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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH Children Killed When Storm Wrecks School had not been home in seven years. ACK They had goneIn quickly the enough way will yeara that but go, school lu Ills class. They were picking up some of the bow fulling snow and throwing snowball at group of laughing, girls. You remember them, he was told And then It vvus explained to him that these grown up young people were the youngsters of seven years ago. He joined In the snow hull battle. Evidently lie was a good Rhot, for a loud shriek from one of the girls proclaimed that fact. Oh, oh, thats not fair I Your snowball went right into my face. Lucky it was fresh snow or Id have finished you P . Im so sorry," he said to her and recognized her then as that nice little Adams kid he used to tench to balance on her bicycle and whose school bag he sometimes carried home for her. She had been younger than he but she had always been such a good little sport, ready to enter into everything, eager to try. Im Jack, you remember me, dont you, Connie?" Constance Adams gasped Just a little. Why, of course 1 do!" she exclaimed. But 1 didnt expect to find you hitting me with snowballs. Thatr a fina kind of greeting 1" How beautifully she had changed. All her same nice essential qualities seemed Just the same, but her changes were merely additional attributes. She dressed with more taste than she had when a youngster, she was graceful now Instead of She was like the town. In Its spirit. Its hoineyness would always be the same, no matter with what succeeding fashions and customs It kept apace. Look here, he said abruptly, would you mind If I left the mall home and then came around for a nice chat with you?" I wont be home until ever so late," she said, "or only for a moment at any rate. I should be there now to now that he was back, ft seemed as they had though been longer, lie bad missed so much. It was not that things had changed. Of course, there were changes In the looks of the town. were few sleighs lined up along There I storm which schoolhouso the .a following Anxious relatites standing near tin wreckage of the Ilata (Md.) the main street; instead there were wrecked the school, killed fourteen and Injured scores of children. automobiles. He had been thinking how the sleigh-bell- s would Jingle as the horses pulled the sleighs over the crisp winter snow. But Instead of sleigh-bell- s l Scene on the Avenue of the Colonies at the exposition there were the sounds of firm rubber In Philadelphia on IrNh day, when more then ftO.OtiO persons inarched In h tires creaking over the frozen, colorful parade. streets. There bad been automobiles used In that winter of seven years past but they had not been predominant The sleighs had a chance. Now the sleighs were quite missing. The automobiles had charge. - He wondered if he stayed away for another seven years if he would see lights from airplanes and hear them buzzing over the buildings. Tet, even If he did, he did not feel as though the place would really change. There was something about the town that would never change. They might build more modern shops, airplane landings might take the places of so many garages as the garages had taken the places of blacksmith shops, but the essential qualities of the town wouid never change. Always Christmas would be Christmas here with Its holly-fillewindows, Its wreaths over doors, its trees for Christmas lining the nmln street. Doubtless that wp.s the way Christmas would always be in many places. But here it would seem more Important. Clirlstmus would tie deep in the whole heart of the town which always and became so- - generous and It Was Late When They Got Back to expanded INSTRUMENT MAKER Her House. big and open at this season of the year. I Probably because it was, Christmas get the baskets with the presents. of delivered havent my from seem of different here any gifts yet." did that Couldnt I come, too? any other place. "Indeed yes, youd be a great help lie remembered the Christmas before. There had leen gayly decorated In carrying the buskets. I always did and baskets carried shops, hurried, happy shoppers, lighted like school-bag- s Christmas trees In the streets, crisp for me." She looked up at him nnd laughed. snow and Christmas greetings. had The snowballing But it hadnt been the same. Christgeneral mas seemed to belong so much more stopped. Groups were going off toto his own home. In that other place gether, all bent on their Christmas he had felt a little lonely and a little Eve activities. out of it. But here he had no feeling Ill be obliging," Constunre salif. You take the mall down and Ill be of loneliness. Even though he was Just hack ami as jet had met few of the ready as soon as you come. ' I won't people he knew and had vaguely rec- keep you waiting. They do that, dont ognized some who were grown up now they, In stories?" 'who had been children before he left, She stopped, a little embarrassed. he did not feel out of It. Besides I want to get through," she "Ive so many places They might not recognize him, but added firmly. he was at home and he was happy where I must go." and loneliness had been banished from It sounded in bis ears like a lienuti-fu- l I his heart in a gloriously complete refrain, almost like a melody. fashion. wont keep you waiting. I wont keep He bad gone home as soon as lie you waiting." had arrived. And now he had come He said It over and over again to up to get the mail. It was not that himself. Nor did he keep her waiting. he expected any mall. His Christmas He was there In scarcely any time at cards and boxes of cigars and neckties all. Ills family had understood. They and such ould be sent to Ids business bad seemed happy that be had found address, for It was not until the last himself so quickly at home in the In Designer" a ud maker of delicate truments for 34 years, Andrew minute that he had been sure lie could town. It was, what they had dimly make the long trip apd reach home In feared lie would not he. Kramer of the Smithsonian Institution staff in Washington occupies a unique Wlmt a gay thing that was taking around Christmas presents in baskets, position in scientific Inquiry. No tools existed for making some of the Instruin wishing people Christmas cheer and ments Mr. Kramer has had to make, holiday greetings, in having doors and so he also designed and made his opened to one where a whiff of balsam During tlie imperial conference in London the prime ministers of the own most instruThe tools. difficult nnd shadows of firelight sent a glow an were domains in British exhibition of the empires battle fleet given over ones whole heart and mind and maneuvers. Above are shown the Repulse and the Renown in battle practice, ment he ever made was the water-floDr. C. invented 0 by soul. pyrhellometer from deck the the of Hood. photographed , Abbot. It was late, very late, when they got back to her house. He supposed be should wuit. He supposed he should IN DIPLOMATIC SET keep quiet for a little longer than this. But he couldnt. Besides, It was Christmas and at Christmas, feelings weren't supposed to be hidden. One wasnt ashamed of sentiment, one didnt barricade ones affections. Connie, you may say I dont Know, but I do," be began. "I knew at once. I think I've always known. It has It Sui. Was Wonderful to b Back been there, unreulized perhaps, but you know even as a Kid you wee unAgain. the usual. You werent like any time for Christmas Eve. His telegram others all nice enough hut you ! had come before him, but his presents I wish Id made a hit with somehad already been sent out, and his he thing other than a snowball! mail would tie waiting for him at his ended. office. To he sure, tie knew the family "I'm rather glad It was with a snowwould quickly anl marvelously find It Constance unwered slowly. ball," little gifts to put at his dace on the was like back at once to the getting Christmas gift table. But the going days when I was a child and you were for the mail was simply a desire to so nice to me and let me be included do what lie had ulways done, to mingle in so many of tiie oldei boys' und with the people, to see tils own towns girls games." folk. "I'd like to Include you. to excluIt surely was wonderful to he back Include you, In my whole life," sively again. Wonderful beyond even what lie -- aid gently. "Couldn't you tell he had dreamed It would be. How me that you wouldn't keep me waitlucky that the train had been on time nnd he had been able to have a long ing? "Well, maybe I could," she said, Cliritnuis Kve. seriously, and inaylie I'd mean very Christinas trains, he thought, shoul too! Merry Christmas, old dear!" it, on time. Moments at Christ always he . ()nl six years older, young smarty, nihs mean so uiueh. mi t Merry Christmas Just the same!'1 He wa leaving the post office. He Lieut. 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