The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-22

I,Y,rotebov was delighted when rybristrnas Day dawned to find. not Tn his stocking. which was hardly large enough to contain anything so bulky, but hidden under q lot Of DOCKS ana other gifts piled up near the mantei- piece, a splendid tool chest. containing no end of fine weapons such as the car penter uses in fighting the battles or life. There was bright, shining saw that looked sharp enough to cut any thing from a muffin of Jimmiepoys own making to a petrified oak; nam mer that you'd almost think could drive e nail through the Rock of Gibraltar; a Jack plane that could make a shay ing a mile long if only you could ma . piece of wood big enough to provide the material for it; and a screw drlver that--well, I've seen all sorts of driv- CTS in my day but never one that coulo drive like that screwdriver no. not even in the circus. There were lot of other things. too-gimlets. avis, augers-this auger was about the big- gest bore you ever met in your nie-a hatchet and a ruler. 1t was. as Jim mieboy's Uncle Periwinkle remarked: just about the most "splendtferous tooI chest that ever happened" and when his uncle added that he believed the tools were bright enough to build house all by themselves without asking any help from anybody, Jfmmiepoy pe gan to think that Santa Claus had iert him a very unusual present-and as a matter of fact he had as subsequent events showed.
 It happened to be an indoor Christ mas that year where Jimmieboy lived. because outside they were having what grownup people called an oio fashioned snow storm---the kind where 1t seems as if the sky must be nileo with hired men throwing whole snovei- '
 
 at once. One might almost think that someone had grabbed up an Alp or two. and was shaking it like mastodon pepper pot over Jimmieboy's house, the way that snow came down. by o'clock. without any drifting at all, IL was half way up the front door; ana when 5 o'clogk came. and It began sa .o grow dark. Uncle Periwinkle said ne thought somebody ought to go up on the roof and hang a red lantern on the chimney, so that people passing by on foot wouldn't stub their toes on H. or fall into 1t and come crashing down theedreplace. which would have been most embarrassing thing if the person happened to be a perfect stranger. You e. imagine from this not only hoY s, ghtful a man Uncle Periwin- s7e gs but also how impossible II
 s fsf s ster like Jimmieboy to ftE 4if \- E on such day. and a.H=. psE ..st v walls or the mousse ss , e'aho legs and the polished FE.4. -9act epor. were in great danger j a. t.e te.s It is a terrible thing to D. .e a$ u't . house with brand r-lsz l- al staring you in the face Eaa soaing to plough its way sarss sa e Hmooth piano or table ez fs- saInler perfectly possessed tc a3fas E. 14,h I two into the dining ro#ta ,gs a-s l.. fle Jack plane fairly fehies.. f- .ae taw shavings off the r.74s5e. f. t8..io floor in the draw irsr ,st r u Claus had only re- mar sra,:tsc b.. tong. wagon load of iu4rIaer nr lArae or four dozer pIaase Q eae~u5sa t1eo tool chest on. il woulanst haya eaer 70 bad, but either in tis herr.s ce ats Work. now that there sss so mar ir and more chil dren ta he t0-acet s n an there used to be, or ln tah r9ics aamber Of oth CT thing d. soaa nd saint had tc think an0l;r st e4a ..ce ne had for. gotten l., Go hist aEl shok all th' seIf-denia tf Nf,5 aad to~keeI him from 1atin. ,e tle woodwork and furnit gro inS1s.7 eu, inclined to think Ne lid .iy .he glaiek on ont of the Yots si3ls. heai.ae ere is