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Show (Copyright.) f'M OOLVOrto write Smttn Clans n Ii'l- I ter asking him to I bring mo tho I things for Christmas Christ-mas I want," said Hobby Sawyer. "M nmiim says that bccautropnpa won't "eyerT'eoBKJ homo any' more, we can't have any Christmas, gift I don't see why,;ber cause papa -waa . " lost st sealaata. aaos won't come as he used 'te. I hear bt ehlldren writing to Santa for what they want and Tm going te write to atSB, too." So Bobby sat Jowa aad wrote his letter. clle spelled bagU, bagel., aad Christmas, Crtsmas, sad some of the words were so beagled ''that the' oM fellow most' have had a hard thae deV clpheriag them; bat aM the,, thlaga Bob wasted were Basted la the letter aad he Hd' not deebt for a atoaseat Ikat, gaata CTaae weaM respbad gee brously. One morning shortly before ChrUrt-maa, ChrUrt-maa, Peter the postmaa left a letter A the door addressed to.Boheef Raw. yer. Peter who had long deUrered the letters of the Sawyer family weaM not , .tvfeie rfie bosttvv give It to aaybody barBobby. saylag that Santa Class, required 1 him to give any letters marked ?ttom Kris' Krla-le" Krla-le" to the chUdtb.whom tt was addressed ad-dressed and to no eae else. Bobby opened It sad read: " "Dear Bobby: k . " "I have received your letter aa4 will urlng you'thefuMet Christmas preseat i-ou ever;recelvd la. your life. J ' "gANTA CLAUS." , Bob of course was delighted with .'his, sad .he noticed, that from the time of Its receipt, everything about 'he , house seemed, te take oa a certain :hfrlnees. Bobby laid la Walt, for Pe. ter whea he came agala aadVsked him allot of qaeetloM as to how and where Junta Class, gavejhta the letter. Pe-. ter said that he, was sot permitted to ttU chlldrea saythtag'7 about Santa Glaus;: They must haag up their stock-logs stock-logs aad wait for, htm to,ft!l them. JThU was' three, days before Christ I - " tain packages. This pmaled him-, for his mamma had told htm there woul ho no gifts this year nhil he Old no expect' nny except whnt Htintit CliiU Mould Jirlng. Uobby: uskeii Um motli' pr If wtinfc she brought i v.og Intend-td Intend-td for Chrlsffaas, but she gave hint no satisfaction, (hough shotook hlin In her nrnis and garo him a bcaf hur nnd n dozen tlHscs. She seemed as happy ns if sho expected Sontd Claus to bring everything she wanted " for Chrlstmnsv Thojjday before Christmas a mes-ernger mes-ernger boy came with a'tolegram for Mrs. Sawyer. Sho tore off "iho envelope envel-ope and, read It, and, looked very happy, hap-py, giving the messenger a half dollar. dol-lar. Bobby nstted- what the telegram was'about. Sho told him It wis about a Christmas gift she and alJL the' rest of tho family yers to, receive, and when Bobby kept asking again and agalpr "What Is It mamma r she gave" him another bear hug and smothered him with kisses.' , Uqbby had s sister, Edith; twelve years, old, and a brothM'JIra, ten! Both' ofvthcm were, too oM toumptiil-with toumptiil-with Hobby In his faith fiWaa:ClauV' bringing him tho gift he hedflro.lltW him In his letter. 'Indeed they didn't believe Santa Clnu really wrote letters let-ters to children. Bobby tried his best to get out vt Edith or Jim what' made their mother so happy, but they would not tell. Indeed they seemed almost as happy as she. Having failed with them Bobby tried Peter the postmaa!. Peter said he sunnected Santa Claus bed something to do with the family happiness, but he was hot' sure.- Bo poor Bobby was obliged toswallow.hls curiosity nnd wait for Christmas morning. morn-ing. ' " Bobby wenttobcd'oBChrlstmas eve determined to resist the, sandman nnd keep his eyes open all night, so that lie might get a- gllmpso of Santa Claus nnd sec, what his reraurkaMo gift was; Hut tho sandman soon began to drop sand In Bobby's lids, and he was asleep In ten minutes after his head Struck the pillow. When Bobby nwoko tho sun was quite high In tho heavens, 'ilc heard tho word "Bobby I" shouted In his ears ami nt the snniatlmo felt himself gently gent-ly shaken. Ho did not n waken bv de-r,rtn.' de-r,rtn.' bvl r.ll cr once. "And There standing bci'orelilm anil looking down upon him, Hinlllng, wa.8 Id's papa'. . "Why,, papal"' lio exclaimed, "I thought yo,U wcro never going to conic homo any more." r "Snntn Clatis told 1110 that he was to bring mo homo to toy little boy for a Chrlslmas gift." Bobby throw his arms around hlx father's fa-ther's neck and hugged nnd hugged, and It seemed that ho would never ' nVhy, saal He Walmed. let go. Mamma, sad.Bdtth aad Jim 'came la aad so great was the excitement excite-ment that Bobby, forgot , to look for What was la Ms steeklag. That. was'' certainty the happiest Christmas tk 'Sawyer ifamllyr ever spent or ever would ..ap.ead. y Bobby was too yonng to baue lt:all exptalned to him, but when he Is olderhls mother Intends to teUhlu that his father was ooia vessel that 'was'; torpedoed and Ktnik. Mr. Sawyer was reported miss-laft miss-laft but he was picked ..up out ef tho "water by an American'' erulter' and In time managed to get homT'iAfter word eorae that he .was. saved tri letter, was written to Bobby by his sister as from Bnra Claus, and afterwards 'a, telegram tele-gram came saying that-M father weald be home w Christmas morning. ' ' , 1 OBSERVINQ THE PROPRIETIES AbrwlxmA,tV "j.floocljfcafct. t ' UjJWtfeijJkjyt f iggilfi & -T"",""''1" t O ,1 WJ - 'k--v. ''i |