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DieieInbrs 3 e 0a dics uue IS 6
pT6giEao naes u D Aer0 ver6 la lux pa-
hlica an perf6dieo aae en susti1ue 6n
de IN i @Fha@ NJ puhlieAa
Sd asaa eisa o3n q CON al Apoyo
dei oait& Federal leeal
al bagfo de sloIningail0 se lIev6
4 aEsc60 III llesta ese0lag del eAfbCls
con una concurren ncia ele mas he Glen
nifIps. habiena0 Htl0 prBGigsas
com poaici0nes gos i'll RIOS a Va
Ierlana 6andlns 5nan AIaxkeA Pedro
Dino. SsraEin d6Udezs Pablo 0lnaO,
Jose Morales. SBntiago M6ndez i Ma
nuea ApilGs.
Ape8ar de Ia lluYia asistier0n nnnae
r0saa pefa0Aa que alnn eErsn lu nlu-
clo QUO lea ntefaaa estes herlnosos &C.
bos eso0lafas
Hoy Iavo lugaK ca nueakra isea
parr0auiaA 8olenne8 tiaataa en ho1
de Ia Innaagulada pnrGsanla ngBR
prOnuneiando briIlante eIoeu
discnrso 81 Reyerendo Padre Pima.
IA concurreneia do 6eIes numer0afsi-
ma come tambi6n de ~Hijaa de Marias
presididas por Is Srta. Anita WaiinR-
ton. Asisti6 ana comfsi6n de la Colo
MIA EspaToIa. Esta Earde habr6 pro-
cesi6n.
Con motive do la festividad de hoy
los establecimientos comerciales han
cerrado sus puertas & las dOce del dfa.
A6n no sahsmos 81 este afIo celebra-
ran las tradicion1les misas de aguiS
naldo.
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Bodas en- Yaueo
(De nasastno corresponsa1. J

Diciembre 8. El Reverendo Pkrro-
co Doctor Pasalaqua, bendijo anoche
IL union de nuestFo amigo don Carlos
dal Rosario y doFfa Juana Josefa Me-
ifas.
Fueron padrinos el Doctor Passa-
rell y Dofla Juana Meiias de Emanue-
lii.
Previamente invitados, asistimos &
ID ceremonial. que se lley6 4 efecbo On la
morada de los nlevos espCs0s.
Espl6ndido resnlt6 81 gcto.
I4a aseogida eoncurTencia fu6 obse-
auiada cen aapnEaan6es yinos v exqui-
si1os dulcea.
El Doctor Passrrell 3 don Manuel
Meifa. tic de- Il aspoda. brindaron
por Ia eterna feIicidad 1e los c6nyu-
gues. " nosotros Rpuranlos tambien la
exquisite cops de champagne, muaos
ante Ia anreola de dichn que brillaba
on aquel aOIemne acto.
One vele siernpre Ell angel del amor,
Vi caste alter dc los desposadcs.
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MOvInIenlO eonlsrcIal en- Ponce.

De New York lego & Ponce IL COLE
ta americana xBenianin s. Friths con-
signada los Sres. Carlos Armstrong.
Su carqamento es como aigue:
Para sus consignatarios: 104 brrTes
cerveza 3 caias anuncios 10000 ladri-
Hos de fueRo 3.562 pleas MADEIRA con
81. $50 pies.
Eugenio Morales: 500 barriles ce-
rnento.
Scsrs. Gilet y Arce: 500 rollos aIan-
bre 90 barriles cerveza.
West Indies OH Co.: 1900 csias
gas.
Felici , Co 500 barriIes eemen-
To.
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El Secretrio,
Enrique Duran.
3v. 8.

Es precise, de todos modes, que Sc
dicten leyes que amparen deflendan
10 que constituye parte de la riqueza
p1biica; v estos arboles titles son las
grandes riquezas dc nm pueblo, agri-
cuitor, que no puede yer indiferente
Ia destruction de su riqueza forestaI.
porque serfa su ruina inevitable.
Fomentar, bien que todOs los sabe-
mos, no es xrecojer, , es af. aguardar
durante luengos amos La nueva produc-
ci6n es neeesar;O fomentar nara nues-
trog hijos, para los qus vienen 4 auee-
dernOs 81, f0mentemOs. no des
truyamOs 10 que est6, " 81. no "a ma
censoladora eFpe ranaA, aino mas bier.
In VISIBLE FATRIMDNTO EN-
PERPEIIA r ] REGULAR
#pL0TACION.
NOsotros c0nhanaos much0. an due
nnestro G0bernador atento si snaUre 81
pr0RresO, tonark empefYo en evitsr IN
destruction de nueaGros 6Tohles d 1s1Ees.
que estan llanados con Las nnevas a.
pecies qne se importer & forntR en
esta Antilla N prodigiosa vida indus
trial v agr1cola del p0rYenirs
El 8aOuchOtac 90 c0Eizm an E1yoysa
Requirements s preeios aus no haiaa
DE I5 JIG frances al kiI6urArgao. ega
plezas q hOjas desde 81 ural11oe hssaa
800, por metro cuaarnE
Z Federico Legras
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EDICTO

Estddos Uaafdos de Anlefi10 IS. s.. III
Pse8sdeate de los hstGdos Untidos,
~ en- sac 9aoanbre, don Luis Pho To-
T0g Kekes, Jltes 1iantcipGI de la
CSstdt1d de Utuado.
Por virtud del presente edicto, 81
p6blico haQo saber que en- el expe.
diente dc jurisdiction voluntaria, pro-
rnovida en- este sJuagado, por eI Licen
ciado d. Felipe gasaIduc Y Goicochea,
en- representation de don Jaime An
SKY Y Cayol. del domiciliO de San
Juan de Puerto Rico, sOIicitandO ID
conversion an domicilio de In siQuiente
fnca, parte segregada de la que SO
halls inscrita en- 81 Registro de h Pro
piedad del Distrito al folio 81 vuelto
dsl tomo ~ de Utuado, finca n6mero
1927, inscription De.
R6stics. llamada sTrea Hermanas,s
sits en- ell harrio da <Gfaonico@ de la
jurisdiction de Utuado, compuesta de
cientro treinta cuerdAs de terreno que
bradc, & cafe. plafanos, guineos, pastos
y mtlezas, cquiyalentes 6 cincuenta
hectareas. diez v nneve areas, v Gin
@V9A4N& ~ A&&tsas @7H83 K&gE4 A2kkzs&&Etk@ -
Norte, con tierraa do don jose Anto-
MO Maldonado,y otras de don Jaime
Iglesias. hoy del wBanco Territorial y
AgTfcoIa 90 Puerto Rico.; 81 Oeste los
del mism0 Tglseias. hoy del citad0
Banco; al Sud con los de AQustfn Ma
varro; y al Este, con los de don Luis
Gordero, " los del referido Sr. Iglesias,
hoy del meneioHado Banco Territorial,
de cuya possession SO tonN6 raz6n 4 nom
bre del anterior poseedor don Jaime
Iglesias y F0ns on trece de Ocsubre dc
mil cchocieutos noventa Cuatro, 81
folio b torn0 aHtes indicadO.
! por providencia de esta fecha, v
para que surta los efecbos del artfcuIo
393 de Ii Ley Hipotecaria yigenta. mo-
dificada por II Orden Judicial de 4 de
AbriI de 1899. Sc manda publican ell
presente por t6rnino De ounce dfas
natnrales, contar desde la fechs de
su publication. & fin de los que SO cream
perjudicados. acudan & hacer uso de su
derecho dentro de ounce dfas, ante 81
Tribunal competence.
Dado en- Utuado & trcinta de No
viembre de mil noveeientos tres.
Luis Tore.
El Secretario,
Enrique Dug6s.
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A0Iles d Mamah
@ ..ssaasr0 oogresponsal. !

Diciembre Z
Con numerOsa c0ncurrencia de to-
das les classes sociales lGev6se cabo en-
Ia tarde de aver In celebration de Ia
fiesta del 6rbOl.
Ia plaza p6blica, sitiO eseogido
para 81 acto. presentaba IN hermoso
aspecbo.
a las De ID tarde abri6 ell acto ell
professor graduade sefTor Valera, quien
puso de manifesto 8 los cOncurrentes
IA inp0rtancia y significaci6n del sdia
del ArboI.s
En- In pacffica votaGi6n, diqna dc ser
initada, que Sc llev6 &cabo para eIe-
cir ell arbol embIematico sali6 triun-
fsnte 81 <mang6.S
No hnbo nj vencedOres nj vencidos,
pnes los derrotados entendieron que ell
adversario debe ser tratado con todo
respet0 y consideration.
IL4stima grande que no aueeda asf
en- otras elecciones de mayor impor-
tancial
A lbs de la tarde sc di6 por termi-
made el aoto con un discurSo de clau-
sura p0r ell seflor Cueyas zequeira.
Hoy ha Visitado los enfermos del
pOblado 81 doctor Eulogio Borras, Of.
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M



Tbs reyiata tFae los St.
guientes eca
Los Esses nige ~ est6n vol-
Vieudo nanl6n caueN Va 1883
se imapoa san q FlSlionea aa AibrAs do
c@aao: en 1898 M nilloneas D On 81
afIo ecc Enicu fanaciao es s0 de Ia
MO 81 9t)3. aIIIgs M connsas0
IL aac % FaHngla or pro
n 81 Gel q caf 50 Iu que
en III 6gln aglg ec0g6 6faleo 80 igup0r
saxon 100 nsisonas y 0I i. as 600 libraa
respactivamenGa. a ID importaci6 Ga do
caeao ca 1902 aus fsa6 lie ST naillonas
de Iibras. contribuyer0n las antillas
inglesae con 81 nilIones de ibrass 81
Brasil y VanezueIa con 8 mlllones,
GuagRna h0Iandesa con 7.500, 600, el
Ecnadog con $500, O00, Cuba con Q
rnillones qniniantas mil IibrAs, Santo
Domingo con 1900, 900 Y Puerto Rico
con no Sc sabe cnanto. pero mucho no
debi6 ser. Ea 1900 contribuy6 con
s92 libraa v de entonces aca no hubo
noticias.
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S, MeIin Y Ca.

rsssdem pOr mayor y AZ dttG5ge q pre-
clos E5anstodOs
Hero galvanisado liso y acanalado
ingIes
IoEnilLos con tuerca v arandela.
Axadas supegi0res nnarca sNlanOS.
Raiaa de arado in0lesas.
Planchaa de hierr0 inglesas.
Machetas <cocodrilos.
Camas De hierrO inglesas.
Golcfones de alambre auperioFes.
IS0za ON huacales muy barata.
VagiIlas de is cubiertos.
Puntas de Paris.
Mkauinas de coser Standards.
Aceite de lina4a ingIsa
pinturas superiores inglesas
Frisas espaRolas de todas classes
SaeOa da Ynte para az6car.
Hiao AeaKreto.
Un compIeto surtido de mercancias
& preci0a ID aueEl1Ax6n
"a tOdO comprador de algnna impor-
mcia. BE b Fegala un tocador y m
az aaico s
s&n Junto 10 San Juan r. 3. a.p.
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lNTEREsA Topos

DaOlaraci6n do Nacimienta.
Daclaraci6n de Defunci6n.
Cexs caciones M61icas.
Docu enho de Eianxa.
LAeencia pave aar aItnraa.
OanaamksRtes de Cahoeais paxa ha.
a1es 60 va
I'm as.M AiA &a Kgaxs
Rla
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SgGESION AL0ASO

FoToGRAFos.--l SAN FRANCISCO 40
Ratratos ampliaciones de todas Clases q
olaTo oseuro al oleo.
TRrietas Postales y Albums de Pto-Rico.
TaF1etas Postales sensi5les para que todo
AflcionAdo pueda hacerlos de sus trabaioa
bAos para las miRmas.
PRECIOS MODICOS,
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lanta 4 ArrendanIani0 ID Farnacla
FARMAGIk COLON

MecLcamentos frescos -Drogas puFas .-Ea-
peoial esmero en- 81 despacho de reoetas por
psrsonal 0empetente.
do AZ gsrneaa de pravaz
EauidAd en los pvecios.
Plaza Principal SIAN Juan Puerto Rioo
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LInsa f6rrsa del lsste
salidaa q Bayanea Capital aInaltansa-


.RszEstss bGaatos para dSas fsst60Os
sEAa
@ / OIase. olsss.
De Capital Bayam6n, de
=. Ia. sda 2 yosltS "a c:;:. ;i: sO'SO sOlo
; yvaSita, ....... 1 ..., @ IS 10
Bi1ietS ordint1io dc Capita OatAso an
lese ctYs.
AYAm6n 10 do septlembrs. 1908
RAGoN vALDEs
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cduIa DO nIsnio.
ga Ia Cor9e Gle DlaarIfo de Maya
guex, Puerto Rie0. Estados
unidoa de AFaa&rsca. 81 Presi-
denfe de los EE. lgu.

tSecgetarsQ. En- los Autos 1ecIarafi-
vOs cue ante eata Corte de Distrito in
terpuso el T4etradO DON Eduardo Acu
fia Aybar representsndo & DON jose
Pena Chayarri contra la Eucesi6n de
DON jose ChaYarri Y otroe. sobre ex-
tinci6n de derecho y 0sFas peticiones.
admitida "a aemanda % di6 trasladO de
ella los demand ados para que compa-
Feeiasan p la con kaskssn en- el tSrmin0
de yeinka dfas: Y no habiendo cOmpa-
recidO 81 primer llanaamientO los de-
mandados SefIores g. H. primaVesi y
@. Murrieta y GompaEEfa. este Tribu-
nal en- preYidenCia fegha cat0rce del
mes en- curse ha dispuestO sean citados
y eInplazadOs por segunda vez y ter
mino de diez dfas. los indicados seflO-
res.
Z cumpliendo 10 dispuesto por Is
Sala, para ID citaci6n y emplazamiento
de los Sef0ras @. I'LL. Primavesi. v g.
Murrieta y CompafIia, cuyo paradero
SO ignOra, & fin de que dentrO del inn
prorrogable teFaaino da diez Gafas & con-
tar desde el siguiante d ze Ia pubiica-
ci6n de este edicto com psrezcan ante
este Tribunal sitO On Em calIe de Mem
dez Vig0. & c0naeaaar Id dernanda,
apercihidos de los periuicios que 90 le
iEToga TSsf casa de 90 "a aracax, hbro
Is ~ que 50 pa Is "a las pe-
9i6ices Hsa0 esa n M ad = osro en
eg deu0sninad0 <0r 0ndencia de
Puerto htc0, Giisnaosa mdana6s 81 los
de- Tribunal.
AAayq66as Noyieunhre treinta de
mil n0vecient0s tres.
sssaas Aso50 1Zesege.
Y. Seergsario del Tribunal.
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Ramab dc

EI aia 5 da Diciembre pr6ximo las
. le IA tarde tendrS lugar an Is casa
de prestaEuos de j. Baxan y Ca. Allen
08s un gran remata de prendas de to-
daa classes nxppiaa para TenaAoa do Ma
yidad. Hay inAnidad dA sortilas con
bEiIIantas da tod0s 6anaaaos 4 aahajaa
pYecic. 151
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Hoy ha Visitado los enfermos del
poblado 81 doctor Ealogio Borr6s of.
cial de- sanidad de Z Yabucoa.
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Uaidos de Anaefiaa IS. s.. Eg
Pre8ideate de los HstGdos Jntdos,
" en- 8u ao7n5re, don Luis Pho To-
no 81 Peles. Jltes 1iqntcipGL de la
Csudad de Utuado.
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W M 6
4sAs4
AYISO

Sa g6nde de con d0 5 4 plaz0s, ICON
hnenas pnfantfasl una inca rfssbica con
casa do vivienda " I6 cnerslas eie pas
toa. aituada ca la carretera Central. ki-
A6mekro IL.
Para inf0rmes diriiiraa & dOn Carlos
III. BlOndet, Hato Rey. Rf0 ;eslFas
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THE GENIAL IDIOT.

Worlds Deepest Thought in volume, in the west
for two years after which he came to New York
and became member of the Curb exchange on Wall
street. Everything went well with him until three
years ago. when he suddenly seized with this
awful feeling that his way to business some morn
ing a sign would be blown off a building. would fall
ON his head and knock him out TRY as he would he
couldn't rid himself that apprehension and when
he went to bed at night ne almost afraid to go
to seep for The obsesson was so strong he dreamed
enc thing was happening all the time Tommy Wig
gins Of his class mates TOOmed with him at that
time. and ne told me it was awful the way Swaler-
box yelled his sleep and jumped of bed all
hours of the night to escape the signs he thought
Your description is terribly graphic" cried Mr..
Pedagog, breathlessly. II have all those symptoms
To- get away from great silded sign bearing the
legend .Minzeshebmer & Jones Undertakers,' that
couch and landed sprawling upon my work table. up
setting the ink and mucilage pots upon series Of
TO make"
That's sure proof that you've got bad case Of
it, said the idiot And I'm sure the story of SRaI-
lerbox's experience will profit you. He got so he
didn't walk the sidewalk taking. instead, the
middle Of the street Well-you know what that
The first thing that Swalerbox knew he was
knocked out by a trolley car and enjoyed a period
Of three weeks I'm the hospital While looking for fly
inE signs ne had forgotten all about the flying jug
gernaut. with the result that when everything was
cleaned up he was minus two toes ana mao dent m
the back Of his head big enough to hold walnut Of
course. he made money by the episode. because the
lowed him $500 extra for the dent. and he drew $50
the time ne was lald up put as ne put lt afterwards
money isn't everything He told me he'd rather live in
the lap of FOR a than limp about Tor min
ute with q pocket full of money and toes to speak
of. SwllerbOx had been divine dancer. You know.
and the loss of MS gave him urch that spoiled
him for the twostep and it made him sensitive The
Boston Dip is the only dance can 40, he walled, and
that has gone out everywhere except in Boston. and
don't know enough to live there
II cannot sympathize with empty mind said
the Bbliomaniac, who had never danced.
Nobody asked you to- said the Idiot. Its the
empty shoe we're talking about SwalerboN
learned his lesson. Presentment or no present nent
there ne was The pedestrian must walk on the side
walk whatever his premontions' or take the conse-
Quences. II hadn't been rammed home to Swalerbox
that the sidewalks belonged to walkers and the streets
to the trolley companies until ne had had the argu-
nentum ad hominem presented to him with bone
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He shuGled his feet about a little ''Uhhuh- You
that isl reckon you amt picked out any present
fer-fer my mother, have you, Emarine2
No she replied with cold distnctness; Il amt"
There silence. Emarne stirred brisIly. The
lines grew deeper between her brows Two red spots
came into her cheeks II hope the rain amt spout the
chrysanthemUns." she said then with an air Of rid
ding herself of dsagreeable subject
OrviIIe made no answer. He moved his feet again
needs black shawl, TOO. Seemed to me hern looked
kind o. rusty at church sunday Notice it, Emarine?
No said Emarine.
Seemed to me she gittin to look Orful old.
Emarine''-his voice broke; he came a step nearer
itn be the first Christmas dinner ever eat without
my mother
look that flashed into her eyes and shrank from it,
You don't have to this'n' without her, OrviHe
Farmer! You go an eat your dinner with your mother
T you want! can get along alone. Are you goln 20
order them things? If you amt Just say so, an I'll
so an do t myself"
He put on his hat and went without a word
set il on the hearth. Then she dOvaHd leaned
her cheek in the palm looked steadily
out window. eyes held far-sighted look. She
picture, but was not the picture of the blue
reaches Of sky and the green valley cleft by its silver
her own scantlly furnished ana IN IL an old White-
haired sitting down TO eat her Christmas din
alone After while she arose with an impatient
..wen I can't help it," she exclaimed. IF lznuclx-
led down TO her this time I'd have to do t az in She
might just well get ust TO Z first as last wish
she hadn't got ooiu' old an pitiful, though,
setn' there in front O. US in church sunday after
Sunday. The cords stand out I'm her neck Ike well
rope an her chin keeps a-quv'Tin' sol 1 Or
Vile a-yvatchin her
The door opened suddenly. and her mother entered.
She brstling with curiosity.
say Emarne," She lowered her voice. although
there no one to hear Where d you spose the
undertaker.s a-goin up by here2 Have you heard Of
No said Emarine. Did Orvne stop by an tell
yes What's the matter of him? Is he sick?"
Not as j know Of. Why?
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lerbox have never yielded to my fears sufficiently
to try to escape them through greater dangers"
Good" said the Idiot. Your case is not so ex-
treme as that of SwaiIerboX which is point in
your favor. Well. SwalerbOx came back to the side
walk. Experience had taught him that premonition
ger was another AS between signs and trolley cars,
he had learned that the latter had been proved by
human experience to be inevitably the more danger
Gus, whatever his nervous system prompted him to
his eye it. If it seemed ricSety he turned aside
avoid it, but his caution proved his downfall one
Office the street, and his premonition so strong
ly upon him that he made up his mind the thing he
day is the appointed hour he muttered to himself
he left his home. No matter by what means
that morning as to make his will in which he left
his debts to the metropolitan Museum Of Art and
whatever was left to his roommate, Virgins, and
then he set out
And no sign feu upon him all the way down" in
you're going to tell
NO YOU don't" said the Idiot eft is true that no
sign ieH lLoll tAe DeBililllS 70 ne W NJ an
but what did happen was that while keeping ms eye
peeled for loose signs. he overlooked great yawnng
coal hole beneath his The result that Swal
lerbox fell through the chute into PIN below the
sidewalk just in time receive couple Of tons Of
pea coal which in process Of delivery as he dis
appeared, in the small Of his back it took one nour
him TO get for in spite Of his wells for help
ianitor came to See If the bins were full Meanwhile
Swaerbox had had about eight more tons Of granu-
cred was the hVing picture OF Daoy useu up stoIe
Of African descent don't believe he has got the
cog that that presentiment, while the thing itself
may true for what it involves along other
lines is one of the most dangerous in existence
"And SwallerboX ever cured Of his nervous
apprehension" asked Mr.. Pedagog
No said the Idiot. 'But he's got it under con-
troll Finding himself unable to get rid Of it, he de-
te1nned to make the best Of it, and it has become
one Of the great pleasures Of his life He goes about
seeking signs fall him. When ne heard that the
vindiest corner in New York down by the Flat
iron building. he deliberately went down there and
stood until he there We're no signs on the block
to blow him. Then disappointed he went across
to the other side of Broadway. Fifth avenue and
whenever sign really was blown of a building he
would try to get under it, but without success The
nearest he came being hit when e7a nassed
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II WAS the day before Christmas-an oregon
8 Christmas. 1t had raned misty az dawn, but at
q 10 o'clock The clouds had parted and moved away
81 reluctantly. There was a blue and dazzling sky
overhead. The raindrops still sparkled the win
dows and the green grass and the last roses and
chrysantheuums hung their beautiful heads heavily
beneath them; but there to be more rain. ore
son City's mighty barometer-the Falls Of the VIII
lamete-was declaring to her people 10y her softened
that the morrow TO be fair.
Mrs. Orville Palmer in the large kitchen max
ing preparations for the Christmas dinner. she was
dress. made with ful skirt and snlrTed waist ana
big sleeves white apron tied neatly around her
waist Her husband came IN ana paused 20 Pul ms
arm around her and kiss her She was stirring some
thing on the stove holding her dress aside with one
hand
ITS goin to be a fine Christmas. Emarne he said,
IND sighed -unccnsciously- There was Wtstfui and
Eareworn look his face.
Beautiful" said Emarine, vivaciousy. Coin
downtown, Orvile?"
Yes. Want anything
why. the crsnberries amt come yet. I'm un-
easy about EN-. They'd ought TO "a ben steWed long
ago Hike EN- cooked down an strained TO jel. /
don't what ails them groc rymen Shud think they
C'ud get around some time before doomsday. Then L
want--here, you'd best set il down"
She took "a pencil and a slip of paper from shelf
over the table and gave them to him.
Now let see She commenced stirring again
with little wrinkles between her brOws. "A hat
q pound o. ctron. ha'f pound o. candied peel, two
pounds o. cur'nts, two pounds o. raisins-get EN-
stunned. OrviIle; a pound o. suet-make em give you
some that amt an strings box o. Norther Spy APP
pes. haf a dozen lemons. four bits worth o. wal
uts or au1ouGsvbirbever's freshest q mint o. Puget
sound oysters for the dressn', an bunch o. celery
Won stoD bv am See about the turkey OrviIIe: an
wish you'd I'm s you by mothers an tell her
10 come soon as she can She'd ought to be here
now"
Her husband smiled as he finished the list You're
"a wonderful housekeeper Emarine" he said. Then his
face grew grave. Got present for your mother yet
Emarine2
Charman's. She's ben wantin one.