or the fire Ire and spell the tine words out for himself Ho mJ might ht forget this tribal custom till Christmas came but there was tho the book always alwa's at hand on tho the shelf This until Christmas approached In 1917 and ho found round himself In Brittany with December December Decem Decem- ber waning fast and not a sign feign of oC a a. copy in the outfit nor a trace of or a translation In tho little village Then b by a freak of ot circumstance he found himself shifted Just before Christmas Christinas to Paris and 1 slipping clipping down own to one uno of the shops on tho the Ruo de do oll IU ho pos- pos bossed himself of or the sacred book Now ow he Is 18 on the Rhine There stared him Mm in tho face race tho the prospect of or having to read tho the Christmas Christina story In I Germany German It was bad ball enough to start II out like this Barley Marley alley war tot damit wollen w lr en It was worse to discover that Der Del alto Marley war waro So o tot wio ohm cin The last straw was to hear hoar Tiny Tim give Sho tilts this heathenish benediction Gott segno no jellen von on tins uns But Dut It had to J be o Jon gong through withAs with AH As for tOI the tho rest rut of oC Herr Dickens Itcan it itcan itcan can wait walt till wo we get het home Tho Thu sergeant ser ser- nt geant has no mind to Din for tOl Instance Think of or having to sit fill quietly b by when Sam Weller la It made mado to ta say bay Ganz recht Instead of ot Wory 01 well sir Tho sir Tho Stars Starts nn and Stripes |