| Show ohp is v erm atar aristos 1 WAS just a few days bedfor the great holiday und a dells ful snow was in the wind as it whistled 11 of the grand and christ spirit the most prosperous christana Christ nna in many a year had struck cedar auw alon happy snow be decked bronil swarmed the downtown ablaze with glimmering lights and dec rathe desplas r perhaps old silas who lived on the rural route just outside of town was the only humin being to christmas nothing ue lied ati come separated from cenona had eer been acir to him find PS tl kara sapped by he had grown str and indifferent children arrild of him an 1 E grown uis clear of him now it seen there v ere eral social chiai in cedar june alon and at j christmas time they all did their J bit toward ral j ing everyone liappa but sl had al ways been forgotten lu one 1 seemed to ever think af making him happy ahia beir a new member had en the men s card club one joseph hartlett an extremely fine fellow all round who was always suggesting something new and original at their final meeting before christinas when ill had been satis tact orlly arranged who smilingly arose filled to the brim with the christmas spirit and ande the following fo motion bay bo s how about making od sl on the rural route happy thlu at first there was a dead si dence leri one was too shocked to speak but when the idea finally dawned upon them all seconded the motion in the midst of the other celebrun alons the happy twelve of tha aard club were busy making frepan alons for the call on S they trimmed a small table tree delightfully with silas inscribed on a huge star nt its peak then hei prepared cherry punch purchased a super boi of exi client cigars and sallied oreb by joseph the bevc was thoughtful enough to slip of cards into his coat pocket awas about 9 p m and liaa as usual at an early hour when there came a loud knock upon his door jumping out of bed with a thump lie roared hos there merry christmas shouted th club well what of it cried buas we have come to celebrate with you I 1 et in hat do yon mean you band 01 scalawags scala wags get out of here before I 1 call the police the others were ready to flee tor their lives but joseph waa not to be put oft so easily then came the big surprise sl dont you remember your brother joseph whom you thought to be dead it la II 11 for fiode sake open the door with a crash the door was SWUM open and the brothers were in enan others arms as tears d do the cheeks of old sl but they were christmas of joy then followed celebration n cedar junction had never beheld who passed the little couo why the lighta at old SIs plate were burning all night hut the shock of all was when they actual saw a spar lUng tree in ilie window US 1110 |
