Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-17
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.


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enemies are about to take possession Of
What DO yoa propose we sil0ald 10 7
! tlmidly inquired one of the green apples
who had crowded little nearer to the
/ golden ones.
Why, move ont into the opea air:
/ awaken those lazy fellows in the forest,
and make IN inSarreetion. replied a war
; Ike WAX candle. and BAH I'm not
! afraid, he continued. 1 can see the,u
/ Tying before us. the bold ones We. at
| any rate. must do our duty. and try to
| better things before the spring, when
| our beloved king comes back again
The wax candles. who had reaity been
The chief ones in stirring up the matter,
We're busy trying the window TO see il Il
were fastened. Yes. il was b0lted ami
50 they began To sputter over the terrible
eNertion it would be 70 undo It, Upon
| which The ralsin cake, aS usual ready
with advice. watzed SO cuergetically off
| her box ON the floor that She carried the
cover of ID with her, and from the very
depths OF It, voice ri Uast exclaimed,
| 'Oh. now | feel better. since that noun
tain 40 longer lies ON the top at me- And
with one hound a spry little creature flew
out of it up to the window sill. calling cut
merrily to the candles, i have heard all.
and viii help YOU.
Then down into the snow sprang the
little fellow. quickly followed by the
apples, pears, ounces, ginger cakes and
articles made of gold aud silver paper,
and last of all came the GEEK -gaWs and
goldcn net.
Are you MI ready Z shouted the lead
pr, and then they began to move over the
frozen ground. the little harlequin in adj
vance. At the first oak tree they stopped
I and knocked, but received no answer.
And all the other trees, ais well, remained
deaf TO their summons
They there fore marched an Tor a short
distance among the bare trees and snow.
n length some OF the party began TO feel
discouraged and would have given ~ had
they not been urged by the wax candles
to he brave and hold out just a little
longer. We are weak in the legs, and
taking cold they informed their leader
| in a mournfu voice.
Well, then, come up here, pityingly
said beautiful young fir tree. You see,
! have no SHOW on ne: for "A deer, as he
Just ran by, shook it all of.
THE wax candles considered il great
pity to rest SO soon. AMI after such a
short march, but the harlequin said it
was all right. The ginger cakes chose
some of the lower branches. as did also
the ounces. apples and pears because
of their weight. but the net and the gold
anu SILVER paper dEiUlPS tNuSt u&AHtE anu
more conspicuous positions. The can
dies. too. soon distributed themselves
around on almost every branch, saying 20
the others, We need not consider that
olr courage has given ont. for we can
Just as we'll keep watch tlom here and
| thus defend our fatherlAud. The raisin
cake made no attempt to climb upon the
tree at all, but sat upon the ground un-
derneath it. aud on her hack the harle-
Quin made himself quite comfortable.
"'rhe next instant there was the sound
| of a coming storm. The wax c0ndies
swayed 10 aud fro. and then there hap
/ pcucd most beautiful thing. Out Of the
| clouds came flying down an exquisite
white star. which flew directly over to
| the little fir Tree. gently touched each
| candle, thus lighting them, and then as
| it settled itself on the topmost branch Of
4 MI, called ont in solemn voice, From
| high heaven ! came down.
shortly after King Winter passed,
| man came into view, carrying lantern.
! He was charcoal burner who had ar
! rived on the scene just in time to wit.
ness the sight.
My! it is beautiful he said, as he
| stood motionleSs before it.
"fIe did not dare to approach very
near until suddenly the candles all went
/ out and at the same moment the star
! flew back into the clouds. Upon which
! ne TOOK courage ana GREW nearer 10 tue
! dirk tree
Take. us with you, pleaded the har-
lequin
Yes, yes, said the ginger cakes we
/ viii freeze if we stay here an instant
| longer. and we do not believe there is
| going 10 hc any war after all
! so they all dropped down from the
| tree upon the ground and the Char'""l
/ burner stopped, gathered them UP and
/ put them in his empty sack, all but the
raisin cake, which he tucked under his
arm. and the harlequin, whom he stuffed
/ bodily into his pocket. ON reaching home
he set the sack upon the floor, and then
| hurried out into the woods near the
! house. cut down a little evergreen tree,
aud bringing il back, lost no time in deck
! ing 1t out precisely like the little tree in
/ the forest Then he went round and in
| yited al the people he knew in the village
I 10 come TO his house and see the beauti-
! ful sight Aud the dazzling little free 50
/ perfectly delighted them that each one
/ copied it. Therefore, from that day until
/ the present time the pretty custom has
/ been regularly kept up.
/ And you can understand now, can
I you not, my little Frieda, why the goodies
/ I've brought you should not be eaten un-
/ til after they have given both you and
I others pleasure in another wayF'-Lu-
| cretia NJ Davidson in Detroit Free