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ft
Clatu&a
Ulaefcie,
The crowded east-bound train dis
gorged two passengers sit the little
red station and then thundered on lta
busy way,
A long stage, rusty and ramshackle,
harked up to the platform and the
driver's lusty 'All aboard!" brought
the girl and the young man hurrying
Into Its dismal depths.
"I s'pose you're for Perguson’H
placeremarked the driver as he
turned the horses skillfully In the liar
row space.
"Yes," sahl the man rather gruffly.
“I thought there would he a carriage
to meet us."
"So there has so there has! Been
prancin' around her for two or three
hours but I guess they got disgusted,
anyways, they left word for me to stay
here till the train came In and If any
one was bound for their place to bring
em along The train's four hours laic
as It is, and I don't suppose them ser
vants want to be kept away from their
Christmas dinner."
"How long will It take us?” asked
the girl.
"A matter of an hour or so," was
the unconcerned reply.
The girl stifled an exclamation of
annoyance and she drew still farther
away from the vicinity of the morose
young man. The latter turned up the
astrakhan collar of his overcoat and
dropped his chin Into Its deaths
They hud started forth that morning
so Joyfully Polly Blandish and Her
rick Oordon newly engaged and bliss
fully happy. Things bad gone wrong
from the very beginning Polly’s aunt,
who was to accompany then* ^>r the
short stay at Ferguson's hospitable
country house, had failed to put In an
appearance, and consequently had
been left behind That was vexatious.
Then the I rain had been delayed by
snow drifts and during the four hours’
wait in the cold train Polly and Her
rick 1 ad quarreled.
"Nice Christmas day," volunteered
the stage driver In his queer, cracked
voice, as they squeaked over the hard
parked snow.
"Very!" returned Herrick, sarcastic
ally.
Tht re was a long silence as the
strong white horses plodded up the
steep incline of the mountain Mere
the snowfall had been light and only
served to dust the dark green pines
and hemlocks with a white powder.
They bad reached the top of a steep
Incline and were rolling evenly over a
level stretch when suddenly, without
an Instant’s warning. the stage
crashed down and precipitated the
pas; i ng< rs and hiegag In an Ignomini
ous heap midi r the driver's seat.
" \r<- you hurt'."" asked Herrick cold
ly, n- he assisted Polly to her feet.
"Vo, thank you," she said stiffly, as
she j eered out from the curtained win
dow .
i nr oriver leis s'H\"Hig mp irigm
en«i; Iioim> a”i| lr - nut-crack* r face
v as l-'iotted anxiously.
"I o ( n v ' eel. by gorry!" lie said,
rie fv;'' ■ e-iu'd it toflind rs!”
? f ’ - '• bi>.’ crawled out Ui'.il stood
b ! i'll.
is *1 e dhTens of n mess !~nw
r’- * f > F rgusonV since” Are
m er w la re are we
ii
’ • sr -tebrd hV ear
11(1 I te k H r Id
urn t I'l.'t i! ■ ■ < a! rout** F« r
pi ■ i'll'.' and ve a‘n'1 n ;ir p, I e s ' Te l
ne'"s from anywhere. The only t‘>inec
to do is for me to ride one of the
horses into the village and send hack
anotlii r wagon. You and the young
Indy letter gel out and move about a
bit and keep warm. You might build
a fire—there's plenty of fuel." lie
was unharnessing the horses ns lie
spok e
"Why enn't we all ride nr better
still. Miss Stamlish can ride one of
them and i will walk beside her. We
will get there much quicker and can
keep warm and have something to
eat. We're almost starved " Derrick
glanced quickly at the stage where
Polly's pale face was framed in the
darkened opening
"Can't nobody ride Bob-white. A
jumpin' kangaroo ain't nothin' to that
horse if anybody gits on his back'
Just you stay here and make your
selves comfortable and warm and I'll
be back in the course of an hour or
so." He tethered the ferocious Bob
white to a tree by the roadside. Then
from the space under his seat in the
stage he drew forth a basket covered
with a white cloth.
"This here basket has got a Christ
mas dinner inside my wife fixed it up
for old Miss Benton down to the ford
but I can stop and get another basket
ful for the old lady. You two are wel
come to it.” He clambered on the
waiting horse and smiled as his horny
hand closed around the generous bank
note that Derrick slipped from his
pocket.
“Merry Christmas to you and your
wife, sir,” he called back over his
shoulder before he disappeared around
a turn in the road.
Derrick Hid not dare to look at Pollv
Standlsh; he knew she was sitting
proud and defiant with a contemptu
ous curl on her red lip. Instead, he
stared away through the hIhIcs of
trees, made into golden paths by the
iRter afternoon sun.
It was too bad that Christmas
should have turned out so disastrous
|y for them both There was to be a
Jolly party at the Fergusons and In
the evening a Christmas dance. Per
haps Ralph Ferguson would send forth
another conveyance for them—but It
would go by that other road. They
were marooned on the short cut.
A glimpse of Polly's woeful face
brought a revulsion of fooling. Poor
little Polly was cold an<1 tired and he
was acting like a brute.
Without a word Derrick approached
a small clearing in the middle of
which grew a young pine (roe.
It was the work of minutes to gath
er an armful of wood and broken
branches ami to clear a space of snow.
Presently a bright fire crackled cheer
Ily and then Derrick brought cushions
and blankets from the Btago and pro
pared a place for Polly.
"Come, Miss Standlsh," he said po
lltely. "If you will draw near the fire
wo w ill have some dinner."
"I'm not hungry," said Polly, hold
lug her hands to the blaze.
, "At least you will sit down and
wrap this blanket around you so," In
| ulsted Derrick.
"Thank you," said Polly without en
thuslasm.
From the blanket Derrick produced
a large plate loaded with a generous
I Christmas dinner. There wore turkey
and cranberry sauce, stuffing and
mashed potatoes and. gravy, turnips
anil celery, and a whole mince pie.
Derrick managed to convey half of
i the dinner more or less daintily to the
I pie plate and this he placed before
i Polly. "Eat,” he said sternly. "You
| will need the nourishment before we
reach Ferguson's.”
"I am not a child," said Polly re
j sent fully.
Derrick did not reply. He fell to his
, own dinner with a vigorous appetite
| and It was not until he turned to give
"This Is Our Christmas Tree, Polly
Dear," Said Derrick, in a Low
Tone.
Polly some mince pie that lie discov
ered that the weary girl had eaten a
little of the dinner and then fallen
' asleep In her lies! of blankets
For a long time he watched the
changing lights on her sweet face as
the branches tossed itt the wind: then,
softly he arose and approached the
little pine tree standing in the middle
i l the clearing.
The cones were slivered with snow
and it loo’ "d like a Christmas tree
decorated for a festival.
Derrick opened his suit case and
brought out sundry white packages.
These he tied to the tree with colored
cord Cay toys for the Ferguson chi!
dt'eu were added until the little tree
stood forth hrnvelv in its tine attire.
' Polly!" ho (ailed softly. "Polly!’’
Polly sat up with startled eyes seek
ing his face. For the Instant she had ,
forgotten their misunderstanding, but
suddenly their light clouded.
“Come here, Polly, and see our
Christmas tree," urged Derrick.
Reluctantly she came, a rose flush
straining her pale cheeks. But yet her
red lips were obstinately set in a
straight line,
'This Is our Christmas tree, Polly,
dear," said Derrick in a low tone
"Yours and mine! Shall we be happy
and enjoy not only this one, but many,
many others after, please Cod? Say.
dear."
"Oh. Derrick, how wicked of us to
quarrel when we should be happy! I
am so sorry!" sobbed Polly in Per
rick’s coat sleeve.
"And so am I and now I'm glad,”
said Derrick after a time. "Now, let's
enjoy our own particular tree before
anyone comes! I shall be Santa
Claus—and you may be Mrs. Santa
Claus!"
"I have things In my hag, too,”
j blushed Polly as she hastened away.
An hour afterward Ralph Ferguson
brought a sleighload of merrymakers
in search of them. Together they sat
demurely on a log before a dying fire.
Near by stood a little pine tree, pow
dered with snow, and dripping with
hanging cones
‘‘You’re just In time for the biggest
Christmas tree you ever saw,” said
Ralph as he gathered up the lines and
clucked to the horses.
"We've had our Christinas tree,”
said Derrick mysteriously, while Polly
smiled back at him out of happy eves.
I
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1 Che Real Culprit
i |
& # #
A mistletoe berry
Mad caught in her hair!
She wasn’t to blame,
She bad not put it there,
1 hat mistletoe berry
A-lilt in her hair.
:
j;.
Lips red as a cherry,
It hardly was fair,—
Yet/, e wasn’t to blame,
Font's clear that the same
Was the fault of the berry
1 hat caught in her hair.
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THE CALL OF CHRiST.YiAS
Inspiration of Time Should Bring Us
Deeper Sense of Personal Re
sponsibility.
It Is Christmas lime, and at this
moment the call Is to lift up our
hearts and welcome the Light, of the
World, to rest for a while In the glory
of that light; not, Indeed, forgetting
the lessons he would have us learn,
nor those great servants of his who
taught us to know and love and work,
and have passed away; but In thank
fulness and adoration seeking to learn
more and more how he would have
us serve him. The Inspiration of this
blessed time should bring uh a deeper
sense of personal responsibility, and
of our duty to our neighbor In regard
to questions touching the general wel
fare; and, beyond all, a deeper faith
that faith by which mountains can be
removed and a truer love, a devotion
that can bear even the reproach of the
cross. If permission may but he grant
ed to share In hearing a part of that
burden
I ho ml vent of Christ makes us debt
ors to (lod and man. It is therefore
not for us to question whether others
are kind to us, as whether there is
love, gentleness, meekness, sympathy
and helpfulness in our own lives, or
not. With this spirit of the season
reflected and perpetuated in the life,
Christmas giving will resolve itself
Into Christ-like giving every day from
Christmastlde to Christmastide of ev
ery year of grace Christ came not to
he ministered unto, but to minister, to
suffer, and to die for others, even his
enemies. Rising far above the lower
aim of getting and gaining solely for
self, the grateful heart will ask:
"What can I give to my Redeemer
who gave himself for me, and what j
can 1 do for others, for his sake, and 1
the gospel’s?” That is the reinearna
tlon of the Christ spirit, and exalts
him who said: "And I, if I lie lifted up,
will draw nil men unto me.”
THE GOOD TIME COMING
Christmas an Earnest of Better Day
When War and Devastation
Shall Cease.
Christmas is an earnest of that bet
ter day when the awful waste of war,
the devastation of preventable disease
and the burdens of poverty which so
shame our overabundance shall die
out like some evil dream of an igno
rant past. Then, indeed, there will
be no trace of mocker.' in the re
sounding professions of good will: the
poet’s forecast will take form In that
realized state "wherein no lives are
seen huddled in lanes unseen." hut
where a righteous plenty spreads It
self far and wide:
" ’Tis where the home Is pure,
’Tis where the bread is sure,
’Tis where the wants are fewer
And each want f. d:
Where plenty and pi ice abide,
Where health dwells heavenly eyed, j
Where In nooks ht sutllul
Slumber the dead."
Important.
Millionaire (to his daughter—'Tell
me, child—that young man who wants
to marry you this Christmas, has he
got any money?
Miss Innocence—-Money, father?
Why, he has just given me a cluster
diamond ring studded with pearls!
Millionaire—Yes, l know. Has he
any money left?
Christmas Omens.
Happy and prosperous will be the
babe born at Christmas; long-lived and
happy the bride that is married then;
and it is very lucky for Christmas to \
fall on a Monday, it is good to give 1
gifts of many kinds at this season;
but let no housewife, be she the most
free-handed woman in the world,
throw or give away ashes or salt be
fore breakfast on Christmas morning.
A bright Christmas means a bright
New Year, and may this Christmas be
rtf nmpn! -
A 25 cent reduction
on every pair of shoes
at the H o m e Shoe
Store Christmas week
as a Christmas pres
ent for >ou.
THE
HOME
SHOE
STORE
A pair of Baby Shoes
will be given as a
Christmas present to
every baby under one
year of age that will
come in with its par
euts to do shoe pur=
chasing Xmas week.
i
Christmas Present at the
Home Shoe Store
Christmas is coming and so is New Years.
Everybody will be coming in for calendars, but this
is my first Christmas in the shoe business and
having enjoyed a good trade since the opening of my shoe store I concluded to
give to my customers a little more than a calendar. Rather than to invest my
money in calendars I’m going to give you a 25 cent reduction on every pair of
shoes all Christmas week as a Christmas present. That gives you a chance to
buy shoes as Christmas presents for your best friends.
SANTA SAYS, SHOES. You make “grown-ups” happier by giving
them something that sometimes they would have to buy themselves and you could
not give them anything more pleasing than a handsome pair of shoes, especially
if they bare the Home Shoe Store trade mark on the box for they will know that
you have been thoughtful enough to give them the best. Come in Christmas
week and let us show you a splendid line of shoes.
1 wish you A Merry Christmas all,
Who bought shoes of us in Spring and Fall,
And those that did not buy.
I want you to come and try,
And you will find that 1 don't lie,
As in quality and low prices we’re not shy.
You get shoes for your money more,
If you buy at the Home Shoe Store,
As we give the benefit to you all.
Thanking you for the past,
From God you should be blessed,
And for the future I am inviting you
Not to forget me when ouying shoes you do.
Wishing you a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year, and don’t forget
The Home Shoe Store
1615 Stone Street J. LANSKY, Prop.
C. A. HECK
Buy Watertown, Wisconsin Rye Flour, Gold
Coin Flour. Get some Tankage for your hogs.
I also have Oil Meal, Rock Salt, Barrel and
Sack Salt. Give me your order for
COAL AND WOOD
I also handle Feed, Baled hay and Straw and
all kinds of Grain. Give me a trial.
C. A. HECK
i
Speaking of the
Divorce Evil
Trying to succeed in business
without advertising is like the
case of the man who, trying to
cut expenses, divorced his wife
and alone attempted to keep
house and raise his children.
It cost him more money for
doctor bills and funeral ex
penses in a year than he gave
his wife in a lifetime.
When advertising is
divorced, business suc
cess becomes failure.
This paper is building your
neighbor’s business. He has
reasons. He tried advertising
and it helped him. It is not
an experiment this paper
brings results. Good, hard,
convincing results — Hollars.
(Copyright. I'JUH. l>v W. N. U.l
First Idea of the Balloon.
The first practical idea of the bal
loon originated in the latter half of
the eighteenth century when the
Montgolfier brothers, noticing how
smoke rose upward into the air. con
ceived the idea of filling a hag with
smoke. The development of this
idea resulted in the construction of
the first hot air balloon in June, 1783.
I This consisted of a spherical cloth
| bag about 35 feet in diameter and in
flated over a fire fed with bundles of
chopped straw. The next step was
the use of hydrogen gas, and the bal
loon was practically invented as used
today. The use of this gas was the
Idea of M. Charles, a professor of nat
ural philosophy at Paris.
New One on Him.
Visitor (at public library)—1 sup
pose that when some sensational novel
happens to make a hit you have calls
for it, ad nauseam.
Attendant—Ad what? Oh, yes, I
think I remember. We've had one or
two calls for it, but it’s rather com
monplace, don't you think?
Chawlie’s Record.
"Yaas, Chawlio holds.the awning
weeord."
"The awning record?”
"Yus. He's burned up nine of them,
don’t you know, throwing lighted
cigarettes out of upah windows.”
Report of the Condition
of the
Falls City State Bank
of Kails City, Nebraska,
Charter No. 159. incorporated in the
State* of Nebraska, at tile close of business,
Nov. 10. 19lo.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts .$153,911.73
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured.... *>15.93
Banking house furniture and fixtures. 13.2UO.OO
Current expenses and taxes paid . 4.124.33
Due from uat'l, state and private
banks and bankers.$14,201.82
Checks and items of exchange 1.313.83
Currency.0,408.00
Gold Coin 5,590.00
Silver, nickels and cents. ... 1,714.80 20,318.45
Total. 201,470.4t
UAKII.IT1KS.
Capital stock paid in. ..... $ 50,000.00
Surplus fund. ... 10.000.00
Undivided profits. 11,790,73
Individual deposits snbjeci
to check.$8'),696.53
Demand certificates of de
posit ..... 36,011.13
Certified checks. 550.00
Due to nat’l.state and pri\ ate
banks and bankers. 3,422.06 129,079.72
Total. . ... 201,470.44
State ok Nebraska, \
County of Kiehardson. \
I. W. A. Greenwald, cashier of the above
named bank, do hereby swear that the
above statement is a correct anti true copy of
tie* report made to the State Banking Bo trd.
VV. A. (» REK.NWAi.p, Cashier.
attest:
r.rv 1*. (Irkknwai.I). Director.
! T. J. Gist, Director
Subscribed and sworn to lu'fore nte this 19th
I dayof Nov. 19lo. John W. Powell,
Notary Public.
My commission expires November 24, 1915,
———
Ladies ’Suede and
Velv et Shoes
H. M. Jenne Shoe Store
When your feet are wet and cold,
and your body chilled through and
through from exposure, take a big
dose of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
bathe your feet in hot water before g
*
1 ing to bed, and you are almost cer
tain to ward off a severe cold. For
sale by all dealers.
