The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-25
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houfe was ~. was sure paiey
had said aa-or perhaps II wna ~
OF 4Ti decided 20 try ~. the aeo
ond house farther along.
rang the bell. The door opened.
and there stood tho same woman.
| wasn't confronted by Just re-
aemBlanee Il was the RAME won.
an holding together the same old
sacauc al her throat and looking IT
me with tho same yellow eyes as II
she had never seen me before ON
earth. saw on the knuckle Of
her second finger tho same RID and
black spot. made. probably, by a re.
cent burn against n hot stove.
I stood epeeehleas and gaping
while one with moderate haste might
have told nifty. couldn't have
spoken raiey'n name even II had
remembered H. | DID the only thing
that a brave man who believes there
are mysterious forces In nature that
We do not yet fully comprehend
could have done In the eireum'
stances backed down the steps
10 the sidewalk and then hurried
away frohtward. fully understanding
how Incidents like that must bother
tho nsyehical research people and
the census takers.
OF course heard an explanation
~ Il Afterward. as we always DO
about inexpiirahie thlnEs
The landlndy was MIR Ramon.
and rho leased three adjoining
HOUSES. which abs made Into one ~
cutting nfehea dcorwaya thru the
walla sha sat N the middle house
and answered the three bells.
wonder why I have manndersd
% slowly thru the prologue
have ~ II was simply % say 20
YOU. in the form of Introduction
rffe thru tho Middle West Shake
hands with Mrs Ramon"
For. Il was IN hrr triple house
that the Christmas story happened.
and u was there where ! picked up
The incontrovertihle facts from the
gossip Of many rpomers and met
stiokncy saw tho neektle
Christmas came that year on
Thursday. and snow came with a.
eti@kncy uHarry Clarence Fowler
sttcknry. 10 whusuevcr HIS fun hap
slssnL cognomenal burdens may be
| ~ tnisrtsti reached bis address AZ
six thirty "wednesday Afternoon. ~Ad
dfesa~ Il New rorkrrs for ~home
stickney ronmsd a, IS West -Teenth
street. third floor rear. han room.
| lie was twenty years and four
months cd. and he worked IN a
cameras .of all kinds Photographic
storu. don't know whA, Kind 81
work he did In The store: but you
must have tecn him. lie - the
young man who always comes be
hlns the counter % wait on you ARD
icts yoa talk for five minutes. ten.
ing him what yeu wwnt When you
are done. be calls the proprietor at
the top % his voices 10 wait on you.
and walks away whistlinE between
his teeth
don't want 10 bother about o.
seribinE 10 you his appearances. euA
II you are q man reader. | will aay
that stieknsy looked precisely IKE
the young chap that you always
IND sitting In youf chair smoking
ciEares after you have fnisned
shot willis playing pooi--not bli
liards. bu, pool--when you want 70
SIT down yourself
There arr some % whom Christ
mas gives no christmassy essence
|of course. prosperous people ard
comfortable people who have homes
o. fiats or rooms with meals. and
even people whn nye IN apartment
houses with hotel service get come
thing of the Christmas flavor. They
give one another presents with the
cos, mark scratched off with a pen.
knife: and they hang holly wreaiha
In the front windows and when
they are asked whether they prefer
Light or dark meat from the tur.
ssy they says ~I3oth. pl.ase.- and
siszis and have lots OF fun. And
the v~ry poorest people have the
best ums of H. The Army gives 'em
dinner. and the 10 a IN. issue Of
the Might Final edition OF the news
paper with the largest circulation IN
ihs city lsavca a basket AZ their
door full Of an apple. a Lake Ron.
konkoma sauab. a scrambled egg.
plant and a bunch % Kalamar no
bleached parsley. The poorer YOU
are the more Christmas doen for
you.
But In ten you 10 what klna az
mortal Christmas seems 10 be
only the day before the twenty.mtsth
day OF December. ft's the chan ia
the big oi,s earning sixteen dollars
week. with no friends ana Few
ACQUAINTANCE. who. finds himself
with only 80 cents in his pocket ON
Christmas eva lie can't accent
charity; he can't barrow, he knows
no one who would invite him 10
dinner. ] have fancy that whom
The shepherds left their flocka 10
follow the star of Bethlehem there
was bandy.lrgged young fellow
among them who was Just learning
the sheep business. 30 they said "a
him. Bobby. we're going 10 lnves,l.
rate this star route and sec what's
In IT. II II should turn out 10 be
the first Christmas day we don't
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