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" VOILEQ; TOWELING GINGHAMS CRETONNE

PRINTS SILKS

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izommlzuelnc WEDNESDAY MORNING Y

y. The Greatest Sale in the Iiistory of me City

i . A mucEs VSHATTERED 1

Discounts for Oash “Only, No Goods ‘on Approyal. 'We Wé1nt~Cash So ' That We Can Pay Our Own Bills.

LADIES’ .AND . MISsEs. FUR TRIMMED '2

COATS

ONE - THIRD OFF !

$15.00 COATS. FOR $20.00 COATS FOR $30.00 '_ COATS FOR $40.00 COATS FOR $50.00 COATS FOR $00.00 COATS FOR

LADIES AND MISSES

DRESSES

ONE QUARTER OFF i‘

WHOLESALE PRICES

"GLOVES

YARN

HOS/JERY... . .. ,. __ SCARVES _ __ NECKWEAR. " A SILK HOSE‘ UNDERWEAR

. DRESS GOODS SUITINGS

WINTER ' COATINGS 'ONE-THIRD OFF!

$10.00 $14.35 $20.00 $23.70 $33.35 $40.00

COMFORTERS

ONE-QUARTER OFF l

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BEDS — SPRINGS ——MATTRESSES BLANKETS ~— CURTAINS _ i DRAPERIES

$20.00. - coArs $25.00 COATS $30.00 COATS $35.00 COATS $40.00 COATS

LADIES FUR COATS

FRENCH SEAL COATS. SELF TRIM REDUCED T0 $125.00 NORTHERN RAT, COATS REDUCED. TO . . . . . . . . . . $135.00 . ‘DARK NORTHERN RAT.SELF»TRIM REDUCED TO $225.00 HUDSON SEAL COATS. GREY SQUIRREL TRIM $375.00 HUDSON SEAL COATS. FITCH TRIM REDUCED $350.00

REMNANTS HALF -

ODD LOTS FROM ALL OVER THE STORE AT JUST

LINENS TOWELS SHEETING OVERALLS PRICE OILCLOTH LINOLEUM

MEN’S AND BOY’S - SUITS I ONE-QUARTER OFF!

WHOLESALE PRIQEs

MENS UNDERWEAR

MEN'S AND BOYS TWEED

IOVERCOATS A

ONE-THIRD OFF! $15.00 COATS FOR $10.00

i‘

‘FOR. $13.35

'FOR-..$16.70

FOR $20.00 FOR $23.35 FOR $28.70

u TWENTY PER CENT

OFF

SHIRTS

NIGHT GOWNS NECWEAR ~ WOOL .s0x, GLOVES “SWEATERS PYJAMAS‘ HANDKERCHIEFS WORK SHIRTS BEDS

SPRINGS

SCA RFS

HALF THE REGULAR PjllCE. DON'T MISS THIS

SILK DRAPERIES

GEORGETTES SATINS .

» SILK‘ UNbERWEAR

SPECIAL. BE HERE.

JUST WHAT YOU ARIQLOOKING FOR MAT

WINDOW SHADES

MATTRESSES BLANKETS

IQININGSQ

' UMBRELLAS NOVELTIES HAND _BAGS- g mrdmrﬂs WEAR

_ BUREAUS

~ CHAIRS, ROCKERS (‘HILDRENS KNIT 0000s CORSETS

The of his oval head was bal . ' fnomwphis scarred forehead clezr ‘B0111’ woo-trout m" back to his glistening white crown. Baldy sot’ on the soiled covering His face was seamed with petty and K111151881"! Mend willow! throush amemly unproﬁtable m-mm Th; this narrowed eydiidsgat the Kid's Kid strained his eyes in a long. un- 1881i and ruddy face. Up from the blinking ata

. break tho- lifting power of his he threw himself down on the liooizand the floor rafters trembled under . . ' ‘ hold. ’ . shellding his face with nu arm. Athem. ‘Baldv iii-ted the Kid afteri . ‘ Tihey rested fed‘ a brief time. wisp UI-cool air touched his Iiarch- several futile attempts. which drew; A Fashlon a wetMefnbefs who bggathaigal explosively, rind lﬁogslucked it sobbinlgll ‘heavily on his remaining strength. ____ o er e mur er- n er n s _1lrn lungs. It gave m into the opening and clung despen. , < bloody eyes. Then they went at it instant relief. aiely to the sill. as he held the 8011-; n“ Gun“... "Th. I/Ote D ry Warned ‘ again. In the course of the struggle He straightened his body i0 Bet selcss boy where the crisp, midwin-l 75% 3"“. » _ they bumped against the shaky stove the air dowrTinto the bottom of his tel- air cuuld reach his {we A; me, i which was insecureiy, propped up on lungs. His foot struck against some- 53mg ﬂma Baldy shielded him, as‘

THE re. The man was BaldyHatNﬁf two ‘btorys below. some the

at last he had him cornered. In- @053“?! W" ""3 35 9' "twehwr tently the Kid m up stiff and alert. siowiv iihroedtﬁ it! way through the

PRESENT

m: new: monailousal The kid eat with bowed head. His slim shoulders were hunched, but

there was KILAIOIC attitude. about‘

his supple body. Prom under his drooping laehm he kept his 8118111 blue eyes on the only door to the grimy place.

ti. was late in the afternoon. lust on the Eve of Christmas. Outside in the street the air was cold and clear. even in' that drab section of the city. But with in this long. dim room. known in the police and tome/Kid ihe nltlnosphere was odorous with the shut-in smells of sudden men and stal tobacco more. Milo-stayed beds, filthy and hard. filled the greater part of the inconaﬂim! place. The’ gloom m kindly m that it partly masked the disreputable

oontenU. Even the aﬁidh mum weal

and cursed softly under hie breath. l The Kid's first feeling upon dis-

lodging-house where battered and drifting of mlemtemporariiv fmdshelterin thewintorﬂehaddw llberatoiy diiicovemdithaefhaven of the man who was worth £40 to himi ‘more was no need o! friendship or pretence in thh underworld den ‘which, caught homeless ad nturers and men who wished to be miasin8 for private or public reasons. The Kidhad been stirred by his first swift knowledge; the man he was hunting was within his grasp. What good luck was his on this Christmas liivei I But, much as he opod it. the Kid realised d not be able

’ er man with-dtrallht-arm labs

ginad-rmtured holiday throng. But the two en. crouchedthere in the darkeulraxroom of this ramshackle building, were as immune to the city's holiday mood as if they had

desert. v "What an) I going to do?" repeat- ed the Kid with a ger burning in his youthful eyes. " ’m going to get mymoney." _ ; Baldy grlmaced derlsively. “If yuh- g-ot robbed." he granted. "yuh'd better keep still about it." |

me that bunk after we'd been tramp- ing the road together for a week?"

“It's the law of the return- ed Baldy indifferently. “Yuh takes what yuh can get. when yuh can get it easy." _ (‘Wcllﬂretprted the Kid. ‘Tm here to toll 9m! that I'm going to have my money. or take it out of your hide. qot me?" ‘

“Hop to it, Kid." Bneered. Baldy. "I'll make hash 011161’ yuh." f

lwith a vehement growl the Kid léaped m no feet. Baldy did not waiti

y for the attack. He sprang to 8119918

with him. And the fight was on in mad ear-mat. The Kid to boat of! the furious onslaught of the 01%; m; Aloughened face. but! “mm to a_ clinch?

"80!’ snarled the Kid. "you hand l

three rusty legs and a‘ paving brick. thing on the floor which moved best he could, wlgh m; own “m;

They knocked it over.

blazing coalfacnoed the floor and ielding feel of it caused him tadraw mg flgmegﬂfhel-e the fill-omen wltll over some of the beds. But the men his foot away and grope fol-award then- lgdderg found them,

ought on. unmlndfulof the havoc

through the black smoke with his

been in the midst °f the 5am“ they had wrought. They granted and hand. His fingers touched a human

groaned and crushed and battered ear. each other savagely with their bleed-I “The Kid." Baldy muttered. "I'd however, that he could not, keep lllsl

lng fists. t

was blazing fiercely, and a wall of flames rapidly rose about the battl- ing men as they sought to kill. Suddenly a red spear of flame between them. It iséqpped them short in, one of the mad

clashes. They lost their balance and'

fell against each er. "Brady's scorched fist glanced lessly oil the Kid's shoulder. and his head rested on the older man's breast.

"Look out!" exclaimed Baldy. pushing the Kid back from him. ‘The shop's on fire!"

The men realized the danger they were in. rushed tor the only exit. But they wore turned back by the crackling glamea. - ‘ '

"We're caught like a. couple of rats in a trap," grimly announ Baldy.

With one accord they seized bed- ding and fought side by aide to beat back the" fire’ and save their lives. But it had gained too much head-

way. . "r11 got out of here somehow." the

hadueed, tor. - emom, hoverywlndownail-

fomotton _ about hlm...Wonder lf

l In a short time thegold tinderbox he's done in yet?" For a time he lay panting. alert-

baci: t: one side. revealing the Kid's face. His eyes were closed, and he lay like one dead. Baldy placed his hand over the Kid's heart. He felt the faint beat in his breast. .Baldy_st0cped and raised him a few inches from the floor. and shook him slightly. jfhe Kid opened his eyes.

“We haven't a ghost of a chance."

" thoKld mtumluorl, detachedly.

"Shut up!" oommlhded the tramp. “Save your breath!"

But the Kid had gone limp again. and his head hung down.

"Take the Kid," effort. “I can sh

aid Baldy with

scattering slightly a/fter he touched it. The ‘ptofgctcd body from the encmull-l

down ntyself." l

Believed of his burden he found.‘

feet. and a fireman assisted him down the ladder to the ground.

The twomen were rushed in a- wewhine the deadly flames dartin! police ambulance u. the county 1105-! in and through the under-roliinz pital, where their injuries and burns‘ tide of smohc. After the brief res- were treated and bandaged. Then‘ 111w. Baldy. wrimilns like a snake they were takento a public ward in. on his stomach. slowly writhed hie the building. and placed in beds but . way toward the Kid. He f-umbled a few gm apart,

up against his limp bodv- The wai1| At midnight the church bells be- _ of smoke lifted slightly and rolledlgnn w ma] W1; mell- (gm-lama;

message. The Kid, who had been

conscious for sometime. raised him-‘ self and turned to the other man. 1 “Thanks. Baldy." he greeted hlm.:

"for the Christmas present!"

"The tramp stared at his com-,

panion. “Yuh're crazy with the heat, Kid." he replied “I ain't give ‘yuh back your money. I was robbed to: ilonest I was."

“Don't owe me any money." rc- turned the young man in hearty

. “You saved my life!"

Then he leiiled over and reached

out his hand with a friendly smile

Beiiv MM It him o brief ln-‘en his bandaged fem. Baldy gripped

stunt in a hesitant sort of way, and than laid him back on the floor. Its thagwrithlnll ﬂlambt and smokes again manned him he milled away from the Kid; inch by inch. back a- long the floor. moving his hands

over the boards in front

it with an answering grin. and inthc name breath they exclaimed togeth-

er: "Merry Christmas!"

FOX FUR SALES

t. §

519351 5 i s. £2;

warning was uttered in the House today by Representatives Black. Democrat, of New York. that if‘ "drinking dry" members from “the- backwoods" did not cease their at—~ tacks on New York Cityas a hotbed of bootleggera and of law violators generally. he would name some

v members who “drink wet and vote ~ my I of these attacks made on New Yonkm

Mr. Black said he was tired

particularly by jayhawkers from gKﬂflih-S‘. i Representatives Hoch. Republican

of Kansas. had discussed the planto

1 exclude aliens from the census enu- meration on which eongressionalre- r apportionment would be based. The New Yorker retorted that Kansas and other standpat Republican stat- es would be the bigger losers in any basis of reapportlonment that ex- cluded the foreign elements of the population. ~ "New York aliens and citizens

g marched oﬂ to war and performod fully as well as the Jayhawkers from Kansas." said Mr. Black. “New York presents a much finer type of Aral erican citimn in Alfred E. Smith than does Kansas in the mud-ﬂing,- ing William Allen White. ' and the other backwoods could stand a liberal sprinkling. of aliens and they might come outol

" Mr. Black said Indiana s are fond of attacking New Governor. and he added: “In

WASHINGTON. December 22.—A A I

states ' their medlaeval holes." -V . vocab ana they always have