The Forrest City times., 1903-12-25

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 And so ke passed ous cf thes= Erex the house Of Green. Tucker 4 Co. grew and brosdened. their xalesmen came and wez;. and Jack Golden waS forgot ten
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 Christmas Eve Without. the sncw- fakes drifted down the quiet air like apple blossoms in the verdaEt spring. On every side were evidences Of the spirIt of giving: bundles piled 1T 1oorwsyx: bundles in ihe arms of destrians-buEGles everywhere. No. not everywhere. There was one room h the great city at the door ot which TO bundle had been laid Ii was high up in aE old weather-beaten building with steep, drunken stairs, staring windows and crazy blinds. This 6oov opened OF small. square room. with a little aleoEe &t the back shut of by cheap. chintx curtains. \ narrow iron bed stood ir tarther corner covered with a spread a. white a. the SHOW tha. .uttereG against he Cingy window YaEes. and beside u a woman. holding in her thin. b.ue-v ve.uet hands the long. gzGn1 fingers of sleeping mar. She was thin and pale and continued watch ing. but . beautiful woman still. and her eyes bent upon the face before her were full of comp Ssion and soljcitude. The face of the man was mouruful3y sad. and fhe deep lines across the fore head and about the mouth told of great mental suffering
 The man awoke, slowly. as though l. were an effort Jo raise Ihe heavy eye lids under 'he beetling b-ows.
 The woman gently stvoked ,he vast ed fingers, and bending her gaze steadily upon h.m. said slowly:
 ~Jack-dear cid Jack-cou't you know me-"
 The light in his eyes shifted rapidly. the drawn Ups twiched. but he only turned his head from side to side and fell 10 tracing designs with his finger on the covcriet.
 Listen, Jaek." she continued earn estly; 'I have come fer YOU; weare go- ing home. to the cid home in the coun- try where ;he air is clear and the sun shines almost always: you renenl ber how bright the sun used to shine there. don't you, Jaeke7
 His lips moved and she bent over him so that she might catch his lightesi whisper.
 T thought heard music he said fainily There II Is again; the cry oi 8 whipPoorwill-ii IS faint and far away-hut sweef-vtry sweet
 She pressed the thin fingers assur- inglY and went 10 the window and peered out into the night. Brave N orn- ST! How she fought the sabs back upon her heart.
 Then returning 10 the bedside she took the sufferers hands again iI her own and began to sing softly:
 Hone again, home again. from a
 foreign shore.
 And, oh. II fills Hy soul with joy to
 meet my friends once more.'
 The words foated on the air like 8 fragrance of old-fashioned flowers. and the mans eyes grew Luminous with the sweet sounds
 She saw that she had caught his fancy and repeated the words over and over again while he regarded her fxedly. A storm broke without and the wind beat the frozen sleet against the windows and went shrieking around the corners Of the old build ing like a horde of demons let loose from hell. A bell in a church tower rang out the hour of nine. He turned suddenly on his pillow and cluiehed her arm conTulsively. muttered:
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