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@@ -1,35 +1,4 @@ -Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, December 21, 1880, by Various - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Harper's Young People, December 21, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly - -Author: Various - -Release Date: February 17, 2014 [EBook #44942] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, DEC 21, 1880 *** - - - - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire - - - - - - - +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 44942 *** [Illustration: HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY.] @@ -61,7 +30,7 @@ CHARACTERS. The Baron Beautemps, _a wealthy French nobleman_. Henri, _his son, aged twelve_. Lucienne, _his daughter, aged ten_. - Gaspard, _serving-man in the chateau_. + Gaspard, _serving-man in the château_. Eloise, _maid of the_ Baroness Beautemps. * * * * * @@ -72,7 +41,7 @@ is about_ A.D. 1600.) SCENE. - _A portion of the grand upper hall in the Chateau de Beautemps. + _A portion of the grand upper hall in the Château de Beautemps. Large antique fire-place at back, in which burns a sleepy wood fire. Tapestried doors R. and L. Also R. and L., beyond either door, entrances to corridors that communicate with main hall. Large @@ -89,7 +58,7 @@ _Lucienne_ (_going to window, drawing curtains, and looking out. She then comes to front of stage_). How cold and still! With what an icy glow - The stars are shining over the chateau! + The stars are shining over the château! And yonder, where the chapel roofs rise dark, The crusted snow gives out a diamond spark. Eleven strokes the great hall clock has rung. @@ -553,7 +522,7 @@ _Baron_ [_aside_]. It's Eloise.--An awkward thing, forsooth, If this young waiting-maid should learn the truth! No gossip for a mile but straight would know - That I, their lord, had wandered his chateau + That I, their lord, had wandered his château At midnight, clad more like a circus clown Than some proud nobleman of high renown. How _shall_ I act? what say? I'm sick with dread. @@ -687,7 +656,7 @@ _Eloise_ [_aside_]. The doleful chant of stupid canzonets Which night by night below my window's ledge, Perched like a monkey on a slant roof's edge, - He drones when all the vast chateau is mute, + He drones when all the vast château is mute, Hugging against his breast a crack-stringed lute. _Gaspard_ [_aside, and in tones of great melancholy_]. @@ -1351,7 +1320,7 @@ Catholic Patriarch, with his priests and monks, accompanied by the French Consul and suite in full-dress uniforms. This important procession leaves Jerusalem about one o'clock. First comes a cavalcade of mounted police, in uniforms of green braided with red, sent by the -Turkish authorities; next Come the Kawasee, _i.e._, police allowed by +Turkish authorities; next Come the Kâwasèe, _i.e._, police allowed by the local government to every Consul and Patriarch as body-guards, usually dressed in the national colors of the Consulate to which they belong. Each carries a long, thick, silver-headed mace, the bottom of @@ -1436,7 +1405,7 @@ swaddling-clothes; then another beautiful strain of praise is sung, and the bells chime the glad tidings that a Saviour is born. The monks, and priests here turn and embrace each other, saying, "Peace! peace!" the assembled crowd do the same, and saying to each other, in the beautiful -expression so natural to the Orientals, "Is S-alaam kul sine ou nahna +expression so natural to the Orientals, "Is S-alaam kul siné ou nahna s-almean," _i.e._, "Peace! peace!--may we be long spared to celebrate this great rejoicing!" @@ -1544,357 +1513,4 @@ BY HOWARD PYLE. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Harper's Young People, December 21, 1880, by Various -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, DEC 21, 1880 *** - -***** This file should be named 44942.txt or 44942.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/4/9/4/44942/ - -Produced by Annie R. 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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Harper's Young People, December 21, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly - -Author: Various - -Release Date: February 17, 2014 [EBook #44942] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, DEC 21, 1880 *** - - - - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire - - - - - - - - -[Illustration: HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE -AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY.] - - * * * * * - -VOL. II.--NO. 60. PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. PRICE FOUR -CENTS. - -Tuesday, December 21, 1880. Copyright, 1880, by HARPER & BROTHERS. $1.50 -per Year, in Advance. - - * * * * * - - - - -[Illustration: "WHEN THE CLOCK STRUCK TWELVE."--[SEE NEXT PAGE.]] - -WHEN THE CLOCK STRUCK TWELVE. - -A Christmas Play in One Act. - -BY EDGAR FAWCETT. - - -CHARACTERS. - - The Baron Beautemps, _a wealthy French nobleman_. - Henri, _his son, aged twelve_. - Lucienne, _his daughter, aged ten_. - Gaspard, _serving-man in the château_. - Eloise, _maid of the_ Baroness Beautemps. - - * * * * * - -(_The action passes in the spacious old castle of the_ Baron. _The time -is about_ A.D. 1600.) - - -SCENE. - - _A portion of the grand upper hall in the Château de Beautemps. - Large antique fire-place at back, in which burns a sleepy wood - fire. Tapestried doors R. and L. Also R. and L., beyond either - door, entrances to corridors that communicate with main hall. Large - draped window R. of fire-place. Near R. door small cabinet, on - which is a silver candelabrum with lighted candle. Near door at L. - a similar candelabrum resting on heavy carved chair. As curtain - rises,_ Henri _and_ Lucienne _are discovered beside chimney-place - in act of hanging up stockings before it._ Lucienne _wears a - costume of brocaded silken stuff reaching to the ground, and a - small velvet hood, whence her hair flows in rich abundance._ Henri - _wears doublet with large collar, and knee-breeches._ - -_Lucienne_ (_going to window, drawing curtains, and looking out. She -then comes to front of stage_). - - How cold and still! With what an icy glow - The stars are shining over the château! - And yonder, where the chapel roofs rise dark, - The crusted snow gives out a diamond spark. - Eleven strokes the great hall clock has rung. - Well, brother Henri, is your stocking hung? - -_Henri_ (_joining_ Lucienne _at front of stage_). - - All's ready, sister; see how slim and white - Both stockings glimmer in the doubtful light. - I can't help wondering, as I watch them thus, - What gifts the Christinas Saint will bring to us. - -_Lucienne_. - - Oh, everything we've wanted for a year! - To me a painted doll in bridal gear; - To you a sword, a cup and ball, a top; - To me, again-- - -_Henri_. - - Lucienne, I pray you, stop. - Dear sister, I've a secret to confess. - -_Lucienne_ (_eagerly_). - - What is it, Henri? Anything I'll guess? - Ah, there! your face reveals it ere you speak: - You want a falcon, beautiful and sleek, - To hunt with in the spring, when field and glade - Hear the sweet bugles of the cavalcade. - Who knows?--Perchance good luck your bird may bring, - Tied to the chimney by a silken string. - -_Henri_. - - No, no, Lucienne; in vain your wits would tire - To guess just what it is that I desire. - I want--come closer; let me speak it low-- - I want-- - -_Lucienne_ (_in alarm_). - - Why, Henri, what disturbs you so? - -_Henri_. - - The wish to look on that famed Saint who brings - At twelve each Christmas-eve such pretty things; - To watch old Santa Claus, as plain as day, - Steal to this hall in some mysterious way; - To mark his long white beard, his elfish mien, - And see what others have so rarely seen. - -_Lucienne_ (_agitated_). - - Oh, Henri, brother, I am filled with dread! - How came so queer a fancy in your head? - -_Henri_. - - Call it a whim, freak, folly, if you choose; - Only keep watch with me. You'll not refuse? - -_Lucienne_. - - I should not dare! And yet--if I relent-- - -_Henri_ (_kissing her_). - - Dear, kind Lucienne! I thought you would consent. - Now hear my plan. Although a dangerous one, - Its very spice of danger lends it fun. - Our nurse, Florine, till two o'clock at least - Will dance, most likely, at the village feast. - She's stolen away, and begged me not to tell; - And I, be sure, will keep her secret well. - We to our chambers will meanwhile repair. - And till the clock strikes twelve hold vigil there. - Then we shall both glide out on stealthy feet, - And-- - -_Lucienne_. - - Feel my heart, Henri. Just hear it beat! - -_Henri_. - - Oh, nonsense! Think how glorious it will be - To find him here, and know 'tis really he! - They say that midnight is his favorite hour - To show the merry magic of his power. - And if we spy upon his movements then, - We'll see him here alive. Oh, think, Lucienne! - -_Lucienne_ (_starting and looking about_). - - But if your plan by any chance he knew, - What awful deed might Santa Claus not do? - Suppose that quickly as the turn of dice - His anger changed us into cats or mice? - Suppose as reindeers he should make us drag, - With monstrous horns, and feet that never flag, - The tinkling sled in which he journeys forth - Each Christmas-eve, from wild realms of the North? - -_Henri_ (_laughing_). - - A doleful penance for so slight a sin!-- - Come; they who nothing venture, nothing win. - -_Lucienne_. - - But, mind, we'll only peep from either door; - We might indeed repent if we did more. - -[Illustration: _Henri_. - TRUE, SISTER; FOR A LITTLE WHILE WE PART. - UNTIL THE CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE BE STOUT OF HEART.] - -_Henri_ (_kissing her_). - - True, sister; for a little while we part. - Until the clock strikes twelve be stout of heart. - -_Lucienne_ (_as they separate_). - - On kind old Santa Claus to play the spies? - -_Henri_ (_taking candle from R._). - - Our plan is made. Good-night till twelve o'clock. - -_Lucienne_ (_taking candle from L._). - - What noise was that? It gave me such a shock! - -_Henri_ (_listening_). - - A wainscot mouse that somehow came to grief. - Good-night. - -_Lucienne_. - - Good-night. I'm trembling like a leaf. - - [_Exeunt_ Henri _and_ Lucienne _at R. and L. doors. Each carries - away candle, and the stage is now wrapped in dimness._ - - _Enter_ Gaspard _and_ Eloise _from R. corridor._ Gaspard _follows_ - Eloise _in slow, attentive way. He wears a doublet of some dull - red material, with yarn stockings and low buckled shoes._ Eloise - _wears a dress that reaches above her ankles, and a dainty white - apron, into which she occasionally thrusts both hands._] - -_Eloise_. - - I pray you, Gaspard, cease these foolish airs, - These love-sick sighs and sentimental stares. - They've thrown Madame already in a pet; - She thinks me quite too young to marry yet. - -_Gaspard_. - - Unpitying girl! I scarcely can believe - You'd show such cruelty on Christmas-eve. - I'll hang no stocking ere I rest to-night; - If filled at all 'twould not be filled aright. [_Sighs deeply._] - -_Eloise_ (_archly_). - - And how would you prefer it filled, Sir Tease? - -_Gaspard_. - - How save with one kind smile from Eloise! - -_Eloise_. - - My smiles are not so cheaply gained as that. - Be off at once, and stop your silly chat! - 'Tis nearly twelve--the hour, as rumor tells, - When Santa Claus begins his goblin spells. - Ah, could I once, with these two favored eyes, - The good Saint at his kindly task surprise, - I'd give-- - -_Gaspard_ (_eagerly_). - - You'd give--well, what, Eloise?--your heart? - -_Eloise_. - - Why, certainly. But then you need not start. - There's no occasion to express content - By quite misunderstanding what I meant. - -_Gaspard_ (_very agitatedly_). - - I don't misunderstand--oh, not at all. - You meant that if by chance it should befall - Yourself, Eloise, at midnight here to stray, - And look on Santa Claus, you might repay - Such privilege by-- - -_Eloise_. - - Ah, could I see the Saint, - Speeding his jovial pranks, with visage quaint, - 'Twere hard to warn you where my grateful mood - Would place the limit of its gratitude. - -_Gaspard_ [_aside_]. - - What if to-night, disguised with cunning art, - I should myself enact Kris Kringle's part? - -_Eloise_. - - Well, I must hurry on; the hour grows late. - -[Illustration: _Gaspard_. - STEAL HERE BY TWELVE O'CLOCK, WITH CAUTIOUS PACE, - AND TURN YOUR LOOK TOWARD YONDER CHIMNEY-PLACE.] - -_Gaspard_. - - One moment, Eloise, I beg you wait. - The genial sprite whom you desire to meet - Perchance your longing gaze may really greet. - Steal here by twelve o'clock, with cautious pace, - And turn your look toward yonder chimney-place, - Then who shall say what marvel yet untold - 'Twill be your happy fortune to behold? - -_Eloise_ [_aside_]. - - The sly deceiver! Would he dare assume - The guise of Santa Claus, and in the gloom - Of this deserted hall delude my sense, - Hoping to dupe me by some bold pretense? - I half believe so. Well, if this were true, - How nicely such deception he should rue! - -_Gaspard_. - - You'll come, Eloise? - -_Eloise_. - - Perhaps. I can't decide. [_Going toward corridor at R._] - -_Gaspard_ (_following her_). - - By all means let your wish be gratified. - Accept my counsel.--Stop one moment, please. - -_Eloise_ (_hurrying off_). - - I'll think of it. Good-night. [_Exit_ Eloise _at R._] - -_Gaspard_. - - Nay, stop, Eloise! - Agree that when the clock strikes twelve you'll fare, - On timorous tiptoe, by the large North stair, - Down to this hall-- [_He pauses, looking off R._] - - She's vanished like a dream! - Still, trust to fate, Gaspard, and work your scheme. - - [_Exit_ Gaspard _at R., slapping breast confidently._ - - _Enter the_ Baron Beautemps _at L. The_ Baron _is disguised as - Santa Claus. He wears a white wig, a dark jerkin, with ruffled - breeches reaching a little below the knee; he carries a pack of - toys upon his back: he has a long white beard; his shoulders are - sprinkled with powdery substance, representing snow. He turns on - entering, and looks at the two stockings hung before chimney-place - with a fond, happy smile._] - -_Baron_. - - Dear spotless little stockings, viewed with joy, - Pure memories of my darling girl and boy, - How tenderly though silently you tell - Of lightsome, pattering footsteps loved so well! - - [_Laughs to himself softly._] - - Ah, me! that I, a noble great in rank, - Should thus at midnight play the mountebank! - And all because I guess how young Henri, - With curious eagerness, resolves to see - That mystic Saint of Christmas, whom no eye - Discerns, whom some believe in, some deny! - Zounds! what a foolish father I have grown! - Does Henri sleep, or will he come alone, - Just as the clock strikes twelve, in night array, - This fire-lit hall's weird shadows to survey? - Well, if he comes, the wicked rogue shall find - A Santa Claus quite suited to his mind.-- - And yet, while fancying his childish glee, - A strange, unpleasant thought oppresses me: - Suppose it chanced that while I lingered here - The real Kris Kringle should himself appear! - That situation would indeed be fine - For one decked out in mimic robes like mine. - Still, since this garb was easy to obtain - From old ball costumes of our last King's reign, - And since I knew how Henri's heart was set - On seeing the good Saint whom so few have met, - I quietly determined for one hour - To frolic thus, forgetting state and power. - - [_Listens intently at R._] - - A movement in the turret overhead.-- - Some servant, doubtless, climbing to his bed. - Hark! steps! I'll fly at once--the sound grows near. - Too late. I am seen. Confusion!--who is here? - - [_Enter_ Gaspard _at R. He is disguised as Santa Claus. He wears a - pair of taffetas breeches uncouthly rolled up to his knees, gray - yarn stockings, and an old jacket trimmed with rusty silver - buttons. He has a broad hat shading his face, and carries upon his - back some sort of huge stuffed sack. He stoops affectedly while - walking, and employs the slow, tottering pace of an aged man. Just - as he appears on stage, and while the_ Baron _retreats bewilderedly - toward L., twelve loud, solemn strokes sound, as if from a distant - clock._] - -_Gaspard_ (_who has observed the_ Baron) [_aside_]. - - Ah! Heaven, who can it be, in mercy's name? - That pack of toys, long beard, and stooping frame - 'Tis Santa Claus, by everything that's queer! - My knees are failing me; I quake with fear. - -_Baron_ (_watching_ Gaspard) [_aside_]. - - That loaded form--that hesitating gait-- - 'Tis Santa Claus himself, as sure as fate! - I've not sufficient strength to flee away. - I'm positively frozen with dismay. - - [Gaspard _and the_ Baron _now eye each other in great comic - bewilderment. The_ Baron _gives a nervous cough, and_ Gaspard - _starts in ludicrous terror._] - -_Gaspard_ [_aside_]. - - I'm nearly dead with fright--I choke and pant.-- - I'll speak to him--ask pardon. No, I can't. - - [Gaspard _here gives a heavy groan, at which the_ Baron _starts in - great alarm._] - -_Baron_ [_aside_]. - - Of course he means to do some dreadful thing. - Even now he seems preparing for a spring. - - [_The_ Baron _here makes a loud shuddering sound, at which_ Gaspard - _sinks upon his knees._] - -_Gaspard_ [_aside_]. - - My legs have both collapsed--I'm most unwell. - -_Baron_ [_aside_]. - - Ye saints! he's muttering some horrid spell, - Calling some gnome, perchance, with grip of ice, - To shoot me up the chimney in a trice! - - [_While_ Gaspard _and the_ Baron _regard each other in the dimness - with glances of mutual fear_, Henri _and_ Lucienne _peep forth from - doors at R. and L._] - -_Henri_ (_only perceiving_ Gaspard _at R., and speaking in an excited -whisper_). - - 'Tis he! I look on Santa Claus at last. - -_Lucienne_ (_only perceiving the_ Baron, _her father, at L._). - - He's here! And oh, my poor heart beats so fast! - -_Henri_ (_alluding to_ Gaspard). - - With that large hat, his face I scarce behold. - -_Lucienne_ (_alluding to the_ Baron). - - He wears no hat to shield him from the cold. - -_Henri_. - - How strange he has no beard, as tales declare! - -_Lucienne_. - - How long his beard is, and how white his hair! - -_Henri_. - - I thought his clothes were snowy--it is not so. - -_Lucienne_. - - He's very thickly covered o'er with snow. - -_Henri_ (_discovering the_ Baron _also_). - - What! two of them! I can't believe it true. - -_Lucienne_ (_discovering_ Gaspard). - - Oh dear! I never dreamed there would be _two_! - -_Gaspard_ (_rising, and staggering helplessly toward back of stage_) -[_aside_]. - - I feel that he observes me like a lynx; - No doubt of some dark punishment he thinks. - I'll try to escape from his revengeful glare; - Perhaps he'll drag me back, though, by the hair. - He turns his head--pursues me with his eye. - My doom is sealed.--I'm very young to die! - - [_Enter_ Eloise _at R. She comes slowly and cautiously upon stage. - As she does so_, Gaspard _conceals himself behind the curtain of - window at R. of chimney-place._ Eloise _discovers the_ Baron, - _gives a sudden start, and then addresses audience in quick, - agitated aside._] - -_Eloise_ [_aside_]. - - Beyond a doubt Gaspard is waiting there, - In beard and wig disguised with subtle care. - The artful scamp! how easy to perceive - This web of crafty guile he means to weave! - So, so, my clever trickster, you shall meet - Your match to-night in cunning and deceit. - - [_Aloud_] (_addressing the_ Baron.) - - Pray are you Santa Claus? If this be true, - It gives me joy, great Saint, to welcome you. - -_Gaspard_ (_half hidden behind curtain_) [_aside_]. - - What store of courage has the charming jade! - Now on my life, she's not a bit afraid! - She thanks her stars for this fine stroke of luck; - Her curiosity has lent her pluck. - -_Baron_ [_aside_]. - - It's Eloise.--An awkward thing, forsooth, - If this young waiting-maid should learn the truth! - No gossip for a mile but straight would know - That I, their lord, had wandered his château - At midnight, clad more like a circus clown - Than some proud nobleman of high renown. - How _shall_ I act? what say? I'm sick with dread. - The minx would doubtless follow if I fled. - Kris Kringle's gone, and I escape his ire, - Yet leave the frying-pan to find the fire. - - [_While the_ Baron _speaks this aside_, Eloise _slowly draws nearer - to him, examining his appearance as closely as the dim light will - allow. Her manner shows extreme suppressed fun; she now and then - places her hand over her mouth, as though to restrain herself from - laughing aloud. Meanwhile_ Gaspard, _still half concealed behind - curtain, watches very intently what is passing. He seems distressed - by the boldness of_ Eloise. _He makes one or two gestures of eager - learning, but_ Eloise _entirely fails to perceive his presence. - This affords_ Gaspard _opportunity for much comic alarm and - generally humorous by-play. The_ Baron _retreats a little to L. as_ - Eloise _approaches him from R. At length_ Eloise _addresses him, in - a voice of mock gravity._] - -_Eloise_. - - Great Saint of Christmas! pardon, I beseech, - My wish to address you in poor mortal speech. - Yet now, while gazing on your reverend face, - I long to beg of you one special grace. - -_Gaspard_ (_with signs of marked surprise_) [_aside_]. - - Her words arouse in me an interest keen. - "One special grace." What can the vixen mean? - -_Baron_ [_aside_]. - - Was ever man more oddly placed than I? - She'll recognize my voice if I reply. - -_Eloise_. - - Ah! treat me not with silent unconcern, - But grant, great Saint, the boon for which I yearn! - -_Gaspard_ [_aside_]. - - What is the boon that she has come to seek? - And why on earth does Santa Claus not speak? - -_Baron_ [_aside_]. - - I must respond; it is my only choice. - Yet _can_ I properly disguise my voice? - -_Henri_ (_from doorway at R._) [_aside_]. - - It's Eloise; some favor she would crave. - Upon my word, she's wonderfully brave. - -_Lucienne_ (_from doorway at L._) [_aside_]. - - How dare she go as near to him as that? - And where's the Santa Claus who wore the hat? - - [Henri _and_ Lucienne _have been standing on the threshold of - either chamber in foreground, with only their heads peeping forth - from either doorway. They seem immensely concerned and occupied - with all that is now going on. A little while previously they have - discovered each other's presence, and made mutual signs of - astonishment._ Henri _has lifted two fingers of right hand, thus - indicating by expressive pantomime what surprise it has given him - to find that there are two Santa Clauses instead of one._ Lucienne - _has responded by similar pantomime._] - -_Eloise_. - - You're silent still. Oh, is it, then, because - You speak some different language, Santa Claus? - I know, for my part, but a single tongue; - I left off going to school when rather young. - - [_Aside_] (_with great secret amusement, while she looks toward - audience._) - - The wily rascal, he is dumb from fear, - His voice being so familiar to my ear. - I'll make him talk, or else my woman's wit - Is less adroit than I imagine it. - - [_Aloud once more, and in a voice of earnest pleading._] - - Majestic Saint! how pitiless you are! - I wished to question you of one Gaspard, - A serving-man in Baron Beautemps' train, - Who loves me, and who grieves at my disdain. - - [Eloise _now lifts finger roguishly at audience, and turns sly - looks toward the_ Baron _as she does so._ Gaspard _leans forward - from curtains, and listens with deep attention._] - -_Baron_ (_speaking in a very gruff, hollow voice, totally unlike his -usual tones_). - - Gaspard? Of him what question would you ask? - To deal with sweethearts never was my task. - If love's coquettish moods your phrase would paint, - 'Twere best you should consult another saint. - - [Eloise _shows marked surprise as these words are spoken. The voice - which the_ Baron _uses evidently arouses her astonishment. But by - the time he has ended she is once more looking at audience with - same sly expression as before. Meanwhile_ Henri _and_ Lucienne, _as - though terrified by the stern voice of him whom they suppose to be - Santa Claus, close doors at R. and L., disappearing wholly from - stage._] - -_Eloise_ [_aside_]. - - He's changed his voice; he's warier than I guessed. - Well, now, till all's revealed I'll never rest. - - [_Aloud._] - - Nay, mighty Saint, I tell it to my grief, - This lad, Gaspard, torments me past belief. - In hall or corridor I scarce can pause - But there he waits to accost me, Santa Claus. - His flattery turns me ill; with sigh and groan - He vows that Nature wrought my heart from stone; - Now rude and fierce, now penitent and meek, - He swears to hang himself three times a week; - But most, indeed, my wearied soul regrets - The doleful chant of stupid canzonets - Which night by night below my window's ledge, - Perched like a monkey on a slant roof's edge, - He drones when all the vast château is mute, - Hugging against his breast a crack-stringed lute. - -_Gaspard_ [_aside, and in tones of great melancholy_]. - - Oh, Eloise, relentless and untrue! - Complained of as a nuisance! and by you! - - [Gaspard _covers face with hands, as though overwhelmed by grief._] - -_Baron_ [_at first aside_]. - - Good! I have fooled her, and with effort faint. - How easy it is to play the Christmas Saint! - A few more words that neatly shall beguile, - And lo! I'll flit away in ghostly style! - - [_Aloud, to_ Eloise.] - - No more, I pray. 'Tis not for me to deal - With lovers' destinies, their woe or weal. - That here within my presence you should come - But proves you singularly venturesome. - This once to o'erlook your rashness I will deign; - Pardon hereafter you shall seek in vain. - So stern the penalty for deeds thus bold, - Your very blood would curdle were it told; - Both limbs would fail your trembling form beneath, - Both jaws would scarce contain your chattering teeth. - - [_The_ Baron _speaks these latter words in a terribly severe tone._ - Gaspard _audibly shivers as he hears them._ Eloise _recoils and - seems at first quite horrified. Then suddenly, as though reminding - herself that it is, after all, not Santa Claus, but only her - sweetheart disguised for the purpose of deceiving her, she tosses - her head and regards the_ Baron _very courageously, placing a hand, - in the most saucy way, on each of her hips._] - -_Eloise_. - - No doubt I should be frightened half to death-- - Should scream, should stagger, and should catch my breath, - And thus, indeed, I really might behave-- - Being not by temperament very brave-- - Did I not chance to more than merely guess - The shrewd impostor whom I now address. - -_Baron_ [_aside_]. - - Impostor? She discovers, then, my sham? - Has she discovered also who I am? - - [_Aloud, in same voice as before_]. - - Retire in haste, young maid, and wisely shirk - To insult Kris Kringle at his goodly work! - -_Eloise_ (_with sudden anger, stamping her foot, and, coming much nearer -to the_ Baron). - - Retire, indeed! And do you still surmise - I've not the sense to pierce your thin disguise? - I wonder, wicked knave that you appear, - The real Kris Kringle does not find you here, - And soundly punish you for this offense - In due proportion to its impudence. - - [Eloise _here gives a loud, mocking laugh, and abruptly tears wig - from the_ Baron's _head, afterward pulling beard from his face - also._] - - Of me, Gaspard, I'll teach you to make sport - With mask and mummery of this idle sort. - I'll bid you learn if Eloise will bear - Being juggled with by stratagems unfair. - I'll have you know-- - -[Illustration: - _Eloise._ AH, HEAVEN! WHAT HAVE I DONE? - _Baron._ YOU'VE COUNTED ON YOUR GAME BEFORE 'TWAS WON.] - - (_Discovering that it is the_ Baron, _and showing great - consternation._) - - Ah, Heaven! what have I done? - -_Baron_ (_good-humoredly_). - - You've counted on your game before 'twas won. - - [Henri _and_ Lucienne _now peep forth cautiously from doors R. and - L. They gaze for a moment in amazement at the_ Baron, _and then - advance toward him from either side of stage._] - -_Henri_. - - Papa, as I'm alive! How strange it seems! - -_Lucienne_. - - It's like the way things happen in one's dreams. - - [Gaspard, _as if thunderstruck, now quits his hiding-place, taking - off hat and throwing aside his pack._] - -_Gaspard_ (_to_ Eloise). - - Ah, then, Eloise, those cruel words you spoke - Were all intended as a harmless joke? - -_Eloise_ (_agitatedly_). - - Oh yes, Gaspard. I thought 'twas you disguised. - I never felt so startled--so surprised! - -_Henri_. - - 'Tis such a disappointment! I could cry! - -_Lucienne_. - - I'd help you if you did, Henri. - -_Baron_ (_caressing both children_). - - And why? - -_Henri_. - - Two Santa Clauses! Think, papa, what fun! - And now you haven't left us even one! - -_Baron_. - - Nay, never mind, dear children. We have seen - Two loving hearts grow blithesome and serene; - Made dark misunderstandings melt away - From both, like sombre vapors touched with day. - - [_The_ Baron _looks toward_ Gaspard _and_ Eloise, _who hold each - other's hands, exchanging smiles of reconciliation._] - -_Eloise_ (_with sudden anxiety, addressing the_ Baron). - - Oh, master, will you pardon my rude act? - -_Baron_. - - Agreed; but one condition I exact: - Gaspard and you must promise both to keep - My own sly masquerade a secret deep. - -_Gaspard and Eloise_. - - We promise, master! - -_Baron_. - - Well, so be it; and I - Perchance will well reward you by-and-by. - The Baroness in my hearing lately said - That Eloise was still too young to wed. - But possibly persuasion may invent - Some private means of making her relent. - -[Illustration: - _Gaspard_. OH, THANKS! A THOUSAND THANKS, BENIGNANT LORD!] - -_Gaspard_ (_delightedly_). - - Oh, thanks! a thousand thanks, benignant lord! - -_Henri_ (_to his father_). - - Shall Lucienne and myself gain no reward - For keeping silent, as your will decrees, - Like happy Gaspard and his Eloise? - -_Baron_ (_taking one of the children's hands in each of his own_). - - Ah, when you wake to-morrow, both shall find - Your stockings with sweet treasures richly lined. - Hie straight to bed, and ere the day return - Let each one here a valued lesson learn: - Gaspard and I shall grant, grown more discreet, - That danger paves the pathway to deceit; - While you, Henri, Lucienne, Eloise, shall own - That oft the unknown had best remain unknown; - Nor strive as now, on Christmas-eve, to delve - In goblin mysteries, while the clock strikes twelve. - - [_All join hands and bow, as curtain falls._] - -END OF PLAY. - - - - -[Illustration: NURSERY TILES-"THERE HE IS!"] - - - - -HOW IT ALL HAPPENED. - -A Christmas Story. - -BY LOUISA M. ALCOTT. - - -It was a small room, with nothing in it but a bed, two chairs, and a big -chest. A few little gowns hung on the wall, and the only picture was the -wintry sky, sparkling with stars, framed by the uncurtained window. But -the moon, pausing to peep, saw something pretty and heard something -pleasant. Two heads in little round night-caps lay on one pillow, two -pairs of wide-awake blue eyes stared up at the light, and two tongues -were going like mill clappers. - -"I'm so glad we got our shirts done in time! It seemed as if we never -should, and I don't think six cents is half enough for a great red -flannel thing with three buttonholes--do you?" said one little voice, -rather wearily. - -"No; but then we each made four, and fifty cents is a good deal of -money. Are you sorry we didn't keep our quarters for ourselves?" asked -the other voice, with an under-tone of regret in it. - -"Yes, I am, till I think how pleased the children will be with our tree, -for they don't expect anything, and will be so surprised. I wish we had -more toys to put on it, for it looks so small and mean with only three -or four things." - -"It won't hold any more, so I wouldn't worry about it. The toys are very -red and yellow, and I guess the babies won't know how cheap they are, -but like them as much as if they cost heaps of money." - -This was a cheery voice, and as it spoke the four blue eyes turned -toward the chest under the window, and the kind moon did her best to -light up the tiny tree standing there. A very pitiful little tree it -was--only a branch of hemlock in an old flower-pot, propped up with bits -of coal, and hung with a few penny toys earned by the patient fingers of -the elder sisters, that the little ones should not be disappointed. - -[Illustration] - -But in spite of the magical moonlight the broken branch, with its scanty -supply of fruit, looked pathetically poor, and one pair of eyes filled -slowly with tears, while the other pair lost their happy look, as if a -cloud had come over the sunshine. - -"Are you crying, Dolly?" - -"Not much, Polly." - -"What makes you, dear?" - -"I didn't know how poor we were till I saw the tree, and then I couldn't -help it," sobbed the elder sister, for at twelve she already knew -something of the cares of poverty, and missed the happiness that seemed -to vanish out of all their lives when father died. - -"It's dreadful. I never thought we'd have to earn our tree, and only be -able to get a broken branch, after all, with nothing on it but three -sticks of candy, two squeaking dogs, a red cow, and an ugly bird with -one feather in its tail;" and overcome by a sudden sense of destitution, -Polly sobbed even more despairingly than Dolly. - -"Hush, dear; we must cry softly, or mother will hear, and come up, and -then we shall have to tell. You know we said we wouldn't seem to mind -not having any Christmas, she felt so sorry about it." - -"I must cry, but I'll be quiet." - -So the two heads went under the pillow for a few minutes, and not a -sound betrayed them as the little sisters cried softly in one another's -arms, lest mother should discover that they were no longer careless -children, but brave young creatures trying to bear their share of the -burden cheerfully. - -When the shower was over, the faces came out shining like roses after -rain, and the voices went on again as before. - -"Don't you wish there really was a Santa Claus, who knew what we wanted, -and would come and put two silver half-dollars in our stockings, so we -could go and see _Puss in Boots_ at the Museum to-morrow afternoon?" - -"Yes, indeed; but we didn't hang up any stockings, you know, because -mother had nothing to put in them. It does seem as if rich people might -think of poor people now and then. Such little bits of things would make -us happy, and it couldn't be much trouble to take two small girls to the -play, and give them candy now and then." - -"_I_ shall when I'm rich, like Mr. Chrome and Miss Kent. I shall go -round every Christmas with a big basket of goodies, and give _all_ the -poor children some." - -"P'r'aps if we sew ever so many flannel shirts we may be rich by-and-by. -I should give mother a new bonnet first of all, for I heard Miss Kent -say no lady would wear such a shabby one. Mrs. Smith said fine bonnets -didn't make real ladies. I like her best, but I do want a locket like -Miss Kent's." - -"I should give mother some new rubbers, and then I should buy a white -apron, with frills like Miss Kent's, and bring home nice bunches of -grapes and good things to eat, as Mr. Chrome does. I often smell them, -but he never gives _me_ any; he only says, 'Hullo, chick!' and I'd -rather have oranges any time." - -"It will take us a long while to get rich, I'm afraid. It makes me tired -to think of it. I guess we'd better go to sleep now, dear." - -"Good-night, Dolly." - -"Good-night, Polly." - -Two soft kisses were heard, a nestling sound followed, and presently the -little sisters lay fast asleep, cheek against cheek, on the pillow wet -with their tears, never dreaming what was going to happen to them -to-morrow. - -Now Miss Kent's room was next to theirs, and as she sat sewing she could -hear the children's talk, for they soon forgot to whisper. At first she -smiled, then she looked sober, and when the prattle ceased she said to -herself, as she glanced about her pleasant chamber: - -"Poor little things! they think I'm rich, and envy me, when I'm only a -milliner earning my living. I ought to have taken more notice of them, -for their mother has a hard time, I fancy, but never complains. I'm -sorry they heard what I said, and if I knew how to do it without -offending her, I'd trim a nice bonnet for a Christmas gift, for she _is_ -a lady, in spite of her old clothes. I can give the children some of the -things they want anyhow, and I will. The idea of those mites making a -fortune out of shirts at six cents apiece!" - -Miss Kent laughed at the innocent delusion, but sympathized with her -little neighbors, for she knew all about hard times. She had good wages -now, but spent them on herself, and liked to be fine rather than neat. -Still, she was a good-hearted girl, and what she had overheard set her -to thinking soberly, then to acting kindly, as we shall see. - -"If I hadn't spent all my money on my dress for the party to-morrow -night, I'd give each of them a half-dollar. As I can not, I'll hunt up -the other things they wanted, for it's a shame they shouldn't have a bit -of Christmas, when they tried so hard to please the little ones." - -As she spoke she stirred about her room, and soon had a white apron, an -old carnelian heart on a fresh blue ribbon, and two papers of bonbons -ready. As no stockings were hung up, she laid a clean towel on the floor -before the door, and spread forth the small gifts to look their best. - -Miss Kent was so busy that she did not hear a step come quietly up -stairs, and Mr. Chrome, the artist, peeped at her through the balusters, -wondering what she was about. He soon saw, and watched her with -pleasure, thinking that she never looked prettier than now. - -[Illustration] - -Presently she caught him at it, and hastened to explain, telling what -she had heard, and how she was trying to atone for her past neglect of -these young neighbors. Then she said good-night, and both went into -their rooms, she to sleep happily, and he to smoke as usual. - -But his eye kept turning to some of the "nice little bundles" that lay -on his table, as if the story he had heard suggested how he might follow -Miss Kent's example. I rather think he would not have disturbed himself -if he had not heard the story told in such a soft voice, with a pair of -bright eyes full of pity looking into his, for little girls were not -particularly interesting to him, and he was usually too tired to notice -the industrious creatures toiling up and down stairs on various errands, -or sewing at the long red seams. - -Now that he knew something of their small troubles, he felt as if it -would please Miss Kent, and be a good joke, to do his share of the -pretty work she had begun. - -So presently he jumped up, and, opening his parcels, took out two -oranges and two bunches of grapes, then he looked up two silver -half-dollars, and stealing into the hall, laid the fruit upon the towel, -and the money atop of the oranges. This addition improved the display -very much, and Mr. Chrome was stealing back, well pleased, when his eye -fell on Miss Kent's door, and he said to himself, "She too shall have a -little surprise, for she is a dear, kind-hearted soul." - -In his room was a prettily painted plate, and this he filled with green -and purple grapes, tucked a sentimental note underneath, and leaving it -on her threshold, crept away as stealthily as a burglar. - -The house was very quiet when Mrs. Smith, the landlady, came up to turn -off the gas. "Well, upon my word, here's fine doings, to be sure!" she -said, when she saw the state of the upper hall. "Now I wouldn't have -thought it of Miss Kent, she is such a giddy girl, nor of Mr. Chrome, he -is so busy with his own affairs. I meant to give those children each a -cake to-morrow, they are such good little things. I'll run down and get -them now, as my contribution to this fine set out." - -Away trotted Mrs. Smith to her pantry, and picked out a couple of -tempting cakes, shaped like hearts and full of plums. There was a goodly -array of pies on the shelves, and she took two of them, saying, as she -climbed the stairs again, "They remembered the children, so I'll -remember them, and have my share of the fun." - -So up went the pies, for Mrs. Smith had not much to give, and her spirit -was generous, though her pastry was not of the best. It looked very -droll to see pies sitting about on the thresholds of closed doors, but -the cakes were quite elegant, and filled up the corners of the towel -handsomely, for the apron lay in the middle, with the oranges right and -left, like two sentinels in yellow uniforms. - -It was very late when the flicker of a candle came up stairs, and a pale -lady, with a sweet sad face, appeared, bringing a pair of red and a pair -of blue mittens for her Dolly and Polly. Poor Mrs. Blake did have a hard -time, for she stood all day in a great store that she might earn bread -for the poor children who staid at home and took care of one another. -Her heart was very heavy that night, because it was the first Christmas -she had ever known without gifts and festivity of some sort. But Petkin, -the youngest child, had been ill, times were very hard, the little -mouths gaped for food like the bills of hungry birds, and there was no -tender mate to help fill them. - -If any elves had been hovering about the dingy hall just then, they -would have seen the mother's tired face brighten beautifully when she -discovered the gifts, and found that her little girls had been so kindly -remembered. Something more brilliant than the mock diamonds in Miss -Kent's best ear-rings fell and glittered on the dusty floor as Mrs. -Blake added the mittens to the other things, and went to her lonely room -again, smiling as she thought how she could thank them all in a sweet -and simple way. - -Her windows were full of flowers, for the delicate tastes of the poor -lady found great comfort in their beauty. "I have nothing else to give, -and these will show how grateful I am," she said, as she rejoiced that -the scarlet geraniums were so full of gay clusters, the white -chrysanthemum stars were all out, and the pink roses at their loveliest. - -They slept now, dreaming of a sunny morrow as they sat safely sheltered -from the bitter cold. But that night was their last, for a gentle hand -cut them all, and soon three pretty nosegays stood in a glass, waiting -for dawn, to be laid at three doors, with a few grateful words which -would surprise and delight the receivers, for flowers were rare in those -hard-working lives, and kind deeds often come back to the givers in -fairer shapes than they go. - -Now one would think that there had been gifts enough, and no more could -possibly arrive, since all had added his or her mite except Betsey, the -maid, who was off on a holiday, and the babies fast asleep in their -trundle-bed, with nothing to give but love and kisses. Nobody dreamed -that the old cat would take it into her head that her kittens were in -danger, because Mrs. Smith had said she thought they were nearly old -enough to be given away. But she must have understood, for when all was -dark and still the anxious mother went patting up stairs to the -children's door, meaning to hide her babies under their bed, sure they -would save them from destruction. Mrs. Blake had shut the door, however, -so poor Puss was disappointed; but finding a soft, clean spot among a -variety of curious articles, she laid her kits there, and kept them warm -all night, with her head pillowed on the blue mittens. - -In the cold morning Dolly and Polly got up and scrambled into their -clothes, not with joyful haste to see what their stockings held, for -they had none, but because they had the little ones to dress while -mother got the breakfast. - -[Illustration] - -Dolly opened the door, and started back with a cry of astonishment at -the lovely spectacle before her. The other people had taken in their -gifts, so nothing destroyed the magnificent effect of the treasures so -curiously collected in the night. Puss had left her kits asleep, and -gone down to get her own breakfast, and there, in the middle of the -ruffled apron, as if in a dainty cradle, lay the two Maltese darlings, -with white bibs and boots on, and white tips to the tiny tails curled -round their little noses in the sweetest way. - -Polly and Dolly could only clasp their hands and look in rapturous -silence for a minute; then they went down on their knees and revelled in -the unexpected richness before them. - -"I do believe there _is_ a Santa Claus, and that he heard us, for here -is everything we wanted," said Dolly, holding the carnelian heart in one -hand and the plummy one in the other. - -"It must have been some kind of a fairy, for we didn't mention kittens, -but we wanted one, and here are two darlings," cried Polly, almost -purring with delight as the downy bunches unrolled and gaped till their -bits of pink tongues were visible. - -"Mrs. Smith was one fairy, I guess, and Miss Kent was another, for that -is her apron. I shouldn't wonder if Mr. Chrome gave us the oranges and -the money: men always have lots, and his name is on this bit of paper," -said Dolly. - -"Oh, I'm _so_ glad! Now we shall have a Christmas like other people, and -I'll never say again that rich folks don't remember poor folks. Come and -show all our treasures to mother and the babies; they must have some," -answered Polly, feeling that the world was all right, and life not half -as hard as she thought it last night. - -Shrieks of delight greeted the sisters, and all that morning there was -joy and feasting in Mrs. Blake's room, and in the afternoon Dolly and -Polly went to the Museum, and actually saw _Puss in Boots_; for their -mother insisted on their going, having discovered how the hard-earned -quarters had been spent. This was such unhoped-for bliss that they could -hardly believe it, and kept smiling at one another so brightly that -people wondered who the happy little girls in shabby cloaks could be who -clapped their new mittens so heartily, and laughed till it was better -than music to hear them. - -This was a very remarkable Christmas-day, and they long remembered it; -for while they were absorbed in the fortunes of the Marquis of Carabas -and the funny cat, who tucked his tail in his belt, washed his face so -awkwardly, and didn't know how to purr, strange things were happening at -home, and more surprises were in store for our little friends. You see, -when people once begin to do kindnesses, it is so easy and pleasant they -find it hard to leave off; and sometimes it beautifies them so that they -find they love one another very much--as Mr. Chrome and Miss Kent did, -though we have nothing to do with that except to tell how they made the -poor little tree grow and blossom. - -They were very jolly at dinner, and talked a good deal about the Blakes, -who ate in their own rooms. Miss Kent told what the children said, and -it touched the soft spot in all their hearts to hear about the red -shirts, though they laughed at Polly's lament over the bird with only -one feather in its tail. - -"I'd give them a better tree if I had any place to put it, and knew how -to trim it up," said Mr. Chrome, with a sudden burst of generosity, -which so pleased Miss Kent that her eyes shone like Christmas candles, -and she said, - -"Put it in the back parlor. All the Browns are away for a week, and -we'll help you trim it--won't we, my dear?" cried Mrs. Smith, warmly; -for she saw that he was in a sociable mood, and thought it a pity that -the Blakes should not profit by it. - -"Yes, indeed; I should like it of all things, and it needn't cost much, -for I have some skill in trimmings, as you know." And Miss Kent looked -so gay and pretty as she spoke that Mr. Chrome made up his mind that -millinery must be a delightful occupation. - -"Come on then, ladies, and we'll have a little frolic. I'm a lonely old -bachelor, with nowhere to go to-day, and I'd like some fun." - -They had it, I assure you; for they all fell to work as busy as bees, -flying and buzzing about with much laughter as they worked their -pleasant miracle. Mr. Chrome acted more like the father of a large -family than a crusty bachelor, Miss Kent's skillful fingers flew as they -never did before, and Mrs. Smith trotted up and down as briskly as if -she were sixteen instead of being a stout old woman of sixty. - -The children were so full of the play, and telling all about it, that -they forgot their tree till after supper; but when they went to look -for it they found it gone, and in its place a great paper hand with one -finger pointing down stairs, and on it these mysterious words in red -ink, - -"Look in the Browns' back parlor!" - -[Illustration] - -At the door of that interesting apartment they found their mother with -Will and Petkin, for another hand had suddenly appeared to them pointing -up. The door flew open quite as if it was a fairy play, and they went in -to find a pretty tree planted in a red box on the centre table, lighted -with candles, hung with gilded nuts, red apples, gay bonbons, and a gift -for each. - -Mr. Chrome was hidden behind one folding-door, and fat Mrs. Smith -squeezed behind the other, and they both thought it a great improvement -upon the old-fashioned Santa Claus to have Miss Kent, in the white dress -she made for the party, with Mrs. Blake's roses in her hair, step -forward as the children gazed in silent rapture, and with a few sweet -words welcome them to the little surprise their friends had made. - -There were many Christmas trees in the city that night, but none which -gave such hearty pleasure as the one which so magically took the place -of the broken branch and its few poor toys. They were all there, -however, and Dolly and Polly were immensely pleased to see that of all -her gifts Petkin chose the forlorn bird to carry to bed with her, the -one yellow feather being just to her taste. - -Mrs. Blake put on her neat bonnet, and was so gratified that Miss Kent -thought it the most successful one she ever trimmed. - -She was well paid for it by the thanks of one neighbor and the -admiration of another; for when she went to her party Mr. Chrome went -with her, and said something on the way which made her heart dance more -lightly than her feet that night. - -Good Mrs. Smith felt that her house had covered itself with glory by -this event, and Dolly and Polly declared that it was the most perfect -and delightful surprise party ever seen. - -It was all over by nine o'clock, and with good-night kisses for every -one the little girls climbed up to bed laden with treasures and too -happy for many words. But as they tied their round caps Dolly said, -thoughtfully, - -"On the whole I think it's rather nice to be poor when people are kind -to you." - -"Well, I'd _rather_ be rich; but if I can't be, it is very good fun to -have Christmas trees like this one," answered truthful Polly, never -guessing that they had planted the seed from which the little pine-tree -grew so quickly and beautifully. - -When the moon came to look in at the window on her nightly round two -smiling faces lay on the pillow, which was no longer wet with tears, but -rather knobby with the mine of riches hidden underneath--first-fruits of -the neighborly friendship which flourished in that house until another -and a merrier Christmas came. - - - - -THEN COMES SANTA CLAUS. - - - O children, little children, - You must be good, because - A few short days bring Christmas-eve, - And then comes Santa Claus. - And somebody will tell him - All that you've said and done - For many a week, and if he's pleased, - Heigh-ho! look out for fun. - So, children, little children, - Be lovely, dears, because - A few short days bring Christmas-eve, - And then comes Santa Claus. - - - - -CHRISTMAS AT BETHLEHEM. - -BY LYDIA M. FINKELSTEIN. - - -Bethlehem, the birth-place of our Saviour, is situated about five miles -from Jerusalem. It is customary for a great number of the residents of -the Holy City, as well as the visitors, to spend Christmas-eve at -Bethlehem, as the Roman Catholic Church celebrates it there with great -pomp and ceremony. Most of those who belong to that Church go there as -worshippers, while many others go simply as spectators of the -ceremonies. - -Those who intend to walk, as some prefer doing, set out in the morning -or early part of the afternoon of the 24th of December, while such as -ride never go before the afternoon, and keep on going till midnight. As -there are neither coaches nor horse-cars running between these two -places, people have to get there on donkeys, mules, camels, or horses, -which animals are found in a large square situated in front of the Tower -of David, near the Jaffa Gate, through which people usually go to -Bethlehem. The muleteers and donkey-boys generally get a pretty accurate -idea of the number to be accommodated by asking every one they meet if -he intends going. They accordingly arrange their prices. It is best to -secure one's steed betimes, lest one may be left to put up with a lame -donkey or one-eyed horse. The animals that convey people in the early -part of the afternoon have time to return and take another party. - -The principal personage who sets out from Jerusalem is the Roman -Catholic Patriarch, with his priests and monks, accompanied by the -French Consul and suite in full-dress uniforms. This important -procession leaves Jerusalem about one o'clock. First comes a cavalcade -of mounted police, in uniforms of green braided with red, sent by the -Turkish authorities; next Come the Kâwasèe, _i.e._, police allowed by -the local government to every Consul and Patriarch as body-guards, -usually dressed in the national colors of the Consulate to which they -belong. Each carries a long, thick, silver-headed mace, the bottom of -which, on such occasions, rests on their stirrups; then follows the -Patriarch, gorgeously attired in his purple cloak and Cardinal's hat; -alongside of him are the Bishops and Consul, followed by a long train of -secretaries, interpreters attached to the Consulate, and monks and -priests; lastly comes a long line of those who are ready to go at that -hour, most of them mounted on horses, but some on donkeys, mules, and -even camels. Everybody is in good spirits, laughing, chatting, and -cracking jokes good-naturedly. - -When this variegated procession nears Rachel's Tomb, which is situated -on the Bethlehem road, it is met by hundreds of Bethlehemites of both -sexes, all in holiday attire, who salute it with firing of guns and -pistols, and with songs of welcome; then turning round, they head the -procession, singing, drumming, firing, and clapping their hands. In this -way they enter Bethlehem, and as they pass through the narrow streets -they are greeted with acclamations of joy by all, and with songs of -welcome from the windows by the women and children. - -Three monasteries and the great complex Church of the Nativity are all -under one roof, which covers the stable-cave where Christ was cradled. -They all form a great fortress-like edifice, in front of which is a -large open square, in which the Turkish soldiers in Zouave uniforms are -now ranged on each side of the road through which the procession is -going to pass. A procession of priests and monks from the monastery, -wearing magnificent robes, and preceded by a large number of chanting -choristers gayly attired in red and white garments, meets the Patriarch -and company with songs of praise. All dismount, and enter through the -low iron door into this fine large building, which was built in the -eleventh century, and are met by the hospitable friars, who show the way -to the dining saloon, where the long tables are set with tempting -refreshments. After the travellers have refreshed themselves, their -respective rooms are shown them. - -The Church of the Nativity is a splendid high structure, and was first -built by the Empress Helena in the fourth century. In the fifth century -it was devastated; but it was restored by the Emperor Justinian in the -year 630. - -There are services going on all the evening, but the grand service -begins about midnight. The church is brilliantly lit with thousands of -wax tapers, and is so crowded that there is scarcely standing room, and -almost every worshipper carries a lighted wax taper. During the service, -which is conducted by the Patriarch, some monks appear, dressed in -sheep-skins, representing the shepherds. Suddenly a song of glorious -melody bursts out from the assembled crowd of priests--that grand and -majestic strain the "Gloria." - -The service continues till three o'clock in the morning, when it is -ended by a procession, singing, headed by the Patriarch carrying a waxen -image representing the Saviour in a golden crib, which is taken down -into the grotto, _i.e._, the place or manger where it is supposed that -Christ was born. This grotto is under the church, to which there are two -descents; the one from the north side has a descent of sixteen steps, -and the southern one has thirteen steps. Here there is a small low arch, -over which can be seen, though somewhat defaced by time, a -representation in mosaic of the birth of our Saviour, with which it was -decorated by the Crusaders in the twelfth century. Around this arch, -hanging almost to the ground, are fifteen gold lamps, which are kept -burning night and day; four of them belong to the Roman Catholics, five -to the Armenians, and six to the Greeks. A large marble slab covers the -floor of the arched recess, in the middle of which is a round space -displaying a stone of bluish color, which is said to be a jasper; this -is surrounded by a large silver star, having this inscription on its -broad border: "Hic de Virgine Maria Jesus Christus natus est." At a -distance of about ten feet southeast from this arch a descent of three -steps brings you into the Oratory of the Manger, which is about eight -feet long by seven broad; here you see a manger hewn in the rock. At the -east end of this oratory there is an altar dedicated to the Wise Men, -for it is supposed to be the spot where they worshipped Jesus and -offered Him their gifts. The roof and walls of the grotto are gracefully -draped with crimson figured satin; the curtains are left open here and -there, giving the spectator an opportunity to see the natural rock. -Suspended from the ceiling are beautiful gold and silver lamps, which -are always kept burning. - -When the Patriarch descends into this grotto another ceremony is -performed--laying the image into the manger and wrapping it in -swaddling-clothes; then another beautiful strain of praise is sung, and -the bells chime the glad tidings that a Saviour is born. The monks, and -priests here turn and embrace each other, saying, "Peace! peace!" the -assembled crowd do the same, and saying to each other, in the beautiful -expression so natural to the Orientals, "Is S-alaam kul siné ou nahna -s-almean," _i.e._, "Peace! peace!--may we be long spared to celebrate -this great rejoicing!" - - - - -[Illustration] - -SEEN IN A DREAM. - -BY M. E. - - - Into the dream-land, the wonderful dream-land, - Where the fairies that once lived in fairy-land throng, - And sugar-plum trees bloom both summer and winter, - And the sleep-time is short and the play-time is long, - Journeyed our darling, and there she beheld him - Who never was seen by the light of the sun-- - Old Santa Claus, brave in green wreaths and red berries, - His merry eyes sparkling with mischief and fun. - - With a shout of fat laughter he showered around her - I really can't tell you how many nice things: - Books, dollies, and oranges, tea-sets and apples, - Nuts, balls, and gay ribbons, and pictures and rings; - Like rain it came pouring, that shower of treasures, - And the bright moonlight lent it full many a gleam. - Oh! never brought Christmas a Santa Claus jollier - Than the jolly old Santa Claus seen in a dream! - - - - -HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE. - - -The Serial Stories omitted from this Christmas Number of YOUNG PEOPLE -will be resumed in No. 61. - -SINGLE COPIES, 4 cents; ONE SUBSCRIPTION, one year, $1.50; FIVE -SUBSCRIPTIONS, one year, $7.00--_payable in advance, postage free_. - -The Volumes of HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE commence with the first Number in -November of each year. 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Y. - - - - -[Illustration] - -A Christmas Carol - -BY HOWARD PYLE. - - -1 - - God reft ye all good People, - That harken to our lay, - And hear the word, - That Chrift our Lord, - Was born upon this day. - -2 - - We lift our voices gladly, - And gladly we do fing, - Of that fame night, - That fhowed to light, - The promife He did bring. - -3 - - When Angels fang to Shepherds, - That kept their flocks that day, - And bade them feek, - Where mild and meek, - The infant Jefus lay. - -4 - - So when our life grows older, - And brings its winter's night, - May Angels fing, - And to us bring - Our Lord His truth and light. - -[Illustration: Music] - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Harper's Young People, December 21, -1880, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, DEC 21, 1880 *** - -***** This file should be named 44942-8.txt or 44942-8.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/4/9/4/44942/ - -Produced by Annie R. 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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Harper's Young People, December 21, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly - -Author: Various - -Release Date: February 17, 2014 [EBook #44942] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, DEC 21, 1880 *** - - - - -Produced by Annie R. McGuire - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 44942 ***</div> <div class="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" summary=""> @@ -182,7 +147,7 @@ Produced by Annie R. McGuire <tr><td align="left">The Baron Beautemps, <i>a wealthy French nobleman</i>.</td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Henri, <i>his son, aged twelve</i>.</td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Lucienne, <i>his daughter, aged ten</i>.</td></tr> -<tr><td align="left">Gaspard, <i>serving-man in the château</i>.</td></tr> +<tr><td align="left">Gaspard, <i>serving-man in the château</i>.</td></tr> <tr><td align="left">Eloise, <i>maid of the</i> Baroness Beautemps.</td></tr> </table></div> @@ -195,7 +160,7 @@ is about</i> <span class="smcap">a.d</span>. 1600.)</p> <blockquote> -<p><i>A portion of the grand upper hall in the Château de Beautemps. +<p><i>A portion of the grand upper hall in the Château de Beautemps. Large antique fire-place at back, in which burns a sleepy wood fire. Tapestried doors R. and L. Also R. and L., beyond either door, entrances to corridors that communicate with main hall. Large @@ -213,7 +178,7 @@ then comes to front of stage</i>).</p> <p> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">How cold and still! With what an icy glow</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 1em;">The stars are shining over the château!</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">The stars are shining over the château!</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">And yonder, where the chapel roofs rise dark,</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">The crusted snow gives out a diamond spark.</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Eleven strokes the great hall clock has rung.</span><br /> @@ -843,7 +808,7 @@ agitated aside.</i>]</p></blockquote> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">It's Eloise.—An awkward thing, forsooth,</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">If this young waiting-maid should learn the truth!</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">No gossip for a mile but straight would know</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 1em;">That I, their lord, had wandered his château</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">That I, their lord, had wandered his château</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">At midnight, clad more like a circus clown</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Than some proud nobleman of high renown.</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">How <i>shall</i> I act? what say? I'm sick with dread.</span><br /> @@ -1019,7 +984,7 @@ stage.</i>]</p></blockquote> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">The doleful chant of stupid canzonets</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Which night by night below my window's ledge,</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Perched like a monkey on a slant roof's edge,</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 1em;">He drones when all the vast château is mute,</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">He drones when all the vast château is mute,</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">Hugging against his breast a crack-stringed lute.</span><br /> </p> @@ -1773,7 +1738,7 @@ Catholic Patriarch, with his priests and monks, accompanied by the French Consul and suite in full-dress uniforms. This important procession leaves Jerusalem about one o'clock. First comes a cavalcade of mounted police, in uniforms of green braided with red, sent by the -Turkish authorities; next Come the Kâwasèe, <i>i.e.</i>, police allowed by +Turkish authorities; next Come the Kâwasèe, <i>i.e.</i>, police allowed by the local government to every Consul and Patriarch as body-guards, usually dressed in the national colors of the Consulate to which they belong. Each carries a long, thick, silver-headed mace, the bottom of @@ -1858,7 +1823,7 @@ swaddling-clothes; then another beautiful strain of praise is sung, and the bells chime the glad tidings that a Saviour is born. The monks, and priests here turn and embrace each other, saying, "Peace! peace!" the assembled crowd do the same, and saying to each other, in the beautiful -expression so natural to the Orientals, "Is S-alaam kul siné ou nahna +expression so natural to the Orientals, "Is S-alaam kul siné ou nahna s-almean," <i>i.e.</i>, "Peace! peace!—may we be long spared to celebrate this great rejoicing!"</p> @@ -1923,379 +1888,6 @@ for Volume I., 35 cents; postage, 13 cents additional.</p> <img src="images/ill_013.jpg" width="539" height="800" alt="" /> </div> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Harper's Young People, December 21, -1880, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, DEC 21, 1880 *** - -***** This file should be named 44942-h.htm or 44942-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/4/9/4/44942/ - -Produced by Annie R. 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