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Harry,
the Postman
How He Delivered a
Child's Letter to
Santa Claus
By RUTH GRAHAM
"Mamma, will pap* come borne foi
Christmas and bring us some nice
presents ?"
The mother turned away to hide bei
tears from her little girl and did not
reply for some time. Then she said:
"So, dear. Papa will not be bom<
for Christmas." She did not add, "Papa
will never come home." It would bavt
been unnecessary, for by the time an
other Christmas cam* round hh chll
dren, who were very young, would
have forgotten their father.
"Well, then." sold Bob, a boy of live
"1 suppose I'll have to write a letter to
Santa Claus and tell him to bring me j
twice as many toys, because my papa
Isn't going lo bring me any at all."
"H'm," said his sister Lucy. "I'd !
like to know bow you're going to d<
that ulnce you can't write."
"Mamma'll do It for me."
"l.ucy, you'd better do It for him.'
said the mother.
So Lucy went for some writing mate
rials and brought them to the dining
room table, for, writing being no easy
matter with her, she required plenty of
room, and after much labor, Including
the erasure of blots and a number of
errors, completed the following letter: I
Dere Santa Clans? My papa went to aea
on his ship. lli? Penguin, a long time a*o
an<l can't come home fur Christmas. 80 I i
won't net any presents from him this
yere. So 1 want you to bring 'em an. 1
Urtng me h drum, a trumpet, a bos of
paints, a lewsharp. some garoei and a box
of ninepins. Your loving
BOB MARKHAM.
P. 8.? Don't forget the drum.
The letter having been finished, the
children waited the arrival of IUrry,
the postman, who had delivered lei
ters at the house before the children
were born and who always had some
thing to say to them whenever he I
handed them a letter? for Bob delight
ed to receive the mall? and as soon as
he came along Bob, banding him his j
missive, said:
"Harry, I want you tp be sure to
send It to Santa Claus. Will you?"
"I certainly will," replied Harry. "I'll
put It with the other letters for Santa '
Claus. Ther? are ten iwgs full for '
him, all from little children."
And Harry tramped on, making
rounds day after day regularly, and j
sometimes It seemed endless as the
Journeys of the earth around the snn.
But be didn't put Bob's letter with the [
other letters to Santa Clans; he put
It In his pocket, luteuding to flud out
what the boy es|>eclally wanted fot
Christmas anil supply It himself. He
was very fond of the child and had
lieen the recipient of many gifts from
bis parents.
"I wish," mused the |H>stman, "that
I could take his mother a letter say
Ing that Captain Markbara would be
home for Christmas. Bad business,
the loss of his ship! I wouldn't like
to l>e master of a v.?sael to see when
she Is sinking, the crew saving them '
selves and having to go down under '
the black water myself. Ugh! They
can talk about bounding over the bll '
lows all they like. It's a different
thing when the billows bound over j
So mused the postman at the loss of
the renguln, which he knew all about
and of which Lucy and Bob had never
been told. Those of the crew who had
saved themselves reported that their
captain had refused to leave his post
and they had come away In the boats
without him. Some of them Raid that
they saw the stern of the ahlp rlae
out of the water and her bow plunge
down under a wave, after which she 1
was never seen agalu. Others declared
that at that very moment the fog be- .
came thicker nnd ahut her off from
view.
The Penguin had struck an Ice
berg and had never been seen again
Since four months had elapsed with
no news of her no one doubted that
she had gone to the bottom.
It wag with a heavy heart that Mm.
Mark bam made her preparations for a
Christmas which was to take place
without her husband. Since their mar
riage Captain Markham had not miaacd
a single Christmas at home, being In
command of a coaster which' made
short trips, which enabled him to part
ly control his time. Ilia widow would
have preferred to pass the day without
noticing it, but felt that It waa due to
her children to throw off aa much of
her sorrow as possible, that they might
enjoy the little people's favorite anni
versary.
One morning Uarry. the psstman, waa
arranging his mall for delivery when
his eyes fell upon a letter that mad#
them stand out In his head. That hand
writing he had seen on many a letter
l>efore, but he had never delivered any
of them postmarked from so distant a
port, for the letter had been mailed
from South Africa. It was addressed
to Mrs. Robert G. Markham and In her
husband's handwriting.
Suddenly the other men In the gen
eral delivery room saw Ilarry dance
about on the floor.
"What's up?" he was asked.
"Nothln', only there's likely to be a
big Christmas gift to one of the parties
on my route."
Harry hurried through sorting the
balance of his letters and began his
round. It seemed longer than usual br
fore be reached Mr*. Marklinm'a. tfkft
he dltl the lady came to the door, Md
Harry handed her the letter. From
lethargy her whole l>eliiR sprang Ink
life. With a trembling band she tore
open the letter, ran It ovtr and caught
at a newel poat In the hall for auppoft
Harry waited eagerly watching b*r 1
till ahe fnlcl In broken sentence*:
"Picked up ? carried all over? comtni
borne for Christina*!"
Harry wi?nt on without a word, foi
be knew lliat nothing be could My
would recslve attention, but the MXt
morning, when delivering a circular
he stopped and learned more about thi
situation.
"I have r.ob's letter to Santa Clans Ja
my pocket,4 be said, "and I would Wkt
your permission to open It that I mat
give him something be has asked for.'
This led to a bit of conversation oe
tween the lady and Harry. In which a
scheme for the delectation of the cbtl I
dren waa irranged. for now that the
doml bad lieen restored to life Mrs
Markham was eager to make as mucr
ns |iossllila of the coming Christmas j
Captain Markham reached hia bom< ,
on Christmas eve. While detained on
the way he hnd |>n>vlded Chrlatmat
gifts for his family, but when, he drnv#
up to bis home, leaving them la lh?
cab, he sprang Into the arm* of hit
wife and tuigged hi* children, forget
ting all about the gifts till be saw the
cabman lugging them Into th* house
The children were Id ectUgle* that
their father had come bout* for Christ
mas, and lloh's first remark, character
latlc of childhood, waa:
"Now 1 write that letter to Hants
Claus I'll glt two lota of present*."
That wa? a merry Christmas eve In
deed. Mrv Markham told I.ucy fot
the first time that her father had bees
wrecked and bad been given up foe
dead; that he had gone down with hit
ship, come up and got on to a portion
of the dock of his vessel wblcb had
burnt off when she sank. From tberr
he had been taken In a starving coadl I
tlon by a passing ship and was too fat !
gone to give an account of himself fbt
some time At last be found himself
at Cape Town, South Africa, and had
written the letter which had been re
celved as Hooti as he waa able to do so
As for llob, he waa too young to un
deratand the matter.
On Christmas morning, when tbr
?took In pi wore I* ken down, Bob wa? |
much diss i|Miliito<] nl not receiving anj j
of the Rifts for which hp had written j
Santa Claim
"I toll you what you do. Bob," Mid '
his father. "Write or ask Locy to
write another letter to Santa C'lai"
reminding him that he baa left out !
Just the things yon wanted and you'd
like to have him (ret them for you at
once. Harry makes one delivery to
day and will be here about noon. GIv?
him your letter and tell him to aee
that Santa Claim geta It riffbt away "
Boh failed to get Lucy down to any
such task, she being too buay enjoying
her presents, so Captain MarUkam
wrote the letter, and when Harry came
round with a new lot of Cbriatmai
packages Bob handed him tht letter
Captain Markham smiled knowingly !
at the postman, and the postman wink
ed at Captain Markham.
Shortly liefore the children went te
bed there was a ring at the bell, and
Bob was Million to anawer the anm j
mens. There In the doorway stood
Santa Clnus himself, covered wltb
?now.
"Is thete a little boy here named
Bob?" be :?sked.
"Yes. I'm Bob."
"Well, I came to say that I received
your letters, but since I am all ow
the world at the same time' I knew!
that your father was In Souttt Africa ,
and would be home in time to get rou
tbe tor* yon i*k*d for M T dldn'l
hrtn* them I rot yotr ae?w?d letter
ttala afternoon and hare bmnrhf yon
yonr drum and yonr (mmprt and all
Iha other thlny yon a?ked for."
irolly! Ain't that (Iner filed
Bob fleefhnr
"Come In. fcinfa ('tana." cried Captain
Mark ha m from the llrlnc mom.
Santa Clana entered. fir i'*tlnr him
aelf of the toya he had hrnncbt. In
cluding a doll'a honae for f Atrj. whWt
be aald he had left over and wbl<-t>
daltghted Ijnrj rery mneh.
''IiaTe ron any children. Want*
Clana?" aaked Captain Marfcham
"Of connw. I har# a Wx of children
Row n-onld I know what children wlab
for Chrlatmaa If I didn't hare any of
my own?"
"Well. I thourht yo?i mltrht anatrer
Bob'a letter la peraon. no I bar* pro
vided aoroe jrtfta for yonr tioya and
rlrta"
Mra. Markbam produced a nnmher
of packarea. which ?he handed to Ban
ta riana, and t'aptaln Markbam. reaefc.
In* down Into hla pocket. produced a
A. '
"Yon fin't afford " ?nl?l the captain,
?to upend mT! yo?r time takln* ffft*
to children on f'hrtatmaa for nothing"
"Santa <"lana never take* par from
any one."
"Well. then. irlre It to Harry. the
poannan. who *ent yon the letter* "
"That ! will." aaM Santa. ami. wt*h
In* all i rood nlrht and many merry
Obrte?mai?e? In the future. he went net
Into the fulling ?n?w.
Of eonrwe that <1ir1i?tma? I* ren?e?
tiered In the Markltam family a* the
(Treat <*hrt?tma? of (heir llTea The
! cWlAren lold all their Met>d? who had
wfftfen letter* to Sitnta nana. ?>me of
whom 'had rtwvlvwl what they aaked
1 for. that they had reeetred an e?pertal
rlalt from the old rentleman for the
parpoae of htinrlnc their present*
And when Ifarry came a1<>mr the nett
day Boh care him a full account of
how Santa Clan* had replied to hta
second letter. Ilarry listened appar
ently mn<~h Interested, then pa**ed on,
telling Hoh that be wa? the only poet
man who knew- Jn?t whet* to find
Santa Clan* and children won Id do
well to IntpiM their letter* to him
PILE? CUBED IN ? TO I' DAYS
>ur dru+atw will refund money tf |
[ >.\7A) OINTMENT falia lo rare any
Me Of Itcklni, OUod, of
f'rotrudlnc Pile* In ? 'n 14 day* .">*c
(iRK \T CLKARAMCB HAI.R
Sold at a Iom' Malt Rainier, 20
centa per bottle. Eapedally pretti
ed for alrk people and IrralldJ. and
excellent for nuralng mother* Only
two harrela left. After that, price
will he SS renti per bottle
Pa?k Train Bar
(1R.4ND RKTHClin* S W.K
The Pack Train la now selling a
big lot of Good Gooda at reduced
prlcea aa they are retting too old
to hold and aell at a profit, Towra,
tf. Herman Otimm
rR?rM0fo*ii<
tltnfMfl
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Trade At Home
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IT is a Sard thing to convince some people, who hire acquired the
* mail order habit, that it is to their advantage to trade at home The
green fields far away appeal to them. *o tRey send their money out of
town for something that is no better than can be found on the loeal
merchant's shelves. The money is thus gone where they, r >? any one
of the community, will ever see it again, and where it can i nobody
good but the person who has it and he is hundreds or th. ?ands of
miles away.
THE MAIL ORDER PEOPLE
are not the only offenders who are blind to the interests of the commu
nity. The merchants are just as bad. Many of them send away for
their printing, while at the same time argue againnt'mail order business.
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AND
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