The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-01-10
CHRISTMAS CAROL.
Bob. CIatchit'S Dinner.
~ CHARLES nIcGENs.

IL tHARlES hthLNs
And soon the stecplcs called good peo.
/ pie all, to church, aud away they came,
ilocking through the streets in their best
clothes, and with their Sayest faces And
at the samc time thcro emerged from
scores Of hv.strccts, lanes, and namclcss
turnngs, inuumcrablc people, carrying
their dinners to the bakers shops. The
sight of these poor rcvelcrs appeared TO in,
tercst the Spirit very much, for no stood
with Scrooge beside him in bakers door
way, and taking of the coycvs of their
bearers as they passed, sprinkled incense
on their dinners from his torch. And it
was very uncommon kind of torch, for
once or twice when there were angry
words between some dinncrcarrieis who
had jostlrl with each other he shed II few
drops of water on them from it, and their
good humor was restored directly. For
they said, it was shame to quarrel upon
Christmas day. And so it waa! God love
II, SO 1t was!
is There Il peculiar flavor in what YOU
sprinkle from Your torch.' asked Scrooge.
There is. Ny own
Would it apply to any kind of dinner
on this dayT asked Scroogc.
TO any kindly given. To a poor one
most
why to poor one most" asked
Scrooge.
'Becausr it needs it most
'Spiit,' sail Scroogc, aitera moments
thought i wonder YOU, Of all the beings
in the many worlds above us, should de
sir to cramp these peoples opportunities
OF innocent ENJOYMENT"
i : cried the Sririt.
'lou would deprive them of their means
Of dining every seventh day, often the on.
ly day on which they can be said to dino
at all, said Scroogc. Wouldn't YOU"
Il ciiod the Spri,.
'You seek to close these plHcrs on the
Seventh DayH said Scroogc. And it
comes tc the same thing,
Il sock" exclaimed the Spirit.
Forgive me if am wlouc. 1t has
been done in Your name. or at least, in
that Of your family said Scroogc.
There are somo upon this earth Of
yoars, returned the Spirit, who lay claim
TO know us, and who do their deeds of pas
sion, pride, illwiIl. hatr",l, o">y, b,goty,
S''l'Ilii',' IN onr na,n'; VINO are as strange
|" us ana All our KAN ana kir, as II they
had never lived. Remember that, ana
charge their ,oings on ihrm-elyes, not u.s.
Scroogc promised that he would; and
they went on, invisible, a. they had Leca
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wife, dre,,'d.oni hut poorly in twice
turned gown, hut brave IN rlbhand', which
worc cheap and mako coolIy show for
.iXp.nco and She lad the cloth, assisted
by belinda tEichii, second Of her daugI.
tcrs' also bravo in ribanIs; while Master
Peter i'la'"hit plunged a fork in a sauce
pan 81 potatoes, and getting the corners Of
his mon"trouS SHIRT collar (BJb's private
property, conferred upon h!s son and heir
~ hohor OF the day. into ms mol'h, re
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