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The Candle and the Smoky Hill Christmas Route
A rural mail carrier recalls the 1917 holiday season on the Smoky Hill route. He cherishes cross roads boxes as neighbors, highlights a boy nicknamed P’like Gabel who imagines a fairyland world, and remembers Grandma Gabel and the kindness of distant postmarks amid war.
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Smoky Hill Valley
Narrer
Grandma Gabels
Gabel
Tully Gabel
Moe
Star House
Upper Smoky Trail
Canon
Fairyland