Show HIS TURN or enough no lo KO go around tit HI MARY 1 24 it was the afternoon of 0 the th twenty fourth of at december anil john wrapped up in iiii his now W going down with a agop mid and W B jump to upend spend his hia lost last coppers copperi for a present waa six years year old and oa as he bo along he tried to whistle shoo hy lilio like tho the big boa bo s and wondered t to 0 himself why did not como come more thou thoo once mc a year and it otheya 11 heya over got gofus to coming and it i beon going on just dinst like this before he be WM was boru born ke as ho he dodged the iho mothers but crying home with dol lilio tj I 1 of out of newa aper an with fat at turkeys by tho the leg iw and cirkot women haggling over asir poultry and uon green to look into inlo tile the gay y shop windows window sod od at the crowd ol of good humored buyers and Bc llera lie ife w was bound lor for the himself to buy his M mother a rel real silver thimble thim bla to save her gold one OD md and because beo auitt he hod bad Imol ted the tha othor other in the abo shovel hotal over tho the dicing room fire io in order orde r to turn it il in into lo 10 plowshares md and prunine ironing books with the ho aid id or of i a bowl be if ot c I 1 cold atter ter thinking the fhe need dead two thun lio 4 and a machine ho be was going to put pat his hia iati her stocking and when she eho waked up in ia the bo morning phe he bo be and laugh liegh to find another thimble there ther just jilt where her toe ought to bo alter after he had bought bu bli present pre the ilia confusion of lamps tod end barly ind iad the fioK huir harrying ying browd bewildered 1 bain I im and nd but be alrack botito out byl lAit lct in into 0 a narrow alley anere ho he stripped copped at attracted t by bv a ragged urchin who was gazing wila willfully ally in at a bakers holiday display of loaves and tn tarts I 1 1 say uon 1 most almost I tate tat oem cm eaid tho the urchin capering cp ering first cist oa ikc one iut fout and then on the othor to keep ep hina gelf warm iney arent anything to 1 re my ra m other a tarts taro answered john job ro mem bering the pantry at t houn home I 1 pyou you int aint hungry IU ill bet 11 1 no INO I 1 but im going home to nati bap 1 per wish I 1 west why dont you ao eo then causs there sin ain toy soy to go to no aupperl why everybody his As topper rapper its christmas lve ETC you I 1 christmas ere that thai why dont doat you yon krilow jhc thc 0 night before Chris christjans trans and idl through Ibro agli the house not a creature WM was stirring not kot even ton a mouse monso I 1 quoted john haltingly halliD gly when you hang up your stocking ond and sinta clua claus cornea comes over the abo housetops whoa when louys asleep and puts puls presents in ill christmas evo eve when the balls all H ring whon when whon when when their flocks by nig night t all seated on tile tho ground tha ile ot of the lord came down abw and glory shone around Aroa uiL why yon know it of course everybody know it its ita in tho the its it been becu ever oscr over since byors I 1 was wa boro last year I 1 hod had a top and a drum and a horn born of 0 bandyl 1 I say aay you got get cm am allej lit led the other eagerly why santa clause lie ho brought it tin in what did ho he bring you yoo not a redl whore does docs ho be live nea iles the chap lor for ray my modell alil he be lives way off somewhere I 1 mong tho the icebergs and things uhl I 1 apa ajsa a hes ha ii aa undo uncle of 0 conro boaro jim in oar alloy highlan uneta uncle who brought lim him a guinea pig dat you yon know who santa claus is ia laughed langli oJ john not q quite site clear la in his own ova mind about the ino matter buts but anxious to enlighten tho the darkened dari darkened ened mind of his 4 he ha my any than hos hed yours or lie he aint nothing to nie ine no way 1 said sa id the other 1 I aint never put ea ou on him I 1 neither have I 1 said john nobody toes lioi him ila ho always comes dark whon when the children are ara in ID bed u 1 the lamps are ara out and no bobys louki og Dg abul HU he always puts something into your jour christmas nights cotant he be i Idu nuo I 1 never fauna auna anything there but a hole bole never found anything in conr clocking 7 oneil cried jolo jolio perhaps Per hapa didds you yoa adijat it UP in tho right place 1 I never hang it up at ill all ohl you reach why you seto bet your mother r to do it for torf y I 1 I 1 1 I 1 aint got no ito mother nothing tnt a ara granny tiny patch who zint int no grassy of 01 mine licit ber choro I 1 sleep to la the lie garret NO ho now how do yon got get along fa poa john who tucks you into bed and hears your prayers pra and puts out the iho light for you sod and gate your 8 sinday inday clothes out of the drawer slid and baked the bo Chris christmas padai og 1 I go anasa makes iby iy pud dj d dt foy for I 1 aint got any other ajo in iho drawer ill bail joho john beginning to daubl b his lb eara out but you jon have the nuitt kunii dont you on brightening rho IW wibb wishbone bone out pi of tho the christ maa 1113 turkey dont dent you yon know dont have aay turkey I 1 reckon christmas abot aay lin ernt from ma 1 an any jay day blown id fa this albet 1 I dunno nothing ab ib atit putt 1 show a how elul said jolio 1 im I m dt cad ful torry v I 1 thought hought there was enough to go till all FOUZI Nit haps thoughtfully Y perhaps I 1 hta hamaud had more u my share 1 I mean to i A boy with no mother mid and no DO I 1 other clothes who dida hang up his blocking noc lioK nor noi havo have any dinner nor ny golden dremal or of sunta simla claus clans nor any christmas T ir how bow lid did ho he contrive t to live bycy but bat youre going to luni hang lip your et 0 0 L 0 g jl 0 o night aint you asked colu j 0 L I 1 3 n dut fully ally persuaded that he na der stood his own CM can be no use usa ikhil they was wa jat 1 sid ia the urchin Alty way have a coke aad same everybody doi banse if t yon ado IK iguess nesa dont cobit I 1 down this ibis way im going to help the baker garry homo home his bis beans beam md and bread to lo haq he oitis to ivein gi e tl oaf lof arid nd maybe may bo he hell t throw la wot them tarts kaow 1 hiyi 1 I wish to tomorrow i morrow now anil and you a nt going to i hta have imy C buvia lof loaf of bf I 1 brandl ire 21 aldir turkey nor wish 0 ll 11 ei and nd in in your eto king oking lk iod d youre goinz going 0 to o wear your everyday clothes and nd boive got golob oil dear I 1 I 1 abile ht to tb LO fco I 1 ibaan im vor or ayi jl ru ill ton tell dor you tibal 6 ht have a ja 1 ive hd had lots lota 0 tit 9 I 1 buea its it your you turn tuni now nobou L oil ou hu furtis goi 90 and have MY canas and ill iday htay hr here and lave have your iau 4 I 1 leaves I 1 lor or b harej irs abl obi I 1 Il dut ft bo be 85 eo dirt anrrich iod mcnno ai eaid tho the imhuf tu orlly it ain is tall Clua Y timas jarc acts 1 I teu you yon nere JU junt t 1 ut t 01 on I 1 my IN ovre ilai chaft canai thero there you a am WL t say it homo tied and Y yen u run up to toy iny home goow know it by tile tho fountain that lut doi doe doitt bot Qt ouy any we mort in tile birl as bald a V you walk iu in at tho the eul end door cause be salvry l 10 lo do sou tell tr ji my mother youre going to aavo hato your turn nod and youre eik to be me till christmas and iua ila to be you I 1 i and lf taking tailing tho the slyer laire ija ho out OX ot his 1119 pocket gingerly T and amps bettor better say I 1 sent thi i bt by then it be all 11 your christmas adit no you yon may give it t to her your own acy ali and Us ill 11 carry the baker and nd rm ral afraid mem two acom inn ing buck beck afterward sighed the iho ui or clain sand d icet then johna mawr fatlich and mother who had loan to ioia mib bitu and t to 0 worry he staid so BO islas suddenly pounced upon the iho two chatting worn the bakery bajory window and DI carried them both home to koep christmas an and I 1 the ure bint hd had oom com ind end lie never failed of 0 a holi actor though hough he be once said bid it seemed as a il if every day since iab day hid had was M ch como come |