Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-12-29

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Everybody else said the same, and
they must be allowed to have been
competent judges because they had
just had dinner and with the dessert
upon the table, were clustered round
the fire by laInplight.
'Well, | am very glad to hear it,"
/ said Scrooge's nephew, because 1
haven't any great faith in these young
housekeepers. What do you say, Top
per-"
Topper had clearly got his eye upon
one of Scrooge's niece'S sisters, for he
answered that a bachelor was
wretched outcast who had no right
to express an opinion on the subject,
whereat Scrooge's niece's sister-the
plump one with the lace tucker, not
the one with the roses-blushed.
After tea they had some music, for
they were a musical family and knew
what they were about when they sang
a glee or catch, l can assure you, espe-
cially Topper, who could grOwl away
In the bass like a good one and never,
swell the large veins in his forehead
Or get red in the face over it.
ScrOoge's niece played we'll upon the
harp and, among other tunes, a simple
little air "a mere nothing-you might
learn to whistle it in two minutes)
which had been familiar to the child
who fetched Scrooge from the board
ing school, as he had been reminded
by the Ghost Of Christmas Past.
When the strain Of music sounded all
the things that ghost had shown him
came upon his mind. He softened
more and more and thought that if he
could have listened to it often years
ago he might have cultivated the kind
nesses Of life for his own happiness
with his own hands without resorting
to the sections spade that buried ia
cob Marley.
But they didn't devote the whole
evening to music. After awhile they
played at forfeits, for it is good to be
children sometimes and never better
than at Christmas, when it's mighty
Founder was a child himself Stop!
There was first a game at blind mans
buff Of course there was And I no
more believe Topper was really blind
than I believe he had eyes in his
boots. My opinion is that it was a
done thing between him and ScroOge's
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