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Kaiser as I Knew Him 4` for Fourteen Years HILBIIUS LU LULI null LHUL Ana LHLIICA was on :1 xg/gssscl that was torpcdoed and sunk.g7\[r. Smvyer was reported miss- inghybvut he was picked up out of the `- water by un A1nericau.cruise1' and in time xnum\_::ed to get home. After word came that he was saved the letter W313 , written to Bobby by his sister as from Santa Claus, and afterwards :1 tele- gram czmxe saying that his father would be home on Christmas mornliig. zosseavme THE PROPRIETIES -@|.UkI}_l'.'\J uuyuu. I-Imv cc. _\`0l1l` pressidexxt :x1h`:w Japan to in:-;-rv:x:se in puv.'er at the ex- -.p ense of a white r:u`o?" he :`.. in- dlgnuntly. Now China is lost to the v_o1'ld forever. America is the one nwer that could have p1'evex1ted ft. fb,ut now Japan has got l1er\f..u.;ex's on *.Chlna and she is lost to us forever! 1;; ...... ._ ......... :. n... Ivvnvt C"\n I,-nianr ._-Buu-1!:uv.u:u|. U\.\.LA-J1\J11-J. ` W1`.-on iiiziu-Chuu full he 1` Vicized the United States for 1 .t0pped J:1p:m. u1`1'..... .... .. Ann vu-nah}: pvu us Lu: u:u.A uuuuucn. ,; A German officer of high standing `told mejust before I left Berlin that ,_'America had made the great mistake sending ammunition, guns and sup- plies to Russia. via Japan, because ` Igiapan had just retained the neiy i tide American articles and had nhd on Russia a lot of good-ton -I .'-Umaterial 01! her own in their `('9 y advice to America," be de- - s to cut the throat of every 'e"se in America and got rid of s1`lnternal danger." He did not sug- fest cutting the throats of all the un- rable Germans who were in Amer- `Deco-jryacxber 26, 1918. By ARTHUR N. DAVHS. D. D. s; - CHAPTER VII. this strain ~ on several ~ agaln crit- r not having; Icn {ind who had already demonstrated that they were fur more dangerous than the Japanese had ever been. The Kaiser's Condence of Victory. About twelve years ago I attended the German military maneuvers at Llegnitz, in Silesia. having been in- vited by some journalistic friends of mine to accompany them in the motor allowed the press. The military repre- sentatives of England, France, Amer- ica and other countries were there with the kaiser s staff to witness the display of Germany's military power. Apparently they were very much im- pressed, for I heard afterwards that one of the French otlicers who had been present had written a book in which he said:' With such an army, Germany could annex France in six I months!" 1 1. ..... ...,..:I a. ....,...4~:.-.n Hun Pnn(- lrn ~ 1'eg1I11enL L The extent to which the count resources were squandered ' .e i early months is evldencc-r` `-.c fact ; that the soldiers hr" an excess . ' of 111-tting wr` ecarlng apparel ; that they used 11 ..y of the knitted ar- j ticles as enrpleces and covers for their 1 horses. No one had the slightest idea ` that the time might come when the whole nation would be clothed In pa- per! A+ nu: Imp nv 1+ r-nn hm-dlv be X.LlUIlLl15 1 ' I happened to mention this fact to the kaiser shortly afterwards and his signicant comment was: C`!ix- v-nnnfhul T ahnl hnnn an, \`VULHUL| I. Luhd Llllll. IUD;-_',: The condent belief that when Der ; Tag-lhe d:1y"-{lnally arrived, Get- - many would crush her enemies and ac- complish her object within 11 few , months at the outside was held nqt only by the kaiser but by the people\ 4 generally and their conduct when the ` war broke out clearly disclosed lt. \Ivu..__ r1.............'- ........ w'\r\I(V:\II uvnm Q Slgl'llHCIl1I COl'IJ11](5LllL wus: Six months! I should hope so. It wouldn t take that long! mi. ,.,mn.1.m+ Imunc Hmt- xvhnn hm- nun. uxunxu uun. \_n.u .._, When (`.er1n:my's man power was mobilized, no one in Germany believed it would be very long before they _ would all be back and every effort was made to make their few weeks of ac- tive service as little lrksome as pos- sible. Llebesgubcn, gifts of love, consisting of clothing and food 0; every description, were forwarded to them by their relatives and friends in the most lavish manner, although, of course, at that time the German com- missary was able to satisfy all the sol- diers requirements. "" n... no: v1-urr n..+:..~.+u 4-A1,: rnn Hm+ aha unsim 1t:quuc:u1:uI.a. One of my patients told me that she had sent seventeen hundred pounds of sausages to one regiment within a week, and when I asked her why she had been so generous she replied that her chauffeur was 9. member of the L regiment! ` | rm; nv+nn+ fn whiz-1\ Hun !`f\11T|" per : At this late day it can hardly be ` necessary to establish how thoroughly prepared the Germans were for the war, but an incident which occurred in the early days 06 the conflict may not be out of place to show the se!f-satis- ed and condent uttltude which all the Germans as:-;umed. mm,` l'\`I\l\"l mu-:nn n+ n 0-nhln in nn me uermuus us.-5u1u\:u. Two oicers sitting at a table In an out-of-door cafe shortly after the War began overheard one of several ladies who were puss"\g remark : Look at those officers sitting there drinking. Why are they not at the front ght- ing? One of the ofiicers got up and, approaching the ladies, said: Our work was completed months ago. We worked from early morning till late at night on'p1ans which our armies are now carrying out. It is our time to rest. rm... ..-..:..;n.-Ha.` char T4`.-nnnn uvnnhl hn yoga... nu. uugna-..a u:- The day England declared war against Germany, August 5, 1914, the - Prince von Pless called to see me pro- iessionally. There will be two wars fought, he ' xsald, oracularly. The present one, by iwhlch we shall gain control of the con- . to assist us! --That this opinion was more or less eneral in Germany may account for ,'the fact that from the time war was declared until August 23, 1914, when Japan declared war against Germany, he Japanese residents in Berlin were made the subject of the most sicken- `ing attentions. It was 1`cp01'tcd that I.` " Japan was going to attack Ilussia, and ," the Gcrmmls could not do enough to ftfnent of Europe forever, and then a 1 `war with the yellow races, in which _ `we shall probably have your country show their nc-\vl_v horn admiration for the yellow race \vhich they had hither- to so deeply despised. l`he Jnps were carried tlirouggli the streets on the shoulders of the populace and kissed and cheered wlierever they appeared in public. Ava)` 4.1.-.. 'T........ .1.\,.1....,\.`l nu... ......l.-`ab ` rest." The resistance that France would be able to put up was always very lightly estimated, and if the intervention of England was at all taken into er,_1_ sid- erution, the comparatively small ` my she could place in the eld was re- garded as but 9. drop in the bucket com- pared with the well-trained German horde that was ready to sweep across the border. How could England's 80,000 men cope with Von Kluclz`s 500,000 or the hastily mobilized French armies re- sist the thoroughly prepared. equipped and well-disciplined German warriors? -n. z... ......n.. ...-.o- 4... I`,-. nvnr\:1nv`oI` ni- uuu \\Cu`uIa\;|puu<;u \J\;LAlAuu uu...v.... , It is really not to he wondered at 1 that the Germans rmly believed that - they would bring the allies to their knees within a comparatively few 2 weeks and that the conquering Ger- man armies would celebrate Sedan` day, September 2, in Paris. What uc- i tually happened is, of course, too well known here to require recital, but I know that the Germans were kept in absolute ignorance of the marvelous resistance the allies were able to put up in those critical days of August and .September, 1914, and to this day the j majority of Germans have not heard 1 or the battle of the Marne! ,, LL, 1H__.Il_I_ _ _ _ _ ...I `-`.-\`Q I UL LUU UuI.I.lC Ul LII`; J.I.l.u.ll.Av o Just after the English passed their conscription law I was called to see the kaiser at the great army heug1quur- ters, which asthnt time were at Pless. Although the ill` had then lasted two i or three tlmes as long as the Germans Ihnd expected, the kaiser masked the depression he must have felt by put- tlng on a bo1_d front. uv1..... :,\..u..I. 4.. h`n.-Inna 4-A cfnrf LIIIE VII (5 llllltl l.L\ll-IL: How foolish for England to start conscription now, he declared. She thinks she can accomplish in fl. few months what it has taken Germany 11 humirod yeurs to uttuin. Armies and oiiicm-s cannot be developed over night. We have never stopped prepau-in_r; since the days 0! I`r-merick the Great !" CHAPTER VIII. The Man cf the Eiaur 4 JOY crowncu; I Life's annual clearing house for retro- spective thought, ` Where pensive memory recalls the smiles, - the tears, The hopes and joys of youth, the loves of ; vanis.-hezl years, 1; And sighs to see the havoc, sad, that; Time has wrought. f 2 ms 1:: O hoary month! In regions ofthe north \ I ` and east The ,song of bird and rippling of thaahe Si brook have ceased. 1 two j Anfl T\"n11n-ax`: 1hnnr::wm`l nhnrnae nf crvn- ' 0 `-ur\w\np\ DYDOK HIIVB CGESCG. . 1 And Nature`: thousand charms of sum- mer days h:1\'e ed, There Boreas reigns, erce god of wind nn .r:1nrm.:' `........................,.......................,...............;.....g.....;,..........................;...3..g..g..g..g..g........;..g..g...,.g....;.5 V zmu storms; And winter all of verdure into brown and white transforms ` And leaves no trace of life and beauty sped. - | 0 happy month! Vlhen keen anticipation, sweet. 3 sweet, Flies swift on wings of ardent love to: greet Yvith gifts the friend, the lover or the kindred near. mnureu As Xvlnter closer draws his icy fettered chains ? The heart expands and love unselsh reigns And speeds its largess to the ones most dear. v.`:1s- norn. No other birth such mighty portent here This Prince of Peace whom heaven `and earth adore. How thrilis the heart at thought 0! Chrlstmas morn! -J. C. Oliver nu. Illstrious months of most illustrious birth! Good tidings, peace and joy to all the earth A heavenly choir announced when Christ xv:1s- hnrn. I The Day of Charity. { Christmas is indeed the season of 'regenex-ate(1`_feeling-the season for_ ikindling not merely the tires of hos- pitality in the hall. but the general flame of charity in the heart.-Wash- ` lugton Irving. ._..._ month far famed! For festive dawn` and nights renowned, I 3y fraught, with hallowed benediction: crowned: I 1 %:1:21::;EE`g%?9 3 Sum}. Yomsipzm pnbjluy ).1x3e.s; s: "@k>5e.s".su'g1. U }}\e.,g1 oce,1/ Loo miBu{c}\e1(Lcemo.1x,o.1\:L}}{fes!: rm: NORTHERN Aiivdmn __'\Jl.||uu uuu aux; no luau u, U... .....,. -. . After we were in the war. the kaiser -expressed to me his opinion that our object in taking this step was four- fold: "First. he snld, Wilson wants to ;nve the money you have loaned to the ,. llies. Second, he wants to have 11 seat at the peace table. Third, he wants to give your army and navy a little practical experience-unfortu- , . nately. at our expense. And fourth, " Avnd principally, he wants to prepe ' -` on the war with Japan which he ._ ' ows is inevitable. The Japanese are ' le ones which your country must look ' has its real enemies." A flnuwnnn nlnnw nf `rth afnndlnw emmher . ` _,........_,. You're a lucky lad, Ted," spoke Mr. E VVi11is, his voice :1 trie husky. Then i : 3 he Went into his private office and for ten minutes sat idly in his swivel chair, Ha dreamy, far away expression upon? El his face. ` 1 av . . .. . . . ... can taste that maple sugar ye he sighed nally. Let me se, gtwo years since I ve visited the ' ; home town. I m nshmned of it, \ve ve run doxvn to Ne11ie s folks o A___2.._ ..:._..- ..... ..._..- .._......:..I If.` I %&W%i%$$$5%N ` E By RALPH HAMILTON -%@\Q`8I/Q '-M:4r!~*: ~`.. ~`:"`:G`.$-r`Vs`a&$ %A4\'\`/ lnnrrlvvhf `HIIR Wnrrnrvu Mnusannnnr Hnlm :~ '1` L.`.CI'IED a week to[ 5. Christmas, but Ted] 1\'(.=\\'!n:1. nice boy for Willis `; Co. had heen in lm!iCx.'z_V humor since the first of the mtmth and just now was: c:m;;'ht by the full in- uence of Yuletide.` His e_'vn:s sparlzled as he `lifted `various pack- ages from :1 box that had just; m'rived by ex- press. Amid his chuckling and gloat- ing smiles there came :1 check. \K7hn+ ran on!` fhnrn I"`rJ 'J ennnn [Hg DHHIUE LHUIU \.'2H1lU 31 CJXCUA. What you got there. Ted? sounded a sudden voice, and `Ted turned to be confronted by his boss." T9 vnn nlnnc-n ash-" hn ui-nrnrhnrnil VUULLULILCU U_V A113 UUDD. If you please, sir," he stammm-ed,` it s my regular C111-is;tmas box from the folks home on the farm." U1 nu- ...... ...I...4. ...\ . ...-t. 171...`: 1! LLIU LUHXD IHJUJC Ull L11: Lnuu. N ` Let s see what you ve'got, Ted, suggested John Willis, and he shed! The. Japanese. According to the tail: of the German :- diplomats before the war the expecta- I:lon was that Japan s `power would be kused against America at the first op- -,_portunity. Whether the object of this campaign was to stir up trouble be- -' `tween Japan and America or only to " awaken this country to a_sense of the danger which the Germans professed p to believe threatened her I don t know. `-I do know, however, that prospect of ;,._a Japanese-American war seemed to ' worry the Germans considerably more than it worries us. 1111.. , -n ,- out a cake of maple sugar, bit 011'` 0.! fragment and smacked his lips. ` rlnnninn cfn n59 has ]l1(71\D!` 1 LLLISALIUIIL illlu BlIlilE|\CU IIID ll}. Genuine stuff, eh? he I jovially. X7.-u.h.n A 1 ....3 f'I \A.`l I! .~. c ; \.uu Lunuc uuu. nuuynt auux JUL; n `he it's old ;home I'm for only twice since we were mm'1'ied. Maybe . she's longing for a sight of the coun- itry, too. I-Iellol" E 1:rn hn nzm.-m1 ur\ I-uh: n'xn3'I mm um, . u_y, Luu. LJCIIUS He had picked up his mail and be- gun to rifle the slitted envelopes. The 1 first lines of the letter he opened read: E Wan. onr r1r\11rr`\C'aIv 1\mn;n- urn mm! 4 Luau uucb UL I.llI': n:Lu:L nu: Upuucu Lcuu . My dear daughter Nellie: We are so hopeful that you may give us a Christmas yisit this year, and you` and Mr. Willis would be so Welcome! I HITIL -. A.'l.:.. --.,...u. .1- In ..:.. .\..I..A ...1 uuu &V1.1c \I':.1u.a Wuulu UC DU \Vt:I\;Uun`;: Why, this w011 t do 1" ejacuhxtedlg John Willis. replacing the letter that`. had been carelessly opened by the of- 1 ce mail clerk. Dear old peopIe-:1nd i Nellie! E ` His heart suddenly smote him. Ne1- ' lie never murmured at the exactions of business. Faithfully she accom- panied him to social functions, and all the time a conception._of their hollow ` superciality had ended in a dream of . the dear old life, where true hearts ;j and quiet, humble pleasures seemed to . beckon 1ongiugly.. 1 (L19... ........... A... L..I... .. ...`... .1......-. in! :He returned two days later. ` your folks, dear, he said. and Nellie-`s famished soul greeted the tender word I .like a cooling draught to a thlrsting l.JIll`lS[ITlS EISHZ LHIS year, lill _V0l1 Mr. Welcome!" that fice old ' 5 I m going to take a run down to `the country to look after my old home," John Willis told Nellie that evening. want to see what can be done with it." Saw spirit. noun Look here, Tuesday is Christ- avn I"I1nea cnnu',nlnr'I hilla nf ejaculated l The tenant has left and If g (Copyright) .r ` " ._ . `M G0l;\`-G to write '4 Santa Claus :1 let- ter asking him to h rin g me the things for Christ- mas I want," Tsaid B o b b y Sawyer. M a m m :1 says that because papa won t ever come home any more we can't have any Christmas gift. I don't see why, be- _ _ cause pupa was ; lost at sea, Santa Claus won't come as he used to. I `hear of children writing to Santa for what they want and I m going to write to him, too." I So Bobby est down and wrote his i letter. He spelled bugle, bugel, and Christmas, Crismus, and some of `the `words were so bungled that the old fellow must have had a hard time de- ninhnrinrr them: but. all the thinzs px0\!-VvVVU'l.r6".ri7QrK\\Y`q'1-' :\"u.-W~\7!`VVv`iD \'/UV` (Copyright, 1918. Western Newspaper Union.) Dplllh. .I4UUk\ IICLC, ;ucauu_y 1: xaunxasr A mas eve. Those snowclacl hills at [c home have made me hungry for a;] sleigh ride. Be ready to take a regu- ' 1 lar old-fashioned frolic." And there! awoke in Nellie the most extravagant c soul of hope. uv)......:I.. 11:-\ ~..n,'I 1! .`l:.-nnl~nA Haw I-\I1u, 1 -.. l.,u-.un.- And then Japan declared war against Gernmny! '-`demonstration in the streets of Berlin, `-which would have resulted most disas- trously for the Jups who hnd so recent- ly been hailed as friends but for the astonishing fact that every single Jap had succeeded in getting away from \erlln before the news of Japan's en- y into the war became generally nnnvn Instantly there was :1 wild V ouun. vn. uuyu. | ; Bundle up gopd, directed her hus- , ;band the next evening. as a doublef iteam attached to a roomy cutter ar-: uuxx; vus. nun . ` ' She was crying for joy. Her trem-, ' bling hand stole to his arm and lightly ` ' rested there. Her heart was singing- ] amid a newly awakened happiness. 1 arm... Iv`11nI0 mu nn Am hr-lrhrnl 2 ULIIIU ll HUVVIJ l1.V\lhUl.l!:hI uupplucan. The river, hill and old bridge?` ; shouted John an hour later, alive with i ` enthusiasm. Bonre on the skating g patch zmd-whoa! Nellie, this is my Christmas present to you." ` TJA `land I-unihzui in fr-nnl` AF #11:: !\`I` \.JllL'.lL1.l.Il1 `JXCDEIJL LU JUN: 1 He had halted in front of the old `_Wi11is homes_tead, pretentious in its! mansionlike beauty. I've decided to` give up the `crowded city. Well, what` i in H-9" Elvt: up "g is it?" bl..- pl. I:I..uI: 1uuL.uI:ula `; The merry sleigh bells rang out I `I gay song of renewed youth and con- itentment in a dash for Nel1le's old ` home. She ran up the steps to greet `loving outstretched arms and fond? ` crle-:4 m` hcartsome welcome. ur-1-..... -1. 1-..; In ,..:...1 `;..I...-1`l1lIlI'n : I15 ll-X She could not tell him at that su- `; preme moment. 'l"hn rnnvru clnh-r'h I-an I-av-no nnf 1 `(,'l'lt".\' I"-I lH.`{U'L')UIllkE \V '.:l\:U|lll7o ' `: ``I`!nme at last I" cried John` Wlllls, I tunneling; into the brightly decorated _ p:'l1'l01` radiant with evr-.1'g1'een and `holly. W_hy! you look" like xx girl ::"gniu, Nollie! Mcrx-y Christmas! And he kissed her under the` mistletoe. `1'aughed gm the absence of Japanese upon . hich to vent their spleen, the Ger- mans did everything they could to ` gnalgg i_i_fe__misert1_ble gigr those who 1_'e- f sembled Japs. The few Chinese who were there were terribly treated either 3 because they were taken for Japs or `: be:'\use they were of the same race. - The Siamese minister, Prince Traidos, , ` who was one of my patients, told me : . that when his wife and children Went `out on the streets the crowds followed ~ them and jeered. referring to the .Tap- , zanese as monkeys and using other op- 5 They even Went ` so far as to spit in Princess Traidos - face, and the minister finally decided ' to send her und the children to Switzer- ; ` land, although he himself rexnainod at ' probrious epithets. ;his post. 1- ..... .. ...,... `..1.,...u.. nffnvc fhn : yet!" \n {Ha . yet !lI Ee, ; ne E s ` I I I 1 2 t f nd 9 :s. f I read : Ve 5 51: you come! 4 I I I I I I I I I I I I zuluted 1_ 21' e-:mI1 I. actions ` 'eam amed nxvn fn 1 I E X I I I I I I i I I I I i 1 $6) 1/ I '~ -~ 5} ()\L A; ( (Copyright.) r in b come can't 'u) uuu, LUU. I ;!ette_r. ;Christmas, iwords `lciphering them; but all the things ;Bob wanted were named in the letter `and he did not doubt for :1 moment `that Santa Claus would respond gen- erously. _ I f\nn mn.-nine c`hn-n-Hv hafnrn {".hvi':f- eruusly. One morning shortly before Christ- ,mas, Peter the postman left a letter fat the door addressed to Robert Saw- : yer. Peter who had long delivered the letters of the Sawyer family would not i Bsugsft of A33 `give it to anybody but Bobby, saying that Santa Claus required him to give any letters marked from Kris Krin- .g1e" to the child to whom it was ad- A.-ne;-mi and on no nnn also, Rnhhv 1-_',|C U) Luv Cuuu LU n ulnu u. was nu dressed and to no one else. Bobby opened it and read: Dear Bobby: I have received your ietter-aniwill ! bring you the uest Christmas present I you ever received in your life. SANTA CLAUS." Bob of course was delighted with this, and he noticed that {tom the time of its receipt everythng about the house seemed to take on a. certain cheeriness. Bobby laid in wait for Pe- ter when he came again and asked him a lot of questions as to how and where ? Santa Claus gave him the letter. PL- ` tor said that he was not permitted. mo tell children anything about Santa Claus. They must hang up their sock-,_ lugs and wait for him to ll them. 'I"hIc u.-ne Havana an-we honu-A If'.h!-'_-2?.` tugs uuu. Will; llll lulu Lu ILII LILIZII-In This was three days before '{.`.h:2-:;t- mus. Bobby who was very watehtnl r`.etecte his mother in em- Wrote His Letter. Jun puau. I saw the kais<~r'short1y after the`! Japanese declaration of war, and he `Was very bitter z13;::i11st the United I_St:11cs because of that developmn-nt. What is your pro: t11in`.~;fn'_: of "to allow a :.'el1m\' rm-9 to :m-.~.:::: X-`him 1':1r:e! Now the .T:11;-:m<~s:e are nt- , `!_tuckin,'_; I--Ti:u1-(.`h.-`.11, um] Amox-im .. zlmve [;1'cVente it. A that Aizwx-icn had to do. \\'us to 1'. 0 11 Hf.t-`Y and -Jn1".`.`.n wnuld lm.\'e l;nu\'.'n euu)ug'n to keep her place !" T,'t\ An`VI\ :n Hutu ch-nin nn un\`:n".\I ' not tell. The (l:l_\'_l.\(`{L`-i`L` C`-lirislmas a mes- senger boy came with 9. telegrsun for I`.li'.~3. Saw_\'e1'. She tore off the envel- ope and road it. and looked very hap- py, gi\'im_.: the lllOSS(`llj._:`Gl` a half dol- lar. Bobby asked what the telegram was about. 11 Christmas "itt she and all the rest oi` the family were to receive, and when Bobby k(`pt asking again and again \`.'li:`.t is it mannna? she gave him another l)Cfll' hug and smothered` him with kisses. _ Bobby had a sister, Edith, twelve years old, and a brother Jim, ten. Both of them were too old to sympathize with Bobby in his faith in Santa Claus bringing him the gift he had promised` him in his letter. Indeed they dldn t4:.-' believe Santa Claus really wrote let- ters to children. Bobby tried his best to get out of Edith or Jim what made their mother so happy, but they would. Indeed they seemed almost as happy as she. Having failed with them Bobby ti-led Peter the postman. Peter said he suspected Santa Claus had something to do with the faintly happiness, but he was not sure. So poor Bobby was obliged to swallow his curiosity and wait for Christmas morn- ing. nnmm ..-.-m+ 4-A hm: .~.n'r`h..:-+mnu mm he told him it was about min paoizages. This ipuzzledihlnij his maxnma had told mm the're7_w:oul.I_l-. be no gifts this year and he d1d_ not; expew-r any except what Suntsioclann wouh! !.rin:.;. in her arms and gave him a bear hug and :1 dozen kisses. She seemed as happy as if she expected Saiita Claus to bring evo1'.vthin,r: she wanted for C`h1'is"~ nu. . .- .... an Bobby asked` ms moth`- et what she brought in was lntend- `V ed for Christmas, but she gave hlms no satisfaction, though she took him 31` V- If.`- `let go. ' Christm:1s the Smvyer K "`Why, Papa!" He Exclaimed. 1`.Iumm~.1, and Edith and Jim came in and so great was the excite- Jnent that Bobby forgot to look for what wuss in his stocking. That was cc.-riaxinly the happiest family ever spent or ever woulxl spend. Bobby was too young to have it all explained to him, but when he is older his mother intends t0 tell him that his father was 41... n...`-1 A... .. ...\.a,.l ..... (I I-r\v~v\r\I1r\r\l1 HIE. Bobby Went to bed on`Christmas eve : determined to resist the s--.n and keep his eyes open all mght, so that he might get a glimpse of S.'mtz1`CInus - and see "what his 1'em:n-`mhle gift was. But the sand:-n:1n soon hvggnn to drop sand In Bobhy s lids. and he was asleep in fan ruin!-nu nffnr hi: hmni ch-nr-Ir Dilllll lLl LJUUUJ D Ll\.|b' uuu Ill} \\ um u.3lC\:}_.l In ten minutes after his head struck the pillow. \171..~.- T,l\`\`\uv ....-,\lv.\ 41` r-I1v\ nus ...u. 1:... u. When Bobby awoke the sun was quite high i11 the heavens. He heard the word Bobby ! shouted in his ears and at the same time felt himself gent- ly shaken. He did not zuvaken by de- grees, but all at once. And there standing hei.'0x`e him and looking down upon him, smiling, was his pupa. \\7'h1v nnn-1 H hn lJ\ r4`1iI`|1a 3I1, T upon 111111, :51u1uug,, nus um pupu. Why, papa I1 he exclaimed, I thought you were never going to come home any more. . Qnntn (`Inna 4'-r\11T rna I'M-11* hn WIIR IIUHIU illly HIULLR ` Santa Claus told me that he was to bring me home to my little boy for :1 C111-istmas gift. Tlnhinv (`nu-nuv 11?: cu-Ina nvnnn `H6 fn. ll \.;l.\l'l3lHlilb ,',lL|.. Bobby threw his arms around his fa- ther s neck and hugged nd hugged, and it seemed that he would never ` 121;: :;p:.; (2 An I ' ,si1b.<:equent` occu \\'I,n.. ' u f`!