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morning. Too busy to see you, but will leave a few reminders. Hang up stocking. Santa Claus. He looked up into her face with an expression of rapture. “That’s straight M/S3 A DE LAIDI; c . RUSSELL AJ/OXt; MOST SUCCESSFUL goods,” he said. “It’s the real thing, LADIES THIS even to the press copy.” Then his OF MOOERN SLEUTHS. < thoughts took a long jump. “How i long before Christmas?" he asked. Assumes Many Peculiar Disguises During the next three weeks Amy and Visits Little Known Sections— was very busy. She had to calculate Is talented Musician and Accom ■fl.-;- clang - clans -a-lang-a-lang-a- said gently. "Aa you say,” he needs closely tor the money. Her salary was plished Linguist. 1 small, and there was her widowed GIVEN AWAY Down the broad, brilliantly something beyond drugs.” Equipped with a personality as to care tor. But her anxiety charming D^Euj avenue swept a heavy fire as it is distinctive Miss Ade So they separated, and the doctor mother its five dappled horses united went to his rocm to study. But his was unnecessary. One day a note laide C. Russell has joined the army t ;.,ad gallop. Ten-year-old Teddy mind was not content with bookB. It 1 came from the manager of the tele of women workers, but in such a unique * ■; Western Union messenger dwelt upon Amy, as she appeared but graph company. The boys in the office way that her accomplishments cannot cut suddenly into the avenue a Bhort time before. It occurred to him had taken us a little collection for fail to interest other women thnongh- a side street and circled on his that he had thought of her many times Teddy’s Christmas, he said, and it was out the entire country. Miss Russell is a detective, but the ^Keel like an eagle. His eyes fol- ln the past few weeks. But then it was his pleasure to send her the cash—ten K r I the truck with longing. It was purely professional—their common in dollars and eighty-seven cents. What many disagreeable attributes which are a God-send! Teddy should have a commonly supposed to go hand in hand J^Kttruggle ’twixt duty and pleasure. terest ln the medical aspect of theli Christmas—even to the “lngyne" with this profession are wanting ln ■ftCD an engine dashed into sight. It work. She was a very competent nurse royal would go by itself. the case of this Interesting young ■tn drawn by three magnificent and very attractive. Her eyes and that There was now no doubt that Teddy woman who follows it rather from a ■kicks. and ln ,he darkness it gleamed her mouth and that little wisp of hair was improving. Day by day the thin love of its adventures than for the a deuton, spitting fire and smoke. that always curled over her ear stood filled out. His color returned. results which it brings about »■Teddy gave a howl of enthusiasm and before him. But pshaw, it meant noth face He was eating regularly sleeping Six years’ service ln connection with ■allowed in its wake. ing. Thus he tried to trick his con soundly, and the spells of coughing the New York Pinkerton ton.»a and on ■ For block after block he trailed the science, deceiving himself and saying were frequent The doctor spoke private work have given to Miss Rus ■ wiitcl of the engine, bending low over it was not so, when, in some deeper of the less change, but Amy was uncom sell a fund of Interesting experiences ■ |li handle bars. Something of the sub-consciousness he knew that it was municative. ■ (pint of the fire-fighters of old was in so and really could not be otherwise, “Some new influence is at work,” he ■ lis blood, and though his little heart and that he was hopelessly in the toils. said to her one day. It was just a ■ vas pounding with sudden stress he This is love’s alchemy. week before Christmas “The gain is ■ held the pace, his short legs dancing In the dimly lighted ward Amy was most remarkable. Tell me. Miss Nor ■ Becbuically with the pedals. at Teddy’s bedside. The boy was wake ton, what wonderful elixir have you U At the cross street a trolley car ful and restless. He wanted company. given him? I may need myself be ■ Rocked the way. A collision seemed Though her duty was over ehe stayed fore long. I, too, have a it malady that I heritable. The driver rose In his with him, talking in a whisper. defies drugs." I «eat, jammed the brake down, and Bit by bit she drew from him the She looked at him in sudden fear— H oliday P resents I irev with all his strength on the story of his brief hard life. He had then before his strong, tender I Ines. The blacks came down on their no memory of father or mother. He gaze. flushed "I cannot tell you now.” Her I Munches and with stiffened forelegs had lived with an aunt, who beat him; eyes were turned away. Her face was I slid on the smooth pavement. Just so he ran away and finally graduated bright with pleasure. I fa time ths heavy engine came to a from newsboy to telegraph messenger. “But can’t I know soon?” he asked, He was a doubter. Even Santa Claus, with an almost boyish pleading in his I «top. But Teddy, pedaling as-though for that patron saint of the children, was voice. “Name a day when I may ask I a record, with his eyes to the ground, to him a myth—“only for rich folks’ and be answered.” kids,” he said. knew not of the obstruction. She turned to him with a new light But when she told him how Santa in her eyes. Something told her that Suddenly the shining engine loomed before him. He threw up his arms Claus would come to all children, rich his interest was not ln Teddy alone. Free Training of Nurse». tnd with a little cry dashed into the and poor, if he only knew where they “Ask me Christmas morning," she An excellent work han been under lived, his eyes grew big with Interest. whispered, “and I will tell you; not a heavy steel-shod wheels. taken by the Philadelphia School for "Teddy,” she said, "If Santa Claus day before.” And try as he might he A crowd gathered quickly. Gentle Nurses, which is providing free train , hands bore the limp and mangled body will come here on Christmas day and could get no more from her. ing in nursing, for a number of young bring you lots of presents and a to a nearby hospital. Christmas eve arrived, with wind women in every county in Pennsyl Wle n Teddy awoke he lay ln a white Christmas tree will you try to get and snow and bitter cold. Teddy vania. Iron bed, ln a long room, with many well?” feared the weather would keep Santa The young women will be provided Teddy thought hard. "Guess that Claus ( ether beds on each side of him. He away. But Amy reassured him. with room, board, uniforms, and all tried hard to remember. What did It might be worth gettln’ well for,” he “ • Oh, Santa Claus likes the snow. He the conveniences of a well-appointed all mean? And what made the pain said with a sigh. "But he won’t come, j rides In a big sleigh with a long team Christian homo. The course Is two in his head, his chest, his legs? He I hung up my stockin’ onct, an’ they ( of reindeers. He's sure to get here years of training, ln nursing the sick wasn’t nothin’ in it.” It must have some < gave a little groan. time ln the night. We’ll hang poor of the city, under skilled leaders. A woman came to the bed and been a bitter disappointment, for the J up your stocking right here on the In addition to regular nursing, the ; leaned over him. Years afterward he light faded from his eyes and the old i bedpost. And then you must go to young women are taught bow to pre sleep early.” serve their own health; how to recog At eight o’clock she went off duty. nize, avoid, and destroy contagion; Teddy didn’t get to sleep as directed, and how to establish and maintain for excitement, but Anally he fell Into perfect sanitary conditions about the a deep slumber. His telegram In his home. hand, and his long black stocking An Appeal. hung in plain sight on the bedpost. My hand la lonely for your clasping, dear. All over the city, fathers and mothers My ear Is tired, waiting for your call; were commencing their work of love, I want your strength to help, your «nils and Amy, tired though she was, began to oheer; Heart. soul and senses, need you, one her own. and all. In a private room stood the tree. I droop without your full, frank sym- The floor was strewn with packages. W.» to be together, you and I. She had no assistance, but she worked We want each other so to comprehend on, with strings of popcorn and cran Ths dream, the hope, thing planned or berries, fancy bags of candy, brilliant seen or wrought. Companion, comforter, and guide and glass balls, and showers of tinsel. friend. Near midnight four strong men came As much as love asks love, does thought from the lower ward, and Teddy’s lit need thought; Life is so short, so fast the love hours tle iron bed, with Teddy sound asleep, w fly. was carried gently into the private si We ought to be together, you and I. room. Then she slipped away to her w rest. Cut It Out. It seemed to Amy that but a few The late Senator Hoar waa Informed minutes had elapsed when she waa b that a very dear friend was seriously awakened by the alarm clock on her a ill with appendicitis. bureau. She arose, made a light, and tl He had hardly finished his note of bathed her face again and again in the f< sympathy when he waa Informed that cold water until she felt able to keep tl it was an attack of acute indigestion her eyes open. It was five o’clock— tl Instead, and so he sent the following: still dark. ’ "Dear A—I am sorry to hear that you She entered Teddy’s room and u are ill, but rejoiced to learn that the turned on the electric light. He was k trouble is with the table of contents sleeping quietly. There was a step in cl rather than with the appendix." he hall and the door opened. It was ol the doctor—his face a study. She held « up a warning finger, then turned to the ol bed and reaching down took the boy in her arms and kissed him. ‘‘Teddy,’ she cried, a little sob in her voice tc ■Teddy, Merry Christmas: Merry o) Christmas! Teddy.” 11 Teddy woke suddenly and sat bolt n upright. He gave a shout of joy. n< O YOU KNOW that dirty bottles and scales cause you trouble? Oh-h-h," he cried. In a long, echoing ai gasp. "On, Jlmmlny Whilllkins, s< I Obviate thia by using our Developers, put up READY TO USE. recalled that vision—the sweet, serious ain’t that great.” Then words failed c< face, the white uniform, the pretty cap Simply empty our tubes into the developing trey and add the water— him and he could only look and look, resting on waves of brown hair. She wo don’t charge you for the latter. Large quantities of developer his eyes feasting on wonders that his R amothed his hot brow and gave him made up at one time oxydlze and spoil. With our developers you oniy make cool water. Then delirium seized him, tongue could not describe. up enough for Immediate use. 2? and for weeks he hovered between life They put a warm bathrobe around 11 and death, while Amy Norton, the head him and placed him on the floor, for 31 Send 24 cento for half a dozen tubes sufficient for 24 ounoes of devel lurse, watched him as though he were he was not yet able to walk. By his « oper for Velox, Azo, Cyke, Rotox, or other papers, or 00 ounces of Plate and ker very own. side Amy laid the stocking, now P Film Developer—a Developer which will not stain the fingers or nails, and In those endless days and nights of bulging with treasures. In front of is aon-poisoneus. Wo have a SepiaToner for gaslight papers, 9 tubes,25c. physical anguish, when he could com- him stood the "lngyne” and many al prebend only two conditions—pain and other things dear to boyish hearts the absence of pain—Amy seemed to He handled them one after another in ' ‘ him a brooding Spirit of Deliverance. silent awe. Then he took the stock NATIONAL PHOTOGIAPHIC CHEMICAL COMPANY Always there, when he needed her, ing and with delicious deliberation ” llth St. and Penn Ave.. Washington. D. C. divining the cause of his discomfort poured from it a wealth of treasures. " and quick with measures of relief, she He was dazed by bls sudden accumu became in the highest sense a mother lai Ion of riches. He looked up at to this motherless waif. them with a smile. "That's a bully ” So the days passed, and gradually Santa Claus," he said. “He done bls J- Teddy responded to the care of nurse part nobly. I’m goln’ to get well all " Every reader of this paper should have this book. and doctor and awoke to conscious right. ness of things about him. His After a while they put him back to t( Cut off the coupon and mail to us with arm was almost restored to use: his bed, with hie gifts spread around him, ri crushed leg, though ln a heavy plaster and together left the room. The dawn a By east, was mending rapidly: but ne ___ The ‘ busy world was breaking. " wss complained of pain in his chest, where waking, From without camo the toot Illustrated Eugpn« P. Lyk, Jr. the engine wheels had broken the lag of horns. Bella were rinsing all ribs. It hurt him to breathe, he i»«. over the great city. It was Christmas by. Published August ist Now and then a spell of eon»»“« morning. shook his little frame and »ft n™ The doctor went Ernest panting for breath. Then, rec0T*rt??; door. Even in the MTH he would watch Amy at her work, n hall be could see eyes following her up and own tne Haskell THOUSAND room. He wm disinclined to eat, and ALREADY daily his face became whiter and tin •er, and his eyes bigger and blacker. « Repeaters PHOTOGRAPHERS Throw Your Bottles and Scales Away D All Bookstore«, |1.50 It was Dr. Stone’s custom to meet Amy in the operating room •eT‘L times a week for consultation, vne evening they talked of Teddy, doctor shook his head gravely. was a handsome, young ma^ ^“ -M the Unta fur Philadelphia, and *1-|
