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us, and wo went to sleep in the dark
--and-then-and then ] heard the ter.
rible noise, and | cried, and so did
Jimmie, but Bobby, he didn't wake
up. Gee, he must have been awful
sleepy, not TO hear. you coming down
sure, and ] yelled right out loud: Is
hat you, Sanity Claus l'-and you
didn u say nothing, and [ quit crying
then. only / was still awful scared,
and lit the candle, and | saw You on
the floor, just dead like, and, that's all,
But ! was glad when you opened your
eyes, Mister
his name. and the story of his adven-
turc on the roof. and how he came
through the skylight, they were soon
ON very good terms, indeed; and al
though new sort Of pain kept creep
ing up his back as If the hurt in the
hip was not enough, Big Bill tried
hard TO forget it all, and huggcd hls
elbow a bit closer around Jimmie who
coddlcd just Il littlc nearer, quite sat.
ished TO have a big protecting arm
around him As for Lizzie, she sat on
the other side with her feet doubled
under her, and every little while giving
/ the pillow under Bill's hip push for
ward so rs to case his hurt.
Meanwhile, the candle on the table
sputtered, and they heard the winter
wind whistIing through the hole in the
skyhght, and once in Il while skih
Of snow blew down. but no one seemed
TO mind. not even Bobby. who still slept
on as il nothing had happened And
so waiting for the dawn, the big man
the little girl and the boy passed the
early hours Of Christmas morning
My mamma used 10 tell about SANITY
Claus. said the girl reaectively, "aud
his sleigh, and the reindeer, and the
bells that went iinglc-ianglc when he
drove over the roofs-and-all the
presents he brought down the chimney
10 give to good little girls and boys
Did you ever see a Sanity Claus, Mis-
terln
Nav, kid said Bill, "only in pic
ture books, and he was a sort Of fuzzy.
wu2zy, with white lilacs all over his
face, and he always carried a bag over
his shoulder, as if he'd been out steal.
ing chickens
''En why's it Christmas?p chirped
little Jimmie, who had been very sober
and very quiet.
Coz" said the girl with tone of
authority, "that's when SANITY Claus
comes. Ain t that so, Mister!"
At the moment Big Bill was thinking
very hard-not Of Santa Claus or OF
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that had long since ceased to perform
its functions. There was n wooden
table, also, on which n candle sput.
tered. and cupboard and couple OF
chairs. Bill took it all in ut a glance,
and then he saw again the broken sky
light through which he had fallen. and,
lastly. the little pink figure sitting
cross-legged at his side.
Well III be damned, were the
first words to come from Bill'a mouth,
and the child in the pink gown smiled
nj him. and uttered protest,
''Don I swear on Christmas, Mis-
ter. And then she saw Bill mako n
WY face rs II in pain.
"Sure, tbs Christmas" answered
Bill and he slowly moved his right
hand to his side where the pain kept
knocking at his hip.
"Does it hurt you. Mistcr?" asked
The child And before Bill could
answer, she ran to n corner ard brought
a pillow. which she gently tucked Wn.
der the injured hip.
This was the moment, as the psy
biologists would say, that Jimmie
crawlcd out Of the bed in the corner
and came tcddling over and rubbing
his eyes with two very chubby and
very dirty iists. The little fellow looked
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Christmas. but of the crowd at Duffy S
and the hot tom and jerry that was be-
ing showed over the bar
''l'l tell We, kiddcs.' - said Bill. soft
and tender like. "l heard story once,
long, long time ago. when I was about
so high-no, not Ms big as you are grl
N story about n stormy night some
place across the water, mcbbc 1T was
Egypt, or Turkey, anyway 1t was way
back in Bible days, when real carly IN
the morning, just before the sun came
up, some men was going along the road
and thoy come to stable, whore there
were Io,-snf cows; and they heard n
baby cry. SO they went inside, and
sure enough they found little baby
there laying on the hay, and the mother
was there, TOO. They called her Mary
and the baby was named Jesus. The
last name was Christ, so they always
said he was born on Christmas. But
don t know how old Santa Claus, with
the whiskcrs and the reindecrs and The
sleigh bells, gets mixed up with Christ
mas. any more than they'd look for u
Santa Claus with Moses in the bull.
ruShcs. -
And Christmas always comes in the
winter said the girl; 81 wonder
+" Cor there's snow" put in Jimmie;
"coz Sanity Claus couldn't run his sled
without snow
"Sure, you re right, child" laughed
Bill; and Just then he felt twitch III
the hip, and puckercd up his lip with
pain of it.
Lizzie pushed the pillow under the
injured hip. and it was then her small
fingers struck the bulge in Bill's left
pocket. Unconsciously, Corners reached
back and took the roll Of money from
its resting place. Then, despite the pain.
he managed to sit upright. He fumbled
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Onion gang who loungcd in the cor
ners, they sat up and took notice, and
all hands pipcd the copper in plain
clothes.
A baddish night, Denny" said Big
Bill, as the warm stuff in the mug
thawed his frosty stubblc of 4 mus
tache.
"Sure is,' echoed Denny, as he
swabbed the bar with the wipiug towel,
''cold enough 10 freeze de mercury be
fore mornin''' And then, patroDiZing
like he added: "Anythin' doin round
at de station, Bill2n
''Nawthin - gasped Big Bill, as the
empty mug went back on the bar
Nevertheless. Just an hour aud TWEEN
doing in the sixth police precinct. and
at the station house around the corner
from Dulfv's, Big Bill Conners stood
all attention at the desk grasping a
rapid fire of words as they fell from the
lips Of the captain. For Bill was the
captains right bower, wardman, pre-
cinct detective. anything You like, and
at The moment Bill was taking orders.
There had been a robbery two blocks
down the street, at the three ball shop
Of Nicholson. \ show window, broken
with n cobhlestone. the grabbing Of Il
tistful OF diamonds, hue and cry after
two running thieves. and refuge on
the tencment'roofs, told the story Of the
crime and escape.
So Big Bill Conners went down the
street a-running, his fat hands holding
his fat sides. Once he stopped short TO
put his hand to his right hip pocket TO
see that his pistol was safe. aDd thcr
10 his left hip pocket where bulged his
December salary Of 800 in n green roll
Father Knickcrbocker, thoughtful at
least in this particular, had paid OF
his servants on the day before Christ
mas And satisfied that gun aud money
-=4rc both a part Of him, Big Bill went
on runnipg again toward the shop OF
the three balls.
As a detective Big Bill Conners was
not OF, the sort You read about. He
was neither slcutli nor shadow And
! nevcr n disguisc for Bill, and never 4
dress suit. not high hat. nor was there
anything slick. or keen OF clever in his
mental makeup. lie was merely Biz
Bill to every one in the precinct. man
or child, rich man or boggar. And Bill
was stout, and redfaccd. and rough
and gru1f and bluff lie was even rcd
nosed ut times, and ill-tcmpered whcr
his corns achcd. but that was abou,
ali You could say against Bill. save
perhaps, thnt nc had very little use fol
the women folks.
Bill lived alone in hall bedroom
Over in Greenwich village, and if ht
had near relation anywhere in llttle
old New York no one ever heard hir
tell about il. From the evolution view
point, he had grown from bootback tc
truck driver. thence TO patrolman anC
SO upward along the line to precinct
dctectiSs sergeant. And no one knew
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the money in his hand, while the gir!
stared with big eyes and Jimmie fairly
gasped. They had never seen 50 much
money before in their short lives.
''Itvc got it, said Bill under h1s
breath. "fll he SANITY Claus after all
Hcrc. pirl bring me your stocking. How
old Won say YOU was? 'Levcn years.
He counted out some of the bills from
the roll and showed them into the open
mouth of Lizzie s stocking.
"sAnd you, Jim-you nine; and as
many crisp bills went into Jimmie S
stocking,
aThen here's seven p!nnlIs for
Bobby" said Bill; and the money was
put away TO the credit OF the child
sleeping in the corner
a shaft Of silver struck the windows
as the early morning light was break
ing in the east The dawn had come,
and so had Christmas under the bro
Clans, too. had called on the little
mother and the boys.
Daylight reminded Bill of limo and
duty. With n groaI, he tried to get
upon his feet. but fell back like lead
en- weight. Then. quite exhausted: his
eyes closed and he dropped to sleep
one loving arm around the shoulders
Of the little mother, the other hugglng
the boy closely to him. The children,
too, tired after their long awakening
soon passed TO SUNDERLAND.
An hour later when the father came
he found them fast asleep upon the
floor-the strange man whom he soon
recognized and the two children, each
hugging tightly tiny stocking from
which protruded part of Bill ConnerS
monthly wage. And then he saw a
sprinkle of snow upon the floor, and
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down at Big Bill with half concealed
BE YOU Sanity Claus?"
What, me, kid = me Sanity
Claus ~ echoed Bill with laugh, al
though the pain was throbbing at his
L look like SANITY Claus, kid, here on
ne back, with busted hip2'
Jimmy ignored the big man and
looked M inquiringly at the broken
| skylight.
:. You kun froo de roof, Jest like
SANITY Claus
Well, then, supposng / am Sanity
I CLAUS And although the pain
hurt row, Bill put out his arm and
drew the child close TO nim, all uu-
conscious Of his act. as If a father love
had suddenly awoke within him. And
little Jimmie nestled close and his
very silence noted his content at being
coddled
Then to the man on the floor there
came suddenly a realization Of the
| time and the place. They were waiting
his return Mt the station. The captain
would be puzzled over his absence. And
| the thief on the roof-had he escaped
He tried TO rise, but fell back with
groan.
/ Should he send the girl down TO the
street ani call the man on post2 What
then? Well. the uniformed cops would
come laundering up the stairs, others
would come, they would scare the
children, sure. And then the ambulance
and its noisy gong, and crowd of
idlers, and hell would break loose
pretty generally. and the hospital for
| him after q racSetty ride IN the bas
and then would come the reporters
land Bill's picture would get in the pa
pers. And this was Christmas morning
! The thought Of Christmas settled all
doubts in Big Bill s mind
! "l'll be damned il / do!' he mur-
INJURED. 'The captain can wait the
man on post can go to blazes, no bus
ride for me. IN stay here till day
/ light, that s what II do, and then ] II
manage 10 walk, or crawl or slide to
the station somehow.
lie looked MT the children staring
wondcringly mt him.
Look aherc. lids he said, aloud
what's your name, anyhow, aud
where S your dad and your mothorD'
"Mv name is Lizzie Markham, -
said the wisp of 4 girl, proudly, "and
| n eleven years old. and Jimmie IS
nine. and Bobby, who IS asleep. is
seven, and my mamma s dead and
papa has gone to work at the factory,
aud we were awful scared, and we
thought you were SANITY Claus The
child stopped to take long breath.
Bill Corners smiled.
My papa, he Is watchman ut the
pickle factory went on the family
historian. and he goes TO work at
nine every night and comes home at
seven for his breakfast, and then he
goes TO bed and sleeps all day-and
he said don t let Sanity Claus scare
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came a heavier crash of glass, an oath
and grunt from Bill, the falling of a
heavy body, the cry of n frightened
child, and then-only the wind whisthng
among the chimneys
1t was at this time that The brain
of Big Bill was filed with the stuff
that dreams are made OF, Loud roars
IN his ears were followed by moments
of startling silence Then he was fall
ing again, grasping at straws, lifting,
reaching, getting up and tumbling down,
and not only hearing things and feeling
things, but seeing things, green fields
and babbling brooks, ships on the sea,
fire on the mountain tops, smoke in the
valleys, and giant birds soaring over
him. And then he noticed strange. in
toXlcatlng odoTs, and sweet and bitter
were the things he tasted. All the
senses seemed to be struggling for the
mastery. Then came silence, long. dark
silence, absolute, complete, and Big Bill
was helpless, powerless to hear. to see,
to smell, TO think, TO fecl-as if death
like the winter wind, was blowing n
cold breath over him
After a while Bill Conncrs opened his
eyes and saw q candle burning, and lust
then child sobbed. The eyes kept
looking upward and the sobbing grew
louder and louder, and then the ewes
turned aside, in1quiringly. Then Bill
heard n small piping voice:
II glad-glad-glad, Mister. You re
not dead, are yc? 1 don't think you re
| hurted much"
thing, little hand passed over
Bill S wet forehead, a warm little hand
that met the cool dampncss on his face
Then he heard another sob and the
| small, piping voice again;
kept very still, COZ | was awfully
| scared, and Bobby never woke up al
ALL. but, Jimmie cried little, but ]
rocked him TO sleep again. Can t YOU
talk. Mister7'
But Big Bill had not reached the
speaking point. He was coming bacl;
very slowly. Ic could only sec, and
| not very we'll ut that There was a
tole III the roof. lie could see that
and he noticed tiny sncwfIakes softly
dropping down on him like thistlcdown
lie turned r., eyes toward the pipinp
voice, and saw slip Of a girl, In 2
pink nightdress, sitting cross-lcggcd al
pam, and he groancd, although he tried
very hard 10 keep from making noise
and he had to close his ewes again.
! DON'T go TO sleep. Mister, please
don Z! came the child IS voice, and
when Bill g eyes opened for the sec
ond time he was very much awake
and not only had consciousness returned
but speech came also and he looked
about him III more or less bewildcrmont
Hc was lying in the center of q large
back room, on the top floor of a tene
mont Two small children were fast
asleep on cot IN the corner. There
was stove. and big shelf over il
ON which rested an old.fashioncd clock
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glancing upward. noticed ,ba :.
the skyliGht ''cSs y
Tt was all very puzzlins -
father, but n moment later who, 's' ~
had awakened the children mn.. 10
were made plain to him. and ha ''sn
told how real Santa Clans IN ., vas
son 9t ZIG Bll had dropped in in upsS Psi'
man and the children had wat tLoluisd
the coming Of Christmas morn ,'ncd ioil
Anxious about Bll's hurt. tho g..
FASTENED TO the street to tell tba aa.nsf
on post. With the patrolman coua 'aaa
couple Of men from tho bnkesbon, ,,me
basement, and the four of ,be,. ~ Ine
ried Bill out the door and down esr' ~
crealling stairs '"n 'as
Bjll's face was very white IT.
he children standing at the bsss nov sas
the stnirs looking after him. 'ao Of
- Merry Christmas, kiddiesp, !,
called back TO them. be
Around the corner at the s;xn
cinct the desk sergeant was si; PIE
ON his great coat, ready tn a" "S"Pplng
whcn the four men entered 81 aoae
Bill Coaners between them, TLoniflng
him gently on the floor iald
"For Gods sake, Bill. wbs,o !,
you been! y thundered the sS ser,ssNl aays
''I'vc had the reserves out looI; IIv;,seant ls
you ever since midnight.'' i0f
Bill looked up, a grim smile unor g;
wan face. "pOn ni
"Been celebrating Christmas s,r, !,
lie said hoarsely, ''and l never d d,as
drop" 4ianx a
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ing OF 4 IArlSlNdS chIoi. 10
old Duffy himself Bethlehem was mere
w town in the country somewhere on
the iiuc OF the Lehigh Valley. There
was no mistletoc ut Dunfy's; not even
a touch OF green save for the pepper.
mint in the saucer back of the bar, aud
the big green docautcr in the win
dow,
On this particular Christmas eve, the
tom.ard- Jerry, steamiug hot. came over
the bar IN little brown stone mugs, lust
rs it did on ST. Patrick s eve or on any
Saturday eve during the long winter.
And on Sundays too, for there never
was a Sunday at Duffy s when the key
was turned in the back door
To bc very accurate, the clock had
Just tolled 10 when Big Bill Conners
l@llcd into Duffy's with a draught OF
wintor wind and sprinkle of snow in
his wake. And instinctively every one
in Duffy know that Big Bill had come;
Denny, oack of the bar, waved his hand
as jf 10 salute, and old Duffy himself
gave greeting with nod and knowing
smile As for the boys of the Red
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5 / was saying, Christmas eve
and Dutly's had nothing in
common. No one at Duffy S
had ever heard of the
Christ child, nor the sing
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ADAM A. wEscHLER. Aucr1oNEER.

IOIUTHuO OuIIUIng
CHARLES e MILLER. Attorney
NH To- d&dbs eSu
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TRUSTEES SALE OF FRAME DWELLING
No. 900 . STREET NORTHWEST.
BY virtue Of deed OF recorded in Liner
No. ESQ. folio Al ct seq. OF the land records
OF the District OF Columbia and at the rruue t
Of tine party secured thereby the undrrsignc /
trustees will sell at public auction. in front OF
the premises, MONDAY. THE TWENTY
SECOND DAY OF MARCH. A.D. 1909. At
HA1.F-PAST FOl'R O'CLOCK PM. The follow
ing described real estate. in the city Of Wash
ington. District Of Columbia. 10 Wit Lot 2lS in
Eva NJ Darneiilc et al subdivision .; part Of
square 1:N2. AS per plat recorded In the rcror Is
OF the Office ~ the surveyor OF the District Of
Columbia. IN Rock -. page 1871 together with
the improvements thereon
Terms %! sale: one-third cash. the balance IN
one AMI two years. with interest ut Ter cent
Der annuln. secured ny deed OF trust the
property sold all cash :, deposit az 500 re
Guir"d at the tine Of sale. All cOnveyancin..
recording. etc. at the cost of the purchaser.
Terms IL be complied with in fifteen days, nthef,
wise the trustees reserve the right T. resell the
property AT the risk and cost of the defaultin;
purchaser aftrr five days advertisement of such
resale in s'me newspaper pul shed i'll the city
Of Washington. ID. &.
ISAAC w. NORDlINGEE.
ALPHONSE NJ BAER.
.nhl dads. cSu Trustees.
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TRl SrEES' SALE OF NALU ABLE IMPROVED
Residence PROPERTY. BEING THE TWO
STORY AND CELLAR PEII.L DWELLING,

TRi SrEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
RESIDENCE PROPERTY. BEING; THE TWO
STORY AND CELLAR REICk DWELLING
No 32o; nth STREET NORTHwEST.
whereas default having been made In the pay
.nrnt Of the PRINCIPAL ud interest due on the
debt senaraiely secured The property herein
AFTER described 10y rertEin deed of trust dat Ell
January 10. 1906. and recorded I'm Iiber No.
-4i t%in So or III" land records of the Dis
irict Of Columbia. and request of the
Iarty secured thereby. the undersigned trustees
iN ,irtu" Of the power vested III them bv said
"f trust will sell ~ public auction in front of The
DAY OF MARCH. t.D. f0ua At FIVE
o'cI1iCk PM. the following described Ianl AMI
premises. situated IN tte county of WaShiugto 1.
ID. g. and histin :uisl.e : LOT numbered hfty-
SIX to6i in the Subdivision OF part Of block nun.-
bered eighteen dSt In Todd 4 Browns suhdi-
vision nf parts OF Mt. Pleasant and Pleasant
l.iains. per Plat Of first mentioned subdiv /
sion recorded In I.iter county No 20 folio IS
of tho records OF office of the surveyor of te
District OF Columbia. together with the iui-
b"vemrnts thereon. consisting. OF "a TWO story
ana cellar scveii-roon dwelling. subject TO a
certain right OF the rear or east three
10 feet oi said LOT for alley pur, oses.
Terms VI sale: One third Of the yurciia 81
money To lie paid in cash and the balance pay
wth interest payable mi az nua lily a. the Ia @
Of six co. par centum Der annuul. To lie secured,
!Y nrst deed Of trust ON the property sold or
all cash. M the ortioa OF the purchaser. \ de-
sale. and terms TO bc fully complied with
within fifteen days FROM day of sale or deposit
10 te forfeited an1 prosperity resod ut the cost
If such defauiinr purchaser after five DAYS adj
Inhlisl'ed Ia Washington. II. G. Conveyancin.;
and recording charges at purchasers cost.
II. FRANCIS SAUL
cor 9TH and |. SITS. NV,
LANES r. SHEA.
ca; Louisiana ave NV.
nihi1l2t Trustees.
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FUTURE DAYS.
THos. } OWEN son. AucTIoSEERs.

THos. J. OWEN & son, AUCTIONEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE DWELL.
ING. NO. 2G6O UNIVERSITY PLACE, co
LUMBIA HEIGHTS
Default having occurred under the provisions
and recorded April 10. 1905. In Liber 2s63 folio
43I ct seq. of the land records OF the District
Of Columbia. by request of the parties secured
the undersigned will offer for sale at public auc-
ton. In front of the premises. on MONDAY.
THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF MARCH. 1909, AT
Il In block AZ of ". C. Hil's subdivision Of the
middle part of the Columbia University Grounds
known as University Park. said subdivision Is
recorded In the office of the surveyor Of the Dis
trict of Columbia. In County Book 6, page s. be
ginning for the same at the southeast corner Of
said 10: AMI running thence westerly along the
south line II said lot 1i410 feet. thence north
erly 2o.115 feet. thence easterly a point ON
the west side Of University place distant % feet
north If the southeast corner of said lot thence
southcry along the west line Of University place
"5 feet, to the place of beginning.
Terms II sale: All cash. ne-third cash
one third in one year and one-third in two years
secured on the premises sold and TO be evidenced
by promssnry notes. bearing interest at the IA tie
or nve per cent per amman. payable semi-an-
nualiy- tonveyancing at purchasers cost de-
post Of $500 TO be made at the time of sale. and
terms of sale to be complied with within fifteen
ehaser's risk. after five DAYS advertisement.
CHARLES F. NESBIT Trustee
LEE % LATIMER. Trustee.
mh3-d&ds.eS f0S New York ave
1.-THE ABOVE SALE is POSTPONED IN
sane hour ard place. by order of the trustees
mil -I-,i&ds