Show I a J bete lopsided d the lot Jot littered wheels und and other other- hr hoir heads Youre You're than that you youlie ou he lie care dont old tw f lt ct t appeal to an nn upI up- up ft rl I should think with Mary Marr always neat ng In this wreck grace a palace you youa a new leaf B By the thee the e to start It will soon soony 1 y 1 Think It over It II e iss ss for Mary Diary why who iel ie- ie e- e k l profit for you ou Who have haven i j n chances sUp slip by t e years earS Adams dl did not resent the t 1 or r I- I f J I f I W 11 r j y i Christ Christ- I J Y r fr i I t i I f. f ad but a M 1 after that 1 IJ t ly now 4 I t J. J t a h l i or ten w 0 r JY t. t y ont beears beear's be becar's Jt ears cars f f Ji k dur- dur if nar to t 1 S had r. r f- f o y 1 I j h f. f ne A i. i U. U tl 1 I ff i 1 r it I. I l' l j I u b talk tale of his visitor Heas Heas He Tas as Just In a frame fiame i of f l mind where the suggestions Implanted might take root Toot lie nodded a thoughtful a adieu leu to his Ills relative and sat down alone to tate The Thc postman appeared with aletter a aletter letter from Mary and a sma small bun bundle le The former expressed the delight her long-anticipated long visit had brought to her people The package opened revealed revealed re re- 1 Marys Mary's s Christmas gift to him him him- half a dozen ozen handkerchiefs and two I neckties All of them bore bOlc initials or some ornamental needlework and his Ills face softened as he lie realized Low how ow many plo plodding hours his wife had devoted de- de I voted to the task to give gl him pleasure tg fl 10 i A f en he ire smiled grimly As he fixed L' L m 1 I l I t. t 1 V t. t J. J ves on a framed portrait of his s 1 I. I his J fJ r eyes grew tender Then The l' l i f i. i t. t their depths a dreamy I Ll f J 1 T r. r r f pis mental vision passed 1 I t r es born of the vivid 3 f. f j rl 7 t 7 f I Il lay S. f l Ici I t J. ii I 1 abruptly com com- l t ii f a. a fin t In nrY i nr January firstIn first J t mi rf fit r U I ti t i J I 1 i tt I r 1 J j r r. r l f-l h. h J. oJ t. t r t fi p l' l c J J f t. t y i T f 1 7 l 2 fF t h i t c 1 4 1 I 4 0 1 tj r f l 1 i iT T I J W Jar If fi 14 II f Jo D' D I J. J 4 f. f 1 t r t if r P r f t Y f t J 1 I t F J r. r l a t JF tJ j t j- j t J. J 1 i 1 Jr J P. P k t T tY t- t r l JJ L IC ICI 1 Y lj r l k I I i Ii I toned crack-toned house use bell issued a hollow growling sound and Robert went t to the door to greet his law brother local real estate agent who held beld the ell knob In his hand as It t had come loose trailing half a foot of ru rusted tel wire with itI itI it I cI nearl nearly broke my neck stumbling over oyer that sidewalk of yours sours he ob- ob served Not much like Marys Mary's s domain here eh ell and he bestowed an 4 v m tU o l P-c P q v Ill 1 I h I 1 I 0 L t I J I lt 1 I s N 15 C lr mt r. r His Face Softened I In lug Ing look around the neat clean little e sitting Bitting room I ur say Robert I had hind hindI a n I LI bid to today ay on some of your jour our property v here bere I good responded Rob Ro Robert rt pricking up his ears cars ever keen keen for foi r business The liThe towns town's growing and getting g crowded and and- anda a client Is thinking o of buying some street frontage and building buildIng build Ing a half dozAi bungalows us as a speculation 1 wondered If your our VIi cant corner be beyond ond here mightn't suit sul him What are you asking for It II a an n acre An IIAn acre fairly shouted Robert Humph I 1 that's cool J I Vh Why the tho lam land landIs I Is fl fully v ly a quarter of a n mile nearer nearo town than Han the new subdivision of Jel Jem n L Lane ne lie He charges lot prices au and 1 s so o shall 1 j The law brother hunched hi ilia Ills s shoulders and looked dubious U SRobert S b here re Robert ho said Im going t try Le be plain with you Ive I've brought half fi I dozen oz n customers rS hew heir who lio want t to 0 bUlJ build and und lost all un of thorn them The locution loon tion isn't so bed bad ita a direct lr t street t end nd tin the widest In town tot wt the minute minutes e they s std sa those rickety sheds facing Y to ti th u b t n Stared Fixedly at a Feminine Form Robert A Adams ams visited a carpenter shop hop the town paint store and other places laces early the next morning He TIe went to the hardware store and examIned examined ex- ex the latest In house trimmings He spent two hours going over wallpaper wallpaper wall- wall paper aper stock He asked each artisan he consulted one uniform question Can Canon you on ou get the work all finished b by New Years Year's eve I IlIe He lIe amazed the village tailor by ordering ordering ordering or or- dering his first suit in five years ears He TIe was vas a profitable customer for the barer bar- bar her he- er who not only worked in a shave und and a hair hall trim but a shampoo an and half a dozen special unguents unguent The renovated reno husband of Mary Adams Adams Adams Ad Ad- ams dallied long at nt the mirror ere he lie went vent out and took Do Dobbin bin out of the stable The train was due at ten o'clock but It t was New Years Year's ev eve travel ravel was heavy and all trains delayed dela de- de la ayed ed and It was well on toward midnight mid mid- midnight night when he crane craned his neck Deck from the he sleigh and eagerly watched the passengers alight aUght An n utterance of disappointment escaped his lips as ns passenger after passenger left the platform Then he lie stared fixedly ly at a n feminine form arrayed arrayed ar ar- rayed In a neat velvet hat and find a pretty plush coat She had hai turned her face toward the station light Mary l I he lye cried but unbelievingly as ns he lie viewed v her strange attire Oh Robert Hobert 1 she replied 1 an and hastened hastened has hns- eagerly toward him but halted halted halted halt halt- ed edIth with Ith fth a u quick shock Old Dobbin looked ten years eurs younger than when the he ohe had last seen him The sleigh ails ails- tene like Ilke a burnished chariot And Robert she I-she she feasted her eyes o othIs 01 on this apparent subject of the time fountain of youth I I 1 I didn't know you ou she stam stam- Nor I you OU said sold all dolled up In new togs Oh Uncle Ephraim made sister and me a famous Christmas present an and insisted on seeing It spent on our ourselves own selves explained l Mary Ive Invested a a. trifle In n the same line m myself self vaunted Robert with n n a spice of pride e. e Get In Mary Diary Yes new robes Dont Don't think me reckless I did It all for you Again Again Oh Oh Robert I in rapt tones as they came In sight of home loomIng looming looming loom loom- ing up like a n mansion In a new robe of white trimmed with dart darn gr area greenWait green lI Wait till you see the rooms rooms new new papered papered pa pa- from top to bottom and anel Mary was urns In n a daze doze as she was lens ushered usher d dInto Into the house tto Then she time put her arms around his neck Bcd and anel kissed him What does docs this wonderful magic mean she fluttered lilt It means means hark hark there go the bells belle Chiming out Gut the old year It means menns H la hl iW rpy New Year 1 and he placed his an arse bout her waist the newest New l. l Y r r of our lives for we arc are goIns goto go go- Ins Ing to begin begu to enjoy enjo the best befit the world can give all aU over 1 l |