Show CHRISTMAS T R E E av bu Constance Withrow i A r IS the I 1 custom in ID a certain village at near the sea for the men to go into the woods and bring out by ox sled many small spruce trees these are ranged about the foundations of houses to keep them snug and warm for the winter cven the poorest meanest dwelling takes on a holiday aspect when surrounded by this hedge of fresh vigorous green to in a 2 gray weather beaten cottage close to the shore lived a family whose hard luck was the talk of the village tillage the father was a fisherman but now dow that thai the winter had set in he could not lot go out in ID his dory the summer hall had yielded a fair catch but the prices were low the mother was a cheerful sensible woman who kept the house tidy and her husband and little girl sallie well cared for when christmas time came however she was much troubled shall I 1 write santa I 1 want a cart with red wheels asked sallie one day and it a teeny doll house I 1 can keep uly my kitten in ile HP has so many children to remember said her mother 11 1 1 I 1 be disappointed if just this once sallie he kind of forgot sallies Sal lles eyes grew round with amazement ile he cant forget mamma difed not be santa if he did mrs slake blake repeated sallies Sal lles answer to her best friend mrs moore and mrs moore said bless the child well I 1 never sallie listened with her tat fat little hands bands clasped behind 1 her back I dont bellee believe it she said stoutly and nothing her mother said could change her convictions when they went to bed there a present in the house bouse out an orange not a 8 caudy candy cane but sallie was sure about aboul the morning she woke when the dawn was gru gray she pattered over to her window the sea was like a still flat bat sheet of metal the air was chill down below was the green hedge of little trees sallies Sal lles eyes stuck out as she looked at them she gave a high delighted squeal on 01 every tree at the tiptop tip top war wall a little package done up in bright paper and tied with colored string I 1 A row of twenty christinas trees each hearing a gietl ile he did come mammal shrieked santa trimmed rimmed twenty trees instead of onel one mrs moore told mrs blake that evening that village children had crept over in the night and each tied a present to a tree 1 I 1 dont suppose you had anything to do with it smiled sallies mother oh well said mrs moore faith alth like sallies Sal lles cant be disappointed 0 0 1933 western newspaper union |