The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-01-10
NO. $50.


without an owner, carefully preserved. If
these shadows remain unaterei by The
future, the child will die
NO, no. said Scroogc. 'Oh no, kind
Spirit. say he will be spared.
III tho shadows remain unaltcred by
the future, uono other Of my racc,' return.
ed the Ghost, will find him here. 'What
tEcn? If hc be like to die. he had better
do it, and decrease the surplus population
Scrooge hung his head to hear his own
words quoted by tie Spirit, AMI was over
come with pcnitence and grNr.
Man, said th, Ghost, III man he IN
your heart, not alamant, fprbcar lhrt wick
cd cant until you have discovered what
the surplus is, and where it is. VIII You
decide what m'u shall live. and what mon
shall die: 1t may ho that in the sight OF
heaven, y0u are more worthless md less
ft 70 1.-Two than millions like this poor mans
child. Oh God! TO hear tie insect on
the leaf pronouncinr on the two much lie
among his hnngrv b'othe,s in the dust"
Scrooge bent before tho Ghosts rcbukc.
and trembling cast bis eyes upon the
ground. But he raised them ,p,cdily, On
hearing hi, own namr
'Mr. Scroog," said Bob; III rive YOU
Mr.. Scroogc, the Founder Of iha Feast"
The Fonnd.r of the Feast inlcedr-.
cried Mrs. CmlcLit, rnddcning. 4 wish !
had him Ecrc. Id give him piece Of
my mind to feast upon. And hope he'd
have good appetite for it,
My dear, said Bob, tho children,
Christmas day
1T should he Christmas day, am surc,
said she, 'on which one drinks the health
Of such an odious, atingy, hard, unlccling
man rs Mr.. Seroogc. You know he j.
Robert. Nobody knows that you ara
poor"
MY dcar,' WIS Bob's mild answer,
christmas Day
I'll drink Iii, health (cr Your sake, and
The lay's,' said Mrs. Cra',h;;, mot nr
his. Long life to him. \ merry Christ
mas and happy New Ycar!--he'II lc
very merry and very happy, | have no
doubt
The children drank the toast after her
1t was the first Of their proceedings whicl'
had no hoartne,s ia it. Tiny Tim drank
j, last Of al, but he didn't ca'c twopenco
for it. S,rooge WIS the Ogre Of the lami
ly. The mention OF his name cast lark
shadow on the party which was not dispell-
Cd for full five minutes.
After it had passed away, they wcre
ten times merrirr than hcf,re, from the
nero relief Of Scroore the BalcfuI being
Ion, ,,;4L p,l (r,.,,l;t t,II H., -,
tie had situation in lis eye for Master
Peter, which wonli bling in, If obtained,
fail five anl siyponcn weekly. The two
vo1ng Cra'chils laughed tromeniuouey at
tha ilcl # Peters tciug "a man Of business,
aud Peter him elf looked thoughtfu,ly Mt
The fir from between his collar, rs if lc
wnra Gc'.a,,,ing what particular invest
monls he should favor when he came into
the receipt II that howllcring income. -
Martha, who was \ poor apprentice at u
mi,iHcr's, then .old them what kind Of
woih SIC had 70 -, md w many hours
nhe work at Z stretch, and how she meant
to lie abel 30 morrow moinng FOR good
long rest: Tomorrow being a holiday, sho
passed ~ homc. Also how she had s.cH
u countess md lord. somo Jays before.
and how the lord was much about as tail
rs Peter; at which Peter pulled MP his
coIl,r SO high that YOU couldn't have seen
hi- head If YOU hal been thcro. Al this
time the JAZZ and chcs,nuts went round and
round; and bye and bye they had song,
about lost child travelling IN the snow,
from Tiny Tim; who had pantivo lit
tls voice, and sang it very well indcod
There WAS nothing Of high mark in this.
They were not han some family; they
were not well dressed their shoes were
far from being water proof; Their clothes
were scanly; and Peter might have known,
aud very hs,ly did, the inside Of 4 pawn
broker. 81. they were happt, grateful,
plcq,cl with one another, and conicntcd
with the time; and when they foiol and
and looked happier yet in the bright spark.
lincs Of lh, Spirits torch Mt parting,
Scr0oro had his eye uron them, and es-
pecia'iy Tiny i'm until TIE last.