The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1928, Page 10

A northwestern snow around the old Jo¢ sold papers heayy wrap loaded with skipped in o1d Joe 1 bundl er wi hands, ir were cold of them tog stamped his fey walk “Paper! per?" he ¢ 1 Mentally he figure Enough for a fif sandwiches, maybe T0W's being Christ gerly nobody’d Luy papers, He wanted tc enough to buy a1 to—his old f ish and shame make him forget just ke was. Then, he wouldn't have to eat so much A vaga- bond. That's what he was. 1 er been much e for y “Well, hello, Santa Clau young man’s Joe turned ? A laughing, well-dressed couplé faced him. “Why, Jack!”" the girl mischievously remon d “How are yuh, Uncle George?” her irreverent companion con- tinued. Old Joc ginned sheepishly hifid his beard. “Wanna paver he asked “I say an!” the youth ex claimed. our Christmas!” Heé drew her farther away and whigpered. They returned. “Hey! | How'd you like to come to our house for Christmas?” They talked they convinced old Joc that they | méant it. Too cold to be proud, hé even submitted to the it and hair cut that Jack ‘paid for In a suit too small for Jack's father, Joe came abashed into the kitehen and a “You see, either some time bef s my sister,” explained Jac Tae folks went off on their Christmas spree and| left us home. We told ‘em we'd | do something rare for our cele- bration!” Jack and Frances had eaten| down town. It was latc Jo:| was given home blankets and pui Sy “Wh—Whar'd Ye Git This?” He ¥ kL Demanded. 4 on a cot in the corner of Jack's long room - [lately ' | himself THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, DEC. 23, et feebly on the opened an almost empty fand pulled out the small o |of the enlargement upstairs. A|Ang any day 4s Christma |tear ~contradicted the shee When shepherd thoughts lgrin. “Well, it's a } fnnrts | the fellers tcok to callin’ him Joc, | penold the star that glow stead of George,” he told| A good jmpulse, new borr —Rdith Daley. purse, inal CHRISTMAS DAY The Happy Thoughts of a Joyous Christmas Day prompt us to pause and bring to you the assurance of our warm feeling of friendship and good will. DOUGLAS DAIRY JOHN KENDLER, Prop. B Y We extend to our many patrons and friends our most sincere wishes for a 10 the night Joe wakened sud-|% ! demly. Painfully, he rais ! listémed. ‘“‘Hey you U | § Gcorge! Gosh, I'm sick!” Jack| | moaned. O1d Joe turned the light | | on.as he told and called Frances. She wailed, come! I'm sick. ingitq call scme one.” Mhe next morning, the doctor ! on'BI8 second call, turned to an and le| o‘%rd‘ be: and a all”’ fight, here. 1t w last might.” Jack was better. He faintly, “Well, the joke , Wasn’t it, Uncle Geor; § gq ‘i:s the favor by getting the| doctar here and running errands | 4 1n‘:§e night. Before you go,| slep in' the closet there and get| my, ggse.” Ja;‘ popped rheumatically out suit. “‘They're with the nurse | ¥ | smiled | © of ‘the closet, wide-eyed, carrying |- " mot a case by an old enlarge- mept. “Wh — Whar'd ye get | this?” he demanded, hands trem- bling. i man with a neatly trimmed |} Merry Christmas and a ‘I can't|d I've been try-|% Happy New Year Sincere Greetings for a at |18 accepted as beyond above 1928. LIGHTING CANDLES Es‘o ardent a desire for peace on — earth, never so many thiWgs tc . custom of lighting candles|make Christmas merry.—Woman's ‘hristmas is an ancient one.|Home Companion. ng to the old idea, these| ———— candlc to be lighted on| A FINE CHRISTMAS PLANT Chyistmas eve, placed on the win- dow sill, and lef* burning all night. | A | The Solanus Capsecastrum or BETTER AND BETTER whn! is better kmown by its old- i fashioned name of Jerusalem rry has become a very popular stmas plant; were E “Never was the world so wide | for happliess, never so deep for | the current of friendliness. Never . these for the Christmas tra | so many men of good will, never| i ‘ i : A M S SRA A AR Christmas Cheer We think that Christmas is an especially fine time to express our gratitude for the courtesies vou have shown us during the past year. We wish you a Christmas of Joy and Contentment and a WONDERFUL NEW YEAR | A CHRISTMAS SUPERSTITION ‘ : | I parts of rural England it ment Guy’s Drug Store GUY E. SMITH, Prop. that if, on the morning of Christ- mas day, the fun shines through | the apple tree the apple harvest| | will be good—Montreal Herald, C and nearly all | greenhouses grow a quantity of | You'll get many greetings but we could not let the season pass without extending you ours and wishing you a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR OWL RESTAURANT Y. SHITANDA, Prop. B e Merry may your Christmas be, and Happy all the days of the Coming Year. Douglas Water Works L. W. KILBURN MAY THIS JOYOUS YULETIDE SEASON BRING MUCH GOOD CHEER TO YOU AND YOURS IS OUR ARDENT WISH S.-FUJII HAND LAUNDRY e ) Both old and time worn greetings — but we hope they will mean more to all of you this year than they ever have before. L. W. KILBURN WM‘-WM IlIIII_II!IIIIIIIIJIIIIIIIIlllllmfimlllllllllllllllIIlIIIIIIIII"llllIllfllfilllllllllll"lllllmlfl'fllllmI"llm I CHRISTMAS GREETINGS Our sincere greetings go out to you this Christmas and we hope that the New Year will bring Prosperity and Happi- ness a thousandfold. WM. OTT LIBERTY THEATRE “To all our friends and cus- tomers we most cordially * extend our Best Wishes for The Frigidair Corporation The Delco Light Company The Maytag Company - Extend through their Authorized Dealer for Jun¢au and vicinity Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Y ear A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR O L L N “Qh, that's why we call you ' Unele George. You see, it's a bit we have to—er—sort of| Dad. That's his brother, je. He ran away when he was young. Ncbody's heard of | " him since. Dad says he was rt and sure to make his mark newhere. One of these days, says, Uncle George will drive Jdm a Rolls-Royce with enough d-dollar bills to paper our RIGHT MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR Dad's actually proud of S To Our Friends and Patrons . We are, rather, too. But wes can call—er—different fel- )ws‘Uncle George’ to make Dad you see—" Jack stopped mbarrassment. Joe nodded. U “Wall, I gofta John Feusi Everything in Hardware There's fome money case. I want to pay you.” Jjest come down an’ buy me ef you wanna help. start savin’ up to '8 Lrembling handsl oprererererrer. v A Very Merry Christmas and a Prosperous and Happy New Year ,MIKE PUSIcH “THE HUB” One of the finest joys of Christmas is the sharing of the common L T T ] fellowship of the season and so we want to express our appre- ciation of the pleasant relationship of the past year as w you the Season’s Greetin’gb through our dealer Amhyrizcd Dealer Junean, Alaske — Immunmmfi_mnmmuunmmmlullnm||mmu|mlmum|ammmm|ummm|munmuumnmmnnm||mnn|||mu|mnnmmmm||mu||||||||