The Cleo Journal. (Cleo, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 1904 Page: 3 of 8
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"And lo the star which they Mr
In the east went before them” whls-'
pered the bojr gazing upward at ita
pure white light in the hush of the
Holy Night - - -
“But mankind” said the old man
sadly “has not followed In all the
Christmas eves since it looked on the
shepherds in that field of Bethlehem
it haa looked on men doing evil some-
where to their fellows Its light has
been dimmed by the lights from camp
fires of armies and from flames of
burning cities I am old and it la
weary waiting for the fulfillment of
the promise"
' “The star la beautiful and splendid”
said the boy with shining eyes
“Undimmed I shine” said the 8tar
"And He In whose sight a thousand
years are but a day sees mankind look
toward me every year with new in-
telligence and love Ages have passed
and other ages still must be before
the Word shall be fulfilled But every
Christmas eve I shine upon a world
that has moved forward step by step”
Greater grew the radiance of the
Star until the world sank away and
still and pure It shone over Jerusalem
Whose calm and faithful eyes are
these that look toward it from a cell?
Stephen lies there soon to be taken
to the ‘city wall and stoned to death
Again it shines upon the Holy City
surrounded now by a Roman army
tinder Titus Before another Christ-
mas eve Jerusalem shall be no more
The temple of the Most High shall
be razed and Titus leave nothing on
Mount Moriah save a little heap of
ruins
And again there Is a Christmas eve
Six hundred years have passed The
Christian world has fallen far away
from the Sermon on the Mount
Hatred and intolerance have dis-
torted the cause of Christ into a cause
for shedding of blood from Bethlehem
to the far isles of Great Britain
Shining for the first time on Christ-
mas in the New World In 1492 the
Star sees Columbus and his crew turn
toward It from their small craft as
they roll In the great blue sergos of
the tropical ocean off the coast of
llaytl It may be that there Is too
much Christmas eve cheer aboard the
Santa Marla For before the Star has
set she is a hopeless wreck on the
rocks of the beautiful Island ‘ 1
The Star is to see many cruel things
STAR IN THE EAST
Wondrous Story of the Centuries
That It Told to the Boy
Who Gazed at It '
iij the New World after that Its
serene beam shines on Montezuma in
1519 a prisoner in the bloody hands
of Cortez It shines on Cortez again
with bla men in the next Christmas
eve lying before Tezcuco which he
Is to enter and plunder before the end
of the week
On the Christmas eve of 1529 and
for ten Christmas eves thereafter the
Star looks on an American Odyssey
It is the Odyssey of Alvar Nunez and
his three companions sole survivors
of the expedition of Pamfilo de Nar-
vaez wandering along the northern
coast of Mexico through Texas to
the Rocky Mountains and thence to
Mexico trying to find a way to take
them back to Spain They spend one
Christmas eve in being worshiped as
demigods by a tribe of Indians They
spend many others in working as
slaves
In 1567 the Star sees a gathering in
Antwerp It is a terrible gathering
that concelvea a thought of inhuman
wickedness and ferocity Yet out of
this Christmas meeting shall a great
freedom be born For it Is that of the
Spanish rulers in the Netherlands
and at It Is adopted the decree of the
Inquisition that condemns all the In-
habitants of the Netherlands with but
few exceptions to death And the
War of Liberation follows It Is the
first to break the cruel and deadening
power of 8paln
In the New World the Star looks
on the colonists of Jamestown stealing
out on Christmas eve in 1607 to get
corn from the Indians by strategy
Two years later Christmas eve sees
them suffering grievously for food
again -
Anno Domini 1620 and the Pilgrim
Fathers rest from their labor of build-
ing the settlement whloh they have
begun that morning
Christmas eve 1676 sad 1676 sees
war in the New World In the first
year the New Englanders Instead of
gathering around sociable - fireplaces
are abroad driving before them the
remnants of the Wampanoag Indians
whom they have defeated In a great
battle near Narragansett bay and in
1676 the French are taking Cayenne
in Qianai after a stubborn siege
In 1686 the Star shines on grim and
moody faces in the town of NewYork
Sir Edmond Andross the first royal
governor and vice-regent of New Eng-
land has just arrived and is making
a roaring Christmas eve of it
Two years ' afterward - the- Star
gleams on his royal master James II
spending bis Christmas - eve In the
French court a fugitive driven from
his throne In England:
Sitting with a ew companions by
a camp fire in the primeval wilderness
of Pennsylvania a young surveyor
looks up at it in 1753 He is George
Washington nine days’ Journey on his
way home from Lake Erie where he
has been to carry a message to the
commander of the French that will
end finally In the French and Indian
war Indians are prowling on his path
that night but he looks as serenely
at the Star of Bethlehem as if he
were gazing at it from his home in
Virginia
Christmas eve 1773 and there are
bands and flying banners in Boston
Young and old mechanics and royster-
ers and citizens of substance are
marching together Ringing "God
Save the King” they head straight for
the wharves where two teashlps are
lying Some of the chests go over-
board still to the accompaniment of
the loyal tune The others are left
on the ships but the vessels are forced
to return home without unloading
Lieut John Paul Jones In hiB new
uniform and clothed In his three-day-old
dignity as member of the Corps
of Naval Officers appointed by Con-
gress swaggers around proudly on
Christmas eve in Philadelphia in 1776
Anno Domini 1776 sees 24000 men
crossing the Ice-covered Delaware
And In 1777 the Star shines on Val-
ley Forge where men sit around piti-
able fires in rags — penniless hungry
freezing but unfaltering
Christmas eve 1783 George Wash-
ington has surrendered his commis-
sion the day before For the first
time in seven years l looks up to
the Star without heavy care
“James” ' said Gerry Talbot sud-
denly looking up from the letter be
had Just received "you needn't mind
about the rest The dinner will not
come off after alt” '
The decorated end of the big sump-
tuous studio looked oddly distasteful
to Gerry Talbot since the reading of
Miss Wakefield's telegram which had
shattered bis enthusiastic plans He
had Invited her — and for chaperon-
age her brother and bis wife — to a
Christmas studio dinner which be
meant to make as festive as possible'
Of course her rejection at the last
hour had been a gentle invention pre-
pared to avert a greater disappoint-
ment for he had let her know unmis-
takably bow it was with him and he
'dazing Wistfully
had been so hopeful of success that
he had selected a ring for her Christ-
mas gift — a little golden circlet set
with a clear white solitaire
The streets - were thronged with
bustling Christmas shoppers glad of
heart with merry expectant faces
and here and there a wistful one too
looking on but not buying As Talbot
turned 'toward the restaurant he no-
ticed two little girls gazing wistfully
into a confectioner's window
- "Yes Min I would I'd do it fust
thing” said the taller of the two “Oh
my! wouldn't it be nice to be rich an'
Invite all your friends to a big turkey
an’ ice cream dinner!”
Minnie who was of less sanguine
disposition said - there wasn't any
good in wishing ’cause nothing ever
came true anyway but her friend
kept up a flow of charitable aspira-
tions that interested Talbot in spite
of his gloom They were very poorly
clad thin-featured and ill-nourished
but not unpleasant to look at Talbot
was conscious all at once of an Inex-
plicable impulse to gratify the first
child’s wish
“So you would really like to give
your friends a Christmas dinner!”
said he smiling down at her aston-
ished eyes "I have a great mind to
let you have your wish"
"Ob dear me Min!” she gasped "I
can’t hardly believe it can you? It
sounds Just like a make-believe thing
Won't Mis’ Posey be s'prlsed! An’
Jonas an’ Meg an’ Tom! Oh won't
they be Jest too pleased!”
“How many shall you Invite?” Tal-
bot asked gravely taking out his note-
book “You see we haven't much
time to spare so we'll have to begin
our preparations at once How many
guests?”
'Well there's Aunt Kitty an Uncle
Tim hn’ the baby Mis’ Posey Jonas
Boggs Meg an Pat Fooley — Min can
you think of anyone else?”
“Lame Betsy an’ Moll”
“How many’s that?” asked Lou
“Twelve counting us three”
Talbot nodded gravely “Can you
give me some Idea wbat they would
like to have for dinner?”
“There'11 be turkey won’t there?”
“Certainly”
"With sauce and stuffin'?”
“Yes"
Talbot wrote down the various
items while they added sundry Incon-
gruous articles
“Don't you think it would be nice
to have a little present beside each
plate?" he asked
Both girls gasped but looked im-
mensely pleased
"Suppose you two go around with
me and pick out what you consider
suitable for each of your guests be-
cause I should not know what to se-
lect" They set off toward Sixth avenue
where they soon found themselves In
a whirl of belated shoppers Talbot
consulted his list as he followed the
ahildren from counter to counter
"Now I think you bad better both
run home and lot your parents tee
that you are safe and sound then set
about the Invitations" said Talbot
when the cab stopped before his own
door
At precisely 12 o’clock the bell rang
for the first time to announce the ar-
rival of the guests
Talbot shook hands all around with
a “Merry Christmas!” after which
they all took their places at the beau-
tiful table tbe like of which cone of
that humble party had ever looked
upon But it was a kindly madness
that possessed the host of that boun-
tiful dinner for his stories were of
tho pleasantest and his watchful care
was unflagging
Now and then Talbot rose to refill
an empty glass or replenish a half
emptied plate and in the midst of one
of bis excursions around tbe table
the hall bell thrilled merrily a pro-
longed intimate expectant trill that
sent all tbe blood rushing madly to
his face There was a pause then
James’ quiet well-trained voice said:
“Yes madam he is at dinner in the
studio”
The door swung Inward and—
-Well Talbot knew that he was not
dreaming when she came toward him
with outstretched bands and a ripple
of explanation of which he heard not
one word Indeed to him one Isolated
fact filled the world — that she was
smiling up at him with a great prom-
ise in her eyes He heard himself say
something about a delightful surprise
which she interrupted with a bait
apologetic question concerning his
guests ’ -
Talbot beamed around the table
"A little friend of mine wanted to
give her friends a Christmas dinner
and I persuaded her to let me share
it” he explained Jauntily "It has
been a great treat to me"
Miss Wakefield read the whole
truth for herself as she looked into
the good homely faces that reflected
their host’s praises in every glance
She said nothing but her eyes told
wbat Talbot would have given all he
possessed to hear from her lips Then
Mr Wakefield and his wife ventured
In and Talbot bethought himself to
ask if they had dined which they had
not
"I warned Grace that we’d Jaa
somebody’s plans by running in at
this hour but she thought we might
as well look in on our way home”
said her brother
Lou and Talbot made room for
three plates here and there and as
there was a plenty of crullers and tur-
key and ice cream all went well to
the very end of the function when
the eleven - originally Invited guests
rose and made their adieus with glad
hearts and beaming faces Talbot saw
them all safely stowed into the ele-
vator cage when with a "Happy New
Year and many Jolly returns!” he
hurried back to tbe studio
Miss Wakefield stood before the
grate while her brother and his wife
examined a row of pictures half hid-
den behind the holly wreaths
- “I was sorry to disappoint you yes-
terday” she said “but poor Ted’s tel-
egram was so urgent that we were
afraid he was worse and hadn’t the
heart to refuse him When I discov-
ered that we could take an early train
home I made up my mind to run in
and wish you a Merry Christmas any-
way and so we came you see”
Talbot thought of the ring He had
taken it from its hiding place
“For a long while I have wanted to
ask you to accept this— and what goea
with it" he said simply holding the
glittering bauble toward her
A red glow crept into her face
“Don't you think you are taking a
rather unfair advantage of me Ger-
ry?” she asked
"Yes now?” he repeated
She made no audible answer but
when the young couple at the other
end of the room sauntered toward
them they were smiling — New York
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Rice, Arthur R. The Cleo Journal. (Cleo, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 22, 1904, newspaper, December 22, 1904; Cleo, Oklahoma Territory. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1856292/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 3, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.