1 ees _ rene a CUTS YELTSIN TESTE PEE ET ETIO SAS SE, PARE Ar aE ATES I AAA EES : I-37 ie Nckiaihe STORES PAPAS EEE SSS ane Page 10 This ‘Sandy Claus’ CHRISTMAS IN THE NORTH BY RAY AND ETHEL HORSEFIELD Christmas was marked among our Indian friends as amongst the whites elsewhere with a Generous people in city churches remem- bered to send us ‘‘bales’”’ -- great sacks of used clothing, into which they thoughtfully tucked toys and candies for the children, and often a gift ded * ee . . . Viste from Sandy | for the missionary and Claus’’ --tousethelocal} |. if Ww t . . S U hs . pronunciation. (We had | 1's "I c. ' c bales a young man baptized | (hrough these — bales carefully, selecting gifts sttited to the age, sex and intelligence of each child, and garments or warm, Sandy because he was born on Christmas Day “when Sandy Claus was around’’.) 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Once we saw Sandy Claus come riding up to the school on a pony — tame reindeer being scaree even at The Pas. Ile was wearing a white jack- - rabit skin for a beard, and a very handsome beard it made; and he had tied a_ similar decoration under his pony’s chin, saying it was reasonable fo suppose that so old a man would have a very old pony. But there was one sad oc- casion when Sandy Claus failed to show up. We had held the usual Christmas concert at the school, with tongue-tied shy children delivering totally inaudible ‘trecitations”? to an audience of parents not a bit less proud because they could not hear a word, and would not have understood if if they could, Fhen if was time! AL.C., said loudly in the direction of the door, “Do I hear Santa Clause coming?” ‘The children leapt for the windows to see, but came back shaking their heads. ‘*‘We dot see him.’’ Ray made an impromptu speech about nothing, just to pass the time, and asked again, ‘*Do | hear somone coming now?’ Again the answer was No. He called for volunteers to entertain us with a song or a story, while Ethel, in the door- lo a young see what’s Ray, as way whispered man, “Go and Keeping him.”’ GREAT PATIENCE The people waited with great patience, even the little ones, for they learned early to be patient when good things are delayed. At last the messenger returned and shouted above the heads of the audience, “Sandy Clause can’t come because Mrs. Ballentyne — is wearing his pants!”’ There was a gasp from Mrs. B. and she raised the hem of her ankle-long skirt so that the crony sitting next her could see that it was true. The com- munity’s Santa Claus trousers made the most admirable red veeninel underwear that any old lady could wish for on a cold winter’s night. [t just had not occurred to her that) Santa Claus himself might need them that night of all nights! The children got their gifts, but tamely from us, without the delicious terror of that rowdy old man with the red nose and the long white beard. One pathetic — Christmas Burnaby, B.C. 437-9333 rea heb heey ore A SPECIAL GIFT THAT WILL PROVIDE A LIFETIME OF COMFORT The European Eiderdown hops 4781 Kingsway St. “THE CONTINENTAL QUILT AND DOWN PILLOW SPECIALIS MARA Sd Sane a THE REVIEW ily Hy C qe il oF re ye eau scene we shall not forget. Imagine a small and not-too- clean log house, the home of the school teacher in a Metis settlement — we will not say where. ‘Feacher had come out from England forty years earlier, probably full of ideals, if not with any great edueation, and had drifted into an obscure Indian village in Saskatchewan where, as the only person able to read and write, he found himself ap- pointed schoolmaster at — the noble salary of (wenty dollars a mouth if he could collect it. ‘There he stayed for a quarter: of oa century, the world forgetting, and apparently by the world forgot. The years ‘slipped by, and he grew more and = more — slovenly “*bushed’’ we called it. Lonely, he married a native woman as careless of appearances as himsell. But eventually someone in authority thought of him, and he was promoted” to the school where we knew him, in the Metis settlement. Being nearer the town proved avery doubtful blessing, for his wife, seduced by the lights and shoddy at- lractions of a frontier town, spent longer and more frequent perads away from the old man’s comfortless bed and Sixt eS a ee Se Se ae gS SESS > SSeS pas Se ee eee sate = 2S a ae eee Sri ee er, Sa Ss 3 ras aes Sere ae ee = 1728 Douglas St, Victoria, B.C. 384-0133 TS” hey Ay yay AYER Nee 1c cy NX vv ys aS ». A ine He ; Aa (eM yy VS oft ee a oe gi H 7 with a board, took to drinking, and | with no collar, but was very. frequently in jail. | stained tie knotted clumsily And so it was on the Christmas we remember. Ray went to call on them on: his way home from morning chureh service, to wish them a happy Christmas, but found only the old man at home. His wife was in the town jail again, having celebrated not wisely but too well, and too soon. over his adam’s apple. 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