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Show 'I Post Prize The School Over the Christmas Story Taler Hole . There never was a town-tha- t' needed the Christmas spirit as bndlyas did Blaekgulch; What with Fanny Meyers pessimism she- being, you the most prominent female and Jed !htj8y. re 8 Ial'lessness Jed . being in turn most cm epicuous was no one in town to lead cut-icreating and diffusing the spirit of Chris- -' n tian charity. Critioism g and punishment were Fannys methods for uplifting the com-- , ' unity! whlle Jed8 hand was against everybody for purfe devflment. This year an added damper wag put on the Christmas spirit and the festivities ' as well because the school teacher, who usually carried, on the holiday exercises, had been ignom- liuously put into the tater hole. It lacked but a week of the great day when the misused peda-- . gogue had shaken the dust of the village from his feet and left, as he excusably termed it, for civil, . ization, - u..c uu Him cnarrnmg grace. She warmed Tier pretty wlufeTiands before' the in the wide fireplace and rocked easily back and lortn m the old cushioned rocker. She praised By really looked quite impressed and sober now Sidney VantiesTad ceased, 'and beforeTetmng she gave Fanny-th- e satisfacUon of Teacher .'v i . 4 'im, gointo be no ChriStUiWtr year! Ma sai?' V tL amteause there was a'slight shuffle of ft the faces of the rowdies began to burn, then c of the big girls pulled the little would-b- e t bearer roughly back into his seat.- - Miss Bleisx came to th rescue i Why, vvere going to have the finest Chris', mas celebration "this year you ever heard tell of - she promised enthusiastically. Were going t have a program and every one in school has t take part some dull eyes began to brighten well have a great big Christmas tree-rt- hat is if some of these young men will be so kind hers she glanced at the young men of tater hole fame. Tou can count on me, responded Jed - , solemnly Fanny b biscuits and apple pie at supper and talkI know I shall dream of Jed and the tater ed entertainingly of her over hole. the mountain. trip It is not a joy ride in winter, but she related Next morning the .trustees wife watched many fun ny 'c xperiences and made favorable Miss Bleeson start out comments blithly for the school over about everything, even having a good word for the tater hole. With sorry misgivings she called Blaekgulch. the nightmaVe of all that weird regto her from the dodn ion. After supper she helped ' Now. jbe firm, just sit Fanny with the right down on their dishes and later, in the rosy glow of the let them know cads; from the first minute that crackling flames, she hadAthe old trustee amp his wife you ye boss, Nodding a laughing -- aequiewnce thf new !(frwil'raiinuihelr oh&ir listening, with . lightened happy chjtter and airing ' school. marra tripped merrily on. The town row-- t eir own ancient adventures. Sidney dcs. including Jed and Ilebe and Abe were at began to smile a qiuet little smile of school early and watched from the windows satisfucton, wide Fan- the eagerly. ny was forgetting her habitual animosity. -- Sud-T, young lady approach- !, An meJ added Abe. , . denly her role returned to her consciousness with Shes just a kid, sneered Ilebe . Not much hope was echoed nebe grinning. placed in what a new t Whatuh'all we be don to receive er ref.onsibiiityteacher 'Could'ilo In so shorfa lime;' OneTad been""' ... thank h, proper! you all, smiled Miss Bleeson, T suPPscl'OU donTt know e nilgli t lia veW.t ru pdoor raised mutin like t why wehad"to and tomorrow secured, however, and she was" now resting in her Ill bring sugar and well make ' have a new teacher in the middle of the . suggested Abe. winter, do some choice candies I know how to roomwhile Fanny Meyer, the towns boardmake the only finest in the land right here on this keeper, was eooking the supper. Fanbig old stov e. 'vhy, .?, I don t believe I do, owned. Miss . ' s!je fccre we'll thbk of I al- have a teachers little something; ny , tall, square, and altogether un, we material, too, that Bleeson sweetly, can use to lua seta me to thinkin make Christmas lags and we cau compromising, threw the the -a little prepare Well, flounced Fanny, coming Course thats vhat completely table, with a swish of displeasure. theyre fur,- - blurted surprise for every one in town ; then well end our to herself, tbe last teacher we had was put in 'Ilebe, snickering at his own cleverness. The big fun with a jolly dance; wont that be I tell you, Pa, youve made a mess of it the tater hole by the unruly scholars. fine! she Old Sidjo1 ned tbe Toys at the window, phis bogan to clap her hands and the school again. Imagine hirin a mere wafer to handle thaC ney began to hem exchanged joined in and. haw painfully. planets, with Jedvhcimver passive ami let with a hearty applause. At this unruly gang 111, MrgMeer rof a she told v 0f Liter point , nr fmi f(,w words but she stopped to look her full Christmas fiomejvonderfiil stories about lkLdjivrJhiLJhought Christ utter the amazement.' disgust J at thcioffend'mg trustee -worth rtvtg. Only the youngest love and the happiness that came with were in pupils 1 Christthe SklneyMeyer; ribnt- 0, mu f raid y on don sersirwhat kind of a ' then-place when Miss Bleeson entered. She flut-mas spirit. Foen-evefaced rod secretive, smiled a quiet little smile as heart in the room awoke cornu up against job youve' lamented Fanny, luxe the mountain I e mumbled to a new feeling and a new sephjm oQ. Sidney . defensively, I thought a change was hope. At the close of shaking Imp head gravely. l ought of and the school still as an empty school she said a simple as as good as a. rest. Am how, dont prayer in behalf of her you think xecLaps not, admitted the young lady new fri'nrs- Its 8inoere furs rn00TLShe youre rushing matters to be formin' an' opinion and it was evident she was a appeal touched uncoulh h1heavy red her fluffy yellow very young I.idy, inand smile 1, both with . Jed, he dropped I.is while a thrill of rever- forejqnvehad a gpuare Iof k'et herf eyes deed But wlSLt about. the Mater hole?. What--. her hic' eyes and.ro-- ino;ih, a hin(llyenoe passed through him for the first time in Ho! scornfully, snijleof -I ever do yon mean? mem, his ;' ' . greeting. From the fiist moment of her entrance - life. : djnt lave to know an j body forever rfget an idea The .tater hole,' declared the n she had the ettention of the sahool as When Jed and Hebe and Abo were outride of their character. I InowTlTrigiri aint completely got no firmly, though bJ Sidneys cough was pt owing as if she were the leading lady in a gripjnhglnelo-dram. starting for home, Hebe hcaved a force, an I knew vhat kind of a jelly-fis- h that sigh indicative ckspeiate, is the eellapunder the school houso. For tie mailer of that she was sornt flung of all their feelings. last teacher was the first minute Maid my eyes on Theres a trep door to it and the teachers that the of an actress and hfr simple but srmrt, tast him. Slo In'ifh me of of angels, V he blurted BehrJars dont L:kujtrftput down tliere. ' - tUEG M wcnderful to willi 1,m foohh ort Blaekgulch as a Paris ouldnt w'onder if your expresin that grin. Jliss Blc'cu skivered Are creation would be appropriately. to stage an r li.inds me of of fairies, ruminated free hadnt something to do with xi'e iovn. judgment teals down there! she as H condeall. After getting tbe roik unde r way, tmt liiSTiW HieMeWhWsod SlMy Trr-fswnrmifad wytr-m tieMw'itiirfrrTT "TrrartTyr ymrn'zrzft f? T t'o-- Tf P tbe 'three duf their : Lack of backbone - 3 ouj self.l Fanny- Ioh, denied Fanny thought; an knur. jilted i;a-severely) Irith her ; v,h iufcrm.il s e lmnmrs She makes me think of of Ii.unrg rpnrt.rm tkerrinnl-pHiiipcnmnt-gri- c. JpdVareVrccMess Old Sidney doubled wp-ti- V sWkl. fists, wkheveryWy, leered tWir r, mountain Licitt an sifigin birds, J anUaugh- D n n.ll I P f Fnlr1 1 t o to tboM mb and LeH-g'haste, "ind bein a' .slics, an. Miss Bleesonr el JfHreief,ndafe.itodorofvrillresreud,-- l BTnnmrrwry eM in Tome lovely spot vvb ere I hyder e ll tale the rjsin generation of the whole I dont think vveH need worry rJrr- M CifMcneJ in ttc lc rT ,l.n,r,!y, ,,lori- - but hU ficu.lx pule i v lb him, fool gnTs an till, for theyre soft 'jmrel, g!an f VUciul-edug ingiy urSdmy he At d Lis lint mu: ami were f 1 ikied bis cyn over kim c heady, young asrhe is, an' t!rir ovrn thoughts. hands.. spite of his answers, but Miss Bleeson soon put him at ease. V.'eH. I meanness. I was in hopes after this last exper-ie- i Lalnj got' no heart fur deviltry, Well see? warned Mrs. Meyer, lift Miss Befoie lie icalized what he was doing lie had lifted ce youd kavegumption enougYt(TfTnd'a"tw:o' gtumhlfd Hobe. -u hundred pounder who could take tl cm ruffins tie m ma rveled his great s ock of black hair with a characteristic mom ned Abe. .three at a time and chuck em out of the door. I A tater hole! Well, I never! That is cor- movement, returmd her straight look with his -Oh, Jed his dont expect this threw wifiet to last over jou pall a look of tamly sonietlung new4 hyp who put him there f unfatlomalle. eyii and had. even hurst ou 1. withering' s' orn, you night. let alone till Christmas1' blubbering she looked up inquiringly at rats, be into his hearty infectious laugh; he began to feel Fanny. - Almost before tbe growled, adding fiercely, Were all a set of words were out of Fanny's, Jed Ware, snapped her informant, and sodeasantand contented that a shadow fell over month the door opened, softly and the newr teaoker ' I tell your Jed s some crarvvigoimant, blasted fools! Im clean bhamed and Bmart-eiiehim w hen vho jinssed xm to HcbeandAbeIn fighter hes -of myself ; clear-out- ; entered. Meyer and his wife, exchanged pis rices, that giil, nor-yoyou can bet. Ilinrand Abe Black, for the of deed, the reft Miss Bleeson could day flcrs nor anybody in Blaekgulch will ever frarf til ;th nt" Fsfrrny-- ' hr.d beerr overh cant , but the - and Hebc Oartermake it mighty hotf or our tcach--erscarrelyratse- hereyeswithtrutTncoimteTin g Jeds see- tncagnin young ladys beaming countenance . reassured Then continuing, deaf, and blind: to oil tense, . eager, r wondering gaze, Youre just like me only different, said them. Fanny looked a trifle less stern, set out an Sidneys loud coughs and winks of disapproval. first that one During small in day very boy easy chair and bade Miss Bleeson wake herself to home. The new did her bid- . male-2-ther- e baek-bitin- I ' Ida Peay Stewart son Hair . n -- - ' l! - -- ing-hous- e. sharp-feathere- d white-cover-ove- r; -- n-n- e t -- ry du w-a-s rT! yT? - - y 'v-- -- towns-wome- a. A i the get--"Tii-- up-to-da- te l t.v pl pi -- r -- dte-'nilv- rr, - -- 1 ' ea-si- pcl !.!. M.,rt h,t. tt tl little-colorle- ss le jr-ho- -- -- p Im-gnin't- o u - s. -- -- school-mistre- ss 6 (Continued on Page I.) Rft take this means of wishing you We a- - y Owing to the war in Europe, a good many varieties of Seeds are going to be very hard to obtain in the spring. At the present time we are able to fill all orders for Seeds named in our Catalogue in full, but when our present stock is exhausted, we do not know where we will be able to replenish it, with the high grade seeds that we have been handing in the past Our New Catalogue will be issued January 1st. . Send for one. v -- Merry Christmas y end Happy New-- i Carpenter Seed Co. Provo, Utah Y ear THe Provo Drug Co. |