The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-24

cnaf1ty TO give an olo oecne-
~. 9nmpse OF home NE ON CHRIST
s,,. we, returned the man wno.e
n .a1u0ns nao somehow failed 70 orane
.-..a aAppaneaes
10y Sunof went up the stalfs 20
- ,'oy. stopping 70 LOOK BACK Over
~. ~ MS pretty AMY
tan .. = nss sott, sfay eown snc ~
.euts VINO nAo .wescneo net
.n.eutiy through the dinner hour.
are you sure Santa Claus won't
c41e untu 80 to sieepE ne demand
=" LOT tne tenth time.
Siectiy sure" said his Aunt Kate.
say Mr.. Lamar. II you had Mt
10y IKE me. would you give MN
1astmae uee as big as the one
1a NY Douent Tor me?
he an.wsre., voice was very ao n.s,. A. !.
r rre answereo. Indeed would, Billy.
would ,oo,- ut.. &c" - n.s own moray ~
soldier. "a No.. WIN ens.ne .os
3 dre., A ho.I picture BOOKS PASSED n.e
face c-ovrs ms eyeA Inc cnllu
annes re6 tr-.,.s. n so.. o1o~n cum;
m A. h,,, ..1L = r'st =. ne Do 1872
how R,IIv. haven't any "e'ie
"Cset w., ,,
ster n,sr on aovasea the young
'em easv &c ~ e.e lou gan see
two hrother. d ~ sn.ne 1lm iyler mas
When at last .t,a ,,*t,a ,,.,,. ,.a
figure Ind d;s.n.ae,aS ussH,' caS
Ishr.r, - work on the tree In the
ture a. sha SRI .nsoe pretty pic
thing. ~ IL oseu ABOUT hanolns
ON a stenIsda~r T =. s'coa oalanCeu
eieam.1 ~ sho Tiny red candles
Of popcorn and gold ana .;sv., t,rsss
hung in raw fe.tcon. ~, lis
all. an ante1 VIII Ts. wsdas and; nigh over
ed as II in blessing. with tilted head.
Kate surveyed the work of their hands
Billy viii believe the spiders have
v We tinsel that siimmered like star
..CntSsn tue dark cedar.
Sp,uels: why VIII he think spiders
n nav Dee, oeen mere unless he can look into
weaving :.bont = an ' ne. weo you are
She ienored It, ." .ne tune
you know sn0 tse a ms ,s sallantry Don't
ae He shook his head az s SO she sne
cleaned her house and set m Ia. nsau
tree for her children at Chr,stma as
~ ~. :. ne cal snpped in and look at
II as II was being decorated. fhe b;r
uos saw the pretty things through a
of their hole. - ue mice came out
I,,,, ..oAcS 70 see the tree. Every
tree that was to gladden. tha .t,,,a- III
heart the next n,or,,n. e curen
snidar. morning. except the
ouuer the roof of the house,
and what did the spiders 40 oh,4 ....,
s.,N when al the House wss =" bns I0HI IT, ~,
tt on Christmas Eve. down IN. .teir u
srs came creeping. creeping. the hI.nis
11p2.oers the grav and the mottIeI U.ses
Ihey crawled through the E evho ones;
h0
c cm1am n11 by the beauty OF 1t thai fhsv
lem tent All over 1t: up and down and sromrT
When deyHsSt cs Goen the at s9,oe syeryshins
Christ child. lo9isins down at Tie sEd the the
Sooa Herman frau had decorated Tor he,
, "a pes saw that It was covered with spider
weps' 50 He transformed the siiyerv cob.
into uae es on snd that L hoy tnse
90 sss savf n BEEN ten nr little
sns .ss snsssnts hts Hf ns Sa telling It.
heard e deep rich, voice WISHING her =
happy Christmas. and. turning his head.
and excited she came o BACK cSr ,n rusf ned
library with q velvet boz in her h.,,S
neckace With an crv ee 81 ae, up sitterne
~Oh. Lamar. isn't it beautiful?., Even
to multimiaienaire the platinum chain
look that had been Il, his ewes 1e. on,e9
He He left abruptly then. taking With him him
sparkling tree in the backeronnT and
everywhere about the signs Of Youthful
JOY His own m.~n,,,c.,+ ,o,n. 50,
him afresh with a sense Of ionelinesS. J he
need Of companionship a. such a time.
He might have taken a party to the opera
and had supper afterward. But then he
ing with Kate Rrsnner Aitho.,~h he had