Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1898-12-21
THE NORTH WINDS CHRISTMAS
TOUR.
BY JENNIE WHITE.

BY JENNIE WHITE.
L was the last month of the yea
and the last half Of the last mont
the very busiest and most perple,
'ng' as well as The Il ost interesting an
delightful time of tie ear, because
brings with it that Cay OF all days
Christmas.
The Christmas hustle and stir wer
IN full tide all over the globe, and ava
up in his lar northern home the oil,
North Wind was making ready for hi
December tour around The world.
Bless me-" he clustered, glancine
at his caIendar-the sun-"the year i,
almost ended and Christmas will BIZ
here In few days. 1 must hurry O,
lila not get off in time to help Santa
Claus with bis work, and he is unusually
busy this year, I under. tan I, and needs
my help"
| Now it would surprise some people.
who consider he North W nd a cold
gruff, boisterous old fellow, to hear him
talk OF taking Aarl il the Christmas
festivities, and in the role of helper to
good old Santa Claus, too; but he spoke
IN very mater of-fact tone, and went
on wi'h his pr operations for his journey
just as though hristmas tour and
helping Santa C'aus ere quite mai
ter OF course and the regular order Of
things with him.
'IIl have to take some pretty cuts |
around corners and n axe good time |
he pulled, hurrying few m re snow
clouds into the fold of his long cloak.
which fl ated away like long train
behind him, and packing another sup
PIE OF air into his capacious lungs, and
sto"1nT away a blizzard or two in his
pccStts. "But l think am equal to
IT, he continued. "Pm pretty brisk |
yet, FIR an Old fellow like me-f, ell as ,
young as 10y And pickering up
lis Iii s, Eo wListled au air SO lively it
nafe the mercury in the themome tiers y
II Gree Mind drop twenty degrees, and | a
il the men Luriied 10 get their fur U
Vercoats, and al the mammas gave y
heir little folks an extra dose of whale N
II to keep hem from taking cold and h
aving the Group. q,
"We'l, I'm off," said the old fellow .,
last, his pref arations completed, and II
18th whirl Of his coat-tals that sent
lie snowfakes flying in every direction. o,
way he went, like the whrlwind he is !.
Up hill and down, through the val N
J, over lake and river and pond, past in
Id and village and town, he sped, ~;
ling the air with flying snowflakes
d covering the earth with ice froro h,
frosty breatt. -
at VIII n lake Christmas 80 much
'rrler for the chi dren aud young ns
ks, he roai ed to himself. hAwas ~,
ing at ouch a rae and making such ~,
racket, putting and blowing and n,
eezing, that he ha to roar to hear - :,
nself thinF. "And I noticed that Oh,
older felix's like bit of snow and
too a. Ch'istn ., o say nothing OF bio
v much easier it makes things for =. :
lta Cla' 8 and hi, reindeer" And a.
nc ru .he'', chuckling to himself,as oh;,
went,
Hello Gdess we're going to have a mat
Il Of weather, said the farmer, look and
out over his brown msadowp. IKE
ghsy glad to see this snow, too. aiw'
VIII, at needed it, and crops are al 'ha'
g bett,r when snow sets in at ing
istmaq. ReOpIar nortber wo,ro ing
ng, he added. "Gutss maybe I'd IRON
er take load Of wood and some III u
ices and truck over to Widow mil
es Christmas morning. Those no"
lg on's Of h'r. have good hearty Clau
titles, and the widows 40 b;ob for /
ted body can't do much to help s'art
out. But this cold snap II be q TO 10
excuse. and She can't object to q AL
stmas present" And he went into Tie u
fully
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