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Show WEBER HERALD Fage Three Phone 337 II. Wohrman INDIAN AGENCY Motorcycle and Bicycle Repairing Indian Motorcycles , Indian Bicycles Pierce Bicycles and Accessories 257G Washington Avenue. Economy is Quality That is why eveiy body recommends OGDEN'S Distinctive Ready--to-Wear for the whole family N. O. OGDEN CO. 236 25TH ST 3gden Phonograph Headquarters Any Phonograph You Desire and Terms to Suit You "Where Everybody Goes" GLEN BROS. -ROBERTS PIANO CO. rd. 1ST- : - 2472 Hudson Ave. e 2351 Washington Avenue Where Suitable Christmas Gifts can be found IT WILL PAY TO INVESTIGATE upnior (ftlramtuj attii ihjemij (n. 24m (Braitt Auruur tylnmc 377 prrialti5ts in tljp ffltrmunn. iLvaht tuirnts prirrs arc rrasmtahlr CULLEY SAYS: The Gift Beautiful called PARISIAN IVORY But of course it isn't Ivory. Just as beautiful and durable. BUT SO MUCH CHEAPER Scores of Dainty Gift Selections CULLEY DRUG CO. ROUND TRIP TO BOTH San Francisco and Los Angeles Via the Southern Pacific STOP OVERS ALLOWED Tickets on sale December 20, 22, 24, 29 Final Limits February 28, 1918 Phone this office for complete information WILLARD G. WILSON Commercial Agent Southern Pacific Reed Hotel Building. Phone 195 : PHONE 728 2437 WASH X M AS GIFTS Fancy Boxes and Baskets of all descriptions filled with our deliciots Chocolates and Bon Bons. Give us your order now while the stock is complete- THE WISTARIA Most up-to-date Confactionery in the Wt si HOLIDAY RATES Sin-. (Brraffiit (Bift (Herald's Prize Story.) ".Miss Marion," said a small white figure in the big white lied. The nurse turned. ''What, is it?" she asked. "Will 1 be able to sit up on Christmas?""Yes, I think you can sit up for about an hour." The little girl meditated a while. "1 do hate automobiles, Miss Marion." The nurse regarded her strangefy. "What is the matter, Ruth?" she asked. "You always seemed so happy before." Ruth turned her head away to hide the smarting tears. She did not understand, either, why .she was so despondent today. She was thinking o her happy Christmas last year, laughing and singing among her friends. But this year what kind of Christmas coulu she have? Two months before an automobile had struck her as she was crossing a crowded sheet. Since then she had been lying i:i the hospital, her back and one of her arms within a plaster cast. Her mind reverted again to the Christmas of last year. She recalled the text of the pastor's sermon. "It is more blessed to give than to receive." At the memory of this sermon she knew why she felt so unhappy when she thought of the coming Christmas. What could she give for Christmas presents? She could not make anything with but one free hand, she could not go to the stores to select presents, and it wouldn't be her gift if someone selected it. Just then Miss Marion came to shake Ruth's pillows and smooth her bed. She was surprised to see the little sufferer in tears. "What is the matter, dearie, does your back hurt again?" "No, it doesn't hurt," her voice choked, "I can't give away any I Christmas presents," she burst out. Ihe nurse understood her, she had comforted patients with the same feelings before. "Let's see if you can't," she suggested, "you try to think of everybody you'd like to give a present to, and then tell me this afternoon when I come here again. We'll see if we can't think of something to give them." The nurse's words were doubtfully received. But in spite of the doubt the little patient continued thinking of what she might give, and to whom she could give. Then the nurse returned in the afternoon, Ruth had decided on the people to whom she wished to give gifts. Miss Marion took a pencil and paper from her pocket and wrote down the names as Ruth gave them to her. "I should like to give something to papa, and mama, and all the childrden in this room, and to you, and to Doctor Willis." Miss Marion flushed as she wrote the last name. "I'll see if I can think of something to give those you told me," she said as she went on to speak to little Joe in the next bed. "How are you this afternoon?" she asked. "I'm feeling fine, and I've been havfng the best time. Ruth has been telling me some stories." "What kind of stories, Joe?" "Oh, some dandy fairy stories she made up." "Does she make up nice stories?" "Oh, I should say she does." Miss Marion began thinking. Could this be the solution to Ruth's problem. As she spoke a few cheerful words to each child in the ward, she still pondered on how to make the most of her discovery. Before she left the room, she stopped again by Ruth's bed. "I know what presents you can give, Ruth." . "Oh, what kind of presents can I give, Miss Marion? I'll be so happy it" I can give something." "Do you not think happiness, at least for a little while, would bo the best gift of all?" WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE Give us a trial for your grocery needs and you will always phone 93 for eats. STEELE-CARLSON GROCERY CO. 350 2oTH ST. "Happiness always goes with Christmas presents, doesn't it?" "Yes, but I am going to tell you how to give happiness without making or buying any presents. Don't you think it would be nice if you should make up some nice stories to tell to everybody in our Christmas program. All the children will be so happy if you tell them some stories. Little Joe just loves them. Then your papa and mama will be so glad ti see you giving happiness, they will like that better than anything else." "Oh, that doesn't seem like a good present." "Yes, it does. That would be the nicest thing you could do." "Yes, but how about you and Doctor Willis? What shall I give you? "Oh, we will be happy, too, when w e see all the children so happy." Miss Marion stood thinking a moment, and then started to leave, but not before Ruth saw that her eyes were filled with tears. "What's the matter, Miss Marion?" she asked, catching the nurse's skirt with her whole arm. "Does something hurt you?" "Yes, something hurts me here," laying her hand on her heart. "Can't the doctor cure it? Doctor Willis can cure me when something hurts. Can't he cure you?" "Yes, dearest, he could cure it. I wish it might be cured for a Christmas present, but Oh, you can't understand, Ruth." She turned and left the room. Ruth lay thinking until Doctor Willis came in to visit his patients. "You will have Mrs. Jones for a nurse here until Christmas day," he informed Ruth. "Where is Miss Marion going?" "She is going home to see her pa-lents. She will return in time for cur program." "I wanted to ask you to make her better, and now you can't, not by Christmas, anyway." "What do you mean, Ruth? Is Miss Marion ill?" "Yes, sir. She had a pain right here." She laid her hand near her heart as she had seen the nurse do. "And she said you were the only one v ho could make it better. She was crying about it, too, so it must have hurt her awful bad." "Did Miss Marion say that?" he demanded almose savagely. "Why I thought I thought she loved that engineer who was brought in here," h:- muttered under his breath. "Well, Ruth, I'll have to hurry and I see the other patients. I have something to think about." "He looked like something hurt h'm too, for a minute, and then he looked so happy," thought Ruth, and then she turned her thoughts to her Christmas story. Christmas morning care. Ruth had all her presents spread on her bed and the chair by it. She could hear the other children excitedly discussing their presents. Now and then she would join in, but she spent more t.'me thinking of her story. She had received one disappointment. Her back was not strong enough so that she could be lifted into a wheel chair and taken to see the big tree dawn stairs. However, she could s:e the small one in the corner as she lay propped up on her pillows, and the program was to be held in this room anyway. Soon her father and mother arrived at the hospital, and began admiring her presents. They all enjoyed watching the other children greet their parents. Ruth was so happy in her parent's presence that she forgot to explain that she was on the program. The time passed so Continued on Page 6 MATTHEWS ART SHOP IN THE ECCtES BLDG. DISPLAY ADVERTISING FONE 573 Let us repair your Broken Windows Griffin Paint Co. 2310 Wash. Ave. Quality Electric Fixtures ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO, Phone 77 1 -w. B. Krktefferson., Mgr. Opposite Alhanibria Theatre ADAM FARBER'S Barber Shop Read Harness Shop Bid. 2383 Hudson Ave. Martin's Cash Grocery Most up-to-date stock. Lowest prices on bench. 'If advertised we have it." 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