Overland Monthly 48 HELENE SEARCY RICHARD PERRY 54 57 57 58 THE RIDING WESTERN WIND.......................CHARLES J. NORTH SAN FRANCISCO CHRISTMAS ENCHANTMENT IMPERIAL VALLEY, THE WONDERFUL....EMMY MATT RUSH VAGABONDS (Verse) A GLIMPSE THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR..ISABELLE D. HULL EXPEDIENCY (Verse) Issued monthly by the Overland Publishing Company, Overland Building, 257-259 Minna Street, San Francisco, Calif. B. G. Barnett, President and General Manager; H. Gille, Vice-President; C. Van Der Zwaal, Secretary and Treasurer. Twenty cents a copy; $2.00 per year. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office, San Francisco, Calif., under Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright 1921 by Overland Publishing Company. All rights reserved. NOTICE. Contributions to the Overland Monthly should be typewritten, accompanied by full return postage, and with the author's name and address plainly written in upper corner of first page. Manuscript should never be rolled. The Publishers of the Overland Monthly will not be responsible for the preservation or mail miscarriage of unsolicited contributions and photographs. Christmas Bells By DAVID EVANS Rector of All Saints Church, Palo Alto, Calif. The happy bells acclaim the birth The huddled sheep, the tranquil fold, Brought by the Magi from afar!- And track again the Pilot Star. Ring out, O bells, your merry chime! And lo! in Memory's crystal well O dearest birthday of the year, The very bells for joy do swoon! By courtesy of the author we are permitted to print the above poem, which was taken from his book of carols, "The Bravest Are the Belgians," a book which realized large returns for the Belgian Relief Fund.-Editor. |