Show esy Ls SLy MARY GRAHAM B BONMER imp i 11 SANTAS DAY it was early carly christmas in morning orning and santa clatis vas on oil ilia his way hoine ile iio had had a b isler christmas time thile ever eye Y iio had VIA visited ItI the shops and had louie of tile toys lie had lent cut to abom to decorate their windows and counters with anti anil lie ho hail had been to every homo home where was it a child he alio reindeer hurrying so BO fast now santa ans ang talking bialt to thorn them and linof finif to himself oil my iny beauties lie ho said what a time it was and never never it brer havo have I 1 seen scon so ninny many and much buch beautiful children tho the looked nt at each other and ameled for or santa claus ard raid bald that very same thing every single year that they coulta remember and they remembered a good ronny many years yes santa continued they were beautiful there them were girls with ath golden dalr and girls with brown hair and girls with black liala aud and girls with red hair some solve ot of them wore their hair in curls some boino lad their 1 linar air done up so it would bo be curly hodny and soine had their linar in braids and some of thein had their hair cute cut off on bhart there wora were such handsome boys too ott oh they were so BO rood good looking such buell manly mailly little chaps ive never seen so boys said santa claus clans and once more tha reliah reindeer or singled at each other tor for they remember eil that bantit claus alnus laut had said this very same tiling thing too every single christmas they aeto tile sort bort who bully wid do menn little things they were the bott who attack it creature cren turo younger emiller enin llor or wore moni helpless than themselves they were tine fine perfectly inc fine it was nil I 1 could do da to Ic ichii p front from shouting OX tarco I 1 i re e cheers alint tt a splendid lot of boys boya and bills 1 as I 1 went from houed to house and so s many of bf them lind left sugar for you my lovely reindeer the reindl reindeer or nodded their bends it was of them so go good 0 a and thoughtful of ahem hem they said 1 I once anid santa claus remember when I 1 was out testing tile the calm Q backof back of presents presenta Pre enta neya to see ece it they were all right hearing a grown person who had come to sm see a friend who was ill sho she hafl had bought herself a great bunch of lowers flowers to wear and title she the person who was iii n few halt faded flowers which she alio bought nt at a very cheap price because they were faded and she had said that bunch she had bought herself had been so beautiful and sweet to look at she ahe resist it yet sho had been able to resist something nice for her friend she herid been a child once and when she elio was a child she filio had tried to 10 look nt at the back bach of presents which her friends sent tier her to see bee how much tier they had cost and ole still did that now and site had always wanted the bigger r piece herself well I 1 seen tier her since site elio had been a child aien I 1 saw title this thing thine happening about tile tha flow lowers ers and heard tho lie talk front from a homney where I 1 was I 1 was wall ing if the ho chimneys were in good condition for christmas eve as aa I 1 said welle well she was waa ono one of tile the few children I 1 ever know knew alk that and I 1 con can tell you asbe was unhappy no one likes her for hols so and she bilant hant any fun for she Is ili so anxious to see what things cost that title ahe cant get any pleasure out of the things themselves ia heard beard tier her say too that she thought christmas was wan a great nuisance six itce when a person was grownup grown up for of course santa claus ont i had the time to think of children imagine anyone thinking Christ rilas was a nuisance but while one cornea comes across tort of alne thing once in a while 11 santa chus continued it does my heart good to see eo that each year car there to B more and moro happiness and joy jo over christmas and that the children fire are gotting getting nicer and laker and that they have ouch auch gloriously generous naoumi 4 and you know roin reindeer deer old santa claus clans likes natures that tire are genc generous 01 tile the reindeer snorted ag ilant iri and baldt said wo we wish alah yon son a merry christmas t santa we had a chance before but we want to do it now for it Is c your day flay day dear and wo we aro are glad that enell ench franr your day Is more inore and more full |