| Show ItI III 13 The e Christmas Spell By FOLGER MckINSEY In rn I St Sf Loa Lea L t a Crob CUke Democrat D t a I IN D j jI I U ER ERIn In the house A rumor through the tho rooms The children quiet as a mouse WIth cheeks as redas red as blooms A titter tiller on the stair A smothered laugh and then That wonderful and mystic alt alt- air When n Christmas comes agaIn A slipping in m at dusk WIth bundles to be hId hid An n odor of the cookies musk Beneath some closet closets s lId lIdA lidA lidA glowA A kindlier grace and glow A softer thought and speech A dearer wish to grow In closer love for each And this and these they these tell tell They are the deathless sign sign- It sign sign-It is the Christmas spell In your home andIn and in mine mme |