Today's Stichomancy for Bill O'Reilly

them, and they, in turn, have hitherto taken care not to cross our pathway. But in this matter I find they have interfered with one of our friends, and I will ask them to abandon their persecutions, as you are under our protection."

Claus thanked the Master Woodsman most gratefully and returned to his Valley, while Ak, who never delayed carrying out his promises, at once traveled to the mountains of the Awgwas.

There, standing on the bare rocks, he called on the King and his people to appear.

Instantly the place was filled with throngs of the scowling Awgwas, and their King, perching himself on a point of rock, demanded fiercely:

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

Tante Marie float away. Bon jour, madame, you come again? Pralines! Pralines!"

ODALIE

Now and then Carnival time comes at the time of the good Saint Valentine, and then sometimes it comes as late as the warm days in March, when spring is indeed upon us, and the greenness of the grass outvies the green in the royal standards.

Days and days before the Carnival proper, New Orleans begins to take on a festive appearance. Here and there the royal flags with their glowing greens and violets and yellows appear, and

The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories

Psalms 65: 5 (65:6) With wondrous works dost Thou answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation; Thou the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the far distant seas;

Psalms 65: 6 (65:7) Who by Thy strength settest fast the mountains, who art girded about with might;

Psalms 65: 7 (65:8) Who stillest the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples;

Psalms 65: 8 (65:9) So that they that dwell in the uttermost parts stand in awe of Thy signs; Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.

Psalms 65: 9 (65:10) Thou hast remembered the earth, and watered her, greatly enriching her, with the river of God that is full of water; Thou preparest them corn, for so preparest Thou her.

Psalms 65: 10 (65:11) Watering her ridges abundantly, settling down the furrows thereof, Thou makest her soft with showers; Thou blessest the growth thereof.

Psalms 65: 11 (65:12) Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness; and Thy paths drop fatness.

Psalms 65: 12 (65:13) The pastures of the wilderness do drop; and the hills are girded with joy.

Psalms 65: 13 (65:14) The meadows are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, yea, they sing.

Psalms 66: 1 For the Leader. A Song, a Psalm. Shout unto God, all the earth;

Psalms 66: 2 Sing praises unto the glory of His name; make His praise glorious.

The Tanach

of the time that you spent in Turkey with a drunken guide who was bitten by a mad dog and fell over a precipice into a field of attar of roses, I lament that you have not written a book."

"Time--time. I am getting a few notes together. And now that you are here we shall renew our quiet little talks after supper. Yes? It is necessary and pleasant for a man to find relaxation in the company of women occasionally."

"Indeed I realise that. Even here your life is too strenuous--you are so sought after--so admired. It was just the same with my dear husband. He was a tall, beautiful man, and sometimes in the evening he would come down into the kitchen and say: 'Wife, I would like to be stupid for two