Show r i 1 1 3 t I 4 I I 1 1 1 S t. t I tc t I i. i g 1 t I t 1 i jT L l t t i I 3 L r 1 1 LuJ S 2 2 I l t I f I 1 F t I VJ Wi tR t. t f R 4 I 4 A kz- kz I IA 4 a rf J fd i r SO rt r I t V Th r r e Ii I NT J he cross uncle said the tk n I lew I c Jl i What 1 If II else can I he he rethE returned re rc- re- re I turned the uncle when I live live t in fl such u a a r world of ot o fools fools' as' as as i. i this Mer Merry y Christmas Out r wr upon z erry Christians I What's Christmas time to you b but t te t it e for fur paying bills without money a tm time for lor Keif Hi-Keif a year ur older and not an nn hour j a time for balancing your bool books books- s' s ami haying hay hav- Ing mn fYer every tEem Hem In em through u a round dozen of or baths pre presented dead against you It If I could york Work my Wl viii said sald Scrooge 0 se indignantly every who who- who goes about with Christmas Christinas Merry on all his nis Is lips Ups should be boiled with s his own pudding l hurled I 1 ed with wIlli a 8 take stake of ot holly run ru through u lib his heart wit eart He lie should Cl Christmas r Carol Stave Sta 1 S fl noise ISe this In room was tva Perfectly y for rt there w were re more children there than In his his' agitated ar tate state of mind could and nd un unlike te the celebrated herd herl herdin in the theIn they not forty ch children conducting tI I. In m rn i like S kc In inn inn- i one but EVery child w was s condu conduct conduct- t. t lug himself like ke rV forty Olt The consequences es were up up- r bp beyond uy ond Ud belief but no flO one seemed to ra tar fare ou on the c the nm l-nm hed V mother and ond daug 1 daughter ter t tile the and enjoyed cd It Iter er very much and I hitter S soot soon n be- be to mingle In the sports rut tut III r m Pillaged l by the young Joung brigands JU most st ruthlessly ht would r U I J not have e given Elven to be one of Ot them theta r ough i r never could rould have b been 1 I cn so rude no no wouldn't f for tor r th tim tho wealth of or all the lie world have ha that braided hair and torn It down and for tor Ole lie precious little Me shoe I I. I wouldn't have As Plucked It off God bless my ray soul to sa save saC C my lay life Ute hold haM to measuring n her liar waist In sport as th they did lid should young E bro brood broo I couldn't have done It I IL L expected r JU my y arm rn to have grown rown round It for a Punishment and never come carrie straight to gain win And yet I should have dearl dearly liked I own hy have touched l her er lips to hire have questioned her Hint i she Bhe might have opened them then to have looked hooked the i lashes shea 71 of her hel downcast e eyes eg and never n raIsed alei a blush to bulet bu let Iet loosa VU CS of hair an Rn Inch i 1 of which would he be a keepsake beyond 1 price to h In short I l have nave hiked feed I du do have nave to had the lightest license of a n child anti and yet et nave have been man enough to fo know UK lis alu value f- f nut ut now flow n 11 knocking at atthe the door was WJ heard un k lh n. n rush Immediately ensued d that she sho laug fac face antI and plundered dress dres was Wll born a I low i It ll In the center of at a n flushed and I I hot just St In IM to ret greet the father r. r who lIme arne me rf attended by a man luau laden with Dud and Then the shouting unil un tIe und mid th the onslaught that was made on Oil fill Ihle 0 rJ RS potter porter The scaling him wit Ii iii hl h urn tor ft ladders to dive Into his pockets dt despoil iP- iP f I J II f If paper brown parcels hold on tight h by lils hu hug round rond 1 Ule neck pommel his hi b back huck ck nn sad u kick liI WH logs In Irrepressible affection fl The of wonder and deIght with whit i theof tho the i 1 ter IM of ot every evory lIs rec received Ti that the baby had hind beenen been beell Ink en In the act of putting a Jl dolls doll's frying pan into Inlo mouth arid was more titan than suspected of having swallowed s a fictitious glud on on a WOOd wooden Il platter The relIef or t finding this a false alarm I The joy and gratitude and e ecstasy 1 They are all Indescribable ble alike It is enough that lt by degrees the children b and their emotions got out of th the parlor and by one stair at a ata a time up to the top tOJ of the house house- where tb they y went to bed and so subsIded Carol S Stave l e 2 I Oh Oll a wonderful pudding fob Bob said snit and calmly too that he regarded It as the greatEst great Est sf success achieved by Mrs Irs since their marriage Mrs said that now the tile weight was off her mind she would confess confers she had her doubts about the quantity of at flour Everybody E had something to say about bout it ft but nobody said or thought Jt was tas ns at ut all nil a small pudding for a large arge family It would have ha been flat Jat heres heresy to lI do so so Any would have blushed t to hint at ut such sucha suchS a S thing At last the tho dinner was all aU done the cloth was VIL clear cleared d the hearth swept and made up The fhe compound in the Jug being tasted and con con- considered perfect apples and oranges were put upon the table and a shovel el full fail of at chestnuts on wi on the Ore fire Then hen all nil tile the family drew round the tile hearth In what Bob called LJ a Q circle meaning half hat a u one and und at Bob Doi Crat- Crat dIlts dIlt's elbow stood the family dl display play of or glass two tumblers and nud a custard cup p W without a n 0 handle These Thet e held the hot bot stuff sturt from the Jug however however how how- ever as well us as golden goblets ts w would uld have o done and Bob nob served ser It out with beaming looks hooks while I he he- chestnuts on the fire sputtered and cra cracked ked noisily Then Bob proposed A uA m merry ry Christmas Christians to us all my dears irs God Goti bless us Which all the family re God bless us ever every ne said Tiny Tim the thelast the thelast last o of all Christmas Carol Stave Sta 3 I dont don't know what da day o of the month It Jt Is Is l said paid Scrooge I 1 dont don't know how long hong I have been among th the spirits I dont don't know anything Ip jp quite a u baby Never er ever mind I dont don't rare Id I'd rather be he a baby Hallo ilailo Hallo here herd I He lie was W checked In his transports by the Churches ringing out the tLe lustiest peals he tie lint had ever heard Clash clash hammer ding doug dong II hell ell Bell DeH don dong ding hammer clun clang clash clush 1 Oh glorious I glorious l Running to th the window lie he opened It it and put pm putout putout out his head No to O fog nf no mist clear bright lIt Jovial lal stirring cold cold enid piping for or the blood to to golden sunlight hell heavenly ky Ly sw sweet et fresh air merry bells Oh Oil glorious Glorious I to today f cried Scrooge calling downward downward down m. ward to a boy hoy In Sunday clothes who perhaps hind had loitered In 10 o look about him ugh 7 returned the tile boy with nil all his fIls ml might hr of wonder today my fine fellow ellon said Scrooge Today roday replied the bo buy boy Why hy Christmas do day Its ut's Christmas day salt said Scrooge to hImself lf I dj haven't bu missed It The spirits have done it all nil In Ji r one night They can do anything tiu Of Ot course they y like Uke they can cnn Of coure course they can nn Hello Hallo n my fly y fine fE lo i Hallo I returned the tIle boy Do Do you know the In the street next but one at the corner Scrooge Inquired I 1 should hope An n J did replied the the- lad iad Intelligent boy bOJ said Scrooge A able remarkable remark remark- boyl boy I Do the prize you know whether they've they sold turkey that was ns hanging Not up there there there- the tle little prize turkey the big What one I boy the one as big as me returned th I What a n delightful 1 boy bay sold said Scrooge e Its a pl pleasure asure to talk tall to him Yes my ray buck I Its hanging there ther-c now replied the boy Is It ItT said Scrooge Go and buy It Walk Walk er r exclaimed the tile bo boy No no no said suld Scrooge I am orn in earnest Go and bu buy It and tell em erz to bring It here that I may give elve them the directions where t to take It Come Conic back with the roan man and Ill I'll give ghe you a u shilling Come brick back with him In less than five ml minutes l e cin and Ill I'll give c l half a nl cr wn 1 I The inc bO boy any was off on like a n shot snot Ho tie must have JU had n ft stend steady hand at n a trigger r Wh wIle who C could Uld have got gota a aIll shot ofT alt halt half so fast Ill send It to Bob Dob whispered Scrooge rubbing his hands and splitting with a n laugh augh He shan't shant know who sends It Its It's twice the size of Tiny Tim Joe Toe Miller filler never made such a Joke as sending It to Bobs Bob's will be h The hand In which he lIe wrote the address W was not a n steady one but write It he ho did somehow and nud went down stairs t la open the street door r ready randy for CM the he cot coming coining of the man mun As he st stood OI there waiting wafting his arrival the tile knocker caught his eye Je JeI I holl love lo It as us long as liS I live Iho liver 1 cried Scrooge patting It with his hand hnud I scarcely ever er looked nt at It It before h. What hiat an honest expression aba sion It has haR In Its face Its It's It a wonderful knocker knocker ller Here's Heres re the turkey Hallo Whoop How V are ore you Jon t Merry terry Christmas h hIt It was a turkey He lie never nver could have t stood upon his leJ legs that bird He lie would have ha snapped tm em em short off on in 11 a u minute like sticks of sealing wax Why hy Its It's Impossible to carry that to Camden lown t said Scrooge You must have hn a n cab The chuckle with which he said this and th thc c chuckle huckle with which he paid for tor the lie turkey and tue chuckle with which Vilich he paid for the cab and the cl chuckle with he lie re recompensed mp n ed the tile boy I were only to be exceeded b by the tile chuckle with which he lie sat down br breathless In his chair again lignIn utah nuil chucked till he lie cried I Shaving WON was not 1101 nn an tas easy task for hIs I hand lIand continued to shake shike very cry much and shaving re re- e I s attention even en when you yon dont don't dance lance I while you are an at nt It It nut hut If he had lind cut tiLe end endor I of or III his nose oft off he lie would have laive put u II p piece e ee e of ot plaster over O it it and been fI f quite satisfied lie dres dressed lI himself all nil In lii hl his best heit and anti III HI HIla i la tact t got ot out ant Into the streets The Tue people e we were by hv this time lime pouring forth ni II UK UKle 1 le lit hail had seen them theat with the Ghost t of Christmas hr nt and walk walkIng In lug Ing with his hands behind him S Scrooge regarded e cr every om onn with o a delighted smile lie He looked so Irresistibly y pleasant pheasant In lii II u won three or four humored good follows fellows said Good Guild morning sir sirA A merry Christmas to hi you And Scrooge rooe sold said often that of If nil all the blithe sounds he lie laid hut ev e r hc those Wl were vere r the blithest in his hb ears t-ar-s I |