Show it was chri christmas atmas from home H ome folks post office employee takes takes time off to enjoy his hia own package by ELEANOR E KING T WAS certainly 00 not an easy job tor for there is no na such thing la in a post office ht at christmas time but it kept 0 ones n es m mind I 1 n d gohd id handi occupied to attend college is 19 one privilege but to be able to go home for or christmas la Is another amther charles felt it keenly this very me moment lie ile had the first privilege and was waa fifteen hundred miles from home however mid the rush and tumble of sorting christmas packages stacks 0 of letters and cards he hardly had time to grieve the postmaster could not understand how charles could turn out so much more work than the others it was nil all very tory simple he eagerly searched every card letter or package to see M whether nether or not it bore his name hurrying on to the next one 1 I surely do get great fun out of this burst forth charles this one is heavy as lead slides around in the box like a cake on a plate silence followed broken only by the constant thud of the good will messages 1 I say shouted some one across the room your name la Is loefler Ll efler it I 1 was just bussing cussing tills this heavy thing when I 1 discovered tile name its heavy said charles mak making ing a wild dash it rattles an hour later tle the postmaster milking his tour of inspection stopped openmouthed open mouthed gazing at one corner of the room there sitting on tile floor was the happiest boy in the world the as the hoys boys admiringly mirin gly called him understood now why charles work hai had accumulated in the last fifty minutes A i und him on the floor was ay a sen sea of tissue paper ribbons ribbon 3 stickers and gifts the crest of each wave were ero t his radiant face was a joy to behold the postmaster grinned charles felt some one looking at him and d up into the eyes of his employer it Is christmas cap from down home 0 1328 1325 western newspaper union |