Show A I 1 11 I 1 ire N ay a m ADDY I 1 conic collie to supper i it mary a r y crown brown opened inday the living room door to put her head ailt into the darkness and cold ot of a snowy christmas eve coming coining old scout replied a gruft graft voice which had grown coarse shouting a foremans orders in the clanging steel mills dad stamped the snow from his workout overshoes well ive shoveled the walk he growled even if grandmas grandeas Grand mas not coming and soon be drifted again just felt I 1 wanted to do it somehow b 0 v sis and bob the twin sixes as dad had named them since their last birthday now pounced on him yelling gonna get a sled bledl I 1 gonna get a sled bedl I 1 and 1 I got get a dollie papa wont chuh 1 hub atler after supper the little ones went reluctantly to dreamland oh just to think christ mas at last I 1 11 how 0 w hard to wait till morning mornin in 1 I but t the h e sandman surprised them and made waiting easy 31 21 a r y said dad gloomily til ill have to speak to jim rate what keeps him out late this way even if it Is vacation its strange it if lies hes hangin angin li around p pool 0 0 L halls vo no goodal ever come of that mother looked thoughtful well she admitted he fie been in ill early for a week hut but sam I 1 dont think hed do anything wrong ion on know anything inno IN N no jims been a good boy said dad art an awful good boy but S g sh said mother jimmy burst in rosy with cold ills his eyes sparkling keen weather 1 lie he announced explosively esp plo dancing and blowing his big hands 10 ilo lo mal 10 lo dad gee but be a swell Christ christmas masl 1 dad and mother brightened with smiles who could help it with jimmy around but dad shifted un uneasily easily do to take a boy to task on christmas eve he started to pack ills his pipe jimmy your suppers still hot mother said we saved it for you thanks ma I 1 youre a peach boy but im hungry dad found the tobacco bag it was empty lie ile hastily shoved pipe and bag into his pocket but mother had noticed and her smile faded poor saml sam I 1 the truth was the browns were broke and this was to be their slimmest slim christmas well daddy she said wore weve the hie little tree and the doll and the sled to be thankful for but sam I 1 did so hope your mother could have come this sear as always maybe we should have borrowed dad coughed couched nu dear we send her the fare and so the end of it next year maybe with no doctor docto r bills be different jill shem shell be lonely though 9 jimmy exclaimed mother what tire arc you so fidgety about oli nothing 1 I 1 thought I 1 heard a c car a r though dad is the walk swept I 1 never noticed dad gasped walk swept here bere quick somebody tan fan me iles hes never asked that one before jimmy ran to his big coat and fished out a package look dad heres mothers present lets put it on tile the tree 1 I jimmy you I 1 dont need a thing and liow low could you have it anyhow but mothers ices eyes kindled and mother give dad his present now I 1 saw jilin him for a smoke and givin up cl cigars arsi 1 why son you old john D A whole box bos of claros clares get rue me a match quick you have spent it you run errands for anyway 21 run pull errands humph 1 im delia erful for uncle sam christmas husli jimmy strutted say im a millionaire Ilon lio alre an auto set its brakes and swung up to the gate and heres my earl cirl jimmy exulted dashing out tile the door away drove a yellow cab aud and la in marched a proud boy with a dear little old lady sam and mary stared its mother I 1 cried S sam am taking her in his arms IS S sh cautioned grandma wake aka tile babies and she pointed to her bulging shopping ba bag jimmie whisked it away to a hiding biding place but grandma said mary biow did you ever manage it we rake up a cent to send scud you said dad Dear dearies leg said grandma fumbling in her handbag you did send it twelve dollars it was little JA jim mys writing grandmas grandeas Grand mas dim eyes twinkled wisely jimmy blushed dad blinkin m put a proud arm arouni around iii him in aud and squeezed him tight grandma was holding up twelve crackling cra cUing bills and saying so sweet of jimy jimmy and tile the best part was I 1 need to use it after aft all old n p h saxon showed up atter after all these years year find and paid me he the hundred dollers your poor grand grandpa pix loaned him arent we lucky all here together wont it just bo be the merriest christmas ever 4 what was hat such a racket 1 in dashed tile the baj ania clad twin sixes their little faces shining with ecstasy oh its grawman Gran roal grandal Gran Gra limal mal ohl oil oh I 1 ohl grahma granma Gran ma Is christmas c ome come W F 1027 western newspaper Naw union |