The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-01-06
MORROW COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
CHRISTM : DAY BOOKKEEPING

When Nj. Frick of New York
heard that the savings of some school
children in Pittsburg, savings of
many years, had been lost by the sus-
pension of a savings bank where the
money was deposited he inquired the
amount and was told that it was
s160,000. Then he wired to Pitts
burg to tell the children that it was
all right, that he would make good
the entire amount as Christmas
present to the children. 1t was a
very splendid act on his part, and it
was right to wire the story to the
worlds ends, to every place to which
the ,ctrict messenger carries news.
1t vas an example to rich people
everywhere and the knowledge Of it
should soften the hearts of the poor
toward the rich.
Tony Bradshaw works for SO per
day and has mother to support. But
Tony is like most young men. He is
dead in love. His divinity is buXom
blonde whose birthplace was across
the straits from Copenhagen.
Tony admits that since the world
began there may have been a few
girls as sweet as his, but mot many.
During the past month he denied
himself tobacco and the fve-cent
glass of beer he is in normal times
wont to indulge in after days hard
work. He scrimped himself in other
ways and saved from his wages $50
with which he intended to buy his
sweetheart a bracelet and gold ring,
take her to photographer and have
her sit for picture for him, take her
to a movie at night, and to supper
later and hoped to save enough to
buy his mother a 50 pair of spec
tacles, that she might read with more
comfort, and to carry home to her
a hot oyster loaf.
He started up town on Christmas
morning, rejoicing in anticipation of
the pleasure that was to be his
through his proposed gifts. 1t was
a cold morning, and as he was rub
bing his ears and saying to himself
that the air was trifle crisp, he ran
upon an urchin about ten years old
that was barefoot.
He stopped the child and said
"Sonny, where are your shoes?"
The child gave him pathetic look
and answered softly: Il have nc
Shoes Where do you live, son.
n.y." asked Tony. The child pointed
to a little unpainted house near by
and said, There"
Tony took the boy by the hand and
said, Come and show me your
homer"
Arriving there, Tony found the
mother and two other children
found there were no comforts in the
home and further that the mother
had had no breakfast and the child
ren only a crust of bread each
"What brutal old world it is?" was
Tonys first thought, then after a
moments reflection ne went down in
to his pocket and brought up his $50
He looked at it a moment, then Sc
lected out SIPS, handed the rest tC
the woman, telling her that it was
Ill h. h fhat TDnrDip o.
but that he had plenty more at home
and vanished before the woman could
thank him. He bought a dollars
worth of roses and took them to his
divinity, told her he had planned tc
take her to the theatre, but few
men were needed where he worked
even on holiday night and the other
men wanted to take their wives out
on that night and SO he had agreed
to work. With the remaining twen-
ty-fve cents he bought a can of Van
Camps baked beans and took them
to his mother and told her that the
spectacle store was closed. Then with
grim smile he said to himself: "The
Bible says there will be hot time for
all liars in the future and | have told
three whoppers to three women to-
day"
His acts were not cabled around
the world, but in the great ledger OF
eternity both Frick and Tony have
accounts, and it would be good to see
the entries made for each on the
Christmas page of 1915.-Goodwin' Is