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=Captain La Gonda's Ghoat (Continued from pc>g~ 10) ==========~======f=============~W~I=LM~E~TT~E~L~IF~Ea·~F~R~ID~A~Y~,~D~E~C~E~M~B~E~R=l~9~,~~~~4============~================~~ll. A"SPECIAL DEUVERY" FOR THE OLD POSTMAN . -- It rook many months o · patience ristmas Purchases ~aes, Go.f Sox, * (Boy or Girl) pera, Storm Boota, , ,. Gift hop Gifts for Her ...-::c~.. , . . ' and struggling on the beh:11f of both Rill and the bird before they became fril'nds but each became accustomed One time Bill 10 the' other finally. was a lone in his ~u.nk, w~en,, much to the poor superstitious p1rate s terror and amazement the bird screa!lled forth. "Shiver me timbers!" Bill. after JTathering his senses, tfied to make the bird repeat the call. But try as he would the bird was as temperamental as he himself, and wottld not utter a word. Bill's first im 1>ulse had been to dash out and tell hi s mates, but on second thought decided not. Most likely the bird would not speak. If it did the pirates would probably toss it overboard thinking it was a spirit. And if it didn't they would jeer at poor, sensitive Bill. Pirate though he was, he was sensith·e. The bird, whom the pirates called "McKee," picked up many expressions but he was in Bill's cabin all the time and he rarely talked during the day. It was mostlr aronnd eight bells when Bill was trotng to bed that it would chatter away. About three months later the pirates plundered another ship. Among the great prizes was a very beautiful girl hom they kept in their ship with the of the treasures. Her father they left in chain ~ They captured the !!"alley slaves anr left the father in the driftin~ w ~ :.el. His pitiful · call r~'n t the air ni ~ ht and day. "Barbara Marie I Oh I my daughter!" Barbara Marie La Gonda was a lady of noble birth and the life aboard the pirate ship seented very vulgar to her. For many days the pirate sh ip could still ht;ar the cry of the doomed man. Finally they were far enough away that the haunting cry no longer was audible. One night McKee, the parrot, got loose from his cage and out on the deck. Suddenly, in the dead of the Pi(fh t he screamed, "Barbara Marie I Oh! my daughter I" Terror struck the hearts of the pirates when the y asscmblerl on df'ck and found no one there. But Bill in his bunk knew who had done it and he lovingly rubbed the bird's feathers as he heard th e captain command, "Back, boys. Back to beauty's father. His ghost is walking the deck." \\'hen they reached the floating ship they found the man exhausted for want of food. He· was fed, given his daughter and put on shore. No one but Bill knew that tittle McKee was "Captain La GonGbait," :wd late that night Bill, at his own door on Christmas Eve.l'!"----------------------!"'--"!!"~llllilo~-~~"'1 He entered the tiny house disconsolate. It was so lonely there since Built like a regular house, 44x32 inches, 29 "she" had died-and their only son inches high-9 roomswas far away and had not even writOld B1ll, th~ postman, was near - ten-no, not a single letter. 4 upstairs, 5 down. Stairway, fireplace, ing home after hi s day's trudgint;, 1 Bill shuffled into the kitchen and electric tights, bu:lt-in trudging in the new snow delivering o:onk into a rocker near the stove. case, windows book Christmas maiL So many letters for "Not one letter," was his only thought, that open. The nicest so many people-would there be I "and yet I deal in letters." doll house you've ever one for him? He brushed the snow Just then the doorbell rang, and a seen; complete in every from his mail box and held his breath "£pec:al delivery" was thrust into his respect. while he looked. No-there was none ; hands. \Vith tears of joy he tore it Can be seen at 1305 and a great lump came in his throat. open and read. His son, his only son Wilmette Ave. Phone Thirty, forty envelopes bearing Christ- would be home on the "midnight" Wilmette 2995. mas cheer he had delivered at a single train.-H. Lucius Cook. house, but not one letter greeted him (C .. 1924, W est e rn Newspaper \lnlon.) I I I SUGGESTIONS FOR US'EFUL with McKee, jumped ship. As his rowboat took the bend, Bill glanced 0\'er his shoulder at the handsome vessel silhoutted against the dark sky and smiled softly as he rubbed McKee's little yellow-green head. Chltfoa, $1.75 per pair Senic.. $1.75 per pair $5.. for the box (S) Hosiery Party Slippers Buckles Boudoir Slippers House Slippers Over-Shoes $1.51 to $4.25 per pair w-· HOM froiD In black, bl- and old ro·· $Z.,e per pair In a ..orted colora from $1.51 to $%.25 UOMAGb H OMAGE in our profession means meticulous respect for the wishes of the bereaved. Their wishes constitute an ·obligatiQn which we try to discharge perfectly. ~t Urul~:rstaflll North ·Shore· Bootery ~~~-~~-~- " ~ 529 Davis St. 919 Chicago Ave. At Chicago Ave. ... ~~ --~~-~~-~~a.~~- Near Mai~ St. '