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HKLI.O, SANTA!
What Cam of. Boy's Mg By
Tlphon.
VKKYlittl boy
otooil on a chair
and tiptoed to
reach the tele
phone. His yel
low curls hung
over his broad
collar. His blue
velvet suit caught
the gaslight in a
dozen rich tints
of shade. His eyes were saphire blue
and his skin exquisit ely fair. Yet there
was nothing delicate about his looks,
he was simply a radiant, healthy, hap
py Saxon boy.
The other little boy, who leaned
against his chair, was pale and dark
with a curly, wavy little wig of black
hair and sparkling black eyes. Ila
was as handsome a little fellow ns the
first boy, but he had no beautiful
dothes to Bet oil his beaut y. No, poor
little Byron'o toes were out of his
shoes and hisclothes wore patched and
fade
"Hello, Santa Claus!" called thelit
tle boy on the chair.
"Hello!" called Santa Chats.
Now Bertie had often telephoned
Santa Claus before, hut never had
Santa Claus said anything back. It
almost knocked the little boy off the
chair with delight.
"Santa Claus," he cried veiy fast,
for fear Santa Claus might go away
before he had finished, "will you please
give me a big paint box, Christmas,
'cause my paint box, OIHcer, our dog,
""wallowed some of the paints and the
rest of the box got lost I didn't lose
it, it lost itself"
"Of course," said Santa Clatra.
"Yes, sir. And please won't you
bring Byron a sled and some candy
and a red wagon like my best one, and
a drum? He s been a very good boy.
He hunged up his stocking hist Christ
mas, but he didn't get nothing but a
tin trumpet and some candy and a
apple"
"What's Byron's name?" said San
ta Claus.
"His name is Byron Mcintosh Cam
eron," the eager little voice answered,
"and he lives over on tho alley on Van
Buren street where the red st reet cars
are. And say, Santa Claus, I guess if
you ain't got enough for both of us,
you can give Byron his things and not
give me my paint box, 'cause maybe I
can tease my mamma to."
Mamma, who sat in tiie other room
exchanged smiles with auntie who was
Visiting her that afternoon.
"Who are you?" said Santa Claus.
"Why, don't you know me?" said
the little boy. "I'm Bertie Hardin
and my papa is Mr. Kgbert Hardin
and"
"I know him," said Santa Claus.
"He is a nice fellow. So are you."
"Sometimos I'm bad," put in Bertie,
out of his Rturdy little conscience.
"Say, Santa Claus, you won't forgot.
Course I'd like tho paint box, if you've
got enough presents to go round. You
know you needn't give our baby any.
He can't talk at all and hedon't know
about you, either, and he threw his
rattle into the fire; so I guess he'd
throw his Christmas presents away,
too. That's all. Goodbye."
Santa Claus hung up the telephone
tube and began to walk up and down
the floor, his brows knitted and his
hands in his pockets like a man per
plexed. The floor was marble, bocause he
was in a hotel ofllce, and his footsteps
made a ringing sound. He was not
an old man, noither would anyone
have suspected that ho was Santa
XJIaus; in fact, he looked a good deal
like little Byron Cameron.
Presently a man passing sujd, "Go
ing to night, Mr. Cameron?"
There was a slight pause before San
ta Clause answered "No 1 shall stay
over Chaistmas."
"Not much like Australian Christ
mas weather, I take it," said the man,
and laughed at Santa Claus' shiver.
Santa Claus liimmslf smiled a queer
smile after the man. "He has decided
for me," he was thinking. "Why not
stay? It must be Ned. Anil lie has
named his boy after me! He can't
foel very bitter to have done that!"
He save a harsh siuh. Years ago the
brothers had quarreled it is no mat
ter why now and so bitterly that the
younger went away and never more
had any dealings with his brother for
ten years.
They were alone in the world, these
two brothers, therefore the more
shame that they should quarrel. Nev
ertheless, so angry was Santa Claus
that even in far away Australia,
whither he had drifted, he could not
forgive his brother. It was business
that had brought him to this Western
city. He never guessed that it was
here hit brother lived; he did not even
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I'oor littW Byron! I f am y he often
(h1.1. II never a liuncry; but
then hi mamma never wanted to rat
m: li. Hi tatlier wan alaya iirlt
ton, now. and om'timi hr would
iv h)Hu mime of hi graHs or a
piec ol an orange.
W hen Byron got into the room he
thought it pretty to nee. The coal
in the stove made the mica window
glow wo red, and the lamp wax lighted,
and the shabby furniture, you may
be sure, never bothered Byron.
His father, as usual, lay on the
loungo. He was getting stronger, but
could harely crawl down stair. Mam
ma w as beside him showing him one
of those pretty cards that she used to
paint to sell at the shops. Sho had a
wooden shoe besides, all gilded, with
mistletoe and holly painted on it
and words. Byron heard her
say:
"The Hardins' man is wait ing for
them. That's the last, dear, then I'm
going to he lazy."
Indeed, she did nothing nil that
evening. She took Bryon on her knee
and told him about Santa Claus.
"Will he come here, to night?" said
Byron, patting his mother's pretty
cheek and her silky brown hair, "will
he bring me lots nnd lots of things
did I hit vou with my foot, papa?"
For papa made a queer little sound I
like a groan.
"No, dear," said mamma, "not lots
hut something. You know Santa
Claus has so manv little bovs and he
doesn't know always what they want. 4
"But he does this time cause Bertie
telephoned," said Byron with tri
umph, "and Santa Claus said yes.
And understood. Afterwards Bertie
and me both telephoned him for our
mammas, but he didn't say nothing
but whirr whirr like that; so, may
be he didn't hear 'bout you; but I
know he did 'bout mo and you can
havo some of my candy. Don't you
love candy, mamma? You never eat
ii single bitel Nor "pie, nor apples.
Say, mamma, Bertie's folks are going
to nave the biggest turkey did I ever
taste turkey?"
WATCHING FOR
"It's very like chicken, dear; you
used to taste it often. When papa
gets well you shall again. Won't a
great big chicken do as well to-morrow?"
"Ye-es, ma'am," said Byron, doubt
fully. Then lie whispered, "Mamma,
look at papa, he's crying 'cause he
ain't got a turkey? Ho s put his
hands all over his eyes. I don't mind
a bit!"
"A big chicken is much nicer for
three people," said mamma. "Papa is
only tired; he"
But nobody will ever know what
mamma would have said, for Byron
cauuht her tightly around the neck.
"Listen! Listen!" I hoar a trompin'
outside. It's Santa Claus! I'll catch
him!" he cried.
Then mamma and he ran out of
doors together.
There on the little piazza was an
amazing sight. You would suppose
that a toyshop and grocer's had been
unloaded together.
"Oh, mamma! Oh, mamma!"
shrieked Byron, "Santa Clans hoard!
There's everything Bertie telephoned
for my sled, my wagon, a red wagon,
and Oh! loi ' at the oranges and tho
candy! And a turkey! Look at 'em!
Look at 'em! Thank you, SantaClaus!
Why, mamma!"
"Byron! Byron!" cried mamma
but sho wasn't looking at Byron at
all, staring down the street at a man
who had turned round under the
street lamp. "Byron!" she sobbed,
after nil these years! We know we
wronged you now; como back!"
And what was strangor the man did
come back and hugged and kissed
mamma.
Next day Byron was trying to de
scribe the glories ol the evening to
Bertit.
"Shaw!" said Bertie, "why didn't
you catch Santa Claus? You ought
to have runned out quick's lightning
and seen the sleigh!"
"I did see the back of a sleigh,"
apologized Byron, "but my uncle, you
see he came 'long just then"
"Oh, unless!" said Bertie, with high
corn. "Catch me talking to uncles
when I could see Santa Claus!"
"But I never saw my uncle before,
neither," pleaded Byron. Then.chang-
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Kri'ii'g Itifir Oiri(ni liiill.Uy.
At this eaon of th j ear the mis
tletoe is a welcome addition loth
stock of our florists, being intimately
associated, mm it is, with Christmas
sport. It is new, however, to this
country, and it is not much more
than a decade since the first venture
was ever brought here. The shrub i
mostly tropical and parasitical and
authorities on the subject tell us that
there are over four hundred known
species of the order. There is only
one species known totireat Britain,
the common mistletoe the viseum
alum, as it is botanienlly known nnd
it is with that particular species that
we have to deal.
It is popularly supposed that the
mistletoe grows exclusively on the
oak tree, but that is a mistake, as it
is found on the oak in very rare in
stances, while it grows wit h great pro
fusion on the apple, tho pear, the
hawthorn, and also on syca
mores, limes poplars, locust
trees and firs. Jn some
portions of the south of
Kngland it is very abundant
and its evergreen leaves ivo a
peculiar appearance to t heorchard in
winter, when the bushes of mistletoe
are very conspicuous among tho naked
branches of the trees.
There is a superstition connocted
"with the mistletoe that it is unlucky
"to fell an oak on which it grows, and
the author of "Magna Britannia" de
scribes a great wood belonging to the
archbishops of the Hundred of Croy
land, said to havo consisted wholly
of oaks, and among them was one
that bore mistletoe, which some per
sons were so hardy as to cut down
for the gain of selling it to tho apoth
ecaries of London leaving a branch
of it to sprout out, but they proved
unfortunate after it, for one of them
foil lame and others lost an eye. At
length, in the year 1078, a certain
SANTA CI.AUH.
man, notwithstanding he was warned
against it, upon account of what the
others had suffered, adventured to
cut the tree down, and he soon after
broke his leg. To fell oaks had long
been considered fatal, and such as be
lieve it produce the instance of the
Earl of Winchelsea, who, having felled
a curious grove of oaks, soon after
found his countess dead in hfer lied
suddenly, and his eldest son, Lord
Maidstone, was pi esently killed by s
cannon ball. New York l'rets.
What They All Received.
Mr. Jeremiah Carraway wanted n
rest; but it was twins.
David Bunker Hill prayod for an
acre and he got it, but tho other
man held a royal.
The little king of Spain expected an
ark on the tree and received a box
on the oar.
Susan B. Anthony was dead sure
she was to get a nomination and she
got loft.
Lord Tennyson expected a check
from the princess; but it wus only
an order for another birthday
ode. Henry Irving wanted some beef for
his shanks and got one little calf.
Young Hobson Bobson was hop
ing for side whiskers and he caught
tho mumps.
Gentle Annie, the beggar's daughter,
wanted a collar; but she got a cull.
The postman on our block dreamed
of a remembrance and was given the
letter which never came.
The Czar of all the Kussiaa expected
a bomb and, sure enough, his wife
made him a custard pudding.
Sarah Bernhardt wanted a new bed
stead and received twelve yards ol
lead pipe.
Queen Victoria hung up her stocking
with a longing for more jubilee purses
and got a new stocking.
What we all expected: theearth with
a wire fence around it. What we all
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