The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22

through the winter. With merry
laugh the little spirit nipped their
tempting blossoms, and danced on
to do some other mischief.
To his surprise he saw Ice enter
the same house. Ice winked at
Jack Frost and darting towards a
bowl of water which had been care
lessly left in an exposed place, he
froze the water and then crack!
crack! clatter! the bowl and its
contents lay scattered about on
the floor. AT this both naughty
elves laughed a great deal.
ut will teach people not to be
so careless and forgetful, even if it
does cost them their flower plants
and bowls and things" said Ice a
little more soberly. Goodbye, the
night is nearly DONE" and Ice hur-
ried off to do more mischief.
Just then they heard Wind cali
ing loudly, Let's give the Earth
People a grand old Christmas
real blizzard. Snow shake your
clothes as hard as you can, Cloud
turn your grayest lining toward the
earth, and the rest of you do all
that is in your power" Having said
this, he sent long, terrible, whis-
tie through the cold air which
awoke the Earth People to the fact
that they were having a real Christ
mas and not the wreary, rainy, one
they had expected
Snow hurled snow flakes swiftly
down from above, while Cloud turn
ed her grayest lined robes to the
earth, and Cold went about with Ice
ard Jack Frost, the three of them
nipping and freezing everything
they came in contact with.
BY morning the rainy, foggy
world had changed to a fairyland at
the magic touch of Jack Frost and
Snow. The air sparkled like dia-
monds at the breath of Cold, and
frozen ponds and icicles gave proof
that Ice had been lurking around
laying an icy finger here and there
Jack Frost had gorgeausly deco
rated window panes in palms and
flowers and grassy hillsides, while
frozen plants showed sad signs of
the destruction he had wrought.
When Bobby Huntington and his
two cousins, Tommy and Billy,
awoke at half past four in the morn
ing ito see what Santa Claus had
brought even the thoughts of their
wonderful christmas presents were
taken away for a moment when
they beheld the wonderful and
wholly unexpected scene.
Wheel" gasped Billy, who was
the first discoverer," look at that |
fellers. 1t must be mile deep!"
Say, boys" exclaimed Bobby, "if
we only had some sleds, now,
wouldn't we have timer"
How do you know but what we
have got some?" questioned Tom
my, coming to himself once more,
81 bet l can beat you both down
stairs"
NO" said Bobby with longing
look on his face" we must be real
quiet, cause we don't want our
folks to hear us and make us go
back to bed"
So, although they were fairly
itching" as Billy expressed it, to
60 running noisily down the stair
case, they were forced to go on tip
toe, while much conversation was
carried on in stage whispers as to
the size and color of the long
dreamed-of sleds.
At last, however, their impatient
Journey was at an end, the electric
lights switched on and the Christ
mas tree in all its glory was be-
held before their enraptured eyes,
and underneath, three big red
sleds! 1t was with much difficulty
they suppressed three joyful yells,
as each sprang toward his own par
ticular sled. There were many 9th
err presents to be examined and ex-
claimed over. and they were just
emptying their stockings which
contained candy and nuts, when
Bobby's mother appeared on the
scene.
children, what in the world are
you doing up this time of night?
Tho neiyhbOrs will think we have