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v--vv-u--i-O I-90 (I5 SIUIIJV $91-} The lazntrn lighrt shone on Qherb face a.n'6. Mr. Jones saw how old and: pitiful she looked. and by contrast o he thought of -the little boy`: cthecr-V tul orhirpbandghearty `."1`hank you!" )B"`\-1|. L1-.....'l- L]... ___._-.. 1IrI-_LL___ ' For .A ,-Mooney : be we ` %'Pe1-faction g ~ Cream Sodas Lcdsp.` deliciou.s- .In% Lme-azpaggu bqxes. am them in faultless @ k"%J'ust: Scott's BAookstoreTEfrie. L 9'O.00iO900_9.90_OOOoAoooooooooLooooooooooooooooww" j .------sags`; 1` ICU`/`EHO , L !/I IIII.`-11,. Steam Worlii and Show ;om. Gollier-si..Barrie _ _ coffins and caskets of all kinds in stock or made toorder.` Robes, Grape and all Funeral Reqnisites furnished Orders b_v.Telegraph or otherwise` promply attended to. Go 0-. DOLMAGE, Mandger, Stromi. :'OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOfOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOONMO: COMMERCIAL and > BOYS OWN ANNUALL" OWN .`\'NUAI, ' "(`HU.\1s. "YOUNG CANADA 7 and a host of othe-rs to em: parents dud L"KI']r*'v DRESSING CASES. PHOTO FRAMES, HAND mus, 1><:x:.1~:s, (um) -CASES, MIRRORS. jWATER)IAN"3 IDEAL FOUNTAIN PEN frnm $2 50 to $10 00- Nonhina mnrn n.u.fnI \A-.. n............... ..... Uuv ur.vv Pupulur nulusu now in STOCK Z-- _ . Tn: `Pnosrm-ma." bv Connor; "Jsss & Co" hv Roll : ()1.'.~ (j<~r<` GRAnAnf Lurimer; Tun (`novsn\'o. Churchill; Gou's Gum) .\VI.u<, U- elli ; `Tmc Lannna or Swc-m__>s." Parker. _.___ All the ngw popn`lar honks now in mock 'l`!1n'Dnnnnnr-nu" L.-- IV- You Can't Make a Mistake Aevery `ro;o1n.`toAbelieve by the n c ji and Heating. Stoves we have 3;-'.`>~ mber of qegson, we'hav'e the most up'-to-date on the ma, 59133 h9V.9 590141. 8W8) 593905 0111` expectations. good judgment on the part of all stove purchasers line before investing in a. stove. :hm'?ea la:-JgTe assortment of Winter Goods . line bf _ ` 1 HAMBLY 8 BAKER, ; cA1'rLEcHAms. HORSE BLANKETS, LANTERNS. MEN'S AND BOYS` MIT rs, 110325. R091: AND LEATHER HALTERS cnoss our SAWS, AXES, sxmmmd wEnGEs AND snzm. suznczs END trouble" tqyshow our goods and quote prices, ' h Flacilrx Your Orders Elsewgxera For Balls, Receptions, Evening !Veddng3 etc. . Made of soft, rich worsted--lined throughout \vith.silk--all hand shaped -and hand tailored; Broad, concave shoulders--collars that snugly hug" the neck --4 tapering at the waist --- the " PROGRESS" ress Suits are grace itself. With the " PROGRESS " system ofvsizes--a man can be fitted with ". PROGRESS " Clothes just as well a.s.and often better thamwhen made to each individual measure. 1 DOOR `WEST OF THE BARRIE HOTEL. XMAS `CARDS ANl)V'(-AL[}3V}NUARS in endless vuxiety. BARRIE AND STROUD. Iii Giving Books for Xmas Presents GET oun PRICES FOR sow byleding clothiers throughout Canada. ' PROGRESS ,;_..;gggTALoGUE ......u - uuuau EVULV 1 run run [mm $2 50 U Nothing more useful. We guarantee every one Inn nvnlsnn .`vc\ ...-.._--. _ Full` Dress Suits .Norhem Advance" in the` I e d {gem yo A6w.b_ut -: A '`?8 A .1J"""i\`L`.i"i`.1'*$".*f'V`.".? __,.'%`` '.`'.* -`'F;. -selves. mother 9" Johnnyedemanded. `'Lots' of folks do.` and. than we o'o_ul_d A have one .wh_eneve_r we".we,m._:ed'Lit'." `"`Why don't we keep` tn;-keys our-__` __ |___1L` Johnny could not bring himself to smile or treat -so grave a. subject :lightly._ Ca-ke alone ain't enough` for d-i.n._ner|` he_said to hilmselt-._hit-._~ terly. The news ot their _.povert_y. was harder `to beer at` this hungry moment than if it we_re1*ate1*.sup-T -per. instead of before _`it. ` --J - -.-.`-a- vs. V v-ocusaxni an viva. "No. nor chicken. either; I- ain't! got `em. and I can't `gain debt ~.t.o{ buy If I begin to get in debt 11 can't ever get out again.-`But I ll_ make you a nice good` cake!" she urged. by way of consolatioum `as she saw his disappointed face.- "there's lots of people that don't. have turkeys. . - V " - No. I ain t hurt."_ she said. see- ing his troubvl-ed face. No. I'was only thinking 0 your Christmas Day; `I am afraid I ain't going to haye anything nice to give you. i I hoped to have some kind of a treat; "John-' ` ny, but having toypay for shingling i the house has -taken every mite 0"` money I (had. and I'm_ ow'in' `tour dollars yet. xWe ve got to do with what there is in the house." ' ' - Ain't we goin`. to have,-any tur- key 9" inquired Johnny yruefully. I-FLT- _.-_ -L!4I_-_. -!LI._..' I` -2_.IL v--- -- -`.v..- `roan o-urulo-Qvvna Mrs. Jones sighed and a quick ushuf color came irnto her face; the -boy thought she had burned her hand at the ovegn. . How good my supper s`going' to taste." exclaimed` the boy. Fred. Hollis says they're goin' to have u lot of folks from out west at` his house to spend Christmas." " II`..- 'I',____ "Now you_ won t find the .rest of them so hard," she said as she turn- ed "away and stooped down to open the oven door. Yes. you've got it 1" she cried joy-` fully as her eager eye tfotmd its way through a queer maze of stumbling figures. "Yes, that s all right. Now you've got the right. idea you iwon`-t have so much trouble?` She looked the prouder because he `could not- see her as she stood over him. John- ny had shown first-rate pluck and courage. and had been pleasant too._ as she.` reminded her affectionate heart, all through his great'emet- gem-oy. A ` `1f I1 own oimly do {this tune! said. J'o'lm'ny. in a `d're_a=my tone. `as 310 fig- ured away with new hopefulness. There. you see here. mother!"-and he held up his- slate. 451)`-.. _____1__ -. -v.- -., `.-av yr- q-v-vuavnurn The boy's mother. a sad-"looking. pretty woman. was busy getting sup-"o per. but she hovered near the table and cast many in loving ; glance :it her son s distress. She had been a quick scholar herself, and `such sums were as, easy as plain knitting, Ono. often hears of the sorrows of hens, '~th~a`t have .ha t'clhed; ducks. but Mrsp Sarah Jones lnew the more painful solicitudes of the _duok-tl_1e swim- ming bird who must see her feath-4 `ered darling balked and landlocked upon the shore.` , _ I thought they looked `easy, John- ny," she ventured tirnidly.' "If I didn't know twas best for you to puzzle em out alone. I'd- There were only two persons in the kitchen, a woman and 3; boy. who hudsprcad his school books on the table by the window, handset a determined elbow on either "side. of his slate like buttresses for fai_l~ ing energy. ,The arithmetic was wide open "above the` slate at an early page of fractions. ` IIVL- L__,|_ _ LI ,, I '1 - v --- Jud-1!! V B11-Cu Knidhey Pills are -for sale at all drug stores. uvwv -.----v- -w unoc- It will ontain1y'i{o otlinterost to" d all who have suffered or are suffer- ing. from kidney troufbles. or ' any of y the varE.ous;mal'adies that"an'se from r disordered kidneys, such as rheuma- "tism. backache. dr-oipsy.-sullow com- . plexi:om. `Gbad "breastih. weak heart. _bl.o-od.-poisocning. etc.. etc. Mr. Gard- ner says -that he has gained strength every day. that he has been` helped wvoumderfully. -tvhut he cannot say `enough for."Bu-Ju. Have suffered ca-nd.d tailk -from a d'lSli!l`tI'~ESt8d man. who is only anxious that fellow suf- _fcrers ._shou'ld lbcnefilt as he did. in- duce avou -to try .Bu-.Ju? If. you have the same trouble that` Mr. Gardner. had surely you will not con- D tinue -to suffer when such :1 simple and imcudcralte priced remedy will cure you. " - v TIL. ._ .I7'.! JL, _ _, 1 \'II _ _ __ It ,_ ,, - I _ ea -vwvv- wr-vvy `Lari: 13).,-1'oo4.A' marlin Chemical Co.` Windsor. om v `Gcntalamm-I take grpat pleagura. in wnirtiusg you as" `I oumot .sayV 'onough for ."B.u-Ju." Have suflored" to: many yewra wi.t.b my lziglneys. bpt could get xgotzlxing ~to`givje me relgef until I took your `pills. Since then I `Have gained strong-t:h every day; I` have now taken 't`iv`e boxes of your pills and .t~hVey.-have helped me along ..wIoudrtully_ on my 1'0 HEAL- TH. 1 . .. az..tL.-l Cf , A 188 Ovdfina-woe etrf. w ~1.mos'Gardnqr of Kingston. writes] .. t-he atollowing concise` and `straight- for_w_i~d l~_t_or_ to t!_:_e-_Cla!lIn 0hx`n- . -9-u \--- uwvvvu Cw v-v V !i,_o_a1`-' 00.. Windsor. and An Unexpected Treat. No Relief. Yionrs ._ .-. ' GARDNER5 , }Naw Henry." said .the doctor gilesantly. you know "we went to school `together and -hive always` "been friendly. %I ve you through . a food m'a_.ny_,tronbloa, before I ndi9__ LIL want to $0y0V.| .thr.mgh thia .bicce_t one. That's `a nice boy hB1'0"8"|!P and ~he s`sot a good. magma: ' *'!_`ou'ne.versl_1oiwed her any ' ` .`f.knIlldn:o?gS,`A'8lld- yet` you wanted 61: of 9l1.`ft.liQ`,'.had to`. , h Io? thatd . for .-av.-v You need a younger women there 'tovhelp her. Henryv." said the doctor, from brooding over the past." he add- "she needs somebody ` there ,wh.1`e you are away at work. `I thought the other day that she was droop- ing from being sohmuoh alone. and '1 ed in a law voice; "I want to have a talk" with you one of these days. Yoi1_lmow'-I your good as much ushers. Why dont you let hygones _; be bygone's`8" ' . You can't make believe if the am!` New *0 N`?- rig~hrt feelings `_ aren't there. said i ' . Henry James. It you are alluding "I oentmin sure put it into the to Vng family`, I can: anly say that...` wagon`. Well under the seat.", said that woman whom my son" married old Mr; James to hiewite. who had has exprelfld 110,1` 106151183 ounceeor Qme out through the long shed to _ a1l.7f . She probably feels the earner way the barn to "hold the lantern". "I oer- n.~_am' V _- tain sure put itewith my own hands: , :N.aw `Henry? said .the dnnfnr nu -hm - ---I-|-I--4 -- ---~ -~~~ ~ ` ` ; "How's your wife getting on! he tasked kindly,. and was told that `she was still ailimg but no worzse than common. ` The. gdod old doortor had come into the store late in the afternoon to wait for the mail carrier who was; due at five o olook. j _ . s was yuaevascu Wl`l;1l autnoncy; as weu as wealth, and that he had kept his mind upon a grudge for years _to< gether. The loss of his son had seemed harder to him than it might have seemed to most men: he had al- most rosented it. Whatever cheer- Ifulness had been his in early life was all gone now. and his wife. a a timid. affetionato woman. who l -feared and obeyed him in all things `believed-as he dd. that they "were V unjustly treated .31 the matter of ha-p-- piness. `Each year found them bet- ter off in this wor1d s goods. and poorer in the power of using things to makeeither themselves or other people happy. 1 n V _ s Old Mr. Jones was one of the last to untie his horse and start toward home. \It was three miles from the- village to his farm and he had spent ` nearly the whole afternoon in Bar-] ton .s store: there had been some business to do with men he met there, and an inner pocket was well filled` with money that had been paid him for some pine timber. ro He v%waAs a`-1r`ery stern` looking per son as ho satin the arm-{chair by the stove. One could believe thafheu was possessed with authority as well an 17nn`.`.L Alton.` LL_L L- LJJ Zwss -ht who fl its "' ;u.hd.,_"mls .-.tsee_ slmo t,:l"lor Ttlie jirst time` took on s`set`noos'.:.msn! : look. ` "Mother." he sold. .w7JIt- makes us ; so poor? lls` itbeeuose'_my tether "Yes. dost." sold Serfsh Jones- ` A She stood still in the middle of .'the oor. looking` at hiin. and her eyes were tilled wjth tears. The boy's clothes were faded, and nut- grown; she oopild see a greet pstoh .oi: the elbow nextlher. andshis stock- ings below, his short trousers were darned half way. down the leg. Jenny's tasoe was bright and hand- vpxun t e .ru1an::qai5 some but she could hardly` hear his` honest questioning look. - ` lI`T---... .._..._..I___ __.I ._._A,, J I slit was `as everybody said. real} "Ghristmas - weather. There was quite` enough snow for sleighing. but -the sky was already gray with the ' promise of more. `The mountains on the tar horizon looked blue and cold. and the nearer" hills, were black and `dismal, as if even the thick fur of pine trees that covered ; them `could hardly keep the world; from `freezing. - v`-.-cw u;nv4\lJvVv\4\llJo Como. put away your books no"w. I want the table for supper.Asl_1cN said-*to him. trying to speak as if} there were "nothing the matter. -._- -..c..- uoaurv lav uuvv nun; -lllllln -"`I d rather live with you,"'he said. presently with great effort. "I be-ti long to you and father most. don't` .1? I don't care if there ain t`;a turkey just this once. and themotly or took a step, nearer and kissed him quite unexpectedly. ' u(1.._....,. .....& ..-_---- --~~-- ` ` ' father James and my father` had _ quarrelled, and there was a -lawsuit "Your grandpa and grandma don t like me dear.-_ '1`hye' didn t, want your father to marry when hje"'di_d. and he went right againsttheir wishes. `T:w`as chiey because -your grand-i between them. "TI see now twas,hard for the old folks: -twas like having anenemy come among them._ When your father .died)they came and of- fered to take you and bring you up. and I refused em. I -aaidl could` get. along.` But they pressed it too far when my heart was most broken anyway. ~losi.ngao` your father. and "I said_t`hin-gs I wish now`Ii `havd.n t. and` roproaehiedthem as I shouldn`t now. So that s why we don't speak together and "why your so poor. -If -they had you -`I don t know but they dTgive every single thing you wa;zrt., They'd lost their only son: \I should have had patience with them." she continued. reproaehing herself. and standing before Johnny, Thu vl\I'V`u `nan 4`:.I --L -L__-.__ . I- -.--..._--. _....... uuuaaulal uonuuz uuuu-uy, The boy's face` did not change: he looked `away. and then hetook his` pencil again and made some marks on his.slate as if [he were going-on figuring. His grandfather had the same slow set way of behaving. and the mother's heart knew -a sudden pain. Johnny was nothing but a boy` she ought not to have told him. MET") _-.A.I.-.. I!.-- - -' --_-........J -wuu.. 5.11015 5 v DUIU. "' thing there in the wagon for your folks. {frhe postmaster was in a 1 hurry to get it to you',"o he added` But the-horse would not stand anvdo `he did not look back again at the! T4s`unn-u- _4..._L-J ---- "Did you pass nybodi on the road or leave the horse so that _th,ey could have stolen anything out 3 asked Mrs. Jones looking very cold and deeply troubled. ` Why I've got the stuwng, Val! ma,de`j u?roaoLv.v I counted -on -your bx-4ingi1;g;it., and `getting it l_'all;"?prepa;_red `to _ro,at` toe modrrow -`V . 1`~d'3Iaveo"**.t6i`divido an my? 3., = ----- --_-v rub no "you Any VWII 116811.153` 83 am. a gobble: as we ever raised _ ourselves. T Twas my gradpa out there. and! `he said .he d brought something for my. folks- Now. sir. ain't we going" to have a turkey for Christmas! `I71. _ __--.. -- . v - vu-onus-r; I-\IL \IlJL IDGIJJC-5 I 'V\_f'1v1'ereuvpon to Johnny's despair and complete surprise`. his mother aa'1_d began sat down in the little rocking chair --- ..-.. ....... uuun uuun agulu cu. |.uU' `boy. Johazmy reached up and seeing` nothing but the great turkey. made ,a; mamful effort to get it over the ? tailboard and then went triumphant- _ly through the swinging gate as his grandfather. perfectly unconsdous, of` such involuntary benefaction. "passed rattling up the roadtrying to hold-the colt as-rbest he might. ` "As for Johnny. his `face shone with joy as he dumpedthe great bird on "the kitchen floor andebade'h'i.s moth-' or look. _ . ' L --- _-- -o-vvv away up Luv: T0110 in grim fury. (Perhaps -he sh_ould s meet some one to whom he could de'- 4 pute the unwelcome errand. Bud` the doctor's words could/`mot be put I out of his mind; and his own can- scienoe became more and more diaq turbed. `It was beginning to snow hard. and the young horse was in a 1 ,`hurrye. to get home. The turkey! asoon joggled and bumped from its safe place under the seat to the very ' back of the farm wagon. while the newspapers which had been `in the car-nieniblew forward. out of sight and get under the Lliutalo robe. I` `Just as the reluctant messenger `came to a cold looking little house by the roadside Johnn-yhimself came I out to shut the gate-. which was blowing in the wind. He was bare- heuded and as warm as a furry squirrel with his good supper of bread and butter and milk and gin- 'gerbread.' but he looked very small and thin as his grandfather oaught sight of him. V For years the two had - never been so near together-Johrnny and his mother sat far back in chur- .oh--a:nd there was now an unexpect- ed twinge in the _old- man's heart. while Jdlurmy was dumb with astonp ' ishment at this unexpected appear- !IiY\ll . `That you. Jqhn SP , `said the old far-, met.` in" 0. business tone but with no umkindness: his heart was bewtimgi f:l`:l\l1`1\II"1r 4.34 "fl"!----9-- -- _.___.-.._........... ....-.- uvuxu "an: IJUu'l.lll..I6: ridiculously fast. "There s some--1 `-`\:.vupu L`L.._...' 3... LL -V wt Henry `Clones had heard ..the` laughter in the store a moment after he had shut the door behind him. that eorpy of the paper might (have been .d"rqp,ped `art once and `Iain under ; the fresh -fallimg snow till spring.} A certain pride and stiffness of de- ; zne`a.nor stood the old man in good3 stead. but he was very angry in- deed as {he put the great iurkey in- to `his _w'agan andthe mail 1n'a:t'terbeu - side it. He drove away upvthe road ` 3 `I1v H'I.._`|_.-,- I _v.__ '- .-v-?-v hots now.` who hadiseern the- um! carrier arrive.'_ ".Yes. IV-had ta_,b uy \ turkey. first t'i'me- (I ever done snub ._ a dhins. and there's nobody bwt yvifo i and me` to sat down toit. Seams halrd. yes. but {tie one of them Vex- momt turkeys. and a handsomov one. too:' (Idomt Imaw's twill equal those we've been uoustomed to. 'l"hn nlnul-up ..:...1..._1 .. 1... 1.4-.) .._.- - V u---a do-vnllvlno "You:re goin V -right by. an Pm! gain` lo gloss early. iI expect you'll ; be willing to leave it. Tis for your grandson; Jahm:ny.. He'll want his littl'9_p`aper 'to` read to-marrow. 'It`s% -....-- -- cu qvuu -uvuneuzucu BU: The `doctor; sighed as he looked ~ over his shoulder and saw himlitt t_1he_great -tunkey with evident pride because it was the-best and largest to be bought that year: the doctor could not help wandering w:ha;t'John.- my and his mother would feast upon. "Worn In-`nu use an...` A-_I ._E- 3` -., -._- .-- um.-vuv; vvuuau. LOG-at l.Iv]_JW.I~ There was a good deal of oheer- `V fullness in the etot-3o'kes and laugh- ter and `humorous questioning -of 5` newcomers. The busy sttorekeeperf and postmaster was not averse to` taking his pant in `the mild festivities of Christmas eve. V `_ `IE, -_- was--uuanuh) 0790 As Mr. Jones aspproauhed to takel his evening mail of the weekly news- ; paper -`and a small circular or two he found amother smallbudget press- ed into his h_`a;nId. fittlp `paer "t:>`__;ve;~;d t-o.-'nLr;Q. `It's one ~t'he doctor semis him." said the storekeoper boldly. You just give! a call as you go by.'a.n` they l.l some ` right out. A - .".-'i'i;o-o;ld mhnminohk ma ma, --rain.` dau'.t:_n ndorsthnd notI1in' at all about it." M ciolotully. "I *'(lon`t' no vvhldt ~IJ d_o.puI viish `there was pence smoncst us. but--#" Am! at this pint -the .d9ctor moved im- pattiontly away. ` ` ' III` ILA.-`I .L.. I_____ . n.L;,__.c ,... 4 _. . .- ..-- vv -----_ -?IU nnvannv I151 Illlll. Johliny and mud tho: W'tB!'a` Yo'u n got (better teacher in your district this gun: xman than is in tl'1eir'a.' :1 A a '1I (had to buy a; lathe!` for Ohrist-* man this year." i ' `heard the. aid ta.1"mer. cumplaining to a fresh M4. rival. "'l`he[stoa'e was full of neighu` Hanna lint null... 3.1.4 ......._ LL- _.;!I' `her hroonl. richt home and bring __......L__ When Johnna": mother saw the old man and the little boy ploughmg a- long in the old slexgib. and saw them talxmg and even laughing together. she tnaanked heaven f6r unis sudden blessing. `*1 wa`n`t gomg to.be7a;ow .a.bout `taking the next seep When an old man like him had` texen the first 'one."._ ghe` to herself. -_'- -v--v As "for the lost turkey. it was al- ready in the oven a.-t .,that mommy but the -true Christmas feast` that year` was the` toast of happiness in `all their ?hea_nt;s. ` ` ` 40 Vmv-1"` .Q;,'vr_`\lfsV1imed Johnny ear!- -that atcernoon`. as he laned bao in hisphair. Grandma; aren't you gl_a.d_.thxs..tux'.key d (In- t wander. lb he `west man and the when was-.9, grandmother, grateful; enough for the sight of him. And w'.nc.n Henry Jones saw -.her le.ad_him to the turn and than with a sob take the little fellow right into her arms and be-_ sin to cry too. he turned alway a.nd| looked out of the wmdow. The boy was their very own. l(lI\|--.__ -,_. ` ' ` '--v-- V- \rvv All "There give him some breakfast Before hegoes back: he must have started eanly."I sand the grandfather. -.l .1l take him back myself. She imust have .mua.u.t what she said to start himup herehlike that. a_.3 day broke! . ` ` IITL A C,-.~\-y vv I-l\~'\I vllhlo What's all tms demanded Mr. Henry Jones, who nad heard we mes- sage w1t;n astonished ears. and stood am the doorway beuuul _ms wire, with his spectacles on his forveme-ad like a lxgmatnouse. PW hered you get,the turxey. sir? *_ Pd lake to know!" . ' :`'Why`- right out of your wa,g~on. :said Jolmny. % " J.'na`tone you brought 3 `last .mg~'nt.- 11~t`s the nandsomesc one mother ever had in the noose; Asne cried lxke everything about it-." The onud`s`voice -rauereed. he was so ex- 3 mted with this errand, and so spent ' with his eager jboumeyw through the` idseezpsnowy ~ I`! E-. "comeqright im. dear!"-cried the g.r1tet'ul; for! fhn ains|~..+ ...v-.-:` |..:.....' A;..: .._A.--- Mr , .W,.,,., ...C.... ...u.v-.1. - p Are you my grandma ?" demande -Jidnuny. Motner" sends her best respects .a. nd we thaw: you very! mucn lot the turkey and she hopes you and my grandpa _w.l1 stop. go.ng ` home rrom meetmg. and eat "Sue-rd be real grad to have you." \.\I]1nI"n all -1.... J- , 4111 the morning very early where! was a loud. lmocxmg at the kitchen! door. when Mrs. Jones opened Lt sne found. .a -boy stmdmg {were mth amaappy taager 1`:"a.o. ' I u.._.. _ ` Tney passed a solemn cvqning.to- go-tner. and the great snow`: storm ragud Lalnowt athear warm house. Many times the old man reproaoned his own want or sp.r.t. in not gomg` back along the road. . I -There. I thought '1`v.h_en you dot Asa 0111' "vto.4day_. stead >0 J:o- mor- row, you`d be "Mable to need "mm ; .ytou am`-t sa young a_s you used to be Henry. sand ms wrte. 1 l1 have ye a good. cup 0' -tea," and we won : mmd 3 about the turkey more than we can help. ` . .,-_ .-v .---- ---v ---nv.v up It: I saw it laywg rLg*ntLin tne road! I guess we've got to let R go and! trust to Prowdanoe. The roads` rough enougnuburt I c.'aa1`t see how gtlxu-t" =tu'rKcy Jolted out excher!" he fgrugmbleds `*1 feel too lame to go Eafoot ' . s 3`. uguupn OJ - uhlllhll J IJKI 5 'a.s"heb`took the paper. .Whethe1: it `was what the docto; had said -or ' was `but the `natural of =3 slow ` coonscience. it-here `whether it I workings |-w'a.s_a"- `He. would not mu-mijge Ttogceu ms wie.a-bauit `stopping to leave the mail. eer d.iatur.ba.noe in his mund. J -'11 guess I ll drive back." "he said` doubtiully. But -the snow was fal-3 ling like a blizzard. faster and zzast-1 or as !he looked out` the door. Ii oer-tai.n' would it I had anybody to: .30 wxth me. but -this" colt 1s dread--` !tul restless. U. couldmit get; out and: leave lum to pick the` turkey up if! f `FIJI! Ioirn-urn nag.-.. ..J. _.. `tharnlnful for as some folks. NFL- 1., ,1