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Show closed it quickly. When he let go of her she hung on to his lapels. Ted spoke through her hair. "You li'E THl FICTION CORNER JUDY waited By WILLIAM COLE JUDY kept her eye the iin 11 on the Jersey while he wii Iking. ... I dont know what to do. I she said. "He aaked me, if 1 could, to let him know tonight" She had tried to tell Ted about Lloyd Richards earlier that evening first when they met, and then when they were having dinner in th cafe teria but eacfi time she had mad the mistake of looking at him. And then they were in the narrow park by the river, and she couldnt put it off any more. "He . . . he says we could be married tomorrow," she went on. Hes staying in town another day. And there it wasl She sat back and pressed her hands in her lap. She didnt want Ted to see how they were trembling. But Ted wasnt watching. His arms were hooked over th back of the bench and he was staring out on hair and the Hudson. His short-cu- t dark, brooding faca stood out sharply against the cluster of lights from the Palisades. She reached out to touch bins to clear that face, even for a moment then she fought beck the impulse. , . . Oh, Im going to kill him! ah thought wildly, "If he Just sits there and takes it like that! I think you should do It," Tad said. Judy went limp. She dug her ntila 1 Into her flesh end felt nothing. I promised Id call him, ah said weakly. 'Hell be welting. Imagine? Making a crack like that! Shed fix him good! Ted said "Why. shouldn't you? again; "ThirRichardsvaniv you the things you should have." Ha straightened his leg and his heel tor a rut in the dirt path. What can I give you? Nothing, Ted. Nothing at aQ, you big lug. Only everything a girl. 4 , , "What could I give you?" Ted went on. Youd have soma life with me. Dinners In cafeterias. Evenings In parks. On our honeymoon, for variety wed go to a museum. You'd have some sweet life!" It aounded sweet enough Jto Judy, but she didn't say as much. This wss th beginning of a familiar routine. Thera was nothing that ' could be dona until it ran itself out . A lawyer! Ted said. Ha addressed th single star that hung thousand dimly above. "Twenty-fiv- e lawyers In New York weren't enough. I had to ftarve, too." It didnt do any good to tell him that things were bad all over, that they would pick up; that, after all, he was only out of law school a short time. It didnt do any good, when ho was like this, to tell him anything. He glared at the people ground again beneath her. Don't Joke about it, Ted, please. The man wants to marry me." "He does? Ted shook his head sitting on the benches around them as though they were directly re- in wonder. "You dont say so? This was more like it This was sponsible. Let me tell you, he said, youve Ted. Judy sighed. If sh could only got to be somebody to starve to keep him like that I dont suppose 1 want to marry death in this town. Do you think they'll let anyone starve? Nol you? Ted said. "I suppose my inYou've got to have background. tentions aren't honorable? He was still smiling, but it was You've got to have a college diploma and a law certificate and an office to very much on the surface. "I suphang them up In, and then, okay, pose. if there weren't a darn good reason, we wouldn't have married you can go ahead and starve. The woman on the next bench was long ago? Two years, to be exact Two year eyeing Ted nervously. Judy stood that could have been among the hapup. "Lets walk a bit, she suggested. She slipped an arm through his piest in their lives. Tell me." Judy said She tried to and walked lightly beside him, a slim girl in a simple dark dress. keep her tone light Just for the Her brown eyes were troubled, as record. What was that wonderful Ted hurried her along. He couldn't reason again? Ted turned away, wearily. "Lets stay depressed long not when she was with him. When they were to- - skip that for once, he said. She slipped an arm through his and walked lightly beside him, slim girl In a simple dark dress. gether, he was soon the real Ted. And that couldn't help but make a success. That was why it was important that they. . . . Ted freed hie arm and tried to drop It around her, Judy stepped aside, Ted looked surprised and drew her into the shadow of a tree. Hiys, Judy I Hows smiling at her now. ", . . it's getting late," she said. 1 have to call Lloyd." "Lloyd? Whos Lloyd?" She looked at him furiously. "Weve only been talking about him for th last . . .1 "Gosh, honey!" Ted ran his hands back over her hair. "Youre eo swell." 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So, Mary and Joseph started for Bethlehem about the middle of December. They carried a little food with them for emergencies, a little extra clothing and some bedding. They traveled very slowly because of Mary and when the was too tired to walk another step, Joseph took the packs upon bis shoulders so Mary might ride the little donkey which trudged faithfully at his side. village of Bethlehem was about six miles from THE littleThose last six miles were the longest and hardest for Mary: the mountain trail was sleep and treacherous, the atmosphere was lighter than the travelers from Galilee were accustomed to, and they y when they reached Bethlehem the were very tired and ancestor David where King David had ruled fourteen Josephs city of census. hit It was early evening, but and before Augustus generations d the inn was already crowded beyond its norrdad capacity with available where could even was a corner not travelers; Joseph have spread a bed for Mary. In desperation Joseph pleaded from door to door and with those whom be passed as he raced through the narrow streets of Bethlehem in search of shelter. Finally, someone directed him to a stable which was really a cave hewn into the rocky ledge of the mountainside. The stable to which Joseph led Mary was well supplied with clean straw; and Mary was grateful for shelter and privacy: it was Holy Night. There wot no room at the inn that night, but over in Shepherds field, about two miles south of Bethlehem, several Shepherds were keeping the "night watch over their flocks when suddenly a great blaze of light appeared in the sky and seemed to descend upon the countryside. The Shepherds were very frightened and, devout men that they were, they called upon God to help them. When they raised tbeir eyes from supplication, the glory of the Lord shone all around them and an angel stood in tbeir midst assuring them there was nothing to fear: "For, Behold, I bring you glad tydings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is bom this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you, Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the est, and on earth peace, good will toward men. a Shs was as tired of the subject as he wss. They had been over and 'over it countless times without get. Yes, Ted said, ting any place. ha knew all about it Two could livt a cheaply at one, cure. And Judy could keep her job. Sure. Okay, be said, he didn't think she could travel-wearsupport him In the manner in which be had become accustomed. And so, until the time he could handle that end of It decently himself. . . . census-bounJudy knew It was useless, but still she persisted. She bad used the same1 phrases so often, she knew them by heart . . , "Dont you see, darling, wed at least have each other. . . . Those other things arent Important . . . We'd at leastj. . . . "Lets not discuss it" Ted said. Well Just have to wait "Why should wa wait?" Sha clenched her hands angrily. "Wa don't know how long it'll be. I want to settle it right nowl He turned back to her slowly. 1 sea. Before you speak to your friend, Mr. Richards?" She had forgotten about that but now sh met his gaze fully. Yea, before I apeak to him. . "It's always good to have a guy In reserve, isnt it? Ted said. Sha gulped in some air. All right my boy O. K.I Sha waved at him airily. So nice to have known you," she said, and walked away. What was so nice about it? Ted called after her. Oh, it was pretty nice, Theodore, don't kid yourself. But Judy didnt glance back. She crossed the drive and went on down the street Shepherds hurried to Bethlehem, there to find the Infant Back tn the park there, she knew, THE in the manger even as it had been foretold unto them. he was miserable. And that made His "Stable was filled with a heavenly radiance, and, having her miserable, too. But they couldn't the the were filled with a wondrous Child, Shepherds go on like that-- indeflnitely, Thera shipped feeling of peace. And the Shepherds wondered and told others conwas no other way. Besides, it wouldnt last long. She cerning those things which they bad seen and beard. knew his moods perfectly. Lets sea Several days later, js richly appointed caravan wove its way now. Sha looked at her watch. Two the crooked streets of Bethlehem bearing. Wise Men from through minutes tor despair, then the next two for thought . . . and then, in the east who, following the Star of Bethlehem which they bad seen from afar, had come to adore the new-bor- n King. And the Star led about two or three more. . . . She slowed down. She wasnt so them, until it came and stood over the manger where the Child was. sure now. They'd fought before and The Wit Men rejoiced when they saw the Holy Infant lying sometimes hadnt made up for days. in the manner and they adored Him. They ordered gifts to be But then he didn't have much to caravan: tbeir from gifts symbolic of wbat Jesus was to worry about. He could just let it brought slide. He could let everything slide. become gold for a king, myrrh for a great physician, frankincense This tune. fora high priest. All Bethlehem crowded around awestruck and She was near panic when she curious; but Mary pondered all these things in her heart and watched reached the corner and then she over the Child with great diligence. heard heavy footsteps behind her. And that is the way it came to pass that Jesus was bom in Sh caught a glimpse of Ted ai ah rounded the building. And hie wild, Bethlehem: it could not have coma to pass in any other way. Before frightened face was enough. The the sacred manger all men are equal and only from a lowly stable only thing that troubled her now could the Saviour draw unto Himself all who are weary and heavy-ladewas where they would live uptown And truly only the heavenly host could praise God that first or out in the suburbs. Christmas: ' night: As for her conscience, that didnt trouble her at all. Consciences, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will sometimes, were pretty much of a toward men." bore. 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