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HE SAVED
HIS FACE
By DOROTHY BURNS
While amusing myself over some old
letters from India, written by my
grandfather about half a century ago,
I came across one to his mother, in
which he announced his engagement
and gave an account of how he came
to marry:
“You know, my dear mother, that I
have always contended that neither
clergymen nor soldiers should marry.
The first should always be ready to
fight the devil under the banner of the
cross in any land, however barbarous,
ijbd the second to tight the enemies of
country under its fiag. And it
Weined to me that if a soldier should
take a wife she should have about her
something of a soldier's nature. 1 do
not mean that she should be expected
to march to battle like a man. but that
in moments of great danger she should
retain her self possession.
“You remember that I came out here
the year before the great mutiny and
was assigned to the —th Bengal cav
alry at Meerut, where it broke out.
I saw enough of the terrors a soldier's
wife is liable to among the English
women. who were obliged to fly for
their lives, many of them being butch
ered and some burned in their houses
while their husbands attended to their
military duties, to confirm my opinion
that a soldier should not be encumber
ed with a wife, or at least if lie has
one she should be a marvel of courage.
“A few months ago, dear mother. 1
was invited to the quarters of Colo
nel Crocker of the fusiliers. The colo
nel has been in India twenty years
and has a daughter. Cynthia, born just
after his arrival here, so that, never
having left India, she has never seen
England. At my first meeting with
this young lady 1 felt that she was to
prove a strong temptation to me to
desert my principles. After being con
stantly at her father's bungalow for
three months the first part of my reso
lution—never to marry so long as 1
was a soldier—was completely broken
down. I was passing an intermediate
stage between that resolution and my
second—if 1 did marry while a sol
dier U> mate only with a woman of
such remarkable nerve under danger
*as I had seen among the officers
wives and daughters at the breaking
out ttf the mutiny at Meerut—when an
happened that broke down all
my^^nptes'against marriage,,
“I was dining one evening with Colo
nel Crocker and his family. The colo
nel sat at one end of the table. Mrs.
Crocker at the other, while one of the
younger children and Cynthia sat on
one side and the other child beside
me. A servant was .pulling on the
punkah; another, an Indian girl, was
serving us at dinner. lii these clays
one seldom talked about anything ex-
Cept the adventures of the mutiny.
Fj|hjLlhe colonel, who was at the time
' out at a cantonment about
from Delhi, was telling how
to induce the mutinous se
poys of the regiment to which he was
attached to remain faithful to their
duty when he was interrupted by Cyn
thia quietly tellin.it the waitress to
place a bowl of milk on the floor. The
colonel gave over his narration and
looked at his daughter anxiously, her
mother doing the same. 1 saw at once
that she was moved by some powerful
emotion. But she neither moved nor
spoke. We all sat waiting while the
maid placed the bowl of milk on the
floor uot far from Cynthia’s chair and
in a position where 1 could see it.
What was my surprise and horror to
see a cobra slowly creep from vvnere
Cynthia sat to the bowl.
“The suake had been wound around
her leg and uncoiled to get the milk.
“Suddenly Colonel Crocker seized a
carving knife from the table and. dart
ing to the snake, with one blow severed
it in two parts.
“And now. dear mother. I have come
to the other important statement con
tained in this letter. This brave worn
*an has consented to be my wife. I
can keep, at least, my resolution not
to marry a woman wbo is unfitted to
be the wife of a soldier. Colonel and
Mrs. Crocker have consented, and Cyn
thia and I are very happy. To crown
all. the colonel is to be retired in a
jiSfew mouths and will use his influence
me ordered to England. so that
Rflnbdiall doubtless all sail for home to-
Cynthia and 1 shall not be
ii/NBgLed till we reach England, and
Jkyßdenr mother, will lx* at our wed
> slltlns the cud of the story as given
grandfather's letter to my great
grandmother. All turned out satisfac
torily. Colonel Crocker was retired as
expected and bad influence sufficient
to secure an order for his intended
, son-in-law to report at the war office
i in London about the same time as he
himself expected to reach there. So
they all went home together, and the
wedding was celebrated at Twicken
ham. where the Crockers took up their
after their return.
There is a sequel to this story which
Christmas is a good institution, be it
examined from any angle. The Christ
mas spirit is one to foster and encour
age. It menus unselfishness, charity,
peace, liberality, good cheer, all desir
able traits iu themselves and all feud
ing to make the world a better place.
While the Christmas holiday is a
Christian institution in name, no one
religion holds a monopoly of the Christ
mas spirit. It is common to all reli
gions. It means a striving to make
others happier, an effort to better con
ditions for mankind. It means sharing
your good fortune, no matter how
small the portions may be. It is the
essence of the Golden Rule.
While one can do much good to oth
ers by the radiatioiwof the Christmas
spirit.* the greatest good is done to one
self. No man can bestow a gift, either
material or spiritual, on another with
out benefiting himself. He must ele
vate himself by the exercise of the
emotions that Christmas calls forth,
and this elevation must be more or less
permanent. No man can be much dif
ferent one day in the year from what
he is the other 3(14 days. A
So blessed be the spirit of Christ
mas! Exercise it during the closing
days of December and you can’t help
but be the better for it. and you can’t
help but continue its benevolent influ
ences during the months that follow.
A CHRISTMAS DREAM.
1 DREAMED a dream one Christmaa
eve,
The strangest one, you may believe.
’Twas of a world divinely fair
Beyond the blue, far off, somewhere.
There grief and tears were all unknown.
And love supreme reigned on the throne.
Ah, such a joyful, gladsome world,
Where sorrow’s bolts were never hurled!
Here faces gaunt with poverty
Deride the rich in mockery.
Ail equal there were each to each.
The best within a pauper’s reach.
No surging, crushed, downtrodden masses;
No proud, elite or clan made classes;
No seasoned joys for just a few
In this fair realm beyond the blue;
No stalking want with piteous voice;
No poor to feed. All had their choice
Of that which seemeth just and good.
All things were rightly understood.
No broken hearts or racking pain;
No avaricious, blood bought gain;
No grasping, grinding, selfish gqeed
That other’s welfare doth not heed.
All things were perfect as the ltrve
That ruled this spotless world above.
Were this sad world like to my dream
And love ruled all, its right supreme,
Ah, where the chance for kindly deeds?
Were there no poor to voice their needs,
Were such a state sublimely true.
Oh, where the good that we might do?
Were there no faces dewed with tears,
Where, then, the solace of the years?
If tins world knew no grief, no care,
Could we our brother’s burden share?
Ah, love would lose much of (ts worth
Were there no charity on earth!
Perhaps ’tis better as it is
Than live In realms of perfect bliss,
For out of evil cometh good
WhcVi God is rightly understood.
And since we live mid toll and care
And not In halcyon dreams somewhere
Uplift and help thy fellow man
And do the greatest good you can
To make this world like that above,
Controlled and swayed by Christly !ove.
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goes to show that my grandfather had
saved his face by not telling the’ whole
of it The truth is that in the exuber
anee'of youth he had talked very loudly
about remaining a celibate so long as
he was in the army. When he gave in
he must needs have an excuse. He
had a very good otie. but he did not
state Toe case in full. In another let
ter giving the same story the writer
said that the moment the cobra was
killed Cynthia Crocker fell over in a
faint
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A spirit of generosity pervades the
Yuletide atmosphere. It is known and
practiced at no other season of the
year as at Christmas. It is felt in
every city. In every town, in every
village, in the entire country.
People are prone to be more thought
ful. Men manifest desires to spread
good cheer; women weave little acts
of love, kindness and devotion into
Christmas good will; children cherish
their companions and fortunes. Per
sons unconsciously instill into each
other a desire to distribute happiness
everywhere. It all comes on the
wings of that indefinable thing under
stood by few. but referred to by many
as the Christmas spirit. It is invisible,
but can be seen; it is not material, but
can be felt. It comes every Christ
mas. but too often leaves to return
perhaps next year, when the real holi
day spirit again is felt.
Why does this fellowship of love
and good will depart from the souls of
so many persons on the wings of time?
Why does not the same spirit remain
in the atmosphere after men again as
sume their routine of work and wo
men become normal after their Christ
mas cares and worries?
Would it not be a good thing if this
same Christmas spirit could continue
throughout the twelve months of tlie
year? Would it not be a good tiling
for mankind if all stopped to think of
others as they do during the Yuletide
season, if all endeavored to fill the
lives of their friends, acquaintances and
the loss fortunate with good cheer and
happiness throughout winter and sum
mer, spring and autumn?
Try this for next year. Make it one
of your resolutions, and if one resolves
to do all in his power to make others
happy throughout the entire twelve
months no other resolutions will be
necessary to assure one of happiness.
After all is said and done the only real
happiness is derived from making oth
ers happy.
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