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9p night ' the bn-hLy A .i- O night divine! O night when Christ
JM was born!
t ,f t>ur hmc S-ivionv’s Truly He {.night us to love one another;
. - Hia law is love, and His Gospel is peace;
>Oii. .r, tae w ;,d 11 s.ii and error pm- Ch.-.ms shall lie break, for the slave is our
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m¥ He appeared, a* s the r nil felt its And in His name all oppression shall
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gthn h ;>o tie* weary worfd re- Sweet hymn of joy in grateful chorus raise
tap* l \ oii'.h i brea anew and g.orious Let all within as praise llis holy name,
By- ,!i ' 1i: , , • ■ Christ is the Lord! then ever, ever praise
B* on vo*n kiues! O.i hear the angel we;
IL. power and glory evermore proclaim!
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{CALM ON THE LAST’NING EAR OF NIGHT.
;t aim pn she ust' nug c ot ‘‘Glory to God!’’ the sounding skies
Come Heaver, s hu.-m-shu.; strain:*, Load with their anthems ring,
jAYiuie Hi: . dud. : • '*-* he* far ‘‘Peace to the earth, good will to men,
li?r .siivor mam 1 pou.is. From Heaven’s eternal King!”
C*;< hovc Li.;ht on thy hills,^Jerusalem!
:• i . t- 1 tie Saviour now isfiorn;
■At f' V* ! • H ' ; i ii -, And I)right on neth-ehem’s joyous plains
|f :o tousic o;i the an*. Breaks the Ifrst. Christinas morn.
Peter and (lie Green Men
J V: BY FRIT’ERICK M. SMITH
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T *\ KTEK sat looking out of the
Hf window wondering what ho
fell Uhl <!•. wlliiom u Chrlst
ulns *''*•• for hi - mother it i<l
;;£aki there n-'i- littio chance of St.
cojtiin,;;- that year, ami wh-st
Wes tin lie- -e a 11\ (' ivin .1
tliiie was nothing to put 0:1 It. They
ll\c-.l In ih great Thmingian forest,
near the high littio v:’;nge of Igeishieb,
l’etorV filth, r wa • <! and the gimut
m-.ther wu > lit, ■ i;,... the mother had
■to earn Inv.td IV;- ail, though Peter
lw!p. cl. In .-’tmnuT !• hunted hfiT-tain
roots like tlm oil. r village folks.
!-,4Aml now here I. was the day ho for
tphrisfi.-m. and Peter had he >b toM
that instr-ul of thinking of a <’imV, ma
tt- Im must hit thankful if there was
ci .-sigh black bread to go round. He
w. s thankful, 1 tit ha co-fid tmt hdp
ywishluf for a free. !!<- looked at the
if oji diiadher huddled by the fireside.
MHfls, ilte haliy. was |(laying cn tiie
:Be . and Ills mother was iu:kl>:_• a
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to Pt tor. “You ttie to take .1.. to
th- village aud give them to ti." .i. • t.,-r
4a i'lustivr.* for medicine,“ said she,
"ami be sure yeti burry l>aek. for there
wi 1 itc a snowfall 1-t night.”
f&’eßst took bis w. od. it •••hoes from
►lh ovnt, where they had '■•".•a -•••artti
ljgr. and as he put bis blue ‘tor-kinged
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feet ittto them tiie good warm wood
made him smile. Then lie dumped out
iuic> the road, and stood for a moment
!o 'kitjg up at the great black tir trees
-'ll i ’den with twinkling snow crystals,
and hack into the forest lie looked
w-. re the snow carpet lay white and
tin- ti-.-.* trunks east blue weird shad
ows. lie never .-eased to regard -tiie
■. rest with awe and wonder, for tiie
ran in it and tiie wild deer bid
In its depths; above all. did not his
grandmother tell of tin- queer little
<C en Men who lived in tiie ground,
ttt.d who sometimes appeared to chil
dren ?
'file '’..id suddenly brought him back
to bin! ■ if. Ho blew Into his lingers,
iti'il < ■ lie went up the road to the vil
lage.
The snow, was well trodden. Just
as it-:- got to the place where the road
goes past the big rocks and Ilte over
running spring lie heard somebody call
!’• •!" He stopped and looked
ei'omjd. but cover a soul did he see in
all - forest. Yet he was sure lie liad
heard ;t voice, a thin, small voice, and
lie that there was someone
near who could see him, tmt whom he
could not see. set Ins heart n-thumping
with fear, so he started off again, and
if lie had walked fast before you can
Imagine that lie made good time now.
“Hi! Peter!” said the voice again,
and tltis time he saw on the hillside
above him a little man beckoning.
,\'i ar by were two other little men try
ing to drag a tree. It was a small
tree, but it was too big for the little
men, who were no higher than Peter’s
kncAll these men were old and
were clothed in greelt.
As l’eter looked at them bis eyes
opemd v.-ry wide and his fear left
Mm. so that when they all .beckoned
again lie floundered toward -them
itrongh the snow.
“P tor.” said the spokesman, “just
help . with this tree, will you? It's a
Christmas tree, and we can't get It
home.”
Now Peter was a wise lad for his
years, and lie had not listened to his
grandmother's tales for nothing. He
k cw that thes. were the wonderful
(Jreon Men and that It paid to be polite
to them. But being a German be was
. r.Mou■'. “Where do you live?” asked
: he.
“At the bottom of the spring,” said
the Green Man, “hut the way to get
there Is through this hole at the foot
of the old tir.”
“Well,” said Peter, “if one has the
luck to have a Christmas tree it’s a
pity that one shouldn't got it home, so
I’ll help.”
“You push,” said the Green Man,
“and we’ll pull. Now!”
With the three pulling and Peter
pushing they managed to get the tree
into the ground, though when he
stopped to think of it, it was funny
that so trig a tree should go into so
small a hole.
Peter was puffing and his shoes were
full of snow, but he sat down 1o
empty them and looked ruefully at the
place where the Green Men had disap
peared. Suddenly one of them [topped
out of the hole. “It’s nil right.” said
he; “we are able to manage. Thank
you for helping us, and a merry Christ
mas to you.”
Peter laughed. "That is as may be.”
said he, “but with the grandmother ill
and no money in the house there is lit
tle elinnee for merriment.”
“Cheer up,” said the Green Man,
“and here is a groschen for you. Now
we shall see what you will make of it.
Adieu.”
The Green Man walked back into
the hole, and Peter was left alone in
the quiet forest; it seemed stiller titan
ever now. He looked hard at tiie gros
ehen in his hand. He had heard about
groschens that came from the Green
Men, though lie had never known any
body who had one. They were said to
be very lucky, and if a man got one lie
was made for life, for as often as lie
spent it he found another in his pocket,
provided that lie had spent the last for
some good thing.
The more Peter thought the more lie
believed that lie had just such a gros
chen, and with ids fingers tight around
It lie again set off for the village. He
knew very well what lie would liny
first. At Herr Kelbel’s store was a
humming top that lie Had long coveted.
As soon as lie could lie did his errand
at the doctor’s and then turned his
steps toward the store. Sure enough,
there in the window lay (lie top, lmt
there by its side was a Japanese doll
with slanting eyes and a queer, long
gown. It, like the top, cost a groselien.
Peter knew that Hilda, the baby,
wanted a doll, lie stood on one leg
and then lie stood on the other, lie
looked at the doll and then he locked
at tiie top. He was in two minds what
to do, for lie knew that his groschen
might he the wonderful sort he had
heard about. Should iie buy (he doll
“PETEK,” SAID THE SPOKESMAN, “JUST KEEP US WITH THIS
TKEE, WI IX YOU?”
and risk findingauother piece of money
for the top, or should he buy to tin*
top and leave the doll to chance? Fi
nally he said to hints-’lf. “If 1 buy the
doll and do not find another gfoselien
I shall have to go without the top, hut
i should lie ashamed to buy the top
and then have nothing to give to Hilda,
for have I not been toUi that at Christ
mas one must give to others and not
think of himself?'’ So he made a daslt
for the steps, and when hr came out
Herr Keibel had the groscheti and
I’eter the doll.
Every one knows that this was the
right thing to do; I’etet knew it. too,
hut when he had gone a little distance
he stopped and very softly felt In his
pocket. Now you think, of course, that
he l%md another groschen immediate
ly. Not a lilt. And if you are disap
pointed I am afraid I’eter was, too, for
though he examined all his pockets he
found nothing. Every now and then
on the way home he tried anew search
and just before he went into the house
he took off his jacket and shook it, but
not a glimmer of money did lie set?.
“Well,” said he, “it is plain tiiat the
groSciten was not so lucky as I
thought, hut anyway. I’m glad I got
the doll for Hilda." And with Ills best
foot foremost into the house he went.
The room to I’eter was strangely
light. The mother was bustling about,
and Hilda sat on the floor with a big
doll in her arms, while there in the
chimney corner was a great tree; can
dles glowed on its boughs, silver
threads glittered in the candle light,
and tiny balls of green aud red and
gold glistened among the leaves. There
was a heap of nut:; and cakes and ap
ples at the bottom, aud upon the heap
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
was a humming top. reter opened bis
eyes, I can tell you.
"Did you meet the mail?” said his
mother.
“Whatman?”
“Why, the forester from the castle,”
said she; “he drove up just a little
while ago and brought in these. I
was for telling him that he had made a
mistake, but lie said, ‘This is whore
Peter Shuman lives, isn’t it? Then this
is the place to leave The tree,’ and lie
went off. ft.it you must have met him,
for he has just gone.”
Then Peter laughed, for lie knew a
tiling or two himself. “It was not the
king’s forester,” said he, “but the
Green Man who lives at tiie Tot coin of
tiie spring by the big fir” Then he
told ills tale.
“ ”i'is true, Mis true,” r-aid the grand
mother; "it was the Green Man.”
“Pooh!” said the mother, “it was the
forester from the castle, and it was the
prinNess who sent the tilings; as for
the Green Man, you must have
drea’med it.”
“That is ns it may he," said Peter,
“but here is the doll that I bought with
tiie groschen given me by the Green
Man, and a lucky groschen It was,
too.”
Well, ids mother could make no an
swer to that. And, besides, everybody
knows that the old grandmother was
right, and that tiie little people still
live in Thuringia in the great dark for
ests and show themselves now and
again to boys and girls wlio are unsel
fish.—Woman's Home Companion.
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wiSnSwesiriS St\niPn%J
Oyster soup
Celery Crackers Ptckles
Bread Butter
Chicken croquettes Greer, pees
Roost duck Apple sauce
Boiled oi\ioi\s Masked potatoes
Celcnj and apple salad Cheese straws
Plum* pudding Mtv\ce pie
fruit Hut's , Cheese
Cotl'ee
Those Hf Don't Want.
When a man says he doesn’t want
any Christmas presents, he moans that
lie doesn’t want any that are charged
to him at the stores, or bought with
his own money.—Atchison Globe.
Tli<?!r Christmas dfls.
“I thought it better to get you some
thing useful,” said Mr. Itossill to his
wife, "so J have bought you a couple
of good brooms for your Christmas
present.”
"That was very thoughtful of you,
my dear,” replied Mrs. Dossil). "I
share your ideas, and have bought you
a good strong coal-scuttle for you to
carry up fuel from the cellar in.”
DieiiX’Oolfltinent,
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“And what did Santa bring you?”
“Ah, shucks' Only a blame in.le
struetlble wagou.”—New York Journal
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Take Care of Your Teetli.
In ilie large cities we have a dentist
for about every .2000 "persons, and
many of these are driven with work.
No doubt every one would have Ills
hands full if every person who needed
could afford their services: while prob
ably one-half the present number of
dentists would suffice for the rising
generation if all parents would re
quire sufficient chewing exercise
throughout their children’s growing
period, themselves setting the exam
ple of giving the teeth fair play before
it is too late.
Use your teeth at every meal, give
them crusts and hard things to chew,
If possible brush them after meals,
-but surely before going to lx:d; use
some antiseptic wash to prevent ab
scesses and ret a ixl decay-, and consult a
first-class dentist twice a yea.’.—Amer
ican Queen.
Synonym* to Pleases Guc*t*.
A “synonymous” cute rtainment is
one of the best menus over tried for
getting one's quests noquniuted and
for removing nil stiffnesii and formal
ity. Before the arrival of her guests
the hostess must make put a complete
list of their names and thin must set
her wits to work to dewise. a synonym
for each. No attempt is made at se
lecting litoral synonyms for the word
or its parts as sjx'lled.
A few names from a list recently
made out will at least prove suggest
ive, and will give a better idea of Die
method of carrying out the plan than
would many words of description:
Synonyms— Names,
With noise of trumpet and drum..
... - Blair
Kipling’s latest, spherical In shape..
Kimball
An essential part of a true...’. .Btenon
Heaped . on an enemy's head. ..Coles
Noted K. yiisii novelist Scott
Scotch ten one, sign of possession,
value Mnswc. -'h
Sign of coltl wetiiher Frits;
Be quiet Hush
An emblem, sign of comtiawiiir,
Biiitgi r
Dignified names for right and left
I bowers fohiis
j Maker of barrels Cooper
A dear gentleman Km*
As oaeh guest arrives some sort of
souvenir bearing bis or her name is
pinned below the left shoulder. These
souvenirs may be ns plain or as elab
orate us tiie hostess chooses to make
them. A piece of pnper with tiie name
written upon it serves tlie purpose ns.
well an a hand-painted or a silver
mounted affair.
At any time the hostess chooses slips
of paper, each of which contains tiie
synonym of a name, arc passed to the
guests. They are told to try to find
ilie names which they represent.
Another plan is to have a complete
list of the synonyms made cut for
each guest, and then each one must
keep his own counsel aiid fill in as
many of the names as possible.
There are various ways in which the
list may he put to account in furnish
ing a part of an evening's entertain
ment, and hostesses will be able to
adjust It to suit their particular pur
pose if they study its possibilities.—
Chicago Record-Hcrald.
Art, of Putting Clothes Av/ny.
The woman wlio, knows how to put
away her belorjgings is noi only neat,
but economical and generally smart
Ju appearance. When she comes in
from a walk, she never lmngs up her
coat by tiie loop inside the collar; if
site puts it away in the closet she
uses a coat-hangyr— if she leaves it
around the room, knowing she may
need it soon, she disposes it over tiie
back of a chair that will keep it in
shape. The skirts of her gowns never
have a stringy look because they are
always hooked and then hung by two
loops. For a tailor-imade skirt site
uses a small coat-hanger with the ends
bent down a little; tills keeps the
skirt in excellent shape and causes it
to hang in even folds. The strings of
her underskirts are tied and the gar
ment is bung by the loops, thus never
showing a hump where it has rested
an the hook. For the same reason her
shirt waists are always hung by the
armholes, unless they hare hanging
loops. Handsome waists have both;
sleeves and body stuffed with tissue
paper, aud are then laid in drawers or
boxes.
Shoes are easily kept in shape by
slipping a pair of trees into them as
soon os they are removed from the
feet. If trees are not available, news
paper will do, if it is stuffed in tight.
It is well to roll each veil on a stiff
.piece of paper; a single foil will often
spoil the set of a veil and sometimes
even mar the expression of a face.
Gloves should always be removed by
turning them, wrong side out; tlioy
should then be turned hack again,
blown into shape, and each finger
smoothed opt. Ties, especially four-in
hand or golf.ties, should ho hung to
avoid creasing.
Hats, of course, should he kept out
of the dust and placed so that the trim
ming will not be disarranged. This
disposition depeuds so much on the
ljgt and the available space that each
woman must use her own ingenuity.
However, it is safe to say that no hat
should he laid flat down on a shelf.
Furs. also, should bo protected from
dust, and a muff should always be
stood on end.—New York Times.
Lingerie Note*.
A pretty idea for the trimming of a
silk nightgown is a collar finished with
a deep hem of a contrasting shade of
silk Pinks, blues, rnanves and yellows
are all washing colors, but a good make
must be chosen in order to have a fast
dye. Imitation Valenciennes lace is,
after all, the best and cheapest trim
ming procurable, and it is almost im
possible nowadays to tell the difference
between the real and Ilie imitation.
Many of the best nightgowns are
made like peignoirs. Extravagant peo
ple are using washing satin, while
there is a liberty satin with cashmere
back that is Ideal for winter.
As for chemises silk again is very
dainty wear, hut the ordinary mull
muslin or batiste is just as nice and
certainly extremely cheap. Fine linen
is effective trimmed simply with but
tonhole stitching, and, though the cost
of this is fairly heavy, the wear is
endless.
Nowadays there is no excuse for
those people who wear ugly lingerie,
for some of the prettiest models are
quite inexpensive, though on the other
hand we can spend a fortune on un
derwear if so inclined.
wnsovdofr
Chat
Five hundred women doctors are now
in practice in Great Britain, jj
Fannie Crosby, composer of “There’s
Music in the Air” and of several well
known hymns, has been blind ever
since she was nine years old.
Mrs. S. O. Reese, of Baltimore, Md.,
owns the court gown worn by her
grandmother at tiie marriage of Na
poleon and Josephine.
Mrs. Kendal, the actress, lias a fad
for collecting miniature models of
larger bric-a-brac and other articles.
She has a large cabinet full of these
tiny replicas.
Mrs. Jane ficlielzcr. of Franklin,
Ohio, litjs just passed the English phi
lology examination at Berlin Univer
sity. She is the third American
woman to accomplish this.
The late Queen of the Belgians had
given so lavishly to the many chari
ties In which site was interested during
her lifetime that it is said site had eom
p.u’flti ’ely llttlo left to bequeath a t
lici death.
Mrs. A. A. J. Dean, of Boston, Is the
iy survivor of the juvenile chorus
viiich first sang “America.” It was
cung by that chorus on July 4, 1832.
Mrs. Dean is now In her eighty-fourth
year.
Lady Frances Balfour, tiie favorite
sister of the new English Premier, is
likely to become a political power be
hind the throne. Sheds the brightest
woman of that clever family, and is
devoted to her brother and his career.
Lady Frances is much interested in the
woman’s suffrage movement, and was
active in uniting all the English suf
frage societies into one body. ' •
Mrs. Asa Ilirooka, of Osaka, Japan,
the founder and guiding spirit of file
famous banking firms of Kajima, is an
eminently successful financier and
business organizer. This woman not
only tided her vast establishment over
the difficult restoration days, but was
one of tiie pioneer coal miners in Ju
lian. She also takes a keen in.erest in
educational matters, ijat present, pro
moting a university for girls, and, by
way of giving practical encouragement
employs' many educated girls at her
banks. • ‘
JsfrAPS\ #
Dark velvet coats arc worn with
moire skirts of a light color.
An exquisite fan, with ivory slicks,
is of white chiffon trimmed with real
lace.
Plaids tis trimming are much seen
and are to he had in velvet arid panne
us well as silk and wool.
A handsome hat pin has four pear
shaped opals, with a diamond in the
centre, set in a filigree head of gold.
White satin is the prevailing lining
in all the fancy coats, and especially so
If the ermine is ilte trimtning.
Cords and tassels will he seen on, all,
our,, tailor-built frocks, while Indian'
and Russian cuibroiderirs are extreme
ly popular.
The furriers' ingenuity is shown in
the fact that; they; are discreetly adding
waistbands of Embroidery or silk to
these short, tight fitting coats.
Fashion is very partial to the note of
black in neckwear, and a touch of it Is
Introduced into many of the prettiest
pieces.
Birds are being worn and promise to
gfliu iu favor as the season advances.
Paradise plumes are also greatly en
evidence.
The Russian biouke is again to the
fore, the bolero lts by no means left
us. and basques of all lengths will be
worn.
A pretty'white"shirt waist is made of
the new striped walsting, with the col
lars and cuffs piped with green and
red plaid. A band and long tabs of
white taffeta silk finish tiie collar.
We are using line cloths, corduroy
velvets and vkmnas, which lend them
selves admirably to rttebings of glace
and velvet, tlrese playing a very impor
tant part In the season’s trimmings.
Stocks of plaid silk In all tiie Tartan
colorings are conspicuous. They n; *
fastened with tiny harness buckles of
gilt and around the top is a plain hand
of silk in dark re’, bine, ivhite or ;
black, according to tit > .-.plug of the
plaid.
DECEMBER 21
I?he Funny
r ’j me of
(Life*
Sometimes I.Vicky.
“A railroad accident is what
I always fear and dread,”
Thus spoke the maiden to the youth
As on the engine sped.
“Nay, dear, it is not always so,”
Replied tiie gallant swain,
“For it was through an accident
We met upon the train.” '
—New York Iff raid.
Hope.
Fair Client—“But, after all, the let*
ters seem unimportant.” •
Lawyer—“ Well, I’ll go over them
again, ma'am. Sometimes it takes ni
smart man to write an unimportant!
letter.”—Puck.
Whore Ho Missed It,
She—“ How did lie come to marry
his ideal?” {*
He—“He thought she had money.”-<
Puck. I 1
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Ail Advantage.
Damon Duckling—“l was hatched by
an incubator.”
Pythias Duckling—“l think they To
better than lions. They don’t kicl*
when you want to go swimming.”-*
Puck. , . , j
.Justifiable.
“Johnson writes that lie’s just killea
the hero In his new novel.”
“Well, he needn’t worry over that—
apy jury will acquit him!”—Atlanta
Constitution.
Unkindly Communion! Ive.
Mr. Cash—“ Clara holds her a gal
well.”
Mrs. Cash—“ Yes; but she tells every,
body else's.”—Detroit Free Press.
The Influence of Clothe..
Jerry—“ How do good clothes tnnkd
a man a gentleman?” J|
Joe—-2p.'liey make him feel as if ha
was expected to act like one.”—Detroit |
Free I*Jess.
■£ An Oil-Hand Answer. 1
“YSho can tell me the meaning
asked the teacher. . . .
“It’s if place where match'd peopia
repent,'Replied tbo boy ptT'im foot '-of
the class.—Philadelphia Record.
Interesting Heading.
Mrs. Richmond—“ What is your readt
Jng circle going to take up this win*
ter?” i
’Mrs. Bronxborough—“We’re going tol
read the letters our husbands used ta|
write us before we were married.”—*
New York Journal.
I'olltics.
Rmnrticus—'“Why is politics like al
screen door?”
Spartacus—“ Can’t imagine.”
Smartieus—“Because the ‘push’ and!
the ‘pull’ are so often on opposite
sides.”—Los Angeles Herald.
—•**".' '
lie Is Queer.
I “He’s a queer chap.”
‘ “Yes; just now lie was saying that!
nothing was certain in this world buk
t)t,e uncertainty of things, and yon
couldn’t bank on that.”—Detroit Frea
Press.
nci.t ■ .
He Feels It.
“Does a draft give cliilla
down your back?” asked the Phil
osopher.
“It does,” replied the Wise Guy,
“when my bauk account Is over
.drawn.”—Cincinnati Commercial Trl
bune. .
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S' Her Cult.
• “I ran into town to-day to do somb
shopping, dear,” said Mrs. Subbubs,
entering her husband’s office, “and
I
f “I see,” lie interrupted, “and you
just ran in here because you ran out.’*
“Ran out?”
t “Yes, of money.” Philadelphia!
Press.
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An Unfortunate.
• “You say you don't believe in finding
fault with the ways of the world.”
“Yes.”'
“Then you are an optimist?”
“Not at all. I ara convinced that
the world is so hopelessly bad "that
there Isn’t the slightest use of trying
to say or do anything about it.”—
.Washington Star.
tett-i, IB
A Calloused Conscience.
I “I suppose you have heard it inti
mated that you made a hundred thou
sand dollars last year in various quiet
ways?”
; “Yes,” said Senator Sorghum. 'Jen
“Aren't you going to try to stop tlif . ..
story?”
“No. Of course it will cause un
pleasant gossip, but it will help mj
liSWieial credit.”—Yv ashiagtoa Star, -