Show 0 r i x 2 jg 2 i r u I Ii i A N N i i ii 1 e 5 z t E 4 A r r rip ip tj l i iT T- T I It Il l t W HEADS 1 ifor or HEARTS at Christmas by t Stead f ARVEY D D turned from Freda Hansons Hanson's home In n a abrown aa bro brown n study two o I y ears rg earslie he lie hid had been a caller at Freda Freda- and for most roost of that time he lie had been ben tr trying to In Ing to W find the answer er to one ques que 4 lion Should he lie ask ack her to marry rry him Freda was attractive e and hart lIan ey was quite sure he lio was ab In love 10 owe e with her lie suspected too that she he returned re returned returned turned his Ills re regard ard Rut Hut Harvey Markey lIan ey hind Imd himself that his head ruled his hie heart When he left the farmhouse of hIs Ills boyhood bl ho l to make his way wa In the cIt city he had laid don down n one rule rude for tor himself ne never neer er to act on emotion nl aI always brays ars to act on reason And at nt twenty t ty el eight ht he lie was as assistant manager of seemed to work his company The 1 he rule row Isow loI I reda red a had been reared In lu lux luxury luxury ury lIan e s 's salary alary would be littlemore little littlemore more than spending mom for herLem her Lea ln Leav Ing motions out ot of the ar argument would good sense eUbe dictate that he 1 marry her ber As he lie pondered this problem bells 11 11 pealed out and he lie remembered It was eve e Of course coure I lie hold had gh en Freda some trinket and a little package e from her nestled In Ills Ids 0 over over- overcoat overcoat ere coat pocket It was the season or of c 11 e sir will J you ou give e me n nr r- r dime n Il Hiney ey looked down at n Q rag ragged ed urchin urchin-ti urchin a perhaps girl girl perhaps not more than ten n year scars caN old s Intelligence told him that to ghe Ih e money to beggars aE encouraged delinquency y Rut hut some some- something tiling some thing more than Intelligence seemed to prompt him litro now lIe Ho stopped and 1 e a It with 11 her What hat would you do with a n dIme t he be asked aked I It t C I I would buy Luy a n to to for my little brother foi tOl Chrt Christmas It ItS w is S i a glib answer anser ans er Lh untrue Lut but liar ey lIar trey ey lied Ind become Lecome Interested Have e vou on no father or mother to bu buy thin things for tor Christmas o sir Ir sire e 1 e Ih live Jibe e with our aunt and aUlI she slie Ins has been sick lick A plausible iLle story stor Still Still- StillA Still A vacant nt tact ta ta 1 ho hove hose e into view slew lew ilar irve II-irve Ye vey sl signalled It Get in m little gill gilland and tt tell me where here y ou lh live e She 1001 cd ell at nt him a moment surprised sur surprised Then her lier child Instinct ln saws fled she oLe ell Tuley The stopped in one of time the poorer parts p of the city lIr here HereIn In a single le room n Il e found a sick woman om n and a boy bo of four or five Ilse fl flIt e It lid dill not take him long lung to act A As Ashe Aslie 0 he gas gave a ae e his hb lil orders at i t near r by b re u t rant r anyone could see sec lie he hall had thrown intelligence to the winds W lien a hot meal me for three lan had ben been sent cent to the sick sid room Harvey lIan ey found n a telephone booth Fortunately Miss Hanson had not retired I reds reda I need s y ou-on ou on on a n job he said Then he told her of his en ad adventure ture rhey fliey need clothing r cle up care and care and Christmas lie he con eluded and I need a woman om to shoW me how III I 11 be he there with my car In t tent twenty ent mInutes she slie answered Then TJan be ban benn an the greatest great st Christmas e ese ee e Dane hid had experienced l r i ir r y Please Sir 51 Will You Give Me a aD D Dime I 7 With Freda at his hits side he plunged ed through h the city bu buying Ing groceries medicine childrens children's toys a dot doctor tor arranging for a motherly soul to take char har thare c e W 11 hen lien hen long after midnight they hoy placed their gifts Ift be- be beside beside be beside side the sleeping children the some some- somehow somehow how ho hofelt felt very cr close clo e to each other The The woman will be oil all right the |