The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-26

gentle eyes filled with tears at the 49,
OF the reply; perceiyipg which, the hs.eson +
tba eSin and chuoksd
conciliatory manner. Ehl what. nv =, vsg
tearsf No, surely. Bertha must Toy 10y pfettyi
old father. I didn't mean it, Won IgNe ha E
pet !, and yet, on second thought, Tss soT' y
too" Berthe's face was overcast acSS;. ~
little girl thinks she has no business in. a
eh Is that it3 Well, then, NV M.s wher, /
you make it your business to wri,s ihs', auppoe
young Carl Won Sempach, and say I'm vote vote 70
was rather rude to him Yesterday, but tWlss Ss,li
| look over it, and come and take snns - ssg
dinner and a slice Of the padding with ,anil az
day" "Why, pa, you don't mean-vss ~ %
really believe you do" The baron's eyS.@
winking nineteen to the dozen. "W%Na
risk of upsetting the breakfast table. R,sa.
rushed at the baron, and finging two s.a
white arms about hia neck, kissed him-I%a
bow che did kiss him p! shouldn't have thop,s.
myself, she could possibly have had auy Isfsaa
Carl; but dare say Bertha attended to iSi.S hi.sS
terests in that respect somehow.
We'll, Carl came to dinner, and ths h.,
was, not very many years after, promotsS IT, =
the dignity of a grandpa, and . very islIr ~
grandpa he made. Is that all you wantsd = /.
knowf
About KIootzi Well Kloo.z got ovs, n
kicking but he was DISMISSED from the bs,o.. -
service; and on examination of his acconu..
it was discovered that he had beer hxNt -
J robbing the baron of nearly Third Of M,
yearly income, which he had to refund .ns ~;
with the money he was thus compelled to ;a oa
gorge, the baron built new cottages for bis "a.
ants. and new-stocked their farms Nor
he the poorer in the end, for his tenaats wrt' =.
ed with the energy of gratitude, aud be xs
soon many times the richer thau when ~.
. goblin visited him on that Chrismas.sve
p And was the goblin ever expNaiusdi Ger
2 tain]y not. How dare you have the iuansrti
l nence to suppose such thingi An emp,
Q bottle, covered with cobwebs, was found M
d next morning in the turret chamber, which Il,
! baron at first imagined must be the botts
& from which the goblin produced bis mag,
Il wine but as it was found. on examinationn
y be abelled "Old Jamaica Rum" of course ths
is could not have had anything to do with il
d However it was, the baron never thoroughly
It enjoyed any other wine after it; aud ~ b
t. did not thenceforth get drunk, on an aSsr,g
# more than two nights week, or swear mo-
o than eight oaths q day, 1 think KingChdE
70 formed him. And he always maintained,
y the day of his death, that he was cbangsdir
,r fairy, and became exceedingly angry if q
20 tradicted.
1 Who doesn't believe in fairies after this !
y only hope King Christmas may makes
TO more good fairies this year, to brighten
le homes of the poor with the light of Christn
n charity, Truly we need not look far for al
is men Cold and hunger. disease and death
lg around us at all times; bat at no time doth
ID press more heavily on the poor than &t
It, ioyial Christmas season. Shall we shut out,
I'd our mirth and joility, the cry of the hun
le poorH OF shall we not rather remember, IN
is we'll filled tables, and before our blazing Fl
I'd that our brothers are starving out IN the CT
t !; and that the Christmas song Of the angels v
ne "Good will to men 7"