Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-07

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showed Scrooge whs kind of home
might have been his had he not wor-
shipped Greed and Gain as his gods.
Scrooge cried to the spirit TO haunt
hun no longer, but while be was
pleading with tho spirit and trying
to extiuguish it's light he fell into a
heavy sleep.
When Scrooge awoke it was one
O'Clock, the time for the second spirit,
but nothing appeared except, a
bright light, which flashed up in the
room when the bell struck one. AT
last the idea came to Scrooge that
the ghost might be in the adjoining
room. SO he shuffied TO the door,
and strange voice babe him enter.
When he entered he beheld beauti-
full room with an abundance of good
things TO eat.
Scrooge touched the robe of the
"Ghost of Christmas Present" and
found himself out in the cold city
streets on Christmas morning. Why
were the boys and girls, the shop
keepers and everybody 80 happy this
bitter cold morning? Because their
hearts were filled with cheerfulness
and with love for each other, for if
we are cheerful and contented, all
nature seems TO smile with US; the
air seems more balmy and the sky
more clear. Soon the people came
hurrying along to church to worship
their God who had preserved their
lives and brought them together
once more on that day of all days.
Christmas Day.
Scrooge and the spirit hurried on
to take peep inside the home of
Scrooge's clerk, Bob Cratchit. There
happiness and peace were reigning.
Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit's son, had
been an invalid all his life, and
-Scrooge was very much affected to
see his little, withered form, 30 he
asked the spirit if Tiny Tim would
die, bat he trembled to hear his own
words, "He had better die and de-
crease the surplus population" !"
quoted by the spirit. Then away
Scrooge and the spirit went to a
lighthouse, mining camp, ship at
sea, and the home of Scrooge's
nephew. In all these places Christ
mas was celebrated in some way.
When the bell struck twelve
Scrooge saw this spirit no more, but
the "Ghost of the Future" approach.
ing toward him. Strange to say,
this spirit never spoke, but always
pointed to the place where he wished
Scrooge to 60. y
Sorooge approached group of
men and heard them talking of some
one who had died and they were
great deal of fun of it.
But he could not understand who
they we're talking about. The spirit
showed him the bed on which this
man lay cold in death, and also
showed him that the only emotion
caused by this death was pleasure,
while on the other hand Tiny Tins
death had caused great sorrow, for
he was like little flower which had
budded on earth to bloom in heaven.
Scrooge was taken to churchyard
and the spirit pointed to a neglected
grave with the inscription on tho
stone "Ebenezer Scrooge." \
Nobody cared. for him in life, 80
nobody cared enough for him now to
keep his grave clean. He begged
the spirit to tell him if it would be
80, but the spirit silently pointed
down, down to the grave. Then
Scrooge awoke to find that God had
sent these spirits in dream to him
in order to show him bow he was
living and to warn him of his doom.
Scrooge was overjoyed to find that
he was alive and able to be kind to
everybody and have those around
him care for him.
The first thing he did was to have
q fine turkey sent around 10 his