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HE day before Christmas was
ii bus* one for the Whartons
I The ig old fashioned trunk
stoo in the middle of the
rooq As Kacierire spread
tissi; paper over the black
silk dress, neat 1 folded on the top tray,
she heard hor _i-iother say for the fifth
time within tue hour, “I Just can't
make up my mud to leave you alone for
We Christmas ,iolidiiys "
"Now, mot] r,' proclaimed th
ll her *ull swost voice, “it is all sett ed
Chet yvii are ii iing Your trunk is near
b parked 'lo,e expressman is ordered
-your ticket ia bought, and I have no
doullt that q regiment of your rioting
i' vtives are ilready at the depot wait
ing to meet _yas So put your heart and
soul in the trip and stop worrying about
leaving to her own resources for a few
days your perfectly capable, full grown
dau hter '
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Hrs Wharton, gazing lovin ly at her
beautiful daughter, said, oii who
lava been under a nerve strain all win
C0! teaching these restless youngsters,
\\‘e tee une who need the trip-not I ”
“It lo not my parents who are goi g
to cole'-rate their golden wedding,'
slid Katherine, “it is yours Just
think how you would feel if you
eouldn’t be at the family reunion at
so eat and rare an occasion ’
‘ If only we both could go,” sighed
the little lady 'wistfully as she tacked
A et ornament on her lust 'fear’s hat
‘That is out of the qu stion,’ ls
elarod Katherine, "we had to scrimp
and plan enough to get our ready,
dssr With our meager li e insurance
:honey and my tes.cher’s modest check,
we can 't do much in the way of travel
ii
ling, can wel
‘No, I suppose not,” answered the
Uother plaintively with a pucker be
tween her eyes “I wouldn’t mind so
much leaving you if it \veren’t for the
Christmas holidays All young folks
Rhould be celebrating and having a Jolly
time LI fear you will be lonesome, be
cause we are unacquainted in this
stran s city ”
“O , I shall manage all right, dear, ’
:proclaimed Katherine cheerfully, as she
took a last look in the closet to be
fore nothing was forgotten “I am not
one kind to sit with my hands in my
lui and mo o and indulge in self ity
il olill rea , sew, write letters an
Uhllitnias window wishing May e
Quia of the neighbors might call The
e in the apartment below appear
A nlcs and sociable The little bo
el ui my room in school The time wi l
Dull sway, so don’t let me hear another
Ford on the sub ect," commanded the
'lrl with assume sternness, as she bent
ver the woman and layfully pinched
1 er pretty white chee
Then after s. few \_o.r,e_,t»i’ hesits
Mori, the fond mother said wistfullyw
"Have you quite decided about Harry
[Walker child? This Christmas season'
might' have been ii. diderent one for
ii.
"I believe so, mother, ’ answered the
_[srl as sho lowered the lid of the trunk
and tamed the key ‘i might love
Harry well enough to live with him,
lbut the man I marry I want to love
so well that I can not live without
“Ara von cure that -ou know voir
mind-that you will not regret
or decision?" inquired Mrs Wharton
"ho, that is the trouble I am not
lrtain whether what I feel for Harry
‘V love or fnendship and I do want
be sure Sometimes when tho school
ys Ire long and hard, when sverv
ing ees wrong fron' the minute that
Wsny Ilawkins comes dragging in ten
nies after the tiirdy bell has rung,
llltll the time when Siisy Grubhs breaks
s ink bottle the last thing in e
, when we have to worry our
p ar heads over the inevitable rent,
1 s, clothes ot cetora, bills Then in
beck of my brain, I wonder if I
e qalxotio notions on the sub_]sct of
r msgs, and if I shall ever feel any
srnsr slectlori for anyone than I dr
for Harry " _,
“I like him tremendously,” nent -in
therlns, "uid miss him dreadfully,
eo he has decided not to some again
, B send for him Bnt when I thliih
g with htm alws s-slws
he dna iinti our gollzif
, ,Kg day, I cui’t decide to marry
"'I'lis¢ question you must se‘t‘e for
lf, dau hter It is your own into
t you inns lead and I would not ii.,-
-1 ily want to influence ou; But 1 must
W that I eonsidor arry a splendid
lisa--one whom I feel conddeiit would
s s good, kind husband for you. I
hink itiwenld be well not to be to
ssty in your diisl dselJion.’
"Oh, you dear old thing," ls:igl_ied
Katherine, hugging' hor _mother im
petoously, "you think i_t is the duty
'of s etiesl mother to give me worldly
iwofdgfgf wisdom, but down deep in the
\°¢¢osi~_,ot your hom you have the
lmatrimony as your romantic delights:
lkiowever, I promise you,” she added,
"that I shall give the matter due and
serious consideration, and who knows
but maybe Christmas will send ima a
(‘upid to help mo learn my ovin miiid ”
At six o’clock that evening after
waving s. cheerful farewell lroni ‘hs
station platform to Mrs Wharton,
Katherine retuined to their cozy litt
apartment and prepared supper Clear
ing away the few dishes, sho brnu h
out her work basket, drew a rec er
under the lamp in her bedroom, und
planned to spend a quiet and restful
evening after the past strenuous week
“Hardly exciting Christmas
Eve,’ she mused, ‘but maybe ii t
year at this time things will he a little
brighter ’ ’
Suddenly the girl sat erect in her
chair She heard a pecui‘fi,r noise that
sounded as if it crime froiii the library,
a drip, drip, drip
‘ Am I getting nervous and iniagini g
things? ’ Katherine asked herself in
disgust But still the noise continued
--only ri little louder than before
Stanilin uo and breathing hard, s o
heard t e drip, drip, drii> change to
what sounood 'like the rushing of water
Sho liurriel into tae library and be
held stres.ii‘i~ of water pouring in from
the apartment above
“Ohl’* she cried aloud, iii d nav,
‘the wmer pines upstairs must a
burst ard our walls and carpets and
every thing will be ruined
Quick y running ii stairs she rang
tho ball and poiinde at the door of
the apartment, but not receiving a re
sponao, she realized that no one was at
home. Then she flew down to the apart
ment below her own At the first ring
of tio bell, the door opened and she
look//d into the dark, clear out face o
a tall young mon
“Oh please get the Janitor or some
one, quickl" she said with a childish
appeal in her upturned face ‘A pipe
has burst I live upstairs Our ii ace
will be overilooded
Before she had finished the man an
swerod in a deep, rich voice, “I’ll find
the Janitor at once, and than I ll come
up to seo if I can bo of any assistance
you
On entering the Wharton home a few
minutes later he found Katherine busy
with a pail and diopei, mops and rags
"Here, let me h~lp,' he said as he
came to her res .ie ‘By George, thi
is a, flood! I., reminds n'e of ‘Doctor
Foster who went to Glouster in a pud
die of rninl "
For two hours the man and the rl
worked over the deluge Then, as t
'Nh sank dovrn on the couch, Katherine
exclaimed, “I thank you so much
don’t know what I should have done
without our help - May I ask to whom
I am in ebtedl"
“You are not indebted to snyons,’
responded the man, with a twinkle in
his eye “In fact, I am under oblige
tions to ou for ssvin me from a most
dreary, in ossible O ristmas Eve I
came here t is afternoon from my home
town expecting to su rise my sister,
who lives downstairs ma e my dis
may on my arrival to Gnd t at sho and
her family had left the city for the
Christmas hohdsys .is I am s. stranger
I hs/‘ no other plans foi spending the
evening When you called on me in
your distrea, you found no more Ions
some man on lend or sen. than Edgar
Herrick That is my name and yours
is Miss Katherine Wharton ”
‘ ow did you over know that?"
gasped the surprised girl
‘That’s easy," explained Herrick,
observing her upprecintingly as he
spoke “I have heard almost all ol'
your history My young nephew, Grant
Herrick, has the good fortune to be in
your class this year We correspond
He writes regularlv and in detail about
‘my teacher, Miss Katherine Wharton,
what lives upstairs from mel’ He has
lost his boyish heart to you He can
fidcd in me that he likes you best in
your pink blouse because it matches
your cheeks "
“Then you must be Grant’s author
uncle who wr~tes story books and puts
Grant in them,” stated Katherine
‘The vcrv same,” responded Her
rick, rising, placing his hand on his
chest and making o. deep bow
‘Grant has also spoken a great
about you I thought it likely that I
might meet you some day,” laughed
Katherine, “but I never exoe"*ed that
you would assume the role of ri life
saiiug crew-that you would save me
m a. water; grave ’
Then in ii serious tone she added, ‘I
do want to thank you, Mr Herrick You
haw been icry kind
"I reallv lime had a rsat time, Miss
Wharton," unsworcd I errick enthusi
ustieally, “but as a rervard for services
rendered I ask you to allow me to con
tinuo this iuthcr iincoviicntioiiai :ic
quuintanceship ’
I don’t seo how 1 can do other
ivise,’ was lxathorine’e frank admis
sion, "although I suppose water pipes
and a small absent nephew are rather ir
reg lar means of introduction But I
iirii sure, oven Madame Grundy might
make some allowances atgilhristinas
time, especially since we both are lonc
som are ne hbors and huie Grant in
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‘ 'I most certsiiil do,” rs lied E gsr
'warmly Then sha ng han s with the
girl and looking into her brown s os,
he added with 1. warm smile, “I sd
intended returning home tomorrow, but
owing to circumstances over v-his
have no control I have decided to ro
maui lndedniteiy If you will allow
me I shall call or you tomorrow morn
ing and we shall have one big Christ'
mas day together Will you! '
"Yes," answered Katherine softly,
witi s pleased look of anticipation
After Herriik had left Katherine
stood in the library and gazed sadly
at the damage the water had dons to
the walls Going to her bedroom, s e
took Harry Walker's photograph from
her dresser, stared at it long an
thoughtfully and then, with a dubious
shake of her head, placed it bacli
again
Christmas day was one of the linyi
piest that the girl had ever spent l
the morning Iicrricli and she took ii
long brisk walk iii the clear crisp air
Then they stopped nt ii restaurant for
a real Christmas dinner In the after
noon they went to the iivitinee, seeing ii
pretty play entitled “Love at Firsi
Bight" After tho theatre they re
turned to Kntherine's home and ate s
“pot luck” cold supper from the kitchen
table When it was time for Edgar to
leave he said, "I never knew before
what s. blessing ii. broken water pipe
might be ”
That night befo o retiring Katherine
again stared at Harry’s picture long
and thou htfullv, but this time she took
it from er dresser and placed it on
her desk at the ot sy end of the room
The following morning Katherine tele
phoned to the landlord, explaining the
damage that had been done to s
walls He refuse absolutely to re
paper the room 'b ore spring
If that' rlian livon't do it, I will
paper the ‘walls myself,” decided Kath
orinn so she hung up the receiver
“Mother would be miserable in such a
looking place” Having reached this
decision, she proceeded to carry it out
llasteniiig to u wall paper store near her
home, she selected -lui artistic but 'inex
pensive pattern By noon the paper
and paste were delivered and the ener-
getic young woman, enveloped in 5
large blue checked apron, was busily
engaged in ineasuring, cutting and
hanging wall paper On hearin s loud
knock on the door, Katherine ca led one
Who is thsrel’
“It is Herrick, I came to dad onl
if there are any ,more waterfalls in this
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Christmas Gifts For Men
Give a man something to wear It’s sure to please him Our Christ
mas showing of men s goods is large, and as usual our prices ale low Make
youi selections now before the rush of the last few days
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Men s shuts 75c to
$3 00 each
Mens Kid Gloves,
Unlined Silk Lined
Wool Lined, $1 00
to $3 00 per pair
Wool Gloves, $1 00
to $1 50 pau
Pretty Armlets, 25
cents per pair
sms $460 ss sho questions of love and
Xmas Neckties 50c ea
Pretty Boxes and Greeting Cards
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'l'lie best .issortrnent of Ties in the
city are here Hundreds of them, all
shapes. all colours and all styles All
made iii Canada Prices from 25c to
$1 50 each, but the biggest and best
is our line at FIFTY CENTS each
Pretty Boxes and Greeting Gorda
Free.
Men’s Linen Handkerchiefs
Plain Linen $175 to $3.00 dz , , , _ __ _ _ _ _ __
imoai . .. $3.00 di ~ _ .ii ,DRE .;1soonNEE KENT AND PRINCE s'rEEE'r..  "  ,
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Men s Umbrellas,
75c to $5 00 each
Men s Mufflers, '75
cents to $2 35 each
Silk Sox 50c to
$1 00 pair
Cashmere Sox 35c
to 50c pair
Men s Garters, 25c
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As Herrick entered the room so suv
what the girl was doing, hor throw,
his hood slid gave A gre
laughter _ X,
"1 think you us M
make feared.-siiy s1!orts,'
si-lnswitlidptossofhoi-head 4
sti lm ord refused to hav Heh
wer done until sp
want my mother to c r i
water stained room. I ld
to hire s ps or hanger so 'I decided .ts
ao it myiiil Ii wifi ima 1 me
hcl sd s friend paper her dining room
sn we dld it beautifully
¢“Forgive me, little girl," pleaded
Herrick, "I know I am rude but if
you could ses yourself with the dauh
of paste on the ti of our nose, the
smnd s on your oft e oak and the
blot ovsr your ri ht eyebrow you
woul n’t blame me '
Katherine, looking into the minor,
burst into laughter at the sight that
greeted her eye, while Ed ar, snatching
I large apron from the itchen and s
brush from the table, mounted the lad
dar and,wal. soon bulily engaged in the
art of paper han ing Until late in ths
evening th” tel ed, chatting, laughing
and iexchanging conddences as they
worked Finally the completed their
tuk Aa they stoe er-d gazed with
shining faces at the result, Katherine
with, a happy light in her eye, rs
marked, "I ani proud of our labor "
“It was a labor of love with ms,
Herrick replied, as lie took both of hei
hands and looked deep into hor eyes
Her lance fell under his steady gaze
and e caught her in his arms and
liissad her tenderly
“I love you, girlie,” he whispe ed
Katherine gave ii little gasp and then
riestling close to him murmured,
“Christmas uid send me a Cupid aft r
sll, and now I know my own mind at
last J”
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ciiai IMAS
iiiir iid sums
Watches at from . . . . . _ _ . .$1 00 to $50 00
Bracelets at from . . . 85c to 2000
Brooches at from . _ . . 25d. to 15 00
Pendants at from . % to $25 00
Lockets and Chains at from . I to $12 00
Fobs at from . . 25c to $8 00
Scarf Pins at from . . .25c to $25 00
Rings at from . ~85c to $50 00
Gulf Links at from . . . 25g 'to $5 00
Watch Chains for ladies and gents Ebony Toilet
Sets, Manicure Sets, Military Brushes, Mirrors, etc , etc
Parisian Ivory Toilet Sets, Mirrors, etc , Sterling Silver
and Silver Plated Toilet Sets, etc., Silverware, Knives,
Forks Spoons, etc., N ipon Hand Painted China, etc
Articles bought from us en raved free
Our prices are very reasona le
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Dolls at Half Price
We have oiilv ii few uioie oi
these dolls left it you ivlsli to
secure one, you must out 1 uick
ly Come in uiid select oiio to
iliiy-don't wail until tomorrow
or you mnv not get ouc
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Useful and Appropriate Gifts
It is not necessary that the gift you give should be
high piiced to be appreciated, usefulness is far more im
portant Every article we are offering this season was
carefully selected to fill the requirements of the giver, and
to delight the recipient Come in and see our lines before
purchasing your gift goods, the qualities, prices, and our
store service are sure to please you
A few of the manv suggestions offered are
Crown Derby ware, Nippon Hand Painted China,
White and Gold China, Dinner Sets Tea Sets
Chamber Sets Watei Sets, Brass Goods Glassware,
beautifully decorated and plain Lamns, some splen
did pieces of Statuary and many other equally
pleasing gift suggestions.
We have 5 10 15 and 25c tables, all laden with leas
ing articles for small gifts. It is worth your w e to
come in and look over these tables, you are sure to see
something that will please somebody
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Choice Candies for
Cliristmas
In anticipation of the holi
day demand, we have increased
our stock of Candies The de
mand for choice candies is grow
ing At Christmas time every
body wants the best. We are
agents for MOIRS NEIISON S
and WILLARDS (Forkdipped)
CHOCOLATES
These are popular confec
tions and need no introducing
to lov rs of sweets They are
done p in especially attractive
packages, Usriéoe range from
35c up to each,
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