Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-24

evep in Injuries of any sort. Christ
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Pod-wiii ana pressure as our ehtis'hias
the present day.
As a matter of fact the Young people
da t,ou, ,o,y i;pie =, The enc.
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BINS ana e'nics oi 'ie past eeherauoNs'
nd sometimes it is well to remind them
at though there was less ostentation
- .,ou,. there vas ,aa, er;,yuapt in
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be simpler 'esu''ue1 anu Pia"iei eook-
BIZ OF the days OF their grandparents.
NJ the story | shall tell kou will not deal
.L,, 1-h,;s,,,s s,,o.,,,.,,s nor .,e,
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be meat ana game ois'es' Will WHO"
he dinner table is often graced on these
ceasions but more with the sentiment OF
80, IA h,, aud ,,;,b neorle Mai,
ays so"e w FL
very day ioiKs, VINO i'Ved Ill very
|mple way with humble surrounding, in
:, !, will he an old.fasbioned love
Eory'
must drive to town and get the
bail tonight; DICK, harness old Betty ana
ring the chaise around to the front gate
|ill your SAID country gentleman TO
lis hired man one cold afternoon III WIN,
er and turning to his wife explained, Il
hall be back in good time Tor tea don
be worried, its moonlight and the mare Is
afe, and as tomorrow is Christmas the
|ost oiiice'll be shut.
Mrs. Fleming followed her husband
lown the walk to the gate, chatting as
|he went telling him to keep wrapped up
yell, for the snow was falling last now.
FIVE miles to drive in snow Storm John
IS long way, hadn't you better send
Dick" mo, I'd like the ride It'll do me
good to stir abont, and you're busy with
Christmas things; is there anything can
bring you from the store?' mo, unless
you can get some wax candles, I've only
homemade tallow ones. and I'd like to
light the parlor up il the folks do come
that We expect, and it is long time since
we used the tall brass candle-sticks,
fhey're bright and shining now, and II
would be a sort OF welcome, even II we
DO have roaring hre oil pine KNOTS; rs
u laid ready, but I'm shiVerlng mere
landing here while you're getting OIL,
BRING good news John, there'll be letters
rom the children anyway, and from the
olkss up country, or II they're coming;
maybe they wont write" and they Kissed
goodbye, as though they were young
overs, as even old folks VIII when they re
10 much alone, MIR. flemlnS drove OH,
while his wife shaking the hight snow
rom the shawl she mad thrown over ner
read, went inside saying 10 herself, It's
Eiways good luck TO nave snow iaii on
Christmas, grandpa used TO say ana i've
holiced II often BUSY win prepara-
|lons Tor the evening meal, and num-
ming an old lullaby song to her: ell, as
Enc went in and out giving alrectlons 10
ne housemaid, ana putting SOME mowers
rom the mouse plants mo vase OF TWO
or the table, the time new last, ana iook-
ing up at the clock Striking the hour,
such an OLD iainiliar irienu IL hao STOOD
n mat same room more thah MY years
|he saw that II was past the uihe Johh
|hould be at nome, ana 'ii'ing inc heavy
curtains, nouced now the snow was dow
ng, and she caped 10 DICK 10 see II the
Fhaise was coming up the ROAD, Tor the
good vile was getting very nervous; put
Peiore DICK was nan way OUT OF me
Eara MS master came driVihg thiough
|ne zane 10 the oacR door ana was IN me
Eitchen shaking MS great coat, ana cali'
ny 10 MS wiie to come ana take Inc lei
ets; -,
,Womah-lke she looked them over un,
|h sne saw me ioreign postmark ana
|remnhng with excitement, she hurried
'aGk 10 me supper room, ana sat Gown
E.hu criea before opening the letter, lest
n SHOULD De pad news from her boy,
gonh coming IN after getung on ms wei
oovtS, was astonlshea 10 see her tears
a!lu IN MS usual cneeriui way triea 10 con-
E.nge het IL must be GOOD news ana she
oaoNe ule sea- "a tlhy wafer ahu nef
.yes swimming IN tears read rev iheS,
nen looking up 10 her husband ihtehtiy
Nd'ching her' SAID i knew I was Dau
IeNs; ietit you read lohh aha leii me-
edn taxing the letter ana looking
Tliy Weres hothing the matter iteule
omy' only me boy married over the,e
s %m wants us TO congratulate nm
'y BOY, my prioe, my own earning,
a,"'IIea ana never ASKED US, never tolu
!, ana we all the time expecting nm
ne soon, new year MAYBE aho
Jaeilel What VIII we 90 ABOUT ner, sue
iMdys loved nm ever since lney were
lnuten, and we expected they marry
onIe uay' ana setiie Gown mere on ,he
I'm same as we nave, you Know tna'
!Onn But John was readlng the ietei