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busy. Christmas eve, you know. What is it?” “On the creek road at tho bend by the wil She may be dying g0 ahead, and you follow jus ly as you can—" He wa aid Doctor Brown. He e sappear- “Wel. it 1] We extend to our many cotebnoe M A Merry Christries “I must have fainted. We BLt I love you more th o itself; : k Iv’ T I @ "“Malil"\;m' E Bidige : ®thing in the the most wonderful hri 3 ’”‘“’f{il“. el ot JACK F\R(;HER, Prop. in my life. 1 didn’t dream I could A 1 ever be so happy.” o ’ : The mo me “Just we two forever. I think et l I must have loved you alwa * “flet us be married tonight, d there is still timc ® “Oh, no, Paul, dear. We should , ambounce it first. L it until right after the holiday *®clound, and snow glea its ligh sound | istant chimes ir. Down ad a man 01 ROTSEDACK TAD- | sefefefefenffoeforebafeiefefeoofrfefoiedeebmbedefedebebobe oot i : e through the T B B B I R S A S S A At e “Just so people| o bt won't say we were in too big a hurry.” | 0 ; “What do we| 2 % S * T° by nne, It Is Greeting Time ? 1f you hA;w . 3 think 'H-”r all S 2 amily 1t wouta | Wl be married right away T @ family it would| “pyo pjgar left his horse and ran be different, but |, Ce” o . the young man we are all alone who came for me, arext you?” We're glad for the oppor- . . " replied t 1 don't She smiled at him, “Perhaps 1t ypull ba, Beeded. moM, tunity to publicly thank nne reached out her hand we had to share .y BN’ 08 B0 gy e, R 2 Napdy. We san ba | *ne for their patronage and Paul answered her. “I was afraid | you might be hurt, and thought 1| extend the Season’s Best had better a doctor. | b b rown laughod. o did Wishes to All “Doctor Brown,” she said| s0 content with ourselves.” You do love me? i s ey Y- “ne were entering (ne outskirts ul gasped. Then he held out of town, within a mile of Mar- and _to' Doctor Bho-m. “In| ilynne’'s home. At a sharp bend |th " he “you are need- in the road one runnc Let’s right tiis sleigh a fallen branch and the slelgh top. [and all drive back to town to-| Coastwise Transportution pled to its side. | gether.” Paul was up aimost before he had'l opped tumbling, and was at Mari.| CHRISTMAS MORNING AND C()m an spread one of the laprobes on the| o ‘ snow and using tife other for a pil.| The party was over, the chil- operating low, and lifted her onto it. Then |dren and the other teachers had | ? i “ho covered her carcfully, loosened | Eone. Lols pushed the low, round M. S. MARGNITA the kicking horse from the upset|tables into the study room ready| slélgh and rode into to a | for Christmas morning. allop. | “I tried to make them happy g"l-lll et old Doc” Weatherhy,s 'ty 10 have a° good * time n | s el he thought. “She can’t be seri. spite of my own heavy heart!”| i ettt AR BT, ¥, I PRS0 ously hurt; she musin’t be.” He She sat down, her head in her : urged the hors er. “Al, here arms znd cried e L B B B A R B R MO MR RO W AN A MR N Y we are.” | Lols was awakened by a But Doctor Weatherby was out | Whistled measure of “Oh, Liltl«-i . for two hours,|TOWn of Bethlehem.” The room; was flooded with light; arms| son lived about|Were around her. | two miles farther an you ever forgive me, dear, on.” Mrs. Weath. | OF letting myself get mixed up in that scrape last yea asked and not expec “Doctor Thomp- erby told him. anything seri- |° i dear, there was nothing | I knew yuo were in- |nocent. It was your going away without a word that hurt.”” Lois clung to him. “But I couldn’t come to you { with suspicion resting on me. I | hunted that rascal, Varney, until he's confessed the whole affair. Now I've come to marry you. Are you ready, dear?” “Yes, I'm ready; I have waited year.” there was no one| g5 on Christmas morning Lois ” In sight. He stoD-|4nd Jerry were married in the ped before the next house, intend- | primary room where she had ing to ask there for some one to|{aught for years. . | Geliver his message. Bt as he| And the children, who loved stepped on the porch he noticed a|Lois, wished her “much joy” and| sign: “Dr. J. B. Brown.” He rang “Merry Christmas” at the same| ‘the ‘b.c]ly. A_ man with graying hair .“me"*A""a L. Newsom. < ) Wivered it R b et | SEASON’S GREETINGS #Yes.” “Can you coxfie with me right No Christmas is rightly cele- awhy?” brated which has in it a sting ot A [ ¢ y ke ; SWell, T dowt kuow. I'm very 'neglect. - Please accept our best wish- K 8 Among my assets I llke to 2 = R, es for-a Merry Christmas and | count the Only one that mortey Happy New Year--- ‘don’t know. An accident.” He went back to his hors “I can't, lea Marilynne for o long,” he thought, before he had gone far. He locked about for a possible messenger, butl, cannot buy-your good will. Permit us to express to you 4 . ‘ our gtatitude for the patron- And so at this HOl"day séason Merry Christmas i age with which you have fav- I extend to you-not as a ored us in the pasty May fortune smile on you and WC re‘spectfully solicit a . customer alone’ but asa fr"end_ yours this Christmas Day. continuance of your confid- the best wishes for the May health and happiness and a s success follow you the New ence in our house and our Year through is our sincere products to our mutual suc- Coming year. wish. CESss, . H. MOSES 3k . Condily GEO. B. RICE s e SEATTLE FRUIT & PRODUCE Co.