The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-12-13

cuOIIuOuS carpet Shippers ana q CQeCR.
cred shirt, open at the neck, showed
underwear Of coarse red flannel.
"We-all been 'spectn' you, sah!"
he quavered. ILL gran'chil sick in
Chicago hospital. Ellen! Elem he
called, shrilly.
1 A slow, heavy movement In the room
beyond, and a stout nanny" came
into view, breathing heavily as her
weight threw her slightly from side to
side, as she walked.
"De lettah comeT asked the old
woman, haltingly. She rubbed her eyes
and blinked for a full minute before
she could see the writing. Woman
like, she turned the pages and read
the last paragraph first.
h 'Tts from de nurse" she announced.
"Praise de Lord, de chile am safe an
SCUM: out OBJ all dangah, it say Now
it suah Will be Christmas Joy wifi u.s."
Although he could not write, the old
negro man proudly touched the pencil
as his name was written In the boys
receipt book. Quite warm. now, and
minus one Of his glad tidings, the
Heavenly Messenger departed into the
falling snow, which soon swallowed
him up, and then quickly covered over
his footprints, as II in fear he might
be followed, and some harm come to
him.
The next message Of glad tidings
was delivered to stenographer tucked
away In a back room Of a rather
MISUNDERSTANDING rooming-house. 1t
e was a letter from home She knew II
! would come at the last moment. Yes
y she had been crying, and 1t wouldn'
9 have been like Christmas at all. hat
Is II not been for the Christmas mes
- senger
. I'm so tired Of the Office grind" sh'
coufded, more to herself, than to the
'e boy. "rve written Dear Sir a hun
d dred and fifty thousand times this
- week, Tn sure"
u Then she Strengthened his necktie
re ma tied him on the head, and the ange
% trudged down stairs and out into TN
night again.
rs Next came a letter for the head 0
u family in a magnificent home
~ where the Heavenly Messenger passe'
y relay Of servants before reachln
er the nerson named in the address. ina
IA worthy held the portieres aside an
% stepped forth in evening dress ser
Oh ous man. with gray hair. He sisne
-, for the letter, then looked at III
gu Christmas Messenger. inquiringiy.
al aCome in here son." he directed. an
ne lad the boy into the library. The rooi
"a wa. a confusion Of dazzling wome
and holiday decorations. An eve
ID green tree that reached almost 10 u
IT. ce,,;ng was loaded with toys an
a christmas presents Of every color an
ID Find while other parcels ana pac
'n' ages were heaped on the noof' W u
~ foot Of the tree.
Ok, "a little GIRL" the man was sayin
Gu .our daughter, an only child; 81
re seems Observation-Disclosures max
-. ID her happy. Now. Just suppose y; y,
'u- we're she: do you think she VIII III
| all tliSE Anu aAA tAS
sn eagerly to hear what the boy woo
ri say. .,sro
.n ~ would. but maybe-weh. there
" ,,o much Of this"-pointins 10 u
candy toys. II remember my oa'
no ester got a lot Of nne toys when Oh
r's was living, and she left them Ill a.
se' vent into the kitchen to play va
TX. some new tin pans and things mo'n
II had lust got from the store.
',s The star Of the New YORK w
~ -. company dabbed at her race w', N
OF rshbit's foot. A fine Christmas IN
'e' che reflected bitterly: snow tnree =, !.
deen broadway hundreds OF mn.
leo away and the show going TO pee
e e This very night. All, mel ~
a ~. She signed for her special 0el AU,
les latter while the Christmas Ane
uS stared curiously at the oare "a'
M, M. u" The star gave the messenger 00'
~ and he PASSED On his way