Show the I 1 lighted candle J by christopher G I 1 hazard lazard 4 loss II 11 N cpr union ta SORRY fr ur myone who has to he tie out tonight aid said mr gentle as she ie drew down the window shade and stirred the hearth tire shutting the light in and the darkness darten fM out and sending a tobt bolt of parks sparks up the chimney to care away the storm the nl howled irit in its tits rage and shook sh k the house the now mow whirled about and heaped up the cold tried to ret pret in at every crack and crevice bin bot nelly and her choth er were as enu snug and safe a as any christmas eve could wish with to find them the christmas tree looked all ready for the youngsters who were mere i fast asleep upstairs and dreaming nebout it with ita its bundles and old ed balls it fairly twinkled twin klod in th the 0 firelight like the 1 1 etar star of hope that imidee culi leil these wise people that t it a t brought t b h e I 1 11 t s I 1 f ta t s to the 0 christ child long ago a 0 o Blot mother ber eald said MPH I 1 this la Is as camf a 8 it can be with father airey a way on the bild lid sea 84 but lut I 1 don dont t quite like to have the out aide side of ane house all till dark like to think of friendly lighthouses abea ben it storms and of our houe as a kindly bilde de in the darkness well yell answered her mother suppose u apo 8 e 1 we do aa as they did in hat iv lovely ely story tory we read the other 4 day ay and ond put a candle in the to guide abu M carlst child through the storm and you can bang hang up another stocking in case he should come corns so the four stoc by the chim ney corner comer became five a hade shade wat lifted a little to give a gliano of the sant room and tae the lighted can die tile sent its beams out into the stormy stomy night loosli for any little wanderer anderer vi w who to might be astray the chee tInz rave blaed falth ath the anon flakes and they seemed to feel invited in as a they pressed upon the window panes I 1 valle bile they sat there listening and lo looking oling thre e came a step sted on the stair md rj tere was tommy in Ms nightgown night goun nd poking peeking through the partly opened door falling to 1400 santa he lie dav we about to flee to tits room roam acate tut lut nelly caught him and said suld that be he rust ti sing them bem a song first as a a kunishi ent for bis his curiosity curlo ity ton awny ry had jutt juit 1 learned a new serij son so 80 he was enough and this t it five little brother brothers set et out together toe ether to journey th the lifelong day in a curious carriage cari jaee all made of beath tr they ther hurri hurrian aI away wy away one bif big brother anil and three quite mall small one wee follow no size at RII sit the carriage carria was wa dark and alit jl too roomy they could not nove nova about the ave alv gitlia brothers gram quite quit gloomy the wee one besan besau to pout tout till b biggest one wilred what W t do you bayt say a leave leavo carri carriaga ag and run away so OIT they scampered camp ered the five ave tobt bu far away they aped sped when whon somebody found the carri carriage ag of leather oh inyl how now she ah shook her beadi her little boy a he shoo aa as everyone knowe the fave little brother brothers were five give little toes toe then with a bew tommy was off to Us his dreamer again the fire was burning low and so was the candle eo so it was time to go upstairs bid rd get out of santas ft ay BY but just as kell nelly end her knothe tn t h e were about to do eo so there tame came a lit 11 fata f I 1 A U up against th win dow pane and they beard a small voice so faint that they could cot not know what tt it was eay say ing it took nelly but a moment to throw open the he door and bring ae it 11 tie strang er tn in but it was loiler than that before they conid could cud tl dij fm tim up into comfort coni fort and warm hta his cold little toe it waa mas not until christmas morning that the searchers sear chera found out where the little boy had bad wandered an dered to and nhen hen they came to mrs airs Gent gentle let bouse house he be was nas happily busy in opening his anil and did not want to go home after be he had gone away with his blocking stocking unda his arm and candy mark marks all over ble his face nelly aid said SI 31 other I 1 think there ie 13 a good del dev of truth in that story about guiding gulding the christ child to your house with a candle |