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Show Algernon Noseup the Bundle That Cured Him IT WASN'T his real name, but people peo-ple thought he deserved It. Like a top, he carried a Bwelled head upon a small foundation. Ills nose whs so much In the air that It distributed snubs plentifully. His Idea of K""1" up was that of putting others down. Algernon despised Christmas. Mb even felt ready to snub Santa Clnux. This snob had a special snub for anybody any-body who believed In Christmas cheer nnd generous happiness. He whs an ardent member of the Society for Km Prevention ot Useless fllvlng. Indeed, he was the chairman f the hrnruh of It that Infested his town wlihout l.eHr Ing a gift. There may have bee" i streak of fat In Ills chnnieter. but there surely wns n strenk of mejin. It was a bundle that cured Idin. A he stalked to Ms door with his eye. on the church steeple he fell owr It. and as he opened It that CtirMno.s Day and found Hint a number of I"" neighbors had conspired to warm his heart with tokens of kind rounder, tlon he felt so strange, humbled and BKhnmerl of himself that he was never afterwards able to look down "l"'n ! anyl.odv.-f'hrltnpher H".xrd. I (S,. 12S. W-slerD Newspsper I nl" |