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Show i Christmas Trees i Good for Something ;A By Manila Bannnis Thomas TtfYR. MINCY, like old Scrooge. " j jfti said he did not believe In . " Christmas. Ha said It was all bunk, j which Is the modern term for hum- bug (Scrooge's own word for It). Mr. Mlncy was sLxty-three years old and had never expended a cent' of ;. h money or a drop of kindliness where It wouldn't bring In a fine . return. That was business all that -. ; Mr. Mlncy cared for. .1 ; Once, however, business took Mr. -Mlncy to a far outpost. In the Canadian Ca-nadian woods. He found himself :1 on the 24th of December trying to " t get transportation bnck to a tiny p-village p-village from where he could take', a train. The only person who could : take him was a man who said he V ; was on his way to get a Christmas; '., tree for the kids. - "Christmas tree 1" snorted Mr. Mlncy. "Never heard of such foolishness!" fool-ishness!" But he finally had to go. . Much time was squandered oh se-" lecting and cutting down the tree. Mr. Mlncy raged. Finally they were ready to start on. They came to the steepest hill of all. One side a sheer rise of "cliff; on the other a drop to a deep gully. ; "Brakes won't hold on this," declared de-clared the driver, ''hardly '. dare to . go down." Mr.. Mlncy was almost violent lfl his' remarks. At last a means was devised of holding the car back on the steep grade. The Christmas treo was lashed to the rear, lengthwise. It dragged on the ground and lta weight and branches served to keep the car from crashing down the hill at a dangerous speed. "You see," said one of the men . In a slow drawl, "Christmas trees are some good after all!" . . Mr. Mlncy was obliged to admit tbey were . . . but , It was like pulling pull-ing teeth to drag the acknowledgement acknowledge-ment from him. . 19 x. W-trn Kowipaper Union. |