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partners; people who We're not to be
trihed with; people who would dance,
and had not notion of walking.
But If they had been twice as many
-ah, four times-old FeZziwig would
have been match for them, and SO
would Mrs. Fezziwig. AS to her, she
was worthy to be his partner in every
sense Of the term. II that's not high
praise, tell me higher and I'll use it.
A positive light appeared to issue from
Fezziwig's calves. They shone in every
part of the dance like moons. You
couldn't have predicted, at any given
time, what would become OF them
next.
And when old Fezziwig and Mrs. Fez-
zfwig had gone all thru the dance; adj
vance and retire, both hands to your
partner, bow and courtesy, corkscrew,
thread the-needle, and back again to
your place; Fezziwig "cutt-cut so
deftly, that he appeared to wink with
his legs, and came upon his feet again
without a stagger.
When the clock struck eleven, this
domestic ball broke up. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fezziwig took their stations, one on
either side of the door, and shaking
hands with every person individually
as he or she went out. wished him
or her Merry Christmas. When
everybody had retired but the two
'prentices, they did the same to them.
and thus the cheerful voices died away
and the lads were left to their beds,
which were under e counter in the
back shop.
During the whole of this time
Scrooge had acted like man out Of
his wits. His heart and soul were
in the scene and with his former self
He correborated everything, remem-
bered everything, enjoyed everything,
and underwent the strangest agita-
ton. 1t was not until now, when the
bright faces of his former self and Dick
We're turned from them. that he re-
menbered the Ghost, and became con-
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Ithen? l am not changed towards you. "
She shook her head.
Am I?'
"Our contract is an old one. 1t was
made when we We're both poor, and
content TO be so, until, in good sea-
son, we could improve our worldly
fortune by our patient industry. You
are changed. When it was made. you
We're another man.
Il was a boy" he said impatiently.
"Your own feeling tells you that you
were not what you are" she re-
turned. Il am. That which promised
happiness when we We're one in heart
is fraught with misery now that we
are two. How often and how keenly
l have thought of this, l will not say.
1t is enough that 1 have thought of it,
and can release you.
Have j ever sought release?"
I'm words. No. Never"
In what, then?
I'm a changed nature; in an altered
spirit; in another atmosphere of life,
another hope as its great end. In every
thing that made my love of any worth
or value in your sight. If this had
never been between u.s. said the girl.
looking mildly. but with steadiness.
upon him, tell me, would you seek
me out and try to win me now? All,
nop
He seemed to yield to the justice of
this superstition. in spite of himself.
But he said, with struggle, You
thing not"
II would gladly think otherwise if l
could" she answered, Heaven knows.
When 1 have learned truth like this,
know how strong and irresistible 1t
must be. But if you We're free TODAY,
tomorrow, yesterday, can even | be-
lieve that you would choose DOVER
less girl,-you who, in your very COLI
fidence with her, weigh everything by
gain; or. choosing her, if for moment
you were false enough to your one
guiding principle to do so, do | NOT
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-24

sTwelfth- cakes. Twelfth day, or the
Epiphany, twelve days after Christmas,
was celebrated as the manifestation
of Christ to the Gentiles, particularly
to the three wise men. In it's more
recent celebration, cakes are made
with bean inside, and whoever cuts
the piece containing it is called king
of the beam or Of Twelfth night. The
choice of king by beans was also
made by children during the Roman
Saturnalia.
*Giant This is a description of
Santa Claus, the Dutch name of Saint
Nicholas, the patron saint of children.
The custom, in some European coun-
tries and in America of children hang
ing up their stockings for Santa Claus
to fill with presents is derived from a
story that this saint threw into an open
window, on three different nights, a
purse of gold as a marriage portion for
each of the three daughters of a poor
nobleman.
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scious that it was looking full upon
| him, while the light upon its head burnt
very clear.
"A small matter" said the Ghost, ito
make these silly folks so full OF graf
/ itude."
SMALL" echoed Scrooge.
The Spirit signed to him to listen
| to the two apprentices, who We're pour
ing out their hearts in praise OF Fez-
ziwig, and, when he had done SO.
| said
why! 1t it not? He has spent but
a few pounds of your mortal money:
three or four, perhaps. Is that so
much that he deserves this praise"
/ 1T isn't that" said Scrooge, heated
| by the remark, and speaking uneon-
! sciously like his former, not his latter
elf,-"it isn't that, Spirit. he mas
4 the power to render us happy or un-
happy; to make our service light or
burdensome; pleasure or toll. Say
/ that his power lies in words and looks:
lin things so slight and insignificant
that it is impossible to add and count
'en IN: what then? The happiness he
| gives is quite as great as If it cost a
fortune
He felt the Spirits glance, and
stopped.
what is the matter?" asked the
Ghost.
Nothing particular" said Scrooge
"Something, | Think" the Ghost in
sisted.
mo-" said Scrooge,-"no. | should
like to be able to say word or Two
to my clerk just now. That's ALL
| His former self turned down the
lamps as he gave utterance to the
wish; and Scrooge and the Ghost again
stood side by side in the open air.
MY time grows short" observed the
Spirit. quick"
This was not addressed to Scrooge
or to any one whom he could see
but it produced an immediate effect
For again Scrooge saw himself. He
was older now; a man in the prime OF
life. His face had not the harsh and
rigid lines of later years; but 1T had
begun to wear the signs of care and
/ ayarice. There was an eager greedy
restless motion in the eye, Whlcl
showed the passion that had taken
root, and where the shadow or the
growing tree would fall.
| He was not alone, out SAT ny Tire STU
of fair young girl in mourning-dress
in whose eyes there We're tears, which
sparkled in the light that shone ou
of the Ghost of Christmas Past.
TT matters little" she said softly
ITO you, very little. Another idol has
displaced me; and If 1t can cheer anS
comfort you in time to come, as
would have tried to do, l have no JUS
cause to grieve.
What idol has displaced you?" III
rejoined.
"a golden one"
"This is the even-handed dealing o
the world" he said. There is NOTHING
on which it is SO hard as poverty; ant
there is nothing it processes to con
Idemn with such severity as the pur.
suit of wealth."
You fear the world too much" sh'
answered gently. "All your other hopes
, have merged into the hope Of bein,
beyond the chance of its sordid re
, proach. | have seen your nobler as
, pirations fall off one by one, unit
: the master passion, Gain, engrosse
) you Have | not?"
+ what than2" he retorted. Even
I have grown SO much wiser, wha
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sTAvE THREE.
Z
The Second of the Three Spirits.

The Second or the Ihree opIritSs
Awaking in the middle of prodig
Iiously tough snore, and sitting up in
bed to get his thoughts together
Scrooge had no occasion to be told that
the bell was again upon the stroke OF
one. He felt that he was restored to
consciousness in tie right nick of time,
for the especial purpose of holding
a conference with the second messen-
ger dispatched to him thru Jacob Mar
lley's intervention. But, finding that he
turned uncomfortably cold when he be-
gan to wonder which of his curtains
this new spectre would draw back, he
put them every one aside with his own
hands, and, lying down again, estab-
lished sharp lookout all round the
bed For he wished to challenge the
Spirit on the moment of it's appearance,
and did not wish to be taken by sur
prise, and made nervous.
Gentlemen of the free-and- easy sort,
who plume themselves on being ac-
auainted with q move or two, and be-
ing usually equal to the time of day,
express the wide range OF their ca
pacity for adventure by observing that
! they are good for anything from pitch
and toss to manslaughter; between
which opposite extremes, no doubt,
there lies a tolerably wide and COM
prehensive range of subjects. With
out venturing for Scrooge quite as
| hardly as this, | don't mind calling
on you to believe that he was ready
for a good broad field of strange APP
pearances, and that nothing between a
baby and a rhinoceros would have as
tonished him very much
Now, being prepared for almost any
thing, he was not by any means pre-
pared for nothing; and, consequently,
when the bell struck one, and no shape
Iappeared, he was taken with violent
! fit OF trembling Five minutes, ten
minutes, quarter of an hour went
! by, yet nothing came. All this time he
lay upon his bed, the very core and
.centre of blaze of rudy light, which
streamed upon it when the clock pro-
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| tight by his crayat, hug him round
| the neck, pommel his back, and kick
/ his legs in irrepressible affection! The
shouts of wonder and delight with
which the development Of every pack
| age was received! The terrible an
noucement that the baby had been TAX
| Ell In the act of putting dolls frying
pan into his mouth, and was more than
suspected of having swallowed nc
titious turkey, glued on a wooden plat
| ter! The immense relief of finding this
a false alarm! The joy, and graft
| tude, and ecstasy! They are all indie
scribabie alike 1t is enough that,
| by degrees, the children and their emo
lions got out of the parlor, and, by
lone stair at time, up to the top OF
the house, where they went to bed, and
so subsidized.
And now Scrooge looked on more at
tentively than ever, VIXEN the master
of the house, having his daughter lean
i ing fondly on him, sat down with her
and her mother at his own fireside;
and when he thought that such another
creature, quite as graceful and as
full Of promise, might have called him
father, and been spring time in the
hagSard winter OIL HIS ile, Hio eiShe
grew very dim indeed.
Belle" said the husband, turning
to his wife with a smile. L saw an old
friend of yours this afternoon"
who was it?'
"Guess!'
"How can 1? Tut, don't I know"
she added in the same breath. laughing
as he laughed. Mr.. Scrooge."
MIR. Scrooge it was. I passed his
office window; and as it was shut up
and he had a candle inside, could
scarcely help seeing him. His partner
lies upon the point of death, l hear;
and there he sat alone. Quite alone in
the world, do believe.
Spirit" said Scrooge, in broken
voice, remove me from this place
81 told you these were shadows OF
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house door, and asked Scrooge If he
knew it.
Know it," said Scrooge. WAS
apprentieed here?"
They went in. At sight of an ole
hind such a high desk that il he had
been two inches taller he must have
Knocked his head against the ceiling
Scrooge cried in great excitement
why, it's old Fezziwig! Bless his
heart; it's F'ezziwig alive again."
Old Fezziwig laid down his pen, and
looked up at the clock, which pointed
to the hour of seven. He rubbed his
hands; adjusted his capacious waist
coat; laughed all over himself, from his
shoes to his organ of benevolence; and
called out, in a comfortable, oily, rich
fat, jovia1 voice:-
"Yo no, there! Ebenezer! Dick!"
Scrooge's former self, now grown a
young man, came brisllly in, accom-
panied by his feSsow prentice
"Dick Wilkins. to be sure!" said
Scrooge TO the Ghost. BLESS me, yes
There he is. He was very much at
tached to me, was Dick. Poor Dick!
Dear, dear!"
''Yo no, my boys," said Fezziwig.
mo more work tonight. Christmas
Eve, Dick. Christmas Ebenezer! Let's
have the shutters up cried old Fez-
ziwig, with a sharp clap of his hands,
before a man can say Jack Robin
son!"
You wouldn't believe how those two
fellows went at 1t! They charged into
the street with the shutters-one, two,
three-had EN- UP in their places
four, five, six-barred 'em and pinned
'em-seven, eight, nine-and came
back before you could have got to
twelve, painting like race-horses.
''Hilli-ho!" cried old Fezziwig, skip
ping down from the high desk with
wonderful agility. Clear away, my
lads, and let's have lots of room here!
Hilli-ho, Dick! Chfrrup, Ebenezer!"
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Clear away! There was nothing they
wouldn't have cleared away, or COULDN'T
have cleared away, with old FezzlWtg
blocking on. 1t was done in minute.
Every movable was packed off, as I
it were dismissed from public life for
eyermore, the floor was swept and
watered the lamps were trimmed. fuel
was heaped upon the fire; and the
warehouse was as snug. ana Wailii'
and dry. and bright a ballroom as
you would desire to see upon WIN
ter's night.
In came a fiddler with music-book,
and went up to the lofty desk, ana
made an orchestra of it, and tuned IKE
| fifty stomach-ac In came MIS-
lFezziwig, one vast, substantial smile.
In came three Miss Fezziwigs, beamlns
and lovable. In came the six young
| followers whose hearts they broke. IN
came all the young men and women
| employed in the business. In came the
housemaid, with her cousin, the BAKER
| In came the cook. with her protnef 5
particular friend, the milkman. In came
/ the how from over the way, who was
susnected of not having board enough
from his master; trying to hide him-
/ saIf behind the girl from next door
| but one, who was proved to nave had
her ears pulled by her mistress. III
/ they all came, one after another, some
shyly, some boldly, some gracefuiiy'
/ some awkwardly, some pushing, some
pulling; in they all came, anyhow ana
everyhow. Awayfhey all went, twenty
eouple at once; Hands half round and
back again the other way; down the
middle and uo again; round ana ROUND
! in various stages of affectionate group
ing; old top couple always turning up
| in the wrong place; new top couple
starting off again, as soon as they go
| ttnre. all top couples at last, and not
a bottom one to help them! When TINS
! result was brought about, old FezziW1g,
clapping his hands to stop the dance
cried out well done!" and the hddlef
nlunged his hot face into pot OF por-
for especially provided for that pur-
nose. But, scorning rest, upon his re-
annearance he instantly began again
tho there were no dancers yet, as II
the other fiddler had been carries
home. exhausted, on shutter, ana Ne
were brand-new man resolved 10 yea
him out of sight, or perish.
There were more dances, ana thert
were forfeits, and more dances, ano
there was cake, and there was negus
and there was a great piece OF cole
roast. and there was great piece o.
cold boiled, and there were Elince- pies
and plenty of beer. But the great effec'
of the evening came after the roas
and boiled, when the fiddler Can art.
full dog, mind! the sort of man who
knew his business better than you o.
7 could have told it to him) strucl
up "sir Roger de Coverley'S Their
old Fezziwig stood out to dance will
Mrs. Fezziwig. Top couple, too; will
a good stiff piece of work cut out TO,
them. three or four and twenty pair O
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ssir Roger de Coverley. A country
dance corresponding to the Virginia
Reel; named from Sir Roger de Cover
lev, one Of the members of the imagin-
ary club under whose direction the
Spectator was proposed to be edited.
Sir Roger of Coverley, or cowley, near
oxford. is a type, in the pages of the
Spectator, of a benevolent country
gentleman of the "old School" and is
supposed to be drawn from one Sir
John Pakington, seventh baronet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-24

*Ali Baba. The wood carrier, IN the
Arabian Nights tale of "The Forty
Thieves" who accidentally learns the
magic words. open, Sesame by which
he gains entrance to the robbers cave.
Dickens's first composition was trad
edy founded on one of the Tales of the
CENT" a book which he read before
he was ten years old, and which great
ly excited his imaginative powers.
valentine and Orson. An old ro-
nance, probably of the fifteenth CEN
fury, which tells how the twin sons
Of an emperor of Constantinople We're
born in forest near Orleans. in
France.
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s"Bob.o A cockney or slang word for
a shilling. A cockney is man born
in the city of London, or within the
sound of Bow Bells,
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1902-05-01
DANGERS OF LAUGHING.
Brought Down Its own
Punishment.

II was awkward for the cars con-
fidential adviser, Baron Enidoff, few
weeks ago, that he had not a quicker
control over his features, for o laugh
at the wrong moment lost him his
high position and e12,OOO a year, says
London Answers.
While the royal suite was at Com
piegne, soon after the arrival, the
czar was tired, and a little irritable,
by the effects Of the long journey.
While going through the big library,
which was part of the great apart
mentS prepared for him, he slipped
on wolfslSin mat that lay on the
highly polished floor, made a wild at
tempt TO save himself, and clutched
at one of his attendants.
lie nearly brought himself and his
standby to the ground, but he just
managed 70 avoid a fall. The spec
tacle was rather ludicrous, especial
ly in such stately parsonage; and
when the rather irritated monarch
turned round he found his fayorite
Enidof indulging in grin of amuse-
mSnt, which he could not suppress.
The car, who detests levity on state
occasions, spoke very sharply TO the
culprit, who, next day, was dismissed
his post, and relegated 20 an assist
Rnt secretaryship, with plenty of hard
work 70 do, and wherein he never
sees the ozar Gt all, Although
wealthy and of the oldest nobility,
the baron dared not refuse the minor
service. His former stipend was e12,-
600 a year.
But the kaiser, ON the whole, Is the
most dangerous person TO laugh at,
or before, and more than one person
has done for" himself in this way.
SO did the unfortunate Cough Mil
bapke find 1.-THE clever but bluff
Scottish colonial administrator. Ii
was be who used to command the Sui
tan Abou Din's troops and manage
the Arabian finances.
The kaiser took him up, four years
ago, as a guest, with a view 20 mal1'
ing use of him in the new "eXpan-
sion" policy OF the German empire,
and had decided to give him fine po-
sition in the east, to guard German
interests in China, at a princely re-
muneration, Of course. The kaiser
sees to these things himself, and any
body who becomes one of his right
hand men is pretty well set up for
life.
At one of the audiencs given him
et Potsdam, Milbanke was giving the
emperor the benefit of his expert
enpe, and receiving his orders, when
the kaiser made a rather absurd sug-
gestion Us TO eastern diplomacy, pro-
posing to win the confidence of the
Japanese aud Kurile islanders with
presents.
Milbanke, bursting into guffaw,
asked the kaiser II he thought the
japanese were Congo niggers, who
could be bought over with few glass
beads and a hint-lock gun? The
kaiser froze at ONCE, wished Nil
banke good night, and never reopened
relations with him.
The moral Is, when you are chat
ting with a king don't forget he Is
q king, and dig him In the ribs, A
stlll more amusing case Of this kind
was the mistake OF another Scottish
administrator, Duncan McVea, who
was. next TO McIeavy Brown, OF
Corea, the most famous Of "wsnder'
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ing" governors. Scotland, By the
way, supplies SO per cent. Of the
worlds pioneer administrator, as
well as its engineers.
McVea was dealing with that pleas
ant but touchy monarch, the king Of
Portugal, who had proposed to put
the rather shaky government Of the
Cape Verde islands into his hands, to
set things going and pull the fnan-
ces together. This would have been
big step, and meant some $4,000
a year to the famous adventurer; but
he had too much Of what scotchmen
are supposed to laek-sense of hu-
NOR At any rate, IL was the ruin
OF the finest prospect he ever had
The king became a little excited
and irritated at the various commons
sense objections that McVea, know
ing what he was talking about. op-
posed TO some Of the monarch's plans
and though the king speaks admirable
English as a rule, when excited IL
becomes a very odd mixture indeed.
This, finally so worked on McVea's
feelings that he smiled audibly with
the result that he was promptly or
dered away, and the Cape Yerdes still
lack Scottish governor to look after
their affairs.
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PLEASING PROGRAM
Rendered by Mrs. w. vandeventer
Crockett Assisted by Local
Talent.

With a program, that gave .
splendid opportunity for an exbi'
bilion Of her exceptional talent.
Mrs. Willie Vondevenier Crockett
won the large audience which
greeted her at the Presbyterian
church Tuesday night.
Her initial number was Kip.
ling's majestic "Recessional, " the
lines Of which we're delivered with
a force and feeling, which drew
the audience closer to the reader.
Her other reciiations ranged
from a splendidly enacted scene
from King John TO the dialect
poems Of Paul Dunbar the negro
poet,
The musical features Of the pro.
gram were all pleasingly rendered
by home talent Miss Antoinette
Brooks and Miss Louise Graper,
both won hearty encores, by fin
ished piano selections.
The other numbers, all Of which
were splendidly rendered, were, a
duet by Miss Myrtle Crockett and
R. /. Blakeney; a male quarlelte
consisting of A. NJ. Brock, Sam'l
Crockett, r. /. Blakeney and J. /.
Morning, and the FINAL number by
double quartette.
The gross receipts from the en-.
tertainment were about S58, and
the Ladies Aid sociely OF the Pres.
byterian church under whose
auspices IL was given will receive
about s25
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TOUCHING SCENE.
Native Dignity Of FuIlbIood Wins
Respect Of Court.

A touching scene was enac ted at
the recent sitting Of court at Tab
lequah, when a number Of full.
bloods we're brought before Judge
Gill for refusing to enroll.
Among them was Dave Muskrat
who addressed the court as fol
lows, when given the alternative
OF enrolling or being committed to
Jail:
"Your honor, Jail has no terror
for me as a punishment outside the
indignity. am a God fearing
man; l believe in the teachings Of
the Man from Gslilee. | may be
wrong in refusing to enroll my
meme aud those Of my kin, and IL
an humbly beeseeoh the par.
don Of him who doeth all things
we'll. Yet, as a Christina, l do not
believe that | should be made to
suffer this indignation. l am q
member Of the Baptist church, in
good standing and also an elder in
that church."
As the fullblood sat down, Judge
Gill arose from the bench and ap.
preaching held out his hand which
was grasped by Muskrat.
The Judge, bis voice vibrating
with emoti, n, then addressed him
saying,
81 too, am a Baptist. l appre.
ciate your words. Nevertheless,
come, let us reason together. In
the sight Of God and view of the
stern majesty Of the laws of the
United States, We can reason from
heart to heart and you know now,
II you never knew before, that l
would advise you to do nothing
mat was wrong. Go thou unto
thy people and tell them that one
man who believes in his God
and their God advises them to
obey the mandates Of the court,
for in them they will find justice,
mercy and future prosperity and
happiness"
There was a sincerity in every
word that Inspired the hesrer, and
Dave Muskrst was then and there
convinced that Judge Gill had
told him to do that which was
right.