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Show THE * INTER-MOUNTAIN 1908.' 2), DECEMBER SUNDAY, REPUBLICAN, pha. eet aie rea Here's a hundred." quickly, "take ft and mouth behind "Pot shut,' growled him suddenly, that money down!" ordered, without think I am afraid 2 | wouldn't "I've | never dare shoot! get If you open your face, | from no of ovt either of Mrs, | Just the whole one cry it'll be your last sawp!" ment bouse will be on your heels ru Wheeling qaickiy around, Nelson gaged ; that money down on that table and you straight down tbe barrel of a leveled | can go revolver. Behind the revolver were two "Oh, I don't know "" tho burglar Nelson started forward were slightly, hung to thea / tho Iittle voico thronzh the door, Pul-lease, come back." The koob turned and chim- fst \ ‘ TN \ YN ANY NA\ | expectant, open-mouthed. "I won't," he fually answered, quietly | now with your father." On! oh!" cried the little volce. ganta Claus? Is og come in, let us ish fasts pounded that door are my wife and children, It8 | the door insistently. Christmas Eve. If they beard you-tif "You see," Inughed a ro a Papia ty t out." nd ge reg Rogar Instead tomorrow, here Christmas Seeiar prince o a the lee sontes eeirs ee 8 ¢ ee bo fr ay present from ys 8 the burgtar, ciariiea "All neyoung . sae fellar," bt, Mnybe the kids would to fad Faso ; ne. Nelson see stepped forward quickly = want to tell Wie getful you Did nd CiCOnTAp of bis you bim for tho moment tono, ane: call his wife moment, and she took in for- | wrong. never get© pniidice : me, eA dear-- stopped short, then recovered the situation. Once outside tn E mecomle that tonch can't belp It. "They thought was Nelson The t | hav Nelson ion glaoced oown quickly bis at the pick | TeNalacntiqdicks torccn aaaneeEne >, Bcee oan that Cnet » Quick fo see an Ms cee ce { aa in- ine play toto would 1 j roll, 2; barrel She - here, almost | ont | tho: pipe pipe will! tbat with Ww aad and on my revoiver, nerves, Santa Claus, erg this act | it ee you musteae let drooping, Ms au expression did j Cathedral at Cologne, lik-) Goetho to a rast tree | One of them, the king over an ostrico bhntch an eg: it a Lon rer i heaven, contains the most precious reUgious relics in the world-the #ecalied bodies of the three wise kings who saw | the Star io the East and journeyed Chaldea d th reared EG ee me18 sat his ¢ go." and ayee roie dejectedly knees, In tho Lead down and op of utter despair. bis gun The ehair, arm | "I. bis fuce | "I one butglar think don't you e its to worship roots ip the the world's y | Bee lay down together ns a prophet ae a2a Biuce foretold. Another, the King t ‘Tarshish, was walking in bls garden , to | when apocrypbal new-born | gospel of St. , flower there sprung ruler richer over than up nny before She te g + ilckly which would eppeur; Balaam, thought Suviour's mee The Nubia, years bad e were a princes to gon be him born ascended APNE ae one ee pk wayside,ochwas a adea paused Th The burglar She opened sent. | : whut | which ts the suite tas "Daniel," sprung frow the race of Shem, nnd wax king °%¢t Chaldea. or Gondolia, where franklin tnrned the in key Her hey : first Lusband bent in one down, peering door i resumed closet stepped the a fool with | a4-)} bed, and walked the whiskey Aa 1 reluctantly to | vpop D the the Mount {milly or wisest men of the nation | the three to whom the | holy | po men lived only upon frulte and honey, and durst touch no Meat; they wore | whi raimentthe and dwelt cpon ao bigt | rock, cailed Mount of Victory. king was boro out together the vision had epoken. | Some of the legends and otbers give the say there were five, oumber at from «ix o 12. The names of the kings, as geo erally received, wera Cusper, Melchior and Baltbasar, and these names are also given to the three images shown {n At at strange portents multiplied, | Cologne Cathedral. leading the watcbere to belleve that the The oldest of the fulfillment of the prophecies was nigh. over Tarshish, where trlo, Caspar, myrrh hangs ao same witb and tbe oe na fd The a it. Why After that happened. {t) tho all I've had you a breath here, of fresh though, I'm thankful burglar alr and Jet me bis gun in for {t.' rose. He shoved his pocket, turned the collar of his cont up a bit closer around bis neck and lvoos- ened eneEE the The niuffer: Nelsons Se Sly sccompeanied him to the toithaselavator.cwhere the sson pushed pushed the "Goodulght!" ‘ Biakaa*" uy of Harp, hence wns an Repco ; cr king | upoa' orn bell b sald for him d ‘ the burglar, Nel: turning Piano Journey ees ape and have | PB. of the kings, be. big with here, othecd, word aoe old pal MN Ate Thosa ee kids shot. them made everything I've got a as i to or worth oo mas : pend cI r Id Adoreizax ibe toe OE on ilter ae G Reened yours!" ‘ to hear. bis che and ae :uk, not Hke merry ' Christmas ti ghed Myra, Nelson, as artment lonely wont} so grateful that you ar I'm thy : a So erntef ] Our home But you. | ‘somas,"happy. this.fs ‘blagachRaea, niée Curis ‘ {en"t ~ And ft deak "Wave J'm gorry," much:to-be hasay-dvasor "Indeed. wa hava' times! What did bare! We ee vontte | seer everything make ; so it. w | th tr¢, ornaments then oq to. 3t?" she | Bleht. ber side. As out of tinseled ay), ‘aes, | | | mone It'se e tho | See i Christmas eae a ; knowIn even 1 didn't Eve until I came I came a AS, Many .s.we eee se bur tog -lttlec making begin would ave long that Christmas bisk and ¢ would a - os bof- the Avie we ri Se FARA oat ' in irritation | Helen to rob you-but 4 so for this ts here to- | ; hare to urge him at a fecl badly about it, 1 | } par those kids | "Black? Biack?" the burglar reiterated y oy ot Bills. "The mimatter? Look dollar 1! at ine rascal! syhy-what---Frank, The-the-:" what's the matter! Nelson. = sa0n with rage. Wah this! Look Aad 166k ats the this ten at this rol! j ing such a mighty host approaching, as to | The Inter | a Slege, Herod was deeply moved. which | Solomon up C | seems more probable than that he was! visit; they were placed | troubled by the birth of an obscure child. were ure of 1 e Temple, car ' ehould haven't 1 think say {t is! The only thing done is to commit murder. of wLat I used to be and 4 Roasted Fowl ; mat bawled at "I erled to the " table and picking up the hing a of yours and the Christmas talk has just } tops about Ooished me "What's the " ast?" N . " 2 : The bast? eaeneoe, murmured. Is It his face vid Into one of the { 5° black, then aha eee aha Tard miore Sait at witbone be (ef { | on the table!you They counterfelt-cour terfelt-do upderstand-all of thom When | what 1 | counterfeit!" Crows rians, How and Mouey thus came Does fa to - Circulate, sttunes of these 20 pleces of The Is represented the Money, which seeming!r total yolume of currency {n Biblical times were no les wonderful. into Egypt Mary napkin with the scouts the belng treasure found vy by a On the wlgbt carried them tied in « other gifts, but Herod in hot the pursuit, sbe droppee wayside. shepherd, who Here it was ald St. the which they stopped of L262, ; ea - ee M. B. parts w aay: OR MACNN Un Rees __ | --- | saints of travelers ‘the toPatron aud thig day the letters ¢ over the doore of hostelries In some | of Southern Kutope show bow m | neads, | 'arded.aw ond tons, e elaborate Bee ae QDLeeF7278 LACL three popular kings belief that th w ac pene rear ED fi of the | not v & host of $.000 followers. would myrrh, the customary tribute of eubfect nations, bere also symbolleal of the threé fold office of the Saviour, bis royalty, ils humanity and his divinity. Tbe Christchild In return gave the wise men perfect faith, meeknesy und boly love; while Mary also guve them ove of the bandnges in h her son "had been wrapped. This plece of linen, when cast tnto tire, was BOt consumed-a sign which later led "aay to believe, Ie The gifts of the Magl-which | b¥ the Levite; from tbe myrrh was made the bitter draught offered ta-Christ on the | Cross; the 80 cofns were pald to Judus | for the betrayal of bis Master When | Judas, stung by remorse, returoed them, 5 were pald te the Roman goldlers who | ¢rucitied the Lord, while the remaltning } 15 were used to purchase a burial field. 7 As soon na the wise men bud departed | from Bethlehem another Wondrous thing bappened. Like a flash the Star fel) to originated | the eerth, into a deep the custom of our Christmas gifts-had q | Most rmirdculoug history. They wera of priceless value, for the : falle ‘ the three kings tac allen beir to the entire board of Alea- | under, the . Greut, ; all the rlebes of of the2 oe = oe and al! ' the treasures ent ed by Solomon for the Tewpie, well Derout which The star te centurtes: baronet Rae ey in the aktes. one any it was aguin seev day ag a triple Sar: On Nihon shee. sreat.a champions anne sey, three COs ny °o of Den ristiaalty were b -S = James ofof Menavia, M "ames St; .AmI brose St hsThomas Aquinas. These of ‘thrSleua and , were ada 7 learned Curistlay doctors turned:..to a come ig be the Magt re -¢ : earth. ugulo. 2s It had beeo -elalmed the eect Lees MOF ‘that os Dye te t be \ the Mal~ Be fn Proohet. them se sitaahtCs the tery Dbunlel J / ‘ aisepay fons * 4 pil grims in {ater noyres, looking Into this wail could see the stur passing from one side ‘ h s to the other, though Gregory of Tours Ventures the skeptical conjecture that rr Was ineta) : : merely sunbeam log r the 8 water gilating across i , ie he Here, a for presents, to | have tried but &lwaya his | Feat a ue: i eo ‘uns at | a root this tradition bas taken. » Nor as ing at #, but 5 pe as subject to fall' | we fee} Surprised thereat whea we call to aoe t8.s000 as the star guidiug.|-mind that a te . the klugs uppeared meno the malden's altic. ackornann ied retlate 5 8 thousand tlon cessed. Thereupon her futher caught | 7,000 J hem to Jervusniem., whil e two beans of the Se awaited their return on the a vase, many other eptieletiea); star |bis anks wore of the wera jo cuted Euphrates, "hs » task:AO d ‘ Itf f avy wise tng upon thei. From this inc aoe eee Ha af our day were to pass through the the Magi- | downward, ‘Goodnight oul" ng m_getting oor road! ; = twenty-dollar -thank you-olule An d he gave r bill. 7 t! 1e@ @levato too rapidly for ' around'my neck and th i eouplie eneand pinay dlar eae gpor nd Helen sew ? eats Understand--and onsoled. of "Bless thelr hearts! a bill. I want to give them a Christmas present-five dollars each. Take this and give me the cbange." Nelzon protested " the burglar pleaded. "It's the only decent thing I've done since my own * ‘ I bad : EM, QW yt ittle-- " ‘ Just then the elevator arrived and the door was opened hastily, The burglar waited resolutely. Nelson healtated ' "Golug down!" yelled the Enight of the 4" the burglar {nsisted =e) Often, when it seemed. hold ont a day longer, the that feel of ! they llkewise be blessed by the hote: ; pwd been despotled by the Assyriaus, But | used Ip the Vulgate lepsy. As for the two stair teens ep keepera and restaurateurs? most marvelous of all were the cu golden full ves marvels AcServed tn the vase, many centuries tat Prlie ae Version' of the story bas tt that pennies Melchior Rive. They had been | fecount ' it took but 18 | a pilgrim to the Holy Land secured the : a aya, shen and : y Yerab, the father of Abrabum. , | z all the country was | and they ¥ Abrabaw fon uidWhicht wountulhous and crossed by many streams, pie ee Placed in an Itallan if y 1 Our! and Machpelab, te the = eave. of | a eri . berlaps they mars be shin. : nae bop v / ees ea hi at while the | ing yet. if we had aay 1 ig ie fell i stor fr arr Pottpbar puid thew for Joseph, nod Jo- | was beset with many ARE Gore eae at ae anes {o our day they might per° i recelved them from biy brethren | culties. One tradition says that when cece Be uaatece in the now famous betweeny "When? the sin.ntors to came im exchange for corn when they | coming they were miracuously carried The thrSe kines : pelling' ol) tha mists.: trcergu, each ogame ce, ep ne fo. Egspt durlog the famlue ngs _ aleo came to be re- | and descended. ter others, | Fonlu: vip tur ubeni fen Wueaen e dosepna po} 4|. * C ownre ‘o0 eltitr, -. SeaFS aa a tteew ‘ Plein, 1 for spi to embalin ih his'tj fathe a hodes | bla a = endian tears Those kids! half sobbed, aiaelad ave entered, fell upon thelr knees und made | directed him rather to give Jt to the thelr offerings - gold, frank!ncense ard | temple. ‘Iho frankincense was offered uy Ethiopian, ne ‘ _25¢ Malle ease, a , otc money little nite Coes punishment for his disbonesty he was Yhen they set out for Jerusniem, the | 2Micted with leprosy, and many years star they oad seen suddenly resppeared Inter this man, repenting bis er!l deed end went before the tbree kings, stopping | ¥as bealed by the Lord. This man wisbed to give the treasure to Jesus, but Jesus at last ubove n mean stable k ngs ae ecko show him as such. Pan us al three of the great racial divi- | throug r by the hair slong of mankind were represented as | Ifko a lof the erent coming to adore the infant Christ, According : : ce ida‘ by | of Victory, hoping that ut Inst thelr long, the prophecies bad been pre | pious faith. Twelve of the | apart to be always on the expected star. These The handling First that's why I am what I o10 well, I' down now. atuy- there What's the uae, with tel) you fea- in the € year for us. iggest day"make ,)4° | to go to Judea, where a thut day. So they set and saeasle"Tix somehow, while, couidn't before ef s AO the legends, served with eet for ve w lady," bo said. ||i smal! closets, sho whispered: It 1s, but I dou't | "It ought to be in here--" And fo a | This Christmas bust- | still lower voice "Use o little tact" thinking | waa Santa sure you put it here Just after | t i understand, know It Vie} Pi Jp some tradittons the nameaOne of calls the | kings are given differently yeuruing watch would be rewar ; , them Ator, Sator and Per, . Se ee aL ner beheld the star. It bad } Apelitos: Maakoe aan GR atcne orm of a resplendent babe, holding third Mnenl es : : + Bt a | aloft a cross as # scepter; nnd {t spoke henkith, Galgniath and Sarasin 1 KI yas to them witb a clear yolce, / telling them n opstock's Klop drearily sublime ‘Mes uoliest ro. The kings made thelr peaceable errand known to Herod, who was just seated at table, They were informed by the elders and priests that the birth of the Messiab, according to the prophets, should take Place at Bethlehem. SHerod declared he would not believe the account unless the roasted fowl on the trencher before him should crow-and straightway it crowed thrice. Then Herod asked the kings to let bim know if they found tbe royal 6ome to be Zoronster bimself, spoke of » | : aes ci ane rise ener ees eu vests made a prediction of «6 po Ip. the otmort parts of India. co runs | were watch Nelsoc } Feces children the king } smoke || smoke touch down. rose: an and expanded by medieval cbron- | bim--the fairest child eyer scen: It also cles {nto wondrous fragrance and bloom. | prophesied of Christ; but in 23 From the earliest times the people of the | child died -jus mupy Polite ae East bad treasured certain wth dim thevecn prophe- , elewbtcanuriitieds bac hetd ee "eba lib cetacennderenleatae OwO | jy ywuy? kids, make you a cup of tea~ or, perhaps, you'd | ‘ °° | Frank, ther bave o whiskey and soda, the refrigera- | |) from get the siphon dear, ‘tor I'll get the whiskey." liked out! | monition to go back to the | across to the buffet for sar nildage: want that money. ness aud those kids chee drips from the veins of the trees. | he youngest, Melcbior, was a yrince of King. About this story of the Magi, as | opéued. and a pure walte Mies Pecan: Arabla, or Nubla, tn whiten ‘ah: gold ts told by Matthew, there clambera a benu- | with yolce lke the sound of no harp, tet! | %° plentiful os to reuder the soll of ret tiful vine of legend and tradition, having | {ng of the Christ to come. A third kine, | "8h hue. This Melchior came of the Juden tonight hia' "" "sit. replied, Nelly A doz e@ti10" of the lla Sz by Chat 2A222G87O spreading forth brond branches unto | forth from my a ahs the most comfortable wasn't makiog much ot the bank and youIt was a mighty tight squeeze, I cnn tell But Helen was a good manager ahaa *| | HE gran ened by i | I won't going. be better I'd, "No." ¢toward ste stepped an got Guess ~ burglar he t slr ¢quickly, rose -%e ©> . | upon . o sav your: Put thatBe inyou,Four And to show ot a leveuea Claus | walk could . aye look interposed, | wife. "You ed.) e gotten bad shot have would Now stepped | the with came: ce gun SA the r instnotly | poles eta opening, grapple to rapidly rede fed The a chair. {oto imply Roce the untouched, lay, bills of roll [he Ly straigat : 5 r acquiescence nodded io No, . ot knew. gazed another. fi and then fet"Plea money,ogain out for theburglir ordered, burglarbroken the and his Stand volce back!" was soft and but al- | theHe table, was reaching the strong-arm hel he continned, | most gentle. Somchow {ts harshness waa "Oh, Prank," hig' wite Interrupted? how:| ieank | Wheresia-th na you're dead | gouc. "Stand buck Play fair, Dp n't 5 : thnt | | asked eae lp a toneCi ofberatc Aye | co rat you say' that! : mingled door, they'd | you back your money nod in return for | he uldcould do it without raising an seealarsi, jnatatence the big balls aake of Gee elkad I kids around, ‘ ; ‘ & Ne pause that door with the ewag. Bat The burglar a | 1 guess I'm a fool all right, ofl right, but 1 | bis elbows on swayed bravely, ag | She closed | | quickly : Macaink ition SRATERAE Rela = a making to roar burglarI'vecommanded, the his gun. something Don't' \\ iN do | the table "'Very -well."" 1 once had two | 1 won't do It! { Af mudam, -You.co | Wise.» of my own and--" } "ttle kids The burglar was overcome by bis emo| of the bullding sud nud his a meaning } those kids' arms ; 7 little If theyay only 3! | you. \ ts that a man Claus--but thelr Christmas from ‘them: DBs who! up. Me "SStand back," threatening with how ae onto the em tossed ase and histt pocket bright and shiny J my gun ts, Just ag | Toll!" e you say, old sport. As for you, madam," "You--" Nelson thundered forth, his | "you're déad ‘game, but wrath as pe burglar, ne \\ Wheeling LY | --~-- ' they?-the eee bi he concealing Ra you, She Koo Oe use Tell us nbonat And 7 ae buried soda, ener muffler : Se th bappen? man enough to cover it up. hrrestcandtriatwell, ight! And ae Ob, suppose Tij/ for a "there | thief exclaimed the ! * Ob, aa money!" "Here's your | denly. bank t bao DY} And he pulled the roll of bills burglar the Balen like se the Ww a ee ae still date ts ai oerv- {isn't in this city. I was married to the sweetest woman God ever put on this earth-Heen was her name She bad hair as binck as the fog over the river at night-a wealth of {t-a fortune tn itself. And her eyes-dark and big nand-but | silent. fell he it a fingers. "T once this, and . cry ie vera nae rae peo ' was Uko | thie ou 1 see, was lady, once in ne a began, bank-g "it recelying teller. No mater where the bank i{s-it "Is $t | on whichi the tore the door,e pounded, Mrs. Nelson fists them it!" do won't back y Get busy! Come eround here, somewhere ecronsits Her ora that bank You oughtmoroto bundred of yourtwo promotion. honor about have or three be e suddenly he | i one!" off get don't you to know you're a "But ha cool a you aren't "Gee, laughed asy. J And r ny ry ae Att Z \\ \\ AM Bee} ; {ft Santa Claus? Let come tn!" And cbildon the other side of they saw you and that goo--there'd be | yo. gre yn no \\ \\ bo The pey with caro--" he heard fo his wife's | mother clutched It quickly nud beld It joyously tense and exuggerated tones, "In minute, dearie, in a, minute." He could almost see the excited, eager | She forced herself to speak calmly, ce faces of the kiddies, as they Histeved, | jy, lightly. "Thero ts some ove Ip here and steadily, ‘and don't yoo make any | ise, effber. Here's a ffty-doilar bill- | erery cent [‘ve got with me. ebind | of stieky elevating ber eyebrows alightly, signif cantly, at her husband and recetving a velled nod of understanding In return burglar started suddenly ¥ from his aeThe ming | e Z as s- Zs -<-<- ss a2 = | | | "'please, rattled. and our in 5 | } || "Who do you think I am? Santa Claus? / without our giving the alarm You make any noise and you're done for! | ute he closes the door we ¢ Don't forget !t!" the whole apartment. We're on the elxth Nelson was eilent. Ho glanced anxious- | floor, He could never make the street ly at the closed door lending into the | jn time He shan't have ft! Why- 1. wh y-why,x Frank, I believe you ure "Get busy!" commanded the Aig eel afraid of him!" "Hand over the dough--and doa't "No, Nelly, 00, no! It's the ebildren!" look the family jewels, either!" "Mamma! Mamma!" came a plaintive Mra. ' ‘It's an old story, lady,'* be repiled, "an | +, xercon "My God! You don't know how story. 1 haven't thought about It for I envy youl" . . x » ' a year. It's"s ao hard business I'm in, sa aie : M2 is ma'nm, a hard one, and we have no time | _ 14/8 roles. ehokedsand' ‘hia! ‘eyea|) Oiled | glittering, determined eyes. The face of | drawled. the intruder was bout partially concealed "Nelly, Nelly," r busband plended, "let him go! ; What is a hundred dollars? by a bastily arranged muffler, The eyes were steady, cold, unwavering. So was | Remember the children and yourself, the hand that held the revolvers dear." u *' Nelson gasped, "No, Frank, no! This sneak wouldn' "Shut up!" the burglar snapped out. | dare shoot and he can't get out stopped. "The stockings ia quickly, for thoughts of thinge as they used to It's no heart and all strong arm and | apart- did story ‘ 1 do, but when ! n?' ppen? old | you You If you did, youd } here, of us and ‘How rho was you - a-why haven't you got It now? The burglar ginnced up furtively. Nelson quaver. "Do sour revolver? ha asked in the gentlest of gentle tones npon it He seemed to be sobbing quietly. ee Doe ne hrs. ae ae sorry a your voice you covered. Christmas, to the kiddies, house, not s- play without thought lady," be sald, my own, Just Iike whiskey und Py | | a "Keep hesky insisted = before be heard ber reciting "When all through the got Nelson ere, you, tike this you want to kill my ir olght Nelly," own Se t the quiet, the | wife?"9 and go I His; yolee broke, and: LZ "Twas "Be suc- | "We are helpless beat | money» and go. Do him will Vr tures. "Ob, Ee bave trying to allay, He threw a roll of bills on the tablele thelr excitement, | aud the burglar picked them up, stutilog b {nto bis 8D pocket ofof St. St. Nicholns, Nicholns. | them ta he drink was mixed, : burglar drank his | deeper j) might tucking my kide | | | "No, Frank!" hia wife commanded, «not one cent!". was ablaze : Her face f e with anger, her form erect and ber eyes earless. Za it room | \ Nelson interposed go. It's all I've {ts | got" Z Or, next with good, It isn't often alae more-and, besides, I thought I was smart "Thank you, had a home of i the and ously { LEE Inbor, in The The 6 MIE: and Wl I've got --. aia patient now children Into bed and but really encouraging, . over the expected visit5 Isn't feelings money'''--"‘Oh, ! uur OU pe not How there." LZ and been the joy of his wife over his cess--bless ber heart He could her if that his heel cece sald GSE the eD- | In Seo -"Sympathize threaten- a comforting steady downpour; or perhaps !t was the cheering knowledge that the long-coveted | place of cashier {on the bank was bis at | last-bis after so many years of waiting dipuer --"Lbis teliow ily overcome by some recollection of bis former Ife'-- ie 4 '* {t back there, Frank" | | | a3 Perbaps It was fall of the snow, fascinating, motber SS for many yenrs, soothing, rhythmic trancing, ; the door quickly nud held it, the | iostinct In her aroused Nelson started towards her The burglar waved his gun | ingly. "Don'tVala be alarmed, sigce entice ore madam," ini as 70 Huahand Sand) ne fe re rot HETA TELM cron naeiereitin | ‘rel! bim to band it over quietly | po Hurry up there, woman, | no time to lose!" ZZ PEaa FZ FE T was nn old-fashioned Chisstuwus Ere, the Orst In several) years, Outside, the snow was falling i gently, softly, covering the dark atreets {pn a garment as white as Carara marble. The mudied heel he « dis ernnch of pnesing wheels and the tant bum of Inboring trolley cars reached Nelson's ears but faintly as-be stood at the window of his apartment gazing out reminiacently. Somehow it seemed him more ike Christmas Eve thno it bad w |