The Butte inter mountain., 1903-12-23
CHRISTMAS GIFTS IN FACT.
Those Which Tell Of Love and Friend
ship Rather Than OF Cost.
TGoodwin's Salt Lake Wcekly.l

LGoodwin's Salt Lake Wcekly.1
The Christmas gifts that are madeq
through love are exceeding sweet The
parents gifts to children, the children's
gifts to parents, the lovers gifts. the BROTH,
ers. the sisters, the friends gifts where
the recipient will not measure the souvc-
Mrs by their value in dollars and cents.
but By the wealth OF love OF the one be-
slowing the gilt, all these are delicious.
The mcmorg Of them keeps the hearts Of
the recipients warm-sOmctlmcs through
long lives after those who made the gift.
have long passed from this world IT Isl
very lovely TO see the furtivc look Of d
mother whe buying presents for the little
brood at home it is delicious to see the.
children rItting their heads together and
cxhaustiHg their knowledge Of arithmetic
in trying TO estimate whether all their
boarded wealth will suffice to procure a
coveted present Tor mamma. Even the old
man OF thc family has mysterious looke
when he undertakes the task of buying.
something which will bring back the old.
love light e. the dimmng eyes OF the wifef
who never rrows old to him, and for hers
children. IL tries. then wipes his brow,.
when the problem becomes too compli-s
Gated lie is ap 10 90 somewhere and brace'
up, but he is sure 10 make it at last II;
is lovely TO watch a young miss who has
a sweetheart. No one in her estimatiohs
is to guess her secret. and she does not
know that she is giving it away every
minute =
An old chap in rusty clothing ycstcr-i
day stepped into wcll-known place of
refreshment and said: Il want quart
OF your best and so pretty strong cigars.'s
Al. Il
tied for, the old man asked for a sheet of.
paper. 1t was given him and then wifi
the stub OF pencil on the showcase i'll
which the cigars are kept, laboriously wrote
few lines, and then as though not quite
sure whether he had made a success or
not. appealed to the vendor with the ques-j
ton "Say, do you think this will do ~
The merchant read the following: Il
Tim ---. Phoebe:
s"Blast your old eyes ! hate TO do III
hut Christmas is getting close by. You
may be lonesome down there in the dcserts
so | send you some nails for your coffin,
On Christmas eve drive few OF them
and think of Yours heartily 4
"IIM -" II
The note was approved, the sheet Of
paper was laid on the package, another
paper was put around it. and the giver
started for the express Office. Before lie
left the old man said: 1T isn't much.
but we camped together for seven years.;
things were little tough on us sometimeS
| but Tim was true blue, and the rougher
| things grew the jollier lie became. | did
not sleep good last night and this morning
when trying TO think the matter over, aH
at once it came to me. Tim was thinking
OF me and trying to Marconi me with hid
wireless tclcgraphy. This tapping thf
PACKAGE is just an answer to his dispatch.s 4
The first Christmas was ushered in with
the gift to the world Of Messiah. Some
thing Of the splcndor of that unparalleled
offering still clngs to real Christmas gifts.
Mortals cannot explain the feeling, but
when they make real Christmas gifts, there
is a little OF the stir in their souls which
has come down from that night when the
| great beduest was made to a startled world