The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1928, Page 17

From the hilltcp where Clare| stood watched the n sink| slowly into his bed of snow. Her » vaitages point was the only ele vation for ny miles in all ® that prairie country It com- manded a view s far as the eye could reach, broken only by the| srooves f box-elders and Rus- n poplars, now leafless and shrunken, which the settlers had, planted about their steadings Clare loved to climb it for the 4% exhilaration, the vastness, the sense of infinity which it gave her. At least, that was the explana- * tion she offered when explana- tions were necessary. Her cus- Y% tom of walking to the top of the hill every evening befcre sunset could not escape observation and comment in a community where the doings of neighbors consti tuted the chief topie of conver- sation. : that Carson girl on ‘the *“knob’ again tonight,” Bert Mc- ) Vain remarked at the supper table after his return from the| , “market town where he had been | delivering a load of wh "She's | getting crazier ev da » wewwhen I have already enough for right,” her mother argued. “Peo- ple are beginning to talk.” . “Let them,” said Clare. And “t# Do You Believe That I Will [ #* Clare interrupted, eager to hear 1 1 pr a0 =7 i7 :) g . Cheistmas Story’ "By Robert Stead “Too bad,” B mented, with a to be so bright great trial to Mrs And so the talk 4 “the neighborhood. Clare Carson| wa little off.” Hchoes of| that gossip did not fail to reach| the Carson homestead, where Clare had been taken strictly to] account for he nderings. “But, Mother,” the girl pro- tested, “so long as I don’t neglect | mother com- | . “She used | It must Carson.” ! run through | sig | be al my work and I don’t why | shouldn’t I walk up ‘the knob’ if I want to? The exercise and fresh air are good for me 1\1’!4'1“ s all day in the house.” “Just the same, it don’t look because she was twenty-two, and had a will of her own, the walks continued and the gossip grew. “Oh, why can't they let me| alone!” she exclaimed to herself, as she watched the sun dip Inlu‘ his bed of snow. “Fred, Fred! Do you know—can you under<| stand—how I am keeping my promise?” The red light, mingled with » that bluish-white reflection which | artists find in untrodden snow, touched her cheeks with its feathery brush, painting them with the glow of buoyant health. Under the tam which sheltered her pretty head her eyes shone with a sunset luster even while they plead for an answer from the infinite. For six months she had kept her tryst; six months to a day, for was not this the twenty- fourth of December? On that June night half a year ago Fred had held her in his arms on this very spot while he told her.of the urgency which took him East. The death of his father demanded his immediate return, “And, Clare,” he told her, “I know what {heir plans are. There is a match all made for me. It may be a ,o~condition of the will; I don’t ow; but condition or no con- dition I'll be back for you as goon as I can put affairs in order. It wase to escape her I came here—and found you! Do Ccme Back to You?” you believe that I will come back w=to you, dearest?” She assured him with her lips. “1 will have a fight of it, dear,” he went on, “and I will need your help. You don’t know what it is to have all our people ‘set against you. They think it's for the best, of course; Julia is a nice enough girl, and comes of an old and wealthy family, and they can’t understand. my objection—" “Why don’t you marry her?” again his fervent defense. ‘‘She is' rich, beautiful; she = would make you happy: . * “That's just it-—she worldn't Why should 1 marfy a rich girl, L two? And as for beauty—no ont ‘who has seen you would call her beautiful!” #* " He held her again in that still june night as though he ncver repeated at length ed if it coud be possible that h yearnings reaching her lover, strengthening his heart wealth and pride of his family terrupted by bells on the road at the hill. swnging through the gathering dusk. arms, breathless, laughing, almost {too excited to speak. let her go. 11l meed your Melp." were in some way for the fight with the her the Suddenly reverie was in- sound of sleigh the foot of vich 1 could when cause 1 serious. A team and cutter were rd was sharply southw Dut she watched, the horses were “Lost your money?" sh reined in, the cutter stopped, one ed. of two occupants got out, and a| ‘“Dces it make any man came running toward her. v The next moment she was in his “All the difference he eried, ATy “Now 1 can n you, Helen Wills, monarch of all she surveys in the realm of tennis, has purchased a new Silver Anniversary Buick for her personal use. Known on the Pacific coast for her ability as an artist almost as well as for her tennis, she believes the new Buick is the new yogue in motordom. In the photograph, Miss Wills is shown with her new roadster. THE GIFT Of all gifts, a new motor car of all cars, a new BUICK. The Fullest measure of Christmas Cheer you ‘could possibly give to your family . . ... Buick offcrs 18 luxurious body-types, ranging in price from $1195 to $2145, f. o. b. factory— c.ch an unrivaled value—each a- magnificent gift for the family - ) they THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SUNDAY, DEC. 23, 1928. ‘You will I knew I.would find help, won't you?"” here,” he cried, “if only we ma “But how?” on ti The question silenced him for| ~Dut tell me, I how ¢ oment. Then, “I'll tell you, it ¢OM Explain mana Come to this spot every |t lensth vening at sunset, and think hvl |<trong thoughts of help for me. “Weré will remember, and surely I e will catch your messag It a She hesitated 1 0 lio station can send its waves s t he lowing f round the world, surely your »'nd your oul—can do much had promised r ix mor she had her romi le the neighbors con luded t the Cax wa a bit ofr.” On this Christmis ey « sublime loneli ness, she watched the last r rays pour out over the bluish white snow, touching to color tattered remnants of cleud afloat n the western sky. She wonde After the Wedding!” no ¥ how I have lost all my money differ and Of all gifts, the one most ccrtain to delight every member of the family is'a fine motor car. cars, _l_he one which holds strongest appeal is this magnificent new Buick with Masterpiece Bodies by you the exultantly ne Fisher! Buick‘_s. al_lurimz harmonies of line and color will thrill your huml.y with pride . . . its superlative luxury and comfort 'wlll impart lasting pleasure . . . and its amaz- !ngly hplliant performance will yield unrivaed motor- ing satisfaction for days, weeks and months to come! A generous allowance for your present car—and the ex;tremely liberal G. M. A. (. Time Payment Plan— will make purchase of a new Buick extremely e: Insure not only the keenest joy at Christmas, but also the most enduring joy for eve ily! terpiece Body by Fisher! THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY Buick WITH MASTERPIECE one will say because you re rich! Bu about her? At the 0 was all he would 1SWe d her 1rm I together like children d down the hill It ike thi he explain- d, to t assembled Carson fam t I d k J 1 Franc t Uncle unts 1 m rer verybody, oposal until I 1 it st 1 Dbright ill H # tivel my broker a million dollars on the :tock market?' I asked Many people do it o aicker Well, losc miliion dollars 1e as soon as you can. There n to I told him y n and, zood sport omised to do best I bought a comfortable life annuity for ‘my mother, but ev- er else went into the mill Cash, bonds, stock, securities, de t poured into that broker ffice like sheaves into your sgeparator, Mr. Carson, and all the time they kept clamoring for more. At last I was sold out. BODIES BY FISHER n members of the fam- ! 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