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Show Saturday, December 24, 1910. THE A Stranger I By home surroundings. Now, his his room to it saw that landlady, and was kept in order gave him a the ; friendly Good morning ' restaurant waiter said; Yes, sir, and the cashier said Thank you just the same as they did &ty. This young man,' whom we to others. shall call John for the present, Sunday morning came. John come a from had recently large carefully brushed hig clothes and eastern city. He had not easily went to the nearest church. 'V The v found a position in Salt Lake, minister delivered an interesting and when a friend learned that a discourse, but somehow John desired just failed to find anything in it to merchant in It shell services as he could render, cheer a loenly heart. At the close a letter of introduction was of theix service the minister and a quickly written and John set out few others shook his hand most impersonally and invited him to to secureThe place. The merchant was found and come agaih, and turned away of ' ' satisfactory arrangements made with apparent consciousness well y performed. duty the same evening, afternoon he went to the John In the friend our found morning ' As he Tabernacle. pproached in charge of a special department heard the roll the store.and building a iu large of the great organ pipes his pulse A great many story readers de- quickened, and he found' his way spise a story which calls for any to a seat with a more buoyant, sort of mental effort in the read step and a lighter heart than he ing of it. We would be glad to had known for days, And sitting shake off all suchi readers, and there; listening to the soft, deep those who are seeking amusement strains of the prelude, his mind in only. We would moch rather not went back to a cushioned pew have unthinking - persons read the old church at home La sacred spot, around which clustered holy what follows. memories of hls tKyyhood. Thus, Now, patient The if you are still reading, allow your, mind to he f mused, and found something good and beautiful in the aftergrasp the following paragraph. ' t If you have never in all your noon service. life been away from .. home at - But. as he rose with the congreChristmas timeif youTiave nev- gation ahdTurned toward er spent the great holiday a thou- doorway, his mind came back to sand miles or more from any rel- present conditions with a shock. ative, in a city where you had not No' friendly face could he discern not even a member of the one solitary acquaintance or more committee. . . He than two weeks standing you strangers the door, cannot possibly understand about paused a moment by Sev.-erin be the seemed but in to way. not have johh. And if you persons looked curiously at your system more of the milk of human kindness than the average him, 'but not one gave him a smile .church member "carries about or a greeting of any sort. Gainwith him, you will judge .. too ing the sidewalk," he hurried away, vowing never to enter harshly. those doors again. Where now So, we beg of you, either stop sacred memories so re-now, or make up your mind be- were the ? forehand that you will be very cently awakened Where the susT ceptibility to holy influence charitable. I ; During- the' following week saw in the store many of John During the first few.' days John in the was verybusy, Iliswork occu- - the faces he had seen church and Tabernacle., Some of pied him? from early morning until 7 oclock sometimes later- -in them he waited upon in person. of the evening.. v:. Letter writing But not one gave evidence before. him seen and the ; picture shows filled in ever having It was with a heavy heart he the vacant periods of his time. not forget that he made selections for a few Christ. But he could thenr" all ; . mas presents1 and sent was, a stranger in town. .remembered with a lie He was accustomed to seeing away. ' time in hifc scores of' familiar, faces every pang that for the first life he would buy no present for day, and he found himself again first time in and again1 searching- the ' throng his mother for the noChrist of .' eager Shoppers for one to his life he would receive. her. Nearly a whom he might be more than a mas token from had passed since she had part of the store equipment. year the- first There was, little opportunity for gone to heaven. For time he would spend the holiday friendly intercourse with the othfrom the presence of er, employes, and to the proprie- season away tor and manager he was simply the woman whose love had been the most precious thing on earth a salesman. He had always been accustomed to him. Christmas Day dawned "clear to comfortable and very pleasant v and'-Tuesda- -- - . - he . al -- - . - 1 : - , , . . - . - m 7k gW 7w 7; . '. - . traditions , ' Your Christmas ' a .tv f f,:try-- l- v- , - itgain, some theoretically good person would say. The way to be happy is to make some one else happy. But perhaps John did not see anyone who' seemed' to need cheering up. Perhaps he knew of no one near who might appreciate a present from him. And perhaps he had! not- - money to buy such a present.. And Mr. Knowitall will say, B Why'didnVhe g-o- down-t- he street and about Merry Christ, mas at- everybody, and hed a Which felt better right away. Mr. Knowitall only proves .that was never in; his life the least bit timid or lonely or homesick or ' all three at once. , John walked along without noT ticing or caring where he went He walked for some time, aimlessly turning several comers, and finally found himself in a sub urb. In this corner of the city the houses were mostly old and more or less dilapidated. Merry Christmas, Johnny, ; John paused and looked up quickly. He was just parsing a alrge house. A handsome young woman stood in the doorway. Without waiting for any answer to her greeting, she continued:' Come here a minute, Johnny. i . The unexpectedness of it, together with Johns mental condi-tio- n kept him from realizing at once the true state of affairs. He had turned in at the open gate and taken 2 or 3 steps toward the house before he really knew what he was 'doing. Then he stopped. In the spaee of five seconds he thought of a great many things and decided. A feeling-oloneliness and a conviction that no one in that city eared, overweighed everything else. John was only human, and remember, now, .we were to -- . - - - . . 1 ; f "" -- . with when compared' many others whose stories are highly interesting, have very clear and authentic records of their origin and early history. One might say that the history ; - - boy, you would invite , company with the idea of pleasing the boy. When you celebrate the birthday of the Christ, invite' company with the idea of pleasing Him. ThenTvhenwe meet Ilinr in the person there will be no regrets on, our part for the way John spent his Christmas. be very charitable. ! As he neared .the door 4 the woman stepped back and young asked him to come in. A he did so, she closed the door and, throw ing her aims around his neck, 'him upon one cheek; and then the other Clinging to him in a most affectionate manner, she led him to a chair. When he wag seated she put hits (hat away, then came and sat on his knee ; and asked : , ; kii-se- , - . there ; for the sagas say that, when they saw foreigners coming to take possession of the country they fled, because according ' to Ari, the foamed, they would have no dealings 'with heathen men. hT.be iftfi cenTuryHeNorwei gian vikings were the greatest in tne world. They were the terror of almost , the Whole of Europe, and no country of the northern seas was . free from their raids. They hid themselves in fjords and bays from which they got their name pr vikings,- vik meaning bay, so that in our language they might be called baymen. Piracy was the occupation of these men; they would capture merchant vessels as they sailed; by the bay where they were hiding. England, Scotland, and the Hebrides were favorite resorts of these vikings, and it is, therefore,' no wonder that they drifted northward until past the Shetland! Islands, the Faroe Is' lands and filially reached the bleak shores of Iceland and sea-rove- rs - 100.00 REWARD. . We hereby offer a reward of $100.00 payable in thanks for ,the recovery of one IleavySnqw storm, and Big Jack Frost, Were last seen in Cache valley about Feb. 20th 1910. ANDERSON FUEL CO., Both phones 120. ; . s Good Quality and Low Price Rogers and Holmes and Edwards Useful I Silver and Nickel Silverware, Pocket Cutlery, Safety Razors, Tool Chests, Skates, Hammered Brass Jardinieres, Washing Sets and Sad Irons, Rifles and Air Guns, Watches and other goods too numerous to mention. You can save money here. eiS M CT i ! I i ; ld i Hi ar I iitirf- k it ijiWwf ii Logan, Utah i 4 if it Hiirf i I I ; J ijfffc.. THE TELEPHONE AT CHRISTMAS :7W every cent of his, money before letting him go away, and that tomorrow she would be kissing some other man.IIe knew that the mothers .of Capitol Ilill would never allow their daughters to recognize him if they once learned that he had visited this young woman. But, after all, f he had given him something .nearer . a welcome than all the rest of the town combined; and, oh, well HERE is no need for you to be worn out by holiday preparations if you make good use of your telephone , Christmas is celebrated as the birthday of the Christ Are hits professed followers going, to exemplify the Christ spirit on that we who have homes go7k day ItoAreinvite homeless ones to ing them with us for the day? 7 iv? share We going to selfitshly Or are Ss'jT, all - but just ourselves ? 7i wo hope to have, with us the when some of Ili brothers 7i7 (iuest are lonely and forgotten, unless ue.hae taken care of as many 7 i:j we can? Hut we savs somcoilo, 7 k' our into cant i:ii.e auyb( dy home f:r Christmas? jiLhn, here. If yu were the Lirthdaw if youi little it : i r Center Street i I Lafoiint Hardware Co. 2 : i cud-dlin- - I I i- he had purchased for his little sister. He hadt found something he liked better and sent it instead, When he now produced ; the box, his new-- - friend - exclaimed: , Oh you dear old muggins ; She literally threw herself into his arms, kissing him full g upon the mouth, and then, , behis breast, up against gan to eat her chocolates with the artless abandonment of any on the knee of a favorite, uncle.. As for John,' well, he wa; heart-whol- e so far as any other concerned. was lie knew that girl this young woman probably called all men Johnny He knew that she would probably take three-year-o- . - Christinas Gifts Well, Johnny, what did you , bring me for Christmas? John remembered that in his pocket was 'a box of chocolattu ; m 7k- 7 )! I y n The Bell telephone com panics have found that just before Christmas the number of daily connections is the highest for the year.' The telephone has become a necessity of f the holiday season, because without it most people would not have time to do what they have planned. Christinas cheer extends beyond the city limits, and the universal Bell System helps to carry it throughout the land I m ex-elu- - gw came to the shores of Iceland, these monks or hermits were still seas ; and from the description given, there can be no doubt that this country was Iceland.' This occurred a little before the 'beginning of the 9th century, or about 800 A. D. These hermits were, therefore, the first Europeans to discover Iceland. Some of them returned to their mother country and dfscribed the land they had found; and for some time, it seems, there was some intercourse between Iceland and1 Ireland, but Greenland.' people, C-a- ) Ji mk cclc-brutiu- V Europe. . It is recorded in ancient Irish writings that monks or hermits from Ireland, in order to seek greater' seclusion, had gone to a country far away in the northern - shopping will be easy if you come here, . - - The Morrell Clothing Co. 7 7 gw, that country7'but its roots extend farther back. It really begins- in two places: in Norway and in the British Isles; that is, in Ireland, Scotland and the Hebrides, and its main source goes back to a time when the northern countries were practically nothing more than a rendezvous, of pirates and landHrobbs t o, a timndwKas the Viking age. The beginning of this age is re ally, the beginning of the history of moot of the more northern countries of western they-shoul- d swell bunch of new Neckwear, Mufflers, Handkerchiefs, Hosiery Sets, and all kinds of combinations that make good and useful presents, to sag nothing of larger things, such as Bath Robes, Smoking Jackets, or a swell Suit or Overcoat s'l X . bright; Wearied by the stress of a long days work, John slept late. When he went upon the street he saw children and young people . hurrying about, some carrying Christmas cards or small parcels.; Merry Christwas in mas the air. It was shouted across the street,, up at windows and half way. down the block. But none of the glad cheer was meant for him. The fact that he was a stranger in A make excellent presents. - So the richest and most., abundant literature and have progressed most rapidly that the farther back you trace their history the more meagre; and scanty it becomes. When you speak of their origin, of the time when they first established themselves In ; their native country, and launched out as a seeparate and distinct nation you find everything enveloped in mist and obscurity. Sometimes, however, a remembrance of their town seemed to sting him, and origin is kept up in disconnected he with bitterness in his heart turned from the ringing ohurch and fragmentary poems; bells. but such sources' of information , are not as reliable as They were calling only then-ownand he was not one of them. be. In this respect the people of Iceland are better off than any Some crabbed, old cynic would other European nation. The farThere are ther back you go in their history fool! say, those who have been long alone the . grander and- more imin the world and- have become pressive it becomes; and, altheir oldest writings do cynical. 'And' there are those who though not mention many important dq not remember a long aeries of Christmas times at home unmix events, or at most do little more than advert to them, still these ed with envy' and selfishness!. and A look through our store will give you all kinds of hints and suggestions for presents that will make any man happg. We have a new Christmas line of Suit Cases and Hand Grips that 7iv?- - 7i" 7i5 " ' gW - It so happens with most na- of Iceland commences with the no regular colony was founded. tions, even witi those that have beginning of the settlement of Later, when the north men first His Christmas Present 7k Utati By LOFTER BJARNASON J T. E, KILLGROVE '. . JOUlj&AU LOGAN, Y Town in On Monday evening, December 12r 191 , .a young inaij, might have beenr seen alighting from the train at L - , a certain Utah town something less than five hundred miles from Salt Lake r TRI-WEEKL- Rocky filoiiiilian I i k ) OelilefeokoneCo t k v |