The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1919 Page: 2 of 24
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(Copyright, 1519, by the McClure News-
paper Syndicate.)
1 OR many minutes ot*
the afternoon that
Robertson & Co.
marked down their
"window suits" to $25
Iva Ellsworth, Elsie
Banford's visitor,
watched from Elsie's
automobile with (sym-
pathetic eyes a little
lame woman who stood
before the window and
directly in front of a
navy blue coat suit of "chiffon broad-
cloth."
Delmar Hulstead stood at the side
of the car with his back to the side-
walk and his eyes on Iva's face. He
had made excuse to leave his book-
keeper's desk when he had seen Elsie
come in the store and leave her guest
alone in the car, so he did not see
the little lame womau.
"I wish," said the girl Irrelevantly,
"everybody could have their dearest
Christmas wishes!"
Halstead's smile was a bit wistful.
"I echo your heavenly kind thought—
;
ft
Iva Ellsworth Was the Dixie Rose.
I've a big wish for Christmas myself." j
^"Something pretty or useful?"
"It's pretty, useful and good—every- :
thing that's lovely and desirable."
Iva's eyes were on the package in !
her lap, but she felt that he was look-1
ing at her in unconscious appraisal, i
and her pulse leaped.
"Tell me about it Christmas eve- j
ning. I mean," she added a little con-!
fusedly, "whether you get it or not." j
. "Indeed I willhe promised.
Miss Adriana Halstead. elderly and |
somewhat neglected by her only rein* ;
tives—her dead brother's family—gave i
a glad little cry when she saw her 1
older nephew in her door that evening. j
Delmar felt a little prick of conscience i
as he kissed her. For a few moments j
the little woman fluttered about him •
happily, then set about preparing the I
evening meal she insisted he must
share. While she was out of the room I
Delmar accidentally dropped his foun- !
tain pen in her wastebasket.
As he fished it out, absently smooth-1
ing the sheets of crumpled note paper I
in which it fell, his eyes caught in his j
aunt's '-ramped scrawl: "To Mrs. Mir-
iam Halstead, My Mother in Heaven." j K
Wondering, he read on: "Everybody /
but me is thinking of Christmas j
wishes—gifts possible for them to
have—and oh, mother darling, I must
tell someone what I know I cannot
have, or mv heart will break!
"I want somebody of my people to
sit at my table to laugh and to talk
with me, to live with me and love me I
In the four years since you and father
went away I've been lonely—lonely!
"I could not bear it if if were not
for Delmar. When he Is here I play
he lives with nu-. and I forget for a
blessed hour or so I am alone. And
oh. mother, my roses are gofng un-
pruned. my fence unmended and' my |
house unpainted, and my clothes are
getting shabbier every day. I am
afraid they will soon not be respect-
able enough for church. Oh, little
mother. I want a new dress. I want—
• ih, mother, ought I to covet that coat
suit in Robertson A Co.'s window—the
blue French broad'-Ioth that would
Just fit me?—I—"
The words ended here. The writer
had evidently crumpled the paper and
IhrnTn it in the basket when she "
beard bis ring.
When Delmar went home he walked
by the corner and looked at the blue
•nit. Twenty-five dollars represented
an engagement ring if lva Ellsworth
would accept it. Iva lived with ber
"Wuslns In the next state and was used
to laxnry, and his bookkeeper's salary
was only $75 a month, hut DHmar had
resolved.
On Christmas eve Miss Adrians'a
doorbell rsiyt t<» admit Robertson ft
Co.'s porter with a great box marked
••With I»elmar's Love." I nder the lid
lay a fragrant bunch of violets, a lacy
white shirtwaist, a pretty blu<* velvet
to««e. a pair of trim sboea and tbo
broadcloth suit of the window display.
Like one In a happy dream Miss
Adriana put on the things and pres-
ently Delmar came In wearing his eve-
ning clothes.
Would elie go with him to see the
play the young people of ilv town
were giving, "A Rose of Old Dixie."
With her face like the dawn Mlsa
Adriana watched the players. Iva
Ellsworth was the Dixie Rose, a witch-
ing heroine; Paul Nelson, her lover.
Iva played her part with brilliancy,
but Paul's heart prompted his ucting.
It was fervent, real.
Delmar'a mind was torn with inde-
cision. But near the end of the play
he looked at the little lonely woman
beside fltfm, for the time pathetically
happy, and quite suddenly his mind
was made up.
"Auntie," he said abruptly to her
when they were again In her living
rpom, "will you let me come live with x
you? Mother doesn't need me; she's
going to be married soon to Dr. Ash-
ley Wyatt. We'd be company for each
other. If you'll let me I'll move my
desk and other things over tomorrow."
Miss Adriana's happiness of the eve-
ning, compared with the new joy, was
as a drop of water to the ocean.
That evening Iva Ellsworth received
1 a bouquet of pink carnations and a
I note that asked her to pardon the
! writer for breaking his promise to call,
j and begging her to accept his congrat-
1 ulations on the success of the play.
I "I didn't get what I wanted for
j Christmas," the note ended. "I didn't
I dare, in the face of things, to ask
| for it."
I For several months the world held
j no happier creature than Miss Adri- j
| ana. Then she observed that Delmar
| had occasional fits of abstractedness, |
unnatural to him. Gradually it
J dawned upon her that he was troubled
over something.
j "Where is that pretty Ellsworth ;
j girl now, Del, do you know?" she
j asked him tentatively one morning
j early in December.
! He started at her question, and she
j noticed with a sinking heart that the
j paper he had shook a little.
j "Bryce Garth told me yesterday Paul !
Nelson was married." he answered her, ;
"and though Bryce didn't know to
whom, I—I think it must be to Miss ;
Ellsworth, auntie."
Later in the day, searching for a
lost cuff button of Delmar's, she came
upon a picture of the girl.
"He loved her—he gave up asking
ler to marry him," her troubled mind
reasoned, "to make a home for me.
| And now he is grieving for her!"
i As the weeks passed Miss Adriana
; paled under the weight of her secret
! trouble. Delmar became uneasy for
j her, and a few days before Christmas
1 sent her to the near-by city to see one j
! of his friends, a fine young physician
; there.
j That afternoon while crossing the
| street to the railroad station Miss
j Adriana felt herself caught and pulled
: back just in time to escape being run
| over by a heavy truck that came
around I he corner. The girl who
saved iter helped her to the ladies' ,
1 sitting room of the station, but when
} her train came a few minutes later
j she was too shaken and nervous to
! attempt to board it.
"Oh, what will Delmar think when I
I don't come!" she exclaimed.
"Delmar!" The pretty girl's cheeks
| grew a deeper pink, and Miss Adriana
j knew her to be Iva Ellsworth.
"My nephew, Delmar Halstead, with
whom I live in Review," she explained.
"Why, Review is only twenty-five ;
miles." cried the girl; "I'll telephone ,
him and he can come for you in a a
automobile."
When she came back Miss Adriaua's
lips trembled over a question.
"Are you—are you married, my
dear?"
When Delmar came Miss Adrians*;
was able to smile in wan gayety at 1
him.
"Where is the lady that saved you?"
he asked presently as he knelt beside
Jeff Goodner to Oklahoma City
The fellow what sold
me my ortomobll' sed
"0 yes", sez he,
Jeff Goodner has resigned as tnan-
;ikit (if the Cameron Lumber Co., at
Headrick, and has gone to Oklahoma i « . j.
t in where lie lias purchased an inter-1 yOU 11 git 15 OT 20
est in the druf; business of his uncle, mile tO the gallon Of
Ross Goodner. Jeff i* an indutrious __ _ n t i j ~ _ j
young man of first class busines aliili- gas • ^ had flggered
him out a dum liar
ontil I druv up to
that Fillin' Station
on the cornder fer gas
a time or too ah' then
!hit sorter soked in
what he ment.
Mart Ashby.
ly. and his many friends hope that hi
success of the past few years may be
with him in his new business. Asa
Hyiton. of Frederick, will take his
place with the Camcrpn Lumber Co-
at Headrick.
Patronize home industry and buy
good mattresses and comforts at the
Acme Mattress Co., next door north of
Times-Democrat. 50-lp
••Delmar. You've Misjudged Me."
her witii bis arms about her. "1 don't
know bow I'll ever thank that blessed
woman!"
Miss Adriana took his face between
her bands.
■•Delmar." abe said, "she fold me her
dearest wish for Christmas was a
home! She has a little money of h«*r
own. but. Delmar. Hire*- |»eople could
live on what we two do. in comfort,
in real comfort. I—oh. IMinar. I want
her to com»» and live with us!"
Before Delmar i-ould speak the in
n»r door opened and Iva Ellsworth
came in.
"I kuow now why you didn't ask
for what you wanted last Christmas'"
sh«- said softly. 1*1 mar Halstead.
h*w you've mlsjn«l*«^l o»e! Plain liv-
ing. with—with b>v*. and thla dear
woman to mother me would be rWw*
to ■»!"
! Announcing the Nash Six
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j $1595 F.O.B. Kenosha
| The Nash Sport Model combines the utmost style in an
i open car with unusual comfort. Finish Palmette green,
I with five white wire wheels.
! THE NASH SIX FIVE PASSENGER TOURING CAR
(AND ROADSTER
$1490 F. O. B. Kenosha
(Its unusual beauty and the power of its Nash "Perfected
Valve-in-Head Motor" are largely responsible for their
£ popularity with owners everywhere.
I THE NASH SEVEN PASSENGER CAR
* $1640 F. O. B. Kenosha
I For the large family and for touring this seven passenger
car is most appreciated. Its two auxiliary seats are strong
and comfortable.
1 seven and one five passenger car now ready for delivery
S. C. HICKMAN, Agent
ALTUS, OKLAHOMA
MEMORIALS • IN
iillMiilK
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We desire to express our appreciation for a
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a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Altus Marble & Granite Works
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Shepard, Sue W. The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1919, newspaper, December 18, 1919; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc287509/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.