Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 350, 28 December 1918 — Page 9

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RICHMOND, INDIANA, DECEMBER 28, 1918

When Johnny Came Flying Home On Christmas Morning

What The Twins Saw A Christmas Story

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. "Do you hear that, children?" asked the mother of the twins, Helen and Ellen and of Bobby. "Yes, why?" they asked. "That is Santa Claus's signal for all children to go to bed so that he can begin his journey. So, kiss me good-night and run along to bed," said mother. So the twins and Bobby kissed their mother and started to go to bed. Just as Bobby got on the first step, he said, "Aw, say, mother, do you believe in Santa Claus?" "Why, Bobby," his mother replied, "of course; don't you?" "No; I don't I never saw Santa Claus and I don't think there is any." Well," said the twins, "anyway. If you don't, we do. And you need not be surprised in the morning if you dcn't find anything in your,

stocking, for Santa Claus doesn't bring things to people that do not believe in him." With that the argument ended and the children went to bed. It just seemed as if the twins just wouldn't go to sleep that night. They heard the church bell strike nine and then ten, and then well at last they fell asleep. It hadn't seemed more than ten minutes since the twins had gone to sleep, when Ellen woko up. What was that terrible noise downstairs? Was it Santa Claus? Should she go down? No. Ellen decided that if it was Santa Claus she wouldn't go down. Ellen woke Helen and told her. Just then the church clock began to strike. One, two, three, four, five, six, Eeven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve! Midnight! That was the time when Santa Claus came. The twins slipped on their bedroom slippers and their warm

woolly bathrobes and peeked out of the window. It was snowing. Everything was white. The twins' room opened out on an upstairs porch, which was all coevred with Bnow. But what were those things that were moving around so strangely? They raised the window and stepped out on the roof. My, it was cold! But what did the twins care? They walked over to the white moving things, and oh, there were ten beautiful reindeer! They, were petting the lovely creatures, when they heard a voice say, "Hullo, there, kiddies," and there was Santa Claus coming out of the big red chimney. Santa waved his hand at them and smiled. Then he came out of the chimney and started toward them. The twins gave a little squeal of delight. Santa picked them up in his arms and said, "Here's two little twin-

ries that believe in Santa Claus, don't they?" "Indeed, we do," answered the twins. "But brother Bobby, he doesn't." "Oh. ho. is that right?" said Santa. "Well, we'll make Bobby believe in me. Now, listen real close, and Santa will tell you his story because you have been such good twins." So Santa whispered, "When Bobby gets up in the morning, all he will find in his stocking will be a card, which says 'For the boy that doefin't believe in Santa Claus.' Then Bobby will believe in me and will wish he had believed in me sooner. Now, here comes your part. You must tell jour papa and mamma all about seeing me and tfll them 1 want to take them and Bobby down to grandma's and there he will find that I have left him some things. I'm going there now. Good bye and a Merry Christmas!"

And in the twinkling of an eye, Santa was gone. Dear old Santa! The twins went back to bed and .. next thing they knew, they were awakened by some one saying, "Merry Christmas!" The twins and Bobby hurried into their clothes and rushed down to see what Santa had brought them. And when Bobby came to his stocking, it was just as Santa had told the twins. When Bobby read what the card said, he cried very, very hard and said, "Oh, I wish I'd believed in Santa Claus before. I know there's a Santa now." The twins told their parents all about Santa's visit; and so in the I afternoon, the little family started to go to grandma's. Whenthey got there, grandma rushed out to meet them and said, "Oh, Bobby, Santa Claus came here (Continued on Page Three)