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Show -- W WM w - Mfekl i VOL. L NO. 60 vMEU ijy QpRINCBtf 5 EL- - r J , PRICE FIVE CENTS OGDEN CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMCER 25, 19M. CM RlefTMA' ' eTORY When Do Your Work RIVEaP TOQUBOZK0Y) f : ' pi V ' ef you have the satisfaction knowing you are getting the vary beet laundryworic that anybody can do. It'a stylish, Its well dene In every respect and above all Its done without the wear and teat that it receives at meet laundries We want everybody in Ogden eng vicinity to eee a sample ef Our work. We know lt' the ures of what thia mnuit for bar cam upon hrr with the sight of that hated tx of cimmIt hr Ion Red suddenly to hurt unmet lung, mmt one, with her hands, with her teeth, passionately, indlotivrly, as she ana being hurt. In n short time she was bark at rteltaa's, her head burning, bT temples hammering, the cough attacking her in Ittla galre. - T'my firm b'llsf you got the grip," Miss 8 peers, severely. .nnouaccd s I Mere, you take thia quinine. me time, with 'bout grip it carry .ever you nilnd the bitter, lou gut-o-r take It. Wheres that randy I gave i best. want yeu to know It eur wagon calif Fhene postal ua. W May jU . er Tlrase, ma'am. I left It with moth-to She roughs, too. I don't like aste It, please, maam." s. Thus Henny racked between gratl-i.t- e and her vengeful hatred of that iChoorae candy. One morael would It waa aa ire choked her. she felt. little body nigh the dolls precious d been harked into bite and put into at odious box. Her first glance on returning to the .up bad been for Ethel Barrymore." glance when fearsome, inouse-lik- e tie was watching her, and her heart ,i a beat aa slio had looked. Yea. .re she was, half hidden now under . garments of ihe other dolls.-- Hue inerd at the neglect and sham of at position. Would those wax cheeks Vmild the poor little i scratched? ocolaie foot come off altogether aud t lost among that heap ot things? Ill love yon nil the bettor! Ill love she jnurmured, u all Ihe belter! t Ogden Steam 1 Laundry ' Address East ef Mead HoteL Fbono No. 171 THE ITALIAN SWISS COLONY iSsUmately. end All day long she worked, urked. The quinine rang In her ear, on the Paciflc coast ot id every now and then grapes on the Paciflc cosatThatr wines hi spurted before her ves when are absolutely pore. It yon wish to dise closed them. If she ooiild only pense good cheer fur the heUdays blue order some of their wine from ik on that dear face! But U , petticoat of another-- doll ::pd over It,' and all that sho could zig-zag- s .we was a curl ot the dark bropn V vaav stua a poll Kaasau KtNNY atoob uookImo y does your dreams, of golden What and fa:ries mean to happier child- ways bring a ren, these the toy shop and Its dolls lot of things meant to tli little waif. to folks ss the To have a dull! "This thought was lot almost beyond lirr power of rraiizatiou, got a an' but to be near ihoee enchenting creat-tire- s, already, that she had seen until now only nuthln ter them as ain't, through the cold medium of piste Minna glaw. rerhsps to touch them and lay you them softly in their tiasue paper beds Haversteln?" or put. thrir pretty clothes in order! Ach! Ltebe Mutter! Christ-kinShe tremble,! so as ihey entered the lot Christ-kiI dunuo, said Minna big shop that Mr.. BTWVI, of fere i her Uaversteln. "Asa him vry that Carnegie sport a motherly shawl-end- . By the glad coinriJsnce that- preside dsat give a to blind folks fur a chaage an' a reppjrtashun, an wy sometimes even over the destinies of ysa git schoolin' an I have to make Hsnry Carvers, ihe reel nice ymtug clfYettea at fifty cents a week? You lady friend" held away behind the doll to war back an set on somethin' counter. Never had the child Imagined such throngs of varying puppets. soft!" . dolls and in"Yen set on yo own head; that's There were aoft 00! to poks a rotten banana fant dools, and smart lady" dolls; dolls in wax. In china, in composition; through It." with flowing hair, with fashion1 wlaht you haf not talk of that dolls able coiffeurs and pronounced pomChriitrklnd," sighed Minna Haverstein, padours, with locks painted in snug drearily. 'It's like to talk of pie when curl on their porcelain foreheads. there lin'd no pie, an' you all one beeg Iheir kale lnsldss. I wisht folks didnt bsf Dolls thst walked and moved ts kaf Christmas what ain'd no C'hrist-M- . hnsds. and talked from the primitive mamma" and papa" genua to that I wisht." Itn phonographically nonatructad. HU Heras Sou thy! latter r&thcr replied than attracted Cluck! Cluck! Hi! You. Henny. She could hear them saying so Vssuy Carver! You, Southy, you! much nicer things iasMs her head. be ao stuck up. Wot price them They bloomed on all sides, from hoses, red cheeks? Where you goin?" on in iters, rows and pyramids. Benny faced the group about Joe Hkestrings, of big orchid with assortment an Bala's peanut raft, and. her cheeks waxed hearts and satin petals. The Md redder. As a who Southerner, if vacuously, with msnv gaxed Id eyara and cyarpet. and whose tinted mildly, eye., or Vlept" serenely, their wher supported her, she was not epotlees lids furled nmld an oval of Popular, and the eyes bent upon her g porously stippled lashes. eld mockery, but her brilliant nerve', ! lirs.t From ' the however, would out. one that drewr was there Tm announced she. In a It with potent, magic. Ilanny n' ws hnt C.i!emt,.,naae lo Delton only a 1 i to llenny it was nothing more nor less V" wmk D t?2lton for Christ- toy beauty made visible a plump ns" in a single little poppet tkeg the passed proudly on, eon-- 1 wax bust, and arms, an,I Hmu at last of having produced a with swelling composition legs, decorated with high, ion. boots and dark blue tassels. It hid all been arranged two It enjoyed the unique distinction of bewtore by a kindly woman who nigbts work- ing a brunette, and at first Henny had Henny'i mother In one of ( be wondered In htr Infatuation why it wa.' fiseatsliops. She had come across allowed to hang there like some delectwn garmt to make a ettp of able fruit, while other jrn ill woman in had foun I far loss fair wont whirling off r writing, tearlma, and under the thin broughams and trains and buses. She .wclnthcs. with Henny sobbing in her, had found out finally that, brunettes lb. ere was no fire. There wa w:tre rot popular in and Sa forthwith her admiration had been oromn A't1anipliiiiinRtlirmiRli blind marie a dingy, yollow-- 2 tenrter-ni-rstrengthened by a vehement, 2 on the smoked celling. But the climax of her devotion Inside the thermometer stood was reached when one day It dawned 11 degrees Fahrenheit. upon hi that her idol actually possesThen followed that thrilling kinri-h- e sed a llkcnes to hrrwlf. Ye, there were the same round, brown eyes that poor to the still poorer na ef fifty cents, the assurance looked back at Henny from the bit of Mr. Id, had a reel nice wavy glass before which ahe plaited: Win lady frirnd" In Deliona toy her hair night and morning; there was w who had told her that they need-r? the same widow's peak of straight, the help that thty could get, brown hair In ihe middle of that waxen wit putting up and tying parcels, forehead; there were the plaits themr the Christmas holiday aeaa-m-; selves. done up with cheap blue ribbon ji' thlt Henny, being "a real smart over the wax cars: there were the two body,' she Jst knew" that she teeth always showing between the dark wild get her a Job. Do ehet yo mouth, honey!" As for Henny's pink lipa. wing only nine why ahe looked four-- f Henny'a mother waa in the habit of exahe looked n day! She could claiming. Them two teeth alwur t an age certificate, etc. allowin cert'ny do give me the Not that Hennys mouth was so what stranger or even friend wild have Intermeddled with the Joy beautifully crimped, but it waa dark teeth wHenny's heart! To work In her pink, and her two square, white on a wn for her mother! To be of some use were really exact counterparts Ust: To be able to talk among the larger scale. Oh, you had ought'r be my child!" overworked little beings about die groaned to it one day, thinking m3r wwk." "my boss, no l little fashion, and they might be. Ah, aloud in her lonely asked, .Tbe-rhlli- l had been carefully when tha reel nice young Indy" she replied, How should she know of What'd yon say. Nuthin'. 1 was gettln a Iesond breathless labor, the killing hours, ms hungry that hr doll envy that gnaws l'ttlo, then blushed, to think br egis In the midst of thona-- J ideal had heard hr perpetrate a fib. f lovely I woullnSt tell you a fib, tbo crots thing that may not nebed save when preparing my heart! she had hurst forth, un- -' m . ad to those more fortunate? consciously, the next moment, and was wa no HJ' In Hinny's runsoleJ to hear the reel nice pride. remarking that she knew was lade," she n:t Besidn, young ' to a iel , boa- The lauj of many she wouldn't. She falry-Chrlst-k- i d - A satmuk erf child, and couldn't tell a fib if she tried, she didn't believe. I was Henny's don't userly, secret thought, but, oh' I wonder if I wouldn't tell lie to have that dolly?" The thought stared her so thst she didnt look toward her idol for the rest of that, afternoon and evening, for Hennys hours of work were getting Christmas drew longer and longer near. Sometimes her little thumbs and forefingers were so sore from drawing , fn i(.w and knotting them firmly that she would turn her little shoulders toward the counter In order comfortably to put them into her mouth.. Her back and legs ached from life-sise- ,S f!1 fifiy-cmte- undil-garmen- t. rhix-ol&t- Lr Doll-lan- d, L1 s. Out-"tws- nd I, fld-git- a! J si kid-lia- ? Doll-lan- OHM4TLV OU.. . of life under her quivering stare, seeming now to smiley now to plead. She looks as ef she wanted to b'long ter me," thought, Henny. "Oh, I wisht it warnt Masphumous to write letters to God, like they do to Sonia Claus, cause I blicve In Cud, an 1 don't in Santa Claus, and' maybe a letter'd reach Him when prayers don't, Gently Ethel Barrymore" swayed little round until her nose-y- , chin-profile presented Itself, lhca bars again until her full face beamed dow n once more upon her devotee. Henny gazed and gazed. The charter of the salesladies," telling of what he said'' and sho said, sounded far away; then the doll receded far, far la n aort of golden haze, coming again suddenly near, tbea a strange thing happened. Take me! Take me! she seemed 'saying. Henny started up. rattling the drawer, staring wildly about her. No one paid any attention. She sank down again, her magnetized gaze fastened on the doll. She could almost hear it again, but now It seemed a voice in her own breast. Kite clutched her hnt little Imnda togeth-- r, pinched them into the fiesh over her heart and gave a hard little cough. Oh. if I only wwld honey," she breathed aloud. And just then another thing happened. One of the floorwalkers, an aatrachan haired young man with an incongruously straight mustache, stopped at the counter to speak with Henny's especial young lady. !Vmy shrank together Into the shadow hut did not rise, she was too tired. The other two talked for a moment, then suddenly : Hey! What's the mailer with this doll?" said the floor walker. llcnny'u heart, seemed tn tdin-j- l up toward her tbroal, scorching Its way like m lighted fire cracker. "Why, there ain't nothin' the matters 1 can see," said Henny's young She ain't a peroxide, an so lady. she ain't sold, If that's what you . mean." No, I guess she aint," dfawlcd the I young man, taking one of the choco- iate shod members Into a profamng Her foot s cracked si the an- grasp. kle- - 'll come off any time. Here, 1 11 chuck her over on that damaged pile there, tihe'll do f'ir bargain alter Christmas, if she is dark complected. Toe pile that he spoke at was near came someHenny's left band. thing gently tossed through the air, and with a soft thump the doll's body fell close beside her, so close that it touched her. The child's eyes and Now spssuw. fingers closed as with she heard it clearly, clearly. It was not saying only, hut sobbing this time, Take me! Take me! Henny found herself on her feet before the two others. I reckon I'll go home now ef you're done with me. Miss Speers, an thankin you," aha said. My land!" cried the girl, what a face! You sick, kiddie?" Pore little cuss, where hurts you?" asked the floorwalker, not ungently. I gotler sorter cough," managed I sorter harts everwheres. Henny. Well, yon Jvst come straight along with me," Miss Kpcera ordered. I guess you're must starred and clean wore out. I guess that's what happened you. You come with me to a place where me an' Mr. Gannons goin. Ill treat you," with n coy glance at the floorwalker, who smiled appro prlatlngly aud condescended, "Good girl, Gertie. The Intense heat and the strong scent of chocolate In the shop made Ilenney frl faint and giddy. The bustling, giggling throng grew small and large b fore her e e. as the doll had d'lnc, and when site coughwd hMf-fon- d tli-?- a fell stiff, as though It wouldn't crease into a smile. . Thank you. ma'am. she ventured. In a spent little voice. Aud t: . -- ze hr os - - heart through her breast. Was Mias Speers going to give her that quarter? Ethel Uurryt.,.rc, n, be half Ii.jr fiini.cr jn;,c that price hud been flfiy cents. Could it, cotllil It i,t going IU iMJPu'U I.. ...... Henny? Her fingers wera just uncurling Gmidly from their bold on her mothers dragging winter capo when she sew the precious quarter flung gay-l- y upon the glass candy counter aiitl heard Miss Speers voice ordering in holiday tones: A box of your best 'mixed' for the kiddle here, and mind vnn do it up su's to look pretty. How'a 1 1mt for nigh, end Christ mss time, eh, kiddie?" She drew the child rloiw to her. cumbrous espr nd all, end kissed her twice. "My, hut you're licit:," Mie said, a she freed her again. Siwirc you ain't got fever?" Byt poor 'Henny was not sure. Rlie felt ns though her cloths were scorching her, and the longing ache to cry was worse than the pain when she coughed. Sue took the Jauntily berib-bonbox with a proper air of thank-fullnr- s, however, uii.l man-.- - giaioful Thank you,' ma'ams," hut it was all that she cuuld do to keep from dashing it fmm lmr when tbi-- readied the would ed street. Him had never loathed anything or any one in her short life aa she loathed that, box of randy. That nigh) she dreamed of the doll un usual, hut this time a different, sort of dream. 81. e had lain awake for wlmt Burned not, w belched, trying tn suppress the little harking coujili t fiat disturbed her mother, and she thought that she waa still awake, when there came a strange bumping ound on the outer stairs Up snd up it came, nearer and nearer. The door swung open and in a curiou light on (he threshold she saw The Doll. It was much larger than she remembered it, aliout her own size, and It came stiffly humping in toward bar, holding our rigid wax arms. It aeod Silk 8tNf a 9m m x Owl Saloon The 1 WHERE TO EAT r:-- r r. j'n to-.- ' ili was to handle. She swept il,e doll up in both arms with a hungry moiher gvs'uro end pressed It close but deliratoly to her breast. In that instance .ho did nut envy any other child tn all Christendom: in that instant the glories and privileges of Ctlstmaa throbbed , were all for ehe with love, and sh had her In-r- heart's liir.x. She pushed Something warned . the ddl swill ly hark among the others nnd was on her fret, alert, ready. "Talkin' dolls? Ye. ma'am. Two dollars up. Misa Speers! A lady for big talkin' dolls.'' Then trol, trot, hack and forth, up end down, with parcels, with massages, to the workrooms, with dolls to he dressed In ttporial fashions far special people. Then onra more a chance, and oner more the doll wa In her arms. Again the work, again the pang of Joy. Again tha work would slut ever again feel the joy? It wan getting very late now. For two works she had stayed on kmg overwork hours, but no mention of extra iay had hern msle to her. IlrhapB If it lux'! lint then It hadn't. j Ami now Miss SiKcre was speaking lo You "You to go home i (im-l- ! her:' r. hidd:e? Yon're to go home. nw. this inlnmu, an' stay In bed all day tomorrow an come back Hie day after. Yon hear? I fixed it up for you. Ain't I sweet? You poor, sick llllle thing! Get your eapo right on an I'll go get yon five nmls for car fare. Lulu's got my purse. si nod there, not breathing One minute! One minute to say good-b- y in; perhaps goodhy for always. Who knew whdre her darling would lie in two days? In some other rhllds arms, perhaps. The thought fllckril across her mind like a 1ah. Almost simultaneously with it she acted. In one trembling swirl the cape waa about her, fastened into place. She dived for her lmt. in the corner and sllnpil It on. (Miss Bjirera had hidden her 'things there for her that day because she shivered so Incessantly. I The next moment. ah! that next moment one thin little hand, all tense, like a miser's, had darted ont and flashed bark with the dull in It, under the cape, close up under her left arm. She shook so that sht couU ereurcely stand, hut ahe stood and waited for Misa Speers. That young lady returned with her reprcial floorwalker. "Just nee how kind Mr. Gannon Is!" cried she. He's goin' to give yon car fore, I couldn't find my puree. Bay, wasnt I smart?" she added, with a wink at that personI vowed to em It was sure age. dipthrria; wouldnt a lrt off for a rolL "Smart girl, Gertie," condescended, CAFE BOSTON OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. Everything here the beet Short orders at all hours. All kinds ef game and fM In season. Extra fine dinners Sunday, from 12 to 2 p. m, no. Pina lunch foam 11 to 4 and 6 to pu m. JIM A YOUNG Psopo. 224 : Street, Twenty-fift- h hi-r- t.-- Hi-nn- WINES i (& LIQUORS H. PATTIS ON B. M. LEEDOM FALSTAF CAFE 2425 Washington Avenue, (Phono 228X) ALBERT P. RICHEY, UNDERTAKER Phone 150. 2372 Washington If you want Eastern Corn-Fe- d j Ave. Beef go to Ballard & Rinckers Ml 24th Street. Tkone No. ill. Carpentering, Building Re pairing Remodeling of Houses Promptly attended to. All work Guaranteed. Enquire ef Ole Nelaem 545 14tn street Telephone Mt-- h. y, lie. eyes were not looking at her, but It wore a wicked smile, and It said In a dreadful little voire: if von don't take me, I'm going to take you!" It was to Henny as if all the horror in space were condensed In those few words. The disproportionate, - sick terror of dream was upo uher, so that he could neither move nor err oui. Tbc.1 all at once it sveni-'to be Christmas nuicniag. and ss the aof I t: t O'Neill Bros. Props, No, 232 2tth St, Dealers In lint cUoa liquors of all kladiA wises and brandy. Ail goods delivered to say pert of city every Saturday, Whisky 71 eta to 1.76 quart. and hand went out ; twice the roaring Wine 31 rto per quart. I quarto. VI. drumming in her eara terrified her Brandy, $1 quart. Whiskey, pr. gab lmn inaction. It seemed as though $2.25 to $5. others n.iisl hear It, too, so loud it was. O'NEILL BROVPBOPt.. The third time aha touched the brown Phene 1362. curl. It wee enough. With n quick movement she brushed aside the blue i and was gazing once more on the ' Tbs wax fare. Dared she? x.i moment she had alooprid and left u ardent kis on the check, neatest 1 - She started at lbs silver quai'icr. that the other, twinkled before her, half but her fore only comprehending, y . stooping and bending over; ever her pa.n! ijot. acned oh. most, uuionuccu decked from a very plethora of gayly and highly colored dollB. When she grrpl Into bed wilh her mol her, laic at night, she seemed to he King among heaps of dolls, with hej head pillowed on the finest and morf valuable one in Ihe - shop. She would wake with violent starts all through the night and push the pillow from her, her heart in her mouth and the crumpled doll finery a vision in the ' ' darkness. - .... . .. D dreams her tato l.ird came never shop, save to soothe and comfort was her support by day and her compensation hv night. "Ethel Barrymore' ahe had imagination, and nitmed it. in Ethel Barrymore never failed her in just as she in wsv. Sometimes, reached the door of Deltona early, hitter morn those on early hand on the her would pause, she ings. in her knob, while her heart quivered at the breast like a paper whirligig thought that perhaps. v had come some luckier child aufflent-lEthel dark to prefer intelligent beauties Barrymore" to the flnss-golansurrounding her. Those were no waa posThere moments. guished sibility of her ever owning the adored Image. Fifty cent wee as far beyond bave her grasp as fifty dollara would farmbeen levond that of a prosperous er's child, but Just to love and look from a distance that, oh, that, meant Chrlstcvus to her! Ethel Barrymore" remained on her bine ribbon, however, until it waa actually Christ maa Eve. Of all the deluded children in New York not one had realized her charm, and so she gently ewayed, now a little to the right, now a little to the left, according to the different doors opened by the shoppers. It was very late. Only a few hurrying people niched In and out at intervals. Benny sat In a tired little bunch cn a drawer that the reel nice young lady" had klndlr pulled out for her, end gazed up into the doll's beloved f.re. Her, eyelids burned, and her so that eyvs blurrM now and the frim, sax features took un a sort r. As the afternoon wore on and she .is Ini sometimes tu herself in her miner, on the drawer that Mine 8 peers had again pulled out for her, the desire to boo her idol became an side pained. An In a vugu. garish oliseuduu. She wuuld, she roust. She dream she heard Miss Kpeers saying: could not endure the memory of the lxxk-here, kiddie, it's ChrlMmae malicious, Muring lit Is face that she Eva. an' I'm goin '.to treat you.' had seen In her dreams. Twice her FRIZZINI BROS. 200 They aceomimneil her to a aide door rkwe at band. Aa he graciously opened It for her. Mr, Gannon waa struck wilh her ghastly look. Great Scott! You are sick, ain't you? said he, then, moved by a kindly lmpulsa: ''Herrs! You ain't half wrapped up. Lemme fix you proper. In a whiff he had wbiped off the trailing capo wilh dexterous and hands and wa preparing to fold it doubly about her when his eyes iContlnued on-Pig- e It) MONEY LOANED SALARIED PEOPLE Beni Batata and Chattel Loaaa. 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