Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-12-15

and was De4Useal u 4..4 u. .,seo .
OF the Green Forest and the Green
Meadows, and gave them shelter and
was happy.
Once every year, long after the nuts
had been gathered and all the world
seemed drear and bare, came merry
children, and older folk, and with
laugh and song and happy shout would
cut young Pine trees and young Hem
lock trees and carry them away. At
first the Beautiful Pine had pitied the
young trees, but when it saw that it
was the possession Of these trees that
made the children so happy, it began
to envy them, and when Jack Frost
told it of peeplug in at many win
dows and seeing these little, trees
made beautiful with many lights, and
hung with beautiful things to fill the
hearts Of little children with Joy, it
sighed more than ever.
"For." murmured the Beautiful Pine
to the kindly stars, II would gladly
give myself to put Joy in the heart Of
just one little child; but, alas! am
too big. I am too big. No little child
wants me because I am too big"
So Christmas after Christmas the
Beautiful Pine would watch the little
trees carried away and would MUIR
muir sadly, II can give Christmas JOY
to not one little child because i am
too big, too big" And the wandering
Night Wind would carry that sad MUIR
muir through all the Green Forest, Il
am too big, too big"
Then, one day, when the snow lay
white on the Green Meadows and in
the Green Forest, and the Beautiful
Pine had watched the little trees for
Christmas carried away with laugh
and shout, as it had for so many
Christmases, came men and horses,
and keen axes sent shivers clear to it's
beautiful top, until it's proud length
lay stretched on the snow. And some
how the beautiful Pine cared not, for
it so wanted to give Joy to just one
little child, and it was too big, too big.
1t was carried into a great city, and
there, in the very heart Of the great
city, the Beautiful Pine was raised IN
til it stood as proudly as it had stood
just beyond the edge of the Green For
est, and it was hung with many colored
lights until it was quite, quite the most
beautiful that ever was. And there
came not one, but a thousand little
children, and they danced around the
Beautiful Pine, and laughter was in
their eyes, for joy was in their hearts.
And they sang and their voices were
joyous. And they shouted and their
voices were merry. And they cried
1T is the most beautiful tree in all
the world, for it is our Christmas
tree-the Christmas tree Of all the
Children"
Then was the heart of the Beaut1.
full Pine, planted long, long years ago
by the great-great-ever-so-great grand.
father of Happy Jack Squirrel, filled
with great joy-the Joy of giving, for
it had given it's greatest gift, the gift
of itself, for the joy Of many. And
the spirit Of Christmas, which is love
for all mankind, descended upon it as
sweet-toned bells chimed, ION eartf
peace, good will toward men," and the
glad voices Of thousand little chill.
dren cried, 'Merry merry Christmas p
" " u
"A Sweet Revenoe-
II sent my present to Nellie Sly.
boots when she was at her club, and
knew all the girls and fellows would
gather around to see her open it,
'Why, I thought you didn't like Mel
lie."
II can't bear her. The present was
nice long hair SWITCH"