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Show I cine, sad the proper administration of the medlelae vrae a' very Important' matter to tha elok one. "Thats kind of tough on the kid," thought the hobo from, hie hiding place. But It wae no fault of hla and anyway ho had troubles enough ef hid own. Midnight came, and for the last hour all had been still as s cavern. Cautiously, silently, Jim backed out of hie lair and rising to his Yeet stood alert By the dim light from tha other room be could see the pantry. Then he gave n snort of disappointment There waa not snough upon the barren shelves to fill one comer of his hollow stomach, and here were a woman and a sick hoy to feed off of It It was disgusting. Slipping merely a cruet of bread Into hla pocket he tlon to ran youln again upon suspicion.- Oat out of hare, thief."" "But I didnt steal that bird whined the caller. Then be paused suddenly, for once more be wee staring Into the mouth of that sama unpleasant looking revolver. "Oh Ill go all right," ha added hastily. Up the road be went hurrying, angry, disappointed, hungrier end cold- er than ever. In the bottom ef a pocket where he bad plunged a band for watth warmth hla big, lay ticking and hla fingers closed about It fondly. It was his only possession of slightest value. Twenty years ago It had been given to him a Christmas eve twenty yearn upon RENE ago in the days of bia boyhood, and he had carried It with him Incessantly iicwtiMn inflow. throughout all his wandering. "I sup-pos-e crept out again. , OWN the long, gray I could get the price of a meal From where he stood he could see country road an au- and a bed from that old ticker," he the Interior of the dimly lighted room to mobile came mused, then bis Jaw aet. "But I beyond, and curiosity arose within whizzing ahead of a wouldn't part with It for Its weight In him. With the tread of a prowling ' cloud o t dust' that greenbacks. It is the lest thing she for he stepped to the threshold and rolled away behind ever gave me, and I'll hang on to it It Ilka smoka from If I hang for doing 1L IH beg, starve abomb. Intbe yea, or help myself when nobody la middle of the road looking before Ill part with It." He halj a dozen tur shoved it deeper Into its place and Jkeys were congre-gated- , bent forward against the wind. long of neck, Five minutes later he again paused long of limb, fat of suddenly. By the -- wayside another body, juicy, tempt- light was shining, and with a quick ing basking In tha glance up and down the road he stood fall sunlight, Sud- listening. Nothing came to his ears denly there waa a but the low growl of the wind and he rattling gobble from the horn of the hesitated no longer. Sneaking Into machine, an answering gobble from the yard with feet that fell as softly the throats of the turkeys, a cloud of as the snowflakes themselves he once feathers In the air and the man at the more peered through a window. There wheel passed on with a backward grin was no laden fable here, but Instead At the fowl as it lay fluttering by the he saw a bed upon which lay a white wajs.de. Ono more gobbler gathered faced boy with a woman clou beside to the eternal roost," ho chuckled. him. He his ear to the pane and Ioni out of the long grass that listened. Itputwas not long before be fringed the wayatde a man arose, lean learned that the two were alone And hungry, and stood looking at tha In the house, and at that good news till kicking victim. Then be drew Hobo Jim smiled approvingly. ' a huge, silver watch He passed quickly to the kitchen from hta pocket and glanced at it. door and tried lh latch, The door Just dinner time, and 1 havent had a ' ,1?ss. not .J.wkedjndhe entered with In thl a of a turk taste year,' Cuer A spare bed the stealth of a la my larky day," - ha- - solfloqulzedL room with door panther. waa adjoining, ajar Theu be picked up the bird and start--4 and forming hla Slid ths Watch Into the Stocking. plana as he sneaked for the brook near by. Jim crept within. Here, In the along lt seated himself by tbs bank and darkness, he would hide beneath the peered around the corner. .Tha, boy communccd dressing his find, tossing bed, wait until all was still, and then was sleeping now, while beside tha to liaodfuls of feathers the winds, In the with head early morning hours fill his bed the woman waa feeling of the plump body with grins stomach and pockets from the pantry drooped forward aa sitting worn out from once at all ha Then of satlrfactlon. and steal away. Instinct told her long vigil she had fallen asleep in looked up. A sour faced man with a him silently woman would sleep be- the midst of her watching. And aa the that big star on Lis coat waa standing over side the sick boy and be bad little he gazed at their tired faces there him. "Coma with me, ha command- fear of being discovered. And wbat If came to Jim a plctura of many long awl. he was with a lobe woman and a years before, a picture of when ha "To where?" grunted Ilobo Jim. kid as' his only bar to escape! had been a boy and sick aa this one "To tha place where all turkey helpless he crept beneath hla now was, when a woman had sat beNoiselessly thieves should go to tha coop." and lay listening. shelter side him the long nights through giv" "Hut I didnt steal this bird the stillness their voices ing him his medicine and ministering Through Jim began, then stopped short. He to him In murmurs. It had been to him as she read what waa it she was staring Into tha open countenance aeame bad year for the two in the next had read? Yes, he remembered now. revolver a and of disagreeable looking a year of privation and want, "More blessed to give than to rebo dropped bis prey. "All right. Ill room, morrow would he the hollow-es- t ceive." That was it. He had never and the kq," be said, sullenly. mockery of any Christmas that bad a great deal of confidence In a day when theae words and had never tried them bad ever coraeto Night Iisd smothered Its- country-td- a a skeleton would them; preside at their out, atlU he had sometimes thought snd rp"oftiijd Snow was hoard and hunger be an unwilled that one day be would put 'them to guest. Patiently the woman was ex- the test. But he had never had enough plaining to 'the sufferer, telling him for hlmselV 11 alone others, while t that she feared that this year Santa now his eyes fell upon the stocking Claus would pass him by without hanging from the mantle and n queer stopping. But the boy was unbeliev- look eame creeping over hla face. ing They certainly were In tough luck, Santa Claus does not forget tougher luck than he was la himself Hang up my stocking, please." he and the smashing of the clock had been bad business. For a full mintold her, and-Jiheard her sigh sha orossed the room to obey him. ute he stood blinking gt them, then Then, as the warmth of the house for the second time that night he came stealing chuckled, aa hit. hand wandered Into eyelids fluttered and closed, the last hla one good pocket. Then he with-dreit, and stretching forth a long thing he remembered hearing being the womans voice aa It began read- arm slid ths big silver watch, Into tha hanging stocking, v . ing to the sick one. More blessed to give than to reAlong tha black road ' Jim went ceive But Hobo Jim waa now hurrying, hunger gnawing at hla atom ach, the teeth of the wind sharper sleeping. He was awakened and raised hla than ever. In one band ha held the head a trifle aa he listened. There crust of bread and now and theq he had been an accident in the room, a bit at It savagely. "More blessed to serious accident as he soon gathered, give than to receive." He laughed aa for through some misfortune the he buttoned hla coat around hla throat clock had been knocked from the and bent further forward against the mantle and now lay a ruin upon the gala. floor. It waa the only timepiece they "I dunno I dunno, but anyway Ive "Came With Me," He Commanded. had, and the woman was worrying tried it out at last Only thing Im over it considerably, for she no long- sorry for Is that I wont see that sick ooislng don In hard, frozen particles er had the means of telling when it kid's face when he finds that old like allied sands. Across the fields was tlma to give the boy he medi ticker In the morning." the wind came nipping Ilka a sharp toothed terrier, and Hobo Jim glanced Anxiously about through the gloom. Ha had beeii released from the "coop only that day after two months of confinement for having been caught with ,m dead tnrkey in hla possession, and lie shivered a blt teneath his thin olothes ss he hurried along the lone road. To make matters worse he was liunyvy, broke and friendless, and to broke and friendless upon lie hcr-nry-, By Wilbur D. Nest Christmrs eve is bard enough luck for any man. Then as he peered, he Ls Christmas It aar through the darkness of the roadside a glimmer of light that twinkled where before his eyes like a great star of the valleys bope and he paused with his gate fast-e- d the the hill wistfully upon . doubting r Y,rlth a caution grown of long exi smites untWyon perience he passed quietly to the back of otherxl t the building and peered through a window. He could see Into the dining - wooa from hereraad allied at a crack deep within him his ellow, cat e ' stomach began clamoring-ilka famZrrwkeQU-wdcrJTan- d lie awake ished wolf pack, for within a dozen feet of him was a table plied high with the whisper, you good things to eat while about It the mdred try to bring itjictifpzln gorged family still sat nibbling. St "There la enough left for a dozen lunches, and Atilt things to throw gleam you qf foy Away," he muttered as his eyes roved it over the board. Much encouraged by thehJzeUs twinkle the sight he etretched forth his yot knuckles In a. timid tap, then putting the of ( hoc) jingle oa hla most woebegon face stood tin ftp on) ihe roofs. gladness song a with heart that waiting bis fate fluttered anxiously. is it to Christmas T The door opened and a man stood before It peering lata tha darkness. know, atread: ou have And as the lamp light from wlthla fell no time no Reasons hold the day; xpoa the hobo's ertn glng form, the Ttfaoe ot the one upon tha threshold sends jits blesskd sunshine is Aarkeeed until it matched the night little to every Sa it Is .you sneaking around here aad locking for more of my turkeys, i .he Mid threat ealcgjy. "I have a AO-- Irving rtnicT i9ii-lM9- - . ( - t v ? eoftly-over-htra-J- la'e mm - Hozv CHAMPION FORMER FIGHTER NOW - and of it ArtnsirM fh j ever-shmBgdtrca- V - 'V-kw-VN- .WJ5.v '$ - k a V , U - - r . , . of far How away ' ' - v' - s-- HV' n'Uy 4 ' - v r '' A . Til i(l 4 "yV4'' , V.. , ' , r ' w 1 ' L y " , T, -- . 1 , - j hammerlock division. In behalf of Zbyszko. Herman is agreeable to the offer and Is perfectly willing to allow Uotcli to dictate the terns. It can be winner take all, spilt any other way, or Iwill sigq articles giving Gotch the lions share of the purse whether he wins or loses, declares Herman. Youll have to admit that Zhyszko stands second only to Gotch in the list, and i is only fair he be given a chance at the title. Naturally, if Gotch persists In his statement that he is through with the game J will im the crown on behalf Of my grap- - Sullivan. Happy and contented, John L Sullivan, former Champion of the prize ring and the most popular fighter who ever lived, leads the peaceful life of a tanner on the outskirts of Abington, Mass, the old gladiator has a d plot on which he has just a fine crop and he la exceedingly proud of his success as a tiller ot the soil. John L. Is now fifty-foubut he does not look within ten years of fills age, Hla cheeks are as ruddy, hla eyes as clear and his step as springy aa In the days when h was the Idol of the masses. The Sullivan of today is an entirely different man from the Sullivan of the old days. When he waa the champion of the prlzl ring John L. was known as the gpaatest spender of .. h.U Ume., - He made big money, as he was the greatest attraction from the pugilistic standpoint that has appeared In public and he spent it as fast as if came. He la credited with having squandered A million dollars In the heyday of his fans. But all ot that la past and forgotten. John L. has ridden on the front seat of the water wagon for several years past and today can drgw hia check for something like e har-veate- r, 1100,000. - A John , Nothing would ever Induce me to return to city life," said Sullivan on hla farm In Abington recently. It la two years since Sullivan went to the farm, after marrying a charming woman whom he credits with having made a man of him. The first year he just wandered over his 70 acres and wondered If there wae In him the stuff that makes good farmers. "A year ago I decided that there was, he said not long ago. "And, the result have proved that I had the right hunch." Sullivan has grown potatoes enough almost to keep the town of Abington supplied for the winter,- - He has hene which he says are real bens, because they lay and turn themselves into the finest food in the land, and he has about every variety of vegetable that can be raised In the New England climate. I have the best crop of potatoes there is around here and I have it because I worked hard, sai'd the former champion. The only way to get anything la to work hard for It The great trouble with - the young men In the country . today, especially those who have come to town from the city laden down with Ideas obtained from the newspapers and magazines, is that they thipk all they have to do is to put a seed Into the ground and wmtclr It grovrTlmtla bad dope, Some of the wise Ones told me after I had got started that I could not raise watermelons. What happened? Well, I raised some that even the critics admitted were the best they ever tasted. We read and hear a lot about going to the great west and to Canada and taking up farms. Right here In New England there are abandoned farms, hundreds of them, that will yield as good a living, 11 properly worked, as anything there la la the west or Canada. . "Any man who will devote the en ergy he does to a Job in the city to one of them will get a better living and be independent He wont get rich, perhaps, but he will be healthy, his wife and children will be healthy and happy and they will all live longer. Back to Mother Earth ls my advice to the thousands who are only existing in the cities. The quicker they follow this advice the better It will be for themselves and the social conditions of the country. My only regret is that I did not get wise to it earlier In my life." AVIATOR GETS FRENCH Zybszko, Polish Wrestler. pier. That ls not much more than an empty honor, which is not pleasing to Zbyszko. In addition to the Salt Lake offer, the Pittsburg A. C. ls willing to hang Up a liberal purse for the match. said before, Gotch can do all the dicvision the tating , rgardUA-ilM.4purse. All Zbyszko wants ls a chance at the title." iL STAR IS BARRED FROM GAME Terre Haute Physician Ordert Morde-ca-l Brown Never to Take Part In Athletic Contest. Mordecal Brown, former of the Chicago Cubs ed one of the great hurlers pitcher leadina and rat- of all time, may never don a baseball uniform again except in Jhe role of manBrownie, who went to Terre ager. Haute recently, consulted a physician regarding his injured knee.-"I- f you value the use of your limbs you will never take part In an ath- letlc contest again, said the physician. "The injury Is of a serious nature and requires rest from all forma of strenuous exertion." The passing of Brown takes from the national games a popular figure and robs the Cub fans of a pitching tar' who brought worlds laurels to Chicago, Brown, was known to fama PRIZE Henry Deuttch Purae Given to Andre Beaumont for Aviation Exploit- Many Candidate . Publicity is the surest third league exterminator. A1 Palter flickered out as a bright hope' Just as there seemed to be no need of one. Golf la uncertain, says C. Evans. golfers who There are many would-bwill agree, with, this, Bat Nelson admits he is not a has-beeGeorge Memslc, who ls differently constituted, says be is. Dartmouth never will be dropped by Harvard so long as football remains slightly different from ping pong. DeDel Gainer, first baseman of the troit Tigers, says Ms lame wrist Is mended and that be will be in fine shape forthe comtng campaign, Marty OToole baa returned from a visit to hla Oregon prune orchard, for which he headed right after the dose of the National league season. It ls hard luck that America will have to etand for having Billy Papke and Frank Klaua battle In Paris. Bouts Hke that ought to be staged la some e me f daysand variedtvaylbS preaching 'dr as for all I and it has not set apart, but heart. '' - ' 'tf.O - ; kfl 'an4Uloflg havi .JWfeady afar, havescen its of a stars clatter and 1 V , lrthelaughmi f .coht Jack Herman haa again butted Into circles. Incidentally Jack has 15,000 in bills of large denomination which he is mad to get rid of. J All he wants to do with that dough la to poet It as a forfeit a sort of bait to coax Frank Gotch back Into the wrestling game. It seems that Gotch ls telling the folks on his Iowa farm that he Intends, to retire - with the championship packed away In the barn. Thats what Is worrying Herman. The latter Is guiding Zybszko through the mazes of the grapplinggport and wants to get Gotch to give the Pole another chance at the title. Manager Herman claims the man- - , agement of the Salt Lake Amusement company' stands ready and willing to hang up a purse of $J0,OOO for a match between the- two stars of- the - ..hs V V V'. ms, couttpat 2 sporting JUs acrassjho j0sehandqh,ei BIC ANNUAL Herman Ready to Post' 15,000 to Bind Match With Gotch Two Clubs Offer Purses. it ' - WMF.-- : Christmas? U MAKES Manager Far Is It to it to Bow farof Breams, ZBYSZKO FARMER Itsr pt so fat it ones bar- m- The French Academy of Sports, body which seeks to be In the athletic world what tha Aeademle Francalse " 14 to literature, had the task awarding the Henry Deutsch annual prize of 12,000 offered for the feat which aided most lp the progress of humanity. The academy had a diversified list of seats from which to choose. Aviatfon-provlded-candidates Other fields of sport were represent ed by Bouln, the foot racer, winner the international race In England; the boxer Carpentler, who beat Young Josephs in England and Harry Lewis In Paris; the grimmer Burgess, who got across the channel Louis Fercy,u:-tEworld's champion shot with a regulation army rifle, and Ralller de Baty, for his trip round the world In a small sailing boat The last named was a strong favon rite, as his 18,000-mll- e trip In a Mordecal Brown.ketch, with hla brother and four sailors for company, was an extraor- is the Three-FingereWonder." He as a great fielding pitcher. One of dinary feat. Eventually, howevpr the . academy, awarded the prize to lie great fieldlng plays at . Detroit Andre Beaumont, otherwise Naval lelped to save the worlds flag for Lieutenant Conneau, for his aviation he Cubs. exploits. Return to American System. Hard Hitters. The English boxing system of refBabe Borton, the first sacked of ereeing boxing matches. wlth tbe offithe Sox, according to figures from cial sitting outside the ropes, is a the Western league, show that he was thipg of the past at New York boxthe leading batsman of that or- - ing clubs. The system has been given ganUaUoa,.Zwming anoth ywHi- g- s four week1' trial at the Forty-fourtster, who waa given a trial with tbe 3treet Sporting club and has met the Sox a few years ago, has been doing lisapproval not only of tbe club ls great work. He hit for an average ct but also of tha state athletic cross-countr- y 45-to- - d h ' challenge Gotch and Mahmount for the worlds title." Gotch: TDuck hunting Is fine." IQank: "Mahmout la still JU-fisitita the Turk In Turkey." offi-ila- A |