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OCALA EVENING STAR I RIDAY DECEMBER 24 1906 11

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FRANKIISWEET

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was the night before ChristmasJ andt IT stormy

it SquaHb squash went thewheels of the carriage In the

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Whewewew whistled the wind4d And It blew Peters hat out into the

middle of the roadi Whoa yelled Peter dfHmi-

uvujfm n mn tbit sentThe princess poked her head out of

the window Whats the matterr she asked

My hat blew off Peter told herand the wheel is stuck in the mud

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Ob Peter Peter the princesschided You must get that wheel outof the mud at once

Which is easier said than donePeter grumbled Its that dark I

cant see my hand before meTheres a light back there among

the trees the princess Informed himPerhaps you could get some one tohelp you

Til go and see miss if you aintafraid to stay alone said Peter after

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some effort succeeding In quieting theplunging horses

I am dreadfully afraid she admit-ted

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ahlverlugly hut 1 suppose youwill have to go

Now In the middle of the pine grovewas set a little cottage Peter knock ¬

ed at the doorWho3 thereT asked childish

voice and a little girl poked her headc out of the square window

Our wheel is tuck in the mudPeter answered from the dark and 1

wantto get a man to help meThere Isnt any man here Jenny

Informed him There is only me andJessie nud our mother huts gone to-

nurse a sick neighbor and she wontbe home until morning

So Peter went back to the carriageand Peported to tin princessr shall freeze out here said theprlucess I will go up to the houseand sit by the fire while you look forSome one to help you with tbe car-

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Sheclimbed out of the carriage andwith Peter In the lead she ploddedthrough the woods and tbe wind

mew oPt long controls way anti thatand at last wet and panting she cameto the little house

And once more Peter knocked andonce more Jenny came to the windowThen she flung the door wide openand so tall was the princess that shehad to stoop to enter It It was a

j dingy little room and there was adumpy black stove iij the corner with

I a bubbling iron pot that gore forth aj most appetizing odori Oh oh how nice and warm it is

said the princess as she held out herhands to the lireI

In all their lives the little girls badnever beheld such a wonderful person for the princess wore n long redcloak and a black velvet hat with awaving plume and her muff was big

I and round nnd soft and she had nI scarf of the same soft fur about herj nock Her hair was j ale gold and sheI the bluest eyes and tbe reddest1-11psI and her smile was so sweet andj tender that Jenny ratio right up to her

nnd tried Oh I am soglnd that youI

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her sisters words But she JId notrun for there was a tiny crutch besideJessies chair in the square window

And I am glad to be here said theprincess whose quiet eyes were tak-ing

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in the details of the shabby roomIts so nice and warm and cozy

Isnt it said Jenny happily Andwe are getting ready for tomorrow-

On n small round table beside Jes ¬

sies chair was a tiny cedar bush andJessies fingers had been busy withbits or gold and blue und starlet pa ¬

perWe are going to pop some popcornI

Jenny explained and string it antihang Iton the tree

Ob may I helpT the princess askedhavent popped any corn since 1 was

a little girl-Jessie clasped her thin little bandsI think it would be the loveliest thing

In the world she said if you wouldstay

Peter Is going lo find some one tohelp with the carriage and 1 will stayuntil he comes back

And when Peter hail gone the prin ¬

cess slipped off the long red cloakand underneath it she wore u shiningsilken gowu and around her neck wasa collar of pearls

And now if you will lend me anapron she said we will pop thecorn

But Jessie and Jennie were gazingat her speechless

Oh you must be a fairy princessgasped little Jessie at last

The beautiful lady laughed joyouslyPeter calls me the princess she

said He has lived with me eversince I was a little girl But really 1

I am just an everyday young womanand aui going to spend Christmas withsome friends In the next town

She dismissed the subject with awave of her hand

And now to our popcorn she saidI Jenny brought a green ginghamI

apron and the princess tied the apron1 ojjinnj a bow ofjthe

strings InTiuTlmclf aijd then shedanced over to the dumgy little stoveand peeped Into the bubbling pot

Did you ever smell anything sogood she asked 1 am as hungry-as a bear

The little girls laughed joyouslyIts bean soup Jenny said and we

Iare going to have It for supper withsome little dumplings in it 1 wasafraid it wasnt nice enough for you

IRIce enough the delighted lady

exclaimed I think bean soup andlittle dumplings areumum Andshe flung out her hands expressively

I thought Jessie remarked faint-ly

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that fairy princesses only atehoney and dew

Which shows that I am not a trueprincess said the beautiful lady forhoney and dew would never satisfyme

Jenny got out three little blue bowlsand set them on n table that wasspread with a coarse but spotlesscloth There were a crusty loaf andclover sweet butter andjnst and bestof nil there were the beau soup andthe bobbing little dumplings served to-

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In an old mulberry tureenIt was perfectly wonderful to see-

the princess In tier shining gown at

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the head of the table and little lameJessie said You were just sent to usfor Christmas Why its just like

I The night before Christmas when allthrough the house

I Not a creature was stirring cot even aI

mouseThe stockings were hunG by the chimney

with sireIn hope that St Nicholas soon would be-

tThe re nestled all snug In

their bedsWhile visions of sugar plums danced in

their headsBut our stockings werent hang

yet and we werent in bed saidI Jenny

It was too early for that said the

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princess but lets go on with theI rhyme just for fun I see you knowlit all through so you mustnt wInd mychanging It n littleI

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When out on the lawn there arose sucha clatter

Jenny sprang from her chair to see whatwas the matter

I Away to the window she flew like a flashTore open the shutters and threw up the

I sashWhen what to her wondering eyes should I

appearn

But a miniature sleigh and eight tinyreindeer

I Oh no 1 forgot I meanWhen what to her wondering eyes should I

appearI But a carriage stuck In the mud right out

hereI And a little old driver so lively and

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You must have thought Peter was dear i

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The children laughed gleefully andJenny said We would have thoughtthat only we arent going to bang upour stockings this Christmas at all i

Jessie and 1 arent going to get anypresents for mother hasnt been welland she couldnt get any sewing Butshe said we could make our Christmasmerry and we were to pretend thatwe had been to the big stores in thecity and had bought things for thetree and dolls and everything

Thats a lovely way said the prin-cess

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gently and she laid her laudwith its flashing rings over Jessiesthin ones

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HQUIETLY QUIETLY PETER WARNED THE

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But we wont have to pretend aboutthe mince pie for mother has made alovely oue

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I wish I could help you eat thechicken said tile princess wistfullyand I should like to tweet your moth-

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1 know she is lovely And Ihavent any mother you know

Oh said the little girls roundeyed with sympathy And then the

I princess told them that all her life shehad lived In a big lonely house andshe bad always yearned for a cozyhome and for a sister

After supper they popped the cornand just as they finished in came Pe-

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I cant find any one to help misshe announced and its snowing Illhave to unhitch the horses and goback to town and get something totake you over in

Xo the princess demurred as shestood in the middle of the room witha heaped up dish of snowy kernels InherWind No Peter Im going tostayhere all night

Peter stared and the little girlscried On will you

And the princess said I really willI And Peter you can bring up theI steamer trunk and my bag

Wont your friends expect youmiss Peter inquired as if awaitingorders

I will send a note by you was thecalm response And as tile man wentout she followed him and shut thedoor behind her Oh Peter Petershe whispered confidentially 1 amgoing to give them such a Christmas

The little girls missI

Yes They are so sweet and brave =

I And I have till presents In my trunkI that 1 was going to carry to the otherI children But they will have so much

that they wont miss them and 1 shallI spend my Christmas in a pUin little

bouse but it will be a joyful houseI PeterI Yes miss Peter agreed under-f stnndinglyiI I wish we had a big tree said the

princess regretfully-Well leave that to me miss Peter

told her eagerly Yon just get themlittle timings to sleep early and Ill behere with a tree

Oh Peter PeterSanta Claus ex-

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the princess gleefully It will

be the nicest Christmas that I havehad since l was a wee bit of a girl

I So Peter went away and the prin-cess

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I with her eyes shining like starsldanced back into the room and said

Oh lets play marinersJessie and Jenny had never heard of

such a game but the printess toldthem that she was a ship on the highseas and that they were to tell fromher cargo what country she hailedfrom

1 carry tea she began Where do-

I hail fromChina guessed Jenny

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Japan cried Jessie with her littletface glowing-No tf

Then the little girls pondered Itmight be India ventured Jenny hiltthe princess shook her head ThenJessie cried Its Ceylon And thatwas right J

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THERE STOOD A WHITE FACED 8UIVEBIXOLITTLE WOMAN

brought a cargo of rugs from Persiaand there were cargoes of spices andof coal and of coffee and of fish andof grain and of lumber and the prin-cess

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finished triumphantly by carryinga cargo of oysters from the Chesa-peake

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bayOne more begged Jessie1 carry a cargo of castles said the

sparkling princess Where do 1 hailfrom f

The little girls guessed and guessed-and at last the princess said

That wasnt a fair one really formy castles are castles In Spain

Then with Jessie in her arms shetold them of her own castle buildingand when she had finished she said

And so your mother shall have all ofmy sewing and that will keep herbusy until spring

Oh you are going to be marriedand live happy ever after sighed Jes ¬

sie rapturously Its just what afairy princess should do-

And what you should do said theprincess looking at the clock is to-

go to bed bed bed so that you canNwake up early in the morning

Jshe tucked them In and came back I

later in a fascinating pink kimonowith her hair in a thick yellow braidand she 1 ssed them both But it waslittle larnd Jessie that she kissed lastAnd then y ie went away like a glo¬

rings visions nd the little girls sankInto slumberX

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the door cautiOi ly and tbeTrewasPeter with snow all over him andhis arms were full of holly and mis-

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and a great tree was proppedagainst the doorpost

Quietly quietly Peter warned theprincess and Peter tiptoed In and setthe tree up in the corner and its topreached to the ceiling

Tbe princess opened the steamertrunk and took out two white Teddybears one with a flaring blue bownnd the other with a flaring pink onennd then she took out a green and ayellow and a red and a blue fairybook anti a beautiful square basket ofcandy tied with holly ribbon andthen from the very bottom of thetrunk she drew string after string ofshining little silver bells fastened on-

red and pale green rIbbons-1 was going to get up a cotillon

for the children at the other housethe princess explained to Peter butthese little folks need it so muchmore

The little bells went tinkle tinkleI

as Peter hung them and JessIe-

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YOU ARE THE LITTLE MOTHER SAID THEI PKINXESSI

dreaming in her little bed heard thesound and thought It a part of her

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trimmed and whisi >ered and laughed-some one rattled the doorknob

Peter opened the door and therestood a white faced shivering littlewoman

Oh what has happened to my little

girls she panted ITI sawThe lightand It ia so late Then as she beheldthe golden haired vision in pink andthe gay tree and Peter in his trim liv-

ery she gasped Why 1 believe It Isfairies And she sat down very snddenly In Jessies chair

You are the little mother said bep princess as she knelt beside her andI put her arms around her and told her

how she came to be there and whenshe bad finished she said simply AndI have wanted my own mother somuch this Christmas and the littlegirls were so sweet that tfknew I

should love you1 You poor Httlethingr cried tlJ 1t w

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the otljerK shabby shoulder nnd wetbecause In sprite of her riches she bpdbeen wry very lonely m her blhouse

AndFntfterlcter lufrt gone thejtalkI l unInldulght o lesLiejnnd le tuy

TUT then roitroied greaflplanpalmmfhoprfoty things HmtrtHf Hit IP

mother was to make for the uiiiessI nil in the morning iT sle anti Jen-

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i waking In the early dawn sawI Bitting fin tin footboard of the lied twoI Teddy hears one with a flaring pink

how and one with n flaring blue hewand the Teddy hears held out their

i arms saucily and gazed at thr happylittle girls with twinkling eyes

1Oooh = cried the little girls who

had never seen a Teddy bran beforeI And that was the beginning of timeI most wonderful day of their lives forI

all lay the tree went tinkle tinkleas they foraged in its branches forIxinbons And the chicken dinner waa delicious stiteiss And In the after-noon They all took a ride In the prin-cess

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sleigh with Peter driving on thebox said when at last he set themdown on their own humble doorstepand lifted little Jessie in his minus theprincess smiled at them radiantly fromunderber plumy hat

Remember Peter will come for youevery Saturday and you are to stay-at my house all day she said

Oh yes Jenny sighed with rap ¬

tureAnd yon are to come to my wed

THE IKINCESH HMIIKD AT THEM KAOI-AXPLY UEXKATII lIEU PLUNKS

ding iii the springtll of you saidthe princess gayly

And see the prince said Jessieover Peters shoulder

And you mire going to let me share-a third of your mother II-

Yes oh yeses z vdDdTi of the litle1rl9Then you shall share a third of Pe-

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the princess taped track as thesmiling coachman drove her away i

through the glistening snow

The Present Said PapaIn station K in New York city a

young clerk who was sorting a sackof Christmas mail was amazed to seea package in the sack move He earriedthe sack to the sorting table anddumped out the contents Somethingsuddenly exclaimed

Papa PapaThe frightened clerk examined every

package carefully In the one thatmoved be found a live kitten packed I

in a small bird cage The kitten had apink bow of ribbon at its neck andattacked to the ribbon was a card bearlug the inscription-

A Merry Christmas from UncleJack

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Farther investigation brought forthtl1e fact that the cry Papa twinefroip a doll with blond curls that call-er

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pPapa each time it was squeezed-InI moving the mail sack the postal

Iclerk bad frightened the kitten in onepackage and squeezed the mechanicaldoll In the other package He wasmuch relieved when he had unraveledthe double mystery

Revised For Christmas-You say Jack writes he cant be here-With you on Christmas day

Well Absence makes the heart growfonder

So the poets say

TIs not Jacks absence What care IBecause he cant be near

I Its absence of the presentsThat J of all most fear

For sake of up to lateness nowWell change this little rhyme-TIs presents make the heart grow fond-

estJust at Christ as time

I Waller Wellman

Daddys Christmas DreamThat Christmas comes but once a year

la rather sad fur WillyAnd likewise limits much the cheer

Of Mabel Maud and Miliyt For they would welcome ten or twelve

To shout around the shantyI And In their stockings deep to delveI Fur goodies left b> Manly

But onre a year Ir quite enoughSince buying s tIJ4h a bother

When timrs are p nlcxy and toughFor these dear oungsters father-

In fact poor daddy hopes the fatesWill cause to set a cheap year

The calendar to change Its datesAnd Christmas swap with leap year

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