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| a dozen unshaven, redLjy
t I shirted miners were' gathgSfjEjLi
ered a^out the dingy coun'
ter of Bilger's, the one store
in camp. It was Christmas
j|S|PI|| eve, and they wanted something
extra for their dinner
on the morrow?just to keep
them in mind of the day,
(they said. But there was little novjelty
in the forlorn remnant of cans
upon the shelves, or in the half-empty
(barrels and boxes under the counter
;and massed in the corners of the room.
(One man found a stray box of sarjdines,
and took possession of It with
,the remark that, while it was not
"Christmasy," he could have the satisfaction
of knowing he was eating
jthe only sardines in camp; another
:drew out a can of Boston baked beans
'from behind a squadron of tomatoes;
jwhile a third, of more investigating
and determined turn of mind, hunted
among the boxes and barrels until he
actually discovered a can of Cape Cod
cranberries.
\ This brought the entire group of
iChristmas hunters into a compact,
envying circle; and while they were
anxiously debating the pro and con?
especially the con?of a division of
spoils, the door opened quietly and a
stoop-shouldered, watery-eyed man entered.
"Have you got any toys?" he asked,
hesitatingly.
The storekeeper stared, and unanimously,
as though by preconcerted arrangement,
the group around the
canned representatives from Cape Cod
turned and stared also.
"Any?what?" the storekeeper asked
blankly.^
"Toys,? the man repeated looking at
the encircling faces with abashed embarrassment?"things
to play with, I
mean, like children have at Christmas.
You see," with a curious
mingling c? apology and pride in his !
voice, "my little ten-year-old boy came I
in on the stage just now?clean from j
his grandma's, back to Missouri. I've i
been sen din' for him these two years, !
but couldn't seem to get to It till I j
struck a vein last month."
He lurched heavily against the counter
H?? watery eves beaan to fill.
partly through his condition and partly
'from some long dormant tenderness
'which was beginning to reawaken.
' "The boy's consider'ble childish," he
;went on, rousing himself a little at
|the consciousness of being listened to
;by men who usually passed him with
mas Mc
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w
out Recognition, "an' likes things "to
play with. So, beln' it's Christmas,
an' he jest comin', why, I thought
mebbe I'd better hunt some toys."
"Of course," cried Dobson, the
sheriff, heartily; and "Of course," "Of
course," came promptly from others
of the group.
And then they looked about the store
inquiringly, eagerly, in search of something
that would please a ten-year-old
hoy who was
ggjg childish. But there
was little they
) saw; only huge
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^ ramids of picks
: Wjfcji and shovels and
?33w^ blankets, barrels
of flour an(* beans
?;^5 I and Pork? aDd on
InP j , Is the shelves? tobac"
JjwnffiVt J If co and canned
wvffl ?Tr goods, and a small
WMfU Jjf I assortment of
WfiHtl earthen and tinwhfm'[
ware; and then,
HlMfrJ / <W at the far end of
*\ (*-/ the store, a bar
for the accommodation
of those
who were thirsty.
There were no dry and fancy goods
and notions upon the shelves, no showcases
upon the counter, no display in
the one dingy window. Such things
would begin to make their appearance
only with the coming of the first woman,
and that was not yet.
"Rather a slim show for playthings,
Dobson," said the owner of the cranberries,
after a fruitless search with
his eyes from one end of the store to
the other. Don't s'pose a pack o'
playin' cards would do?" as his gaie
paused hopefuly on an extensive as- |
sortment of that popular article.
"They has pictures on 'em."
"Wouldn't do at all," answered Dobson
decidedly. "They ain't moral; an'
the first kid who patronizes us has
got to be brought up moral. Say,
you," to the watery-eyed man, who
was edging towards the bar at the far
end of the store?"none o' that I"
"None o' what?" asked the man querulously.
"I ain't steppin' on your
toes."
"No, but you are on the kid's. See
here.'' ms voice nau an incisive nug
which had made many stronger men
tremble. "You ain't walkin' the sann
line you -was twenty-four horn
Then you was a poor, no-v
ard, who'd a right to dig his grave
without opposition from nobody; now
you're markin' out a trail for that kid
to foiler. See? Me an' my friends
liar A nip'* no call to interfere between
father an' son," dropping his voice to
an easy, familiar tone, and placing a
hand encouragingly upon the tremuolus
shoulder, "so long as the father
makes a good deal; but when he
slumps,"?his voice was still soft, but
the steely glint returned to his eyes?
"then me an' my friends step in. Sabe?
Bein' the first kid in camp, we've constitooted
ourselves his guardian?just
like every man in the place will do
soon's they hear of his bein' here."
He turned back to his companions.
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The watery-eyed man, after one long;
wistful,farewell glance toward the bar, j
resumed his fruit- _____ I
less search of the
goods. There was
nothing now to f 1
divide his attention;
he knew J?1j
the men with
whom he had to
deal, and real- I |j
ized that hence- A /forth
the bar was Y
to be as far removed
from him A
as though a wall TMj
of granite inter- 11/ A
vened But, to his ff
credit be it said,
even with the
realization came
a new firmness to
his eyes.
"What's that on the top shelf?" he
asked suddenly.
"That? Oh, that Is?I dunno," hesitated
the storekeeper, as he took down
the object In question and examined It
critically. "It got in with some goods
a year ago, an' has been up there ever
since."
"Why, you chump!" cried the cranberry
owner derisively, "not to know
a jumpln' jack when you see one!
I've bought lots of 'em to home for the
children. See!" and he pulled a string
which sent the acrobat tumbling up
over the top of his red pole. "Just the
thing for a kid."
"Just the thing," repeated the
watery-eyed man, drawing a small bag
of gold dust from his pocket: "it'll
make the boy laugh."
As he was going out, the owner of
the cranberries stepped to his side.
"Here, take this along with you," he
said, relinquishing the can to which
he had been clinging so fondly. "It'll
help to make out a Christmas for the
boy."
"And this, too." "And this," added
the owner of the sardines and the
owner of the baked beans; and then
Sheriff Dobson pushed before them
and slipped something bright and
hcaw into the hand which held the
jumping-.1ack.
"It's a nest-egg for the kid," he said
gravely. "Now you better go home an'
fill up his stockin'; an' to-morrer you
can tell him Merry Christmas from us
all."
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How our mothers and grandmothers
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if the proper machines are selected,
they represent the greatest
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the very clothes themselves.
To launder heavy embroidered round
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n 115to stiff While wet, divide into
fourths or eighths, place paper on rug
and pin to floor, as you would stretch
curtains on a stretcher. When dry remove
pins, and you will have a center
lone up beautifully, without any ironiug.
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