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minds of the old adventurers at sight of him. They
probably wondered on whose account he was out
that night.
Some of them were inclined to hurry away in
fear, but they soon learned that their horned friend
had not come to fetch away any of them to his dark
kingdom. The clinking sound of the punch glasses
and the songs had tempted him in. He wished to
enjoy the sight of men’s happiness on that holy
Christmas Eve, and to throw aside the burden of
his rule for a time.
Oh, cavaliers, cavaliers! which of you remembers
it is Christmas Eve? The angels are singing over the
shepherds in the fields; children lie in their beds
and fear to sleep too soundly that they may not miss
the beautiful early morning service. It is soon time
to light the Christmas candles in the church at Bro,
and far away in the forest homestead the boys have
been making a resinous torch, with which to light
their sweethearts to church. In the windows of the
houses the housewives have placed tiers of candles
ready for lighting when the stream of church-goers
begins to pass. The sexton starts the Christmas
hymn in his sleep, and the old rector lies in bed and
tries if he has still sufficient voice to chant “Glory to
God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward
men.”
Oh, cavaliers, it would have been better for you
if you had been safe in your beds on this night of
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