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Show Illp DaM$- Fairy Tale yAARY GRAHAM BCWJER. ' ' com ct rr vi;:um mv.fiu us 2h NEW YEAR'S STOCKING Maggie was a little girl and she Ived with her mother and her father jnd her older sisters and brothers. The sisters and brothers were a good Seal older than Maggie, and they all made a great pet of her. Her father called her 'My daughter" and "My Dupps." No one knew just what It meant, but Maggie knew that It was a little short pet-name of her father's own invention which meant daughter. Maggie's mother called her "Little "ub" which, too, was a pet name, as she was so like a dear little fat, roily, round cub ! Everyone loved Maggie and she had a beautiful time, and no one ever spoke a cross word to her. In fact, no one thought It was necessary nec-essary in Maggie's family to be cross. And no one was selfish and no one was mean because of this. It only made every one want to be sweet and unselfish living with such a kindly and loving family. Now Santa Glaus had been to see Maggie and bad left such a splendid Christ mas stocking for her. All sorts of nice things had been in It, a rubber doll for her bath, and ten Such a Nice Stocking. bright new pennies to start a lovely new red purse with, so the purse wouldn't feel too empty. It was nice, too, having a little money right after Christmas for Maggie Mag-gie had spent all her savings before Christmas. Then there had been a handsome doll named Johnny Naples. He, too, had been in tlie stocking. He had a suit of many colors, and it was decorated with beads. His eyes were of beads, too, and his hair was of worsted. But he was a dashing-looking dashing-looking gentleman and Maggie deariy loved him. Then she was given a cunning little cloth dog. Ever since Christmas he had gone to bed with her, and even though he never seemed to close his eyes, he was as quiet a bed fellow as could be. He never snored und lie never tossed and he never turned, and he liked to stay in bed as long as Maggie did. In the holidays Maggie stayed in bed later in tlie mornings than on the other oth-er days of the year when there was school. But now Maggie's stocking was quite, quite empty, as of course a Christmas stocking would be by New Year's eve. 'T think 1 will put my stocking away," said Maggie. "I've taken everything ev-erything out of it now. For awhile it was such fun to keep a lew tilings in it, and Johnny Naples slept in it for awliiie. He found it nice, too." "I wouldn't put it away until after the New Year," said Maggie's mother. "That seems to be the best time of all." "Shall I have Johnny Naples sleep in it again?" Maggie asked. "I think not." sail Maggie's father. "I think it would be nice if Johnny Naples sat up tonight and watched the Old Year out and the New Year in. "I feel sure he would like to do this." And Johnny Naples looked from out his bead eyes in a way which showed that he agreed. So the stocking was not put away anil Johnny Naples sat up and watched the Old Year out and the New Year in. I And Magg.e went to bed. i Tlie next morning when she got up there sat Johnny Naples on the sofa, and hanging down over tlie top of the sofa was Maggie's stocking filled right 1 up. "I thought," said Maggie's father I "that I would fill a stocking. I knew I Santa Claus wouldn't mind, as I wasn't I taking away any of his time from him. Christmas is his day, and New Year's Day he is resting. "So I filled the stocking hut not at all as Santa Claus fills tlie Christmas Christ-mas stocking." There in Maggie's stocking were all kinds of nuts and raisins and pop corn, a littie box of hard candies, some dates and an apple and an orange, a pair j of new warm knitted blockings from ! her mother and a pair of shoes from I her daddy, and it made a most delight-I delight-I ful New Year's stneking. I "Oh, how wonderful," cried Maggie, "and what a nice stocking. Such a nice stocking for New Year's so different dif-ferent from Santa's, we wouldn't realty real-ty and truly want Christmas twice a I year, and a Christmas and a New Yen s trent Just like this is fine." And Johnny Naples looked very much pleased. One look at his bead taa showed that I |
