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Show iih i V A 1. a i a " t Spanish j uusS.SPANISlI FORK, UTAH , J ?.-- . ""O' H? 4 da rhicik nr rwwwwwj witla and oom dio SSEMMlEH Sibttaprh Bij Mr alter ww Siva meni Santa (ttiatta BY GOODLOE a THOMAS Usefu OWi. fe THIS CHRISTMAS A My dad sez once they lived a boy 'Us bound that he would see oolef mr sljyfclt war uld ink !r bad Till Santa come around, Then watch him waitin to aded. Go- lDi ci- d- un-cra- te Ina war COPYRIGHT ited. line H hint do it. he had told the ontly. Im going to some here a fellow has some m o life and make hifor-- i through with haying all day the scorching sun. milking iind feeding hogs, and then huv-t- o sit in the dark on the porch n'ng to nothing but frogs and lids until you have to go to bed u want to get up in time to do it iver again next day. Im through, it, i bring clurr nn comfort to vonr home for mnnv .seasons than i It s that are gone in a short time. I Well,Christma$Eve,thisboyleton At he was sound asleep, YOU To bed, be went Down stairs t an rr an gracious! watcha thinkl VERY He run against him smack! Old Santa, yes-sn quick as HAPPY ir wink - t t rtf Youll family had tried to renson with but It was of no use. One morn-be- y found him gone, leaving only briefest note of good-bto his er. And now the third Christmas his going had come and the fain-- I self was going in to the big city end holidays with Julia, who lmd d and lived there. iinarily Julia and her husband.1 little Bobbie, came out to the visiting the old folks and er Jim at Christmas, but this Julia had a new baby, scarce months old, and hadnt felt equal e trip. So father and sweet-faceer Morris their hair already and w ith the years' anxiety for missing Dan redacted in wrin-faep- s packed up all sorts of eatables In baskets and brother Jim take J for the first time to the big city, was a bewildering adventure to 'tuple souls; each Incident of journey and novel sight after ar-- i was a never-to-l- e forgotten Fred, Julias brisk and find at I fer CM ritb tile eat I SHEBOYGAN All the Peauty and Art of a- mi roi ere U'Miie-eliurne- but-r,ll- II d goldde-gohldiii- g g s r'J UV- T. - XMAS By-go- ne VIt V-- . . easy to pay for. A Phonograph An Ideal Gift is ;! NOTHING excels a phonograph for a Xmas present.' , Pianos. S ' r.XlT.XSlVi; LOOKING, lrat very reasonably priced. Then too, our convenient credit system makes it NOTHING the whob will enjoy one of our famous WE 7 Days In This Beautiful Period Suite Brings Pleasure 3 ', &c- A Player d mouth-waterin- eSE g'S' .Il ST l MARINE the genuine1- joy of wife or daughter above for they received ; beautiful suite nil wrapped and tied ready for the tree, but not to be opened by anybody until Christmas morning. Heres why, mother! Youve got one parcel ltre niarked wrong!. It itas Dans name on It ! Mother Morris dabbed at her eyes with her handkerchief. Please, dont laugh at me, children, she said sadly, Its my Dan's Christmas as much as it is that for I was any the rest of us, and I hoping that maybe we'd find him here In the city now that we've come here ourselves. It was pathetically alisurl), that bnrren little hope of the bereaved old mother, but none of them even let her see them smile at it. The afternoon before Christmas Julia persuaded her husband to take little Hobble downtown so that he could not surprise her trimming the tree. Brother Jim and the old folks went along. Little Hobble naturally was most of all interested in the toy depart-- ' meats and hardly could lie made leave bold some of the playthings he most fancied. "Oh see, dnifdie! A horsie that rocks, with a ntanc and bridle and cverthing!.... And oh, grandma! looklt! lookit! There's a real live Santa Claus talking to those other little hoys and girls! It was indeed. The hig store had young hired a rather shnbby-looklnman that week, who for $15 was supImitaposed to sit at the door of an tion snow house and solemnly encourage visiting youngsters to tell him their fondest wants In the line of presents. Little Bobbie was Impatiently one waiting in line, holding fast with in no hand, father's his to fist chubby time. Mother and father Morris, ami waited hig brother Jim watched and of smilingly for them on the edge crowd. the Well, my little man, what is your and name?" asked the scarlet-coateIm Bobbio Wallace." Santa Claus in long Bobbie's ty lnmhund, welcomed them ut u tired, husky voice when sitit ion und thrilled them with u turn finally came. ' out I'm Bobble Wallace, dear Mr. Santa to tlteir daughter's apart--- t n the elevated railway. It was Claus, and I live at 5(101 Byrne street," round-eyei'ous reunion, hut as mother said, the hoy chirruped at him, the in identity n sudden break In her voice and devoutly believing is Julia name mamma's "My Santa. Wt bo ns if my baity, our Dun, of Wallace and I've got a little baby here with us too. here, there, mother, said father sister now, too. Santa patted rs. putting her quivering shoulder The weariness. In head perfunctory Ms You mustn't think about ulingty. And what do you most want me to J'M now. liell return to us some Christmas "Io n hos become rich and faput In your stocking tills sideJust look here, Julia and you Ive, Bobbie?" lie asked witn a smiling the tolerantly at lied! uii the long glance that Mas brought you from the father. Ve ell," drawled Bobble uncer uncolored lots of those are! And here's tainly, "there are lots and much, awful awful, want I smiled turkeys that tilings m.v I heard " hut the Mister Santa Claus, around Unit tills morning tint many days ago. Iley, little say iiminma I ever so tniicli nicer to wish lor lliiii"11 J "U see those pots of Jam u t'l'teed watermelon pickles? And f, those that love you Hum for y. 1 ought to a a 1 are the Christinas presents self. So I... guess, - m Xmas.. d re MOST CHEERFUL COM i ANT When Santa comes d nd. I OKTlirKK not quite! awake be wont d iUr 9) Cj3- - fikuiiH No chanct like that ! white-whiskere- d at VrrST cr- 1 Strapped up an has to go With Santa, fer just that one sin, Through miles of ice an snow; An you bet I aint gonna take g iS YOU J NEW AYE CARRY the VICTOROLA CLIEXEY HAVE for you the famous EMERSON LIN DEMAN Plaver Pianos. WINDSOR instruments. On easy payments. m O SPANISH FORK PROVO j ek- WISH rfr jiU an ex-nc- w w r 3 gone d the WE - An when he knowed the rest had y on. - while. An' ever since that boy has been ie ie- every month and soon you have something worth WISH YEAR .11 eck that our credit terms arc liberal. You can make a reasonable down payment and then pay It KM KM HER fei That boy uz in his pack. !y you to give something that will WE If brother Jim; - ii is Without a word or sound. AN MORRIS had run away from his home on the form and none of the family had heard a word him concerning in the three yearn followed. that Dan was the youngest of three tier children ns old baby," Mrs. Morris always said and hated farm work. J.B. now much Old Santa Claus an had no joy Fer tltinkin' bow 'tud be To hide behind a screen an wait to keep my poor old grandma Morris, whos got white hair now--, from worrying and crying any more over her hoy Dan. You see. Mister Suutu, uiy uncle Dan ran away from home a long, long time ago, before I was born, and my grandma keeps saying she cant rest until she sees him again. Slips visiting my papa and mamma at home now, and I saw a present she has all wrapped up and labeled for uncle Dan If youll lie good enough to find him and bring him out to our Wont you do that, house tonight. please, mister Santa?" d With a choking cry the one stumbled to his feet, nearly upsetting his little snow house and searching Bobble's wonder-roundeeyes in hungry disbelief. "You are Julia Morris' little hoy?" he muttered dazedly. "And you ay that.... that your grandmother really wants her worthless runaway Dan to come back to her? ....Is waiting here In the city for him now? Oh, my EUREKA A Gift From Santa AS. SmSlfmi GIFTS AGENCY, white-whiskere- reason it is so iusv to select appropriate sifts from my stook, is because I use the same care in selecting gifts that you do. Oik: d Each gilt in this store must be passed upon three times by the maker, by myself and by you with every one interested. Is it any wonder our God !" caught at Fred, Bobbie's father, the Santas arm as he reeled unsteadily sldow Isc ns If about to faint, and in so doing knocked off the bushy white whiskers. facing Ids "Aw!" walled Bobbie, first childish disillusionment, "he isn't a real Santa after all!" Back through the amazed and rather indignant crowd of shoppers old mother Morris was eomlng as fust as her trembling legs would permit, and above the noise and rails of clerks at the counters, could be beard her thrilling, quavering outcry: "Danny! Oh, Danny! Dntinyl I've found my lost hoy at last !" gifts please! When Gods Revelations Come. It was while they were watching the common duty of their common days that the word of Christs coming was brought to the shepherds. It Is when we are faithfully busy with common duties that God's revelations usuuliy come to us. their STRANGS JEWELRY STORE flocks Spanish Fork, Utah , |