The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-30
MORE PUZZLES AND ANSWERS TO
THOSE OF LAST WEEK.
Tho Weekly stery-Prisss 10 be Awarsee
Next Yundsy-Lstter From Fsshef
Times.
Jacks Christmas in Ensland.

grown of the girls and boys of the IAN
ily. so attached had he become 10 tne
quaint old brick house, that ne "aS iot"
to leave when the time arrived TOT >heih
to go to the Continent. 1t was ,noeeu
picturesque old house-over hundreu anu
fifty years had II been standing there.
and Il spread out It's wings In the most
hospitable manner, and opened It's French
windows directly upon the Law MS, Withou,
.van a sten down. az Jack remarked. IL
was overgrown with ivy, the leaves Oh
which were a marvel to Jack, SO great
was their size: and though he couid mo-
approve of the high wall. the hohy heuSe
within 1t met with his entire appreciation,
only that he wished he could see IL Iuli
Of The red berries. Within the mousse nhs
Vich In winding passages 0nd unexpected
title steps which dipped down In a man
aer surprising to say the least 10 the
uninitiated, but very picturesque ana
pretty, IL not quite convenient. fheh
there was the common neVer-ehaihe
source Of delight-with it's great plahta
lions OF ferns as high as his heau, anu
the furze bushes with their yello" pioo''i'
and beyond stood the still stone chureh
with the parish school, from afnohs 'nu
scholars of which were selected the choir
bovs. who received their schooling ana
few pennies week for their services
And in the cleared spaces on the coin-
mon cricket matches were goin8 Oh CON
tInuaIly: "even the babies playing as
soon as they can lift their tiny pats'
as Jack wrote his mother.
Arthur, the eldest Of the family, was
about Jacks own age, and "a nne iei-
low" and they soon grew 10 De Iast
friends. Grace was a nice girl, and the
little ones. particularly the "parson'
lack found very amusing. He could not
understand at first how the little 1elIO"
with the yellow hair and great biue eyes
came by tie name, but Arthur eHptalheu
that it was because OF his hapit Oh
pointing a moral" as he eNpreaseu IT,
"In any family emergency, in any eN-
clte,nent or disaster, you may count upon
ending the parson studying the matters
over and finally coming out with MS
comments; sometimes in the form OF
sermon. sometimes as advice or eNhor-
tation; and very often ii is good sounu
sanse. He isn't a bit of aprlg-We
couldn't stand that You know-but qnlte
serious and simple in all he says; IL just
seems born In him to discourse.
AS have said, when the time ar
rived for them to continue their Journey,
Jack was 10th to go, and Arthur IuIl Vi
regret to part with him.
lyon had better come back ana spehu
Christmas with u.s. he urged, "and then
YOU will see the holly berries red ana the
plum pudding ,,. go,
"Td like to see the plum pudding on
its native heath" laughed Jack. Tor.
though, of course we have them' II
would be like seeing tiger in the jungle
instead of the menagerie; but am afraid
raj we cannot even come down 10 say
',ood-bv.' for father has taken our pas
sage for the tenth of December, ana we
shall not return to London till TIE
eighth. But think of me when you ISht
It m. Arthur, and perhaps when am
through college, l will come and eat one
with you"
Bnt il is the unexpected that happens,
and when Mr.. Powell arrived In Lonfon
in December from the south OF France.
he found that business would detaln him.
so that il would be the twentieth instead
of the tenth before he could sail.
"Then YOU must not think OF going
I'll after Christmas" said Mr.. BruXton,
who had come up to meet them; "A Few
days can make no difference, and as You
cannot be at home, you must by all
means eat your Christmas dinner with us
instead of on the steamer, and then
Jack can have his pudding" And SO. to
Jacks great delight, 1t was decided.
"How awfuiiy joiiy." wrote Arthur
from school, when he heard tie news.
Wen have no end of good time, and
you will see the holly and eat the pud-
ding on its native heath
1--WE are all so delighted that you are
coming, even if you will not arrive till
late Christmas Eve" wrote Mrs. BruX-
ION, in a letter OF welcome. Arthur VIII
be at the station to meet YOU and tell
Jack that | have ordered the pudding to
be of extra size"
go that pudding" laughed Jack: "its
getting to be a regular family joke.
And so on Christmas Eve, Jack and his
father found themselves steamine away
from London through a thick fog. But
Jack didn't mind ii, not he; in fact he
enjoyed it more than had IL been snow
storm He was Ufed to sRow-storms,
but this added to the novelty and was,
he thought more in keeping. and he
waited with interest and excitement to
hear the bombs explode at given points
along the route. And what If the water
IL the pan beneath their feet did become
chilly before the station was reached,
where Il was to be changed? that WIS in
keeping, too. He might ride i'm heated
Pullmans all the rest Of his life, but
perhaps the opportunity of getting cold
feet In an English railway carriage on
Christmas Eve might never occur again.
Go the Whole Journey WAS "A delight to