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Shall you be dining out to.mor.
row." asked the girl.
"I-oh, no! have none to dine
with. l know no one here"
And this evening. Shall you be
going anywhere?"
"I-oh. no! have nowhere width.
err to 60"
So we parted, and assembled TO my
room. l made up the fire, and sat
down and reread the newspaper.
There was much in it about the ap.
preaching feast. l had the illustrated
papers. They had issued Christmas
supplements. with pictures of happy
family gatherings. OF Old Father
Christmas. of waits and carol singers.
might perhaps hear the waits and
singers. l should certainly hear the
Christmas bells. That would be all.
l had done with my papers sat
before the fire in a brown study, and
my spirits sank lower and ever low.
er. l recalled the old Christmases
had spent at home with my parents.
| remembered how l had looked into
my stockings on the morning to see
II Old Father Christmas had visited
me in the night and had left there
some presents for the Good Boy.
Alas! No Father Christmas would
visit me now. All that was OF the
past-the utterly and irrevocably
past.
I did not light my candles. / could
read no more. | needed no light for
my thoughts, they were too dark to
be illumined thus.
AS l stood thus musing, heard a
tap at my door. and shouted: Come
I'M" There ensued delay, and called
again: Come in"
Then the door opened and | saw
some little heads outside, with golden
curls and flushed cheeks, and a child's
voice said: please, Mr.. What's-your.
name, will you come to our tree down
stairs?"
Til"
AS l hesitated, the child said
'Please-Annie told us to ask you"
And then | saw the tall girl whom
| had assisted draw back into the
dark behind them.
Most certainly l will, as you are
SO kind as to invite me-"
So l descended, and there were my
landlord and landlady, radiant with
happiness, and the five children
danced before me and said: He is
come; is it not nice!" Behind, pres.
emily, entered Annie, somewhat shy
ly, and pretending she had come from
the kitchen.
was witness of the delight Of the
little ones over their presents-the
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ALONE AT CHRISTMASTIME
BY S. BARING-GOULD

> Is there-can there be--a man more
bnely than one returned from a far
,ountry, who has been out of his home
land for 20 years, and comes back
shen his parents are dead. his old
friends dispersed, and the old nest
has passed to other occupants? And
ean his loneliness be more emphasized
than when his return syncronizes with
Christmas? 4
That was my condition when I re-
visited the mother country. With a
beating heart and stralning eyes had
booked for the first sight of dear old
America after having left it as a lad,
hardly man. some 20 years ago.
! was back-not to home--I had no
home now My heart began to fail
me- my spirits decline, when l reached
the little country town near which
had been born, and where | had fleet
ed the golden hours of childhood No
one knew me. In the churchyard
laid a wreath on the graves where
lay dear old father and mother.
booked at our house. 1t had been re-
built and was occupied by strangers.
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LOST THE BASS DRUM.
Absolute Proof That Such a Thing I:
Possible.

Absolute Proof That Such a Thing is
Possible.
The man who lost the bass drum has
been found.
Newspaper photographers have made
merry with the absent-minded man.
and he has been accused of all sorts
of deeds of omission and commission
Therefore some of the stories told at
his expense have been taken in
Pickwickian sense. The tale that
man said he was so absent-minded
that at one time he lost bass drum
has always been considered a mere
joke.
Originally this story may have been
a fable, but now 1t Is true. A man
has actually lost bass drum, and all
the members of an Iowa band Will
bear witness to the fact.
1t happened near Davenport few
Sundays ago There was a celebra.
ton at Davenport and an up country
band had arranged to take part in the
| festivities. The train stopped at tie
station Just moment, and the menu
bers Of the band piled into the smoker
with their instruments and their re-
gala.
Just as the train was moving away
fat, red-nosed man grasped the rail
and swung aboard. Then he turned
pale and gasped.
"Where's my drum" he cried, as
his eyes bulged and his knees shook.
81 saw it on the depot platform"
said the trombone player.
Suffering cornhusks' | forgot IT,
When the band began business at
Davenport it labored under a handi
cap, and the bass drummer was not
popular member OF the aggregation
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went through the village. The little
shops had fresh names over them.
The old rector who had baptized me
was dead. The old school was gone.
The ancient church had been reno
waited. The village inn was in new
hands. The old Christmas was no
more. No frost, no snow, no icicles;
only sludge and drizzling rain.
l returned from my visit to the vii
lage in deep depression. would
haste to the rooms ! had taken in a
house in the town, and spend my
Christmas Eve with my pipe and glass
alone, with not even an old dog to
lie at my feet and look up with speak
ing eyes into my face and sympathize
with me in my solitude. l would pass
the evening before the fire, looking
into the red Goals, not building castles
among them, but watching the tum-
bling down of old cottages, old farms,
old "reminiscences, into ash.
| had done well in the other land
and had returned, not a rich man, but
with a competence.
1t had been my wish, my ambition,
to settle in the village about which
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him all gone 70 fighting Juice, hin
limbs mere bone and muscle a GER
tain acrid and caustlc wit keeping the
corner of his lips on the wicker, and,
little back from these two. George
the Hustle, a smaller man, very sol
emn even when he was making others
laugh, but nevertheless with a proud
high look, stff upper lip, and mus
tache so huge that he could tie the
ends behind his head on windy day
To them entered the Sparhawk, a.
settled frown of gloom upon his brow.
and the hunger which he shared equal.
ly with the others already sharpening
the falcon hook on his nose and whit
ening his thin nostrils.
At sight of him the three heads drew
apart, and Alt Picker began to speak
Of the stars that were rising in the
eastern dusk.
"The dog-star is white" he said d.
dactically. "In my schooldays I used
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played wanderingly among the garden
trees before losing themselves in the
solemn aisles of the pines as in a pill.
Jared temple, that Conrad stepping
painfully westwards along the beach,
arrived at the place of his rescue, and,
descending the steep bank of single
to look for any traces of the disaster
came suddenly upon the Duchess
Joan gazing thoughtfully out to sea.
She turned quickly, hearing the
sound of footsteps, and at sight of the
Prince-Bishop glanced east and west
along the shore as II meditating re-
treat.
But the proximity Of Max ulrich and
the accompanying banks of waterworn
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to read in the Latin tongue that II
was red"
"What Is this?" cried the Sparhawk.
'Do not deceive me. You were none
of you talking OF stars when came
up the stairs. For heard Peter Bal.
ta's voice say, by God! It must come
to 1t, and soon!' And you, Hustle
George, answered him, Six days will
settle It. What do you keep from me?
Out with It! Speak up, like three
little men!" 4
1t was Alt Picker who first found
words to answer.
1--WE spoke indeed Of the stars, and
said 1t was six days till the moon
should be gone, and that the time
would then be ripe for sally by the
by notwithstanding gate!"
"Pshaw!" cried the Sparhawk. Tie
to your father confessor, not to me.
I am not purblini fool. have ears.
long enough, 1t Is true, but at least
they answer to hear withal You
spoke of the wells, I tell you, saw
your heads move apart as I entered.
and then, forsooth, that dotard Alt
Pikker (who ran away In his youth
from monks cloister school with
the nun that taught them stocking.
mending) must needs furnish up some
scraps of Latin and begin to pirate
about dog-stars red and dog-stars
white Faugh! Open your mouths
| like men. set truthful hearts behind
them. and let me hear the worst!"
The three captains of Kernsberg
were silent while, for heaviness was
upon their souls. Then Peter Balta
blurted out, God help us! There Is
but ten days more provender In the
city, the river is turned, and the wells
are almost dried up!"
After this the Sparhawk sat awhile
on the low window seat watching the
twinlSling fires Of the Muscovites and
listening to the hum Of the town be-
meath the Castle.
ITO be continued.)
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woolly lamb, small cart, cannon,
doll--the father over a pair of warm
stockings of Annies knitting, the
mother over shawl, also of her
work; and | stood smiling and happy,
when up sprang one of the children
and plucked from the tree the silver
match box.
This" said the child, sis for Mr..
What s-his-name. Sister Annie said
it was for him"
| was moved more than 1 can say.
So-some had been thinking Of me,
though | was only ledger.
Look here, sir" said the father,
you're a stranger in the country, and
at such a time as this there must be
no strangers. You must really sup
with us, and dine also with us to-
morrow l can promise you a good
dinner, for it is of Annie's making"
All was changed. | was stranger
and they took me in; / was lonely
and they made of me friend.
Christmas day, 1890 p. N.
returned to my room upstairs,
made up the fire, and seated myself
before It, had spent very pleasant
day. and a pleasant evening before
that l did not now feel so discour
aged. so hopeless. That was nice
family, very friendly and considerate.
And | began to build in the fire. !
no longer saw only ruins. saw, az
IT, were, a pleasant home rise out OF
the GOALS and a pleasing face looked
up at me out OF them-yery much like
that Of Annie. All! if the old home
was gone, might l not build one that
would be new. I need no longer live
in the past, but look to the future, and
next Christmas, please Cod would
not be alone, that Is If Annie-but
cannot say-will consent to put an
end to my loneliness and help in
building up future.
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chung all my sweetest and hottest
thoughts; to buy there a little land.
to tread the old paths, ramble in the
same woods, look upon the same
scenes, dwell among the same people,
re-make a home in the same place.
But now? Could it be?
AS | walked back to my lodgings,
through the street and by the market
place, folk were hurrying in all direc-
tions, some with lunches of holly in
their hands, a girl or two with sprig
of mlstletoe slyly hid in her muff, a
man wheeling a Christmas tree on a
barrow, butchers boys carrying joints
for the morrow's dinner. Plum pud-
,dings and mince pies were displayed
in the confectioners' shops. The
chemist, the hairdresser the seeds
man, the draper had stuffed their win
dows with toys, toys, toys. He who
had come to earth as a little child
had filled every heart with thought
of the little ones. and desire to make
Christmas a day of joy TO them.
had no tiny ones of my own, no little
nieces and nephews, no small cousins
for whom to provide anything. | was
alone-utterly, desolately alone.
AS l pursued my way / saw tall,
slim girl walking before me with a
basket on her arm, and | noticed that
the bottom had come out, and that
the contents fell on the pavement.
OF this she was unaware. l stopped
and picked up little woolly lamb,
then-a something wrapped in paper
then a silver match box breaking
out of its covering.
Gathering them together, ran after
the girl and stopped her.
Excuse me-" said ]. Are you a
female Hop O my Thumb, dropping
tokens whereby your track my be
known"
l showed her what had collected.
She colored and thanked me. Then
I recognized her as the daughter of
my landlady.
You must allow me-" said l, Ito tie
my handkerchief round the basket,
! and to carry it for you. l believe
that we go the same way"
you are very good" she replied
I'VE are about to have Christmas
tree for the children this evening
land have been making some ,trifiing
purchases as presents for my brothers
and sisters, and for papa and mamma
who must not be forgotten"
There go the candles!" ex
| claimed, as a cataract of red, yellow
and green tapers shot out of the bas
ket.
"And there's an orange!" said she
as one of these fruit bounced forth
and fell, and rolled away into the
| gutter.
We were forced to stoop and col
lect the scattered wax lights, and
then to tie my large handkerchief
about the basket.
What fortunate thing" said l
! that have got good sized 'kerchiet
/ in place of one of the miserable little
rags that do service nowadays. THAI
| is, because | cling to old customs
and when / was boy my mother al
ways gave me something like dish
| cloth in my pocket"
Then we proceeded on our way, ant
when we went into the house, she re
/ ceived the basket from me, and agair
/ thanked me. You must not remove
the 'kerchief till all is unpacked,"
/ said, cor there will be another dis
| charge of the contents, and then the
children will see what you have pro
vided for them"
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Fighters.

Buckeye How does 1t come that
all these men ! have met have the
title of colonel?
Kentuckian-Th They are famous fight
ers, sub.
Buckeye-But didn't know that
Col. DeSoaque was in the war.
Kentuckian-H wasn't He Is h
famous boozehghter, sub ~ Clevelana
Leader.
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OF Interest to Stockholders.

Jaspar-I hear that Santa Claus has
given up his yearly rounds.
Jumpuppe-You don't tell me!
Jaspar-Yes. He has ACCEPTED a
regular position on the Salaries Com
rittees" of various big corporations.
Town Topics
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equilibrium play was resumed with a loss
Of three yards by Harlan, who was pulled
over backward by ErN in. Harlan made an
onside kick to Wister, who gained eight
yards. following which Rulon-Miller and
Mccormick advanced the ball six yards
more. Yale braOed in defence and Harlan
punted out OF bound on the Blues 30 yard
line.
ON a double pass Linn circled Visitors
end for ten yards and Needer drove a long
punt to Dillon, who was sTna. thy tackled
BY Paige on the Tigesr' 10 yard line. Yale
lost fifteen yards tor interference with
billions attempted fair catch on this play,
w~hereup0n Harlan punted and Jones
got a knockdOwn on Yale's ~ yard line.
Needer returned the drive to Dillon and
Paige got in another solid tackle.
1hen Ha Ian quit the game in favor of
Tibbott, who made iour va ds in two PUSHES
through Biglow. A poor punt by Met or.
mick IA iumbled by Hoagland, who re-
covered II, however, out nj } our ds. 1ibt oft,
full of vigor, gained thI 80 va ds keadlons
through the centre, but Mc( ormick as
beaten hack and then sent "A long puzzling
DIVE to Jonee, who was thrown by WisteI
OH Yale's ~ yard line.
The sun had come OF behind the leaden
clouds by this time and Princeton cheered
with renewed vocal power. Veeder, how
ever, punted the ball out OF danger and
Tibbot. made a neat forward pass to Wister.
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who was tackled from behind by the Yale
captain, The ball was brought back,
howeger, and Princeton was penalized
five yards for OF side play.
YALE's NAL ATTACK.
,Yale's final destructive attack began
at this stage and IL took the heart com
pletely OFT Of the Jerseymen. Jones under
FOIL Roadway. dragged along by Forbes
and tiglow. scooped in eight yards before
he fell under the mountain e men. As he
lost his balance he handed the ball TO Linn.
who wns running in front OF him. and the
latter made six yards more 10 Princeton's
40 yard line. Then Forbes and Moae,
through immense holes torn in the left
wing OF Princeton's line. made eleven Yards
more and witho { allowing the Tigers to
enjoy a breathing spell Yale sent Linz
against the opposite wing for enough
RroG nd 80 land the ball on Princeton's 20
yard line.
rOrLes was held for no gain. but the
aquirming Linn tune led his way 70 the
is yard mark. II looked lie a sure
10, chdown for Yale. as the Tigers had
weakened rerceptibly although they were
fighting gamely for every inch OF territory,
gain the pale faced Linn dashed into the
fray, and with several Yale giants drag
ging him by arms n legs he was finally
sent to grass on the twelve yard msrE.
There was no stopping Yale then, and
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STORY or THE A W
How the hail Travelled In the scOreless
Contest.

Con est.
PRINCETON, Nov. l7.-With flags and
streamers flying and cheers and songs
mingled with the music of a brass band.
rhe vast army Of spectators arose to give
a mighty ovation to the Yale players as
heN suddenly appeared at ten minutes OF
2 O'Clock through a little gate at the corner
OF the field. There were thirty-hve New
Havenites Of various sizes and shapes, but
not one OF them looked a bit scared as they
rushed across the field pulling OF jerseys
and preparing TO display a little exhibition
In the way Of running through the signals.
Capt. Morse, who has beer in poor shape
all the season. wore bandages on both
hands, like a pugilst, and also had ar adj
heeive protector Of some sort about his
shoulder blades. He looked clearly wor-
RED as he gave a few tinal instructions to
his men and then ordered them to line up
for the usual signal practice. Up and
down the field they scampered, bucking
into an imaginary foe behind perfect in
reference; and then when the punters
veeder and Roome had finished booting
the ball bach and forth the Tigers shifted
the enthusiasm in their favor as they
bounded into view headed by a midget
mASCOJ T1RB0u OuJ III "a tOOtodh IcAdlAds
Only the regulars OF the Princeton eleven
came into full view. for the substitutes
walked along the side lines unnoticed 70
places where they could be called upon
easily In case their services were needed.
No formaities were INDUCED in and little
time was lost in tossing the coin for the
choice Of goals.
CAPT. MORSE WINS II TOSS.
Capt. Morse and Capt. II. Dillon stood
by as Referee Hackett, a former West
Pointer, dipped a shining quarter Of a dollar
into the air.
.Heads!' cried Capt. Morse.
you win," replied the referee as he
picked I'D the coin. what do you ~select?-
We will take the south goal" exclaimed
the Yale captain, -and Princeton will kick
of
There was very little wind, so that IL
made no difference which goal Yale decide1
20 defend, but when Princeton was forced
70 put the ball In play many believers in
luck were convinced that Yale, thus favored
at the start, would provide an unexpected
'urn in the tide Of fortune
1t was 2:IO O'Clock when the yellow ball
,gas placed upon a little mound Of earth
10 the centre OF the field and Rulon-Miller
prepared TO kick IL among the Yale men.
'rhe crowd, which a been noisy for an
hour. grew silent. Every eye was riveted
,ipon the pigskin and upon the Princeton
man about to send it whirling upon its
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y Banner were waving on all sides
when suddenly there was q cessation Of
hostDtt'es and the referee blewfhis whistle,
ending the conte i.
ILe La4s klaUIators grimly cheered The r
foes, VINO ret ed the Compliment, ara
soon the grid on was swallow ed up by o
ocean OF NJ MARTY that 'wspt out Of IN,
enciosures, discussing the various merits AMI
demerits OF the game. For Prrcetol
Sooney and the two phenomenal ends
Wister and Hoaglsnd. Yale's mel itoriou-
performers were Forbes, Biglow. Jones
Veeder, Knox and Morse, although II nigh
pe said that the whole New Haven eleven
deserved praise equally distributed. Prince
estimated. The linouD.
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front of artistic pianos and today at
the zenith of its fame. Used by
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