Show TOE THE OY MRS HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD imi r fit is was two days before christmas and tn fit the early dusk cloak mr bolsover Bolso finding no ons on la in the drawing room wont went up to tho the big biff sawing zoom room whence all tho the voices came arid and foslid his wife anil and the girls is as he b had bid epa eted in chaos of pretty retty chiffons chI HoDi bits of 0 satin and velvet ind nd gold braid and beads susette dressing a great doll for a church christ mm dies tree emiles pretty head hand aure aura oled with the th am as she boat bent over her embroidery frame hurrying as tut fait as her little hands could fly hla his wife busy with the th dainty silken trifles which she be was wont to send bout about as ai this time of 0 year and lucia and virginia pasting tho the photographs and water colors in tollo which had bad unpublished bostina eions nil all of them putting th tha a finishing touches to things which hid had to bo be dispatched tho the test next morning moru lne well he ha said lid this looks like christmas yet yea papa capil and whit what are re yoa yea doing toward christmas cried emily 1 17 I said ald bar father you know I 1 write an exceedingly good script I 1 cup oppose P ose I 1 ball bo be called upon tor for 1 lew few fancy said ald susette it papa papaw were erBB a great general or a distinguished author his hl autographs woold nt be in any more demand they make mak beautiful presents papa 1 I dont know said virginia trying ft A cuff ot of narrow ribbons against the broons and canaries of 0 her water color except in this particular instance Insl soco I 1 never in gheral that Is usually 1 I had rath rather eryou you bought we ma something yourself papa from all together oh no not this time I 1 said so no really this time I 1 would prefer the chock check roach moon prefer prater the chock any one would suppose you wore managing to have tho the chock and the gilt gift too said eald susette Sas tte hush said the tha mother her on oa hr her I 1 alps ps as she contemplated her work 1 I it I 1 you yen all havo have all you want I 1 dont see why there should bo be tiny any complaining it any chance to hiva have more than they want more than they want cried lucia aas M it that ever yer happened to any ono for my part said tho the father going about irom from one to another and looking over their shoulders 1 I think christmas to Is a snare and a delusion so no no my dear sald said the mother you mesa mean the tha way we keep christ mas m its all the same in the tha nod end it Is a game ame ol of give and take 11 I 1 11 it II all fosters avile lle spirit of acquisition you dont mean main it pape papal ill and the money spent la folder and useless affairs would save sare many a family from destruction then they all looked at one another triumphantly but grow grew demur again in A 4 moment ohl oh papa dear as 33 it if you yen talk this way a very christmas said Sa Sir sotto sette much good my talking doose and besides the families that might bo be saved it if the money spent were spent on thorn there are other families to live upon vi horn hom this christmas business plunges into debt and trouble for half tho the next year papa it wo we listen to you said emily iwo wo should do nothing noth loff but wear print drossos dresses and go about doing good ill 1 1 I hope you do go about doing good he be replied looking lovingly at tho the fair head in the lamplight 1 I know ono one person you are ara always doing good to there emily now I 1 hope you are cried lucia arid and its very evident that papa la Is la in just the humor we want him to be you little baukol baE Kol and so wo we aro are going to toll tell you papa just how much the presents wo we want lor for our would cost coit and ask you tor for tho the money no tell mo me what presents you want the actual articles arll clea I 1 should illo HL e to soa sea how tow your tastes run ran this year give mo me a seat best though first and my diar havo have your smelling salts ready wheres where flit toll him to bring the ton fait tray I 1 shall need coed tonic before doare through all right papa I 1 shall ahall make the tha tos tea while lucia does the tha talking and wo we will have a cosy time together before cousin cocalis gets here cousin cecilia I 1 know there was hingl ashes more than the presents and the half yearly bills sho she papa said cald susette Eu satto sha adds another r terror to christmas christinn 11 1 I always forget ashes coming coining I 1 put her out ol of my mind so ashes so ao disagreeable erce gree able bl till thes close upon us said virginia poor cecilia Cec llla said cald mrs Bo Boli llover over it if she were a worse woman now 1 there ther bo be a worse cried sit all the arl iris at once wall lots itts forget her till she cornea comes laid aid emily there im not going to work any more and she stuck her needle la in the tb silk and came out and took a seat cat oa art some came cushions at her fathers ta feat et youre not going to got git ahead of me la that cried virginia gayly and as their father abhor stilled settled himself in the easy eacy chair sho deposed herself herel behind it so go that sho she could loan over and smooth his bla hair la in the tha wiy way she iho said that always soothed his hl spirit into peace A ara you quite ready papa ask ashod 04 virginia Virg lnla anil and sho she bent over his shoulder she U id or with her yellow hair drooping droop log around her groat great golden colden brown eyes and his bis mouth preliminary to the exer class said she wall he said eald what Is it now 11 what are you after queenly Que enlo enle I 1 want tho the articles remember dont say anything about diamonds dla dix monds though I 1 shant give you diamonds diamond on any pretext not DOI suitable for or young girls and your mother has a plenty than as I 1 cant have diamonds why virginia said her mother you yon never neter said you wanted diamonds diamond mamma what an innocent you are diamonds Diamond sl what I 1 want Is a certain pearl a pearl rinar alne in at Tiff anys as ai largo large as palo pala as lustrous its as a summer 31 moon ilea near heart hearl said her father and it costs im afraid to say any what it costs A noro more trifle said her father she hold held her bar lovely white band handout out before her bar fathers get away you TOU minx ho he said Ws its fairer without the th ring and now you lucia no ko mamma next speak up mammal ill toll tell you yon what the eho would like for her bar christmas papa A seal mantle man lie very long edged with russia sable eliat will talo take 1000 exactly and the sable muff to go with it costs aioo more with yours 1900 why wont mink do as well mink mamma why you blow into that sable able and there seems no end to the depth and thickness and softness and the color Is so rich nod and darks dark and just powdered with silver its the fur tor for prin ceal your year mother a prince it if you only saw it papa yond wa want nt it why I 1 want it myself why I 1 havo have collars colars and cuffs on my groat great coat it would be so ladylike I 1 like you best posy in your big blue roofer you look then than as it if you had just como come off the watch from discovering a continent 1 11 I dont know exactly what yon moan mean said mr Dol bolsover perhaps you dont yourself no ill take lemon as ludi lucia poured his bis teed lea well what next what does docs limmy emmy want ohl oh ill toll mine last said emily nervously tho the proportions scare as you ap I 1 soo sea Sus otte then A gold bolt belt said Su busetto Sua etlo setto looking down donn don n A gold bolt belt modesty itself and the price it if I 1 may ask so rudo rude a question its at Tiff anys too its ilg flexible Ceil ble and wrought like damask work It aSOo quito quite the costus tor for venus herself lot let mo me soa sea eighteen hundred and equal 2300 were coming on when weve all handed in our memoranda it will be quite a respectable little christ tossing among us its your turn urn lucia theres nothing mean about me balancing her teaspoon on oa her fl agers 1 I want a clasp or brooch or whatever at the tha same bame place too in the shape of a star of 0 oriental amethysts only tho the sla star has a scare or more ot of long curving rays of graduated amethysts trembling shaking flashing purpling like ilka a groat live ilvo purple and gold flower just the most beautiful thing you over saw in your ufa life 1 I dare say and just juat the most beautiful price so no quito quite moderate it la Is very moderate and all to bcd food ocd your vanity hut but rd id rather hays have tho the money you know twenty hundred end and makes and tho the boy what does brandon want do you kno know will ila iio wants tho the saddle horse borso you wore were looking it at nothing Nol blos mean about him either what to in heavens name aro are you thinking of seven hundred moro more why papa dont you always give us u as expensive christmas presents or nearly so 10 I 1 dont know why youre talking now said lucia lucuk nor I 1 either cither its no use why papal papa I 1 can said emily looking up from rom her bar cushion a person has money to spend and if ono one spend it one oat hoards it and that you always say yourself Is wrong and whoa bhea its spent it roes about among so many people and does docs so 0 o much good good to all but those tbt tbt spend it and it rains raint them sol not always said emily emdy it may do the people whom the makin maciaz and buying and soiling call into employment it do you good to 10 lout eel you have only to want a bauble and RO go and spend for it all I 1 earned with fear and trembling lini and bard work and late lata work the first years sf at my business busl lire life and it do the good to whom you give presents pre pros oats Elther they think youre mean II if its too small amill or flattering thorn IS if its too laro large or biao it makes them rely on your bounty and leave off exertion on their own part art yes said emily perhaps to 0 o but I 1 know if I 1 wore ware poor and had a mortgage on my house bonso what do you yon know about mort gagos or wanted to go to europe europa to study 11 a I 1 dt ing or wanted to go to florida lor for my lungs or had bad a book to publish too costly for a publisher to take the risk or er just longed for a beautiful palming painting to hang bang in front of my loungo lounge if I 1 wore a trl prisoner there or needed deeded a now grand piano for or my inutile and got it and anyone came and gave mo me a chock check and said eald there take this and go to europe or sent me ma the painting or tho the grand piano or what and all why I 1 should feel there wore angels of tho the lord going about the tha world aill and if it cre re at christmas time I 1 should fool feel as it if it wore a gift from heaven itself bravo said her bar father lher my emmal going on tho the platform address by miss emily ho he bouso baby perhaps she inay go on the platform said virginia it if tho the cant sol got tho the money she wants any other way who said emmy got the money she eho wants very floe fine this spending of other peoples money it would be ray my money it I 1 had it to spend said emmy leaning her head back against her father with a loving motion 1 wall by the way you said W what last you want dont be doll delicate cate in for a penny in for a pound but papa before I 1 tell you what I 1 I 1 11 i 0 1 4 J I 1 I 1 k h r 6 I 1 i I 1 1 il I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 j I 1 I 1 I 1 11 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 1 1 kissed jelm and buggel 11 II tm want im going to finish my address you know are you uro sure youre very comfortable quito quite comfortable enough to listen amiably amii bly if what you mean A little more tea well wall yes to sustain MO me I papal apal cried susetta Su aro are you not a make believe A man ol of millions pretending he bo needs support when it Is e question of giving away a few thoua thoa andt sande it a few days Inco mol it la is a question of neither millions nor thousands Su susette Sus otte sotta replied her bar father it Is a question ques llon of injurious extravagance and wanton waste and senseless display and bad example to those who millions papa said emily softly reaching up her hand to caress hire him as lucia took his bis cup you always hive have so much weight on your ride that it li Is very difficult to mitto maco the ho worst appear the butter butler cause now kow the other day I 1 was look lue tor for a peculiar shade of my sin cin brol dory dery silk it was an unusual shade nod and it to bo be had they told we ma s mrs conyers bad bought all there was and thero there bo be any more till their order camo came from europe I 1 only wanted a few threads but I 1 do without thorn thom christmas just at hand and my shield not done thoy they thought she might spore mo me some and they gave rao me her address I 1 went miles and miles in street curs cars and at last fast found mrs conyors conyers at tho the top of an old house wall it had bad boon been a mansion house once emmy sald said virginia oh lob yes and they complain about being at the top you know they wanted the light what in the world hat bits all this to do with your subject ohl oh you will see papa dear well wall 1 I found mrs conyors lovely silvery creature cro aturo and the tapestries the ilia tapestries she does they are pictures pictures IQ in noodle and silk watercolors water colors are not airier liner finer daintier da lutter and curtains and oros she was at work on ono one of palest pink with a silver fountain and nymphs and cupida cupids in tho the trens arcos it was perfection ohl oh it if I 1 could have done III I 1 don dont believe the boucher tapestries aro are half so fine she sells thorn them for lui menso prices immense you know comparatively not oven even thou then what she ought to have and she can perhaps only sell one only do ono one in a year and there are tho the three of them to live the daughter who designs and aad sells to the pattern makers but bat who Is really just beginning and has a wonderful talent and needs a groat great deal of development that thai she cant get in this country pooh Non got anything you want in this coun Tyl and the boy who Is studying architecture at the institute and bis his draughts his his bis sketches are full of ideas thero there was one of them a perfect inspiration and his bis teachers say ho he must go abroad lie ho must see the ideal mado made practical ho he must see all the cathedrals of england ard and of franco france be must see sea the groat warehouses on tho the seine ho he must no go down through italy ho he must spend months in venice and all but live inside st marks oh I 1 dont know what ho he do and they 1 I CZ i N 1 14 I 1 I 1 1 1 I r 1 ac U J 1 l I 1 I 1 0 il I 1 A 1 I 1 1 rn I 1 k fa ir V r 1 I I 1 I 1 allx 1 4 il I 1 N I 1 ti I 1 1 aa 11 4 I 1 lm 4 1 lm I 1 11 I 1 I 1 fil I 1 1 QZ 7 i P if I 1 I 1 ijo 11 A il if 1 I 1 ill EC be elm blest if iou abu arel havo have lust just what they can keep alive on here beret I 1 got my throllis alis sho lot mo pay her for or them said thorn there was a sisterhood in art nod and anyone who wanted that thai shade wanted it in ia earnest oarn cit and I 1 say bay anything when I 1 camo came away but when I 1 thought of oil all this immense talent ol of this young conyers going to waste in sonia some architects ollic ties down town drawing plans for or count ing rooms and bo tier tries it seems like throwing tile the universe awall if I 1 that gollus of his hi were prop properly orly nourished dished and taught only think v what hat mag things might lift their loads beads in this country of it ii and it cant bo be it cant be unless ho he goes boca to europe and if ho he could no go it would be a I 1 1 hame if his sister could not KO go t too oo 00 and study the work of 0 the groat desing nors with hor bior oh unique abil ability ityl and it would bo be so BO 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