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all took their Ar the beautiful
! table. the like OF which none of that
| humble party had ever looked upon. But
it was kindly madness that possessed
the host of that bountiful dinner for
! his stories were of the pleasantest and
his watchfu care was unf1agginc. His
guests rewarded his efforts by sponta-
| neous enjoyment of all that was set be-
fore them. 1t was good to see them
wait upon blind Jonas. who could not
help himself. and upon lame Betty.
whose crippled hands made ditficult the
use of knife and fork.
Talbot rose to replenish a half-emptied
plate as the hall bell thrilled merrily
There was pause: then James quiet.
well-trained voice said: yes, madam:
he Is at dinner in the studio"
The door swung inward. Talbot knew
that he was not dreaming when she
came toward him with ontstretched
hands and ripple Of explanat ton of
which he heard not one word Indeed.
to him one isolated fact filed the world
that she was smiling up at him with
great promise in her eyes.
a little friend of mine wanted to
give her friends a Christmas dinner. and
| persuaded her to let me share It," he
explained jauntily. 1T has been a great
treat to me"
Miss Wakefield read the whole truth
for herself as she looked into the good.
homely faces that reflected their hosts
praises in every glance. She said moth
ing. but her eyes told what Talbot would
have given all he possessed to hear from
Nfr oh
wife ventured in. and Talbot bethought
himself to ask if they had dined, whicl,
they had not
Lou and Talbot made room for three
plates here and there, and as there was
a plenty of crullers and turkey and icet
cream all went well to the very end of
the function, when the eleven originally
invited guests rose and made their
adieus with glad hearts and beaming
faces
Miss Wakefield stood before the crate
while her brother and his wife examined
row Of pictures half hidden behind the
holly wreaths.
Il was so sorry to disappoint you yes
terday.' she said, but poor Ted's tele-
gram was so urgent that we were afraid
he was worse. and hadn't the heart to
refuse him. When ! discovered that we
could take an early train home | made
up my mind to run in and wish you a
Merry Christmas, anyway. and so we
came. you see.'
Talbot thought of the ring. He had
taken it from its hiding place For
long while | have wanted to ask you to
accept this-and what goes with it." he
said simply. holding the glittering bauble
toward her.
A red glow crept into her face. She
made no audible answer, but when the
young couple at the other end Of the
room sauntered toward them they were
smiling.
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"wefl, there's Aunt Katie an Uncle
Tim an the baby. Mis- Posey, jonas
Boggs, Meg an Pat Fooiey-Min, can
you think of anyone elseT'
Lame Betsy an Mol"
How many's thatT asked Lou.
Twelve, counting US three"
Don't you think II would be nice
to have little present beside each
platter asked Talbot
Both girls gasped, but looked immense
ly pleased.
Suppose you two go round with me
and pick out what you consider suitable
for each of your guests, because ! should
not know what to select"
When Lou appeared at the studio on
the following morning she was very
different looking girl, and any one would
have known by the pure joy of her
voice that some great and festive event
was at hand Talbot had finished the
decorations which had been so harshly
interrupted by Miss Wake6eld's mes
sage, aud the result was extremely graf
flying, especially after Louis rapturous
acclama tons.
AT precisely II o'clock the bell rang
for the first time to announce the ar
rival of Aunt Katie and Tim and the
baby, all polished and prinked to the
verge of painfulness. Next came Mis-
Posey, a little. faded, bowed, ancient
woman in rusty black, with long gold
loops in her wrinkled ears. Lame Betty
thumped in on her clutches, closely fol-
lowed by Moll. in borrowed fnery, of va
rious sizes. Meg brought blind Jonas,
and merry little wrath of man called
Tom Doom.
Talbot shook hands all around with
a merry Christmas after which they
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could your But when I'm big I'm 90
ing to have a farm of my own. and
mother and me viii live there and I'll
nave ever so many cattle and horses and
lungs. Mother says grandfather had a
farm ike that Grandfather was moth
efs father, you know. And mother had
little pony-she called it Trix-and
she used to ride it all over when she was
little, little girl. Just think! Hav-
ing pony all for yourselfr'
de looked up with sparkling eyes, and
the Squire smiled beneath his scowl
Did your mother ever tell you any
thlng else about grandfather he
asked, meeting the little fellows frank
eyes with keen glance.
She doesn't say much about him"
returned Jackie. II think he must be
aead. It's too bad, isn't 1t? But
MS eyes royed over to the turkeys again,
Have you thought it out about the tur-
key yet?'
oh" said the Squire, as if he had
iorgottenl all about it. "You can have
one of 'em and We'll see about the pay
after while when you're bigger"
Jackie beamed up at him. "Oh, thank
yon," he said. "Shall we catch it now y
The Squire grunted. well run 'em
into the pen, and catch em there. Wait
till ! get some peas"
So jackie waited and in little while
out came the Squire with battered, old
tin, half full Of grain, and began to call
in his big, deep voice, "Pe-ep, peep, peep,
peep" And all the turkeys stopped
thrir strutting and ran after him into
the pen. Then Jackie ran and shut the
door, and in a very little while the
Squire came out with big gobbler
hanging head downwards in his hand.
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arms about his neck, and cried In her
sweet, tremulous voice. 20, father, faith
er, can you ever forgive mer And all
the while Jackie stood holding the han
die OF the door, and staring with big,
round eyes at the mother. the Squire,
and the bundle Of turkey that had fallen
to the floor
Then mother took down her arms and
turned to Jackie with such happy look
on her face that he was almost afraid.
This is your grandfather, Jackie -
she said. MY father, darling. Come
and kiss him, dear"
jackie went up and put both his arms
round the Squire's neck. just as mother
had done, and kissed him gravely on
the cheek.
am glad we found you, grandfath-
err" he said. you must stay for sup
per-"
Jackie thought that was the incest
supper he had ever eaten. He and
mother and the Squire all sat round the
little white table in the pretty, cozy
kitchen, and everybody laughed, Jackie
most of all, and then he found out how
the Squire came to be his grandfather.
1t seemed that long ago. most likely
before he was born. mother had run
away from grandfather to marry father.
Grandfather couldn't have liked father
very we'll because he was poor Well,
when mother married father, grandfath-
er was very angry, and said great
many things. Then when father died,
mother had come right back to he. old
home and rented the little cottage Oh
grandfather's estate, and grandfather
had pretended not to know her, because,
you see, he was not over being angry
yet. And then, it seemed, when Jackie
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was Christmas and for Christnss
CT he must ha ttfi.k s.. a 4ti~,l:sssyj
Jackie's mouth watered at the
thought. A whole. big, beautiful turkey
brown and dripping. on mothers big
cldfashioned platter. with the funny lit
tie houses and trees and things in blue
on a white ground. 1t had been moth
er's grandmother's. you know, and was
very old That was why mother kept it
up on the top cupboard shelf and took
it down only on Christmas and New
Years and Thanksgiving.
But last Christmas and New Years
it had not been taken down at all. Some
how, it had not seemed bit Ike Christ
mas or anything TO Jackie, last year.
Never since father didn't come home
from the hospital. and mother and Jackie
had come to live in the queer little brown
house that was so close to Squire
Grants big stone one.
There was something queer about
Squire Grant. He lived all alone in his
big, old house. and his beautiful big
farm was rented out to another man all
the time. The people that came to see
mother never spoke of him. and mother
herself newer mentioned him except
when Jackie asked some question about
him. He always looked very cross. and
Jackie thought he must be bothered
good deal with the stomachache; that
made people cross.
suddenly. on the still morning air.
clear with frost. came the sound of
turkeys gobbling. 1t was the Squircs
turkeys across the field. Jackie listened
moment. Then he brought his hands
together with little clap. Why not go
to the Squire and ask him to give him
a turkey for Christmas?
He jumped mp and ran into the hall.
He would have to tell mother. or she
would he anxious. He opened the kitch-
Ell door and looked in Mother was
peelng potatoes for dinner
I'm going down the road a little
piece. mother" said Jackie: "I'll he
back soon and before mother could
answer he was out of the door 1t was
only little distance to the Squire's
and soon he was climbing up over the
tall iron gate that stood at the foot of
the wide lane. He went up the steps to
the back porch and knocked at the door.
There was no answer.
Jackie ran down the steps and across
the yard to the barnyard gate 1t was
big one. lie was just getting down
the other side when he was startled by
a deep voice behind him.
What are you doing here, young
man?'
Jackie turned to find himself face to
face with tine Squire himself
ooh" he said. in a relieved tone SIS
it you. Squire? l was coming down to
find you"
He held out his hand in his pretty.
friendly way. and the Squire took it
rather gingerly.
"And pray, what were you coming
down to find me for?''
Il wanted to see if l could get a
turkey" said Jackie. in his simple, d.
rect little way. Tomorrow Christ
mas, you know. ] wanted to 'sprise
mother She's always 'sprising me, and
she's so good-oh, you don't know how
good mother is! There's only mother
and me, and l thought-you see, it
wouldn't be like as If you really gave
me the turkey, for I'm going to pay for
1t soon as I'm big enough. You could
hardly 'spect me to pay for 1t right now.
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TalbOt's Christmas
{ sSs5SSS' "a,
~No~0%N~

7 AMES." said Gerry Talbot Sudden
lv. looking up from the letter he
had just received, you needn':
mind about the rest. The dinner
will not come off. after ALL"
The decorated end of the big. sumptu-
Gus studio looked oddly distasteful to
Gerry Talbot since the reading of Miss
Wakefields telegram. which had shat
tered his enthusiastic plans. He had in
vited her-and her brother and his wife
to a Christmas studio dinner which he
meant to make as festive as possible. OF
course. her rejection at the last hour
had been a gentle invention prepared to
avert a greater disappointment. for he
had let her know Enthusiastically how it
was with him. and he had been so hope
fnl of success that he had selected
ring for her Christmas gift-a little gold
en- circlet set with a clear white soil
taire.
The streets were thronged with bust
ling Christmas shoppers. glad of heart
with merry. expectant faces, and here
and there a wistful one. too looking on,
tut not buying. Talbot noticed two lit
tie girls gazing wistfully into a confec
toner's window.
Eyes. Min, | would. I'd do it fust
thing" said the taller of the two. oh
my. wouldn't il he nice to be rich an
invite all your friends to big turkey
an ice cream dinner"
They were very poorly clad, thin
featured and ill-nourished. but not un-
pleasant TO look at. Talbot was CON
scious. all at once. Of an inexplicable
impulse to crafty the child's wish.
so you would really like to give
your friends a Christmas dinner" said
he. smiling down at her astonished eyes.
81 have a great mind to let you have
your wish"
"Oh, dear me, MINI gasped Lou. 81
can't hardly believe it. can you? 1t
sounds just like a make-believe thing.
Won't Mis- Posey be s'prised! An
Jonas an Meg an Tom. Oh, won't they
be jest too pleasedm
"How many shall you invite?' Talbot
asked gravely, taking out his notebook.
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asked for the turkey, he had got sorry
all at once. and now they were all so
happy. And mother and Jackie were
going to live with grandfather up in the
big stone house. and they could have
turkey every day. grandfather said. And
Jackie concluded gravely. "and we've
got turkey for Christmas. mother and
gr = dfather too"'-MOntreal Star.
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A CHRISTMAS GRANDFATHER
g ~ j =
BY ]. FINDLAY BROWN.


U ACKIE sat on the front door step
and pondered deeply. Tomorrow
was Christmas. and for Christmas
he u1li4st ba n f3ri.ke e 4ef-lssssv1S
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LADD q TILToN. Bankers
Portland, Oregon


sol Ion n Paris B5 eHn
Frankfort
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AMES." said Gerry Talbot sudden
lv. looking up from the letter he
had just received, you needn't
d mind about the rest. The dinner
= will NOT t.nmo off flor all
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-12
CANNOT BAR MAIL
ORDER WHlskEY.
Federal Judge Decides a Case Against
the Postmaster General.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April III
Judge Charles F. Amldon has decided
in the Federal Court that the mail
order whiskey business cannot be
barred from the use Of the United
States mails. The decision was made
in the application of a distilling com
pany to restrain the postmaster Of
Kansas City from executing the fraud
order recently issued by the Post
master General. Judge Amidon
granted the application for an in
junction and an order will be issued
to require the postmaster to release
all mail and TO pay all money orders
which he has been holding up. The
business involved advertising which
offered to prospective customers 10.
year-old whiskey "direct from the dis.
tillerles." Postoflce inspectors re.
ported to the government that these
companies had no distilleries Of their
own, and that the advertisements
were %palpable frauds. Judge Amidon
decided that though the advertise.
ments might be untruthful, still the
advertisers did not violate the federal
statutes. The court adds that fully
IS per cent. of all articles Of food
are adulterated, but this fact will
not permit the Postmaster General to
break up the manufacturers business,
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BRIGHTEST llE
FALL THE LOWEST
81 .HADLEY, OF WATERssTREET
MISSION, sc sDEcEAREs TO
RockEFELLERgcL CLASS.

N16E
NETWORK, April 11.-From John
q. Rockefeller, Jr.. a letter dated
Cannes, March "a, was read before
the members OF his Bible class In
the meeting room at the Neighbor-
hood House, Fifteenth street and
Tenth avenue, Sunday morning. It
was addressed to j. M. Troxell. pres.
ident of the class, and indicated that
the Improvement in Mr.. Rockefeller's
health had not been quite as rapid
as he expected! He says:
Il regret that SO long a time has
elapsed since Iwrote you last. Dur.
ing that time | have been here with
the exception of two weeks which /
spent in Paris and London. have
done a little automobiling, and espe.
cially enjoyed several short trips into
the mountains. Tomorrow I start
on a two weeks automobile trip which
will take me down to Genoa and pos,
slbly Pisa.
Greatly to my disappointment, 1t
has been necessary to defer my re.
turn from week to week, and now
fear perhaps another month will
elapse before | can come home and
be with you again. A man never
knows how tired he is until he goes
away 10 recuperate. ! am making
progress slowly and have everything
10 be thankful for"
s. H. Hawley, superintendent of
the Water street mission, was tho
speaker before the class. Sunday. He
dwelt on his conversion to Christ anu
evoked many a laugh by his charac.
t%eristic description Of his experiences
in mission work. Among some of the
things were:
"The city is going daft owe settle,
ment work on the east side. They
are very careful over there not to
mention Jesus name for fear it will
offend somebody. What n%onsense!"
"The brightest men are those who
fall the lowest. There is a kind OF
bum aristocracy in Water street that
is hard to penetrate unless you come
there as a drunkard."
II speak in Sing Sing once a year
and it costs me $1,000 every time
go there. 1 wish 1 could go oftener.'
Il have recognized the lodging
house business in this city and have
made it as respectable as the police
and board Of health would let me-"
Speaking Of Christ meeting a naked
and wounded man on the highway, he
made a sarcastic allusion to Andrew
Carnegie, which caused considerable
laughter.
"Nhat did Christ say to this MANI
he said. "You know what Andrew
Carnegie would have done had he me
him. He would have put him in a Ii
brary. But Jesus said: Come out 0
the man, thou unclean spirit There
were enough devils in that man t;
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DeAaEs N ~roYLANp.,
Nothing EquaIins II Ever seen In
This City.

U#UH-hLNN 49,. #NN .HaHhrE -HF. HgE EH.NtH ID NtA
" seems like a very broad asser.
ton to say that the production Of.
Babes in Toyland' at the Grand op
era House, Saturday, April IL. Will be
the finest ever seen here, but suchi
will be the fact, Two sixtyfoot
baggage cars are required to trans.
port the scenery, properties. ward.
robe, etc, and tho stage oi The local
theatre Will be taxed to Its Utmost I'd.
stage the production. There are nine
scenes III the three acts and thirty
stage LANDS will be required 10 hand.
lie them properly. hi regard TO the cleo.
trical effects, results lave been
reached by the metropolitan Stage
Lighting Go. that are not only beau:
tiful but marvellous. Tho Company
numbering eighty people is headed by
Little Chip" III order that TIE mu.
sic, which a is very important item In
this big extravaganza, may be prop
erly rendered, the company carries an
orchestra Of six men, which will be
combined with the regular theatre or.
chestra. Babes in Toylandp is a
wonderful production and caters to
adults as well as children, and com.
ing as it does with q record of an en-.
tire season in New York, should be
greeted by an immense audience.
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W.
Quick collections PROMPT sottlb
Claim Agency.
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A CATHEDRAL FOR
~PREsBI1EaANS
~ EGEf r|l
lProposltlonSto Establish Maanitieent
Edlfee al The National
Capita.

WASHINGTON April rne sas.
gestlon Tor u 4 steat Presbyterian I a
lthedral, to- De built in washington,
madeSby Justice Harlan, ~ The 81
preme Court will yers appropFlatsly
Ereceiye It's frs otItclal discussion il
this city The Pres SsrS III ah
ington Is about osopen III regplar an
nf1al session, and Is regarded as
certain that Justice Harlan,s sigges-
ton Will he very fully discussed. Dr.
Tennis S. Hanllin, lie pastor the
Church Of the Covenant which is the
leading Presbyterian Church of the
clty, claims that the Presbyteriah AZ
lance Of this city has the iesal NJ;
thority and the Presbytery Of Wash.
ington has the acelesiastical author.
tYstoSact I'M such matter, and with.
out It's Endorsement and appreciation
1.-The project cannot ID undertaken al.
though the indorsefnent OF The Pres
byterlanG General AgsetnbIymish hnyc
an Indirect Influence Id helping ia
alse money Il the Washington Pres
bytery once sanctioned Me project
for d great national cathedral
II is believed that Tile lily delegates
TO- the Washington Presbytery Will
very generally sanction tie plan al
thougls they full Fecognise the enorS
nous amount of MONEY which wil be
required toscarry out liz plan. 1hey
feel that n view q the magnificent
establishments in Washington Of the
Catholic, the Methodist EpiscopaI'
Protestant Episcopal and other
churches. tie Presbsterian Church
should not neglect On epportunity !
be- lttlngly Tepresented al the nntion-
alscapltal III 4 great cathedral. The
clergy are not unanimous Iii their up.
prevail some ofthem dopbting X thlh
s an opportune time to start such ii
Gigantic movement Id view o / the
fact that the church Is now endeasor-
Ing carry on ! extensive inIe
%sionary work h other countries, and
constantly making demand on It's
members for large sums II money
carry On this missionar work.
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MRS. ROGERS 10 i II
The GovernorSof Vermont Is Not like.
4, y TO Interfere.

MONTPELIER; VT, April 11s-Thnt
Mrs: Mary Rogers. reprieved in Feb.
ruary, Will be hanged on June 2, is
the belief In legal circles.
Governor Bell who is a civil war
veteran and a sturdy descendant OF
the revolutionary stock, is engaged
in sugar.making on Lis farm in Wal.
den. The Governor is a believer III
the maxim An eye for an eye and
a tooth for a TOOTH"
Il don't care to discuss Mrs. Rog,
ers,'' said Governor Bell, q outlined
my position at the time of the re.
prieye and have not since Undergone
any change OF opinion"
In reprieying Mrs. Rogers Governor
Bell said that the stay was solely 10.
enable her counsel to bring the case
before the May term Of the supreme
Court and the decision Of the court
would be final rs far as tho Executive
was concerned.
Mrs. William ]. Dlickensderrer, Of
Stamford, CT, who has promised 10.
raise money TO defray the COS. OF the.
proceedings before the Supreme Court
next month, vas active when Mrs.
Rogers case was before the Legisla,
ture, and it Is. the general impression
=, a..e.HfN# fI.GH. sa4IN#H #H#HE.
that her influence was potent In caus.
ing the ~postponement Of the execution
in February.
Il never in my life met Mrs. Blicl;-
ensderfer,s said Governor Bell to:
day.
Would you have given her n hear.
mgr
Certainly" replied the governor;
but, as said before, I'm not discuss.
ing Mrs. Rogers. Come out and see
my milking stool, It's the finest aver
made, It has an inlaid seat of $40
pieces, and is good enough for any
governor
l .-a I-L .H. Tvs. VI
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TEN s0LD
WAS A MARRIAGE LICENSE BUT.
sTlLL #GooD-saiLoR HAD
kEPTsi TSAsLoNasTlM
(By Publishers pfess


BALTIMORE Aprt asinaf
riage license that ten years old
any good2s This was tie somewhat
startling question fred across the
counter III the cour sof common pleas
BY tall, middlsSagedm mar. who as he
spoke, produceda worn and faded doc
unent from his pocket and passed
across to the clerk Jim Henfy. He
was assured that was MI right.
n minister says IL good said
The mar. and Ildatkeyoa 70 @ II
o satisfy him was ISSUED 10 me-
at this office on ocsober 1883. slr.
Henry Informed Tie visitor that he
could not 9 II the paper but that II
@assperfectly valid and could be used
now inst as well as d tie date Of lis
Issuance and the stranger thanked
him.
The Inquirer was John ii Shoe
maker. andshe stated that he recently
leftSthe navy ana returned Balt
more, where hemet his sweetheart 81
ten Years 6 and their differences
were patchsd up.
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az wISh lunkIns . MIehsel.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-04-12
Holty Tolty.

a Weber and Fields chorus is com,
parable to nothing on the face Of the
earth; every girl may be sd to pos;
sess an individually more 50 Than any
other organization. None Of theEi
are lost in the crowd and their nam.
es are well known, and in "Hoity
Toity,H which comes to the Grand
Opera House the last Of saais month,
will be seen what is said to DO the
most swagger chorus in the country,
a feast Of form and beauty that will
give you pleasant reflections long af.
ter this remarkable aggregation has
passed on its way.
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u
cause 2,ee0 hogs 10 commit suicide
Their great deai in hitting
man the stomach With ION i
bread when dc ~ hungry ana doing
the pfayins atterwaarrddls S