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1t had showed a great deal during the
last few days and getting enough to
eat had been no easy matter.
Near by they saw a white house.
There was a garden around it; a nice
big garden and just the place for birds
In the summer time.
But these birds were here in the win
ter time, too,a and they were given
bread crumbs and suet all winter long.
When snow covered the suet 1t was
brushed or for them.
It was all very delightful. The last
few days, however, had seemed to be
very busy ones In the white house.
The birds could see that green's were
being hung everywhere. over the pic
lures, book cases and mirrors, and
wreaths were put in all the windows.
Preparations were evidently being
made for some unusual event.
There seemed to be no end to the
amount of green's. Some were wound
to look like long ropes and great
branches were put behind large pic
lures. The house vas gay indeed with
fires, which were burning in all the
f1replaces.
Much wood was carried in, and the
birds thought how warm the people in
side must be, and how cold it was
outside. They shivereka and wished
they had gone South after all.
Then a little tree was carried in.
and one of the birds that was les the
dining room told the others that the
tree was put on the dining room table.
Another medium sized tree was in the
big room, where most of the excite
ment seemed to be going on. Then
they hung pretty shiny and simmer
ing things on the tree and packages
Of all sizes and description under it.
Had their friends forgotten them?
1t could not be possible! And yet
yet-they hadn't had any suet in the
last day or so, and they had always
been supplied with 1t before. They
had stayed North because these people
loved birds 70.
They knew that they loved birds be-
cause they were good to the little
feathered people. But the last day or
so-well, 1t was all very surprising.
The birds were just going to sleep,
just about to tuck their heads under
their wings. when they saw more peo-
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DEC. ~ Jan. :
Order to Show Cause Why Order
OF Sale Of Real Estate Should
not be Made.
State of Soutb Dakota.
County of Grant. ss

VI u bohcto.
County Of Grant. ss.
In County Court.
ln the MISTER OF the eetats of Axel T. Kind
wall. Decessed.
On reading and filing the petition OF Linz
hindwall. AdmlnietratriX Of the eetafe OF Axef
7. kindwall deceased, aetting forth the amount
OF personal estate that has come TO his hAude.
aud the disposition thereof, the amount of &c BITS
outstanding against said deceased. and d deecrip-
ton OF Ill the real estate Of which said Gecessed
died seized. and the condition and value of the
respective portione thereof, and praying thst
license be TO him granted t. cell said real estate.
And 1t appearing that IL ie for the advantage,
beIeft and bee, interests of the estate ~ d thote
interested therein that the whole or some part
OF said rea, estate be cold.
And 1t appearing, by eaid petition, that there
lie not euflctent personal eetate In the HANDS of
said sdminietratrix to pay said debts, ano that
1t ts necessary in order to pay the same to sell
the whole or some part of SAID real eetate:
1t IL Ordered that all persons interested in
said estate appear before the Judge Of THE
conrt on Wednesday. thu seventh day of January
A. II. lsSO, at ten O'Clock y IN. at the court house
IN the city of Miluank in said county, then and
there to chow canes Cf any there be- why an
order ehOnld not be granted TO said admir- istra-
triX TO sell said raj estate according to the prayer
Of eald petition.
And il lie further ordered: That a COPY Of this
order be published for four successive weeks
prior 10 eald day of hearing in the Herald
Advhdce, a legal weekly newspaper printed and
published at MilbaDk. IN said c.unty. ard per
sonally served on Gil persons Interested in eaiG
estate. residing in sald county. at leas, ten dave
before said day of hearing.
Dnted AT Mlibank, Grant county, south DAkota.
the eth day Decembe. A. ID. 1919.
BY the Court.
q. $. LoeAbsrt.
Jadce of the Courty court.
County Court SeaD
Attest: Earl l. ggeit.
Clerk Of the County Court.
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had stopped at the toy stores and had
taken the toys which he had left there
SO that the children could see them
and write letters telling what they
wanted.
BY that time he had packs and packs
OF toys. as many as his sleigh could
hold. and while his workshop was
empty there was q nice, cheerful ap-
pearance about it.
There were lots Of tools around,
however, and there were bits of cloth
left from making dresses and hats for
dollies, and there were little ends of
ribbons which had tied packages. There
were pieces Of wood. too. which had
been sawed Of when boats were made.
There were many other things which
showed 1t had been a toy shop. Il
looked rs II 1t had been full of toys
toys but of every sort of q Christmas
present for every sort Of q child.
A fire was burning cheerfully In the
big stove and was making the work.
shop nice and warm. But there was
an open fire, too. at the end Of the
shop with a big chair in front of it.
On a rug beside the chair sat Boy
Of the North, his head against the
knee OF Santa Claus.
He was wsgging his tail from time
to time and looking into his masters
eyes.
Good old Boy of the North, never
forgets his MASTER" said Santa Claus.
And Boy Of the North was happy that
Santa Claus was so pleased by the
warm wrapper and slippers which Re
had got for his master.
Good old Boy Of the North" said
Santa Claus again, patting him, and
Boy Of the North shifted the air, ard
looked at Santa Claus as though to
say:
"Who wouldn't be good If he be-.
longed to you? You're always cheer
full and happy and always thinking Of
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Nicaraouan Burial Custom.

Among the lnslinns Of eastern Mica
ragua when q person dies the body is.
buried at once and a little house is
Ouiit over the grave In which the soul
can live for the time being. A Geld of
manioc is planted. In about
eight months time the roots are ready.
Tor use. so a general invitation to a
great Sau or Sixcro dance Is sent out.
A cotton string is stretched owe the.
tree tops from the spirit house OVER
the grave to the dancing place, where
the end Of It hangs down into 9 great
bowl " 10ishaa.
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MIRACLE OF THE THORN STAFF
Pretty Legend 81 Ancient Britain
That 10 Often Repeated In Eng
land at christmas Time.

Il Ii one Of the prettiest legends Of
ancient Britain-the old Christmas
story Of the thorn Of Glastonbury.
william Of Malmesbury, the chronicler.
told It hundreds OF years ago In his
antiques Of Glastonbury" 1t is re-
peated often at Christmas time in
England.
The legend tells how Joseph of Ari-
mathea, was 30 prosecuted by Pontius
Plate, because he had laid away the
body Of Christ in his sepulcher, that
he fed to Gaul. carrying with him un-
der a cloth OF mystical white samite,
the Holy Grail. In Gaul he found the
Apostle Philip, preaching TO the heath
ec, and he rested with him q few days.
One night I radiant light awakened
him, and an angel babe him 60 to
Britain and preach the glad tidings to
King Arvigatrus and. where a Christ
l miracle should come to pass,
there to build a church.
He and q band Of followers fol-
lowed the instructions Of the angel,
and Arvigatrus gave them the Isle Of
Avalon, and babe them erect an altar
there to the new God. 1t was a beau.
tiful gift. The tiny isle lay warm in
q verdant valley. Sparkling waves
softly tapped its shore. Soft breezes
played In Its trees, and nowhere was
the. sky SC blue as over Avalon.
When they reached the top OF the
lii called Weary All, Joseph planted
hin thorn stan he had carried with
him On his long journeys yer land
and sea. deep into the ground. and 10
e took root. and Immediately there
b)0ssomed 2 bush Of beautiful white
Sewers.
ssrhis N where we will build our
church." the good man said. and 90.
II glastonbury Abbey-for 20 Avalon
r. known today-the thorn bushes
6loom white at each Christmas time,
lend kAeir fragrance to the frosty air.
- remind all who zee them Of the
Chr1otmas miracle.
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others. You like children and you like
to hear them laugh and you work for
them all the year. You're their King,
King Santa Claus, and you're my mas
ter"
So Boy of the North tried to talk to
Santa Claus and Santa Claus under
stood. He stroked the dogs head. and
ms he smiled, looking into the fireplace,
he said:
1T was a wonderful trip. Boy Of the
North. ! love to sit down here in my
easy chair on Christmas day and think
about 1t. Oh, I saw so many lovely
children. They were asleep and such
nice smiles we're playing around their
mouths. l hoped, Boy OF the North. /
hoped they were thinking about me.
because I like to have them fond Of
me-"
And Boy Of the North pressed
nearer as though to say:
They're fond Of you just as l am
fond Of you-jusi as fond as can be -
my reindeer had such Z good time,
too. You'll have to 60 out and see
them in their stalls soon, and hear how
they had to slow up whenever they
made lots of noise, for l was SO afraid
they would awaken the children.
And. now, Boy OF the North. you
know what I must do! !"
Boy Of the North stretched himself
and got up. He followed Santa Claus
to . corner Of the workshop and then
back to q window while Santa Claus
carried a long. long telescope.
This Is my magic telescope which
you see me use each year. Boy of the
North" said Santa Claus. Il look at
children all over the world, and when
they smile and l can see how happy
they are then ! am being thanked for
my work.
1T was very hard this year to get
all that the children wanted. Some
years are harder than others. but the
children understood and l haven't seen
. single scOwl. No. Boy Of the North.
not a single scowl.
oh, what thanks! Every child ev-
erywhere IL smiling. Roy Of the North.
and every child Is happy"
And there were tears In those merry
twinkling eyes Of Santa Claus-yes.
.tears-but tears Of joy at the smiles
Of children whom he had been able &c
- through biz magic telescope.
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j
Notice to Creditors

state of South Dakota, County Of Grant.
In County Court.
In the matter OF the estate Of Axel T. kinCWsnl
Deceased.
Notice Is hereby given by the undersigned ad-
minietratriA or the estate of Axel T. kFsF41U
deceased, 70 the creditors d, ana al persons
havlh4 elsims agslnet The sa}a deceased. ,e ~
hlelt 'leln win the necessary vouchers, within
Elk motifs after tie first publication Of nh = no
tree, 10 the SAID adminlstrstrix a. Alder CIV.
Iowa. or the same may be lied in the Office ID
the Judge ~ The Comfy Court, at Muba, l..
South Dakota.
Dated al Albert CITY. Iowa. December /. 1919.
Lima hindwali. administrators ot
the estate OF AX-t r. klndw4ll. Deceased
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olase stri and listsns6 . IL 0owi
tng wind.
Probably not" replied Marie. who
was gazing abstTactedly from the
living room window out ' the
frozen lake.
Marie was quite sure Santa would
not come. Santa would have to be
her brother Frank, who was Emeline's
father, and he was at Sloan City. 70
miles away, helping an ice company
put up next summers supply. He
had promised to bring something for
Emeline's Christmas. but Marie knew
he would not attemptothe trip In the
| storm.
Frank was the lightkeeper and the
government records showed Marie to
be his assistant. Frank kept the light
burning during the summer and in the
winter found jobs of various kinds to
perform.
About five o'clock. through the
storm, Marie heard an automobile
horn, and presently came a knock on
the door. Ben Clark, blanketed with
snow, stood there when she opened it.
II can't stay" he said, "or l won't
be able to drive back, because the road
is drifting badly. l came because |
heard some news you'll be interested
in. Harry Hammond went out on the
ice this morning with his dog I'M.
and up at the village a fisherman Just
came in with the new that the Ice
had cracked and part of it went out.
Hammond didn't have a chance in a
thousand, especially in this storm. He
surely must have drowned"
Marie started back, horror in her
eyes.
Harry drowned" she cried. 1T
doesn't possible. Are you sure?
Can't you do something? Take me out
on the Ice in your car. Perhaps he's
still alive, lying somewhere on the ice
freezing. The ice must be firm for q
long ways out"
"What?" exclaimed Ben. go out
there in this bowling blizzard? The
ice might hold up for a long ways,
but I'd ruin the car and we'd stand a
good chance Of getting pneumonia, il
we didn't get lost and wander into
open water"
Early that night the villagers were
startled to see a red bar of light shoot
from Clayton Point. 1t was the FIRST
time in history that that light. which
had guided many a ship through sum
mer gales, had shOne forth into a win
ter night.
Up in the light tower stood Marie
looking through the great glass wall,
striving to pierce the darkness and
storm with eyes that We're red from
weeping.
There's not much hope" she unused,
"but there's just a chance he's stin
alive and the old light might help
him."
For hours she remained at the post,
watching and waiting. all but hopeless.
Midnight found her asleep in a chair
close by the light, exhausted by her
long vigil.
A scream from below made her wide
awake. She stumbled down the stairs
and CROPPED her way to Emeline's room.
To her surprise a lamp was burning
and there was Emeline seated on the
bed, bouncing a doll, fully as large us
herself, on her knee.
Santa ~tanaet' cried the little girl,
and now Marie realized that it had
been a scream of joy that awak-
ened her.
santa tame." repeated the tot. 81
found this right OF my bed"
Unable to understand, Marie went
out into the living room and lighted a
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Nov. -
Jau


State of South Dakota, County OF Grart-ss.
In Circuit Court. Fifth Judicial Circuit
William Adn'pheOn, Plaihiif,
W.
Minnie Adu,pneoD. Defendant.
The State of South Dakoth to the above nameGs
defendant:
You are hereby summoned and required &c,
answer the complaint OF the plaintiff in ID {.
above entitled action. which lie hereto attached
and herewith served upon you, and 10 serve =
copy Of yonr answer to the said complaint on
the e. becriber a. bic once in the city ef Milbspk.
Grant County, south Dakota. within thirty dave
after the service Of this eummone upon YOU. ex.
elusive OF the day Of such ~eervice, and " Won
fail to aDewer the eaid complaint within thirtv
days after the service OF this enmmon upon you.
the plaintiff In this action will apply to the
court for the relief demanded IN eaid compliant
and cote.
Dated this l4th day of Anguet, 1919.
THAD l.. FULLER.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
To the defendant above named:S
Please take notice that the cOmplsipt in the
above entitled action was filed IN the once ofthe.
clerk OF the circuit court Of Mifbank, South Da.
kota upon the l4th day ef Angnet, 1919. cum
mons being published purssnt TO order tor the.
publication thereof,
THAD L.. FULLER.
Attorney for Plaintiff, Milbapk, s. D.
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lamp. On the lounge lay a man. his
clothes crusted with ice.
She went to him and put her arms
around him.
Harry" she sObbed. They told
me you were dead; that the ice
cracked and let you through"
The big sailor opened his eyes and
yawned.
I'm dead, all right-dead sleepy"
he grinned. THE ice opened up. all
right, but l was on the other side OF
the crack, an by drivin' the dogs like
the dickens l got over the danger
place before she cracked on the other
side. l got to Sloan City without trou-
ble. an comm back ! skirted the
shore. At that. I'd got lost only for
the OIL light"
She tool n Of his hands and
found it cold. and rubbed 1t vigorously.
but why-why did you GOT" she de-
manded.
He tried to stifle another yawn, but
didn't succeed.
SWELL. Emeline was lookin' for
Santa" he answered. IAN ! couldn't let
her b disappoineed!"
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emerged. Seems he's gettin' in a
hurry about it. Christmas don't come
till tomorrow"
There was nothing about the sailor
to denote that he was a seafaring
man, unless it was his rolling gait, for
he was bundled up much as the other
man, although his coat, instead Of
being fur, was an old fuzzy blue ne.
Navigation had closed some months
ago., because a large share of the
lake had an icy blanket. and
Harry Hammond was obliged to find
other pursuits till spring. SO he
fished through the ice and helped keep
the village Of Bennett supplied with
food.
His knock was answered by a dark
eyed girl of three years, who smiled
brightly.
Hello, Emeline.' he said. and he
took her in his arms and asked her
about Santa and what she expected
the old gentleman from the North to
bring her.
big dolls what l want" she told
him, trying to spoil the part in his
hair, and failing because there was
not any there to begin. with. Oats
ADJUST big doll"
From the adjoining room came an
other dark-eyed girl of nineteen wip-
ing her hands on an apron.
Harry placed the tot on the floor,
and as he did so he discovered a pic
ture standing on the table. 1t was
of a very good looking young man.
Harry said. and Immediately wished
he had kept his thoughts to himself,
for the girl flared up.
EYES," she said with a tinge Of de-
fiance. ben Clark left me his pic.
ture. l hope you don't object"
The sailor studied the blue pattern
in the faded red carpet.
"WOuldn't do much good IL I did,"
he responded. You an he's gettin'
pretty thick, Marie. l thought things
was pretty well understood between
you an me-but that was before Ben
commenced takin' you ridin'. and
shinin' up to you. A man with a car
certainly does have an advantage over
us poor guys.
Marie's cheeks grew red and she
tapped her foot.
Look here. Harry Hammond
she said in a voice that sounded like
a ringmaster's whip cracking, ''you
nor no man is going to dictate to me.
Mr.. Clark has been very nice. Besides,
he's a highly refined gentleman. and
you-well, you're not. and you know
It,"
Ben turned toward the door.
"Mebbe l better step out o. 1t alto
gether," he observed.
He opened the door and was about
to step out. when Emeline sprang into
his arms. He kissed the child on the
forehead, then put her back on the
floor and went out, remarking to him.
self that "this sure il some merry
Christmas"
That afternoon q storm that had
been brewing for days vented Its spite
on the village and Its SURROUNDINGS.
which included Clayton Point and the
lighthouse. A raw, stif wind carried
biting pieces OF hard %
.Mebbe santa Claus tant tome" said
The tot, ~ Ne snuoulsd mp to TT
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II Dar .
Notice to Take DISPOSITIONS

State Of South Dakota,
County OF Grant 50
In Circuit Court
FUN Jadicisi CircRit.
NJ. Rhynsbprger, plant fl.
VH.
Nora ). Rhy n-burgey. Ethel Rnynetarcer. Mi
10 NJ. Rhynsbnreer. hens at law Of Eerber.
khyLsbuIeer. deceased. snd Nora 5. Rhynsb0re.
er as administrator OF tie estate of Hubert
RhyhsbHIger, deceased, and Nora s. hhAns-
burger az guardian OF Ethel NJ. Rlyuebnrser ana
MILO NJ. Rhynsburger, minors: The creditors OF
Hubert RhyDsburger, deceased, and generally
against all persons known or unknown who
claim to have any estate in or iDcumbrauce up-
on the premises described in the complaint. de.
fendaHts.
To the Defendants : hove Named:
fon Will Take Notice, That the plaintif above
named Will take the dispositions OF =. u. Van
Oosterhont and n. Rhynsbu,ger. before T. E.
klay, Notary Public AZ the ONCE OF 4 4. Kisy.
Orange City, Iowa, on Monday the a9th day 81
December A.. ID. 1919. between the houre OF sec
A. NJ. and 800 P. NJ, that the taking OF eaid de-
pOeitione viii be contip ned and adjourned from
day to day until fully taken and CON ple,e and
that the DISPOSITIONS SO TAX EN- Will be read in ey-
idence npon the trial Of the above entitled ac.
ton on the part Of the pla,nt'f.
Thsd /. Fuller.
Attorney fol PlsiFfsh.
NilbALk, ) JRth Dakota.
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MERRY ChrtetNnAo, 6troteo," she oAto.
pie coming to the house, people with
s~uitcases and bags. There seemed to
BE- great excitement and everybody
seemed to be smiling.
Il was very hard to be a little bird,
the birds thought. and not to feel like
smiling.
but at last they went to sleep.
Il don't feel like chirping today"
said m Of them. early the next MORN
ing. II don't feel very happy that my
friends In the white house have for
gotten about me-"
-Oh. cheer up. something must have
happened" said another little bird. II
still can't believe 1t possible that they
have forgotten US. But We did have
bad day Or so, 1t il true. So cold.
and . little hungry"
well. I'll chirp." said the first bird.
And all ~thevbirds began to chirp and
Mr.. Sun rose up In q bright red robe
and said:
ITS Christmas morning. birdlings:
how do you like my handsome robe?
I'm All dressed up for the occasion"
ssssBds~jusl thensa lady. came out Of the
big house, the lady who was the spe-
cial friend OF the birds.
merry. merry Christmas. brides"
she said. II had almost forgotten
about you. All the children are home
for the Christmas holidays and there
has been great excitement. We've
been decorating and having everything
look gay inside.
sOh. ! didn't meal to forget you.
brides. / feel 80 bad"
They were given fresh suet and nice
bread crumbs. and some cake crumbs.
too.
Merry. merry Christmas" said the
iady.D
slfefry. merry Christmas" chirped
the brides, 20 the lady said. but they
Wef0 yo6lly masking her. snd N their
little hearts felt % glad that the one
ths1 ~ trusted and loved had ~
kno1M - ~
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J ara
Notice to Creditors.

state of SonrL Dakota. County Of 6ra,,-es In
! County Court.
In the matter Of the Estate OF George w. Moor.
head. deceased,
Notice le teTeLy g ven by the undersigned ad
ministrntiix OF the Estate of G.o-ee W. Moor.
head. deceheed, TO The creditors If and al! pei
sons having claims agninet the said deceased, TO
exhibit them with the necessary vouchers, with
il Elk months after the fret publication Of ihie
notice. 10 the said adminis,rstrix. Il her resi-.
dence in the city Of Wauhay, il the county OF
Day. South Dakota,
Dated December 5th. 1919.
Sarah E. Galhreath.
ACminislratriX OF The estate of
George w. Moorhead, deceased.
&C. Bneh.
attorney for AdninistratriX
WKutv, :. D..
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were cold in spite Of heavy overshoes.
Ben Clark's automobile" he said.
and he did not say it joyfully. Hes
calm on Marie ag'in."
The door of the dwelling part of the
lighthouse opened and a young man,
dressed in a fur coat, came out, placing
a cap, also of fur. on his head. He
paused when he saw the sailor.
Merry Christmas said the fur-clad
one, %grinning, and he passed On to
the automobile, climbed in, and soon
was whirling away.
Same to yuh," sang out the sailor,
although he scowled as he approached
the door through which the other had
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Sept. 25
Enroll at
The A. B. {.
Dec. *

The Aberdeen Business COL
lege will start you on a Course.
in Business next Monday Morn
ing. Are you ready? The Bus.
mess World needs you. Send
for our catalog.
George l. Kemper, Manager.
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The Birds
Christmas
49,
,s,r,ess, lss. - wss.sr. nevspap.r un,osi
., MARY oRAnAls sosNEa

7-l-R-P," said one little
bird, and another bird
sang a song.
1t was very, very
cold, and the birds
were having a hard
time to keep warm.
Somehow, too, they
felt the cold more
when they were hun
CRY. They hadn't had
such very good luck that
lo tho Irx, hafnro
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Santa's
Christmas Day
Copyright. 1878, - wsstsrn f~,evspapss Uasosj
ANITA CLAUS was back
y NARY eRAnAM soNNHa

AA~A0 SA<A w was OdSA
in his workshop. 1t
looked very empty. And
no wonder. Ii you could
have taken the trip
which Santa Claus took
you would have seen the
reason why. though it
would not be hard for
any Of US to guess the
reason why.
Santa Claus on the
-- Nv~-