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‘Tha house by the bridge was
Clara-felf, very

Mrs. Smith -had gone.shopping,
taking the two younger children
with her, and leaving Clara to
watch the stove and spread the
table for supper. The town ex-

‘ll pedition had been. shrouded in

in- mystery for it was only two
days to Christmas, but Clara was
a cute little maid for her ten
years and had amused herself for
the first half hour of her:mother’s.
absence wondering what the pre-
sents would be.- Now everything
was ready, the table laid, the
kettie boiling, and her father’s

|| slippers and dry socks in their

place beside his chair. © Her fa-|
ther was a clever and reliable)
man, and held hig place in the.
mill with a steady advance year
by year; eonsequentiv his child-
dren had never known the mean-
ing of want, and were as confi-
dent of a merry Christmas as
they were of their beds that night.
It had snowed hard all day and
every leaf and twig was piled
high with dowry decorations.

| Even the stumps and the old black

snags were making brave at-
tempts to drape themselves with
fleecy loveliness.

The kitchen was a ‘ cheerful
spot. The wood crackled, the
fire shot out. little shafts of light,

and the kettle sang merrily. Out-
side, the snow had ceased falling.
With a sigh of impatience Clara
curled herself up in the window
sea, watching it all dreamily and
thinking of what a fine Christmas
was coming. She felt the spell
of the twilight, an curled deeper
among the cushions. She could
just see the little yellow house at
the foot.of the hill. There! They |’
had just jit the lamp, anda tiny |°
gleam of light had shot out across
the snow. Clara wondered what

|jsort of Christmas the children
||there would get.

Their father
had -been. sick so long, and in
spite of all the mother could do
the children often looked hungry.
That day, on her way from town,
Clara had seen all three of them. |
They were hurrying past the toy:
store, Rabert pushing the broken-|
‘down buggy, while Alice tried to
soothe the baby’ 8 pitiful cries for
a large blue balloen susvended i in-
the window. - “Hush, dear,”’,
Clara heard’ Alice say, “ “perhaps
you shall: have it next year when
father is better.”? Anidea flash-
ed through Clara's mind which
‘roused her. up,” but as qickly she
shrank: back again: into the eu-
shions, saying to’ herself, “'No,,
no, no, I‘must haye new ‘mitts
‘for Christmas morning, cand. T
have only: saved enough,” Amd
the wood crackled. and the. kettle
sang; and outside the snow tad
ceased falling. :
“Suiddeniy Clara stated, ‘UD.
ema ‘anusual:was. happen-
at: thie little: yellog: house!
the tiny stréak of light still é came’

flood of | light that was visible
every. few..minutes,. one .would
have thought it was a barn door
opening and shutting. Then, too,

people passing in and out. They
stood out quite distinetly in the
bright, clear light, while from
somewhere far. away wonderful
music and. singing seemed to fill
the air. ©
she murmured, “I am going to
see.”  Searcely realizing what
she did, she slipped into rubbers,
coat and hat, and ran down the
lroad, As she came near the door
opened again and Clara stood
back .in the shade a moment to
watch,

No mistake about that being a
barn door, and a big one, too,
but no light Clara had ever seen
was as wonderful, ‘soft ‘and clear
as that which streamed from that
door. She took a few steps near-
er so that she could see more into
the house. - That, too, was chang-
ed, and. looked ‘just like & barn.
All the wonderful light seemed
to eome from one corner, and
there Clara saw a sight that held
her spellbound—a dear, wee babv
held close in its mother’s arms
as ‘she lay in a bed of straw.

Of course, Clara ‘knew at once
who it was and made up her mind
to join the people passing in. A
few, steps brought Clara to the
open door, but just as she was
entering, a gentle touch fell on
her shoulder, and a voice all mu-
sic said, “Stand back, Clara, you
have not given the password.”
Looking up, she saw a beautiful

and moonbeans, looking at her
kindly, yet sorrowfully. ‘‘Come,
child, I will explain,’’ said the
voice, and Clara followed a few
steps away from: the passing
crowd, As she moved she cast
one look behind and saw some:
thing she had‘ not noticed before.
The barn was peopled by many
visitors as wonderful as theangel
who talked to her. Some sat by
the manger where the Babe lay,
and others, with their downy
wings all folded, moved among
the penple.. . ;

“Oh, pleage, dear Anvel, ” whis-
‘pered Clara, ‘‘Let me go back.’’
A shade of sadness passed over
the angel’s face, as he shook his
head and answered, ‘‘Child, you
may, not go today; only those who
have followed Him, and given to
the uttermost can see the vision
today.’’* ‘‘But,’’ answered Clara,
*7’ve bought lots of presents, and
I saw Robert go in just now, and
I know ‘he has bought none.’’
“No, chfld,”’ answered the angel,
“but all that the boy has earned
he has taken to his mother to
help buy food.and has not even
kept enough to ‘buy’. Something
for the baby’s stocking, though
jhe had hoped for weeks to be

the’ uttermost. \ -Clara; ‘You. had |:
your “calli but- ‘would nét” fisten. |
Yon. remember He has said,; ‘In-

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THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA
HAS PRODUCED MINERALS * ‘VALUED AS FOLLOWS :—

Placer Gold oo... ceca e eee eee ov ev eens $8 76,962,208
Lode Gold ..... 0. seer sree eee eneegetees 118,852, 656
Bilver ... cee ce eee tweet eee teen ea es 68,622,656 ‘
Lead .....0-! Seeeeas Nia ceaeeewens neon * 58,182,661: we
Copper ene peeeneeeen cetetessuetencaees 179,046,508 _
yA reer 27,904,756
Coal and Coke ...csccccscsceeceenuatane 250, 968, 118
. Rigcella Stone, Brick, Cement, ete,.... 89,415,234
iscellaneous Minerals ...---.--+-.+ 4+: 1,408, 257

The substantial progress of the mining industry in this prov-
ince is strikingly illustrated in the following figures, which
show the value of production for successive 5-year periods:

For all years to 1895, inclusive .. vane ef 94,547, 241

+, For five years, 1896- Ti BY, 605, 967
For five years, 1901-1905 .....00-.656: . -96, 507,968
For five years, 1906-1910 .....esevee eee 126, 634,474
For five-years, 1911-1915 ......1+1----- 142, 072,608
For five years. 1916-1920 . 189, 922,725 °
For the year 1921... ..cereeceeeee stones 28, 066,641
For the year 1922....... Naa uveaeeeneuea 8 B, 158, 843 ©
-For the year 1928. . $41, 304, 820

PRODUCTION. DURING LAST CTEN YEARS. 350,288,862

Lode-mining has on!
>and not.20 per cent. 0.
‘ pected; 300,000 square “miles of unexplored mineral

been in progress about 26 years, .
‘the Province hes, been even pros-
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Ing lands sare open for prospecting.

; The mining laws of
the fees' lower than an
“.or-any Colony in the
Mineral locations are granted
Absohite’ ‘titles are obtained by developing .such pro-
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information,

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