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Usul...r~ and Qui/!& L* ,'diiasi One Christmas Eve By OTILLIA F. PFBIPFBR (opyriht, 1918. Western Newspaper Unten.) LDflN REVERl loved everybody, all the world over, and all of the time. It was natur at, therefore, that hts should expand beyOnd ,all limit when Yule t id e 0eame shound. There. was a hidden sorrow in his life, but he had not allowed it to shadow the sunshine of his nature. He had saved up a tidy sum to marry win some Viola Deane. Without warning she and her father had vanished, and a week later it was learned by the city papers she had wedded a man Revere had never heard of before,. A tear-stained note had come to him in thie handwriting of ihe being lie had loved and lost. It bore only live words: "It had to he-forgive." Revere had kissed Viola as his chosen brie utinder the mitstletoe on just such a snowy m~iooilit. oecasioni as this Christinas eve, a1l in tle loiiellnestss if his room111 he n~ow Fat, vist fully, lIontginz ly, onie byN oneo lookling over tle mielinentmes of his old lov' Xl(-I-iL ('tice. Fiinall y lie puit themil :xway and went down "Get your' - Skates, sister ," hie h1 ail e it briskly. "We limsttn't illsa a glirious night like tiis. Thii e lee Is emo'oth l i lmrdt as gtss. T'ivyre go ing to linve the towni hanld and we'll help tie c(row(d keep happy. There oil ti( chilies. Millle up good an Wi-i, for it's snappy oui "L'oo. soul !" iiuitred Iut I, "tlink liif 6nly of otiers, wIwnC his heari. mnay Ie Lrealing. They retuinied home two hours later, fisled and enthiusastle over the rare sport. "Why, brother!" At the doorstep Ruth pause, astare. Her brotlier's eyes followed her own. Upot th doorstep lay a basket. From n swaddling mass of pillow and cou1n terpane a tiny cry issued. "Alden. it's it hah1y ! 0Oh, the cherub! Quiek ! (et it into I1he hi mse. You angel ! you treasure!" and under tlie hanging lamtp Ituth went into eesta sies while Alden whispered awe soniely: "What are we going to d1o with it?" "Keep it, cherish it, love It, of couirse!" cried Ruth. "lIenven ha sent it to bless our lonely lives. See. there is a serap of paper," and RuthIi stintchied it up and read]: "aecause Alden Itevere is a muan with i hart of golid, i poor moitlier leaves to him the eare of her child." "I suppose I'd itte t'r hustle dIown Itown aind get a coule o'if gallons of mitlI.'' suiggesteid A Idea. "Ohii you uten !"' ildly scoilled Ruth '"There's idlnty of itilik in the house, Aln !"u ' she abrutiliy cried. "Miy fur colhtr! Iit's gonie! I lost it oni thE river. Your preset last ChrIstmtoas too. (Oh, I retietmbeir now--I lo oseined iIt in the4 oild heat house and it nutl have slippetd off. Ilurry and see." Aldetn fairly skinmed the ground. As' hei ete(red thle shad1(owy botit housE Ihis foot touch'led the nmiss4Jng collar. A sli ght mnoan echoed out. 114 stratinedl his sight to make out a femn inine forr crouedr up~on 8 hench. qutickly. "I-I am just resting," pulsated a feeble voice. "Int this cold damp place? Why, youi will freeze I Who are you? Comte with mie, if you need shelter andi help. Whty-Viola !" | _ lie g atheret leri upI in hit strong ar ims Bireathiless, reeling, exhiauisted, hi reachedi-i horne to staugger into the4 roon whetre' Ruth was coolnrg toi the litth one0, (trianced with th e rare bright niiss andit (-omtfort oif theii plalce. "I'oor soul I" was till thait Ruth said "'I-i motst go,"' Caltred their lates5 guiest, a irousing, lilt IItutiih's atrms were arond4 her neck. '"Tell rue all, dlear,"' slie sald tenider ly, atid amoid tenars rind sobs Violiia re cited the tragic story of her life forced to wedl a tmani wh'o hietld Secret oiver tier wi-ak and vaelilatinj fatiher, a man whio sqiuander-ed he fortunet(, deserted her and was kilie, in a drunttkeni brawl. Mieantnie he fat her hand died(, she was left alon in the wvorl, all tilone I "Not while two loyal hearts thr1 love you are beret!" cried Alde: Revere, roused out of himtself. "0 Viola, if all those weary years the ol ;love was In your soul as ini mine-g no further. For you and this dear 11 tIe one let this be-home I" And the holy stars of Christmastid sahone softly down upon the humbl home, destined to be the abiding plat of nerfect lova and pace. The Snow "Santy" By ALLISON LE (Copyright. 1018. Western Newspaper Union.) ET her go " "That will wake him up !" "Run fellows I Old Tightwad is coming out of ill hut." It was the day be fore Christmas. "Her" was a giant sn'owball, the hut in question was a .dilapidated hovel at the bottom of i a long steep hill. "Old Tightvad" was the familiar epithet be9 stowed upon Elias Greene. A crowd of energetic urchins had been buEr with a giant snow Santa Claus. The great rotund trunk had been duly rolled Into shape. The fol lowing morning there had oome a soft rain, then a sharp freeze. The snow would pack no longer so the dis appointed lads went back to their sledis, coasting down the long Ineline that ended at the edge of Elias Green-e's0 domain. A coasting sled had broken two pick et s lit the rickety fence and-Old right wad c t 11 e out (irlouis, wvheeled it barrow fill, of uashtes to the base of the hill, seat terin:, It about and spoiling the. end of the slide. Ils t o r i e niors hooted himt and drove h111m Into the liolise a a I( a fusillade of snow balls, le roaring up att them thitt he would have the lawNN onl theti1. The boys hid hehin(Id the Itaminiot It snowball. (One of their iumbier uttered a quick elluckle. "I say, fellows," he grinned, "let's send Old Tightwad a Christias pres ent-the big snowhall." And then the clina:. The great body of Ice and snow went thundering down tilie hill with terrific mioientiim. It cleared the open gateway, ran 20 feet. and, just as the deniNt'n of tile iut ialf-opened the floor, it was torn fronm (t1i hin tges by the Impact of the great imojectlle which broke into frak mnents and tihe Old man was tIhrown hack aid Its ruins, the shnttered door striking hn with stunning force. Elas Greene had once been a mag nate of the village. He had never miarried and that was why his nuner offs rehitives coldled and plundered and finally ruined him. 11 retired to he old Iut to lead a hermitilike exist ence. Ills despoilers never went near hil. Of all his kin Alice W'a yne, an orphan half-niece, of fered to keep hous'e for hin, but was rudely repelled. She had found work In the village ind faithfully visited the old hut, hearing sone dainty aid ten derly inquiring as to his health. 'fitht very aft ernoin A lce had wrap ipedl upI at warm swea~~ter shie had knittd andi bentl her steps towardF~ the wretched habitation. Ilier Christ masi ptresenit fell front her hainds as bthe( disco~veredl the pmlit of its in jured Inmate. AlIce summnnoned a physilan and sat tip nil night, nursing her patient. Hie wa's iproved by mornting. She pre -__ pared hIs break -_____ fast and went to -- ___ report to hier em ployers. WVhean IjAllee returned she wns not alone. XX S h e initrodutcedl XX Ma rk Seaton. Elias eyed him .-. closely, for he k noew that thIs was her fiance working to reach an carning poInt ______where lie could ~ .- afl'ord to marry. Mark was at once interested In the welfare of the old man. ie suggested that they movo the stove Into the slekroomi and re movedi fronm the stovepipe hole a mass of paper. As lie pulled It out hIs eyes discovered that It comrised a lot of documuenis bearing Imprtessive seals and siginatumres. His eye caught an enigraived name:t "Acme Smtelter Com pa ny." "Afr. GIreene," hie spoke, "(10 yout knowv what these are?" "Do 12" returned 01(1 Elias, with a derisive laugh. "Yes; wvorthileis pa per! 'Thiiere's a trniik (till of them uip in thme atitic.'' "Ahice," wh'lispered Mtark, "I have Dmade( tin imiportaint (discovery. I will return soon," and was away for the ho tel to find a newspaper he had left there. Hie retuniedl and folded It at an item stating flint a leadinig brokerage house in the city would redeem all honds of the Acme Smelter 'omfpanly at fifty cenits on the (dollar. Elian Greene became Intensely excited as he read the brIef paragraph. ie diret ed Mark to bring down the trunk fronm the attic. "Alice," ho spoke, "make two even piles of those documents," whteh she did, wonderfully. Ho kept one and handed the other to Alice. 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