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16 r _r (MS ( ill* I : jfr (XRornr dix : (Copyright, by Dally Story Hub. Co.) < *^4 T wu8 Christmas eve, J C -T 11 and Alice Maitland R^C^^^vll sat alone In her luxu- f / tl\\ li rlously furnished bou/ fj y \ doir, putting the fln- 1 / II \ \ ishlng touches on the t \ gifts she was to be- \ ^ |f ' \ stow on tho morrow, \ She tied the last bit t of scarlet ribbon t I about a Jewel box > Jx w 11 ^ mathematical c precision, tucked a hit of holly under the bow, and pushed ft away from her with Impatient weartaesi "There," she exclaimed, surveying the heap or packages that littered the table and the couch; "there, thank gooonees, mat b aonei I've done my 4tnty by my family and remembered urery one that is likely to remember &e, and I bare worn myself to a fraz la and brought on paresis trying to 1 find things for people who already hare ererythlng there is. Let me see," he continued, taking up the package! one by one and checking them off with a smile that was half sad, and half cynical. "Let me see?here is a silk smoking Jacket for Uncle Joseph, that he will never wear, and the Sevres cups that Aunt Maud coyly hinted would he an accepiaoie reminder of the blesseG season to her; the string of pearls thai Adele has been openly admiring for months, and a check for Jack for his college larks?one's relatives aren'1 bashful about letting one know what they want, and that is a comfort, at any rate, at rhristmas. I "Then, uui-um-um, a gold bangle foi^ Mayine Wlnslow that she will takr right down to the jeweler's to appraise, and a tortoise shell and ostrich feather fan for Sally Stinton; she'll be sure to send me something, though she hates u me, the little cat, and a couple ol " vm.cb iKji uirtti uiu i^irs. million. ! His % Wo have been striving A the people of L uneaster and A eleven years. It. is pleasant We did not enter the <lr % foi* yours. It is and alway ?.* and purest that money can 1 shown your appreciation. \ will always strive to deserv > ^ iiegai /J>I ^ t SB! EXfXi X SlE! CAES V | \ I.OVK STOItY * Look! Listen boys. Did you % your lady love and she did not 8 joyiiiR your company? Had Unit * dreaming about some one or s< very far away and when you spn would answer you in a don't-car Well, confidently, I will tell yc * as we are experienced in the rlieci Ret lier a box of Norris' Candy her and see that lovitiR smile that * You will be some kid. believe me Try it and if it fails, come to refund your money for the cant * dollar. > ^ i "WORTH SMAOC/NO "YOUR UPS OVER" ^ I IKDRQS jgH ATLANTA jg5&' EKMISTTR !* Ml candies f I11 V THE LANCAS though where she'll put them in that LJIQ piDC' overcrowded house of hers I'm sure 1 don't know, and?oh, things for the servants, and steins and etchings for the men who have been nice to me? and?er?I don't believe I have forgot I ten anybody I love, or who holds a I kindly thought for me." I ^ ^Sfc'X\ She paused abruptly, pushed the gay | tHwA liner or costly trinkets away from her YK with disdainful hands, and with a sud den rush of tears, buried her face in her urms on the table. "Yes," Bho murmured brokenly to herself, "there Is one that I have forgotten, and he is the one In all the world that I have remembered most, and to whom I would give all If 1 dared," and then Bhe Bat still. "Why do you not send him some lib r ( tie trltle, just a token that you have not forgotten the old days?" suggested "Never," Baid Pride. tiigWpS "Even casual acquaintances may exchange gifts at Christmas," urged her Heart, speciously. "lie would cast my gift back at my Vet," said Pride. "Christmas,* said her Heart, "is the of peace on earth and good will men n time when old vrongs should bo forgotten, when old j9flPw| JK vounds should be healed, when broken Jf&la ios should be mended, and hearts es- M||< ranged should be reunited. Why do ou not kiss and make up, as children \C~X j&fS3Lgh . . ^ empty life, with its m v . "^5S* ?' 'n8'P'^ Kayety," w< Hj, I/> vol ^ I "You were that loneli ^dn jJ lJJjll ' 1 byv r-^L^, L., lorn of human beings aCTE|Kfe JlUT />?n QIU* an orphan. All j S?VWTr V V/.\ had everytiiing you ?- ? N.L "7 the thing you wanted Cr}-?-}"' J All ' k }. \ '~\y* cere and disinteree \ > J 'p.1 7 father and mother ha< 4\_, i * \ Z / cou'd remember thei E "v " ~f'\c ' / r been left to the care and aunt. who thougl ^....ii- deb ;1 " ' y L done their entire dutj [|'j \ f I 1 I seeing that you were j * I / clothed and educated jJ j ji\ . ( ~~7V. 'n you a dist.ust of i j ^ ^ \ \ J ing who came about y -"V "t. / II A yg\ S'* "You never knew tl . j ' 1 \ /M| SPL Rlrls had of being %J"i / A VI I V W selves. When suitors S \ j-^| Ss&f l?'d l^?y were fortun "Vjj ?U Djiv-tin JUK Ul Vl you for any charm of ***?-v grace, or accomplisn y't ways said that you w c wondered sometimes i ? _ ,. _ ? ... \heir words hurt, or h I Dont Believe I Have Forflotten to a girl to come to b Anybody I Love." wa8 nothing about he ioricnl to please ;iiiil hold the confidence of I surrounding country ,1'or about IfcrRSIJ to feel that we have succeeded. 5 UK business for our own health, hut j s has been our aim to keep the best )tiy in our line. Vour patronage lias H- " i m . LANCASTER PHARMACY. ? R1S M 1 ism ^3 J [DIES ~vvr*rrji smaocino I 4j "yourups over" h ever go to to )>< i ll r+A I (& Xmas is near, and now is the time to get your ' > j, presents, so don't delay as tliey will be picked J over. Now is your time before the rush, you 3 won't have to hurry, you can take your time by |r buying now before the rush. We have some V very handsome holiday goods, something for W f ever; one, old, young and In fart can please the most fastidious person in the tow n or country. I We would kindly ask each and every one to H call at our store and look at our line of holiday \\ goods, and don't forget where to buy your drugs, J at the Store on the Corner. Wishing each and every one a very pleasant, li their past patronage LiANCAST I'HONK \<t. 137 t A 4^4a^A 4^4 a.^4 , -]-- - ,iW * ' >TER NEWS, DECEMBER 19, 1913. T CHRISTMAS SURPRISE I love?that she must buy It with th red of the old, money she hated. onotonous rounds "Finally you began to realize tha jnt on her Heart your whole nature was being warpe est and most for. by your environment, that your sou a greaf heiress wa8 beln* atrophied, and so you ra. /our life von had awa>' from a11 You persuaded dea wanted ' except ?ld Mr8 Bull,on to take you away a most of all?sin- hfir h,red comPanlon to a little qule ited love Your Place- where no one would recogniz 1 died before vou you- You wore I,ln,n llttle cotto1 m and von had K?wn?. an(l snobs who would hav - . flunkled before the rich \H?? M.i.i.n, ox a coxa uncie ., . . , " V V it that they had Bnubbf'd and Ignored you, but ther r towards you by wa" a an "h?BBW tho wo a? 8 hear ; nronerlv fed un(*er tbe shabby gown, and|the worn ' . , , , ' ' an's brain under the common hat, an< , and implanting . . , . ' . , . . he loved you, and asked you to be hii evei human be- .. ? ' ' ? . ' ,, * wife. We shall be very poor, hi < s .u _ said, "for I have my way yet to mak< le Joy that other ... , , , . , * , . . ... . f . in the world, but, please God, we ehal 1 ' "r (111 fight the battle out shoulder to shoul i came you were , ? . 4 r p> der.' e rS. ? o- "You remember," went on her Heart >u. n< \er praisx > "how, with your head upon his breast jourown. Oi any and ^ arms around you, you planne< mem 1 neJ Rl" out the future?the litUe house, wltl ' r' r 0 ' an' >(K the rose above the door, the dear llttl< ey n< \\ u>\\ ec0nomlea, the struggles, and the flna ?m n,hH. n ' n success, and you drank deep of the cuj elieve mat tnere had r that could win * -? I Why This Pen ' S | Wont Leak ^j Loolc at the feed tube of your 1 j I fountain pen. If it's curved?like 1 the Parker? the pen won't leak Vjj I or sweat. Um?E Ordinary fountain pens have straight ____________ H feed tubes, in which ink stays even when p n is point up. Lxpanding air iorcrs V II this ii.k out onto end of pen as soon at | your body h? ats the pen. ?t 5 The Parker Luiky Curve Feed Tube (nucha (nude of barrel, causing CapiU l.iry Attia< .ion. Tliisdrawsallinkout of f. < <) tu!>e tl.e instant you turn pen u^> a.Hi uciuic cjipaiRJii^ air AMrnai. jjJM That's why Parkers won't leak. , \RKER Euc^rSm^ x^( untaTS pen? ? Standard*tyle,$l.50to$250.00,according || 8 to aut am) ornamentation. JJ? PARKER JACK KNIFES AFETY PEN won't leak in any petition?even upside 1^" L (k LI . down aitrouaer pocket. $2.30 up. 1 1 1 D 1 ^ kJ The Dew Parker Dlmpptarlng Clip grip* your pocket like a mapping turtle, but draap- ^ h I F1 LT E)C pear* into it* aheJI wheu you write. " Cet a Parker on trial. If you're not entirely I ( aatiaficd, we will refund your coat quickly. So I ICrsCIll. II why <iclay> Have a /ea$/r*jfountain pes m your \ , pocket tontorrow, by getting a Parker toJay. y OH HiiVC th ively Xmas and a happy New Year, and thanki and trusting to have more in the future, we ar? ER PHARM (K\ Til - ,/.v. rich at last, for you were loved foi " yourself alone?loved as a womar would be when a strong man trembiet at her touch, and his smile grows soft I and tender only for you. Then, at last came the time when you had to tel him that you were none other than th? rich Miss Maitland?" "And he went white as death whih he listened, and said that had h< known It he would never have asked you to be his wife," Interrupted Pride "Ilut it was then too late," triumph antly cried her Heart; "he loved you and nothing?not money, nor position nor anything, could change that. Yoi came home," continued her Heart "and your worldy wise uncle and aunt called him a furtune hunter, and said that he was going to marry you foi yoyr money. You did not believe them but, by and by. as you plunged Intc the old life," with Its sordid strivings und seltlshness, and disbelief in all thai is high and true, the old distrust begar to creep up and poison life again " "He should have trusted your love.' said Pride; "he should have knowr that you were merely playing." . "His life," said her Heart, sadly ' "had not taught him how to play. H had all been hard, bitter seriousness and so when he saw you smiling intc this other man's eyes with the counter feit of the look you had worn whet your head lay upon his breast, he thought that you were faithless anc loveless, and that you?you who hac so much?had come down out of youi high estate to rob him of the little he had, and to make life worthless." "Then," said Pride, desperately, "he came aud flung back your promise ir your face and told you that he wat ~ ashamed to have loved so poor a 0 thing." t "Ix>ve does not go at any man's bid j ding." sighed her Heart; "y^u saw hinc j the other day. He looked 111, and worn, and poor. Tomorrow will be CtariBt n I, ,, mas day? "Think?" began Pride; but Mlsi 0 Maitland bad risen up with a look on her face of great and exceeding Joy. "Think, 1 can think of nothing but 11 my love!" she cried, j The next morning Miss Maitland aroBe-early, and spent much time at her desk printing a large placard in bold and unmistakable letters. This * done, she donned a simple little gray gown, much affected by her the summer before, and over this she threw a long cloak. An hour later she directed j her astonished coachman to drive her to a certain building on one of whose upper floors a struggling young lawyer was, at the moment, engaged in de" vouring with his eye the photograph J of a comely young woman. As she s reached hie office door Miss Maltland's courage wavered and sank, but, j taking a death grip upon It, she hurriedly passed the office boy, and before ' she knew It was In his presence. 1 "Alice!" he cried, starting to his Our Two Sp< Prescriptions which are always con est drugs. Nyals Remedies, not a given with every bottle, -"or January we call yori attentioi ts. Nyal's Cherry Cough Syrup, 1 Cough Syrup, Nyal's Winter Cou 1'od Liver Oil. and Nyal's Stone lb ?nd-find guarantee all the above 1 ike them tell your friends. If th s and get your money back. ?2 EXQUISITE, m CANDIES . ^ candy was what h ihl A fellow is a bacheloi dp a bachelor. Ge fefts I ;er l^Hinia est display ever show tter for a C hristmas ^ your pen is a Parker U e best We sell them ng each and every one for K SB ACY I 110 CGKNKK || A^A A^A A^A A^A A^A A^4. A^A A^A A^A A^A A^ vVV r feet; but she did not wait for him to< i speak. ? "Tom," she Bald, hurriedly, "I? t I have come to bring you a llttlel , Christmas present," and with that Bhel ^ I dropped the enveloping cloak aslde,lf > and pinned upon her breast was all large placard with the Inscription: 1 \ FOR TOM. WITH AUHE'S I,nvm \ I " ih i "You darling," he murmnred, folding , her In his hungry arniB. t "It's so hard to know what to get I for a man, bo I Just thought I'd bring | " myself," she sal.d, hypocritically; "but , oh Tom, please don't send this present A > back, and change it." But be stopped ? her mouth with kisses. W t i TIIK HOST AT TOKAY. 1 (Christmas greetings to Col Whar- ^ ton J. Green, born 1831, died 1910. / J Tokay, with its famous vineyard, is / four miles north of Fayetteville, N. ' > ?' ) ^ The Christmas fire at Tokay J Fling welcome far and wide, j Where sits the Host of Tokay, MrB' I Cnbroken in his pride. r Mayhap some old reveille I ^ ) Stirs answer in his blood, I c Where once. In old Virginia, g j milUUlllOI Ul UIICB BlUUU, | 1 Above the tawny river, At peace among tils trees, Where misty frowns of ocean I 1 Are routed by the breeze; He sits, the grand old Bourbon, In Memory's council hull. To summon at his bidding. His comrades, one and all; Before the fires of Tokay, The kingly form of Lee, Majestic through the shadows Of immortality; Comes with the wraith of Jackson, Stern figure knit in prayer. Before the C-od of Battle^, I . In reverent homage bare, Again "Jeb" Stuart is laughing, The peerless cavalier, While all the Southern chivalry People the winter air. Bedford Forrest leads his charge And Hampton swings ahead, With as dashing lot of bold sabreurs As e'er the South has bred. They come again to Tokay And Memory holds the rein; They hold high wassail in the hall, And touch his heart again. And by the hearth at Tokay, Renewing of his youth. Still sits the gray old Bourbon, A. soldier true to truth. God grant him health at Tokay . Until the last great ?11 Shall summon forth from Tokay The Host from out his hall. ?James Henry Rice, Jr. wvvwvvvvvvv^ Baltics I I V i i pounded with the purest patent medicine, the forT ' V i to Nyal's Dyspepsia Mirol'o I l i *r ? i i j til n 1 iilAclCUKl, A\\ ill S gh Remedy, Nyal's Eniuloot Compound. We rot- V emedies. Try them, if ey prove disappointing, i ^ WORTH 8MAOOKO I "YOUR LIPS OVER* y v HIV WITII \ SKgrEh. X man once upon a time that ^ tat ho thought nioro of than ought that there was no one ?> s tlino at all. Hut a young X (1 mot this lady. Consequentit took her a box of Morris* tan to grow ool?l toward the t X $ his other follow continued to j indy. and finally the one that ?* wedding bells ringing. The JL olped him to it. The other <r Sad, very sad. Hoys, don't ?? t the candy and sweeten her JL y it. it is only a dollar a t % 111 IVllN n in Lancaster. J wvv ||