The Liberal democrat. [volume], December 22, 1911, Image 3

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THE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT
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FPOSITE each other In the
cosy morning room sat a
young woman and a girl of
twelve.
"Now, Cousin Hilda," said
the latter, as she smoothed
down her dress and settled
herself in her chair, "I'm
going to begin at the beginning and
and tell you all about It, and then we
are to go out and buy a Santa Claua
present for him."
"Yes, Polly," answered the young
woman.
, "You had gone to Europe. You had
Just packed up and skated as If the
police were after you. Mother said
she didn't believe you wanted to go
the least little bit, but that your moth
er made you."
"Don't talk nonsense, Polly." .
"Well, you Bkated anyhow."
"And don't talk slang."
"Skated isn't slang. It means that
you Just glided off like a streak of
lightning. You had skated, and I was
lonesome, and I was out walking with
poor Flora, when a boy came along
with a big dog. He was tough. So
was his dog. He shouted at me:
" 'Take care of your dog!'
" 'Why?-' I answered.
" ' 'Cause my dog will chew him.
up!'
- "I was Just going to tell him that
If his dog did there would be trouble
iu the camp, when It sprang upon
poor Flora and ended her life. I can't
describe my feelings as I saw her
breathing her last."
"Well, don't try to not If there's
any slang in it."
"Why, Hilda, I haven't said a slang
word. You know hw very, very par
ticular mother Is with me. No, I can't
. describe my feelings, but I remember
that I went for that boy, tooth and
toe nail. I hit and scratched and
1 I (i 1 n .1 n n A Kit anH T ii' a u Afrv him
nivncu (uiu un, " "-J uw.mq "
up when "
"Polly Sewell!" exclaimed Miss
Hilda In horror. 1
"Now what's happened?" Polly
asked. '"I told It, to papa Just this
way, and he patted me on the shoul
der and called me good girl. As I
was saying, I was putting In my test
licks when along came a taxi with a
fat woman in it. Maybe she was
eloping, and maybe she only wanted
to get home to lunch. . Maybe the
chauffeur yelled 'Hi!' at me, and
maybe he Just wanted to kill another
girl. However It was, he ran me
down. Yes, cousin, I was knocked'
out."
"You mean you lost consciousness?"
"Gracious, but how Ignorant you
are for a girl of tweftty! Nobody can
be knocked out without losing their
consciousness. That's the whole Idea
of it. Yes, I was knocked out and
counted out, and when I came to I
was in the hospital with three broken
ribs. That fat woman must have
weighed a ton. It was hours and
hours before I came to, and then oh,
then4
"Then what?"
"Then there was the loveliest angel
standing beside my cot in the hos
pital you ever saw. Nobody knew
who I was, and they had rung for the
ambulance and taken me to the hos
pital. And, oh, that angel, cousin
"that angel!"
"You mean a nurse, of course."
"I don't. I mean a man a doctor.
He had hold of my hand. He was
looking down on me with his sad,
sad eyes. I saw at once that he had
tome great sorrow on his mind. Yes,
he had the finest eyes and curly
hair, and a handsome nose, and whec
he spoke to me there was pathos In
his voice. And the fun of the whole
thing was that I knew him at once,
while he didn't know me from a side
of sole-leather. Oh, you are interested,
are you?"
"Polly, I was Just thinking how
frightened you must have been to find
yourself in a hosiptal," said the blush
ing Hilda.- .i '
"Oh, I see! Well, save your sym
pathy. A hospital with an angel
doctor to fix up your broken ribs Isn't
a half bad place. In fact, I liked it so
well that I lied to stay there." .
"Polly Sewell!" -
"I sure did. They had gone through
my outfit without finding my address
and bad concluded I was a stranger
in the town. jen I opened my eyes
and sort o' winked at the angel"
"Polly, that's surely slang!"
"No it isn't. I told papa about It,
and he said things had come to a
pretty-pass if a girl with three broken
ribs couldn't wink at the angel-doctor
who has set them. When I had
opened my eyes and winked the doc
tor said:
" 'Little girl, what Is your name?
"'It's Hanah Jones.
" 'And where do wou live?'
" 'At far-off Blackberry Corners.' "
"Polly, you ought to have been sent
to Jail!" was the emphatic comment.
"But I had my little scheme to work,
you see. Papa hunted for 0v days
before be found me, and then it was
ten more before the angel would let
him take me home. Cousin Hilda, a
girl who is the real thing can accom
plish a heap in fifteen days, even If
she has, broken ribs. I wanted to have
a chat with that angel on outside mat
ters, and I had three or four of them.
You ought to have seen his face when
I told him where I had seen him be
fore and asked If he didn't remember
me."
"But but I don't don't " pro
tested Hilda In a puzzled way.
"But you will In Just a minute. I
told him I had seen him In this very
house! Now, then!" .
"Polly, It wasn't?'
"Oh, it wasn't eh? Want to bet a
920 hat It wasn't? Of course it was,
and I was so mad at you that It set
my broken ribs back all of three days.
Dr. Charles Mortimer, and because he
Isn't rich your mother .Is down on him
and she skated you off to Europe. Oh,
I got on to the racket right away."
"Polly Sewell, you are a wicked
girl! You use slang, and you fib to
the doctor, and you meddle with other
people's affairs, and and "
"And such dark eyes and such a
deep, pathetic voice! And we had
several confidential chats together
very confidential. We didn't even let
a trained nurse come within ten feet
of us. Hilda, you don't know how
confidential a girl becomes when
three of her ribs are broken and she
is afraid to draw long breaths!"
"And and you talked about me?"
"We did. I told him Just what I
thought of your mother, and I told
him I was going to have a plain talk
with you, and I told him "
"Polly Sewell, I'll never speak to
you again!" declared Miss Hilda as
she rose and tried to look very angry.
"You'll have to, as we are going
down town right away to buy Christ
mas presents for your Sunday school
kids. I want you to help me pick out
something for our angel-doctor."
"You you can do that by your
self." "But you can tell me whether the
diamonds are all O. K. or not. No
rhlnestones for the angel with the
deep, dark eyes. Dear me, while I
can't help but grieve about poor
Flora's death, I almost wish I could
"You Mean a Nurse, of Course."
have three ribs broken on the other
side!"
It was three days before Christmas,
and the streets were crowded and
the stores packed like a ward caucus.
It was crowd and Jam-and push. The
cousins had to link hands to prevent
separation. They had visited two or
three stores and were still In the Jam
when Polly suddenly disengaged her
hand and whispered:
"Watch my hike!"
And ten seconds later she was lost
In the crowd, and the angel-doctor
and Miss Hilda Fitch stood face to
face. They were penned In. They
had to lean against a show-case and
hold their own. They had to talk"
and say things, and by and by the
angel-doctor had to help select the
presents for the Sunday school chil
dren and to help Miss Hilda through
the Jam to a taxi, and and
"Say, now," observed the twelve-year-old
Polly when she made a call
three days later on her cousin, "I
don't claim to know everything, but I
do know when to to bike!"
And she wasn't even asked what
"hike" meant!
Holly and Mistletoe.
In the language of flowers holly sig
nifies foresight, and mistletoe means
"I have surmounted all difficulties."
Holly, as everyone knows, Is the sym
bol or sign of Christmas, but the cus
tom of using It Is older than Chris
tianity. The Romans sent friendly
greetings and sprigs of 'holly to one
another during thler winter festival.
For this reason, perhaps. It was taken
to stand for the spirit of love and
good-will.
Mustn't Spin at Chrlstmaetlde.
In North Germany, where the prac
tical yet poetic spinning wheel still
hums in the cottages, one must, not
spin during the "twelve nights of
Christmas lest he or she walk after
death. If the spinning Is done after
sunset on Saturday, mice will eat the
work. If one wishes to have money
and good luck all the year, one should
not fall to eat herring on New Year's.
Day.
Liberal School News
The primary, 2nd and 3rd B
(Trades sent a Thanksgiving offer
ing of $7,78 to the orphans home
at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mrs.
Vickers has received a letter from
the Home sending their apprecia
tion and thanks to the children
who helped in sending the gift.
The primary teachers are plan
ning a good time for the children
next Friday afternoon. They will
have a Christmas tcee and a moth
er goose program.
All grades will have some kind
of a Christmas program except the
7th, who had an elaborate Thanks
giving program. The 8th will
have a mock trial in which Santa
will be tried as an imnositor by a
jury composed of Mother Goose,
April Fool, Queen of May, Father
Time and other peers o.1 Santa.
The (5th will have a Santa Clans
Xmas party. In fact, there will
bo something of interest in all
grades and we invite patrons of
the school to attend. All programs
will begin at 1:30 p. m.
The enrollment in the Primary
and lst year has reached 110.
Fred Carson, Herald Friermood
and Eva Kight have been out of
school on account of sickness.
Wm. Curry former princinpal
of the Liberal Schools was in town
visiting last week. Mr, Curry is
now maeaging a large orchard in
Jefferson Co. He was surprised
at the increase in our enrollment
in the last two years.
School closes Friday for a two
weeks' vacation.
Miss Hesse will spend the vaca
tion at her home in St. Marys;
Miss Wells at Kingman; Mr. Ful
ton at Winchester; and Mr. Rin
dom at Emporia; Miss Glenn at
Wichita; Miss Allen in Topeka;
Miss Briley in Chanute and Miss
Thompson at Hoxie. The other
teachers will remain in the city.
The Domestic Science depart
ment at the high school are plan
ning a Xma dinner Friday. The
high school boys have purchased
the turkeys and the girls are to
cook them. '
Visitors last wepk:
Mrs. Bradley, Mrs. Shumate
Mrs. Hannity Mrs. Quails
Mrs. Nichols Mrs. Herethe
The Liberal teachers held their
December meeting Monday even
ing in the high school building.
The subject discussed was "The
Place of Industrial Work and
Applied Arts in the School." Miss
Wells, Mis? Kelton and Mr. Rin
dom gave some very interesting
and well prepared papers on dif
ferent pharses of the subject,
which led to an interesting discus
sion of the subject. Miss Camber
Miss Gamber and Mrs. Vickers
placer themselves on the program
for sandwiches and coffee, prov
ing for themselves that they are
proficient in other lines than
school teaching.
Grace Dobson and Bessie Gus
tofson will spend their vacation
with their Barents in the country.
Miss Gamber will visit a few
days at Arkalon during the holi
days. The 8th grade were made glad
one day last week by the beauti
ful rose brought by Ruth Glenn.
We always appreciate the flowers,
The picture "Young Mothers"
that was given the primary by
the Federation of Clubs has been
framed and is a beautiful and in
teresting picture.
It is also a very appropriate
subject for the little people and
they enjoy it. The primary teach
ers are going to use it as an in
centive to prompt attendance, the
room having the fewest tardies for
the past month, will get the pic
ture for the next month. "
We wish for all the pupils A
Happy Xmas and Pleasant Vacation.
Foley Kidney Pills
Tonic in action, quick in results.
Will cure any case of kidney or
bladder disorder not beyond the
reach of medicine. No need to
say more.
For sale by ail druggists.
Methodist Missions ,
'The Woman's Home 'Mission
Society will meet with Mrs. C. D.
Gasaway, Thursday, December 28
at 2:30 p. m.
Keynote: "The joy .of life is
doing gobd according to a plan."
Singing. "Rescue the Perishing"
Lesson Luke 10, 1-9.
Responsive Reading, "A Review
of the Year"
Selections from Mrs. Williams'
Report - Mrs. Scandrett
"The Gift Without the Giver"
Mrs. Lipprant
"The Enlarged Vision"
Mrs. Wilkins
Reports on:
Mite Boxes Secretary
Gen. Publications Secretary
Our Papers Cor. Secy.
Please bring your mite boxes to
be opened at this meeting, and all
who can bring something to pay
on the pledge.
Best on Earth
This is tho verdict of R. J. Howell,
Tracy, Ohio, who bought Foley's
Honey and Tar Compond for his
wife: Her case was the worst I
have ever saw, it looked like a
sure case of consumption. Her
lungs were sore and she coughed
almost incessantly and her voice
was hoarse and weak. Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound brought
relief at once and less than three
bottles effected a complete cure."
For sale by all druggists.
Th J candy store of Eidson Bros,
has been a mighty busy place for
the past month, while they have
been getting ready for the Christ
mas trade. Eidson's candies have
a reputation of quality that is sec
ond to none.
3
Col. G.K.
Viimeth
Metier known as
'llalililt fool Hill's
Town hIu. commnr
cMal and live nlock
auctioneer. W'rlU" lo
(iuyinon, Oklahoma.
Herald for dales.
Get your dates at this office.
Three Special Christmas Prizes
For Our tlrause Piano Contest
In order to give every contestant a chance to win a prize
in our big contest, we are going to offer three Special Christ
mas prizes, which will be awarded on the Wednesday follow
ing Christmas, December 27. The conditions of the awards
of these prizes are different from those we have given dur
ing the past few weeks.
To the contestant polling the greatest number of votes
with Taylor's Voting Coupons, between December 13. and
December 27, we will give a beautiful writing set.
To the contestant counting the greatest number of votes
on the Liberal Democrat's Voting Coupons, we will give a
beautiful pearl and gold trimmed fountain pfn.
Both of these prizes are open to all contestants, regardless
of whether or not . they have won prizes in this contest,
prior to this time.
To the candidate making the greatest increase in votes
between December 13, and December 27, we will give a
beautiful GOLD LOCKET AND CHAIN.
This prize was purchased at tho store of C. S. Jarrett and
is now on display in his window. All contestants who have
won prizes in this contest are barred from the special price
of the locket and chain. This locket and chain are guaranteed
for ten years, and were purchased by the managers of the
contest, and after careful inspection of tho linost jewelry on
the market.
As usual, not more than one of these prizes go to
one person. In case one ontestant should be the winner of
more than one of the prizes above mentioned, the second
prize will go to the candidate having the highest standing in
the special class.
To
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We have this year a very at
tractive line of Books, Fames,
Toys and Dolls for little folks.
For the big folk we carry Cut
Glass, Hand Painted China,
Toilet Goods, Books, Bibles,
Photo and Post Card Albums
and Pyrography Goods.
We also have an elegant line
of Christmas Cards, Booklets
and Christmas Decorations.
SHITH BR0& DRUG STOKE
Established In 1888
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