S a nta C la u i T ravels
b y R a ilro a d N o w
_________
broken nr the vole« Of the Pullman
porter, crylog out. “We1* run thr .«ugh
an open switch and wc's wrecked, hut
De’ n u n -, de train am standln* on de
The Reindeer Rest and
Wreck is Averted
T h;.t
f o r C h r is tm a s
SS
the Pullmans remained on the track.
“I f we hadn't stopped at Redfield,"
said the conductor, "we'd 'a' been going
I S , S A N TA C LA U S i- real forty miles an hour and all heapeu up
— a real spirit— the Christ, at the bottom of the embankment."
inss spirit. T h a t it why yon
In the artist's studio today there Is
do not ese him
Spirits "are a picture of the Christmas Christ, with
the halo that believing love hag placed
invisible. You do not aee them,
uor him , but you see their work upon Hla head. And Just below It an
and you feel them in your heait other halo resta upon the head of an
Auy reader of these lines who old man, pictured there because of his
has not felt the Christmas spirit-*— unconscious but real service of man-
aiud.
Y
G o b b le r
By CLARA DELAFIELD
They Just Could
AL, m a r m , I
Not K ill the Bird
might let you
have the gob-
They Had
bier for Christ
Watched Crow
mas." said Si
U p From
las Hicks. "H e ’ll be
Babyhood
DSC. 30. 1923
He used to w a tc h 'th e bird with In
terest. The gobbler would come d uck
ing after him for crumbs. And It was
odd how It looked like John.
H e began to call it John. I t bad a
queer way of putting lta bead upon
one aide and calling, as John used to
do when he was a boy. G r^ lu ally, to
old Silas' fancy, the gobbler became
an effigy of John. He hated IL
He hated It, and he was attached,
too. H e made a sort of pet of the
gobbler. H e wanted It to love him,
so far as a turkey gobbler la capable
of love. Then, when Christmas came,
he was going to cut Its throat very
slowly, bending Its head back to see
the terror In Its eyes. H e would thus
have his revenge upon his brother.
"Yes. marm. John's thriving nicely
and putting on flesh." he told Mrs.
James. "Here he comes. John I John I"
Up came the big gobbler, put Its
H A L S E Y B X T I’ R A R IS E
that snobbish great-aunt wi.os glv
ing a big house party, all old folks
and doesn't want F atty around. She
needs a home Christmas more than
your Jim !"
Father was eyeing mother anxlous-
IJ- J I''r bright smile a in axed him.
"■Well. I'm sure there's room for them
both
I am glad you have such kind
hearts, children."
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O n e - H a lf D ozen
H a p p y K id d ie s
By ELEANOR KING
Qounq IDotnan
d ia ls ®
B y 3 room e f this
Qathere in
* x q a 1 s I t *
Homeless Tots
h o m e was
for Christmas
b « a a 11 ful.
spacious and fu r
Festivities
Rut now Mr. W ill spoks timidly.
a fine bird by then.
'T m sorry, mother, but I. too, have
But I dunno. He's the only one I ’ ve
asked a guest. Couldn't help It some
reared out of that brood, and I'm
how I That young M iller at the at-
kinder attached to him.”
nished In the best
flee. He's so cut up shout his moth of taste. Its massive Jacobean high-
However, he promised Mrs. James
er's
death,
and
a
boarding
house
Is
s
finally to let her have the gobbler.
backed chairs, long table, draperies a ll
Santa Claus— this season surely is
dreary place to spend Christinas." Mr.
Silas Hicks was not a sentimental
harmonized. But that quality which
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to be pitied.
W ill’s voice was timorous, almost
man. He was a farmer, and In busi
puts one at ease wae lacking.
It
pleading.
Santa w ill give hie prancing
ness for the money It brought him. He
looked austere and unfriendly. T he
But Mrs. W ill's bright smile had
had a brother John, who had gone to
reindeer a rest Christmas eve and
servants had decorated the table and
now turned to a calm, relieved one.
the city and made money hand over
room profusely, trying to give a little
go «board every Southern Pacific
“Oh,
that's
splendid,
dear.”
she
suld.
fist. John was a crusty old bachelor
of the Christmas atmosphere. T h e for
lim ited train betweeu Portland
"For.
do
you
know,
I
myself
have
In-
and largely devoid of the sense of
bidding look still asserted Itself,
aud Ogden and E l Paso. Silver
THE KINDLY STAR
fam ily obligations
though. From the length o f the tabla
tipped fir Christmas trees from lh t
There had been a time, five years
I T H E l i t t l e boy w a s a fr a id o f
and amount of edibles piled upon It,
Sierra Nevada moiinteius, elabo
V lf l h e d a rk . b u t. aa be lo oked
before, when things went bsdly with
one might have Judged there was to ba
rately trim m ed, w ill be plaeed or.
o u t th ro u g h th e lo w w in d o w ,
Silas. There was a heavy mortgage
quite a party, but only four places
upon th e panes o f w h ic h M r.
the traina Christmas day and hun
to meet, the crops bad been a failure,
were set.
F r o e t w e e m a k in g h la plctu ree,
dreds of ponnds of candy, in dec
and he had been In danger of dispos
he e a w a b r ig h t s ta r th a t w as
The dinner gong sounded. A middle-
w in k in g a t h im w it h a moet
session. Besides, his w ife was on her
orated boxes, w ill be distributed
aged, well-dressed mun and woman ap
bead on one side and surveyed Silas
fr ie n d ly a n d a a e u rln g lig h t .
It
slc’. 'jed, from which she was never to
peared.
to the children by the dining ear
to see If he hud any bread crumbs.
ahone th ro u g h h la te a rs and
arise.
"And you say Thelma went out la
seemed to eey t h a t I t w o u ld
■tewards ia the role of Sauta.
' Isn't he the cutest thing I" said
vlted that pretty little Gladys Haver-
w a tc h e v a r hla Bleep. So he ehut
Silas had gone In bis despair to the
the c a r * '
Mrs. James.
" I don't wonder you
A special Christinas dinner, with
hie eyes. and. s t illin g hie soba,
111. She looked so woebegone when 1
brother whom he had not seen tor
“She didn't say where she was go
can't bear to let me have It. Mr.
" all the fiix u ’a ” w ill be served in
th e b e tte r to h e a r th e c a ro l e in g -
met her at the grocer's Saturday and ing, Robert," replied his wife.
years. John had turned him down flat.
Hicks."
era across th e s tre e t, w a s s a fe ly
the dining cars.
asked
her
whether
she
was
going
home
“F ather le ft you the farm because
a w a y to s lu m b e r a n d a dream .
“She probably thought Hubert was
“Oh. that'll be all right, marm," re
for Christmas. She said a poor school taking too long In getting over here,
T h e d re a m la d y lo o k e d lik e hla
you played up to him, and kicked me
sponded Silas cheerily.
m o th e r, a ll dreaaed In a robe th a t
teacher couldn't travel way across a so she took It upon herself to go a fte r
out Into the world." he sold. "Now
An elemental hatred for the gobbler
g lis te n e d a n d s p a rk le d lik e snow ,
continent even for a Christmas at
I ’ve made my pile, you have the nerve
him."
an d aha w a s b r in g in g him th s
had come to Oil his h e a rt Christmas
By Christopher Q. Hasard
home. W hat could I do 1 And do you
hops o f hla h e a r t th e tie d th a t
to come to me for help. I don't aee It,
“Undoubtedly," assented Mrs. F re
was t t hand. H e pictured how. on the
w as to ta k a h im so d e lig h t f u lly
know I've always thought Gladys and
Silas.”
mont.
morrow, he would grab the bird, he
Artist Finds
d o w n th e h i l t
A n d w h e n he
AVTD SPEN
Ted
M
iller
ought
to
rueeL
They're
“My wife's sick," pleaded Silas, “and
Thelma came soon bursting In upon
would Insult It w ith all the turkey
w o k e so e a r ly
on C h ris tm a s
CER looked
Ne© Place for
such nice young people— and Gladys
you've got more money than you know
her folk a coat and hnt still on. To ba
m o rn in g he fou nd t h a t hla d re am
abuse that he had picked up from It ;
again at his
Is
so
pretty
I"
had com e tr u e ! — C h ris to p h e r a
what to do w ith."
Circle Because
sure, she had Hubert w ith her.
then it should die slowly, as he would
Hasard.
watch
with
So that's what happened to the Wills
"Oh. I can And a use for It," John
"Dad, mother." she exclntmed, "coma
like John to die.
of a Service
tome
anxi-
precious fam ily Christmas. But not
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rejoined caustically. “Maybe If you'd
and see what I have out here!"
On
Christmas
morning
he
found
a
ety. The hospital-
one o f the W ills felt that he had beeu
to Mankind
She led her folks Into the front hall.
letter from an unknown correspondent
ity
of
the
old
cheated of anything. On the contrary I
To their astonishment, they found the
in
the
city.
Opening
IL
he
read
that
southern home had been lavish, the ex
And M r. and Mrs. W ill are In closer
THE REASON OF REINDEER
his brother John was dead.
htbltlon of his paintings had been suc
harmony than ever. You see, they are
John had le ft forty thousand dollars,
" I know why Santa Claus has rein
cessful beyond his hopes, there had
the same sort of people— not ■ too com
half
of
which
was
to
go
to
Silas.
“In
deer." announced little M ary.
been congratulations, and flowers, and
mon thing In workaday life. And Billy
memory of our boyhood times together,
“Why?” asked her mother.
and Lucy are growing up rather like
commissions. Quite overwhelmed with
and In the hope that any 111 feeling,
" ’Cause they have Christmas trees
them.
courtesies and attentions, charmed by
If tt existed, has long ago been can
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the quaintness and beauty and cus
growing on their heads l’’— M. a
celed.”
Thomas.
toms and scenes new to him. the artist
shown a little sympathy for me when
Silas
stared
at
the
letter.
Hts
eyes
(©• H ilt Weottr* Newspaper union.)
longed to linger, and was loth to leave
I was hoofing It on the sidewalks Td
grew misty. He saw John again as a
the old city. But the northern train
have a little more for you, Silas."
little boy upon the farm ; his heart
butler and n maid occupied In remov-
IT’S
A
GOOD
TRYOUT
that he must tnke was almost due, the
Silas went home. Somehow he man
'Ing coats and hats from tlx children.
went out to him across the years.
station was distant, and his hosts had
Gobble I Gobble I T he big turkey
“W ell, where did you get these?"
The mnn who has tried to hide some aged to survive the crisis. B ut his
seemingly forgotten t i l about IL until
was standing In front of him, Its head
'S filfi M r
Fremont In hla blustering
gifts from the w ife or kids knows how wife died, and he grew lonelier and
they suddenly appeared with apologies
way.
on one side, one claw raised begging
fu tile Is the attem pt to secrete ths lonelier. I f he had had a few thou
and delivered him to the black coach
sand dollars he would have sold out
for crumbs.
Jewelry from burglars.
" It ’s like this. Dad," begnn Thelma
man and the fam
and gone south to live, somewhere
“ You great big faker, you I" bellowed
with u rather apologetic a ir: “When
ily coach, F ortu
away from this bleak New England
Silas.
,1 came downstairs this afternoon and
A GENEROUS PRAYER
nately, the train,
coast. But he could Just manage to
The gobbler, looking a little alarmed,
.saw that dining room table heaped up
burdened with Its
make
both
ends
meet.
D
ally
he
cursed
retreated a step or two.
with good things— well, I Just went for
There la no finer Christmas senti
load of Christmas
his brother In his heart.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
H u b e rt; together we found the name
ment than the words of T in y T im :
cheer, was late,
lie started rulslng turkeys, and that
MOh, M r. Hicks, I’m w illing to pay
of the nursery or home or whatever
"God bless us, every one!"
also, so that when
was a failure. Only the gobbler lived.
,you call It, near here and we went over
for that turkey, but somehow I — I feel
It moved on Spen
I Just can't eat him a fter seeing him
there. I had the matron give me h alf
cer was among its
¡a dozen children, and here they are.”
grow up from babyhood."
passengers.
,8he pointed to the group In front of
'Wal, Mrs. James, I was kinder
The rather mon
¡her, who were busy taking In their
feeling that wey myself," said Silas
If any members of your family w<
otonous landscape
'surroundings. "O hlidren. this Is my
Hicks, scratching his head. "You see. two pairs o f glasses, give them
threw him back
father and this my mother. Now, Dad.
I'm selling out and going south, and I
upon
reflection, j
(here Is Tony, Rose, Frederick. Charles,
was figuring on taking him along and
and he f o u n d
Annn and M arie," ns she gathered the
raising turkeys."
Kryptoks—the gift that gives lu tin g children to her "Now, children, we
himself reviewing
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satisfaction
the sights and ex
are going In and have dinner. Lot's
periences of his
see, Hubert, you take Frederick and
visit with pleas
Charles, Dad take Tony; Mother, you
ant
amusement
take Anna, and I w ill have Rose and
A g a i n he w it
M arte."
Optometrists,
M
anufacturing
Opticlar
nessed the bargaining of the old mar
The rh'ldren, ranging from six to
Albany, Oregon
By ETHEL COOK ELIOT
ket. “Ia yon got enny alga?" “I ain't
eight, were rather shy until they set
sed dat I ain't." “I ain't axed yer Is yo'
eyes on nil the goodies on the table;
I Mother.
a w u i c r , Father
r a in e r F T 1 M
ALMOST
a in 't I axed yer ain't yo' Is." He re
then they were all excitement. Thelma
I t I glad w e ' r e
called the curious operations of the re
and Children
winked at Hubert, and then looked at
vival meeting that had so Illustrated
jV
®
oot
going
to
Have Special
her dad. H e was busy keeping meat
the picturesqueness of negro character
our
Grand
enough ru t up for Tony, supplying his
Quests
at
and hummed to himself the song that
mother’s for
numerous other demands, and keeping
had there been so Intensely sung:
Family Feast
C h r i s t m a s this
op with his many questions. The chil
year." Mrs. W ill
dren ware fairly stufTed when they
D ere’s a halo on Hla hald.
confided to M r. W ill a week before
climbed down from the table.
A halo, oh my Lawd.
that great day. ’’Do you realize we’ve
'We are going to play some games
B ut dere's one for me H e sed,
never had a Christmas here In our
now." said Thelma. "Hubert, you get
A crown ob glory wen I'm dnld.
own home. Just ourselves and our
on that side of the circle; corns on.
A halo, oh my Lawd.
fam ily V
Dad and Mother.'* But no amount of
“Yes. I ’ve been thinking o f that."
coaxing could bring Dad and Mother.
D a t’a de kind ob hat ter g it
Mr. W ill replied. "Let's keep It Just
Dad thought he had done hla share.
A halo, oh my Lawd.
ourselves, and give the kldillee one
Whet do you think V said Thelm a
In rain or shine hit's houn' ter fit
tru ly borne Christmas to remember."
to tha children a littis w hile la te r;
Every
worth
while
feature
td
I sholy am a-w antln' h it
As usual. Sir. and Mrs. W ill were
be found on eny electric cleaner
A halo, oh my Lawd.
In complete agreement In their Ideas
is a part o f the BEE-VAC. M a
and emotions. Mrs. W ill tlghed con
chines thirteen years in service
And I kin feel hit sproutin' now,
tentment.
M r. W ill slghe 1 content
ere proo f of its d u ra b ility .
I he
A halo, oh my Lawd.
ment. too; for a fte r all, suclr. harmony
most rigid tests w ill prove ate
A crown ob shinin' on my brow.
as theirs Is not so commrr« In this
thoroughness as a cleaner. L e t
Each tim e to H im I mek a bow,
workaday world of wives » n il hus
us show you the new
A halo, oh my Lawd.
bands.
But as Christmas day g re tr nearer
As the train sped on the artist's rem
and nearer Mrs. W ill suddenly realised
Hubert "ells me be was Just In the
iniscences were Interrupted by the
»he was nursing a sick conscience.
library, and Santa le ft a Christmas
voice« o f the conductor and one of
There was something she bud not the
tree and seme gifts for you In there."
the passengers. “But this train does
heart to confide to M r. W Dt. Now,
They all made a dash for the door.
sot stop at Redfield," the conductor
Mr. W ill had a alck conscience, too.
rìcc œa
Where do you suppose she got these
was saying, as he looked at the old
There was something he hat* n ot the
things?*’ queried M r. Fremont o f hla
man's tic k e t " It must sure stop this
now only
heart to confide to Mrs. WUL
wife
time," answered the passenger; " I Just
But
fortunately
everyth'iig jv«»
T can't Imagine,” she re p lie d ; "this
got to see Jim once more before he
straightened out before Christmas,
must have been the planning of more
goes.
I only got the message this
that day of peace, dawned.
than today.
morning. I want to wish him a merry
B illy, their eldesL didn't know
It came tim e for Thelma to g ir t the
Christmas and a happy New T ear
what the word conscience menist. O f
dread announcement that they were to
•w here he's goln'."
course he had heard mother mid fa- 1
leave for the home. Before doing so
See the ne w features, the Im
The c o n d o ctor
ther whispering about how nice a
p r o v e d I , m eh arrange m en! -»be
she surveyed the scene before her:
hesitated,
th e n
restful '1*11 a nd socket" grip and
strictly family Christmas wou Id be.
There was Dad, on hla hands and
seemed to yield as
the
m
ethod
o
f
in
e
re
a
e
n
s
cleaning
kneao, crawling about tbs floor with
he passed on, and
eurtion. Y o u s ev - *1 5 0 0 to $23 .00
Tony, p ityin g train. Tony had suc
ths old man sat
w h e n you buv a B E E - V A C
ceeded In winning over M r. Fremont.
back In hla seat
unaware of the
T here sat her mother reading a story
to three of the youngsters, and H u
atmosphere
of
i.vmpathy around
bert— she could hardly bellsve her
Mm. Shortly after
eyes—sat cuddling a little sleeping
form in his arms. Shs went over and
the ball rope was
pulled, the train
sat down on the arm of his chair,
Ha bad heard them, but peril«;-* he
draw to a h a lt
"You dear old thing." tha said, put
hadn’t understood their sentfi-nenL
and kindly looks
ting her arm around h im ; then. “H u -
Anyway,
at
luncheon,
two
d
syi
be
followed him down
| bert, look tt Dad. Won’t you toy thin
fore Christmas, be suddenly Mm-ted.
the aisle and oa
day was bean a success?”
Wc have quite a list of
“Bay,
Mom,
Tvs
asked
Jim
Larkls
to
fin ’••)
N«w»»fiHf
to the platform of
•
o
r
Christmas
dinner
ner
and
the
tree.
tri
the little station.
ore Ir Europe and
t a i
. >
/
You
know
hla
folks
H ALSEY
The incident was
h n s f / i l C l S . SX.e C O rttS
hsfs Just staying on st
at the school.
sc
barely finished and
Thought he'd Ilk« It here M tte r Mors I
’ he train bad attained hut little head
hose a lik e "
way when there was a sudden sad ter
Cosh paid for
"O®, bother. Billy." Lucy e rt-d —
rible J o lt followed by a crash and the
Halo on Another Head
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:
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bumping e f tb« cam over the tlaa. then
• (top and sa affrighted silence.
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