The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-23

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and scrooge was sn his counting house
COUNTING out Ms money. when half
frozen ncanboy. seeing him seated there
ali slime. put his head 10 a. the dooF
ard said: .sfsay. hoss. won't yer bay a
parsery All DER hig Christmas extrgs.
Look at dem pictures. btns. fer np-
srsscet''
s0set out. you young raEgarnuffin."
yelfsd Acgooge - furiDta1iy that the
slammed the door and dAyted Ell as X
some essl being were pursuing him.
while seraoee bundled his money bags
into the big lFoa safe. pat on his great
caa4. cszsingfiasied the solitary gas jet.
locked the heavy Office ao9r and walked
off IL tlss direction ~ the uaelaacfroly
1osginrn which he called his hoEue. And
az he walked briskiy along through the
frosty night air he growled out ulale-
dfctlons on Christmas and everything
pertaining To It, ard was particularly
strong In ana1aegratixing the Christmas
editions OF the magazines and news
papers.
~ pretty way % keep Christmas he
runfferea in pursy Miniature. printing
those Internal hig wads Of paper iiiied
with all sDrts 81 nonsense about plum
puddinea ard Christmas trees, and
stockings and pressnts ard all the rest
OF Il. Bought one the other day--t0ok
ii home and tried 10. rrad 1t. Christmas
in the coal Mluer christmas in the
Dime Museums.' Christmas in Neall' 5
Ark christmas In Ninth Street"
christmas 5n Tenth Streets Il pretty
near drove ana crazy. See here. boy, II
You shove another OF those Christmas
numbers under my nose III have the
law ON you.' And with this savage re-
mark 20 an ftinerant newsboy. Scrooge
entered the melancholy taynrn where
his usual melancholy thinner awaited
him.
At ~ o'clock that night Scrooge awoke
suddenly from a deep sleep and saw dis
tinctiy a sflselowy shape advancing
toward his bed, ard as It drew nearer
% him ne recognized the face Of his
old dead and gene partner. Marley.
''In life l was like YOU" said the
spirit Il hated Christmas an3 ail that
belonged to the holiday season. and
never bougsat a special Christmas cii-
ton of a magazine or daily paper
Since death clsa4meti me l have been
rcmnxiug through vast trdckleSs viii
derneAs Of literary horrors as a punish
nsent for my sins. Tonight three pfan-
toms viii wait upon you and conduct
you through some 81 the scenes with
which ! have been familiar since quit
tod the earth Take warning from rue. =
Tie alfaaie vanished and In It's place
there came another gT,srit-that of a WIZ
ened old nlan-Ssnd IL laid an icy hand
on sceopge's arm and said. Come"
sNho are your" demanded Scruoge.
abieoiiy.
THE ghost OF Christmas past, re
plied the figure. aoiemnly. Come with
me and | viii lead you among Yale
tide jewellers Of a hy-gene time. whose
faces you Will recognize ut Il glance. for
y~u knew them q OH, and / am sure
they ssiil i've n sssar memory"
THIN the spirit led the way. and IN a
moment they were ftr away across the
sra. IA the very heart OF merry England.
and within the gates of merry vieux-
temps Park. the seat Of Hudibras. nine
teenth Earl og Handlack The brilliant
light that STRAINED through the win
dews 81 the old gray castle told Of
fuasaing ard merrymakins within. Tor
Il was Christmas exc. and the old peer
hal gathered about hlm a brilliant oon-
pany for tbc feStai season.
In a cushioned emhnaSure ia one Of
tsie windows the Countess Marie Bon
Nagehe toying With a priceless jew
elca fan, the gift ef an lnaian faJab. and
exchanging haainage With some of the
qrueslest ~ the nobility II England and
eosstinengal Europe
a roSe between two thorns. Mime
II comtessc." exclaimed Prince C1moa
with an insosz5ars smile on his hlghhred
faec. as be glanced al Lord Chutncy and
G.trcn PIlnsst. Who were sitting one on
either side q the famous beauty.
Always cynical. Prince" retortoi the