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folumhus HOTEL Ready )ror Business Utght. Airy Ummn. First Class Service. WONG YOKE a. n. ihifki Fulton & Burke We 'Drillers Mew llEVc Tcmplc&ilg riiifcriy din man. ami lie made me miserable when I lived wth It I in. I'm not going to (II ytm tilimil my cIi'MIummI. how Ill Mo lnvi there 1 wim In it, n nil how I was starved spiritually ii ii (1 mentally, iim well as Ii y 8 1 1 all y When I grew "111 i enough to under Hi a tnl that he could give me things, ami hud not because he wanted to nave and nave. I left lilm an., c u in o liere to tHfli and now lie Iiiih written to n.e to come hack, nnd l don't want to go. yt lie Is alone. I told fly Sise Was there miy plaee could he really nuu-t ? 92V'-tpirj-a-r-M, Nell where she A -IV Depth Volumbut S V Dr. E. S. Milford NerCi anil Peluic -- Diseases DEMING - NEW MEXICO 8 LOOK IEI! i i ( I I II 4 ti: i ..... tr vim w.iru ,i i)iip;un w Id in Lcilcd lam! see us. Wc have two reliii .isli- f. J mcnls that arc well worth a your time to investigate ft 8 n i isrskxasBossasam !f ott have an proper- g g ty to dispos.- of. remember jjj it if the price The Snow Began to Fall. .v cm s:l h is light. Mc Clughan & Dexter Albuquerque Columbus I J. IV. Blair NOTARY PUBLIC Columbus, JV. M. The COURIER $1.00 a yr. went t'i the door and look ed out. As far a her eyes could see there was w.ntry whiteness a n d through the pur pie shadows of Hie coming night k h o n o a fow lights, like stnrs. ICach light retire Monteil a farm house nml each house. Ilko the one In which Nell was Maying, wan full or lumpy, noisy people. And Nell wn not happy, slip w ti n t o d (iilot. I.Ike a liunied anl mat she looked this way nnd Hint for some p I a o o whero she might ho alone. On the crest of a hill, far up the road, stood the Hchoolhouse where Hhe tnughl. It was closed now and dark. '1 will go th. t . " Nell said to her self, nnd just then u voire hphlnd her called: "Sui per Is roady." "I don't wnnt nny." Noll said wearily. "I'm going out for a little v.hlle. Mrs. MiUregor. I'll he bnck by ten." The snow begun to fall softly as idii Uft the house, nnd by the tlmo s! . reached tho school It was begin niii to drift against the fences. Tlrre was no lire within, but Nell lighted one. and wh"n the warmth lick'an t steal Into the room, she drew the one big chair closo Ij tho health and In the peaceful loneliness gave herself up to her thoughts. Hut she was not to remain in ponce long. There was a sound of sleigh bells without, heavy stepH on the thieshold. and she looked up to neo the burly form of a young fnrmer In the doorway. 'Well, well." he said. "I saw the light and camo In. Who would have dreamed that you would be here alone?" Nell smiled wearily. "I came to bo quiet. " "Then you don't want me." "Oh. sit down." she said, somewhat ungraclniiHly. Hut ho stood by tho fireplace nnd looked down at her. "What's the matter?" he nsked ab ruj'tly Nothing." faintly. "Don't toll me that; I know ooi ter." "If I toll you." alio asked, "you mustn't give me any advice. I have hail so much advice I hit to It." Ho snt down beside her. "Tell nhend," ho said, "and I'll promise to ! listen like (ho Sphinx." j "You seo. It Is this way." alio Bittd; ' "niv uiit'le In town Is rich. Ho Is a si is "What's the Mat ter?' He Asked. sick and old and Mrs. MofiroKor and she tell nie to stay here. Then till the fnmlly talked about It nnd every body advised They motint well hut I louldn't statu! It, I I don't want to g. but mum." Ho started to say aomulhlng, High cheeked hliiiMelf "' d Hke to breiik flint protnisp," lie unld. "No, .von inuMMt't." she said firmly. "You" vi. all been good to mu.liore. nnd I' you." she caught Iter broath, "Join i tie others in aakltig mo to Htny. It will mnkn it go hard for mo to go." lie dnesti't deserve much at your hands," tho man stated. "I know." slip said wearily, "hut to-morrow 1 begin n new yonr. anil I '! : ii to - Kin 11 wrong, yet I . . I kl i.tt i he ;bt " l liiui'i ti.-iiMVe nun h In stiyltjc 1 lng.' the yomir fMrtupt' intnnrkod; ' my polli Ik to do them. And now are you going to stay heie In thl lonely plnre nineh Inn.'err it i snowing and It Is Into." "I stipposo I ought to go," she said dnuhi fully, "hut It Is so lovely bote In the silence." "Look hero." he Kild suddenly don't you keep your tea things In hat little etiphnard? I have gol ti to to town, nnd when I come back I'll lirt:in something fur n little sup ier. nnd we can watch the ,dd e ; ait. Then I'll tnko you homo In tin plgh." How pood of you." She held out 'xr hand to him. "You haven't bothered me with ndvlco. and von are doing something to mnko me com fonahlo. That Is just like you, .lack Norton.' He blushed a little, this blu kindly man. who looked upon the little woman from uu tit cltv as a being from a n o t h e r sphere; she was so dainty, so different irom the girls In his own village. Nell knew what she was doing wl'cn she told htm not to nek her to stay; alio hud known for a long time of tho ipies Hon that tromb'ed on bis Hps. She knew he wanted to luiirry her, as a woman Itnows who is wise in tho ways of men Sin- thought of the life she might "Are You Going ,('a'1 'r s1"' married Back With Me?" ''". i life in tho big farmhouse, sun Rhiny In summer anil secure In win ter. Then she thought of her life with her uncle in a dark apartment In tho streets of tho city. Sho know that, In a way. it was a false Idoa of duty that would take her back. Yet she had to go, sumo force that was In her scorned ImpolHnp h"r E23 The wind blew In groat liliwts agaliiKt the little house. Hie snow hml drifted up to the window sills, nnd while lines or H pointed across the window twue like ghostly fingers. Dragging footsteps rnme up the itl. Nell likened It was tint Jack. .Nor tun tlexe were the ninpn nf. an old man I-'rom the door a voice quavered: "Are you there, Noil?" '. ', "t'nele." she wild, fearfully, "hnw lid you come hole?'- "I met u young man dpw.n tho toad," he said, "l wanted Itfhl to guide me to ihc McGregors.' HiMoIil tno you were hero. "You didn't answer my letter." Hio old man wen. on. when she bail made him sit down. "An you going back with mo?" Now that she wns face tn face wlUt IiIh meanness. It h' eined to Nell Mini she could never gi with him. "I don't know," she faltered. 'Hero's a grateful girl.' iIiq eld man stormed, and Just thou the slelgbbclls Jingled nnd. 1n nnntl'.or moment .lack Norton was In llio, rnnin. his arms full of buudlns, his eyes benmlng. "So this Is your undo" ho said. I thought so when I dl "ctcd htm here. You'll stay and havo stippor with us. won't you. sir? Wo nro go ing to see tho old year out and the now year In. 1 "Who uro you?" the old man growled. "I?" Jack's eyes Hashed from Noll's cowering figure to the grlntiioss of tho uncle. Then suddenly ho look things in bis own hands. "I'm tho mnn your niece Is going to marry." he snld. "What:'' tin- old mnn shouted. "I'm the trim your niece Is golnc to tnnrry.' be kcI I ecurely. Ho had soon the Joy In Nell's face. "nut she is going homo with mo." Jack shook his head "No. alio Is going homo with me. You can eomo whenever ynu wish. sir. Tho old house Is big enough for twenty uncles, or If you like It hotter. Micro is a cottage a. tho edge of the farm whero you could stay If you wish ed." The old man flashed a crafty glance at him. "Would it cost mo anything?" be nsk ed. "Nothing." snld Jack. "Then marry her. ' Raid the old uncle, "nnd I'll come and llvo In the cottage alone." Nell's fnce was In her hands, and. as Jack boat over her. she whispered, "I'm the Man She "Oh. I can't let you Golnn to do It!" Marry." "It Is the onl way that you car. make my New Year hnppy." ho told her, and ns she looked up Into his fnce she knew that what he said was true, t Copyright.) The Chinese New Year. "(ar-no-ro-Toy" Hnppy good luck to j on. may you he prosperous, may our honorable family bo prosperous and may tho spirits of your nncestora rest content --Is the gist of the Chinese New Year's greeting. Tho Now Year festival begins tho last of January and continues two weeks, Use for Celerlac. l erttte or turnlp ruotod celery, la one or the vegetables not commonly grown It Is used for sutip3, and Is Komi times oaton raw It Is planted nntl grown much the umo k. ordinary' col iry Instead of forming otflulo leaf Htulks. however, It lortns a root vor much II' e n turnip, which may bo ii.ii'ft tin- snmo ns ternltm