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Show thlnga I would be glad to aee In my atockln on Chrlatmua morning. If I waa a woman of couree I would yern for dlmund braceleta and necklacea and rlnga aud gold wotcbea that I could pin on me aomtwhar whare a pickpocket could get them without plckln my pocket Thare never waa a pickpocket that oould pick a worn-on'a worn-on'a pocket, xcept one that lived In Noo York, and he bad been niarrld forty tlmea, and be confeaaed that the reeaon be got marrld ao menny tlmea waa Juat becoa be wanted to M f k,i; r?-f. nl.'t 4 "Henry, SHe Said, I Am Puzifcd to Death to Know What to Give Your Pa and Uncle William for Chriat-mat." Finds OuN U Wilbur D NotQ T- VVi f y j gff-yj IK ft A called ma to her day be- j for yeaterday and aed ahe U -y jl wanted ma to help ber do KlIi aomethlng. cil In ber band that waa about a Inch long and looked aa If ahe bad chewed .It to abarpen It, and aba bad a lot of notea made on tbe back of a bill from the dreaamaker. flenry, ahe aald. 1 am puzzled to deth to kno what to give your pa and 1 your Unkel Willyum for Cbrlamua. 1 1 do wlah you would kind of pump them ; and aee what tbey would like to hav, and then tell me, without giving It away to them what you are trying to ' Dnd out I All right, ma, I told ber, and tried ' j (o get a peek at ber Hat to aee If ahe 'jbad me down for the magglezine re-1 re-1 : volver I want. Hut ahe foldej up the paper and pat It away. j Fo that night when pa and Unkel j Dill waa alttitg In the llhraiey talk in - j about the way aenator Tillman had better look out or be w ill be playing ' In a drama that Laa a pi e a,;. -nt, or ' lel-e be will be crarkln a bla k fnake ' whip around In Unkel Tonm Cabhrn, I Mill pa what be thot waa the riKht I kir.1 of a Chrixiniia pieaent. Votl otto be aallhTnle with what you gt. ny young man, h aed. without 1 j conJng around and h'n'ln. 1 I aint hlntln, I told blin. I Juat won-dr"i won-dr"i nhat your idee would be about OU' for yourhelf. Grate Scott! be aed. Haa It come to tbia? It la bad enuff to ha lo fork over for the fool thing yure iu buya for n e without bavin to pay for aon.e-thing aon.e-thing you get for me I dont want to get you anything. I aed. 1 Juat want to get yure Idee about what you want t"nke pin apnke up and d mot Birn could trll what they wanted better bet-ter by tellln what they dont want What wo-i!d you like to tav, unkel C!!l? I ait Mm. Well, tow, be aed. thare la lota of You wata till you get marrld. p apoke up reel quick. Finally pa and Unkle BID tbay got me to tell them about ma aatln ma t find out what tbey wanted, and then they laffed and laffed, and Unkel BUI aed It waa a refreahln Indication of tbe change that waa Ukln place wbaa a woman even thought of thlnklo about what you wanted. He aed tbey uaually went abed and got wbat tbey wanted you to want Tou tell your ma, pa aed, that a neer aa you can Urn wbat 1 want la mora hair on my bed. my wladum tooth filled, and rockkln cbarea that I wont bump Into with my lega when I get up In tbe mornln. And If ahe aata you wbat I want, unkel Dill aed, you tell ber that I ana noncommittal to a degree, but that you think I would prefer a tobacko pouch that baa aar.bay powder loilde the lining, a collar and cul box with pink aatln Imlde of lt, a cigar cutter that I can bang oa my watch cbane whenever I want to feel pertlckerly aahamed of myaelf, a allver bandied tenall that ahe caa borrow frum me the day after Cbrlamua and never glv hack to me, and a amoktn aat made out of hammered braaa that I rnn all to aemebuddy for finger bowla. Tbat'a rite, pa aed. Hut the beat Cbrlamua preaent for a man, unkel Hill aed, la to pick out a fifty dollar preaent for hlra, that ha would bafto pay for when tbe blU cornea In, and then not get It. ICopyrlght. W. D Nriblt.) DARK OUTLOOK BEFOREHAND. "Mamma," aaka the little boy, "how can Santa CJaue get Info our fiat, when we ha vent any chimney nothing noth-ing but a ateara radiator?" "II will probably allp la by the baement door, darling." "Ifa all off then." aavi the lad, wltn a aurprMpg vigor In the one of alang. -'I hut Jhi ltor w HI put blm out of bual-neaa bual-neaa before be can unpark hli lack." HER ONE BIO WISH. Slater Sue Johnnie, do you know what I would like moat? brother Johnnie No. What? Slater Sue I aaw a fat lady at the ctrcua laat maimer aod I wlh I had ber atooking to hang up on Chrlatmaa Bight lurn wbare a woman keepa ber pocket. pock-et. It waa a matter of proferhnul pride with blm. becoa be aed thare waa no profit In pb kin a won. am potket when a'i you got waa a bunch of aampl' and a bitton book and a powder rag and betwene thirty and forty aent. Rut I dont ae wbat plclln porketa haa to do with Cbriimua preaegta. I aed |