The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-12-25


I ~ s.>T grouchy &, did
\ A "sf% dent have no
&S.~ mummy emmy how
IS ma had had been shopping yester-
lay & he sed . the beggar Why do
vcu stand there a begging and the
! begger replyed & sed Sir | haven't no
4 automobile 2 beg in.
Sunday-pa was jawing at me
because l had ran around with sum
! vuff kids. He sed l should ought 2
DO more particular. Look at me he
SD l am acquainted with all of the
best peopul in the town Ma sed Yes
hs is but they is a lot of them wont
admit it.
Monday-pa was warning ma about
deseese germs which is on money like
small pox & dipthery & meesles &
mumos & ounyuns and etc. But they
issent ennv danger of ma getting en-
ny deseeses unless the germs is mitey
quick jumpers.
Tuesday-Jane saw me running
away frum Pug Stevens which sed he
was going to whale the stuffing outa
me She curled up her lips & sed
meanishly Yure coward & it was Il
disgrace run frum Pug like you
done. l diddent say much her cause
she is lady but believe me l wood
rether be disgraced than disfggered.
Wednesdav-the teecher asst cues
tion of Jake What is Volcano & he
sed her A Volcano is mountain
Thursdav-Jane rote me note &
sed on it Dear Stats do you still like
me? what did you get in rithmatick?
whnt are you going to do Saturday?
! rote back & answered her III say
Sc. sixty 8. trap mushrats & skunks.
What Good Is Christwsr. Anyway!
What an unlovely character is
Scrocge as Dickens describes him in
! the earlier part of his "Christmas
/ CAROL! "Oh! but he was tight
fisted hand at the grindstone. Scrooge!
squeezing. wrenching. grasping.
scraping. clutching. covetous old sim
ner! Hard and sharp as flint. from
which no steel had ever struck out
generous fire; secret, and self-con-
tanned. and solitary as an oyster. The
cold within him froze his old features.
= nipped his nose. shriveled his check.
stiffened his gait; made his eyes red.
his thin lips blue. and spoke out
shrewdly in his grating voice. A
! frosty rime was on his head. and on
his eyebrows. and his wiry chin. He
carried his own low temperature al
ways about with him; he iced his Of
flee in the dog and didn't thaw
it one dergee at Christmas.
Nobody ever stopped him in the
street to say, with gladsome looks,
NV dear Scrooge. how are YOU? When
will you come to see me-? No beg
gars implored him to bestow trifie.
no children asked him what it was
o'clock, no man or woman ever once
in all his life inquired tho way to
such and such a place, of Scrooge.
Even the blind mems dogs appeared
to know him; and. when they saw
him coming on. would tug their own
ers into doorways and up courts; and
then would wag their tails as though
they said. No eye at all is better than
an evil eye. dark masterv
"Of course. Scrooge did not believe
in the good of Christmas. bah!
Humbug! Out upon merry Christ
masw he was wont to say. His neph-
ew came to his forbidding old Office
to invite him to Christmas dinner.
whereupon Scrooge taxed the nephew
roundly for his foolish sentiment
about Christmas. much good it has
ever done you!" the sour old man
cried. To this the nephew made his
celebrated reply. complete defence
of Christmas. II it ever needs any de-
fence. and so full every way Of the
Christmas spirit.
s"There are many things from
which 1 might have derived good by
which have not profited. l dare say
returned the nephew. christmas
among the rest But am sure have
always thought of Christmas-time.
/ when it has come round.-apart from
the veneratfon due to its sacred name
and origin. If anything belonging to
it can be apart from that.-as good
time; a kind. forgiving. charitable.
| rlo.,nr< tfroa. Tho nnlv time I know