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'Ht. -ACifMSTAAS cn / S 1 @W F 6 A Brown, few were R M days E at and R dinner. BROWN, before five little Christmas It Browns was Mrs. a 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 ^ Hi wmmmB /M H Wm\\vA ?twm f.'r A c JUMPING AND SHAKING HIS FIST. 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. ***»***•» 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 lie was | {jack fun on o’ Christmas lantern.” The Eve. pumpkins Let’s make were a 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, : —Youth’s Companion. 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.” \ “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. WM 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. ♦ » /?/ m ; i r n JL N3 i \ & “I tell you Santa Claus is tall and thin.” “And I tell you he is short and fat.” r- < .....’ -• ■> N M ~yj m i m mm / ! II m .IIP I M 1 ■0 x a !i ^<3 r 2 ** The respective papas who explained 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. & v Vy ’-“A - ^ i- 0 Oysters on the halt, shell i. Roast torlvtu, cfiestnut slutting. celery Cranberry Peas. saute flashed P^5S^feinJ potatoes. 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