Show red coalso and anci L istman eve ry gralam graham bonnes A children had gone to bed their stockings were all hanging by the fireplace they were filled now and two persons were sitting in front of the fire talking tal kind shall I 1 put on another log lie he said no we bad better not sit up lip much longer lets just stay until the red coals become dull she answered every christmas eve they had sat like this when the house was quiet after the stockings had been filled after the tree had been trimmed it was becoming cooler since sanc the fire had almost gone out cut but their chairs were drawn crafto cra closely up before th the e r shining and irons you always polish them so beautifully for christmas he said you never grow tired of making everything as lovely each succeeding year and you never grow tired of up opp r e c I 1 a t ing perhaps that Is why I 1 can always take W V 41 such nn an interest 4 she said ak IT T h e andirons andl and irons rong shine with fresh brilliancy each year lie said like our love tor for each other she a dd ed and then for tear fear he be might think she was a little too sentimental for one whose hair already had many streaks of gray she added you muke make me so sentimental you darling irling cl ile he iut his hand on hers bers it lias has been a hard year all the years liae have their struggles but every year as I 1 sit with you la in front of this old ire fire it seems deenis as though there Is nothing that I 1 want in this world they were straightening up the room now everything was in its place the presents were under the tree the small toys were poking their jolly little selves out of the stockings 1 I think the thermometer will show zero before morning he said ill give the furnace an extra poke she waited while he went down into the cellar and as he came u up p and then went to lock the front door the filc flickering kering lights from the stars and the bright white of the snow gleamed through at them iti so beautiful lie he said lets take it i look at it he put her heavy coat around her shoulders and together they stood out cut in front of the house for a moment you always lie he told her nave have been my guiding star and she put her hand in n his bis and wiled smiled through slightly moist eyes lie ile was so BO willing to praise so go willing to say those things when he thought them that it had bad made her she knew the sort of a person she was each of thern them lived up tip to the praise and love the kotlier gave tho the glow of the tha christmas fire warmed their hearts throughout ial all the tha year Q Q 1930 Un lois |