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and the question which was disturbing
their minds was what to have for din-
ner on Christmas Day.
A great deal of the talking was be¬
ing done by the five* little Brownies,
as they were called. They chattered
and laughed, and quarreled, too, I
fear. Sometimes their father and
mother got a word in edgeways.
“Of course, we must have a turkey,”
said Mrs. Brown.
“And one with lots of wish bones,”
cried Brownie No. 2, “so we can all
wish.”
“Ain’t we going to have any pie?”
chimed in the youngest.
“Well,” said -Mr. Brown, “I think
pumpkin will do. It is the healthiest.
This with a smack of his lips.
“Yes, it’s the best, too,” chimed in
the little Brown, who had asked for it,
in spite of a stern glance from Father
Brown, and a sharp “Hush” from his
mother.
“There’s a big pumpkin in the barn,
that will make a dozen pies,” said Mrs.
Brown, “beside, three smaller ones.”
“Yes,” replied Mr. Brown, “I know.
As soon as dinner is over we’ll go out
to the barn, and see which one we will
need. That big one is too large, I
think, but we will see.”
As soon as the meal was over tbe
whole family, Mr. Brown and Mrs.
Brown, and the five small Brownies,
all trooped out to the barn, to pick out
the pumpkin that was to be convert¬
ed into pies for the Christmas din¬
ner. Dp the stairs they went to the
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hay loft, where lay the four big,
low pumpkins, ali *ipe and mellow.
After a long discussion as to
needs of the family in the pie line,
and Mrs. Brown decided to use
biggest one, so Mr. Brown picked it
and set it at the head of the stairs,
where it would be ready to be brought
to the kitchen when wanted.
Then all the Browns, Mr. Brown and
Mrs. Brown and the five little Brown¬
ies, solemnly filed downstairs—Mr.
Brown to see to the chickens, Mrs.
Brown to her sewing and the five
small Brownies to play.
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As soon as the family had gone the
big pumpkin which had been chosen
began to tremble all over, “like a bowl¬
ful of jelly,” as the poem says of San¬
ta Claus when he laughed.
Did you ever see a pumpkin trem¬
ble? No? Nor I, but this ene was dif¬
ferent from the kinds that grow now,
for he trembled and shook like a leaf.
The medium sized pumpkin said to
the big one:
“I told you so. You were so proud
at being the biggest. Now you see
what will happen. You’ll be made into
pies, like your brother was on Thanks¬
giving Day.”
All the smaller pumpkins laughed at
this and the big fellow grew white
through his yellow skin.
“Well, I’ll make more pies than any
of you will,” he replied, “and better
ones, too; that is, if I don’t escape.”
“Escape!” exclaimed all the others in
a breath. “Why,” continued one fel¬
low with a lump ou the side of his
head, “Why, you’re so fat that you
can’t even walk, let alone run.”
This settled matters for a few mo¬
ments, till a sound was heard on the
floor below. This set the big fellow all
a-tremble again, for he was sure it
was the farmer come to make him into
pies. But it was a false alarm. It
was John, the hired man, talking to
| i his brother, saying, Jim, “we the gardener. must have “Yes,” some
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all attention.
“The very thing,” exclaimed Jim,
“and there’s half a dozen pumpkins or
so up stairs in the loft I saw . them
the other day when I was looking for a
rake.”
“That’s so,” replied John; “one is a
big one, I remember. He’ll make a fine
lantern.”
“Well, I’ll go get a knife,” said Jim,
“and you hunt up a pole to put it on.
W’e’ll scarce the whole village; that’s
what we’ll do,” and they ran out into
j the Upstairs yard, all was still S a mouse,
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while the men were talking, but as
soon as they left a great commotion
sprang up.
“A jack-o-lantern,” exclaimed the
medium-sized pumpkin to the big one,
“not even a decent pie. Ha, ha, ha.”
The others all joined in the laugh,
while the poor doomed one could hard¬
ly contain himself. In fact, he almost
split with rage, jumping up and down
and shaking his list at the others till
the little one hid himself for protec¬
tion.
“And what will become of all of
you?” shouted the big one, “if they
make a jack-o-lantern of me?”
The laughing stopped.
“Why, two of you will be taken to
make pies, and you’ll be boiled and
mashed and baked and then eaten,
while I will enjoy myself scaring peo¬
ple, just as I am scaring you now.”
In spite of what he said, he didn’t look
as though he w r ould enjoy it much, hut
he continued:
“Yes, if. they make a lantern out of
me, I’ll just grin and bear it, and the
more I grin the more folks will be'
scared and the more folks are scared
the more I will grin.”
“If you grin too much,” put in the
one with the lump, “your mouth will
meet at the back of your neck and the
top of your head will come off.”
“Silence!” shouted the big fellow,
jumping up and down. “Silence, all cf
you. I hear some one coming.”
Voices were indeed heard and the
farmer entered the barn, talking to
himself.
“■Why don’t you run,” piped the lit¬
tle pumpkin, becoming brave, as he
heard the farmer preparing to mount
the stairs.
“Yes, hurry and escape,” said the
lumpy one, “why don’t you run or
roll, as you say you can do so grace¬
fully.”
This was too much for the big one,
who was in a towering rage, and was
jumping up and down, like a rubber
ball. He was close to the head of the
stairs, and as he heard the farmer
coming up he gave a big leap, and
missing his balance, down he rolled.
Bump — bump — bumpety — thump!
Right on to the farmer’s head he
went, and then fell with a smash on
the floor, where he was dashed into a
thousand pieces.
The farmer was stunned by the blow
for a moment and couldn’t think what
it was that had hit him. But he turned
and saw the wreck of the big pump¬
kin that was to have served for the
Christmas dinner, lying about tbe floor.
“Dear me! dear me!” he exclaimed,
“there goes that biggest pumpkin all
to smithereens. This barn is getting
so old and rickety, I ought to have
known better than to have put that
pumpkin at the top of the stairs,
where it could be jarred down.”
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“Well, then, there’s nothing to do
but to take two of the smaller ones,”
and suiting the action to the word he
walked up stairs and carried off the
two bigger pumpkins, leaving the lit¬
tle fellow all alone, trembling with
fear, yet thanking his stars at his es¬
cape.
His joy, however, was short-lived.
An instant later the hired man came
upstairs.
When he saw only the one small
pumpkin he scratched his head a mo¬
ment and then said:
“Well! well! So the old man has
left only the little one after all. . He
must like pies! There were four here
this morning.” So picking up the little
pumpkin, who was fainting from
fright, he carried him off.
The next day all that remained of
the four pumpkins were a dozen pies,
a jack-o-lantern and a lot of smashed
pumpkin on the ash heap.—Mortimer
Forsythe, in the Brooklyn Eagle.
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Christmas Giving:.
Don’t give mother a useful gift un¬
less you are too poor for aught orna¬
mental. She may be “getting on,”
hut she still loves pretty trinkets.
Gratify her.
Don’t decide not to give at all be¬
cause you cannot give handsomely.
Good will is the watchword, and good
sense will help you to choose lovely
gifts for little money.
Making presents literally with your
own hands doubles the value literally
and sentimentally very often. Busy
times are these to every one, and the
stores overflow with things that re¬
quire small outlay.
The Result of Environment.
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the situation.—Judge.
Wliat a “Yuletido” Means.
“Yuletide” is, of course, again to the
Core. It is a good enough word, eu¬
phonious and convenient. But there
is no use in investing in syllables with
too much glamor of medieval poetry
and romance. The cold, concrete fact
is that it means the time of yelling, or
“yowling,” not to say caterwauling.
By all means let us have a merry yule-
tide, but let us not “make Rome howl”
too much, nor let our yule festivities
become—as the name might imply—a
liatzenjammer.—New York Tribune.
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Caloric Considerations.
Patient—What wound you think of
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Doctor—Good heavens, sir, that is
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Would Be Much Too Racy.
Mr. Goodman—There’s too much de¬
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another he should confine himself to
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Mr. Snarpe—But suppose there are
ladies present.—Philadelphia Press.
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