Show NERO AND THE CHILI CHILD edith sessions cuppers tuppers Tup pors pers christmas story includes Is a baby and a dog doe I 1 think the happiest christmas ol of ny my n nil brought me by a baby and it its was curious story I 1 wai as spending pending tho the holidays at my old 1008 in the country we were era kropar ing for 3 ge genuine naline old fashioned family christiana with turkey plum pudding log mine pies pl tree ial find presents galore all the litters brothers and cousin were ero there a air of expect goey brooded blooded over everything looi falls Ahli pers arid nd a continual exchange chingo ei of 0 con ed on cog were going on the tb most do feature of 0 the was wa the presence of little Flos eloidoro the tb bret baby of 0 the circle who WH was bowed down to and worshiped by uncles route arid and cousins she was w A loly lastly child not a beauty but sod DI charming brim full of ants binl chief and possessing quaint little ways ill all br bar own ova she was w just 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with hr early curly blondo head pillowed billowed pill owed on his big so sad cd nero kro bore all with a resigned stoicism which was sublime ue ile constituted himself her bar body guard and followed hor her I 1 constantly antly it was the day before christmas the tig big house homo wits was upside down with concu slon ilon and bustle rill aress packages and litters letters were coming and going the tree was his being befog decorated in the parlor and in the great kitchen was such a beating ind and pounding and stirring as aa never navor was before the baby was omnipresent poking her tiny fingers into everything and at her tide side nero solemnly stalked wo tre are not going to have bare evergreens ever greens enough for the ceiling announced Kle aneres pretty mamma who was chairwoman of the committee on decorations baid you TOU teddy must go and got gel you are arc absolutely offic of no use uie hero here and you might as well hot help is us out dot 11 1 I grumbled over leaving a glowing open fire and an interesting novel but thorn as s no help for me I 1 was informed that I 1 could not be an idler and comb the of the ground at such a time almo ts is lh Is and you yon might as well take eleanore EIe anoro with you suggested her bor mother the ground li Is smooth and it will do you good to pus push it a baby carriage so the child was wrapped in furl and we vei get tout out for tho the wooda quito quite a mile from the house bouse nero koro started to attend US ii I 1 go back sir air I 1 said stamping my I 1 foot OOL its bad enough to take to the woods with a baby but I 1 will vi ill not have you TOU tag tugging glog he looked at me with in an injured expression pres slon hot virg his bis dignity dign I 1 fly toiler those these trying circumstances returned badly to the house bouse it wis was a clear cold bracing day T abert bore was no snow now on eat the ground only a slight powdering on fences twigs and br branches inChOL the walk wait and the exorcise tt if pushing eleanores Eloa noret car carriage riago set bet my flooks cheeka aglow the baby cooed coded and prattled la in delight we entered the pill whose rosl broach slots slola to my sense with refreshing fragrance I 1 gathered some omo evergreens ever greens and then suddenly ud denly recalling a pot whore where the red tes berries were wont to grow I 1 tucked tho that afghan closer about the child and said did now kow darling sit still here a min minute uto valle nil auntie goes oed to got get some bacilli berries tor for the biby baby I 1 11 she laughed an and d nodded I 1 left her looking back and thinking what a alc plc rt she was nestled ishoo among g her bar cushion ml a lid furs her dear little face peeping out lit Lr omiller bualat little brown hood have been away from her ora thin ten minutes when ica I 1 came me back my ay hands handi filled with ling blag and calling to ito hor bar my heart t a groat great leap and then food itell ill us e carriage aras am pirl I 1 hive have not a bisti remembrance 0 nat happened I 1 cn can ohly ably recall the rush through the woods scream 1139 S her name looking everywhere until rora om out lad ind exha listed I 1 flung myself tin 00 the ground and burst into tears lr whit could I 1 do how could I 1 ever turn carn to the house bouse and nd the chi childs its other irk in despair I 1 pictured tile the mm the reproaches the hunt bunt ahl tiro would we find fin dour our darling how bow obeal uld ne find bud her in 1 I agony I 1 started darted to my tool foot h hur or ailed back sod hia to the empty baby card carriage ago lot out tor for home I 1 vaguely doti noticed cod thelmas theL tl lwi was marly dearly sunset ing dim K on and somewhere in those law I 1 all iii 1 mysterious yr lout wood 0 its was waa a tender inchild Il child wandering alone buffering dolog hug perhaps hey told too afterward that ebon I 1 tg cred late into dead 1 I the house I 1 wn was like 3 women woman I 1 could not nol speak but agathe A tle a thou ald to the a empty carriage crr lage u soni bome 0 buo ouo was it eleanores mother other M look mo me by the and tree led roe me into tho the parlor the ILI i i a thing of beauty a glitter with I 1 dainty baubles bauble tapers and nd toys they wore were all therein a troup group surveying it and thore there on oa lim fur rug before the g lowing glowing open firo fire lay a big black dignified DI fled dog and with hor bar head pillowed billowed pill owed oa era his hiss boulder fust fast asleep eloanor 6 I 1 why why howl bowl I 1 stammered and thou as the iho room got black and everybody seemed boomed floating away some lome one ODO said dont teddy dearl it wn was all right noro nero brought liar her homo home we wore were only worried agent about you and someway I 1 found myself on the tha rug lug my arms about the tha baby and the dog dof weeping like a child from rom very happiness and gratitude that was a happy christmas EDITH r 1 sassio as |