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trait artist: have always treasured
It as the one precious memento Of my
HE" - '''''~'' r
Hughes was duly touched; but the
impression was not lasting. There
was something artificial and insincere
about Eta Harness. Under the influ-
ence Of hts present emotions. howev-
IT, bis softened spirit, longed for 10y
al companionshlp.
"rll do itl' spoke Hughes. II shall
call upon Mrs. Harnes and Alberta.
One or the other I will endow with
fortune and hope to trace out some
real affection for me: q genuine glad
ness to welcome me as q member Of
their household during my remaining
few years."
An hour later he entered the home
Of Mn Harness. He was told that she
was out on an errand and was shown
into a sitting room. Involuntarily
memory directed him to the niche
where he had viewed his mothers por-
trait It was not In place. Then as
he glanced into the room beyond
Harnes saw 1t lying across two chairs,
used as an ironing board. The shock
drove him to his feet. He had faith
omed the insincerity Of this unworthy
relative. He was half-minded to re-
turn home. A memory Of the last
time he had seen Alberta, her hus-
band anu children, however, influ-
enced him to follow out his prescribed
plan.
They had always lived humbly. but
respectfully. From the day that Al.
den Norris had married Alberta he
had but one thought in his mind-her
comfort and contentment and that Of
the little ones who came to them as
the years passed on.
Well Hughes knew the house, the
room brilliantly lighted. whence ech-
oed sounds of jollity and excitement.
Its window was open for ventilation,
and his eyes dimmed as he viewed the
happy-faced Alberta and her husband,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-12-31
the two little girls, and a baby craw

the two little girls, and baby crawl
ing about, cooling with animation.
81 keep Marvin away from the can
dies; Alden" he heard Alberta speak,
and his heart thrilled. This last child
then was his namesake!
-: He came into the house to receive
the usual earnest welcome always be-
slowed upon him. alberta" he said.
II am lonely and unhappy. l have re-
solved to seek some congenial haven
where love and sympathy will bring
i, me77peace and contentment. Is it
heragis!r
With open arms she greeted him,
and amid Christmas cheer and the low
ing tenderness Of true, honest souls,
that. Christmas eve Marvin Hughes
was awarded the longing desire Of his
heart.
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ton of onlookers. Dalziel stood like
one stunned, regarding Portia, II did
not know" he stammered. II am al
ways doing the wrong thing. it seems.
Won't you forgive me?"
Her eyes were filed with tears. 1T
is I who needs forgiveness" she Sob
bed. II have wronged you all these
years. have something to tell YOU"
Mrs. Powers tiptoed into the room
and closed the communicating door to
the parlor.
snow, Portia, free confession I" she
spoke, and disappeared.
And then, like two wounded doves,
these ardent lovers faltered forth, the
repressed love so nearly destroyed,
with Yuletide glory all about them.>
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"Grandpa, Grandma. and the five lit
tie Children" and the lovelight would
come into his eyes as he enumerated
them specifically: "Rebecca, Rachel,
Ruth, Jacob and Levi"
But the big family did not entirely
represent kith and kin Of the generous
hearted fellow who had come from
his home across the water with q wife,
to lose her In a year, and to have her
aged father and mother, neither now
fit for hard work, as pensioners upon
his bounty. How gladly and unself-
fshly this was awarded, the uniform
willing kindness and care Of Ivan
manifested to all the world. He did
not earn much and their quarters
were confined, but not. only did he
manage to make the old people COM
Portable, but when a close friend, a
widower, died, Ivan adopted his five
little ones.
II have none; they shall be as my
own" he pledged himself. and never
failed in the sacred pledge. =: :.
ivan. was a$:peddier of pins, needles:
yarn. and hose. j, 49,: =.
An incident occurred about six
months. before Christmas that gave
IVAN a secret to keep, but the result
Of which he did not experience until
later. One day quite a dist lance from
the city, seated eating his humble
lunch on the veranda Of d road house
he overheard two men talking, They
mentioned q name that caused ivan
to prick up his ears. 1t was that 81
Alma Helmaby,. the daughter Of :hts
wealthy: landlord: Ivan was quick
w1iitted. pieted' together tie facts
named, and comprehended that one Of
the men expected to have Miss Helms:
BY meet him soon in her automobile
and they were to elope. Enough was
Cleaned BY Ivan to confirm the fact
that the fellow was q merciless scoun-
drel already married, and only after
the money Of the rich heiress.,
It was BY pure circumstance that an
hour later Ivan came upon Miss
Helmsby In her automobile. In his
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resented poor. while thrifty people.
The men were hard working and So
Der, the women Industrious and rare
" slatternly. In fact, old John Helms
by, who owned the square Of build
ings. had selected a reputable Glen
tele as to tenantry. and In lower cir
cles Helmsby Corner held q certain
air Of aristocracy.
Ivan Vidal was a decided institu-
ton Of the place. Old residents could
remember him back for ten years. He
was a little, bright-eyed man whose
constant smile and eager. friendly
ways scattered sunshine.
II have to work hard. have a big
family, you know" Ivan delighted to
tell strangers and new friends. And
then he would count on his fingers,
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On each succeeding visit it pleased him
to note: the; change for the better In
the child. Her devotion to her teach:
er. was something pathetic This was
the period wien ~;Judson Marsh
changed his course of life. A. time too
when the merest' passing word with
Miss Revere seemed to cause him to
lift his head higher, and the influence
Of. worthy resolve was noticeable
In his bronzed, impressive face. -
It was about aEmonth before Christ
mas when the settlement was visited
by Marsh on horseback. There was
something about him that reminded Of
his old time briskness and forcible.
imperative ways: In turn he visited
twenty Of the leading men and pre-
sented to each bis proposition. Time
was when anything Marsh suggested
was carried ont from motives Of policy.
In the present instance he found will
ing auditors. interested and sympa-
thetic.
TITS about a Christmas present for
Miss Revere" said Marsh. II un-
derstand she IL a proficient musician,
and there. isn't piano In the place.
She has been royalty good to all Of our
children, little Madeline among them.
I'll head the subscription list"
"And who'll pick out the instru-
ment?" one Of the town committee
men asked.
''Oh, I'll go to the city and attend
to that. You can trust me, boys"
answered Marsh readily. II WAS
something Of a player myself Years
ago. Now then, this Is to be SECRET
until Christmas" .:,s::*>-
That was agreed upon. Also II was
arranged so that on Christmas 1--we
the scholars gave a concert in honor
of their devoted teacher. The piano
had been struggled into the home at
dusk while she was at the sch00lhouse.
She came home alone. as 1T was
planned that she should. She noticed
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in Darling until last spring, when 1t
was sold and the family home broken
up. He then went to 1shpeming, where
in their finishing mill. Since they
closed operations, he has been assta:
tant In the Pacific & Atlantic general
grocery; store The first Of the year. he
charge Of q store for the same concern,
The bride was raised in Ishpemine,
but has Travelled extensively. spent
several years in Alaska a. assistant
post Office clerk. - During the past
years. she has held highly responsible
poaifiou with the Cleveland Cliffs Iron
Company. the largest iron concern tn
he upp6r pe0insq1a. She i 2 talented
lo9etels 0eoe11l 1ek .el Ferris Institute
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spent Christmas day at the home of C..
J. Lundin of Upsala.
Clarence Hanson of Wisconsin came
here to spend the holidays with friends
and relatives. -.
:. Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Anderson and Mr..
and Mrs. L. P. Anderson and son Har-
vey Of Swan River spent Christmas eve"
ming at j. J. Jacobson's.
Grandma Kalis is quite Ill 3t presenI
trouble fS; zoe MANS ~ -. " -;
Miss MarEefet Rs H., e %.,i Elin:e1sE
went to sowlus FfidsJ 81 ,Siseiaess.
1 Annie ana Walter Lozpoo Weae b.
Upsala on bu1hess ThQEgee1I. "a. ST,
Miss Mari Kepka, 80 heg - Se:'
ployed IN NORTH OAK -
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to~learn; Dalzie] made due: prepare ton
for having a royal goCd time with the
family. II Dalziel had only known It.
clever, friendly Mrs. Powers had pur-
posely invited Miss Moore: to 'the
house to once more meet :hinn-and
Portia was willing! It was only 4 few
weeks before Christmas that :Portia
had learned of fatal error she had
committed. She had so: coldly dis
missed Dalziel because Of story told
by Jealous friend. 1t involved Dali
ziel In an escapade Of which he could
never have been guilty, but the false
story was so well formulated and car
ried conviction. Then, at ailate day
the truth Of the motive came out. Por-
tia Moore felt ashamed and humili-
ated: a sense Of her deep injustice to
Dalziel, a sorrowful belief that her
folly had cost her 4 love worth tho
having.
"You must mend It all up under q
Christmas tree, dear" Mrs. Powers had
advised. but Portia shook her head for
lornly. She was busy during the first
hour of the evening assisting Mrs.
Powers with the arrangement Of the
testal table, and entered the library
On her way to the parlors, after Dal-
ziel had reused up all hands with the
trolic and jollity for which he was ia
nous. She half turned to steady her.
self for the anticipated meeting. DIAL
ziel saw her, but did not at once recog-
nize her. Hugh Powers stole up to
him.
THAT looks like mistletoe on tho
library chandelier. Dalziel," he whls-
pered. "Pretty GIRL Great chance. Do
yourself proud" and Dalziel exuberant-
II darted forward.
He clasped his arms about the lady
In the half Swallowed room. and i'm
printed gentle kiss upon her lips.
"How dared you!" cried Portia.
"And it isn't mistletoe at all, Just
piece of green, paper trimming. say.
Dalziel. you've done it nowi': shouted
Powers gleefuly-
But, wise man that he was, he left
the two alone, and diverted the atten-
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bushel for oats and cannot get more
than 40 cents at the market, so they are
holding it. Likewise potatoes are
holding them. hoping to dispose of
them In the spring at $500 a. bushel.
That's gambling and it may be disas-
trous.
z. Anderson has put q new foundation
under his Pike Creek farm, and new
cellar under it also.
Hugo Pearson surprised his many
Miss Nina n. Bloomgren Of Ishpem-
ing. Michigan. November 24th at the
L0the!an parsonage. Rev. J. aultberI
offielatinH. g..~>,.-.s y II !.
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fancy Of the assembled guests"
"Now, see here. Powers" interrupt
ed Ernest Dalziel, I'm a modest, IN
assuming man and verging on to an
old bachelorhood where sense and dig
nifty usually become well-ba'anced
person."
Ernest Dalziel would have liked
to have asked Powers an important
question. 1t would have been, if Ut
tered: "And Miss Portia Moore? I
haven't seen her for a year. Does she
still 60 to parties?" And Powers
would have answered: "Oh. we
couldn't get along without Portia."
And then Dalziel would have sought
some plausible excuse to prevent his
own appearance on the scene.
He was sensitive about Miss Portfa
Moore. She was. like himself, past
thirty. For some months in the years
past those two had been In consider
able evidence at social functions, and
the gossipers predicted an engagement.
It did not come about, however Alb
ruptly the two persons apparently 80
adapted to one another drlfted apart.
TO Dalziel this unexpected ending to
the one lovely day dream Of his ex-
istence had come as seemingly heart
less, cruel blow. Effectively Miss
Moore. one day had shut heart and
home against him. There was no ex-
cuse or explanation given.
"She had just tired Of me. don't
wonder. I'm not much" Dalziel solilo-
Qulzed to himself in q fit Of depression.
For time he threw himself: in the
way Of the lady in question, but she
gave him no encouragement. Dalziel
did not go about wearing his heart on
his sleeve, but he did not quickly get
over the hurt of an incident that made
him wary and suspicious Of woman's
caprices.
So with no intimation of the face
that in his breast Hugh Powers guard
ed secret he would have given worlds
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roadside. Then he gathered his small
charge in his arms and made his way
to the white door.
"Come in" Nora greeted cheerily, "the
nurse phoned me Of your coming.
There's a new Christmas doll for Tes-
sic Louise in the oven, and q lot more
TO take back"
It was a broad, white kitchen, redo
lent Of sugar and spices, and an old
lady in rocking chair near the win
dow relieved Tessie Of her wrappings.
."You must give the doctor a cup
of coffee, Nora DEAR" the old lady said,
''before his cold drive back to the
city,"
But Donald Bruce seemed in no
hurry to return.
"Thts," he said musingly, ''smells
like my grandmother's kitchen. Used
to spend our Christmas with grand
mother when I was boy"
I'VE are going to have roasted
chicken for dinner" the old lady sug-
gested tentatively-'I wonder If It
might not seem just bit like being at
grandmother's-if you'd stay and eat
with us?"
It was remarkable how swiftly tho
afternoon hours few IN the lakeside
cottage.
I'm so glad" the old lady whis-
pered at parting, that you decided to
wait to take Tessie back with you.
It has beo1 happy Christmas for
Nora. can see 1t in her eyes; and
usually happiness is only Morals
through the giving. She's the dear
est girl In the world!''
"She is Just that" Donald Bruce
answered sole1nnly.
His eyes were on Nora, as he clasped
the old lady's hand.
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town." distributing time and
money squanderingly in games Of
chance, INDUCING in fist fight daily.
generally maintaining a terrorizing in
fuence. Always had he disdalned the
gentle cheer of Christmas aud the
good pledges Of New Years, but this
especial Yuletide period he had re-
manned quietly ON his ranch, had do
mated freely to charity and only his
eagle eye had flashed and his lips
became stern and firm as some derisive
pal Of the past sneeringly lntimated
that he had, reformed and had taken
"the goody, goody pledge!"
No one could trace the cause Of the
remarkable alteration In manner and
deed except Marsh himself and he
was a close mouthed man. Perhaps
Gladys Revere suspected, but If SO
she said nothing. She had come to
the crude, wild settlement to teach
school.
The Marsh ranch was ten miles from
the settlement and there was no school
AZ No IAuAuCuA0lc S1N4A1Ay. ASS O"ACA
was a young man not over twenty-five
years of age, but he maintained quite
an establishment. His widowed sister
had lived with him until she died.
leaving shy. puny little girl, Made
line, who was idolized by Marsh.
Il have come to see you about my
little niece, Miss Revere" spoke
Marsh, and his face and manner did
not belle what she had heard Of his
being a well educated member Of a
prominent Eastern family. ''She is
lonesome where we tive; never has
any young companions: have heard
Of your kindly care for these little
ones. Won't you find her a good
boarding place in the town and sort OF
look after: herr"
"She shall be as an own sister,
replied Miss Revere spontaneously
taking the shy. reticent child in a
tender embrace and the. result was
that little Madeline became an occu.
pant of the home where Miss Revere
boarded. -: - = Z" u @*:, .;y** = =
Once week hudson Marsh. called tc
pass half an hour with Madeline. Up
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mother was too Ill and too poor to yet
understand the care Of her child.
"What in the world" asked the au-
tocratic young house doctor, "does that
child want3' -
"Tess-'ese wants a Nora Christmas
doll" the nurse said eagerly.
Doctor Bruce wrinkled his brow,
"What does she mean?" he asked.
"Miss Nora Dean" the girl an
swered, lis young woman who visl
its the children's ward and has been
much interested in them. She lives
in cottage out on the lake shore, and
last summer she came In and took two
Of our little convalescents for a
months stay there. Tessie Louise was
one, and she so fell in love with Miss
Dean at the time that we could hardly
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DARLING TOWN

Sunday school of the Swedish Lutheran
church Monday evening was well at
tended and all enjoyed it thoroughly.
The potato warehouse at Darling Is
closed now and will not reopen until
next fall.
Oscar Carlson of Culdrum has been
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Observation-Disclosures

! December 29-Isaac LaFond and fam
at the home Of Mrs. LaFond's mother
Mrs. Peter MacDougall.
:. Thomas MacDougall and sister, Miss
Rose, were Little Falls visitors Friday
afternoon. 4, y
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Coenen and
two sons, Edwin and Leo. Of Royalton
and Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Kusterman OF
swan River spent Christmas day at the
home Of H. J. Kustern4n. ....A S. I.
3 sissssse svsssssi 3 ssssi 80 q =
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Immunity Bath"

In criminal trials, Immunity bath"
means exemption from prosecution.
The expression was first used several
years ago, when several defendants in
q trust case were discharged by the
United States court on the ground that
they had gained personal immunity by
furnishing the evidence upon which
the indictments were based.
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week. Sixteen dollars and fifty cents
were the proceeds of the baskets sold.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Zimmerman autoed
to Little Falls Friday:
Mr.. and Mrs. F: J. Kusterman spent
Sunday at the J. r: Stone home.
f. Mr.: and Mrs. Dobbyn and son Donald
spent Christmas eve at the Stone home
Miss1Etta Bargabos is spending the
two weeks vacation at her home in
), Miss Lottie Kay is spending her vaca-
ton IT the home Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Geo. kay -" = -
!. Donald Dobbyn was. in Little Falls
Sunday. ~. !. ~ Z, : : g
Max Zimmerman is spending several
days ct VAwter. n. r. ~ ~ 81 sa1s E @ Y
Is ~ III - -. ssr .,fs~ ri Ts.s
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-12-31

WE ARE THE LARGEST CREAM
BUYERS IN THE COUNTY AND CAN
OTHER BUYERS. K1EWEL ASS0-
GATED PRODUCTS co. TIT
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-12-31
A CHRISTMAS
HAVEN

BY I. B. Adefson

N OLD man sat dreamily
gazing into the fireplace of
q richly furnished room. It
was Christmas eve and
Marvin Hughes was looking
back over the years Of his
life and was grave and sad
: dened as he realized that he
ho6 nathan ohfCk nnv ohil1
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-12-31
church worker.

church worker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Pearson will be
at home in Crystal Falls after January
I 1921 &
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*:Tf:;iE::GlOLD:jEl;N:
=: EGG. ::
~ By Ceci1le Lanedoo
"a, 1870, Western Newspsper Union,
- ANITA CLAUS was expected
By. Csei1ls Lanedoo

to arrive In prodigious
grandeur around Helmsby
Corner. The name applied
to q block of tenements q
good deal above squalor
and the general unsightll-
ness Of the slums, although
it's population mainly rep
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LOVERS. g. -.
- .9L NVi.AtN -.
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BvslypI Lei,

HRISTMAS comes but once
a year." said Hugh Powers
land it's right upon US just
now. You're going to spend
the day with US, Dalziel,
that's settled. I'm counting
on you to act Kriss Kringle
chubby, handsome. full Of
>,,sf1 s,,~% ~-v@k,,un Tho
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ESSE LOUISE was max.
ing q great deal Of trou.
BILE. From the time her
invalid mother had
brought Tessie to the city
hospital to be treated fol-
her spine, the golden
haired baby had been the
pet Of the nurses. And
as her stay was pro-
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OF.
r.. GOLD::'..
t@a 1920. western Newspaper Union.>
By Oti1lia Frances P6i&ee

HERE had come a great
change: over JudsOn Marsh
during the brief space Of a
year and Cedar Grove. mar
yelled. Marsh had usually
made the holidays q wild,
ri0tOus occasion of revelry,
such as shooting up the
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The Cake Lady
By Mildred White

90. 1920. Western Newspaper Uuion.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-04-20
Naval Officer Says
Sims Sought More
Authority During War

Washington, April lo.z-Had Rear
Admiral Sims confined himself to
simpler statements and repeated
himself less in dispatches to the
NAVY department. more of his rec
concentrations would have been &C
ccpted, Capt W., B. Pratt, assistant
chief Of naval operations during the
war. testified today before the senate
,omrnittee investigating the Sims
nnNieis row.
Cantain Pratt said Secretary
rar;cls and Admiral Benson, war
tine chief of operations, had entire
Confidence in Sims, but he declared
there was "a marked difference be-
tween having the fullest confidence
i, an officer and giving over to that
officer the complete power to make
r'iiuate decisions beyond the scope
oi those he ought legitimately to
r,qke."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-04-20
Nebraska Women!
You cast your first vote toda

You cast your first vote today.
More than the men voters, you
are considering the use of this
ballot seriously, sensing its re-
sponsibility. You have worked
years for privilege. Now you
have it-and with the right there
goes duty.
You have chance to do some
thing more than follow blindly the
leadership of other states. You
have an opportunity to present to
your sister voters of other states
the name of great man, as a
candidate>for the republican nom
ination for president.
General John ]. Pershing is a
Nebraskan, like you. He led your
boys-your sons and your broth
ers and your sweethearts-to vic
tory i'll the worlds greatest war.
He won that victory two years
sooner than other military experts
had believed possible, saving tens
of thousands of precious lives.
Personally clean, strong in body
and mind. a man of wide sympaN
thcs and understanding, John J.
Pershing should be YOUR cand-
date when you vote today.