Show ier rou RoN ANTIO A belated christmas story but butr eo to romantic and sensational aa as to ing even egen at this late day hafs haff rd recently cent ay appeared in a san I 1 rane raue ranc hac fac paper fi ten fien en years ago two brothers migi migrated rated froni from illinois illi 1111 nolar to san ban francisco the elder was steady golba and capable and arid speedily pound found employment but the younger was dissipated and unreliable they parted by mutual conse consent nV fhe the for mr mer to td grow in his position until until hebe he became caine calne a partnering part partner nerin in the firm the latter iatter to rink sink to the precarious life ilie of a cil cli criminal minal minai older brot brother hell heiz married a rich woman moved info into fa a ruan mansion slon and thet the father 0 of f three children last christmas eve the family re reU lila liga tILd ili isi hout mid night but the gentleman haa baa llma llla jy y closed his eyes when he wil was 8 awik amik awakened ened by a noise dawn down st alfs and moving stealthily to the parlor with a revolver in his hia handi hand he baw saw a man endeavoring to open opeti the buffet where he kept his silver Xi li eveling his hla revolver atthe at the thief ij head he exclaim exclaimed ede ele astop stob stop or dr you are a dead mani the jimmy from the hands of the bur glar who falling on ou his knees cried out As god la Is my judge robert I 1 did not know that you live lived d here bore 1 the gentleman then theu discovered to his horror that the burglar whom he was about to to shoot was the younger he bad hot met I 1 for nearly ten years yeara |