The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, December 11, 1918, Image 10
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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.
"The only true soul among all the
wretched brood who devoured my foir
tune," he said. "I give you these as
"your Christmas present-and youi
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