Show at 1 01 C C b 01 6 L coa 6 1 UZ UIE night wits was crisp and cohl the thermometer bad fallen below zero pero T alie it e s snow n 0 w crunched under the feet and the very stars seemed J to snap ann and ad eraci ade in th the deaia heavens frequent gusts or of wind shot their ley icy pins in to the ever redder cheeks checks of the carolers caro lers ns as they went from froin house bouse to house singing their christ mas BIBS songs As they passed through iii beaumont street the wind seemed to sting more than ever hut but the street was short and there was no reason for the singers to pause there only one house broke the expanse or of white lawns with plumed bushes and hedges that was the house of professor processo Prof esso crotchet before which they would not dare stop the professor was a great man loan but he was also a peculiar man mail and a recluse whose wife had bad boasted at the last reception they had attend ed cd that it was the first time they lind honored any gathering by their pres ence in eighteen months my ily has hand band is so busy site she had bad said this christmas eve the house was dark as usual except for a dim ray of light which escaped between the long lone shutters of the trench french windows window in the professors study the leader of the caroleha carolers car caro olera lers noticed this pale light and much to the surprise of everybody called the singers to a halt un der the professors window then broke out on the frosty air the joyous voices of young people singing dit it came upon a midnight clear that gi glorious orious song of old professor crotchet deep in the still ness of his study pushed back his papers nervously at the first notes of the carolers caro lers plague take these r young ones he muttered now can a man ever work la in this day and generation with people sang singing gang under his very windows he waited impatiently for the quiet lie expected to succeed the song but he be was disappointed for the singers had bad decided to give the crabbed professor their whole pr program one song followed another by the opening of the third carol the professor was pacing restlessly up and do down then he suddenly reached tor for ill his days mail which he had not yet opened perhaps I 1 can read this even it if I 1 cant determine in the midst of all this bedlam how the bulgarians Bulga rians pronounced 0 before G in 1331 be out mut and to think I 1 bought the only house in tile the street just to have peace and quiet he ripped open an envelope and was amazed to read the following letter odear dear professor crotchet As secretary of the class of 1900 1000 1 I was requested at our last reunion to write you at christmas time our appreciation not only of the privilege we feel fed in having studied over th thirty I 1 arty years ago under a man who A he has since won such inch world renown as a n philologist but even more our beart heartfelt bearthel fel t thanks for the homely friendly healthy counsel you gave us at that time the appell cation of which has played such a large part in our several suc successes cesse since then when you dismissed us tor for the christmas holidays in you said now boys go to your homes and rejoice with your families and friends forget books and studies for a fortnight fill your lungs with tile the pure air of the great out of doors skate on the frozen rivers slide on the ley icy hills when you play lay pla hard bard when you relax relax then you will be ready to return to your work fresn fresh and vigorous Ig orous and strong this is the advice which we have all followed and this advice has been the foundation of 0 our success when w we have worked we have worked hard and when we have played we have professor crotchet read po fo gurthel iii he scratched cr i at he d Ms his ueail head tor for a moment the then rushed to tile the french windows which he threw open into the night enter enter 1 he be called to ill the carolers caro lerg lers enter and warm warin hes by the hearell hearth wary mary mary he shouted going to enteric ente rei rec the singers lagers another door as by the window hot te tea and cakes for UN ra f twenty mary our friends have come to wish us both an old merry christmas then ilien coming back toward the ioupe people he greeted them cheerfully with a merry christmas merry chrisom s merry christmas to you 11 all 11 at 0 06 hit western Now New paper union |