| Show 1 i JJ T J 1 s i I F 4 t ts ii I f I t i t I 0 t E z frN if f iP 4 L w In one lilt ight They can Ull do anything thc they like Of or c course urse the they can call Of course they cnn can Hallo Hollo III my fin iii fine P. P fc ow 2 Th Hallo hahn returned the ho boyDo boy 9 i street Do 0 0 1111 out hut you ou t nn one know mow at It n t t th the thc the h. h e er co In the I n f next g NT T be cross uncle said the lh nephew r I D JI What hut else can cnn I be returned re rc- turned the uncle when I HerE live H rE in such a world word of or fools as os I o this Merry Christmas Out 44 upon merry Christmas What's I. I Christmas time to but you ou tIe rt t i ifor ne Ie for paying bills without money a 0 time for ing yourself a year older ohler und and not ot an hour her a time e for fUI balancing your our boos books and hael hay hav- lUng el Itom In em through a n round dozen of or presented de lead dead Hl against you 1 0 If Ir I 1 could Irk m my will said Scrooge e indignantly every ery i who Wili goes s 's about with Ith Merry Christmas Christmas' on OU jl lips should be lie boiled with his own pudding f Hl with n a stake of holl holly run nm t through his I 1 lIt l t. t lie should Christmas Carol CJ Stave e 1 m S fn e noise In this room was I US for fOl there were more children there than Ie in his agitated state of nf mind could I lIt and unlike the thc celebrated herd In Iii the thC iV Ill they thc were wert not fort forty children conducting cs like one hut but every cr child chillI was like IhIe fort forty The consequences were ut up- up beyond belief but hut no one seemed to toon toon on the contrary the lie mother mothel laughter daughter ti hed heartily and enjoyed It cr very cry nul h antI and tj latter UtI SOOT soon beginning henning to mingle in the sports Ij phi n pd I h by y t the he young 1 brigands ds most ruthlessly at would I not have b given Cn to ho bo one of them pugh p I never iier r could rould have been so rude no no no for the lie wealth of all the world have hu Wished that braided hair hall and lorn IU It down don and anti the precious little shoe I 1 wouldn't hin have IU ithe eked It off olT God bless m my soul foul to save Swe my mr life S jo to measuring her In sport aport as us y lit did t L 1 young oun brood I couldn't Jut have done dune It I r t td hia have luno expected my arm to tn hia have e grown U rrt It II for fOI n a n d never cr C cimo straight straight- n. n Anti And 3 yet t I 1 should have ha dearly liked I r own e 3 touched d her lips 1113 to have questioned her i She he might have opened them item lo to have hove looked IMI E the lie lushes lashes or of her downcast ayea ef and anti never 1 Eed ed d a u blush bush to lo hu have huJet let Jet loo loose waves wares of hair of or which would be lC n fi ke keepsake tt beyond yond III In short I 1 should have liked I do d OIl roti confess less SS b have ve had the lightest license of or n It child ini vet yet vetIe lJ 11 mon enough nou h to know lt Its hR value ulue rJ 6 Ie S Snow 4 ut I now n a I knocking at nt the tilt do r was wt heard hemd mid uil h a rush Imme ensued that site shoo with fa fane face and ond c plundered tress dress res was wn born hoine rd It In the center of ot a n Hushed Ak and boisterous II ll Just lust In III time to greet tho ho father who lune s attended by hy u mUll man laden n with Christinas I f and presents Then lien U the tho shouting und nd theand tho the thor lIn r and the tho onslaught ht I that lint wn var was mal made flOur on 1111 lg il u porter I lh rue Tho scaling him hini im with for fur ladders tS to dive t Into lute hi lils tI loc Qt despoil e poll II Jor of f parcels hold o on tight h by his 1111 L d hu hug him I band lound th the neck c pommel his buck back his lc legs In Irrepressible affection The IU J s of wonder anti delight with which the lie i t of ot every eyer package l was as received rill jil that I lie baby hind H hi III tI t ho it tet et of r putting 11 tn a dolls doll's frying fi pm in In int to 14 II a. a L- L nis mouth moUl and was more thin J suspected of having hn s swallowed n a fictitious t turkey glued on a fl wooden platter patter The llIe Immense relief of finding tills this a n false alarm The fhe Jo Joy and gratitude and e ecstasy The They are arc all nil Indescribable alike It Is enough that h. h by 13 degrees the lie children and anti their emotions got out of the lie parlor and h by one stair at lit a It time hue up to thi the top tOJ of Ut tile the house where t they e. e went to bed and so subsided Christmas Christmas Carol Stave Sto 2 S SOh Oh Oh a II wonderful pudding lob Bob said and calmly too that he lie rl regarded ded it as fiS the greatest great great- rent rent- est st success achieved ed b by Mrs since their l Ci said that hat now the tho weight was off oil her lieI mind she would confess she had her doubts about the quantity of flour Everybody B had something to SC str siry about it hut but nobody said or thought i If ir was at ut all a sir SIJ J pudding for fUI to a U large family It would lame have IH been ln flat flut heles heresy to do so An Any would have have- blu blushed to tu hint hint- at nt such sucha sucho a o t thing At lust last the dinner was nil all done the l cloth oth was cleared the hearth swept 6 and atad the lie fire mode made up Lip The file compound in ILl the Jug being tasted lasted mil and auth considered con on oil perfect pcr apples and ami oranges orang were wen put upon upun the I and a n shovel shu full fiti I of chestnuts on the lire Then all ull the family faintly drew round the he hearth IJ In Huh Hob u II ed u it circle meaning half a U one HIll anti and at ut B Bub Buh hi Crat- Crat chits chit's elbow ebow stood tIle the family display of If glass Kluss tV two tumbler und and a H i custard cup u without a n handle These rhese held the hot stun stuff from the jn Jug however how how- ever I us as well a aft golden goblets would woul have hin-e done ClU nn and Bob lob served It U out with beaming looks while hiTIe 1 the he chestnuts on Oil on the thit fire and cracked c noisily Then Bob proposed A meri merry Christmas Chi s to u u. u j all my dears deur- God Cod ble bless s us Which nit nil the family lIH re Cuti us every one rw I said Enid Tiny Tim thi the thelast last of 11 all Christmas Carol arol Stun Stave I 3 I. I 0 I l dont don't know what lint tIny day u of or I the lie month It Itis I 13 is sHill said HI Scrooge I 1 don't dont know how Iou long lnig I have been heen among mon r the lie spirits I don't dont know l Imy anything lung Im I'm quite a It baby Never mind I J don't dont cure care Pd ii rather ruthel be a n baby Hallo Whoop I Hullo hub here p 2 11 Ht lIt- was checked In his transports h by tile the churches ringing ln out the lu lustiest peals i'S he Ill 11 HuK ever heard Cla Clash h lush clash u h. h hammer ding doug dong hell bell Dell Cell don dong ilung thing ding hammer clung dash clash Oh Olt I glorious to I tile the window he 01 opened c It and put putout out his head No r 0 fog fl no cleat clear bright lt Jovial Jo col cold cold old piping for fol the blood lood to dance to gold golden n sunlight heavenly sky l SW sweet fresh fi-ehi re h r merry Oh glorious 2 1 Glorious ls I to today UJ cried Scrooge calling downward down ward to a n ho hay hoy in hI Sunday clothes c who hn perhaps hud loitered In to loot look about hi him III Eh Eb 1 7 returned the y bc with lihi a all ii his might of or wonder r. hut today my tIne fellow said Mild Scrooge Today I replied the bo be boy Why II s 1 d day Its It Christmas day I 1 saId suld Scrooge e to io himself lr II 1 jt hav missed It The spirits have e dOlc It all un In one lilt ight They can Ull do anything thc they like Of or c course urse the they can call Of course they cnn can Hallo Hollo III my fin iii fine P. P fc ow 2 Hallo hahn returned the ho boyDo boy Do 0 0 you ou know mow the er In the next street 1111 out hut t nn one at It n t t th the thc h. h e co I n f cornet corner Scrooge Inquired I should hould hope hop I 1 did replied th the ladAn lath lad An n Intelligent ent boy hoy I said aill Scrooge A remarkable remark able boy Do you ou know whether they've sold the prize turkey that thatus was us hanging up UI there Not the lie little prize turl turkey the bit big one What hint the tile one as us bl big as us me rue returned the thebo bo boy What hiat a n delightful boy said Scrooge e. e Its d a pleasure to talk tuB to him Yes les In my buck I Its hanging there now zio replied the lie bo boy Is It said Scrooge Go Co and wd bu buy It or exclaimed the bo boyNo boyNo boy No o no no sql sold Scrooge J I 1 am In earnest Go nut and buy It and 1111 tell em Il to lo hlin bring It here Iere that lint I Imay may gi give I ye them hem the directions where u-e u to take hll It Come Cume bar back with the tuna man nUll anti Ill I'll give gh you a n shilling Come back huck with In less limn titan fi five minutes and Ill I'll give iV hal half crown The b boy was off oIT like a shot I Ho Ill Ic must hu have had hada a n steady hand baud at a u trigger ti who could have hn got ot a ashot shot oft oli half so 80 fist fast rust Ill send It to tu Boh Bob whispered pel d Sero Scrooge c rubbing his hits hands and and splitting with a n nIn In laugh u h. h lIp lie shant shan't han know who sho sends It Its It's 1 wlee I the lie of nf Tiny Tim Joe looMiller never PI made such sucha a n Joke Jol ns as rending it to 0 Bobs Bob's will be he The rile In III which he lie wrote I the thC address s was not a n steady one hut but write It he Iw did somehow and went down stairs s to open Hllen the tIll trl t f door ii ready for fOI lh the coming of the man alan As Ashe Ashi hi he ht stood there waiting hi his arrival orrl the knocker Cr caught his e eye eI e I shall love lo It as ns lon long as Its I live cried Scrooge t patting It with hl his hand I scarcely cely ever looked pIl at nt it What VIta t an on honest hOliest expression s sion Ion it has hns In Its face I Its irs a It wonderful knocker Here's Heres the t turkey I Hullo Hulin hub 1 Whoop How Lire ire you ou Merry len Christmas CIti mus It was a 1 tUi turkey I I He lIe he never er could have stood upon his legs that bird I lie le would have snapped em em m short oft off In u I minute ui-In ui ate I like Ike f sticks slicks of sea sealing I lag wax va x Wh Why hy Its It's Impossible to tarry carry that bitt to Town said t Scrooge You must have hu hueI u I cull cab The file chuckle with which he lie said tills his und the lie with which h hf paid for fur the turkey and Hill I the lie chuckle with wILli which he lie paid tot tot or th the lie cab Inh nail ami tire the chuckle with ith he rl recompensed t lie tho ho tiny boy were only to be exceeded h by I tho li chuckle chuckle- 1 with i which hi Ichi he Sn sat nt t down bren breathless I hi ess I In n Ii Ills is chii chair i r lI a gain again and 11 chuckled till he lie cried cdell Shaving ha was vas not IlOt an nn easy I isy task for his hand continued to shako cr very much anti and slut ln shaving ing requires requires re reo quires at Jut attention even en when you oU don't dont while you JOU are at Itt It But I If f C II he lit hm cut ul lit I Iii It end nel of ol hl his nose off nIT he lie would 1111 have put lint a II of sticking ln olaster over o It and boon quite ta lie He dres dressed I all oB In Iii hil his host und alIm at al lust Im got ot out Into the lie trell Tho people were vere by he this I time lime pouring forth n as he lie hud ii seen II t them hem with tIUi the rho Ghost t of Present and III lag Ing with his hands behind him him Scrooge eini 1 regarded d every C one with wilh a n delighted smile sinie He tie looked so 80 Irresistibly pleasant tn In u n word d I three or 11 fou- fou on good Orel fellows M I M. M Good lood morning uio lr Ir 2 4 A merry to n you ou Anti And Scrooge C said gold often afterward afu lint Hint of all nil the blithe Iii he lie had ever tJ hoard those thine were ere tb b t In hillI lii hi- earn 1 t l. i C |
