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PAGE THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS f ; , ri. p A -1. - f. r if XTbe Sborebam; SSS'iSS ' Will' reopen on or about December 15th, having been closed for extensive structural alterations, improvements, re-decorating and re-furnishine:. All bedrooms now have baths and run Ding water. W. M. BARSE, Manager Hotel Continental Washington, D. C. Opposite Union Station Plaza A. W. CHAFFEE, Manager NEEDLEWORK NOVELTIES EXHIBITION BOOM HIGHLAND PINES INN Weymouth Heights SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. The Magnolia PINEHURST, N. C Steam Heat, Electric Lights, Excellent Table SOUTHERN FINES HOTEL, Southern Pine, If. C J. L. POTTLE & SON, Managers herta & grafts NOW OPEN General Office Building Manicure, Shampooing, Chiropody and Marcel Wave Scalp, Facial and Body Maseage with Vibrator. Special toilet articles and bair goods LAURA AGNES WALKER Room 2 THE CAROLINA Pinehurst Livery BEST EQUIPMENT IN THE MIDDLE SOUTH SADDLE HORSES A SPECIALTY Automobiles For Hire The Citizens NationalBank of RALEIGH, N. C, (Commercial and Checking Accounts) AND THE RALEIGH SAYINGS BANK & TRUST CO., (Savings accounts 4 per cent quarterly) invite correspondence for all kinds of banking. Combined Resources $2,750 000.00 Joseph G. Brown, Henry E. Litchfobd, President Cashier Your Summer Tour vlZ m J) Will be incomplete, without -IV,. .. . a run through picturesque DIXVILLE NOTCH You will find there the best service and homelike comfort ; and a well equipped garage. Write for interesting illustrated booklet. 1,.T?,f?.ar?2OH,THE: BALSAMS,Hew Hampshire. Philadelphia Office: 608 Perry Bldg., 16th and Chestnut Sts. A Chrlfttmaa Story Concerning: tle Bravery of Little Mercy MERCY was the little 10-year old niece of Hil da, the nursemaid who cared for the Holmes children. With her in valid mother, who was a widow, she lived in a tumble-down house that stood in an isolated cor ner of the Holmes estate, not far from the great Holmes mansion on the hillside. Here the threeHilda, Mercy and Mercy's mother were obliged to live on Hilda's scant earnings. Thus it had been that on Christmas morning Mercy awoke, to find her poor stocking almost as empty as when she had hung it beside the chim ney, the night before. One morning, just as Mercy and her mother were eating their simple break fast, Hilda ran in on her way to town, At last the night fell, to Mercy's de light, and the hands of the little wooden clock made their slow round to the figure 9. Then Mercy's mamma wrapped her little girl in her own big cloak, kissed her and let her start towards the big house on the hill, for it was a walk of about thirty minutes. The night was dark, the clouds were gathering over the sky, and Mercy's path lay through the park, whose tall and abundant trees shut out any light that might come from the moon and stars. But, unafraid, Mercy trudged on her way, stopping at a little ravine to catch her breath before climbing the steep hill at whose summit stood the great mansion whose windows sent out so many brilliant lights. During this brief pause Mercy heard low, muftled voices from behind her, and something told her there was cause for" fear. Quickly she stepped from the path and knelt behind a thick clump of lilac bushes. She had scarcely hidden in the m m T y Chr'tJtvixS: m ' t jr to.. 8 S j JKF' cf- V or f3j? OVER TH n3 WHAT CHRISTMAS STORY DOES THIS TELL? whither she was bound on an errand for her mistress. "Oh, my !" she exclaimed, "there are great doings to be held at the mansion tonight. And, dearie" turning to Mercy "if you want to get a peep in to the big place, just you come slipping up by the back path at half past nine, and I'll be on the back porch to meet you and take you where you can look into the ballroom. They are giving a fancy-dress ball, and the costumes are to be wonder ful real kings and queens and fairies, you know. And after you've seen into the ball-room I'll take you up the back stairs and give you a sight of the chil dren's Christmas tiee that still stands in the big nursery all full of its pretties and goodies." To Mercy the day dragged very slowly, "And I'll see the beautiful Christmas tree, too," she confided to her rag dolly. "And I'll see the lovely rooms, the grand ladies and gentlemen and the pretty Holmes children, who Aunt Hilda says are so good and sweet although they be very rich. Then, best of all, I'll get to hear the music played by the orchestra that Aunt Hilda says is coming from the city. Oh, it will be so, so nice!" black shadow when three men came creeping down the path she had just left and paused in the spot where she had stopped. Being only a few feet away from them, she could overhear distinctly every word they said. "Now, pals, you stop here an' wait till I go up to the house and reconnoiter," spoke one of the men in a voice that caused Mercy to tremble it was such a wicked voice. "I'll be back in a jiffy. You keep a keen lookout hereabouts, too." "Sure, sure," answered the other two; then as the first speaker started up the hill they sat down on a flat rock near the footpath and began conversation. "Say," said one, "did you or Shorty plan this?" "The glory is all mine," answered the other man. "I heard about a big party that's to be given up there tonight, and I knowed there would be a lot of money and valuables in the rooms. Whiio thA . dance is in full swing downstairs we'll just lift a back winder that opens off a porch at the back a top porch I mean and go in undisturbed and gather up the souvenirs. Oh, it'll be as easy as pie." "But the pesky servants won't they be on the wing?" asked the first man..
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