| Show THE 5 CHRISTMAS SPIRIT by mary araham banner ap 1 in we arrn term n ulloa EI fl ev had been reeling feeling that thre there ana 1 a no such thing in the world orld as n a christmas spirit during the gumtner for example she he had taken a trip seemed to enjoy it everyone seemed to be irton 4 to get away from front the world with its scandals and its poil civilization that as what everyone said pt a they amic the trip through the simple illde emote and picturesque and old tilts this seemed to bo the lit everyone longed tor for and than some one tie men t boned a scandal which bad had taken place nearby some months before with a it dash ev everon orone made for the areene eo so they could tell the tile people bach back home hat that they hod find seen the locality of the tile scandal and ellen ellon had been disgusted was avas tt it such a sordid word world aft r nil rill then the phe had taken tome lonie poor ahll dren to a big store to we e the carist roae mas ll epla and they aft hai been refused admittance the cusi cu somei minem I ld id d 1 b I ejected to euch such aronds crow da of rh ilden they wanted to see the display ls tz n elves why should poor childrel 9 the when the they could only took and all about the outside of the store etero rca eager litt lIps faires briw pring into ilia window and i that persapa perli aps they could pet tret in ben lien tho the one who ho watched at the door was not looking once in a subtle ono nn did and the chil dren from outside malted for the newe what did you see ahat bat did you see they shouted as the lucky one came out neati other storn had been different other stores tore had n t bad had their rich customers cus tomera complain but it had kad aad dined men and one of these very complainers had bought bli six copies of the Carlett nain carol by dicken dickens to gh e am away uy to friend friends ellen beard heard that later it ila lial not improved tuat matters and arid on this same trip an t ther she he had met bid b id aid to her that theae children had euch such poor coat and lint reproved ellen I 1 I 1 mish the woman who had yok en so e bliar hardly ply op p elen had find bald said that they had some of the lie nice warm thing things belonging to my iny children but when men that she shout I 1 do lna for r chest children ehe she had bone gone on off angrily and another person had patted her tier ai as she had sien her walking cheso children and had suld A fine line work roy my dear fear and ellen knew that the woman felt za he had showed duty and christina christmas service and Chris christinas loe IONO by nil maeng ng that apiece but when ellen began to flee see the trees which aich were ere sent to the city for christina christmas ehe she felt the emill of the cave her som of ue the christmas rop irit oh yes it was all right after all she hc had find been hee seeing only what bat waa was disagreeable and ev ey else had passed her tier by and then one one loy day tn in the crowded section of the city ehe she saw a small crippled newsboy go up to a army bucket and put in his donri tion lelsz other others to hae hane a Christ tins dinner when hen he was as zone aone too sure of hta big annl raba saw it she involuntarily smiled and a smile anse nn ered ivd hers A strange inan man nas keisir x at ber tier was alime oie one going aa to be imperil nent to her hert alnes oe he incident of the L littleboy only going to acre as an ali for a man to euille nt at her but in another lie ie was wa olwe 1 oozing 1 m so sorry he lie sold 1 I mus try ing to place you tn ili my fund rand I 1 WB A as so eure sure I 1 knew know you and ther I 1 re that ou ete the pilu e v of the girl on the cover of a tun paine last christmas which I 1 caved all the 3 year aarand and so which Is naturally very fa to me I 1 am so boirye and then ellen laughed for last lost year ear she had bowed coed tor for 0 one ne of her artist friends 1 I dont suppose youve auve tiny idea the man continued how flow good that picture did ive lye heard so many u of it and of the spirit it expressed you fairly breathed U t them hen ans now I 1 m different the a edited aked ked dont look 1001 just aa just aa as he faltens fal tend and ailen felt ashamed for ehe she had been critical of others and in worrying about the world shortcomings ehe sho I 1 lad ad loat lost her own oun christmas pir it IL but it find boon been inertly wander ang t 04 not utterly to lot t and the nifty ile man who had foslid tl it arala arain for lie tier and avid then the thew t became become a tell clearts and ani they bey made of their love a iLent theiu arc f mar married t and ho he alna sina called ellen idol til beu beau will picture and ellen itu glad tilt tliatha be tid did it t kept constantly la to billil na the christmas parit that had bad once 1 ft ber her for or good wad B au all I 1 |
