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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17

travel for the purpose Of killing a
man, but Danny did not consider
it hardship, for the man he was
tracking so mercilessly had killed Dam
ny's brother. Jim, up in the Forty Mile
Diggings. True, according to the tes-
timony of eye-witnesses, Jim Donovan
had been the aggreSSor, and in killing
him, Lebonne, the big Canadian, had
acted only in self-defense. But Dan
ny cared not for that. In his blind
rage at the news that his brother had
been stricken down, his one thought
was for fitting retaliation, in which
a sense of right and justice figured not
at all.
Lebonne had been acquitted at once
and had departed two months before
the news of the affair had reached
Danny's ears, consequently the track
ing of him had been no easy matter
At little distance from the cabin
Danny halted his team and fed a
frozen fish to each Of his dogs to in
sure quiet on their part. Then he left
them and approached the cabin alone.
ne CTopL Stedltully " Tic uuCuftalueu
window and peered within. A man
sat beside a table. He was laughing
and talking with someone at the other
side Of the room. Danny scrutinized
him carefully to avoid making an error.
But there was no installing him; he
answered to the description perfectly.
Danny drew his revolver from it's
holster and cooked it, keeping well
back that the light streaming from the
window would not betray him. Then
he took careful aim at the broad
breast of the man within.
Impelled by curiosity, Danny
stepped across the bar of light to the
other side Of the window. A sight
met his gaze that drew forth MUIR
muir Of surprise. In a corner of the
room stood Christmas tree, glitter
ing with crude, homemade ornaments
of tinsel, and alight with tiny candles.
Before it, in attitudes of awe-struck
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17
Once Children Older
and Song Would Young Pine Trees them

saw the teeny, weeny Pine-tree and
sent some of her children. the Merry
Little Breezes, to drive up shower
cloud that it might not 60 thirsty.
But no one else saw the teeny, weeny
Pine-tree, or if they did see it, they
took no notice of it. Happy Jack
Squirrel ran right past and didn't so
much as look at it, for he had forgot
ten all about hiding that homely little
brown seed in the ground there. Once
Peter Rabbit, nibbling tender sweet
clover, nearly nipped off the head Of
the teeny, weeny Pine-tree and didn't
even know it.
But nothing really happened to the
teeny, weeny Pine-tree, and it grew
and grew and was happy, for it loved
jolly, round, bright Mr.. Sun and Old
Mother West Wind and the Merry
Little Breezes, and they loved it. So
it grew and grew, and when rough
Brother North Wind came again he
covered it deep with soft blanket of
snow to keep it warm all winter.
So, the teeny, weeny Pine-tree was
kept safe all the long winter, and when
gentle Sister South Wind once more
came in the spring the teeny, weeny
Pine-tree began to grow again. 1t
grew and grew and grew and grew
until it was no longer teeny, weeny,
but put out sturdy branches and was
very good to look upon and held its
head high, for it was indeed a beauti-
full young tree.
And for time the young Pine-tree
was very, very happy. But after a
while it began to feel lonely. All the
other Pine-trees were in the Green
Forest, and often it could hear them
whispering together and it Ionged to
whisper with them and could not, and
so it sighed and sighed, and Peter Rab-
bit passing that way often stopped to
wonder what made such handsome
young Pine-tree seem so sad.
So the years passed and the young
Pine-tree became bigger than any Of
its neighbors in the Green Forest, and
became known as the Beautiful Pine,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17

admiration, three children stood and
marvelled. They evidently had just
been admitted from another room.
Beaming on them with maternal pride,
stood woman with rosy cheeks and
coal black hair, telling them, no
doubt, of the wonderful things that
would grow on that tree over night.
1t was Christmas eve; Danny had no
thought Of that before. And tomor-
row would be the day Of peace on
earth, good will toward men," And
here was he, Danny Donovan, with
black murder in his heart. A feeling
of deep shame came over him and he
lowered the hammer Of his revolver,
and returned it to it's holster.
"By the saints!" he muttered into
his beard; IAN I KEN near to putin
an end to bit of fun like that!'
And now the children were sent
away to bed, and the task of hanging
the presents on the magic tree began.
Unmindful of the biting wind and
snow, Danny watched, and slowly a
feeling of loneliness crept over him,
and with it longing hope that perhaps,
some day, he, too, in his own home
And why not? Over in the Fort Nc
Kenzie settlement was fair Rose
whose eyes had always been lowered
before the look in his own.
With last lingering look inside the
cabin, Danny made his way to his
team. There a new thought came to
him and he paused to ponder it. Did
he not owe these people something?
He had come with a heart black as
sin, and he was leaving with a heart
light as air.
He fumbled beneath his pack, in the
bottom of the sled, and drew out a
deerskin bag. It was dirty and
greasy, but it was filed with yellow
nuggets and dust. Danny had sew
eral more like it in the sled, for luck
had been with him in the North. He
made loop in the string that fastened
the bag, and plodded back to the door
of the cabin. He felt cautiously about
until he found the latch, then hung
his offering upon it and went back to
his team. With subdued shouts he
reused the dogs, then turned his sled
around and made for the pass, the
blizzard at his back and q joyous
lightness in his step.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17
Woodruff, happy in the child's pleas

Woodruff, happy in the child's pleas
ure.
She excused herself and went to the
kitchen. Lisbeth danced round and
round the gay table, and Grandma Hull
was left alone in the front room.
Presently she followed Mrs. Wood
hull to the kitchen and closed the
door between them and Lisbeth. Don't
YOU know me?' she asked, sadly. HAS
no one told you? was Lizette Arm
ster. I have suffered more than you,
He is dead. We both loved him. May
we not be friends?"
/, Through the closed door Mrs. Wood
hull could hear Lisbeth happily sing.
ing. She looked at Lizette iArmster,
shaken with sobs. She put friendly
arms about her, and soothed her with
kindly, broken words.
"Come, now" she said at last, lead
ing the way to the table with the
shining coffee pot. Lets be MERRY.
We must not spoil Lisbeth's Christmas
treat"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17

happened to be her husband to WON.
an much younger, who happened tc
need sweetheart.
Christmas brings train of memo
ries, and Mrs. Woodruff lived over the
old sad days as she cooked and knit.
ted. She recalled the happy hours,
too, which was worse. She talked to
herself a good deal.
eff that Armster girl had only lei
him alone" she would wall softly.
"He was all right till she set her cap
for him. I bet she's suffering some.
where.
"But must read my Bible and try
to forgive her. Lord help me to for.
give her," and so she would pray.
The children of the neighborhood
liked to go to see Mrs. Woodruff fol-
she always opened the cooky jar OF
brought out a pan Of apples.
OF all the children in the neighbor.
hood who came to see her Mrs. Wood.
hull liked Lisbeth Baker best. Hel
mother being dead, Lisbeth lived with
her gloomy, rheumatic grandmother al
the end of the street.
She had only been here a year, hav.
ing been handed over from her moth.
er's mother, out West, to her fathers
mother at the end Of the street. Lis,
beth was fair and wistful, and, like
Mrs. Woodruff she was very much
alone.
To-day, the day before Christmas,
Lisbeth stood at the window. "My
other grandma's coming tomorrow
she said; my grandma Hull. We just
got the letter today"
''Two grandmas for Christmas" said
Mrs. Woodruff. you'll not come nea1
me. What'll I do, all alone"
"Well all come over and see you
Christmas afternoon" said Lisbeth
dancing home to tell Grandmother
Baker.
Mrs. Woodruff became, in this way,
the possessor of a Christmas plan. -
must have little treat for then,' she
said. She got out her good white
dishes, and set the big table in the sit
ting room. In the center she placed a
blooming red geranium. ''I'll make il
into a Christmas tree" she joyously
exclaimed, and she wrapped into three
neat parcels length Of each of hel
knitted lace inscribing them with
"Merry Christmas" and the name OF
each guest. y
Next day she put the finishing
touches to her table. She had glass
dish Of candy, and one Of nuts and
raisins.
At three o'clock Lisbeth arrived with
the new grandmother. Grandma Bakel
couldn't come on account Of rheuma'
tism. The ladies sat talking, and Lis
beth lowered happily about. Then she
wandered out to the middle room
where stood the fine table, and she
came dancing in to hug Mrs. Woodruff.
"You just ought to see it, grandma"
Lisbeth's eyes were shining.
"Well go and visit it, as soon as
the coffee is ready" explained Mrs
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17

leaves to see what he could find under
them, and his heart was happy, for
his stomach was full, and you know
full stomach, unless it be too full, al
most always makes happy heart.
Now. as he pulled over the red and
yellow and brown leaves, his sharp
eyes spied little brown seed. It was
q ,homely little seed which had fallen
from a rough pine cone, and you and
I would very likely not have seen it
at all, or If we had we would have
thought it Of no account. But Happy
Jacks eyes sparkled when he saw that
homely little brown seed, for he knew
that it was very good to eat.
Not that he was hungry. Oh, my,
no! There wasn't room in his stomach
for the least teeny, weeny bit more
just then. But Happy Jack knew that
there might come time when his
stomach would not be so full, and then
that little brown seed would taste oh,
SO good!
Now, he had hidden great many
little brown seeds and fat nuts near
the Lone Little Path, so when he
picked up this particular little brown
seed quickly he scampered over the dry
leaves until presently he came to the
edge Of the Green Forest. He looked
his way and he looked that way to
ssee If anyone was watching him, and
when he was sure that no one was, he
ran out a little way from the edge of
the Green Forest, dug tiny hole in
the soft, warm earth with his paws,
dropped into it the little brown seed
and covered it carefully.
There" said he to himself, as he
scampered back to the Green Forest
TO see what more he could find, s'every-
one knows I live in the Green Forest
end no one will think to look out here
TOR things have hidden" sa aa
Old Mother Nature, who knew just
what Happy Jack had done, smiled, for
the also knew that it was more than
likely that Happy Jack would forget
81 about that little brown seed, and if
he did she had a plan to use it her
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17
nee upon a time,

NOH UpOH u C1IHC,
long, long ago, the
great . great . ever
so-great GRANDPA
Their of Happy Jack
Squirrel, W h os e
name was Happy
j a ok, too, was
oooyrrorirr o1oru
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17
Danny's
Christmas Eve
BY E. w. GERRITSON


Y THE narrow confines of the
pass the blizzard screamed
with redoubled fury and whip
ped the snow cuttingly into
Danny Donovan's face as he
trudged along behind his sled,
shouting now and then to
urge his dogs to greater eff
fort. He brcathed easier
when, clear OF the pass, he
began the descent to the val
ley below. Three thousand
lnilnS ic a lnnr diStnnnn To
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17


the Lone Little Path that comes down
the hill through the Green Forest.
He was happy, very happy, was Hap
by Jack, which was quite as it should
be, for there was everything to make
him happy. His sides were fat with
the good things he had to eat. He had
"a beautiful new coat to keep him warm
when rough Brother North Wind and
Jack Frost should come driving the
snow clouds to make white the Green
Meadows and change the Green Forest
until the little people who live there
only in the summer would never, never
known it had they happened to have
come back. But rough Brother North
Wind and Jack Frost had not come
yet, and Old Mother Nature was busy
preparing the Green Forest for them
and urging all the little people to hur-
ry and make ready for them.
So Happy Jack scampered down the
Lone Little Path and pulled over red
leaves and yellow leaves and brown
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17

Stove, anu Oh apples
ripening in the nearby pantry. 1t was
warm, fruity smell that no amount
of onion or cabbage cooking could
obliterate.
Mrs. Woodruff, called "old" by her
neighbors, is only sixty-eight, and as
trim and slender as a girl. 1t is sad
experience, rather than years that
wrenches youthfulness from the heart
and quenches the thirst for life, SO it
was that Mrs. Wodhull spent most
of her days quietly rocking and
knitting. Her padded wooden rocker
faced a daguerreotype that hung on
the brightly papered wall Of the cozy
front room.
Christmas was a lonesome time for
the shriveled little old lady who had,
forty years ago, to give up the curled
gentleman in the daguerreotype, who
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-12-17
THE
Christmas Treat
By MARTHA HOLDEN

Rs. WOODRUFF lived
in q one-story brick
house, whose warm Sit
ting room in winter
smelled Of dry wood
burning in an air-tight
StnNn onI of onnInn
The Washington herald., 1916-12-23

FIOrida. green. basket. toIzz; DO, Do. var -
ket. lOos25; oabbsge New York STATE Dart.o.
Ton. sSOo1st.oo; do. do. donestir. ton, s OzsO0
eaulinoEeT. Long Island. crate l5Oal.55: do Asry-
land. barrel, 20a2B; celery, New York bunch
Aa50: crHDbeTies. 70 quality barrel g Ua7 50;
cucumber Florida has e. 0Gs 3: eszplAnta F1or-
ida Gate. L75s2B; grapefruit, FlOrida boa o. 10
slze' 2S150; horsersdisI. nearby, boz, 2zaZ7l
kale. Norfolk bsueI 75as0 do. native iushel boT
@ai3; lettuce Norfolk barket 5OzT5; DO fI1rtdA
basket l-ZAl.o; onions, Maryland and PennsylTanIa
yellow. dry. busbel L55a2o; do. New YJrt sno
Western. yellow, 100 pound sacf. 35OSloo; orzaxss
Florida As 70 size, boa 225z2T5; peppers PIoriiG
crate. 2jOs3 %; spinach Norfolk barrel 200; do,
native. bushsl bon. sSs65; squash Florida, cz1ta
Z0a23; turnipa native busheL T5Slo 90.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-23
? w. b. Hibbs a Co.
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE

Philadelphia. Dec 2-BCTTER-Chosos son
sold fairly and ruled firm. with light 1rsrnrS
Quotations were as follows: Wesisrn sold pacEed
creamery. fancy specials. q; ert1- lsfa. .rtr.
fists 4Oa4Ol4: frsus. Sass. Do. ss.,Dds Fsr.
srnoVated, extra 35; do. hrsts. a. do s~crrS. -,
nearby prints, fancy. a; average extra Cas-. apax
ss4o; seconds, SAB; sIecial fancy brands q rrnts
al fa5O
BGGS-Desrable frcsh s,csk was scars and n-n
under good demand. We quote as follows:
Nearby eNtn. 80 per Dozen; nearby firsss nlo
pr standard case; nearby current recsipts Is -
r"r standard as; Western eIta, s per dozen:
trSprst0r extras l00 do. hrsts, 1850. .e,1nds
80: candled eggs were tobbinG at B4s60
LIVE POULTRY-Fcwls as TO quality I-sla.
rOosers l3als; spring chickens according 10 oU,I-
iy l7al9 white leEhurns sc,oriiur % ousli,y
l6ils turkeys. 2A2l; geese l5Als; Tigeons old ps-
ISlt. .Sa5-: DO. young, pCr pGir. 9a5
DRESSED PoULTRY-Fresh-killed dry-psrk-d
tHkess, per pound-Fsncy nearby. s. exceptional
lots higher; fancy Western. 80; fair 70 rss5 2.
=, common. SSc5: fowls z 20 box dry-rirkcI
fancy selected. g. weighing 4l4a5 pounds Hus-.
251; do. pounds APIECE. p do, Sll pounds Epsc,
lsS0; do, pounds apiece, EAls: fowls in barrels
fancy. dry picked, weighing Hsa5 Ihs and orrr
apiece IN; weighing Ihs Apiece %; smaller dr.
l5Als; old rocStsrs dp-pfced Il: roasting chica.s
Western, dry-pcked, in boxes. weighing 3 pnTDrs
over per pair. "a; do. do, in boxes. weighing
pounds Ter pair. Ia22 do do ice rsrk,yi q,
barrels weighing p,unds aud or DIT rsi-
2a2: roasting chickens Western in barrels yrie4,-
ing pounds PER pair, lSs2O broiling chIckenS
Western. in boxes weighing SS4 pounds DIR mir
2aa2; chickens weighing SaS pounds per pair. I0sD;
do. mixed szes, lsSeo; bruile Jersey fancy raSli
broilers. other nearby. weighing IhI1 pounds apieu
2Bc9; hruilers, nearby. smaller sizes zs5. ducka
nearby. Sas2: do, Western. lsaso; geese nearby
2a2e; do. Western Sao: squAbsJ per doasn
white. weighing uIl2 pounds 575asm. do Do
salO pounds. LsaS5o; do. do. 9 pounds sosS 81
do. do. pounds. S.SoA37S; do, do Sa6IS upsruda
275a2 20; dark. ESoaz.a; small and No sRlB
The Washington herald., 1916-12-23

per crate. 5Oa2 81: eggplant. per crate 2OOa30 90;
ksIe. per bbl.. af.5o: lettuce F1oids. per basket
l.5oa3O0 okra. Florida. crate. 2SOa4 50; onions
per bag. 4Oos4;5: peas. Florida, per basket. 30a
400: peppers per crate, lS0aSS0; potatoes, per bb
s0oa4T5: do. Northern. per sack. s5a4.f5: rfta-
bagas per bbl.. 3oOs:sO1 sweet potstoes. per Dbl,
2Ooa3.75; spinach. per Dbl. 2003.OO; tOma: res
Florida. per craft. 25Oa4-5o; uurnips. per box.
T5alOO
FRUITs-Apples. per bbl.. 25OaS 80: grapefruit.
per box. 3Ooa3 50; lemons per bon 75A3 co.
per box California 375s5.Oo do. F1Orida 50A3.oo:
piDeaprles per crate, 35oat.O
sEEDs-Bluesrass. per bush. L4oAleo: clcret
alfalfa. per n. -; do. alsks. per b.. l5aI7
red per n. !p4si7; do. white per n. tOzi2; tim
othy per bushel 2eos2 g: orchard grsss per bushe
225s2 .: red top. PER n. Sail.
GRAIN Corn. old. white. per bushel. s2zsI;
do yellow. ssaSs; oats. white. per bushsl. s2sss;
do. MIXED, sse2; wheat milling per busheI. liza
LH: do. ordinary I.lOal.lS
HAY-Timothy. No. l. PIT ton. H.0aIsOo: do.
No. 2. 400; mixed. Io0al20O; ear con. new. per
bbl. 40: wheat straw per ton 500: tangled ne
ttraT. per ton. Hoo loug re straw. per ton. H.o
HIDES-Green. per n. .; do. ssted. per n
.: do. dry. per n. &s5: horse hides. each. $50;
calf skins green, each. LoOa4.5o; lamb skins. green
each. l50s2oo
The Washington herald., 1916-12-23
WARRINGTON PRODUCE.

Quotations given below are for large lots CT good
marketable goods only. Jobbers' prices are higher.
Lower grades may be sold for less Fancy goods
command higher prices .
DGGS-Fresh per doz.. Hats; Southern, 42a43
BUTrER-Best prints, new, per n. 42t do. tub.
Ah; process. AaS; store-packed. 8a2
LARD-Tub. pure. Per D.. Fal714; do. COM
pound. AAlIh; cottonseed oil. per fVe-gallon cap.
SIS
CHEEsE-New York. new. per n. 2iA25; fat
Saa; Swiss. domestic. S2s35; do. foreign. 55s6o
LIVE PoULTRY-Chickens. per b.. lsa20; hens
pen n.. Halls; roosters. per n. 49, ducks. per n.
lsa0; geese. per D.. l5al6: keats. young. II Ds
and above. each, Is; turkeys per D.. 3a6
DRESSED P0ULTRY-Chickens, choice per H.
lsatD; hens. choice. per D.. lsale; ROSTERS H.
laal4: capons. Z Ms. each. per D, Ha29: ducks.
large per n. %; geese large per . lsa2o: turkeyA
choice. per n.. 2saSo; do medium, per D.. 2aa.
LIVE STOCK-Cslyes, veal prime. per b.,
l2bsals; do. medium, IL: spring lambs fat. per
D, nalS; sheep. per n, 5ka6k.
DRESSED GooDS-Pork. small. per n, lzstal3;
do. heavy. per n, lIhala
GANE-Rabbits choice. per dcG. L5Oa2.oo; com
mon. 75al.oo
GREEN G0oDS-Beans per bas l.5Oa2 50; beets
bunch, 3a5; Brussels sprouts. per qt., 6al2h; cab
bage, per 100 lbs. 4oosA3; carrots box sosl0o: ce
eu, California. czte, kooakD; New Yori, crate
AsosA@' cunnhsu. pr bsskse aooa<at ogmhlinr.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-23
COTTON Markets.

New York. Dec. "A great deal Of nervous
ness was in evidence in the cotton market aFain
today and the course Of prices was irregular Las.
Quotations however. were above the final prices
Of yesterday. The cotton Of the market reflected
disposition TO proceed cautiously, largely as a
result Of uncertainty over the political situation.
There was a good general demand at the open
ing I'D by Southern interests New Orleans room
traders and spot houses which caused a strong
tone. January advancing Il points. March % points
and other months 40 to q points the call
Business was active and after the call price
movements became cratic. probably influenced by
the advance in stocks which. it was said rejected
belief that peace was not near as had been
believed Fluctuations were most cratic In the
last hour. Following . break to l520 for March
An irregular recovery Ot z To 30 points took place
Later part Of this lots with the market
finally steady. at a net advance Of 9 to , points
Port receipts for the day were s. rs bales com
pared with S5.2S bales last year. NV York ware
house stocks are l3 sS bales compared with 81 40
bales year ago. Exports for the day were . Oes
bales Clearances for the season TO date we're
i, ,F6 bales. against 22N s53 bales for the CORE
spending period last season
Spot here quiet 50 points lower at IS % cents
there were sales. The spot article at New
Orleans is nominal with middling quoted at Il 5
cents; the sales were 100 bales; deiV,red on con
tract. 20 bales
The New YA Cotton Exchange makes the
amount brought into sight for the week 4os So bsles
against So.2) bales last year and SIS 40 bales in
1914. The amount into sight New Orleans figures,
is SSel3 bales against 4j6 80 bales year Igo and
626 56e bales two years ago
Receipts at New Orleans were S, ,le3 bales; Sa-
Vannah, 2,l65; Norfolk, l34
cline Of q points on the basis Of 10 Oad for mid
upland The sales II 600 bales including 10 500
bales American.
Furnished by N. L Carpenter Co
The Washington herald., 1916-12-23
WEEKLY REVIE w OF TRADE

New York, Dec. 22.-Dun's Weekly Re
view Of Trade will say tomorrow:
Coming at a period when a slowing
down process is customary in most
branches of business. the effects OF the
new international uncertainties have been
apprecisbly lessened, though the lull nat
ural at this season in many lines Of
trade and industry is somewhat accentu-
ated. Readtustments in speculative chan
nels have continued and certain commo-
dities other than farm staples display
signs OF yielding while increased pru-
dence also is shown by buyers in entering
upon commitments for the far future.
Yet this is a wholesome tendency and
is welcomed by producers. with the works
nearly everywhere covered by contracts
for m months ahead and pushed to their
utmost capacity to meet requirements.
Transportation difficulties still cause
much delay in the movement Of raw ma
terials and Of products and more blast
furnaces have banked because OF in
ability TO obtain sufficient supplies OF
fuel. while repairs are necessitated at
some PLANTS where the pressure has been
greatest. Outputs, consequently, show re-
cession at a time when requests, prompt
deliveries are urgent. and premiums con-
tinue effective where special ad antages
on shipments are possible"