The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-12-17

Il don't suppose everybody town. admitted Mrs
Pnney Her house place and wonder she'd be offended
Pnney was proprietor of parlors in Little River
That's thought Sarah said Mrs Potts quickly Il am
ing to send Helena cake She's worked like major
this contribution There won't be hungry mouth
in Little River this Christmas" I'D Il ~ II -
Or hungry heart added Mrs Pnney seriously, after j
Heena's party" TCIMN MIAv /ESTNM
The days preceding Christmas flew WI@j W.
BY For Helena Mofat they were filled Ill ~@
with happiness every moment IffgS3 | !
occupied Her little cottage was clean MXf46 Y |
ed to cellar, although it was GSNh ( I !
usually immaculate. For days spicy 1872 /H III
odors werew waited through her kitchen %N.HN9CI~I 4
windows upon frosty air. Cakes Ill., wy1S|1 / n
| and and cookies baked ! LHID/
of tafy cooled to hardness #Iy
attic windows and twisted itA /N
papers Stores of hickory jiI
nuts andb black walnut brought 6T,
forth and the roset of apples picked NV
out of barrels stored in the cellar. III In | n ~
Tenant chopped down the lit ( ~ A.
tie hemock in the pasture and set it in II ~
tub in the middle of the parlor. Then >~M|| N
he brought great armfuls of trailing SSXn/, N
ground pine bittersweet and green M N
laurel and the walls and windows were e M
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decked with the cheerful green and y NJ l.
red berries. ---3V4= s-\S4E--lMA--
II shall have party every year." e. " IT
Helena promised herself she AewzA-/I IN
Christmas eve; i nv
Il do hope Mr.. Wayne will like his%-N=t tx II
knitted slippers They say he has eeS=zz=6.I -NA&
rheumatism badly and somehow folks ~ %
don't get such things even if they IN
rich 1t needs heart to think of GSA
| forts like that I'm so happy. Seems S$A Ef5
if my heart could hold the whole >20 w
world tonight" Qtt-\O 0 -oTT III ~
and looked at he eaection)o the
slaning along SHOWS decided
day party that's the lOneom NO
Christmas looked beautiful with it's Strings of
popcorn paper wrapped gifts tied with red ribbons
ousy stockings guest which Helena had made from pink
an YThe gave other things for
Langdon would rejoice foreign that Mr.
Atkins might like for his collection. Oy|S~6S O
The Sewer Mr. Smith had brought them
they might enjoy mnut the day. ne explained
kindly They rosy, chubby pair girl and boy of FIVE
Miss her shining Carriage driven by old black
Nathan off spend the day with his family the
village Rddes full of mysterious looking white pack
ages and the lonesome lady had had lovely time
eng gifts guests people she had known all her life
but somehow had never known intimately
Before 10 o'clock other guests had arrived each bearing
gifts until the little creaked under its burden Pack
ages heaped the base Of it, and mysterious
suddenly appeared branch and bonbons and doll
book from the city for the twins
laughter and merriment the paror and sitting
gathered Miss Rdde and the Widow Mer
ton insisted helping Helena dinner although Agatha Am
the little min little hands for the task
insisted Miss Rdde kindly Go into the parloI
and sit down and yourself Agatha unless YOU'D rather work like
70 work around the house there's do things
for"
1d rather rest if you don't said Agatha she sank into
chair in the corner of the parlor
Miss time and then to slip into the sitting room
and wiring CAV tune nkng old piano. and Mr. Wayne dis
violin and having tuned It, played such
marvellous music every and listened peound They all
Joined in Christmas after that and then Mr. Wayne insisted on
neelng the potatoes he could smell the turkey roasting
Mr. Atkins while the doctor went to the cellar for sweet
cider.