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your Christm as Shopping at Pulfer’s Store
Pecan Top Chocolates
Ice Cream Drops
Snow Ball Chocolates
Swastika Choc Caramels
Marshmallows, Plain and Toasted
Lump and Rock
Peanut Nougatine
Imitation Maple Chocolate
Chocolate Dipped Caramels
Almond Top Chocolates
Peach and Raspberry Nuts
Hummer Chocolates, Strawberry, Orange
and Vanilla Flavors
5 lbs. for 95c
Fresh Roasted Peanuts, 5 lbs. for 45c
Full line of Groceries and Canned Goods
All kinds of Crisp and Fresh Crackers,
Snaps and Cakes.
Don t forget to visit our Crockery Department, most complete line of Dishes and Glass-
ware.
' Pulí er Mercantile Co,
Phone 831
FREE DELIVERY
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T h , » a r th h a s g r o w n o ld w i t h
its D u r d e n o f c a r « ,
B u t a t C h r is tm a s it a lw a y s is young.
T h « h e a rt of th e icw el bu rn s lu s tro u s and fa ir ,
A n d its soul fu ll of m usic b rea ks fo rth on th s air
W h a n th s song of th s an gels is sung.
It is co m in g, O ld E a r th , it is co m in g to n ig h t!
O n th e sn o w flake s w h ic h co ver th e sod
T h s fe et of th e C h ris t C h ild fa ll g e n tle an d w h ite .
A n d th e voice of th e C h ris t C h ild te lls ou t w ith d e lig h t
T h a t m a n k in d a re th e c h ild re n of God.
O n If>e sad and th e lo n e ly , th e w re tc h e d an d poor,
T h a t voice of th e C h r is t C h ild sh all fa ll
A n d to e v e ry b lin d w a n d e re r opens th e door
O f a hope th a t he d a re d not to d re a m of before»,
W ith a su nsh ine of w elco m e fo r a ll.
T h e fe e t of th e h u m b le s t m a y w a lk in th e field
W h e re th e fe et of th e h o lies t h a ve trod .
T h is , th is IS th e m a rv e l to m o rta ls revea led
W h e n th e s ilv e ry tr u m p e ts of C h ris tm a s h a ve pealed,
T h a t m a n k in d a re th e c h ild re n of God.
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R ead these articles over Carefully and then decide to do
New Mixed Nuts,
and w aved h er ta b le napkiu a t th e vi­
cious black horse th a t paw ed th e steps,
and lie si-uttered aw ay to fall a victim
to th e la ria t of th e m ost g racefu l rider
of (hem ull. a b areh ead ed g ian t w ith
blue-black h a ir and a skin bronzed
like an Indian's.
T hen M arthena, w hen it w as a llo v e t
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and th e horses had been driven back
into th e co rral, realized th a t she hud
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“ Ik>u t it b eat all,“ she ask ed of th e displayed u u w o u ted en th u siasm . Shi
S a u r ilic e
2 em pty air. “ how folks will ask y o u r ad-
had not ouly w aved her u apkiu fra n ­
outl tbeu fly all to pieces i f It tically a t th e victorious riders, but she
don’t su it th e ir Idees?"
had cheered th em on to g re a te r e f­
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It w as a heavy h ea rte d M arthena fo rts. so th a t she w ent back to bei
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se a t w ith sc a rle t cheeks and sham ed
well to the little M aine village w here eyes.
M arthena J u d d loc ked th e school- she had lived all her days,
A step sounded behind her aud sh i
house door w ith a little sigh of relief
T h e tra in left S haron and th e old
looked up to see th e g racefu l, brow u
au d w alked slow ly dow n th e village life fa r behind.
W hile th e ache o f
cheeked rid er w ho had flashed w hite
stre e t to w ard home.
p a rtin g w as still in M arth en a's th ro a t
t e e t h at her as lie c a p tu red th e black
T h ere cam e a c la tte r of hoofs on th e th e novelty of trav el Interested and horse.
road, an d Lionel F orbes rode g allan tly com forted tier. Five d ay s la te r M sr.
T h ere w us a stra n g e fam iliarity
around th e bend au d pulled his big thena en tered upon th e rolling p rairie
black horse to a sta n d still beside Mar- land th a t to her ea ste rn eyes seem ed about him th a t puzzled her.
“ Ih u i't rem em b er me. M arthena ?" he
thena.
like a d u st colored sea bounded by
“ H ow do you do. Miss Ju d d ? " he the purple hills risin g and m elting asked, holding out a big hand.
“Oh. L a rry —L arry Barnes!** crieo
asked, sm iling dow n a t h er from his aw ay a g ain st th e horizon as they
M artliena. "W h a t hav e you done to
brow u eyes.
sped on.
M arth en a's eyes w ere dazzled by
A t B itte r T ree h er tru n k s w ere yo u rself? I d id n 't recognize you.”
"1 hope tlie chan g e is fo r th e b e tte r."•
Lionel F orbes an d his too evident dum ped out on th e platform , and the
said L arry gravely.
beauty. T h e sudden In terest of Shar- tra in w ent on into The golden glory of
“ It Is. Oh. it Is!" cried M arthena,
oil's richest young m an in th e hum ble the sunset, w hile M arthena stood th e re
schoolteacher w as flattering. M arthena feeling stran g ely sm all and f o r lo .n ' w ith sticSi evident a d m iratio n in het
Ju d d w as p re tty in a pale, d elicate until H e n ry ’» big voice an d H e n ry ’s tone th a t both of them suddenly lau g h ­
ed o u trig h t in th e pure Joy o f youth
w ay, but one alw ay s th o u g h t th a t she stro n g arm s greeted her.
and p erh ap s in tile discovery o f som e
gave prom ise o f g re a te r beau ty w hen
sh e looked a t him w ith w ondering
sh e could trnve a re s t from teaching eyes.
H enry Ju d d had gone forth I th in g th a t both o f them had lost.
“ H e n ry ’s gone to Chico.’’ said L arry .
th e ro b u st y o u n g sters of th e village from S haron village a tall, lanky New
J sittin g dow n on th e railin g of the
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E n g lan d er dressed in ill fitting store
W hile M arthena sm iled and blushed clothes
T he m an before her w as bl­ veranda, "and he has delegated m e to
u n d er the bold glance of Lionel „ „ d
and his cow hov h at ami give you y o u r first riding lesson.
Forbes. Miss Myra F inney, w ho kept ,h lr t so d his cordurov tro u se rs tucked C herry Is th e p re ttie st little pony you
ever saw . M arthena. an d H enry au d 1
the pnstoiHce. peered from an unob- into high heeled hoots gave him tie
picked
out th e sad d le th e o th e r day,
stru c te d co rn er o f th e w indow and look ,,f „ stran g er.
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and Nuts Galore
m ade com m ents to h er sis te r S usan.
" I f I had a c hild in M arthena J u d d ’s
school 1 w ould put my foot dow n
about one th in g !" said' Myra a fte r
Lionel and M arthena had w alked
a n y re a l h a rd w o rk ; L e e Sing, th e C h in a -
m an . does th a t, b u t It does need a w o -
m a n 's h a n d o u t here, an d I'm p la in lo n e -
som e f o r you. I t w a s d iffe r e n t w h e n Id a
- liv
It Is.
Is
w as a
liv e , b u t you k n o w ho w it
I'll
p a y you w h a t you ge t f o r te a c h in g th e
S h a ro n kids, an d y o u 'll h a v e a ho rse to
r id - a nd a n y th in g else in reason t h a t you
w a n t. D o com e. Send m e a te le g ra m and
I ' l l m e e t you a t B it t e r T r e e w h e n e v e r you
say.
V o u r lo v in g b ro th e r,
HENFSY.
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C h ristm a s is a lio n .lu g season
The
w an d erer lim es Ills roam ings st.
so the.»
draw him to th e fam ily board for th e
g reat lilith d ay
T h e first C h ristm a s sw a y from hom e
Is a sorry one. an d th e b rid e w ho m ust
deckle betw een sp en d iu g I he day w th
his o r h er fam ily h as lie, d of m uch
g race to m ake th e break in fav o r of
him.
B ecause tlie hom e ties a re so stro o z
nt th e holid ay s C h ristm a s day b rin g -
som e of th e loneliest lum rs of th e year
to tlio-e w ith whom hom e Is only a
m em ory
It Is not a p leasan t th o u g h t th a t there
Is no one w ho ,-are- w h e th e r o u r C h rist
m ss l>e happy or not. It is a th ought
th a t once allow ed to root b rin g s b itte r
ness of soul In stead o f w a te rin g lone
lines» w ith te a rs sm o th er It w ith kind
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pin hi-
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m ade her go s tra ig h t to bed,
carried h e r slipper to her In
th e little room th a t he hud fu rn ish ed
for her w ith all of a m an 's clum sy
tenderness.
" L a rry B arnes w ent to Choco w ith
me. a n d w e picked o u t th e stuff. L arry
said he rem em bered th a t blue w as
J'0111' fa v o rite color, so w e got ever.v-
tiling blue an d w hite. L a rry chose
th e p ictu res.
H e said th e one of
8t. Cecelia th ere looked like you.
G reat fellow . L arry! N o w , you close
.vour eyes an d go to sleep. (Set up
w hen you like and o rd er w h at you
w an t for b re a k fa st from Lee Sing,
Good n ig h t.”
W ith H e n ry 's kiss on h er brow
M arthena w ent to sleep w ith a little
sm ile on her lips aud aw oke to the
glory of a p erfect m orning,
A fter sh e had leisurely d ressed she
w ent dow n to th e veranda, w h ere late
Slug, w ith m any po.lte g estures, m-
vlted her to b reak fast. W hile slm sa t
there sh e heard the m ad c la tte r of
hoofs ulld 8UW „ hi.rsc galloping
around tin* yard.
From th e d is ta n t
corral cam e a sh o u t as oue. tw o. three,
m ore horses leaped the g a te and fol-
low,si tlie first u ntam ed anim al. T h ree
cow boys m ounted ou h orses p u rsu ed
th e ru n aw ay s, w ith lusty sh o u ts aud
la ria ts held ready for action.
M artliena w ondered vaguely If L arry
B arnes w as one of th ese cow boys who
rode so fearlessly and so gracefully,
She « c u t to tlie edge o f th e veranda
h in k
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k ii
. Th,,nk -v o« tor helping H enry
choose th e th in g s fo r my room ." said
M arthena g ratefu lly . And sh e won-
l!l’ied w hy L arry blushed so furiously
al,d changed tile su b ject. She fe lt very
kindl.v to w ard him.
" ell. sis." said H enry th a t n ig h t n t
s " I,ncr. "you look a s rosy as can be.
H ow d o yon like th e sa g e b ru sh ?"
. " , t s •leuvenly!"
cried
arthena
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r iii.- u a so
h<>artily th a t H en ry laughed aloud, and
. L . arry
. , , w . ho had been in v ited to supper,
5 »sued deeply.
“T ,|cn you d o n 't w an t to go back to
S haron?" teased H enry.
"Never!" exclaim ed M arthena. " I'll
tell you w hen I do. H en ry ."
"I'll w ag er th a t will be n e v er." said
H enry, but he said it to him self so th a t
no oue could hear. H e bad read th e
signs o f reaw ak en ed in te re st in th e
b etray in g eyes of his sis te r and L arry
B arnes. and he w as very glad. L arry
w as a e a p ’tal fellow , an d A unt H ep­
sey s le tte r a b o u t Lionel F orbes hud
been disquieting.
T h ree m onths a fte rw a rd M arthena
and L arry cam e In from a long ride
w ith th e glory o f p erfect h appiness
shining in th e ir faces. H enry, s ta n d ­
ing on tlie veranda sm oking his pipe,
sm iled ten d erly a s they cam e up th e
steps.
"B lessings, my ch ild ren !" he said
h eartily , fo r he had read th a t d ay In a
p aper fro tr S haron th a t Lionel Forties
had m arried a girl from th e city, an d
lie knew th a t M artliena w ould receive
th e new s w ith Indifference.
M artliena. sta n d in g in her little bed­
room th a t night am id all tlie p re tty
blue and w hite fu rn itu re chosen by
the tw o men w ho loved her devotedly,
sm iled th ro u g h her te a rs a s she knelt
down to sav her prayers.
" I t's w onderful!" sh e m urm ured
"It's m arvelous h o w th e path of d u ty
leads one to love and h a p p in e s s !"
D ecem b er.
Oh. h o lly b ra n c h a n d m is tle to e
A n d C h r is tm a s c h im e s w h e re ’e r w e go
A n d s to c k in g s p in n e d up in a ro w —
T i et-e a r e th y g ifts D e c e m b e r!
A n d If th e s e a r has m ad e th e e old
A n d s ilv e re d a ll th y lo cks o f gold
T h y h e a rt lias n e v e r been a -co ld
O r k n o w n a fa d in g e m b er
T lie w h o le w o rld is a C h r is tm a s tree .
A n d s t a r s its m a n y c a n d le s be
Oh. s ing a c a ro l toy fu lly
T h e Y e a r s g re a t fe a s t In kee p in g .
F o r o n ce upon a D ec e m b e r n ig h t
A n a n ^ e l held a c an d le b rig h t
A n d led t h ie e w is e m en by Its lig h t
T o w h e ie a c h ild w as s leeping
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L o n e ly o n C h r is t m a s .
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H e n ry
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F O R T H E C H R IS T M A S S E A S O N .
To live co n ten t w ith sm all
m ean s; to seek elegance ra th e r
th a n lu x u ry and refinem ent rath
e r th a n fash io n ; to th in k quietly. <
talk g en tly , a c t fra n k ly ; to l«-ar
all ch eerfu lly , do all bravely,
a w a it occasion. h u rry n e v e r—In
a w ord, to let th e sp iritu a l, tin
bidden and nncons» tons grow up
th ro u g h th e i-o'innon Hi!- |s to
my sym phony C haim t
|„„k w as In his" eves”,
tle s is te r ,n to tb e buck b o ard a i d took
his selI‘ ,* side h er'
" IIold ou to y o u r hair, sis.” he ad-
s lo w ly on.
vised. “T h ese bronchos a re w alking
•’W h a t’s th a t? " asked S u san lazilv. on th e ir hiud leRS to d ay ."
“ I'd put a stop to her flirtation w ith
-M arthena Ju d d n ev er forgot th a t
Lionel Forbes. It se ts n very bad ex- ” ild ride acro ss th e p rairie.
T he po-
am ple to th e children.
W hy. S usan nies “ d u a lly paw ed th e a ir as th ey
she's all took up w ith him so’s
e's sta
d fo
rth , and
sp irit
irit of
of
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s tu rte
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alia then
tn en in
In a a sp
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forgotten to com e for h er inai
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.M arthena
held
here's a le tte r from h er b ro th e r r H
H enry
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way out In W yom ing. He d o n 't w rite h,,r Lreuth aud H enry laughed as he
very often. I w onder If th e re is any- l,ut olle arra aro u n d her au d drove the
th in g th e m a tte r.”
ponies w ith th e o th e r hand.
“ M arthena w rites to him every Sun-
‘‘H om e!" cried H enry a s he tu rn ed
day." rem ark ed Susan. “ L et m e see— bl betw een tw o rail p o sts an d w ith
H enry lost his wife, d id n 't he?”
a bist c la tte r of hoofs and sc a tte r
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ing of sa n d and gravel th e |iouies
M arthena blushed and th en paled 8tl’l’Ped a t th e broad |iorch of n p leas
w hen she read her b ro th e r’s letter.
a n t ranch house th a t overlooked
f-
D e a r M a r t h e n a —I a m w o n d e rin g I f yo u
H H t e r Ti •ee valley w ith a glim pse
f
c a n ’t ta k e p ity on m e an d com e o u t here
th e shilling riv e r nt th e bottom a n d t ?
a nd k ee p house fo r m e.
Vou n e e d n 't do ev e rla stin g hills bevoud
M arth e n a 's face paled a s she read
the letter. It w as so plainly her d u tv
th o u g h t fo r o th ers
b o not sit m oping th e day nw av; d is­ to go to poor H enry, but h er d aw n in g
love for Lionet Forbes held her back.
tra c t y o u rself; force co n ten t: go into
If she w ent aw ay now Ills too fickle
th e h ig h w ay s an d by w ays for com pany
h eart w ould seek an o th er. Yet. know -
ra th e r th a n sit alone.
You may tint have money to spend; ing this, she yearned a fte r him. tie
1 yon m ay fe a r rebuffs from ad v an ces to had opened th e rosy doors of rom ance
to M artliena Ju d d . H e w ould fo rg et
co m p arativ e stra n g e rs, but th ere Is
scarcely one am ong our a c q u a in tan ces her If she w ent. And y et it w as h er
With w hom we can n o t conic into close duty to go to her brother.
She would let A unt H epsey decide,
C h ristm a s touch if th e d esire be w ith
A unt H epsey w as a lar ;e. capable wo-
In us
T he th in g Is to have th e C h ristm as man w ho r ill e d her fam ily of grow n
sp irit so stro n g w ithin us th a t It soars sous am i d au g h te rs w ith an Iron hand,
She had spared a sm all gabled room
Above u n h ap p y en v iro n m en ts
As Hr van liy k e Inis put It In his for M arthena Judd, her o rphaned niece,
and M arth en a's board m oney pa d fo r
'•C hristinas P ra y e r For Lonely F olks '
m usic lessons for the th ree girls.
L o rd G od o f th e s o lita r y
A unt H epsey read th e le tte r and th en
L o ok upon m e in rnv lo nelin ess
settled h er gold fram ed spectacles ou
S in ce I m a y not keep th is C h ris tm a s In
th e h o m e
h er nose.
Send It In to m y h e a rt
M arthena, I t s your plain d u ty to go
H ave C h ristm as In the h eart, and
to H enry,
she said.
" H e s doijjg
th e d read ed day will be passed, not in splendidly out th e re on th e ranch. H e's
sad n ess and loneliness, but w ith in
g ettin g rich, so L arry B arnes w rote to
w ard co m fo rt to sw eeten It into for
George.
You know L arry w ent o u t
g e tfu ln ess o f a h ap p ier C h ristm as long there, an d H enry gave him w ork on
since gone
the ranch. Seem s I.a rry 's a forem au
o r som ething out there. I »’pose you've
Peace on E arth .
Pence? Yes; flint 1» a f te r nil and
above all o u r C h ristm a s g ift. To m ake
Joy for oilier», to liehold I heir Joy, to
rejoice In It. Is th e Joy uns|ieilknble
Anil w hy? B ecause It is godlike and
d ivine
E ven so th e F a th e r Joys In
our Joy. an d th e Sou p erfects Ills Joy
In co m p letin g o u rs P eace Is th e pr«al-
net o f p assin g out o f th e h um an Into
the d iv in e elem en t and activ ity
No
man Is peaceful who cannot share, in
som e fain t w ay a t least, iu th e ex
perieuces of his F a th e r mid Ills God
Thai Is th e only real absorption Into
the divine, th e perfection of w hich
h eath en philosophy h as d ream ed as
Its highest goal, hut w hich the gospel
alone has brought to light an d m ade
accessible an d a tta in a b le
How m uch o ur C h ristm a s Sunday
has in sto re for us: May we all In
deed realize Its richest tre a su re s and
feast o u r souls u | niii them
May it lie
th e hap p iest of happy C h ristm a s d ay s
th a t com es once m ore to us
As we
h ear o u r ch ild ren sing, may It be the
echo of th e a n g el's song, and ns we
u n ite w ith th em In p raisin g C hrist the
l.ohl may his |a*nce e n te r Into out
h earts an d abide th e re foreverm ore.
forgotten ail nbout L arry B arnes now
th a t Lionel Forties is sw eel on you;
but. M artliena you cun t place any de-
liendeuce on Lionet. H e’s a butterfly,
alw ay s ru n n in g a fte r som e p re tty girl,
a n d —now. d o u 't get m ad —you asked
my a d ’ Ice a n d " —
A unt H epsey looked a f te r M arthe-
u a ’s flying form w ith disap p ro v al in
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