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”Wcll. nanny. I‘m young and Ma- l) ud tun-d to hard mull him," 10-: con-died Mm". “I can u Inn at a job with n contractual nu. :- - noun". or plumbers ”um-m. or hunter. That will sum Io Inn-p me M nude “mile-luau for an nort- d can.» poulflcm only to Ind Maul! Quietly rejected bot-m of MI luck I «mm In those WM lln- fin young Tom let! the turn with dumm: eyes and a blah heart and ML natural Into the amt. fur-away my . «at 0! (mm and fortune. flow In- fand them and I“ the nor- q til-appointment. that nmtedly "Moot him during that your or a!» not. would be I loo; Ind Isa-mum: m to tell. "0 donned Mn rainbow m u- m. yo! («and m “bled pot of maxim-nmudaommuy ad blatantly exported. look here at the old homestead. It mn't be as fine And showy as lots you‘ll see more In the city. but It's new the sort that the good Lord In- tended you for. III M l are unplug II. hat [or you. anon. butâ€"when you b and out that your lonunc'u not on, on thereâ€"Just mom your pride L. n..- “You'll soon 'get tired of all ma! burly-burly there In the city. Tom." Ill old father told Mm. “And when you do. I want you always to remem- htr that we‘ve sun got a place {or you The old folks loved their boy too well to reproach him for his desortlon now In the first flush or his young manhood. but their hearts did ache at thought 0! the sepuruglon, - .. ‘;_A HEN Tom left the farm to so to the city to make his fortune he did it contrary to the ominous head- shnklng and phophecies of dlsnster of all the neighbors. Even his ta- ther and mother. with past years of toll rapidly he- ‘innlng to tell upon them. were pes- simistic of his chances of success. nor could they resist expresslng their tore. Wings. Tam vcome" incl: the“; to :11er IO" Set Your Children a Good Example I each I hem the. Encouuge Your Employees to Have Bank Accounts - Everybody is Weleome Come to this Banh Deposit I 2 5 or Me And increatse the sage amount each week for 50 weeks-ear deposit 25, 50¢ $1.00 or $2.00 regularly each week [9r the same lenght of time-according to the following : CLASS 1A. Heathen depositing 50 matathefintmk,49mtsthe no and week. and decreasing 1 cent each :‘.?‘.’T.’;".’..‘T‘f°.'f‘..‘.'f'.‘ $2.75 anthefintweek,2centsthesee. andweelr.andiminglcem«ch mifflflomhwm “275 Enroll Yourself - Enroll Each Maker of Your Family - Get Your Friends to Join You Are Invited to Become a Member or cup. “Humph! NM anything- mw um.- arm-Hon nr lbmluux mm n hum-v. I don‘t. Tuu nanny pumpk- Musing up rub uw Ikh mcr Chm-mm- Inn-us Io- mm. I ain't Item an lukln‘ up: chum "In! that. I'm Ifllln‘ ya: Now. (his I munch: (0' II Illuflhlnx mm: It. and any n “lung 06 a log. You how m N; when min In wllung copuformlhomodmmomun- It! wont dry. don't char Well. man nor Item I km I cert-In «anthem-o mu we so am of whisky «and In the human. Ito-l bonded mm The "tam-n I: III old pal o' m an! II will!“ to In is «do. It If Tom Nguriled ulna with dislusu- and umllsguhwl InIstrnst. lle looked like a lymml "um. um misery mnmm In» loo (usudluun about Ilw cummuu' H keel». Hnuily Tom u'nwu-d l-luckly uml annu-rml: “What's mm to you. anyway?" "\\'(‘.I. you're mum Inch. nln‘l elm. pal! 33-er yc-r upper-s. stun; bra.“ and may!» “m. an «funny holly. um. hull. ho? \\'--II. I mac-um! "In! lulu-II. I ain't mum ym. I ain't! WMI. I and u lml fur u "mo 10h Inmgm and we mm run mulu- a tuna Jm-k mu «I II. m?" “Youâ€"you swanâ€"burglary?" Tom munch-d hmunnll". will: an Inrucmr un- commnlou M IIII "WI". “How'd y'lllte the idea, hull?" he re- Iterated In his raucous. gmllng volt-e. uldllng clam-r us he spoke and casting a Wary on: up and down the nearly dawned. gloomy. wludvswupl sln'et. Whlrllng about, Tom saw that his accoster was am under-sized. burly {el- low with a tough. lruculem visage and hands shoved deep Into the sldc “wk. ets of his mat. He wore a button-«l cap with the visor pulled low clmm over his ayes and spun mulevulvugg upon flue xidn-wulk ouch lllm- burp-r..- spoke. “How ’6 3‘1"“! :1 nice hot food and some coin to jingle In 3" pants. ho? Ain't hungry. are )u. ' Just how long he had stood there. shivering in the chili wind on the street cornerâ€"bitterness against the great. unfeeling city rankllng In his hartâ€"Tom did not know. He- was startled from his moody reverie by hearing a hoarse. wheedling voice at his very elbow. saying what was in~ tended u n confidential tone: goingtornwhileuntiithesortotw eition I wont turn: up." . But even in those linen of work the green country boy found hhneeu end- denly brought up short against a blank well. lie but no references as to past city employment and nobody would hire him after one finding out that he bod no union card. Huddled in his shabby overcoot‘on I street corner in the squalid section of the cityâ€"the icy wind whistling. around him and biting through his threadbare cementsâ€"poor Tom stood on the evening before Christmas. won- dering where he might and a shelter in which to sleep that night without freezing. CLASS 2A. Members depositing $1 theflrstweek.wcentatheserond mmmmfiu2mtsgnch weekforEOvveeks will $25.50 get centsthenmmhtm‘hem' 0nd week, and increasing 2 cents each week for 50 week will cog in Join as many CLASSES as Ion Desire 7%.??? $25.50 And Start a Bank Account With @flwgwm about how y‘ Immllo Ilw mm baton.- llm In a" “mu rMu guy-r "Wall. luv, Imw uluml ll'.’ Are 1 on or III‘I' y' will up ulmlgluy mrllmlar Tom [mm-bod Ms- :Iunldm-luu shoul- dun; nuulmt llu- \rlml. {rumbling u mm-h lu-mun- at his own mum! Ira-my luflnn m: from "w turrlhle only. "Pub!“ nun Ihe ugly-visaged man. snoerlngly. “Ynu look pretty. a hlrd llke you». mlklm: that way about what‘s lawful and all llml! Lots than "lose rlcll guys have cured llow yuu gut nlong film-0'ynuu'umo to lawn. l‘rmu llu- luuks nt‘ .vun! They've gal flue, wurm lumws “ml mln uml every- llllng. WuIIu Ilwy rure \vhellwr pour bums lllw us lnm- m an lmum‘y «Ir from» In llm mmo-r'ml l'lnrlslnms owe? fir slmuhl mu mn- uluml ”mm W hn-n t y don't gl\« 0 mp ulmut ,mu? You've go: In K" on “Him, nln't elm. hum" we‘ll l on we cola m set after ward; ve got another guy wlth . Ilvvor that's regdy to meet us about 2 o'clock ml- mornlng to, haul may the Itull' all full as we pass It up to hlm through «he alley windows. We‘ve to! It all trained for a lake rupture and tying up or our other pal. me nlght watchman, so that the bulls can't get wise to lvlm. We're wllllng to will four ways on the swag l! y' wanm go In on It with us. Whatclm my now, ho. hull? Safe and easy as falling off ll log !" "But lâ€"â€"l never have done any- lhlng llke that In my life," he slum. mered weakly. lm-lh rhuuwlng in the hltlng wlnd. “It would he crlmlnul.’ The whisky ant-nun belong to us. I! would he Illegal fur us even to try to sell it afterwards." The sinister umwnrunco or the rut- flau repelled Tom. and the very thought of the crime they contemplat- ed struck him with (right. It meant Jan. disgrace. If they were caught. “Hurt V'Lulo m I... "MP Downers Grove, Illinois mk'formweekswfll CLASS 5. Members depositing 5 cents the first week. l0 cent-I the sec- ond week. and inflating 5 cents each I:".7‘.'7.7’..‘T°.’.'7‘..'.’f'.' $63.75 CLASS 5A. umber! depositing 32.59 .ff‘i‘ffff‘.‘ $63.75 um mo nmt mud-rm [what at young Tour. Donna-nun!“ that I'll mu nn Im- Nnflmm “mum! to the 0M («Ila mm be had had no.“ of m- his city: "III he had ”In Damn m nu. II they no pound In 'l‘mu Hum-«i mu! «1-0pm! u up Ilka n lluuh. Ammld the mflwr tun mum's» mlouuly Hammad ll. mun-mum grow and ,wlluw. of law dflmmhlfl' ”mmâ€"mu" “Myrmuflod II! There wm- wwu human-«i clmlun or "It”?! ~u mun fmlunv In 1}.» min-ulna My who lmul nut own aim to: luunwn Mun. Money! him-«y! limo-y! For more than he .umllny could med mm In Ml man "(raw-nut drum. With a null»: m. Tom swam m wad of mm Into M- "on": poclm. mm In! (It. Inc lathe: mm and. made a and duh for "be mm dc- mnmm um. ' N:- am! MI I. "on Mu alum". MmIn-l ImlnIMl-M more m I", for- mm. And right ‘mou. smith-lily. he 68le u lying llu-rv. alum-I on his very fewâ€" 0! MK. («I mullet. will. mu 8 per-nun m-zm-r than u humln-d ,nmln of Mm. l'hmnly mmwum- luul um It In Int-Ir mm! lumc- m an hamw. “I won't! I'll be there all right!" .Tom muttered brokenly. Already to his (1108an soul he felt like the (Met he had pledged himself to become. 0h heaven, I! onlyâ€"â€" The hours drnguo-d slowly by. I! can»: "our the hunr fur llu- slams lo chm‘e. Hut sllll Ilu-rv wnnlhnv. If pour Tom hm] uni} lmd mom-y. Io Inn-o rushml In. lmugln Ilu- [wt-sums lu- wumlml (or the nld folks and dill- art-n. mu! ”mum um mhlnlzln Irnln bm'k'tn tlw emu-try. llv o-usbly mum rem-h llwrc- by morning and tumour m: a juyonu surprlsv to "mmâ€"- in}: uh! (Hu- vlrlvq Nuns-elf to dis:- lrut-Ilon by lhhlklng M lhul when [In-m mus myclmm-e "ml- DOWNIRS GROVE. ILLINOIE involuntarily his dragging footsteps touk him back In") (he mare brilliant- ly lighted retail, shopping district. where the crowds airemiy hm! ihimwd. hurrying home In their families and happy. PXIN‘UMIIII kiddies with the hull- dny (-¢-h-|1ruii0n in iniml. ‘ To klli’time until the appointed hour. he dug his numh hands deeper down into his pockets and wandered aimlessly on. He had no particular objective in mind save only the need to keep moving lest he (room or go mad with the strain of waiting. He ‘shrunk from letting himself think of mu deed to which he was about to he pn my. The other clapped hlm roughly on the shoulder wlth I alumina leer and “temp! a! joculnr fellowship. ‘GodF‘ mil floor Tom lll Ill. ally“ of MI wretchedneu. “Yes. I'll do It! I wlll! lwllll" "Well. I thought all. would." be tuned hoarseLy. “We'll meet cm It the corner by the lumber yard at x :30. Don't you full to be there noun" CLASS 50. Fixed. Member: depos- iting 50 cent: 3 week for each week of the fifty will get .................. cuss 25. Find. umber. elem cuss]... Fixed. um dam Mn; 25 cent: 3 mt for each week itm $1.“ and: week for every week of the any win ('0) gn 1f the W 'm {mm ‘MORE Mr. and In. End Gerri; and family visited the Clamping on Sun- Mn. A. Medical“ and fur-fly mot- Harold Bold-luau. Ill» bl and Sahara-y to Gerwic’s tt South mum with the Slnmrv'l b Gate Gardens. Califomis. land, 1." 1“: weak 9,. ya; 1, Romano Lyman and Roland lid. in Sun Diego. He in m 1 jeska attended the Honor Rue It nicely. .' GOING HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS? Teach Than Me Saving Habit If you desire a house connection with the gas main please notify us immediately. No house connections will be made under our regular contract while the ground is frozen. Then, remember the Illlll null and start right by letting no make your travel ar- rangements. at once. And.beaureyo¢getnhudotthc“hnt hour” mshnndavotdpmihlew mentatflnotheraflofthclhabymd- In; your Christ-u Mace. without do- ’ "2W t United Gas 1'" {as ”355?;ng Company 55' CALIFORNIA Warning ‘I‘ktd Aunt 1 J4?