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

mot such a relief % him as 10 her.
fancy yawned the Marquis OF Lake
wood. the blgtersat cynic IL all Europe.
who VAS leaning against the superb
ffai&es1ste nssnstepseee in his favcrIte
soapIanf attitude
sff4ve you read Cacklethorpe's epic %
broke in osse OF the Orleans princes. 81
whom no less than three were the
room ~ the moment. TIE finest hexa-
meier niEflca the .Aeneid.' he added en-
Enthusiastically, and MS words carried no
small weight, for everyone kn-w that
Prince Armand was tie scholar Of the
royal house whose arms he bore. and
the ogneT az the finest private library
on the continent as well.
How much more q this must we lis
ten TOT" inquired Scrooge. YEARLY.
There are more volumes OF this than
you can corsni." replied his companion,
'sbt1t hook over these. and you viii see
orc before whom the princess. dukes
and eoantesses who peopse this strange
world must pale into insgnificence.
what cried Scrooge. In amaze
nsent. ''nyore giIt-edged than these aris-
.tocrats2 Why there are more noble
men here than you can find in the
cafe Martin ard the Vienna bakery put
together. But this new conner whom
they call Beauty. he has long.
tawny mustasshe and dreamy blue
eyes
Eyes, and an fnsoaeiant smile" said
the spirit. and he has won a million
feminine hearts since his first appear
ance IN literaturc--''
II know him. sf1rieixed Scrooge. ex-
citedly. ne Is an English Guardsnlan.
on. take me away 80 that 1 may not
hear him talk"
And with this pitifui entreaty on his
HIPS the unfortunate mortal fell back
into a chair. a pictune OF such hopeless
woe That his ghoStly companion lifted
him In his arms and bore him quickly
away.
AN hour hence you viii be stronger
and able - endure more he whispered
to him. as ne replaced him in bis bed.
Meanwhile, sleep soandiy."
SefNzse aaole with 4 start es the
clock struck ! and found the second
phantom standing beside him. His new
acquaintance was clad in presaic mod
ern garments Of commonplace texture
and pattern. and he wasted no words
in biading Scrooge leave his bed and fol-
low aim
y am the ghost Of Christmas Pres
ent," he explained, as they passed
through the closed ard curtained win
/ dow into the cold night air I'm me
you SEE fhe spirit OF modern reaIisrn.
| and you VIII kindly notice that / have
buttons on my coax"
As they approached tall apartn1est
| house that overlooked Central park the
spirit paused and said: ''TlraS & yAns.ri-
| cal wooden vessel which we have just
| paSsed Formerly contained -four. an TN
| p1rtant iagredieut In the composition Of
/ bread. an artscle Of food which enjoys
/ great popularity everywhere ex-spt I'm
| Aitrursa where fried air Is the principal
/ form Of diet. This vessel having served.
| ard wei served I dare say. the purpose
| for which 1t was originally constructed.
| has now fallen into a condition OF
| dssuetude whiea Is far from innocuous.
/ For Is is used rs . receptacle for melon
/ rlnds. potato pcelS. egg shells. FISH
/ bones and osher articles Of nutrfnent
/ which under p.utocratic rule. are per-
/ mftted 10 go to waste. In spite OF the
fact that the city IS fun Of starving peo-
/ pie
As they made their way into The
/ apartment Rouse Scr3ose's attention was
| dircetcd by his companion to such in
/ tcresting details as the stair rods of
shining brass, the elevator and tho gold
band on the cap ~ the small boy who
directed It in its flight
! a. they floated ~ through the great
Quilting they pascd through many
] apartments in which families were din
ing' ard the Spirit Of Christmas Pres
/ eit pade has companion note well the
d's'iiask table hneo. the shining silver.
/ the Wire glasses, and above all the deep
Stgniiicance which lurked behind even
/ the most trivial remarks made by the