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DESTROYED A GOLDEN MYTHTOUCHED TENDER SPOTMoral Seems to Be Let Children Dis

APPEAL IN HEN'S EYES TOO MUCHcover the Truth About Santa

Claus for Themselves.

It had been a hard year for the faFOR "NIMROD."

ther of the family and the coining ofChristmas had something of terror InIt for him when he thought of how-muc-

less In the way of gifts he coulddo than he would have liked.

Consequently Destructive Bird, HeldIn Honor as a Gift, Continues to

Make Barren Waste of Doc-

tor's Garden.

One of the doctor's patients Is an

But what hurt worst was that, haying had to meet some heavy tills, hefound it would be quite impossible tobuy the bicycle that he had promisedv. i v r a .

Italian who speaks English imperfect-ly, and 13, besides, very poor. The doc uis vqj aania ciaus wouia Drag.

He was sorry for the disappointment that he knew the lad would feeland he decided that it would be bestnot to wait and have the disappointment come on Christmas day. So hewent to the lad, a manly little chap,and said:

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tor became Interested In him at a hos-pital clinic, where he treated him forsome time. When quite restored tohealth, the Italian, full of gratitudeand affection, desired to make somereturn for the kindness that had beenshown him, and after much consider-ation decided to present his benefactorwith one of his most valuable assets,a large white hen which he was fat-tening with a view to a feast for him-self and family later on. So onemorning he arrived at the doctor's of-

fice with this offering in his arms and

"Look here, my boy, you are oldenough now to understand things. Each

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sat humbly waiting his turn amongthe other patients.

"Well, Joseph, is your hen sick?'asked the doctor jocosely, when Joseph

Christmas when you received gifts yousupposed, and. Indeed, we told you,they were brought by Santa Claus.

"As a matter of fact, Santa Claus isonly a make-believ- e, a tradition thathas come down through the ages tohelp make the Christmas seasonbrighter and happier and less selfishfor children. The truth is that yourmother and myself have always beenyour Santa Claus.

"This year, sonny, things have notbeen going very well with me and Ican't just afford that bicycle that youthought Santa Claus was going tobring you.

"Be a brave little man about it and

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finally was shown into the privatesanctum.

"Seek-a!- " exclaimed Joseph. "No, ser,heem-- a no seek-a- . I brought-- a heem toyou. I want gev-- a heem to you. Youmake-- a me well. You treat-- a me kindI geva you de cheek. I have-- a nomore. I like-- a you, please take-a- ,'

and with tears of emotion in his eyeshe thrust the struggling, squawkingfowl into the hands of the physician,who, being a most tender-hearte- d mortal, could not refuse a gift he knewwas offered in a spirit of sincere devotion.

A few days later the doctor's broth

we'll have a merry Christmas anyway,and maybe early in the year I'll beable to get it for you. But I reallycan't afford it now. You won't mindvery much, will you?"

"Why no dad." said the lad,though he had to fight a bit to keepthe tears out of hl3 eyes.

"But." he said, thoughtfully, "noSanta Claus! Why. I believed in him.Say, dad, you haven't been fooling meabout Jesus, too, have you?" St LouisRepublic.

er, whose prowess as a hunter of bigand little game had won for himamong his friends the nickname of"Nimrod," was visiting the doctor,

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Here, therefore, is the opportunity for dealerand buyer alike a car of medium pricethat offers such value and service that ithas made a clean sweep.

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means that the K-r-i--t Motor Car Companystands back.of every car that a writtenguarantee for a year goes with each car.

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and, happening to look out of thesanctum window into the yard, ob-

served the hen contentedly scratchingup a bed of geraniums, the last bit

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of vegetation her actice claws hadleft untouched in the lnclosure.

"Hello, Doc! Since when have yougone into the poultry business?" saidhe.

Then the doctor explained. "Thedeuce of it is," he concluded ruefully,"that the activities of that miserablebird have kept my yard looking like abarren waste."

"Kill her, why don't you?" said Nim-rod. "Cut off her head."

"Oh," said the man of lancets andprobes and surgical knives, "I couldn'tdo it; not In cold blood. Nimrod notin cold blood."

"Pooh," returned Nimrod, "let me doIt for you then. Just a clip cn theside of the head and it's over."

"All right, my boy, go and do it,"said the brother. So the doctor closedthe window and drew down the shade

Terms In Modern Evolution."Yes, it was romance, all right,

even if It did turn out badly. Itstarted at one" of last spring's pic-

nics. She was plucking white daisiesor something with the proper back-ground in perspective. He saw herand muttered: "Oh, you prettysquab!'"

'Then what?""Oh, she overheard it, all right, and

in a roundabout way an introductionfollowed."

"Go on.""Well, it wasn't many weeks be-

fore he had her out under the treesin the moonlight, with a mocking birdaccompaniment, asking her: Oosduckie Is oo?"

"Next chapter.""The first week In June he mar-

shaled up sufficient courage u say:'Say, chicken, let's get married?' "

"I see; short engagement, eh?""Yep: wedded bliss not long,

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J. Vo Ho CAIRNS, Burbridge Hotel Jacksonville, Fla.and Nimrod departed on hi3 murder-ous errand. Twenty minutes later hereturned.

"Well?" queried the doctor, lookingup from his writing, "is it done?"

"No," replied Nimrod."Not done!" said the doctor. "And

why not?""Why, the darned bird looked at me

with its round, silly eyes and I couldn't

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either. Along with other indignitiesalleged in her divorce petition shesays he called her a goose. He re-

taliated by saying no man was ex-

pected to stay married with a chat-tering guinea always around."

"Now what?" p!htn.. in th Chest. Irritation in the Throat and a Dry Hacking"She got her freedom yesterday. Todo it," confessed Nimrod, with a depre-

catory smile. night he's celebrating, declaring he'sglad he's rid of -- the old hen." StSo Joseph's gift still clucks andLouis Republic.scratches contentedly and the doc

tor's yard continues to look like abarren waste. New York Press.

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Let the small boys discover a bird lack in height they more than makeup in agility. They seem to be indestore and they halt and linger long.fatigable. Tennis, like baseball, iswondering over or admiring thesteadily growing in popularity in Ja

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this window, are sure to tug hertoward it to give them a chance tolook in.

The bird store window interests allchildren, as it appears to interest alsomany grown men who may be drawnto it by a natural fondness for birdsand animals, or be attracted by thenovel or striking character of the ex-

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ing manufactured In Japan, there be

seen with Its plumage in whateverform. As with characteristic deliber-ation it walks about with its long tailfeathers folded and trailing peoplestop to look at it, and then let it raiseand spread its great white fan andmany more halt and gather in a crowdaround the window. New York Sun.

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Levon, Nov. 5. Mr. W. J. Frink Isimproving fast and it is hoped by hisfriends he will be out in the next fewdays, although it will be several daysbefore he can use his hands.

Mr. E. P. Rentz paid us a pleasantvisit of a few hours Friday and Satur-day.

Mr. J. G. Culpepper Is home after aweek spent with relatives at CrystalRiver.

Miss Julia Waters visited Sunday InPedro.

Messrs. Alfred Oliver and CharlesCarter spent the day Sunday In Ocalaand Silver Springs.

Mrs. W. I Miller, while, feeding sweetpotatoes to the horse Sunday, had themisfortune of losing her middle fingernear the first joint. The horse In bit-ing the potato, got the finger and bitit off.

The recent cold snap has caused thefarmers in our section to clean up andmake ready the cane milL

The many friends of Mr. R. R.Rhodes will regret to learn that heleaves Levon in a few days for Jack-sonville, where he has accepted a posi-tion as saw filer with one of the mills.The people of our town regret verymuch to give up this estimable family,but wish for them a prosperous futurein their new home.

Mr. C. H. Strozler of Palatka ismingling with friends In Levon thisweek.

Mr. and Mrs. IL M. Hampton ofOcala were Sunday evening visitors toDr. T. K. Slaughter and wife.

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