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PH YSICIANS
Cl a mm 1 fled Colum n R ates
One
time.
cent
the
word
each
To ru n every Issu e fo r one
m o n th or m o re, %c th e w ord
each tim e.
FOR KENT
T he groom w as fo rm e rly c o n ­
n ected w ith th e E a g le M eat M ar­
k e t a n d th e b rid e is a w ell know n
A sh la n d g irl.
T h e co u p le ar«
m a k in g th e ir hom e on B s tre e t.
* * *
T id in g s
DR. H AW LEY— A bove
office.
P h o n e 91.
DR. C. W . HANSON
D en tist
,
S pecial a tte n tio n g iv en to py o r- j
rh o e a . O ffice u p s ta irs In B eav er
B lock. P h o n e 1 7 8 -J.
233-tf.
M iss E dith D odge, E ditor
P h on e item s to her at 39, betw een
S a. in. and 5 p. in.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
P ace-lie B auer—
A t a v ery q u ie t w ed d in g a t th e
hom e of th e b rid e ’s p a re n ts , M r.;
and M rs. Max G e B au e r S u n d ay !
a fte rn o o n a t fo u r o ’clock M issi
D o ro th y G e B au e r
becam e
th e
b rid e of Mr. H en ry R. P ace, Rev-!
erend V. K. A llison o fficiatin g .
T he rin g c e re m o n y w as used.
T h e c erem o n y w as p e rfo rm e d in
th e p re se n c e of only th e re la tiv e s
a n d a few in tim a te frie n d s. T he
co u p le w ill m ak e th e ir hom e in
M edford.
M rs. P a c e is a v ery w ell know n
A sh lan d g irl, h a v in g been p ro m ­
in e n t in school an d social a ffa irs
d u r in g th e tim e sh e h a s lived
h ere.
M r.
P ace w as fo rm e rly
c o n n e cte d w ith th e S ta n d a rd Oil
C om pany in A sh la n d an d is now
p ro p rie to r of th e S h a s ta C afe in
M edford. T h e couple h a v e a g re a t
m an y frie n d s h e re w ho w ish th em
e v e ry h a p p in e ss.
* * *
W ed n esd ay , D ecem ber 24. P a s t
FOR SALE
DR. G. C. PH ET TEPL A C E
M a tro n ’s C lub w ill m eet.
D entistry
T h u rs d a y , D ecem ber 25. C h r is t­
F O R S A L E : — G e rm a n P olice
G as o r local a n e s th e s ia fo r ex-1
m
as
Day.
P u p p ie s. T h o m a s
H a rris .
687 ' tra c tio n
and
m in o r
su rg e ry .
* * *
B each St.
94-6* • S pecial a tte n tio n given to s tr a ig h t- .
_________ ’________ .
___________ ¡e n in g a n d c a re of c h ild re n ’s! B eekw ith-A scue—
F O R S A L E : — C h ris tm a s tre e s ■ te e th .
Mr. Acel B eck w ith , o f th is city
a n d w re a th s . 93 N. M ain.
9 4 -3t*
Ab° '^ Citizens Bank
and
M iss M abie A scue of T a le n t
I P h o n e . O ffice, 151— R es., 201-J
w ere m a rrie d D ecem b er 1 9 th a t
F O R SA L K : — Seven p u re b re d I DK E R N E S T A. WOODS— P ra c- th e hom e of M rs. W ie le r in T a le n t
w h ite le g h o rn la y in g p u lle ts from
tlce lim ite d to eye, e a r, nose a n a by th e R e v e ren d M r. V im on. Mrs.
S m ith 's tr a p n e s te d sto c k . $ 1.20
th r o a t— X -ray in c lu d in g te e th . G eorge C lin to n w as b rid e sm a id
e a ch . 235 N o rth M ain.
94— tf
O ffice h o u rs, 10 to 12 a n d 2 tc a n d Mr. M orrice H a r ris b e st m an.
5. S w ed e n b u rg B ldg., A sh lan d , j T he c erem o n y to o k p lace a t tw o
MISCELLANEOUS
o ’clock in th e a fte rn o o n . W e d d in g
O re.
g u e sts w ere M r. a n d Mrs. W m . D.
FO U N D : — T h re e p re tty little
DR. E . B. A N G ELL— C h iro p ra c tic W ie ler, J r ., M r. a n d M rs. M orris
tie s. J . J . D eak in . P h o n e 330.
and
E le c tro -T h e ra p y .
O ffice H a rris an d Mr. a n d M rs. G eorge
95-2t
p h o n e 48; re sid e n c e 142. F irs t C lin to n .
N a tio n a l B a n k b u ild in g .
T h e groom is a S o u th e rn P a c i­
See—
fic em ployee of th is c ity a n d th e To Sing Carols—
TH E SOUTHERN OREGON
BEAVER REALTY CO.
b rid e is a w ell know n T a le n t g irl.
T he m em b e rs of th e E p w o rth
CLINIC
T h e co u p le a re m a k in g th e ir hom e L e a g u e w ill m ee t a t th e M eth o d ist
for Bargains in Real-Es­
1 st N a tio n a l B a n k B ldg.
O bstetrical in one of th e B a rb e r a p a rtm e n ts E p isco p al C h u rc h a t fo u r o ’clock
tate. We also handle In­ M edical D Surgical
iagnostic X-ray
on G ra n ite s tr e e t.
a. m. C h ristm a s
m o rn in g
and
surance and Loans. 82-tf R. W . S te a rn s , M. D.
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R. W. S le e te r, M
O ffice h o u rs 2-5 p. m.
Mr. H a ro ld
J e a n D avis a n d th e y w ill sin g C h ristm a s C aro ls
F o r a sm o o th
sh av e
P h o n e 2 3 8 -It
Miss E ld a M elissa K in g e ry w ere u n til d a y lig h t fo r th e b e n e fit of
a n d q u ick se rv ice go
u n ite d in m a rria g e a t th e M eth o -j th o se w ho a r e u n a b le to g et o u t
CONVALESCENT HOME
to th e Shell B a rb e r
W h e re th e sick g et w ell. Cot-» d ist E p isco p al P a rso n a g e a t tw o ; to th e c h u rc h e s o r to h e a r C h rist-
Shop.
L a d les
and
tag e p lan . W e b o a rd a n d c a re fo r o ’clock S a tu rd a y a fte rn o o n , R ev-; m as p ro g ra m s. All L e a g u e rs a ro
c h ild re n g e t y o u r h a ir in v a lid s a n d old people. M atern -
e re n d S. J . C h an ey o fficiatin g . ■ a sk e d to be on h a n d to do th e ir
bobbed a n d m arcel- • itv d e p t. C all 15 3.
T he rin g c e re m o n y w as used.
■ b it and a good b re a k fa s t w ill be
led.
MONUMENTS
W, A. SH ELL, Prop.
ASHLAND G RANITE
>32 A. St. A shland, Ur«
MONUMENTS
B lair G ranite Co.
S. PE N N IST O N , M an ag er
Office 175 E . M ain
R es. P h o n e 444-Y
DRINK WATER FREELY
IF
Also Take Salts if Back
Hurts or Bladder
Troubles You
F lu s h y o u r k id n e y s by d rin k in g TORDON’S SASH AND CABINET
a q u a rt of w a te r each d ay, also
WORKS,
Cor. Helman
and
ta k e s a lts occasio n ally , say s a n o t­
Van Ness.
194tf
ed a u th o rity , w ho te lls us t h a t too
T R A N SFE R AND E X PR E SS
m u ch rich food fo rm s acid3 w hich
W
hittle T ransfer Ji Storage Co.
a lm o s t p a ra ly z e th e k id n e y s i n '
for SERVICE.
th e ir e ffo rts to expel it from th e
blood. T hey becom e slu g g ish and ; E x p e rie n c ed m o v ers a n d p a c k ­
e rs of h o u se h o ld goods. D eal­
w e a k e n ; th e n you m ^y su ffe r w ith )
e rs In coal a n d wood. P h o n e
• d u ll m ise ry in th e k id n ey reg io n ,!
e h a rp p a in s in th e b ack o r s i c k - 117.
h e a d a c h e , dizziness, y o u r sto m ach
Office 89 Oak St. near
s o u rs , to n g u e is c o a te d , a n d w hen
Hotel Ashland
th e w e a th e r is bad you h a v e r h e u ­
m a tic twinges..
T h e u rin e g e t s ! T. L. P O W E L L — G e n e ral T r a n s ­
and
m o to r
clo u d y , fu ll of se d im e n t, th e ch an - • f e r — Good te a m
tru
c
k
s
.
G
iod
se
rv
ice
a
t
a
rea ­
n e ls o fte n g e t so re a n d ir r ita te d
s o n a b le p ric e . P h o n e 83.
o b lig in g you to seek re lif tw o or
th r e e tim e s d u rin g th e n ig h t.
FEHIGE-ROACH
To h elp n e u tra liz e th e se i r r i t ­
T ra n s fe r — E x p re ss — S to ra g e
a tin g acids, to h elp c le a n se th e
H
a
u lin g — D ray w o rk of all
k id n e y s a n d flu sh off th e body’s
u rin o iis w a s te g e t 4 o u n ces of J a d | k ln d s - Q uick m o to r se rv ic e. D ry
w hen th e w e ig h ts w e re to ta lle d day ev en in g ,
a n d R a g g e d y A nn w eighed 329
G horuses,
in te rsp e rs e d
w ith
p o u n d s.
d u e ts, trio s, q u a rte te s a n d so lo j
T h is class is com posed of t h i r t y ' ma(j le
( up an e v en in g of d e lig h tfu l
m em b e rs, tw e n ty -fiv e of w hich
song w hose b e a u ty of th e m e and
w ere p re s e n t a t th e b re a k fa s t.!
m usical s e ttin g , w ith its sp lendid
T his c la ss h a s grow n from t h r e e 1
p re s e n ia tio n , w as m ost
m em b e rs in th e m id d le of th e !
,
.
.
a n d w as a b e a u tifu l o p e n in g fo r
su m m e r to tjie p re s e n t n u m b er.
th e h a p p y C h ristm a s season.
One of th e p e a sa n t s u rp r i-e s 'd f
Too m uch c re d it can n e t be ac-
th e m o rn in g w as th e p re s e n ta tio n
of a p o tte d p^ant to th e teacher?! Corded th e d ire c to r - th e o rg a n is t
Dv M aude I. H aw ley. T he class ai)d th e m em b e rsh ip of th e c h o ir
voted to m ak e th e a ffa ir an an- 1 ”
" o r ^ hi p re p a ra tio n , t h a t
WEYENBERG BOOTS
The footwear that is the
nearest to water-proof o f
any •> made.
JUST A FEW
Suggestions for Him
A beautiful “ Tom Mix’’ shirt; pair of Buck-
ililiam and Hecht Boots or Shoes; dozen pairs
Socks; Storm ( ’ap; pair Driving Gloves; ties,
handkerchiefs, gun, field glasses, Hentzolt Prism
Binoculars, Compass, razor sets, Thermos bottles
and many other« For your convenience see our
window.
The Ariuv Goods Store
OVERLAND
Biggest Little Store in Town
Shoe Shop
Then followed anniversaries teeming wi th visions of
sleighs, Santa Claus, candy and toys, wh en the veri­
est romance of Yuletide was so real! W e never for­
get those days.
______ ____
mysti lly they merge into another
; diminishing v ision of Santa
become aware of a better Christmas in the conscious love
and loyalty of others. And then—
B y a ll m e a n s have y o u r ph y sician I 012.31, a c co rd in g to th e b ien n ia l
e x a m in e y o u r k id n e y s a t le a st r e p o rt of th e com m ission r e le a s ­
ed to day. Of th is a m o u n t, $10,-
tw ice a y ear.
532,931.83 w as c o u n ty fu n d s, $7,-
384,3 9 6 .8 9
g o v e rn m e n t
fu n d s
$321,257.61 ra ilro a d fu n d s a n d
$ 5 7 ,6 1 6 ,4 2 5 .9 8 s ta le t'uqds.
In c lu d in g s tr e e ts in c itie s, im ­
proved w ith o u t s ta te a id , b u t in­
clu d ed in th e s ta te hig h w ay com ­
m ission p ro ceed in g s, th e system
T h e h e a t of re d p ep p ers ta k e s
to ta ls 879 m iles of paved ro ad s,
th e “ o u c h ” from a so re , lam e
.
,
„ „ ,i 1948 m iles of ro ck s u rfa c e d ro a d s,
b a c k . I t can n o t h u r t you, a n d ] .........................
it c e rta in ly e n d s th e to r tu r e a t 318 m iles of g ra d e d ro&ds u n s u r ­
faced a n d 1318 m iles of u n im ­
once.
proved
roads.
W hen you a re s u ffe rin g so you
c a n h a rd ly get a ro u n d , j u s t tr y I
R ed P e p p e r R ub. a n d you w i l l , L e tte rh e a d s ,
s ta te m e n ts ,
t o
h a v e th e q u ic k e s t re lie f k n o w n .!
o rd c r a t
T id in g s O ffice.
N o th in g h a s such c o n c e n tra tin g , j
h a v e a good jo b p rin tin g de­
D
artm
ent.
tf
p e n e tr a tin g h e a t »as re d p ep p ers.
J u s t as soon as you a p p ly R ed
T h e r e ’s a
m essag e
in The
P e p p e r R u b you w ill feel th e tin g ­
T
id
in
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W
a
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t
Ads.
lin g h e a t.
In th re e m in u te s it
years that fo llow, the Christmas season becomes rich-
and more be autiful. It has lost the confusion of toys
and confectio ns. But in all these years there has been
gr owing a tree that is ever green — upon it
a thousand glittering spangles—hallowed
memories of those who played with us
around our earliest Christmas trees, or
shared the season’s festivities in later years.
RED PEPPERS STOP
L
Refreshing are the recollections that flood upon us as a newer generation takes
our place,in the pleasures and happy illusions of Christmas.
eW
May this Yuletide be brighter and happier than all that have gone before.
È J R 8 B s' Ï
r r m i lr —— E>
Copyright, 1924, W estern N ew spaper U nion
PILES
At H otel—
A m ong th o se re g is te re d a t th e
H o tel A sh lan d a re N. A. R ic h a rd ­
CURED WITHOUT OPERATION
son, Los An-geles: R. B usey. A.
O many thousands have been re-
W ilson a n d B. D u esm an , P i tt s ­
li
‘ of -----
lieved
Piles ' by my non-surgical [
b u rg , C alif., M. G. C a rlto n a n d treatments that it is folly to endure the |
fam ily, Portland; G. S. and C. E. suffering and ill health resulting from
Sw iner, Los A n geles; Mrs. Mar- Rectal and Colon disorders.
jorie Evans, George M. Syre, A r d -, To Pro,v e *he certainty of relief by my
methods, I unhesitatingly
ngiy GUARAN-
m o re . O k la h o m a ; F. W . W a ld ro n , TEE to cure any case of Piles or refund
Los A ngeles and II. R osenfeld, St. the patients reasonable fee.
L o u is, Mo.
' Send Qr
today fo r my
S
d escrib ing
—rid your system o f Catarrh or Deaf-
ness caused by Catarrh.
Dr
Aw o»vr SO^srs
P. J. C H EN EY &• CO.» Toledo» O hio 1
re fle x
co nd i­
tions due to Rectal and
Colon disorders.
DEAN. MD.Inc
ICES’ SEATTLE OFFICES:
i
McGee and Miss Eva P o le y
q u a r te tte , M rs. W oodside. M ra
B ates, Mr. McGee
a n d Mr. F ro s t,
j and a
trio by Mrs. W oodside. Mr.
McGee a n d Mr. McCoy.
T h is w as th e second in th e ser-
’e« c f S u n d a y e v e n in g c o n c e rts of
,
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sacred song p lan n ed fo r th e w in-
. te r
T he fh'.rd will be given th e
L 5th of J a n u a r y , th e last S u n d av
e v e n in g of each m o n th is rese rv -
ed fo r th is se rv ic e of song.
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a n a l ev en t to o ccu r th e la s t Sun- ’ tad e such a m usical tr e a t P°s‘ j K o w J o h n P -in W r ito
d ay b e fo re C h ristm a s .
i
« « « “ u"»>«rs given | “ " ¡ ¿ J “
W nte a
* * *
¡d e s e rv e h e a rtie s t p raise , p a rtic u -l
« lO V ie Y a r n About Jails
C h ristin a s C a n ta ta —
| la rly th e 8°l,ra n o »«1° so b e a u tt-j
ROCKFORD, Hl., Dec. 22. __
A la rg e a n d a p p re c ia tiv e a u d i-j ,u lly s u n g by M rs. W oodside.
Jo h n M arino, se e k in g
“ a tm o s-
ence g re e te d th e re n d itio n of th e
O th e r th a n a n u m b e r of ch o r- p h e re ” fo r a m ovie s c e n a rio , c a ll­
C h ristm a s C a n ta ta “ T he G re a te s t uses by th e w hole c h o ir, t h e r e ; e d a frie n d s wife
to h e r d o o r,
G ift,” by th e c h o ir of th e P re sb y - w ere solos by J . W . McCoy, J . kissed h e r a n d ra n .
te ria n c h u rc h u n d e r th e d ire c tio n H. McGee, an d M rs. V ivian M.
H e was* w ritin g a play called
of Mrs. V ivian M. W oodside, S un- W o o d sid e; a d u e t by M rs .-J . H. “ J e a lo u s ” , and a firm w hich b ad
re je c te d h is p re v io u s m a n u sc rip a
h a d to ld him to “ m ak e it re a l a n d
live y o u r c h a ra c te r s .’’! J o h n la
g e ttin g f u r th e r a tm o s p h e re
iu
The next Christmas we cannot recall. W e may have lain in
trundle-bed or cuddled in a mother’s arms. That was a hal­
lowed Christmas!
S a lts from a n y p h a rm a c y h e re ; wood of all kinds. Phone 410-R
112-tf
t a k e a ta b le sp o o n fu l in a glass I 375 B. St.
o f w a te r b e fo re b r e a k f a s t fo r a j
WOOD SAW ING
few d a y s, a n d y o u r k id n e y s m ay i
th e n a c t fine. T h is fa m o u s s a lts i ----------------------------------------------------
is m ad e from th e acid of g ra p e sI
W A N TED — W ood sa w in g . T el
a n d lem on ju ic e , com bined w ith ( 4 7 0 - J .
63 lm o *
11thia, an d h a s been used fo r y e a rs i
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to h e lp flu sh a n d s tim u la te s lu g ­
gish k id n e y s; also to n e u tra liz e j STATE COMMISSISON
th e acids in th e system so th ey |
REPORT IS FILED
n o lo n g e r ir r ita te , th u s o fte n r e - ;
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lie v in g b la d d e r w eak n ess.
I
SA LEM , Dec. 22. — T h e gro ss
J a d Salts, is in ex p en siv e; c a n ' e x p e n d itu re s of th e s ta te h ig h -
n o t in ju r e an d m ak e s a d e lig h t- way d e p a rtm e n t sin ce its c re a tio n
fu l e ffe rv e sc en t lith ia -w a te r d r in k ? in 1917 h av e to ta lle d $ 75,855,-
Hall's Catarrh
Medicine
tu r n to th e c h u rc h a f te r sin g in g
* * *
E n tertained At Supper—
D r. M a ttie B. Shaw c h a rm in g
e n te r ta in e d w ith a c ra b su p p e r
a t h e r hom e on P io n e e r s tr e e t
S u n d a y ev en in g . A d elicio u s sup-
Pe r w as serv ed follow ed by a
P le a sa n t ev e n in g sp e n t ta lk in g
aIld e n jo y in g sto rie s.
G u ests fo r th e ev e n in g w ere
M r- a n d M rs- W in D odge, M arvin
S haw , M rs. Shaw of N ova S cotia
an d th e h o stess. Dr. S haw .
* • *
H ave B reakfast—
T h e “ W h ite E le p h a n t” class
of th e C h ristia n C h u rc h m e t a t
th e P la z a S u n d a y m o rn in g a t
e ig h t- th irty a n d e n jo y e d a b re a k -i
fa st.
D elicious
c o u n try
s a u -i
sag e a n d ham a n d eggs w ere c o n -j
sunied follow ed by th e o p e n in g of
th e pig b a n k s, th e m ain fe a tu re
o f th e a fte rn o o n .
T h ese b a n k s
yielded th e n e a t sum of $16. T he
p rize w hich w as offered fo r th e
h e a v ie st pig w as w on by R aggedy
A nn, b e lo n g in g to Jim m y B riggs.
E ach pen n y c o u n te d as a pound
N H U M A N experience there is no page more replete with joyous
association. The first Christmas we remember only as described in
sacred story, and we visualize its influence through the spirit
exemplified in the lives of our fellows.
PLANING MILL
R o w les on each pack ag e.
waiting for them when they re
GH RI S T(I)
ANY GIRL IN TROUBLE— May
c o m m u n ic a te w ith E n s ig n Lee
o f th e S a lv a tio n A rm y a t th e
W h lte S h le ld H om e, 565 May-
f a ir A ve., P o r tla n d . O regon.
w a rm s th e so re sp o t th ro u g h a n d
th ro u g h . P a in a n d so re n e ss a re
gone.
A sk a n y d ru g g is t fo r a j a r of
R o w les R ed P e p p e r R ub. Be s u re ¡ ^ > 1
to g et th e g e n u in e , w ith th e n a m e ¡ ¿ g l l
fu<MNla|, Decem ber 23. 10*24
C lassitico Ads Bring Result*
Christmas
<
Cold Weather
By MARTHA / BANNING
THOMA
•
r
O BEGIN with, it's cold
C O L D !!
Not your gray
pinched, peaked-y backdoor
yard cold w here bits of pupet
dance in u forlorn, forgotten ree l;
none of your brick-front houses on
dism al streets, seem ing by the best
calculation, to sto re up a chill
bleakness ra th e r th an affording
protection against It—not th a t, hut
a brisk, lively, tingling cold which
’nukes one h u rry to feed the wood-
boxes before d a r k ; a cold th a t
etches c ry sta l ferns bn th e w in­
dow glass, thoughtfully leaving a
peep-hole n e a r the top w here you
can peer o u t; a cold th a t fringes
the ice-house w ith an orderly row
of icicles th a t look like w hite cor­
rugated carrots, and m anufac­
tu re s thin, papery i-e in the hol­
lows on tiie ground, the sort of Ice
children like to stam p on, delight­
ing in its noisy crackle and the
su nburst of tine lines rudiatifi-j
from th e point of contact.
T here are wattles for su p p er!
Do you rem em ber how wattles look
and smell and ta ste on a cold
n i g h t , when
you’re “holler
hs a bar-post
hole?” l>o you,
now ?, “Get out
th e
m a p le
syrup,” order»
¿Candice, flop-1
ping over the
wattle iron and
m aking a p ar­
ticularly neat
jo b
o f i t.
“ You'll find the
jug on the p an ­
try shelf.”
I
Soon we are
sittin g before!
a pile of waf-i
ties a foot high.
"Now, l ’eter,"
Candice reinon
st rates, "don’t
give me sucl
an everlasting h e lp in g ;” but Peter
serenely continues to fill up her
plate.
“They sa.v Shorty's little shaver
a in ’t so w ill tonight,’’ lie rem arks,
passing the smoking beauties to
his wife. Got an aw ful cold. They
had the doc th is afternoon."
C hristm as and
Shorty's little
boy s ic k ! H e lives across the road
and bestow s Ids cheerful chatter
and shining eyes upon 11s w ithout
churge and g reat generosity.
“I had som ething to give him.
Guess I ’ll run over a fte r supper,”
says Candice, m aking th e first
luscious incision into her layered
waffles.
H is nam e is Billy, and lie’s
about as big as a grassh o p p er:
lie gets “under foot” and Is al­
w ays frolicking a t somebody’s
heels like a puppy.
He it was,
upon one occasion, who explained
to us the n a tu re o f his dinner.
»
“ Well, WilViam,” we said, apro­
pos of his th ird cookie in the m id­
dle of the afternoon, “didn’t you
have any dinner?”
{
‘‘(Jh, yes,” he beamed upon us,
“we had pu ttin g fo r dinner.’
I
“P u ttin g ? ” we inquired. “Don’t
you m ean pudding?"
. I
“ No, p u ttin g !” he Insisted, “be-j
cause we put the flour In, you!
k n o w !”
D ear little Billie, w ith his high,
clear voice th a t alw ays rem inded
one of w ater running over peb­
bles.
“H is fa th e r said he w as going tc
get him a C hristm as tre e th b '
year,” continued P eter.
"I saw
h I m dragging
It down from
the woods day
before y e ste r­
day. Bill w as
hoppin’ up and
down some, I
can tell you.
T ic k le d
to
pieces. Guess
th a t’s w here lie
caught cold."
At th is point
t h e r e w as a
g re e t tram ping
and puffing in
the k i t c h e n .
People w a l k
right in on tf
cold night.
“O n l y me,”
sounds th e soft,
slurring voice
of Billy’s Ita l­
ian fath er.
“I ju s ’ come t’ say
d a t boy o’ m ine all rig h t now.
V erra seek dis m o rS ln —fine by
now, a n ’ can I have d’ ruilk?”
A quick lig h th ea rte d n e ss flowk
over U6. We had not realized howl
deliberately
cheerful
we
litui
striven to be. Billy b e t t e r ! All’s
___
right w ith th e w orid!
4
I t’s colder!
A careful scrutiny
of th e therm om eter reveals the
tem p eratu re a t six above.
P e te r pokes around down cellar
and covers up his apples and p o ta ­
toes against a night of freezing,
and brings up som e red beauties
to be consum ed la te r In th e eve­
ning w ith nu ts and popcorn
Cold . . .
CO LDER!
Sleigh bells jingling
road!
Merry Christmas!
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