The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-12-22
GIFT THAT BROUGHT
PLEASURE
"Jim's" Remembrance of Mis-
Old Pard Prompted by the
Approach of Christmas
(Goodwin's weekly.)

tGoOdWins Weekly)
The Christmas gifts that are made
through love are exceeding sweet. The
parents gifts to children, the children's
gifts TO parents, the lovers gifts, the
brothers. the sisters, the friends, gifts
where the recipient will not measure
the souvenirs by their value In dollars
and cents but by the wealth of the
love Of the one bestowing the gift, ali
these are delicious. The memory Of
them keeps the hearts of the recipients
warm-sometimes through long lives.
after those who made the gift have
long passed from this world. It Is
very lovely to see the furtive look OF
a mother when buying presents for the
little brood at home: 1t Is delicious to
see the chilrden putting their heads
together and exhausting their knowi.
edge OF arithmetic in trying to esti-
mate whether ALL their boarded wealth
will suffice to procure q coveted pres
ent for mamma. Even the Old man
of the family has mysterious look
when he undertakes the task Of buy
ing something which will bring back
the old iove-light to the dimming eyes
Of the wife who never grows old to
him. and for her children. He tries,
then wipes his brow. when the prob
lem becomes too complicated he is apt
TO go somewhere and brace up. but he
Is sure to make 1t at last. It is lovely
to watch a young miss who has q.
sweetheart. NO one in her estimation
is to guess her secret. and she does
not know that she 10 giving It away
every minute. !,
An old chap In rusty clothing yes
terday stepped into a weli-known place
Of refreshment and said: IT want
quart of your best, and fifty pretty
strong cigars." When tha goods were
delivered and settisN for the ola unsu
asked for sheet OF paper 1t was
given him and then with the stub OF
a pencil on the showcase In which the
cigars are kept, laboriously wrote .
few lines, and then as though not
quite sure whether he had made a sue
cess or not, appealed to the vendor
with the question: Say. do you think
this will do?" The merchant read the
following:
Tim -, Pioche:
Blast your old eyes. I hate to DO II.
but Christmas is getting close by. You
may be lonesome down there in the
desert, so l send you some nails for
your coffin. On Christmas eve drive
few of them and think of.
Yours heartily
JIM -"
The note was approved, the sheet OF
paper was laid on the package, an
other paper was put around 1t, and the
giver started for the express office. Be-
fcre he left, the old man said: "It
isn't much, but we camped together
for seven years; things were a little
tough with us sometimes. but Tim was
true-blue. and the rougher things
grew the jollier he became. I did not
sleep good last night and this morning
when trying to think what the mat
ter was, all at once II came to me.
Tim was thinking of me and trying to
Marconi me with his wireless telegra-
ply. This (tapping the package) 10
just an answer to his dispatch"
The first Christmas was ushered in
with the gift to the world of a Messiah.
Something OF the splendor of that un-
paralleled offering still clings to real
Christmas gifts.
Mortals cannot explain the feeling,
but when they make real Christmas
gifts, there Is little OF the stir in
their souls which has come down from
that night when the great bequest was
made to a startled world.