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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-26

many new OFFICERS DON AIS0N
UNIFORMS AFTER SHAKE III

Noonan. Nj. ana Mr.. a. - Novel;
Mr.. and Mrs.. w A ONeiiI. Il. q.
Plat and daughter. Mrs. a. ,. Pome-
ROY and child. Miss Edna Reese. Mrs.
Geo. R0bertso1. Miss $. HobertsoI.
Miss 8. Robertson 3 F. Schoep n
schneitzor. s. 6ieEel r. a SkelIen.
Ii. i. smith. M and Hrs n. r Spin
ola, Mr.. and Mrs Robert Stanton. NE.
and Mrs. 4. b Tenney NJ. and Mn
Nj Terrell, Il n. yoorsanEer Mr. and
Ms. !. =. Wakefield. Miss a. b. Wales,
Miss K. N. Ward. Mr aid Mrs. a. II,
Warner. NJ and Mrs. j. B. Wilcox
1irz. S q Wilder. ~ and Mrs. g. r
Per ST.. Kilanea, from Hilo Z. 8
Bulloxa. Mrs. r carne Miss -
cafne. Mrs. Jno Bryant G P Hol
land, wife and son Miss 2. smythe
Ie1. ~. Iackabnry " F. WALL 6. A
Woote, W. 4 Conro<, r p. Baldwin
w q stenley 4 AefcaIIIn2. Z
=. II. Underwood. wife and child Mis-;
s. Simpson. Mrs ~ Ellis. y Morris
and wife. II. a. KIeueeI. 3. =. VII
son. j RaVlins and wife. Jas. T. Iay
/ ior. r. 1e IiIIeIe. J. g. Q'I[0urke x
Sam. u Horak6ni G. a DOYLE. I
Hedge. W RI Lee, Its. Carlson
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-26

Per str k|nsu. Tor Kauai ports.
Nov. 81 Mr.. and Mrs. n Ho1[Is. n.
no1r|1 Master Xeneloe|Io. Mrs. A.
>0S|o1||1. Xr. and Mrs.. Al 11 Bret
|sr s.r NIkahaIa, for Maui and
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-26

The 11lI6 reception a. The &II'|'
ren's Hospital held yesterday after
noon. was more largely attended than
any Previous reception 4 #1s a
beautiful daI and win lne large nIi1
from various schools and music O.
the band TIE occasion was delight
TIE principals 81 several schools
were invited to come and bring tlEI
Of their pupils as they might choose
and the result vas large 6I[en01IE@
ness besides seeing tile little patients
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-26

There has been general shining
int 81 oiIic6rE ID Tie Nateon NaYiga-
ton service 81 latsI ana the fagship
W|I1eImIn1. the pride or the neef has
I6I BEEN exempted when he cal ior g
new deal among men WHO hefetorore
.0.n.1 tie XnI1on 1n.fofQl VAS.
SOUNDED "a tns occ6<i11 n the lat
Ih'. morning Second o''ssT -. s
Campbell and Third 0UcfI 3. a. ken
...I end First Assistant J !. s. Hughes
IS. Is Il. Meh1Iy. wireless operator
F.. wi. ~ p. n I.eIey a prrser an
..I.| IS me ron cal W1t1 me 3D.
..| Immigration quarantine and Gus
|1.. officers visited the liner on the
..|1f n al early hour this morning
i. 1ai1 that .1IIf o. tia man
... transferred to other ttsstls III
Fl. ..I.11 service while others Will
|... +. work along the coast
II. was hard enough q keep your
|..| ii ]11( quiet stroll about t1e
..|. '1I alone 6ttfuIII0& the latest
Washington Wf'ts'eS California Cling
| .I1 H441I|11 1te said ont who
...|1< IS cabin and q second
.... passengers TIC WII1eiuinH Nee
d taking 10 temporary re<Iden<
a HI'o. Charlie carries with him
mills along the coast a i4~@i' f''
brought report Of lz.4<S sacks s'E'
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-26

Allekins oeSefEIon and no1.supporl
Mrs Emma Gene II11|editch has
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-26

/. f.1'n1 IS temporary residence
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-22

ccarth OF the oyster has had more =,
80 with this pleasing condition thsn
the preaching. speeding and teaching
81 2 score 81 Ton walkers
why present - 10 tn~ world in q
distorted liEht- why draw THIS falls
picture - hero. trusriise 20 fasH~
amid surrounding which iead 20 hold
.lsu Ssck-ciiuroir~ srfaieseiy over
he PROSTATE bodies ~, chose VINO.
born % a conqucrins race. nave one hy
.on~ forsaxcn their obligations, aban-
doncd ttcir noble standards.
Tho march 81 progress would seem
20 hav. s~cpt vs. aside. 'ncapAI.c 81
maintaining TIE steady advance W
crop b~h.nd. 20 zrerc through ~"
uistS o. Inherent iusniricucf. No. tnc
picture is .arrt.s-iy v1ilte J. SO iieNtS
and shades are eli u1i-piaceH. We
know this. Tom Naiitfr knows it--n.tt
what 81 ire world % large. DO they
have endeavor~d 60 balance tHe
sketch o. some extent rcal'linE INA
fnc subject % Mcssrs. church aud
I.liiss picture hardly Lends Itself 90
az imrrcssio-ietic style ~ at
Aiy statements and DIRECTIONS oi
instantaneous are 81 easily veruy-
able I have made them IT. al Eiu1ti-
uess. yet u.ih the full purpose u dis
rSIiing. in Sc Gar 49, my poor poWcf
lies the false imprcssions Nhich
f1rrusai o. The Devil and Tom Walk
er~ must undoubtedly create
In closing 7 will say tnat coHla
Nessrs. church and Ellis have given
TO gloucester and her people . some
what more exhaustive study. citminst-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-22
APP0MATT0x

Especial 20 The TimcS-Dispa;chl
Apponattox. Va. December zi-Mrs.
y Leroy smith LETT this week for her
home IN Hai'fax Tor the holidays.
Miss Florence MORAN Of Crewe.
s7~nt = few days IN town with her
parenss. ,;r. and Mrs ". ". Morgan
N. Farmer Jeff this week for Crewe.
,,hcrc no. rcss 90 make his nome WIN
his daughter. us. Ava Schanbsch.
Tho Agricultural High school closed
here frid.T evening with apDroFrlate
..xerrie.s sor he smaller children. On
siflei Mother Goose Convention. and
= Iarrc crowG witnessed TIE perform
ance Many 81 - teachers have ,c.'
4 Cgawic,. for Wsrrenton. Va. Miss
Mar cobis. To- PittsyIvanid. MISS
fso~ahoutss Wray. for Martinsvile.
Miss Annie Bidgood. for Petersburg
Nj. .crrfo~. for Charlotte; Miss Car
rinrton. for Charlotte Courthouse
S,perinse ndent J h. Hannah has iet'
for CHARLOTTE Courthouse to spend the
HOLIDAYS with his daughter. Miss "a
rinRton- -. $3.50. -
Rrooknesl. where she VII spend tne
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-22

Il IS unfortunate that in taking up
. panegyric of Tom walker his bioS-
raphers ,NEessrs. church and Ellis. in
the October issue of the World
Work. should has" allowed thor en-
rhusiasm - make them careless i'll
tnc haudlin- of certain facts essential
e. the value of the narrative.
As q tale OF heroic achievement,
Tine Devil and Tom Walker leaves
nothing 10 he sired. w have the
,hanalian Villain. flourish'ng MO
-'sloth' and crime" demoTallzeo
pcpuia.e. gaspin- and supine IN the
clutch Of th. horIid monster. and last
~ the brave dellVcrer. hShtinS M
way over countless obstacles to the
rescue-and final curtain. Really. IT. ;
great Contempt must vie with pity
ia our feeling tor the abject villagers
yet this dctracts in no way from the
interest o tn plot It's good yarn.
Very good indeed.
Tn, fundamental weakness lies IN
It's coustr- tion =. While purportins 10
~. hisyo- o. lin nature. To portray
actual. existent conditions. "a host OF
fsiiacics frop ont 20 mar tire general
integrity OF fh- tale.
Its cnara.terS are real men and ~o-
non its setting eeograp hicaliy de
= red why not give TO tn storF. ihc.l-
rf4; rrouorticu II reality which IS its
de-
D; is no.; ny purpose 10 argI, he~e
- length The question ~ tiloUcest-r
=. urtys moral stendi1- past ana
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-22
RAISING THE DEVIL
tom Walker s.

present. nor yet to try and take away
on jot of credit from her citizens.
whip. or black, who may from time
10 tine have given the matter their
attention. l wish, however. emphati-
cally To state that Gloucester County.
Nirgi mia was never the home or
"sloth' and crime" except as ind
Visual instances of such conditions
have always existed. TO some extent,
among the ignorant classes o. every
community under the sun.
To have gained such an impress on
one must conclude that Messrs. Church
ard Ellis beat only the miry coverts
for their information or. at best. ac-
cepted il in toto second hand Be tina Z
As il may. Gloucester. with her tradi-
tious tor all that is brave and far.
peoDled with the descendants Of the
Cavaliers and those whom the Old
World ever claimed as its best. could
hardly at any time have deSenerateC
B to a condition that reeded a Tom
alker 10 redeem her place anon
the civilized of the earth.
IL * true that the estates Of Glouces-
ter we're. before the civil War. UNI
douBtedIy among the finest in the
Tidewater section IF Virginia Here
in their splendid Colonial homes
quote from the article OF Messrs
church and Ellis-'liVed the Pages. the
Dabneys. the Taliaferros. the Tabs
and score Of others. whose names
are writ large in Nirsinia's early his
tory"
B And here they still live: some few
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-22

in the propaganda Of con At any
whore from s. to sIa per dsv (no IN
usual hsrvesl Tor q brisk tonger IN the
times 20 which NcssrS. Church and
EIIis rcfer,. Few negroes cared 90
scratch poor land for Doubtful srop
81 corn.
since Nonj1ct Rsr ard its Tributary
wat-rs fatr ceased 70 furnish oysters
II Their sfd-fifac abrr dance a decided
impetus has been given e. tic cultiva-
fiou Of th~ soil Many cTcdttaoic an
stances o. cool farming By colored
MOI. ia f.fs-f..af.~ are on record. many
acres 81 rr0 -iS-u land Improved ana
brought 20 sfste u excellent yr0duc-
'tfveress -bu. rew VIII deny that the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-22
PINEHURsT
~
fspecisIto The Times-Dispatch- ]

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.
piueharrt. y. G.. December 2l--Prer-
arstions for the holiosys nave rounoe.
81, = bs,v week in which scores -
newconers have Joined With cnthn-
siasu The Christmas festivities begin
v.ifh the usual trees on Tuesday. FOL
loved by the more formal Observance
1T the Hotel Carolina On "wednesday
nfxht. dinner AZ : O'Clock and a cor
~c-t later. followed BY q tree and
dancing In outdoor recrcetAons IN
sercsf has centred IN the opening %
IRE fox hunting season. the hrst Coun-
trv Clcb tennis tournament. dusn
shooting. riding. driving. motoring esf
golf with the annual holiday Eoif fs-
tournament the event for tkc week 20
come.
Mr. and Ms. r p. Mcconnell. ~
Abingdon. are spending tho month here,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-22
HOLIDAYS with Miss ANNE Hobson.

holidays with Miss Annie Hobson-
Among those who nave arrived this
week to spend the holidays are Misses
Willie smith. Grace Hancock. I.obeiia
and MoIIye Drinkard. Ethel and Eleanor
Abbit;. Ethel Jennings. all OF Farm
Vile Normal. Mss Gladys smith OF
Richmond College. Evant Hunter ana
Jerry Burke II Washington and lee
Willie Walton. Walter Durham OF
Richmond College: James ellis. Of Uni
verstfv OF Virginia. wilmer Smith. %
virginia rolyteohnic Inst&utc.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-22

ing the personal equation II ineir
treatment Of tho subject. we should no
doubt have been assured o. 2 faT more
. worthy showing.
ROLAND CLARk.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-25
Parcels ost Package Ahead Of Time.

| COLUMBUS. o.. Dec. 24.-The frst
package To reach the local postoflice
bearing the parcel post stamp, arriv-
ed seven DAYS ahead OF time. II came
from small Michigan Town, and VIII!
be held until Jan. l. before delivered.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-25

'ihe newspapers in reminding shoppers
70 90 Christmas shopping early was
lac word from the Eiliott.Taylor'W ooF
fehden company We have rad an
excellent holiday trade. People seem
10 select gifts with more discrimina-
ton with each succeeding year GIFTS
@! substantial value and good quality
ard OF practical use. have beer pur-
chased this season In preference TO
The rawdry .tinseil kind There Is a
growing consideration TOO. on the part
OF the shopping public toward sales.
people aud the latter quick 10 respond
are more polite and eager 10 serve.
Splendid business" said the Henry
Blackwell Co Couldn't ask better.
While people shopped early, holiday
@sying commencing early in Novem'
nor. We have had great rush OF buy
c-s the last few days. All our stocks
nave been heavily drawn upon 10 sup
ply Christmas gift-giving,"
The same story OF splendid trade
vas repeated In the stores or the +.
j. Hickey Co, Traver-Bird Co,
Siegers, Ernest Kern's. HeyEs Ba'
2aar. the parliamentary Co.
Hugh Connolly's, and the big mer-
chants generally.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-25
Stops a Deep Seated
Cough in a Hurry
A Family supply of Uneauaied Cough
Remedy Easily and Chesply
Made ne Home.

Cough medicines, as rule, contain
large proportion Of pI.in syriip-a goo
ingredient, but one that anyone ca
make. A pint OF granulated sugar, wit
~ pint Of warm water stirred for
minutes, gives YOU as good syrup a
money can buy.
A 50-eent bottle of Pinex, mixed in r
pint bottle with home ma dc sugar svr.ii
gives YOU a full pint OF really bette,
cough syrup than you could buy ready
mixed for $3.50. There's q clear sayin,
Of S2.00-and no trouble at all.
And money couldn't buy quicker
better remedy. Takes hold at once. give
almost instant relief, and usually stop
the most obstinate, deep-seated cough l.
"a hours. IL stimulates the appetite, /
slightly laxative and has n pleasant tast
children take il willingly Splendit
for hoarseness asthma, chest pains, an,
other throat troubles, and uneoualed 70.
prompt results in whooping-cough
Pinex Is a special and highly concen
trated compound OF imported Norwa,
White Pine extract. and il rich in g1iain
COL and other natural healing pine Gle
ments. Simply mix il az directed wit
sugar syrup OF strained honey. and il l.
ready for use.
Pinex has often been initiated. bu.
never successfully, for nothing else vii
produce the same results. The genuine
guaranteed 10 give absolute satisfastioi
or money refunded. Your druggist hp
PineN, or will get il for YOU. III MOI.
Iend 10 The Pinex Co., Fort Wayne, In.
--adyt
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-25
RUMORED CUT in
MILK PRICE DENIED
Mrs. Dunk Hears of Reduction to
Eight Cents, But Deal
ers Say Nay

Il have the names OF several wo-
men who have been offered milk at
eight cents per quart. from dealers
who raised their price 10 nine cents.
oct. H." said Mrs. Alfred o. Dunk.
president OF the Detroit Housewives
league, Tuesday
One OF the wholesalers mentioned
By Mrs. Dunk was the Towar Cream.
cry Co, but officers OF that company
denied that their produc. had
been offered for sale, or would be sold
III less than nine cents per quart.
Similar denial Of reduction was
made by the Detroit Creamery Co.
Mrs. Dunk says that Mrs Julian
Health. president OF the National
Housewives league. wanted the De
troit league to handle cold storage
eggs but the local women emphatical.
~ declined to otfer TO members any
eggs not guaranteed fresh.
Il have in my house now, 80 dozen
eggs from Mason, Mich, every one
guaranteed TO be strictly fresh. and
which league members may buy Tor 80
tents per dozen" said Mrs. Dunk.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-25

Wordto mchanesD al
the 10
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-25
.DETROITER NABBED
AS EMBEzzLER
W. X. Todd, Former Express
Company EmplOye, Under
Arrest in Seattle

William r Todd. wanted by the
Detroit branch OF the American Ex'
press Co, on warrant sworn out
Aug. IL. charging him with embez-
cling S2,lOO. while working as &c.
mittance clerk, is under arrest al
Seattle, Wash. and is said to be
ready 10 return without eXtraditiCn
papers
Though the warrant charges e:l.
bezzlement OF 5000. it IS alleged that
the actual shortage in Todd's account
Is about S3,10O When he left he
troit. he is alleged TO have taken d
woman OF the underworld with HIM.
leaving his wife and two children al
No 90 Fifteenth-st.
Detective Eli Baker will bring Todd
back from Seattle. and he also carries
a photograph OF the woman With hlm.
20 pick her up II possible.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-25
OSBORN CUTS DOWN
SENTENCES OF Two
Clemency Shown Boyer and
Thompson, Prison Plot
InfOrmants

LANSING, Mich. Dec. 24.-(SpC
ciaD-Harry Boyer and Charles
Thompson, two of the inmates 81
Jackson prison who furnished infor
nation 10 the state relative TO the
plot 10 blow up the prison with nitro
glycerine two years ago. have rece!v
ed clemency at the hands OF Cover
nor Osborn. Boyer was sentenced
from Lansing in 1908 10 serve froEi
II 10 IS years for safe blowing and
has been granted a parole 10 take Ell
feet June %, 1918. Thompson was
sentenced from Mecosta on a similar
charge in 1908 10 serve the same
length Of time. Thompson has been
given a parole TO take effect Oct. 20,
1916,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-25
IONIA CONVICTS
MAINTAINED AT
DECREASED COST
High Cost Of Living Is Over
come in Michigan Re
formators.
ANNUAL REP0RTOP
WARDEN FULLER FILED
Farm Extension Plan Is Fa-
vOred by Head of In
stitution

LANSING, Mich, Dec. 24-(Spe-
cial.) --Apparently the high cost or liy.
ing has not entered into the manage
ment of one institution In Michigan
at least, as the biennial report
OF the Michigan Reformatory al
lonia shows that whereas II cost
tie state $2I2 TO maintain a
prisoner for year from 1890
to 1894, the same prisoner may be
cared for at the expense OF the state
fer s35 per year. The biennial report
hled with Gov. Osborn today is the
most complete of any report ever pre-
Jared by that institution
II is claimed by the board OF coa-
troll that lonia prison would have
paid all current expenses and turned
balance into the state treasury IL IL
Lad received the same allowance from
the board of prisoners as was receiv-
cd Dy the Detroit house OF correction,
with which II Is frequently compared.
The retormatory at Ionia not only re-
celves nothing from this source, but
i required TO make large disburse-
u,ents for the support OF families OF
wife deserters.
BY direction OF the board Warden
Fuller has secured options upon 252
acres OF land Joining the refernatory
grounds, and the legislature is urged
10 appropriate enough money for the
purchase OF this property
Speaking of the farm extension the
hoard says; The state board Of cor
rections and charities considered and
approved the appropriation asked fo-
more land. With laws on our statute
looks prohibiting snewal OF contracts
FOR prison labor IL seems wise for the
legislature 10 grasp every favorable
opportunity presented TO provide state
account work for the prisoners.
The prison labor earnings, accord
ing to the report. exceeds 1888 900. the
largest on record. while in addition to
thus sum received by the state, the
prisoners have received $27,317 SO for
ogertime work and faithful attention
20 duty.
The board reports that dicipline has
Eeen maintained with firm, but kindly
hand and that no outbreak has occur.
ed such as has characterized several
prisoners during the past year. The
governor and board of ! control have
stood firmly and unfiinchingly behind
the warden In maintaining rigid dicip-
lin and tn lonia administration has
refused to be stampeded by the new
brand OF more pie, less work and no
paddle penology which has had SEN
sstional and demoralizing outbreak in
certain quarters during the past four.
years." says Warden Fuller.
The Ionia administration, says
Warden Fuller, recognizes the fact
that prisons are built to correct the
lad habits. bad impulses. bad health.
idieness, drunkenness and ignorance
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-25

Christmas song III give YOU one in
default OF better"
4 Christmas enrol.
care not for the spring; on his fckl'
wing
Let the blossoms and buds be borne,
Let the summer sun TO hts bright home
run.
lie shall never be sought by me
But my song | troll out. Tor CHRIST.
MAS stout
The hearty. the true and the bold
bumper ! drain. and with might and
main
Give three cheers for this Christmas
old
Wen usher him In with n merry din
That shall. gladden. his joyous heart
And well keep him IN while there's
bit or sup.
And In fellowship good wen part
Then again I sing TN the roof doth
ring
And IL echos from wall 20 wall
To the stout old wight. fair welcome
tonight
IS tho King Of the seasons all!
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-25

and first kissed on the chin. and then
on the nose, and then on the specta-
cles--and TO hear the peals OF laugh.
ter that were raised on every side
This" said Mr. Pickwick, looking
around him, this is indeed comfort +"
T. Our invariable custom" replied
Mr.. Wardle. Everybody sits down
with us on Christmas eve, as you see
them now--servants and all--and here
We wait until the clock strikes IL. to
usher Christmas in. and beguile the
time with forfeits and old stories.
Truudle, my boy, rake up the fire"
Up few the bright sparks in my
RAIDS as the logs were stirred The
deep red blaze sent forth n rich glow
that penetrated into the furthest cor
uer Of the room and cast It's cheerful
tint on every face.
Come said Wsrdle. "A song-a
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-25
HOLIDAY TRADE
IS HEAVIEST in
>CITY'S HISTORY
Fully % Per Cent in Excess Of
Last Seasons, Is Mer-
chants Estimate
ANOTHER INDICATION
OF TIE BUMPER TINES
Substantial and Useful Articles
Purchased Instead of Usual
Cheap Knick Knacks

The increase in Christmas bust
ness in Detroit over last year IS
we'll Indicated by the increase IN
bank elearinss. The clearinss for
December up TO noon, Tuesday.
amount TO $s2.eco.225, while the
figures for the corresponding
period last year we're $7o.3e7 ,so5,
the increase being St2.532.32o. or
about 10 per cent.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-25
(Look for another Pickwick
story In tomOrow's paper.D

(Look for another Pickwick
story In tomOrow's paperJ
AS brisk as bees. if not altogether
as light as ferries. did the four Pick
wickians assemble. Christmas was
close at hand. in. all It's bluf and
hearty honesty; II was the season OF
hospitality, merriment and open
heartedness; the old year was prepar-
ing. like an ancient philosopher, TO
call his friends around him, and
amidst the sound %rof feasting and
revelry to pass gently and calmly
away. Gay and merry was the time.
But We are so taken up and occu-
pied with the good qualities OF tnis
saint Christmas, that we are keeping
Mr.. Pickwick and his friends waiting
4 in the cold outside of the Muggleton
coach: which they have just attained,
well wrapped up in great coats, shawls
ard comforters. The portmanteaus
and carpet bags have been slowed
away.
Mr. Weller jumps up behind, the
Pickwickians pull their coats round
their legs, and their shawls over their
noses, the helpers pull the horse
clothes of, the coachman shouts out
q CHEEKY All right" and away they
20.
And now the bugle plays a lively
air es the coach rattles through the
illpaved streets Of a country town;
and the coachman undoing the buckle
which keeps his ribands together, pre-
pares 70 throw them of the moment
he stops Mr. Pickwick energies from
his coat collar and looks about him
with great curiosity: perceiving which
the coachman informs Mr.. Pickwick
oil the name OF the town, and tells
him II was market Gay yesterday;
both OF which pieces OF information
Mr., Plckwick details 20 his fellow pas
sengers.
such was the progress of Mr.. Pick
wick and his friends by the Muggleton
telegraph, on their way TO Dingley
Dell. and at 3 o'clock that afternoon
they all stood high and dry, safe and
sound, hale and hearty, upon the
steps or the Blue Lion.
Then Mr. Pickwick met the fat
boy Joe" and decided 10 walk 10 the
home of Mr. wardie, where the Pick
wickians spent Christmas, dining,
Ninlng and dancing)
According TO the old fashion in the
Wardlo family. the inmates and guests
assembled In the kitchen Christmas
eve. From the center Of the ceiling
q thls kitchen, old Wardle had Just
suspended with his own hands, huge
Irtnch OF mistletoe. and this same
ranch Of mistletoe lnstantaneously
ave rise to scene OF general and
nolf delightful struggling and confu-
1'rn
n wan \ pleasant thing TO see Mr..
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