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. _. Extra Christmas
3 wrate
. By ROBERT J.C. STEAD
N THD fourth Christmas in
succession Nellie Martin set
an extra plate. On past
“Christmases her husband
and the two boys had prewee tended not to have noticed
™ it. But this year Fred’ Martin, walking into the big
dining room just -as_ his
wife was adding the finishing touches
to her Christmas table, stopped when
his eye fell on the extra plate.
“TJ. think you shouldn't set it, NelHe,” he said, gently: “It only reminds
us of—things we would be better to
forget.”. .
Mrs. Martin brushed a capable,
» floury hand quickly across her eyes.
‘Things would go blurry when she
“thought of Lucy.
“Let me leave it just once more,”
,@he almost pleaded. “It is more than
(four years now since Lucy went, and
@very day I am hoping for her back.
Particularly at Christmas I like to
‘think that her place is set and waiting for her. Oh, Fred, if we could
let her know.”
Fred’s hand found hers, where it
had rested a moment against the table
‘for support. “I know,” he said huskily. “I was wrong in turning her out
as I did. I. thought the honor of the
Tamily demanded it. I thought perhaps she would write; that is, if she
is still
He left the sentence unfinished.
Death might not have been unwelcome to Lucy, and four years of silence left them to draw their own conclusions.
“Lucy {s-too-proud to write,” his
wife asserted. “And yet, I have always felt that sometime she would
come back. Perhaps at Christmas.
\ ais
oor y« Nat is the time.of year. when. one.
Just can’t help thinking of home.”
“If that Blake boy had been any
good,” Fred lamented. “She was just
throwing herself away on him. That
is why I gave her the choice of giving him up or getting out. I wanted to
save her. And she got out.”
“I know,” his wife agreed. “You
meant it for the best. Arthur Blake
was said to be wild and useless, but
the Blake’s are a good family, and
I've often noticed that boys of a good
family generally straighten up again,
even if they do go,a little wild for a
while. You know, Fred, when I mar‘Wied you there were people who said
you were, well, just a little—”
€ “But I got a wife like you,” her
‘“hhusband answered. ‘‘That makes all
.the difference.”
“Yes, and Arthur got a wife like
Lucy—if he married her,” Nellie Martin insisted. “Let me leave the plate
“ence more. I’m not giving up hope—”
At that moment the boys were heard
coming in by the kitchen door. There
were muffled voices, and a sound as
though they were helping some one.
George, the elder, appeared inthe
Gining room door, and his face summoned his mother.
“Some one here to see you, Mom,”
he said, in an awed voice. . :
In the kitchen Mrs. Martin foun
‘@ ‘woman sitting on a chair, her head
turned away, her figure enclosed in a
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sh,
frayed cloth coat. Soberly she crossed
@he kitchen floor and turned the head
‘to her eyes.
“Lucy !’’ she cried. “Lucy—”
The girl made as though she would
speak, but seemed overcome. Her
mother dropped to her knees beside
her, chaffing her hands, speaking
words of endearment, crying for Fred
and the boys.
"aes ~“We found her in the snow; just
‘between the barn and the house,” the
Dboys explained. “She seemed to have
fallen there.”
. But right then Lucy seemed to come
to life. She sprang to her feet.
“Mother—Dad—I can’t keep it from
you any longer. Please help me off
with my coat.”
Willing hands drew it from her
_ .-ghoulders. “Why, Lucy!” her mother
. exclaimed, “you are well dressed.”
“Well enough, mother. You see, Arthur wanted to be sure how you would
receive your erring daughter before
he would agree to come in.”
“Arthur!”
_ “Yes. He is in the cutter with little Nellie, just beyond the wind-break.
‘Boys, will you run and tell him?”
The boys dashed off, but Fred Martin seemed the most excited of all.
“Pwo extra plates, Mother!” he shout: aa extra plates—and a high
be,
GOLD MINES OF WALES —
TO BE REOPENED SOON
terly pouring demonetized silver into that country.
DOLGELLY, (Wales)—‘“Grizzled
miners, fresh from the creeks’
sor Henry Louis who is conducting
an igvestigation of abandoned Welsh
goldfields preparatory to submitting
a report to the government,
Should the report be favorable,
Welsh gold mining for almost a generation abandoned, will blossom once
again.
i Heaped on a huge table in front of
Professor Louis were gold, all taken
from the Welsh veins.
sor Louis made a personal inspection
of the old-time mines accompanied
by experts who made an estimate of
the amount of capital necessary to
revive the industry and open up the
old, abandoned workings.
One of the most pictueresque of
the old-time miners to testify was
Ellis Jones, who attributed the falling off of gold production to pior
mining methods. {
‘!*Three fellows and myself,’? Mr.
Jones told Pfofessor Lewis, ‘went
into a shaft near here in the dead of
winter and by heating water, a littie
at a time, we panned enough: gold
out of the vein in a week to realize
over $800. Once; using what were
then up-to-date operations, $35,000
in gold was taken from three tons of
ore.’’ i
As a result of the disclosures, that
country is seething with the gold fever, but no one in Wales has money
enough with which to erect a modern
mill where the ore could be profitably and properly handled. However,
several firms have announced their
intention. of forming a syndicate if
the government investigations prove
the venture as feasible,
Welsh gold mines formerly built
up fortunes for their operators and
gave employment to hundreds of
workers.
CAMPTONVILLE
William O. Grant left Tuesday for
Ukiah on a short: business trip.
Albert Garicia of Nevada City
passed through town Thursday from
Nevada City, enroute..to.-his. home.
"Mr, and Mrs. ©. N. Chatfield of
Pike passed through ‘town’ on
Wednesday enroute to the Mt. Alta
mine.
The Camptonville Union Grammar
School and the Camptonville branch
of the Marysville Union High School
literally heaped testimony before Profes;When the hearing ended, Proffes-}
sound ecinomic basis except thriugh
an international agreement and fixing a permanent ratio between gold
and sliver. ’
nese are nit accepting the gold standard because of their traditions an
usages.”’
Grover Wilson of Omega
a business visitor in the city last F'nday. :
Sheriff George R. Carter returned
‘Friday evening from a business trip
to Truckee.
Jie Maher, formerly a resident of
this city wag in town a few days last
week calling on his} M. J. B. coffee
customers. i
Miss Nan-O’Neill and Joes O'Neill,
arrived Friday night frim their home
in Oakland to spend the: Christmas
holidays with relatives in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hertneck ana
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hertneck ana
Miss Elsie Thimas of Berkeley were
in the city Friday to: attend the funeral if the late James Rickard.
Mrs. Doris Warne and her family
in this city as guests of Mrs. Andrew
Giering. é
Miss Hazel Jones, who is a meiaber of the teaching staff in Ceres, is
spending the Christmas holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Jones, f
P Peterson and C. Wilhite °' of
Marysville were in the city on business Friday,
W. B. Gugent and Pat I Scitt if
Los Angeles were business visiiors in
the city Friday.
Carroll Coughlin, student at St.
Mary’s College is home for the holidays,
M. Ivan Dow has_ returned from
San Francisco where has been for a
few days on a business trip.
Supervisir afd ‘Mrs. BE. B. Dudley
of North Bloomfield were shipping in
the city Saturday. '
Mrs. W. H .Brooks and her mpther, Mrs. O. Ragon, left Saturday for
Oroville where they will spend the
holidays.
Mus. Li.. M.Hafey,.teacher of the
public schiols at North San Juan,
was a Visitor in the eity Saturday,
George Neagle, Jr., arrived recently from San Francisco on a visit to
his parents, Mr. and Mrs,
Neagle. ) ;
Mr. and Mrs. J. §. King left SaiGeorge
closed Friday for the winter. The
days are short .and ‘the weather cold
and stormy, making it difficult for
the children out of town to get in.
They will start as early in March as
the weather permits.
The grammar _ school teachers,
Mrs. Julius E. Pauly and Mrs. Maud
Smart, will remain here during the
winter ,but the high school teacher,
Mrs. Kate Hope Livingston, will leave
right away for the south where she
plans to take up studies during the
winter to be able to introduce some
new work in the school in the spring.
Gravel Range Lodge No. kt eal
and A. M., held the‘annual electios
of officers at a regular meeting last
week, with the following officers being named for the ensuing yea.
Worshipful Master, Fred J. Joubert;
Senior Warden, William A. Lang;
Junior Warden, Fred GC. Kendall;
Treasurer, Julius E. Pauly; Secretary, Earl L. Cleveland. Installation of the newly elected officers will
be held some time in January.
Mrs. W. C. Cunningham and famly
of Celestial Valley motored to North
San Juan Tuesday.
Alfred Heether of Mill Creek made
a business visit to Nevada City Tuesday.
‘Lee Bullington. made: a busines:
trip to Nevada City Friday.
0.
BORAH PROPOSES WORLD
PACT ON SILVER MONEY
WASHINGTON, D. C.: Dec, .15.——
The government’s-financial experts
are now busy studying the proposal
made by Senator Borah, Republican,
of Idaho for the calling of an international economic conference to fix
a permanent ratio, between gold and
silver. ;
Borzh suggested such a_ conference as means of establishing and o
a
.urday for a visit in Oakland where
2 to 5:30 P. M. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 7 to 8 -P. M., Grass
Valley, Sunday by appointment.
153 So. Auburn St.
Licensed Surveyor. Upstairs ever City
Hall. Main Street, Grass Valley.
they will visit for
weeks with relatives.
the next few
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DR. BELL
Dentist
’ Office Heurs: 8:80 to 5:30
Evenings by Appointment
Morgan & Powell Bldg. Phone
DR. ROBERT F. WPRNER
Physician and Surgeon
Office: 400 Broad St., Nevada City
_Hours: 10-12 a. m., 2-5, 7-8 p.m.
Nurse in attendance.
F. T. Nilen J. T. Hennessy . are:
Lynne Kelly
= MASON HAMLIN
NILON, HENNESSY AND KELLY
—ATTORNEYS AT LAW— CHICK ING
Offices, 127 Mill Street, Grass Valley
Mergan and Powell Bldg. KNABE
Nevada City .
FISHER
_ W. E. WRIGHT
. BREWSTER
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office in Union Building W. W. KIMBALL
Phone 23 Nevada City
ee aoe
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WARD A. JOHNSON, D, C. HINZE
Chiropractor WH ITN EY
Grass Valley
Office hours—9 to 12 A. M. and
Phone G.V.196
—
=o
J. F. O°CONNOR
Civil and Mining Engimeer
United States Mineral Surveying,
restori:: the purehasing power of
all nations, whose nioney is established on « “‘lver basis.
Althoi3% Ccnctor Borah hrs been
studying the silver question for some
==
EDWARD C. UREN
MINING AND CIVIL ENGINEER
Mining Reports Furnished
Mining District Maps
that France and England had wrecked the buying power of China by litBorah said: ‘‘No progress can bu
Phone 278R Nevada City
time, he was incidentally spurred ina :
to,making this suggestion by an].
American friend>ii} China who wrote NEVADA CITY CLEANERS
Cleaning, — Pressing, — Repairing
W. H. Osborne
Ny
te.
NUGGET, CALIFORNIA
Borah’s fried wrote that the Chiwae!
arrived recently ti spend the holidays }:
Other pianos represened by us
And other Grands .and Up
rights may be purchased in.
Grass Valley from
Sacramento
DELICIOUS COOKIES
~ Patronize Home Industry
KOPP’S BAKERY
Nevada City, Calif.
N.C.N.G RR COMPANY
TIME TABLE AND RATES
Effective Sunday, Sept. 8, 1929
Trains leave Nevada City at 5:00
a. m., Grass Valley 5:20 a. m., arriving at San Francisco 1:30 p. m.
Train leaves Nevada City at 11:15
a. m., Grass Valley at 11:40 a .m.
making direct connection with S. P.
train No. 19, ‘arriving at San FranCisco at 6:10 p. m.
Train leavés Nevada City at 4:60
Pp. m. Grass Valley at 4:25 p. m.
making direct connection with S. P.
No. 20, leaving San Francisco at
11 a, m., and 1 p.m., enabling passengers to arrive at Grass Valley.
6:45 p. m., and Nevada City at 7:06
Dp. m,
SUMMER RATES
Effective May 1, 19380
All tickets on sale daily.
Stop-overs allowed on 16 day and
8 months tickets.
Grass Valley to San ‘Francisco—
16 days $8.50; 3 months $10.25;
Nevada City $9.00 and $10.50.
Grass Valley to Alameda, Berkeley
or Oakland—16 days $8.25; 3 months
$10,000; Nevada-City — $8.75 and
$10.25.
Grass Valley to Los Angeles via
Stockton, both ways—16 days,
$26.25; 3 months, $31.75; Nevada
City $26.50 and $31.50.
Grass Valley to Los Angeles via
Stockton one way, returning via San
Francisco or vice-versa—16 days
$28.75; 3 months $34.75; Nevada
City $29.00 and $34.25.
This beautiful upright piano
made by W. W. KIMBALL
for $295.00. Terms as low as
$6.00 per month
THE HARMONY SHOP
or
ELLAS MARX MUSIC CO.
. Home of America’s
Foremos Pianes
Marysville
(@, 1930, Western Nowspeper Union.) made toward restoring China to a
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Patronize Home Industry
llth & Jay
Cleaners
CLEANING AND PRESSING
Men’s and Ladies’ Alterations
Call for and Deliver
Suit Orders Taken
Toilet Articles.
y THE ROSE LE
Hair Dressing and’ Bea
Work. Famous Adele Mi
LOUISE MARTIN
PROMPT SERVICE
Phone 264 .
Main St., Grass Valley 215.N.
a a a ee]
We are now showing a new and
up-to-date line of
WINTER HATS
Calalina, Meadowbrook,
Muller and Raas
AT PRICES THAT ARE RIGHT
ZEMBSCH MILLINERY 0
CONSULTING ENG
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEERI
REGISTERED CIVIL ENGINEE
LICENSED SURVEYOR
Hydraulics — Irrigation — Sury
Land Classification.
LAST OFFICIAL MAP OF NEVA.
COUNTY
Hydraulics — Irrigation — Survi
Office at Residence — Grass Vall
262 Auburn Street.
141 Mill St. Grass Valley
TERRIER RNR
LOCATION NOTICES— Quartz a
placer location notices for sale
The Nugget office at 5c: each.
DISHES
We Wish All a Merry Christmas
Fried Herring and Oysters
GOOD MEALS AT ALL HOURS
MRS. ANDERSEN
BROAD ST.
FULL LINE AMERICAN AND SWEDISH
VIKING RESTAURANT
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ALL THE ODDS AND ENDS
That Make The Meal a Banquet
us a trial and be convinced.
_ J. J JACKSON
Phons Number One
At this store you can obain everyhing you need for
that meal in the grocery line. We have all the delicious
dishes and odds and ends that change a meal into a
veritable banquet. We have the best in groceries at
prices you can afford to pay. Merchandise cheerfully .
promply delivered. We disappoint no one. Just give
We Deliver
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