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G. +. KREGELO. FUNERAL DIRECTOR, has
resumed business at his old establishment 223
North Delaware street. Everything new and COM
plete Office telephone, No. $50; residence tee-
phone. No. 1928.
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DIED.


SEIBERT-Mrs. Julius Seibert. of New York.
Funeral at p. m. Monday from her mothers,
Mrs Espey, No 22l7 North Meridian street. Burial
private.
WEBSTER-Mrs. Anne Webster, April 10, aged
eighty years. Funeral at residence, 1912
North Illinois street, Tuesday at 10 a. m. Burial
at Ladoga.
O'CONNEI>L Hee Kipper)-Emma, wife of Murt
OConnell, died Sunday, April TO- 1898, at a.
M, at residence, 1915 Bates street Funeral from
residence on Tuesday, April IL. at S45 m, and
from Holy Cross Church at a. m. Friends in
vited
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FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-Manufacturing plant several build
ings in fine condition.; switch; long time
given c. F. SAYLES. 1856 East Market street
FOR SALE--First-class planning mill: well sup
piled with new machinery of all kinds; centrally
located; switch. c. r. SAYLES, 1875 East
Market street.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


neutrality-suspicious. cigar salesman for In
diana and Kentucky, with headquarters at In
dianapos. Address, giving antecedents and ref
erences, to GUMBERT BROS, Philadelphia, Pa.
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business center of the city, and is the
prettieSt site that could be secured, as we'll
"A & the most accessible
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~~~~~-~~~~r~~~~~r~~~~N~~N O~>~~~~>~~~~~N~>@~~O>
CLA1RYOYANT-Nrs Grisw7d reads past, pres
ent and future of one s life. Gives them luck,
success and happiness SAC East South street.
Hours, 10 a. m to D.
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WANTED-MALE HELP.

WANTED-Men to learn barber trade; only eight
weeks required; positions guaranteed: catalogue
mailed free. MOLER SYSTEM BARBER
SCHOOLS, Chicago or Cincinnati.
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MUSICALS cash and 81 week buys plano;
we have twelve secondhand pianos that can be
sold from SIS to 500 EACH will rent at $3.50 a
month, and six months rent apply purchase:
we have on floor fifty new upright pianos at
various prices. from sl65 each to $780, $50 to 500
saved by walking around the corner to to East
Market CARIsIN & LENEOX.
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FUNERAL NOTICES.
N~~>>~~>~~N~~~<-~>~~~~~
FUNERAL NOTICE--The George II. Thomas
Woman's Relief Corps, No. 20. will meet at 1880
p. m. to-day at 2122 North Meridian street to
attend the funeral of Mrs Matte Moore. BY
order ELLA zINN, President HULDAH +.
STOUT, Secretary.
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:. f. r. WAPPENHANS,
Local Forecast Official.
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y Short Stories. 81


won't come out here to make game of
you"
NO. but"
"WhatY'
"yyeil." said the astute and oncr-
getic Pierce, smiling rather shcepish-
ly 1 thought. you sec. Mrs. Morgan
hnz been telling me that there are
rumors OF herlnicce's being engaged to
marry some fellow therein Boston
II seo." sid And you are afraid
she will get on your speech for his
Amusement"
"Boshi-Don't you see. I'm in love
with her myself"
cont" / said. "wcll. II that's 70.
Pierce. YOU needn't expect me 20 travel
500 miles TO do for you what you did for
Norman. There might be another SUI
perintcndcnta mistake, and this thing
might turn out to be an endless chain
OF romaneca. I advise you to 10 your.
self"
You think wouid-havc some
CHANGER
Didn't she make fun ~ vou7''
"Ycs. That's Il. don't believe she
could ever care for me a little bit"
"Ycs. she could. II she made run OF
you"
And so II turned out Pierce went
20 Boston and lound that Lnda's aunra
report" was not well founded. And
now they are married.
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You may sneak of the Influence %
mind over matter. hut I think these
two books can tell tale which VIII
amaze you at tho influence Of matter
over mind. These two volumes we're
the cause of my unclc'n DEATH
II was Curtis Drew VINO spoke. a.
he handled two Email half burnt vol-
umon. Four younE fellows had mot At
hln home and now rat smoking and
chatting In the library. Here. sur
rounded by collection Of some i0,0l1
volumes, the atmosphere was decidedly
booklnh. The book eases were nlled
with rare and precious volumes. the
collecting Of which had been the work
Of "a ilfe.time. the lifetime Of Curtlr'a
uncle. Nicholas Drew. who had but re-
Gently died. leaving an hln property TO
Curtis. hin only nephew. Many were
the tales that clustered about these
books. Here were th" most primitive
works of English literature. musty vol
umcu 81 Chaucer. with their quaint old
English typography old editions of
Dryden, hen JunHon and Shakespeare.
and most cherished ~ all. sacred por-
ton OF an old Vinegar Bible. Here
were few priced Latin manuscripts
81 mndiaevnl times. written In tho type
like chirography 81 the Monks. care
fui copies % the parchment scrolls
OF the classic Greeks and Romans. and
with them. Oriental glcanlnru. ancient
Hebrew acririn, queer copies OF the
Persian poets. timc-Htnincd pnrchmenta
% the illndoos aud iirahmlns. early
copies OF the Koran ana mystic Chinese
writings. To these were added a mis-
ceilnncouH lot OF stone and wood tablets
hearing Egypt an hicrurlyphlca. Morse
poems and Aztec Inscriptions.
Curtis paused but being eagerly
urged 60 proceed. he began zone
afternoon. about four years ago, my
uncle came home with this volume Of
Don gulgoto"-aud curtis handed the
second volume TO his friends for In /.
npoctlon--"ho showed me the work and
asked what thought Of his ind. 1
looked the book over and saw that II
was moderately rnrc. Ny failure To APP
prccinto the book nottlcd him. aud. nA
though To convince me. he hastily
showed me the iy.lcaf which reads IN
spanish aH you sees
I'll. lNGENIoso HiDALGo.
DON QUtNOTE
DE la MANCilA.
COMPuESTO,
PoR MIGUEL DE CERVANTEs.
SAANEDitA,
PARTE SEGuNDA.
TOMA VI.
EN- MADRID.
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Several days hnd passed when a
stranger called NJ Amy's home inquir.-
lug for u dog which he heard hhd
found shelter there. IL was u pet hun
ter OF his and he had come TO claim
u.
Before he left. Amy's grandpa told
the stranger how Fhe had found hun
In hunting for "COicc-pora' money.
"Coffoo.poti" exclaimed the stran-
ger. "ho was a slave Of my fathers
Then followed long conversation
In which II was discovered that the
stranger was the son of "old Coffee
pots" "Mas'r Tom" who had been the
friend and neiRhbor Of Amy'R grand
father until separated by the war,
Since then neither OF the families had
heard OF tho other. until brought to-
Fcther by Amy'a search FOR tho hidden
coffee-pot,
Amy had found something more
precious than any amount OF money
"a friend.
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PoR DON GABRIEL DE sANcHA.
ANO DE MpCCLN<NNIN.

ANO DE MDCCLN<NNlN.
"well. uncle. what Is thcre Won
derful about that7 III wager there are
hundreds OF copies Of the same edition
In existence
"My uncle withdrew in n hun.
THE next morning we mot ~
breakfast: but not n word was said
about the book. nor did he ever mem
ton II to me again for over year.
except on one occasion. about two
weeks later. when entered the library
suddenly and found him fondling the
little volume.
- nay. Curtis said he. In n tone
more M though he veto talking 10
himself than to me. ia give anything
to lay hands ON the FIRST volume
II lid not answer him and he APP
parcniiy but half realized my pres
encc. From that time l noticed that
he was becoming more Restless aud ".
regular In his habits with each sue.
cocdlnr day. lie would stay away all
day and ut evening come homo tired
and discouraged. At first I vcnturcd
10 inquire concerning his absence; but
he always cvaded answering and I
soon gave up questioning him. I had
feeling that the little book was the
cause OF his distraction hut ] dared
not mention my suspicious TO him for
fear ~ rouRlng his anFur You know
81 my uncic's mania for collecting
booklet was n dangerous thing 60 re-.
proach him for any ccccntriCity Into
which his hobby led him. AZ length
he began making irina out Of town
zone morning 1 came down late 90
breakfast and found on my plato an
envelope addressed to Inc In my uncic's
handwriting. 1 hastily tore Il open
and read.
Dear CurtiH-f have gone In
search Of volume I. Attend to my in-
tcrcstH while | am absent
NICHOLAS DREW
"Thc note fell from my hands. n
forcbodlng trcmor took possession Of
me.
Il tried TO think what 20 do. and
the moro thought. the more I felt
that u was my duty 10 seek my uncle
and dlsruadc him from his Wild pur-
pose. Accordingly | summoned pri'
waite detective. and engaged him to md
" possible. a clcw to my unclc'a where
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zSSsssssss33SSsSSSSSSSSA
4 THE BOOK FSEND. Y
M W
~ by w. p. BAKEWELL.)
NSSGSSSSSSSSS SSSSSEESSEG
by w. p. BLACKWELL.

abouts. Tho detective learned that my
uncle had taken passage for England.
20 concluded that he intended to
search the book-stails OF London.
Two weeks later found the In Lon
don. A. stepped from the ears, u
street Arab aCCoatcd mo In acccnta dc.
cidcdly -Englifhi
"'cntry your nntchol. mlntcr7'
"'ycn. you may take H.. | answered,
and We walked down the street to my
hotel ON the way my Interest IN the
boy was aroused. learned that he was
q Yankee. and his remarks seemed Ia
me Ia be unusually apt for one OF his
aEr ana environments.
allow IN II that you. an Amcri-
can boy. arc living Ia Londong' ask
(" Wen. you sec. Mater. it's dis
way; Me dad wuE dc son Of n duke.
and I'm here pushin' de queen Ter de
title. Ne privat. secretary. McGln-
mis-, moochcd IL Wild me. but he got
too ny de oddcr day and now he's In de
coopr
THE boys eyes ,wlnkicd rs hc
spoke. What IL your name. my lady'
1 asked.
"'st. Louis Is what do blokca call
me; but my real tito In de duke OF
Bullchcstcr.'
How long have you been In Lon
DOM
Nigh ontor year: but you kin
put up your dookes on II. III slope bacl,
TO de States when I sits mo tltic.'
- SUPPOSE you know London
pretty well thenY'
eyer right I do. Mister. and ray.
dis town amt In IL Wild New York
How would you like TO be my
guide for few days II pay you
wcliy'
I'm yer man n you say 80. der
amt no strings tied 90 me-
with that ~. Louis became my
guide, and Ia tho days that followed he
proved himself a sharp and valuable
aid ~ the search FOR my uncle. he was
ever schcming ana thcoitEing. Togcth.
cr We visited the shops OF all the book
sellers In London. We found many
traces OF him. but no one seemed h
know more than that a person OF hir
description had been inauiring for this
particular book.
u was discouraged and an the In.
torests az home demanded attention.
again placed the matter into tho hands
Of detectives. Then 1 returned home
taklng st. Louis with me.
shortly after my return. I recely.
cd letter bearing "a foreign most
mark which l made out TO be Madrid
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"rhon tho war broke out" here
grnndpaa face looked sad Us he re-
membercd those dark days when 10
many brave men gave up their lives
for what they thought was fight, Of
tcn-tlmes becoming the Zoe 90 lath-
er or brother or loved friend. tie
thought Of tho happy homes that were
broken M, OF the days N want, starv-
alton ard anxiety OF an tho untold
horror OF those days of darkness. Nlti
remembering his story, h. continued;
and my father and his friend
Tom, went % war on opposite sides.
Some Of the slaves ran away TO
the North. 10 gain freedom, and among
them was ELIAS boy,
He had saved all the money his
master had given him. ana had kept
II IN an old tin coffee-pot. which he
kept buried In the ground behind one
OF the barns,
zone dark night he slipped out. dug
NJ the coifeo-pot put u carefully un.
der his coat and went away never to
return.
"sherman's army was then making
Its famous march TO the sea. ana he
followed them for some time. fscling
SAT. with the soldiers, ana doing what.
ever he could for them IN return FOR
ihtif lfottttlphs Allh 'nNNlihlh'sh ahu
willingness made him many friends
among the soldiers.
"Wheneyor the army oncamped,
he would always bury his precious
coffee-pot IN the ground 80 his money
would be safe. and 50 the soldiers call
ed him 'coffee-pot In Jest ana the
name olung To him always after that.
with the aid Of the soldiers he
finally succeeded In getting North and
came to this village 10 live. lie would
never apend the money his master had
given him. but buried Il IN ms old
cofiec-pot somewhere In the woods, no
one knows Just where,
''when he was old he was very
queer, and I am sorry TO say some or
the mischieyous boys OF ms place
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GRANDPA'S Story.
my Mabel y. seoneldl


Tell me n story. grandpa" sail
my as she climbed upon her grand
ln,t n Knee and took one % the thin
pump ones.
80, a story. Pusa?" said grandpa.
Won let's sec. what shah It be
soW thls time? A bear story. or the
lauren lost In the woods. or tho wolf
naI stole tho little lambs at night
W thnll II be about old Coffee. pot y q"
on Erandpal" laughed Amy, clap
ing her hands. what IN the story
sosut old coffea-pot? Was Il fairy
,uee'pot that walked around ana did
funny thincsr'
Wei. not exactly" answered
snn smiling. 1T did walk around
s, az 40 iunny things, but Il was not a
"la cuitce-pot was man."
ns,. on' DO tel me about him. grand
SAID Amy, settling herself COM
'N''auly 10 hear new story.
Well,' began grandpa. 1T waa
hhahy, many years ago when we were
s "a,.ng dreadful war here In our
Neuhuy, called the Oivll War | was
a." uk W ueorgla, then. Not far from
Ned n dear friend OF my fathers.
~ owned very large sugar plan
n euoh' and, OF course. had great
""ny HluVer.
,,hs was a very good master and
Hpia,ed Ms slaves kindly. lilo never
s ,id them To be tied TO tho whip
u,hHs-poSt unless they had done some
,i,nts very very bad. and to the most
,allhiul ones he would often give some
"''ns We, 10 do with aa they liked.
h. Ihete was ono old nanny who
a.. lahen care OF hih mother whom
sn,, was little Girl. ana had had the
~ always went TO her with his child
va troubles ;or comfort, end old Eliza
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PUZZLE.

Mako tho FIRST one OF each OF these
words plural 90 ind the second word.
I. Change tho name OF month to
n Kind Of grain.
2. Change division OF time to a
word meaning TO porplcX.
3. Change kind Of drink TO n
word meaning 20 torment
4. Change color 10 word mean
Ing to pasture.
8, Change a combat to part OF
a sentence.
Q, Change an excuse to polite
expression.
z, Change to llberate to kind OF
wooden cloth.
S. Change a ships company to a
voyage.
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How nice Il would be n she could
only Ind that old ooffee-pot and have
all that money 90 buy Christmas pres.
CntH With She mover thought OF
spending u FOR herself. Tor she was a
generous little creature and was al
ways happy IL she could be giving
things 20 others.
That night she went TO bed with
tho determination TO hunt FOR tho
buried treasure tho next day. 80 In
tho afternoon 81 tho following day.
Amy trudgod on TO tho woods to hunt
for the hidden pot OF money.
As she walked slowly along under
the great trees now stripped OF all
their leaves. she heard u low whine
Turning around, she saw not far from
her u largo dog which seemed to DO In
pain.
Going mp close to II, she found that
Il had its foot caught In trap that
had been set Tor rabbits, As the trap
was chained to "A tree the dog could
not get away.
why. you poor old dogglc." said
Amy, pattlng him ON tho head and
trying 10 free hin bruised foot, hut
In vain. "I'll 20 home ana get brother
Hen to come and get you out of that
old trap" she said. hurrylng home
again.
She had been gone longer than she
knew ana when she reached home, her
father was Just starting out TO find
her, az no ono knew where ahe was.
"Oh. papa she cried. running up
20 him and putting her arms around
his neck "l'ye found the lovellesf
dog caught In a horrid trapl Won't
You and Ben come and get him out
aud BRING him homeW
Soon Amy papa and Ben came 10
the moor dogs rescue and brought him
home and doutorod up his lame foot
Amy forgot about "old Coffffe-pol"
and his hidden money she was 20
happy In having Prince, as she called
him, -.-.-.
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DOUBLE ROMANCE.


INV Frank ifdttf
young pierce imprcsfcs any one nv
-, sight az an energetic Fellow, ana
t,s I know " his energy by eNper-
49, oith him In business extending
over yfc years. .,,or IN. N,or.
husband and wife. who caused
y, sot,ioin our Western town. That
nun nn I nave known all along. but |
M, tnew iust why. In particular. the
nn,'r-,ra took such n parental inter-
~ MIN. and when he told me the
49,, ~ IL. II seemed thoroughly con-
lnl.,cnt with my high estimate of his
snsrgy--all except the last part OF tho
80, and that. as you VIII see man
80, 40 hiring into line with the rest.
4, s.emg that when Pierce was not
,e',nr man yet. but only n boy, Nor
- whose business occasioncd him 10
= a wandercr over all the United
s,.tes made the acquaintance of the
p,srcs family In Philadelphia. took q
mncy 10 young GEORGE and proposed
~ make n man OF him.
George was TO be made Into a man
.lmply by accompanying Mt. Morgon
4. bts wandcrings and picking up the
" M. Of the world. particularly tho
sgslncss ways. In the course OF these
mt while observing all these things
,t,h mucn profit To himself. George
pierce more especially studied MI. Mor-
-, and the more he studied him tho
-, orange u seemed TO George that
,hts genial, prosperous man. evidently
~ The sort Of man to prefer his own
esnnany. should be utill "A bachelor at
ths ripc age OF %.
The thing really puzzled George,
and he. In his energetic. but premature
N Wise. fashion. set about trying 10
md the reason OF II.
Il see you can't mako me out.
George" Morgan said TO him one day
when they were on the cars together
.yon won't be satisfied until I tell you
ali about II. will your"
IAN about what. MIR. Morgan
tald George.
,,me Of life. Obliged to borrow an
other mans son TO keep mo company
on the road and be my apprentice IN
The ways of the world"
well I have wondered n little.
must say"
u might M well toll you" said tho
alder man. aud then he paused and
,rsn,od TO be debating the matter with.
IN himself. Then ho went on. ITS a
romance. Of course. You must have
guessed that"
no. I didn't" said Pierce.
'oh. you never thought OF nHaociat-
inr fomancc with the life OF matter
og.faot old dufer like me. ch7"
You're not duffcr. nor DID," said
Pierce.
We'll II ] am. ! wasn't always. lei
ne tell you. I wasn't any duffcr when
/ used 10 go calling on Linda Sherwood
three EVENING" week. That was TWEEN,
h years ngo-.iiow old was IY'
You were 20" said George prompt
~
correct. You arc quick at figures
ny hoy-l was %. and she was only
y. That was what began the trou.
BE. Her parents said she was too
young 10 think OF marrying. That was
what began II. but IL was only the be-
ginning.
THE next thing WINS that she took
q sudden strong ~ OF wanting 10 make
herself independent an she called H.
she told me ! must not come no often
10 nee her. because she had 60 study
hard 60 NJ herself TO earn "a living az
a teacher. That was what her parents
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used TO run after him on the street
and call after him, Hello. old Coffee
pot"
'cof'cc-poti Cofce-pot'
Buried his money In a lotr"
where y he now, Hrnndpa2' ask
ed Amy M the story ended.
''llo has been dead for "a long time"
was the answer.
And hin oonoc-pos IL atlli In the
ground horcs'
"still IN tho ground. Puss." said
grandpa. putting her down and laying
his hand ON her shoulder, added. And
whoever finds Il can have II. FOR there
la No one To claim IT,"
Amy was very quiet all that oven
Ing, Tor her little brain was busy
thinking Of grandpaa story and the
buried money.
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now restoring sore. lie grew worse
and worse. his malady was sapplnE his
life. After n lingering Illness he died.
leaving me with heavy heart and n
gloomy mystery to brood over. wrote
TO Professor Menenza and learned that
my uncle'a wound had been caused by
the thrust OF poisoned arrow he
had received at the hands OF the ma
tivcs on the islands: hut he knew Moth
Ing OF the book affair.
ut was about this time I received
n second visit from 81. Louis. my Lon
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wanted her 10 do. and that IL what she
"a doing now II seems a pity"
"Wollf" said Pierce. beginning TO
BE- deeply Interested.
We'll, Il hurt me drendfuily. but
when after cutting me down 20 two
visits week. she cut me down TO one.
J got mad. I told her that. II she pre-
ietrcd u. I would stay away altogether.
Ihen she Haired up. and that was the
'nd To II.
And yet. do you know. really
lleNed mat glrl. And the remarkable
mug ABOUT i n. l never loved any
other l vowed that, II 1 couldn't mar
" her. l would marry no one elise.
Anl 10 ] am an old bachelor. Now,
N".t 90 you think OF my romancc2"
thlnk its nonsense" said George.
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THE BEST OF ALL.

Tho children were debating .s
OF the seasons four, Il
Which they held the dearest,
And why they loved II more.
Nell said. Il love the sprlng-tlms.
when the Wild flow'ra grow.
when the birds are singing,
And the South winds blow"
Summer is the incest time"
Answered lazy Ned,
"l'Or then comes vacation.
No more lessons said"
~ like the autumn time
Spoke up little Will,
For then. with the squirrels.
our sacks with nuts we fill."
"Why. surely winters incest"
said our quiet Bess,
For II brings the birthday
Which all tho world does bless"
Then all exclaimed In chorus.
"of all the whole. glad year,
Winter IN the best time.
With Merry Christmas here"
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The letter was from my uncle and stat
ed simply that he was much broken In
health. and upon the advice Of ply
aieiana. wat about TO make a nea voy-
age to the South Sea Islands with a
company Of botnnistr.
Months passed. n year slipped by.
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A Christmas Eve IdyI.

The hour was late; the lights burned low,
The fire but half dispelled the gloom;
A youth and maid, with cheeks aglow,
Sat silent in the room.
f.I'was Christmas eve, and half in Jest
They would not say good night. because
FThey'6 vowed to watch and do their best
To see old Santa Claus.
Slow licked the clock; they said no word;
The solemn midnight hour drew near.
land still no telltale sound was heard
OF Santa coming near.
Twelve struck; and then, all suddenly.
A guest came in. surprised the pair;
1T was not Santa Claus. not he,
But Cupid that stood there!
New York World.