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DllE softly falling snow held for
G‘E Marion Ainsworth no beauty as
8L she waited shivering with the
uz cold for a bus which would un
doubtedly be late, She sighed at
thouglit of the ten-mile ride before her.
Christmas was very near, but there
was no Christmas spirit in Marion's
heart. With no member of her family
nearer than an aunt, her father’s sis
ter-in-law whom she had not heard of
for over five years, the coming holi
days held little prospect of joy
for her. The present days were busy
ones with the usual mid-year work
of teaching school, with examinations
and Christmas entertainments. Never
did she long for a real home and loved
ones as at this season of the year.
Remembrances of Christmases came
to her and at the thought that this year
would probably be spent alone in her
room, her eyes filled with tears.
So engrossed was she with these
thoughts she failed to notice a small
dog, travel stained, foot sore and
weary, looking beseechingly at her.
At first sight of him with an ex
clamation of pity: she stooped and
tenderly petted him. At this kindness
the dog crept close to her and re
mained o until the bus came.
As Marion stepped on to the bus
the dog followed, so she hastily gath
ered him up in her arms. Assured
that everything was all right, he set
tled down in her lap for a nap. This
gave Marion a chance to study him.
She decided he was a fox terrier, al
though it was diflicult to tell in his
present unkempt condition. As he wore
a collar and license tag it was evident
he was a pet, especially as the name
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Secretly Hoping It Was No One to
Claim the Dog.
*“‘Heratius” was on the collar, Such
an imposing name for such a small
dog brought a smile to Marion’s lips.
Around his neck was a bit of frayed
rope, so he probably had been stolen.
So interested was she planning how
she would care for him and what
steps to take to restore him to his
owners, that she had reached home
before she realized it.
The affectionate little fellow soon
won a place of welcome, both in
Marion’s and Mrs. Lane’'s (her land
lady) hearts, and soon proved in
watchful care and faithfulness that
he had well earned the name he bore.
Christmas eve Marion’s heart was
lighter than for years, as she thought
with gratitude of the joy the little
dog, now freshly bathed and with a
new bow on his collar, lying asleep
at her feet, had brought her, ’
During the evening a caller was
announced, and Marion went dowa the
stairs, secretly hoping it was no one
to claim the dog.
As she went forward to greet the
caller, the lady came toward her with
a smile and outstretched hand, and
then stopped short. “Marion!” she ex
claimed. “Aunt Ethel!” exclaimed
Marion, :
Then followed the exchange of hap
penings of the last five years, in which
Marion had lost her mother, and how
the information bhad not reached her
aunt until her return from a long
journey, many months after. She had
searched unavailingly for her nlece.
and Marion then explained that she
had sought new scenes and faces hop
ing in that way to ease the loneliness,
Then followed the account of the find
ing of the dog, and her aunt’s ac
count of the loss of her pet, which
had been stolen from her home in a
distant ecity. She had heard some one
at that address had found a dog and
hoped it might be hers, and so it
proved to be, w
As both were alone in the world,
Marion's cunt persuaded her to make
her home with her as a daughter: and
urged her to resign from her posl
tlon as soon as possible,
A few days Inter as Marion sat In
her new home, 8o comfortably and
beautifully eared for, she held the lit.
tle dog close to her. “You blessed
giver ot good things,” she whispered
“How anything so wee could bring so
much happiness?' And back came the
fuaudible message “As ye have done
to the lenst of these.”
(@ 1928, Western Newspaper (Inlon.)
A Yule Fancy
Love that glows In Christmug shopping.
Love In Christmas cheer and toys,
*Tis a mine whose bright outcropping
Is the gold of childish Joys
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IERCING wind swept the dry
N snow into gnarled knots qnd
eddying circles, and continued
its moaning all through the night.
Drifts were light and here and
there the bare ground could be geen,
An almost similar condition pre
vailed in the heavens. Dark, forebod
ing clouds from which the flakes fell
lightly like goose feathers, now and
again parted, to reveal brilliant con
stellations.
That was the mood in which Christ
mas eve found the out-of-doors in
Smithville,
The Smallwoods had had a busy
day. They were not natives of Smith
ville, but arrived late that afternoon
after a tedious run by train and motor
bus. They usually spent Christmas in
Smithville, where Mrs. Smallwood’s
sister lived. They enjoyed the romps
and frolics with the chil¢ren and al
ways asserted that no day could be
Christmas unless blessed with the rol
licking laughter of little ones. Hav
fng none of their own they enjoyed
the holidays with their Smithville rel
atives.
Embers in the big firepiace were
still bright, but losing their brilliance
because of neglect. The pungent odor
of burning pine brought soothing
drowsiness to tired eyes. Books and
papers lay untouched. They relaxed.
They all but slept. ;
When the great hall clock struck
one—two—three—four—uve—six—sev
en—eight—nine — ten — eleven — and
when the chimes ceased to reverberate,
they rose upright with a start. It was
time to decorate the tree! The young
sters were asleep, and there was no
danger that any of them would “hear
Santa if he came.”
And so, as gently as they could, but
full of the joy of doing it—an hour or
more was spent in arranging the tree,
and placing gifts before it as some
benighted ones might lay trophies be
fore an idol. The thought occurred to
them—and it amused them. i
When all was ready, and the ‘stock
ings hung in the chimney place had
been filled, the two tip-toed to bed.
Rest was not long. Between mid
night and the moment a small boy
thinks he should hear Santa Claus is
but a span. It seemed even less.
Long before the first faint flush of
dawn—Dbefore the wind rose to sweep
the snow into new drifts, and play on
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ing the Tree.
wires and silvered boughs, the Small
woods were up. They had to be early
or the children weuld be disappointed
in finding that good old ruddy-nosed,
pot-bellied Santa Claus had not ar
rived,
Smallwood, who was to Impersonate
Santa, crept quietly across the floor
of his attic room, Quiet as he was,
every board seemed te creak under
his tread. It seemed discouraging. He
feared the children would awake be
fore he could don his boots and scar
let costume, This was trimmed llber
ally with cotton “fur” and Jingling
bells. Fortunately the children had
found their beds, after a day of ex
citement and wonder at all the marvel
ous things they had seen in the shop
windows, and they had slept on,
When he was fully attired and con
gldered himself, after careful survey,
ready to perform his stunt, Mrs.
Smallwood betook merself to a room
adjoining that of her sister. A few
minutes later, In the rooms down
stalrs, the clatter of feet and the
Jingling of bells was heard
Sleepy eyes opened, and a drowsy
but eager child’s treble piped up: “Ma,
I hear him, it's Santa.”
In a twinkling there were smothered
gounds attesting; all were looking for
the Jolly old man of éhrlstmu. As
footsteps approached and the jingle
of bells became distinet, little eyes
round as saucers told the thrill the
children were experiencing. A few
moments later the family were assem
bled in the big, comfortable bed-—
parents carried away .n the wonder
in thelir children’s eyes, and children
thrilled with the knowledge that
Santa Claus was actually before them!
The jolly old man, his nose and
CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD'
cheeks ruddy from long contact with
Arctic winds, strode deliberately into
their room! .. e i
“And here's the whole bunch of *em,”
he ‘muttered.” “A bloomin’ fine lot, T
should say,” He lowered the heavy
pack from his shoulders as he sat
upon the edge of the bed.
“A heavy load it has been; but I've
loved to think of them,” he remarked
under his breath, Then turning to.
John, a tow-head youngster of seven,
he questioned: 4 e
“Have you been good?”
“Yes, Santa Claus,” was the prompt
reply.
Similar questions were put to all as
Santa deliberated. Then he turned to
the youngest— Wi
“And how about you,” he inquired.
Her eyes grew big and her expres
sion startled. Tor some seconds she:
could mot speak. Then, as Santa hes
itated whether to leave anything, ghe
inquired.
“Mamma, has I been good?” :
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All seemed satisfied when Santa
left, At the breakfast table, some
hours later, the thrill of the early
hours having worn off 'to a degree,
the children were .chattering away
about the experiences of the morning,
They little realized that the man sho
came from the chimney place into
their room, several hours before, with
a heavy pack upon his shoulders, and
bells jingling from his becottoned cos- .
tume, was sitting amongst them.
“I saw him my ‘very self,” exclaimed
the youngster, looking straight’ into
the eyes of “Santa.”
“An’ he came right up to the bed,™
interrupted Jack., ‘““E didn’t intend to
leave anything at first,” piped in an
other—not ’till mother an’ dad told.
‘im we'd been good. Then he left
these presents and hurried "away.”
“After he shut the door %ve could
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He Muttered. | _-'1
hear ‘the sleighbells jingling, and
growing fainter and fainter.”
“Wish you had net slept so loag,
‘ uncle. You should have seen him,”
~ “But why did you not watch him as
he went out?” was his comeback. =~
“I think,” said dad, “they—we—were
all afraid Santa Claus might not like
us to watch him. Anyhow we all
poked our heads under the covers.
There were smothered chuckles min
gling with ejaculations of surprise.
“I really scen ’im, I told you he—
And they went on and on. ;
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~ But it was Mr. Smallwood who had
the jolliest of Christmases, The chil«
dren “really” saw Santa Claus—but
he, Uncle John, positively discovered
what Christmas meant. When he and
Mrs. Smallwood returned to their home
after the holiday festivities ended
they carried with them mcie of Chrigt.’
mas than they had ever believed it
possible they would possess, :
They had understood Christmas.
(©, 1928, Western Newspaper Union.)
Originated Christmas Cards
In 1846 Sir Henry Cole is said to
have originated the idea of sendlng
Christmas cards to friends and Joseph
Crandall was the first publisher., Only
about 1,000 cards were sold the first
year, but the idea soon spread to
other countries and millions are new
sold annually,
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- Drunken ‘Horse Nets
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‘ New York.—Joseph Lichocky,
- fifty-five, was arraigned before
Magistrate Harry Howard Dule
recently on a charge of cruelty
~ to animals. 'He was summoned
to court by John P. Miller,
agent of the S. P. C. A.
. Miller: testified that a horse
Lichocky was driving acted in a
peculiar manner,
“In fact,” Miller said, *“l'be
lieve the horse was intoxicated.”
Magistrate Dale asked Lichoe
ky if this could beé pessible.
. “Yes,” replied Lichocky: *1
. may have given him a nip or
" two to brace him: up.”
" Magistrate Dale imposed a sls
fine. \
CONVICT DECLINES
‘'FREEDOM FROM CELL
Confined 45, Years, He Calls
-* . Prison Home.
Charleston, 8. O.—Walls have not a
prison made—but have made a home
for Henry Scrivens; negro, now in his
forty-fifth year of confinement, at the
state penitentiary, = '
Decrepit, partially " paralyzed, the
prisoner who began his life Within the
walls in 1885 for “burglary and lar
ceny” fears more -than any other one
thing—freedom. He runs away from
outsiders and when' granted a parole
in - 1924, came back tearfully after
three months, begging to be allowed
“to coeme home again.”
No one knows what Scrivens stole
—Scrivens himself has forgotten in
these later years, for ‘'his memory has
failed—but some say it was an anchor
from a boat. The prison record sim
ply says: :
. “Henry Scrivens, No. 19,889, Charles
ton county, Burglary and larceny.
Sentenced to life imprisonment by
Judge Watts in 1885, Sentence sus
pended June 1, 1924, and voluntarily’
returned September 17, 1924.” A
It is the old negro’s duty to keep
the second floor of the prison infirm
ary clean. Prison oflicials say it is
spotless. [rom the second floor of the
infirmary to his cell tier is-Strivens”
world. He will only venture” into
other ‘corridors wheh ordered. 'He
trembles:-and weeps when in any other
part of the prison. 15y
Scrivens has outlived. all other pris
oners who came here during the past
‘eentury, - e
Nurse Kills 4 Tots, *
; . and Ends Own Life
Minneapolis, Minn.—A nurse afid -
“four little boys, were fondd dead from’
gas poisoning ‘when. the father of the
children, Herbert Moreau, a steel
worker, returned to, his home here.
The dead were Miss Violet Hultberg
of ‘Long Lake, Minn.,, and George,
elght years.old; Herbert, !Jr., seyen;
Edward, five, /and Robert, +four. = A
verdict of murder and suicide was re
turned by a deputy coroner after he
had read a note left by Miss Hult
berg, who was npineteen. Miss Hult
berg, in the note addressed’to Moreau,
asked him not to “feet angry for what,
I am doing.” (11 i
. Moreau recently obtaiged a: divorce
from his wife and said Miss Hultberg
-was in love’ with hifn, but that her
parents objected-té 4 marrigge with
him, ' e
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Letter Is Returned. .. °
5 LAfter'lß " Travel
" Pasadena;’ Cfili’f.—Ahé}‘_ 1, years of
travel between héré #hd” Colombia,.
South Afnerica, a_letter hgg, Hoon' re
turned to.the sénder,” "5
In December,. 1913, ¥:! -l;b'%r 1y o |
Pasadena sept a |attew "dg{;é!p- e
ploymefit “to s mining I'~¢9mpyay, -
South America, Fhe - ussoriment, of
Atamped directions on the envelope so-,
digated the Colonibjan post 'oftice -,
thorities made little” effopt to deliver’
it 'until February, 1920., ‘Chen attempts
to find the agdresses wepe. without
success and the letter wgs . started
back toward Pasadena, * '
For the! last eight years It has been
wandering in that general direction.
Posthuma, fortunately, did not walt |
for a reply to his letter before seek- |
ing other employment, |
Greek Counterfeiters
Fake American Money
. Athens, Greece.~A number of coun
terfeiters arrested recently were dis
covered to be making American
money. Having no special American
bank npote puper, the counterfelters
bought American paper dollars, re
moved the printing lby a chemleal
process, and reprinted the blqng pn
per, thus obtalning depominatjohs “of
higher value, Nine pew wiarrihts
have been Issued for the arrest of
other members of the band. The
Cyprus polide telegrafh that they dig
eovered * coungerfeit Cyprian money,
while the poljce of Trieste conflscated
countérfelt ‘Egybtidn pofirigs, all be-
Heved to be'thé work Of the sawe
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; Flies With Part of Car
Malone, N, Y.~Pollcemen here hand
cuffed an unidentified man to the
steering wheel of an autouioblle while
they chlur two other men wanted
connection with an awstomoblle ae
cldent. i
When_ the officers returned hoth
thelr prisoner und the steering wheel
had vanished apparently Into the uir
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_Electricity From Mud
Mud is the latest source of electrieal
supply. A power station is being
erected at Karnay, Germany, which
“will depend on the mud of the river
Ems. This contains a combustible
material which, by a new method, will
be extracted and dried, and then used
as fuel for the works, The heat value
is stuted to approximate lignite,
The new process is described as of
international importance, since there
are many rivers in the various coal
districts throughout the world where
mud could be treated and used in the
£ame manner,
Much. Cheese Imported
The United States is the third larg
est cheese importer among the na
tions, the Commerce department re
ports. Great Britain, Germany and
the United States buy over three
quarters of the total world's exports
of cheese.
v Italy, Switzerland and Canada are
| the largest suppliers of cheese to the
United States. The total amount im
l ported in 1927 was more than 79,000,-
l 00() pounds, nearly half coming from
Italy, :
i Cold Valley Donning Red
. Residents in the Torne River valley
of- northern Sweden are busy painting
their farmhouses red. The activity is
_t‘he result of = dnonymous gift of
“$1,500 worth of red paint to the Lap-
Jand - Geographical soviety with the,
specification that it be used in the
valley, so that ‘the color-dotted land
scape may sot ‘qn . example to the
dreary Finland homes across the bor
der, : ’ h
* The Old and the New
Ambassador Claudel said at a din
ner in- Washington : .
“The old diplomacy, was tortuous
‘and dark, to.say the least. The new
diplomacy lis hopest an¢ straight
forward. : £
“The diplomat, you know, has at
last fuupd out that it's enly by keeping
your word that you can get other peo
ple always to take it.”
- _ Souyénir Hunter .
2.“ Mother, was. your “Aafie Tullman
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“Already I'm teaching him the value
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High-Priced Turkey
A certain family was gathered about
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nounced that one of the downtown
stores was offering a ‘Christmas
turkey with each $756 purchase,
“len’t that an awful price to pay for
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