The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-16
CHILD OF CHRISTMAS.
(Bv Joel Chandler Harris).
Dconvrigbt. 1907. by Joel Chandler Harris.)

You remember 1t. Ephrem? It is little
ia remember if YOU have gone mucn
about She great world, Flayian Dion used
-. saw if was well on the Way to no.
here. But FIavian,-Well, that man
was AWAY. saying and doing queer
things. 1t is not il the way OF travel
fra+ i true. But, living here always,
elunoep YOU were TO go on a journey
scmcwhcre-to the fair at Montreal or TO
tho feast Of 81. Anne de BeaupFe: 1t
would be fine, certainly, for a little Whlle,
p 12v. pcrchancc; but presently a long
Tau would take mold Of YOU and YOU
would be unhappy until you came again IN
~i~ht OF the shining spirc Of the niue
church OF 81. EDhrem-th2 little chuTch
that stands in one corner OF the Safdeh
Of The dpaG-and OF the dark green river
flowing gently along. But yet j was
here that Flavian lived. on. but he was
queer. that FlaVian. OF all VINO nae
I5,ed here and gone away he - the only
one VINO has never returned. but ne
has thought about it: he has tried TO
came-oh. you may depend upon that.
T-I4yian went away: he left his WIFE
ana child, All. but softly. madame. gent
i m.sfo,., have no Impotence. Flavian
Dion was the artist born, having the
cift from heaVon.
Wei then, behold this FlaVian Dion
sitting al home while the sun is shining,
nfaviru his flute and his violin for him
self. his little daughter. his dog and his
niu-tno daughter smiling with tears II
her ewes. the dog whining and the pig
ar7ntine with satisfaction. Oh, fine.
YES. and his poor wife toiling IN the
fields. or drudginZ in the house from sun
rise to sunset and later.
That was the din raised ABOUT fiaNlan
Dion's ears at nome ana ABROAD ana al
ever the village OF q. Ephfclh. +fnu u
good VIE made matters worse pS slap
ping me chlld, Nlehln7 - Us, 49,
nc pig 9'o'l.H+' So
"llA every ""Ni"7 ~ n+aa -
had cause o"' 'o"l" !
hl'hl'" Iol '"' 90.
''Id ny" 2llSH '"n -"' -. -
"t'i "dE9 i"l.9 60,
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as II }" ''''S I'm ".'
al ms "folilIIt ""'l I 'e"'7
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~ ms H0'e = Nloin' " = ""7 "n'
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EF'Il !'HS "l'er 0u%ette' M viz iao
-..,d Th,, ,a,,o vayf,ror ROT. r,iro
," .,-ar,,5 49, 10 Ia, ,,a+ ~ -,
m'. - N-,,N G.,oan
/ l vas 4uvNI' III us
'ul "l'VI l"1i'H H'H' "N"S "i1 ~
was H'0'H"ol"O'N, IL N"9 i'oeC' .
lH'i 0uZetle was he2['-o'oheh' y o'i'.
ever was. or cCuld he as hah1s"I'e. as
&'hl'e "cd as Aili as Ier l"Nl"H nov
A''Ii''" 20 ne n! 'n7 IiS"' % hSi SUTTON
ana ISi'"IS'' IN H"u III 'h'"SHI pit -
"'I F1a> lah. @N" Win MS H'41' - NJ
Al's sh" H'ed.
And so there was Iephe1ine, the dau&h-
tor of FlaTian, TO be looked after. She
was in the hands of Providence in 4 very
real sense This was not her view alone:
''l'eo uhe III" oe noel-a cllla 81 hf}si-
i''9 'H"' 'ei"S 'he Gay Oh which SIG
"'S 'iH Que SIE" VIZ" 'he ln7
('%iS ""4 vas l'pPS wien inc rest. 3Ee
""" very WIN" 'eHl'iIes o h.l I''her
"Nl ms S'u'ic Why's me hI'i'"'t9 lse
n''' '1,ig" III ''oi" HIS H"te ana 10
In 9i''' ih@elto ~ h'I ears, lh' WoA""f-
% 9'"'''9 ~ 10" 'oI0 "Hc sun l'c9i
- 8 n-''"' lh'H were Il part q Aei
'"HA HI'.
Sha knew whore her mother was; yes,
fun WcII, Many and many a time she
had krclt before the little white cross
that marked tn" spot in the garden ot
ne ae"d at -. tpnfen. and prayed 1oI
III" peace ana fepoSe or hef mother 5
soul rs tor her father-Weil, at tho
proper TINE the good God would take
h@f bF tA2 hahd and show htr where he
was. she had not the slightest DOUBT
OF This, and she prayed that when the