| Show ready for santas visit t KV gal W 4 21 V ar a W 4 IE pa LT there Is a sand sandy y Z claus claw ew E FRANK MANK HERBERT SWEET 0 11 1134 western newspaper union yer asked the kid wistfully aint no S sandy a n d y daus claus though sure I 1 would loo barm to try didn t we make a fire on purpose pur kid ran back through the long drafty hall and pree pres antly returned frith with something faintly resembling a stocking it if anything was put in em do ye reckon they would hold bold it well we ue wont tale take no chances and the other boy took some tring string from hia his pockets and tied up the foot foo t holes making long dacks of the legs then he be fumbled tumbled a tack from a pocket and fastened one to the mantel mattel with the other above it it now wed better be to give old sandy a chance and the other boy pulled cloer closer his a apology for a coat and started to brud trudge e off oft then could I 1 so go jont be began ai as he opened the front door d then he hut shut it it but I 1 guess id ruther to out through the kitchen for rd orter fix the chairs aw an lamp bach like before we played your grand mad maid jump me it if she found rd 11 d been here an that hung up she dont doat believe in no sandy claus nor futhia it I 1 was you I 1 pay ay bout my belt here and the other boy dodged do dire d out aej nd a great whirl of ot wind and now snow swallowed him up kid too sleep y t to undress crawled under a pile of things t n g i on the bumpy old lounge and the next thing be he anew lav vu wits shining granny vivol vi vol seating sti alting erdl there mere you are acini octal gilill to bed nith your our shoe shoes on I 1 sty I 1 don I 1 know what yere coman to now ye get up an fetch me something to bum look round in the alley for the lands ake take what alls ails ye yer for the kid was out of the room and tear log lot down the he cold old hall and she the heard beard him yelling and calling for her to come quick she ue obeyed as fast as her old feet would take her and they my crumpled under her so that the be eat sat down on the first ant thing which proved to ill b a sled led the newest reddest shiniest sled either she or the kid had bad ever seen then ahe the came to the of a burnt cut out fire lay on t tm hearth heart ht the old room had a comfortable lived in feeling for all of its chill the fun suit came in the old windows bright with the daule of the snow hut but she did not notice all thin this nor did the kid imer were spellbound before a christ mas tree and a pair of long bumpy stockings hanging from the old mantel above the old fireplace at last when all till the things lay piled about them with paper papers and strings all over the floor with v ith the kid trying on a new arm rap cup alth ft ath hands clumsy in new red mittens she stroking a black and checkered shawl that could be meant for no one but herself like the shoes and groceries lying around said tremulously how now who in the world done it I 1 want to know do you reckon it might a been the relief corps or the salvation army or the ladles ladies aid aw I 1 should say not it want we n t none one 0 them old things they never done it you bet they didn dian L t it was sandy claus hey bey stumpy the other boy had joined them looking askance at granny bat doling sidling toward the far stocking suddenly shouting Hopp lal I 1 chock feltl course it its s sandy 1 why I 1 ast a big man on the sidewalk dewalk el last night when I 1 went out fine man with a money bank overcoat an armful ol 01 0 bundle bundles an he eald said yes of course I 1 hope you haven t been losin losla faith an I 1 said bed never left me anything nor for the kid nor for for granny so I 1 wan t quite sure then be he stopped ad asked questions an laughed an said sandy was a mighty busy man about now an had missed us somehow but if stiven we never ev erquitt quit faith al I 1 h hed bed if ure U re find fin d us out how I 1 know there theres a sandy grah grabbing hia we stocking and dropping on the floor don dont t dont you know too granny I 1 looking at her doubtfully 1 I guess eo 80 still dazedly but I 1 never got bothin before yes I 1 guess there Is a sandy dans claim |
