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Candle Gifts and a Christmas Deliverance on Smoky Hill
A weary rural postman recalls a blizzard night on the Smoky Hill route delivering a phonograph gift for Tully Gabel and a letter for Grandma Gabel. He reflects on loneliness, faith, and the need to spread Christmas goodwill despite hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gabe
Tully
Tobe
Jitle Tully
Mrs Gabel
Grandma
Mr. Witherspoon
Freezin
Fin Carlin
Smoky Hill Valley
High Plains
Kaw
Kansas
Postal Service
Gabels
Ruth Ravenston
Methuselah
Tully Gabel
Byittle P
Grandma Gabel
Smoky Hill River Valley
Goodby
P’lke
Rockies
River
Washington
Hutchinson
Bos