The roomy pew in the church found space for four on the morning of the following Christmas Day (Aunt Tilda went of mornings then), and although its dimensions have been since sorely tried by various juvenile additions to the worshippers, it is still looked upon with affection by the members of the two first generations as a spot sacred to their recollections of the past.
" EVANCKI INK IAKINC FROM, OR RKI'L.U INU IN THE DOG'S MOUTH HIS COVETED DOCUMENTS."

CHRISTMAS GREETING.
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Welcome old friends and new, Welcome tried friends and true! Chime bells and clink glasses and be of good cheer; While to Britons that roam, Here's a handshake from home With hearty "God speed" through another new year. Again the yule tide's cheery glow, The dear old time is here at last, And with it brings to you and me A thousand memories of the past; While all the old fond wishes start Warm, as of old, from heart to heart.
The Children.
By Charles Dickens.
