| Show bea beadles s cy 0 1 ahn chaimas rimas amas party N I 1 I 1 dy i BOOTH BOOMI al I 1 by kr A r VI continued a part of the ilia room win was clear to our view lew about half of it man anit shut off from UK by in lic ury try king aln of nil christmas trees glittering wath dolt daims lis slid nd dobeus of maudlen cau dleN in 1 liter iver sparkling in gold lil and laden with ath heaven alone known knows how many end na what delectable op lie the rree hia his balk back against the rail will eat mt old blob rind clad in a aresi of state ante part of which consisted conil sted of a agallos wallo ill all cost with an overgrown over groAn ekuni in the buttonhole a wl red necktie cec kllc and a pink and silver lib erty cap of ilsup l df paper lie was a fiddle like old times come agaid 1 and he the tune tun he tie played wae WAS oh uh my iny liza ro rat pair I 1 uy my feet shuffled to it la to ilia ha snow no one except old lob WAS to be afta in ho tho room but we watched him and nd listened breathlessly hen he finished liza he laid told tho the addle AM his knee wiped his face with a new and bri ilant blae blue silk slik chandker chief and midi said now como come de big the honorable david beasley Be neley car bryint a small mahogany maho cany able table stepped out from train beyond the christmas tree advanced to the center of the room act set he lie table down disappeared for a moment and returned with a white rater water pitcher and a glasl 1 lie ile placed these upon the table boned gracefully crace fully several timed times then spoke It ladles and gentlemen there be paused sald mr simeon peck peek slowly dont this bent beat helit look out the journal reporter twitched lilt lil elcee ladles present cherer laid said L he ile leaned nearer me and spoke in alow tow tone one just behind us she followed us over from your boarding house boum been ix cn standing around near us all along I 1 suo supposed posed she was daughter probably he any daughter I 1 said and stepped back to the hooded figure a a I 1 had been too absorbed la in our quest to notice if ras was miss she had thrown a loose cloak clook over tier ber head and boulders shoulders but enveloped la to it aj as ahe she was and crested and cd with white I 1 knew her at 41 nee there was DO no mistaking her evea even in a blizzard she caught my ray hand with a strong stron quick pressure and bending to mine eald in to a oft soft whisper dor close to tai toy ear 01 1 I heard everything that man said mid in a our hallway you left the library door open when lien you called mr bow ow den out I 1 so I 1 returned maliciously you you help following elie 1 released my hand gently to y surprise ubah ahe the whispered hei hes ay my ats B log Pl ladle adles and gentlemen lent tent lemen lemeni said beasley anin AVID and ad stopped Dow dena roice voice sounded hysterically la say richt right ear ulas alin bad whispered la to my left toe the only speech hes ever mad made la in bis his III life ad 4 ns bes tacit stuck I 1 bet rial beasley be he wu was only ladle and gent gentlemen ent leroen leme he began mr and mm colonel and aunt cooley hunch berl miu doleans min queen and ilu marble mr noble ursem and mr grandee Hu ur borley and master mister you aee we before you to alafat in my person merely the rep of at your real host has ulster mister swift ulster mister swift has express expressed eil a rah wish that there shoud should be a speech and nd haa has deputed me to make IL it lie requests that the subject he baa has as skead me should be treated in as dis wiled a manner aa as Is possible con ol I dering the orator ladles ladies and ellearn he ne took a 4 sip alp of water 1 01 will sow address upon the tol tot towing subject why we call christ sam time the best time time la Is the best time ume be eduse it la Is the kindest time nobody ever wt bit very happy without feeling vm kind and nobody ever felt very kind without feeling at least a little hapa go of co coarse lirse either way abal bl the be happiest time la Is the kind 44 et re Uh chats at this urae ume the most thaw W or em ree can we are ue so ten led wd tot that reason and in of at aee star tar we set esis amm dIde oe ft fht a tire tree to be stara stars in the besot we so we lease make christmas time a use vf et atara stars le indoors doors and nil they atee warmly the cold out joer that hit te to like the cold of other so mat ao so kind we set our bun fred red on 00 ahe tree and keep 9 m bright Abrou shout the christ am ae time for while they shin upon so bare have tight to see tills this life not aa an it 11 boft btu atu but aa as the march of a ottoo fellowship ladles and gentle antle 20 1 thank tool awed to right and left as to an politely applauding applaud inc and iff As ti akk pa aa jf 14 burden with drew whit while old bob acala pet t hia tile oddle tp lp his elan and started to tile the measure iDra sur of a quadrille beasley was beck back la in an instant Int tant houting shouting aa As he lie came come take lake your pard 11 balance all sill I 1 and then and there and all by him elf he danced a quadrille performing at one drie and the same aluie fol fot four lavi ly couple couples never in my life HN have I 1 irin nuch such gyrations 11 and capera topers aa as were vi ere rut cut by that his legged looe jointed miraculously ring alln figure lie alts in ho the wildest illicit motion wit without hout coan atlon niver the fraction of nn an in HAH plant still calling a the th figures at the lop tol of his voice nod and lancing them hia his expression anxious blit polite AS la Is the habit of other dancers Inn cere tila ids handa hands extended ax as if to sueng hia his partner or comer or opposite lady eod and hie feet lifting high and flapping down la in la in old fashioned step first four forward anil nd bach he lie forward and balutel bal alice to corner erst pard partners ners or r rend right and left I 1 I 1 think the combination of abandon and decorum with ith which be lie performed hat that grand anil l aft ans the funniest thin thins I 1 have ever met n nut but I 1 didn dian I 1 lacchi at it neither did alln at my aldo side now do you believe met iner peck an areu lne fiercely with mr meyer la Is he crazy or aint her he ile IB Is orest agreed hoarsely he la Is a tark stark it tArin ravin boarin lunatic I 1 and the niggles nic ecra bu lumorial morial him I 1 I 1 they were vere ill oil at 41 arlon arIng open mouthed and into the lighted room do you ace see here it puta puts fsr simeon reck pecks rat voice ro roe rote te mh high 1 I guess TIC I 1 do dop I 1 aid mid orlet we come out to buy a barn and cot got a house and lot fer ter the tame same money itle it the reatea greatest rea tet night nights work you ever done sim peck 1 I lues guess it Is 1 I 1 shake on 14 it sim they shook hand hands exalted glib alib triumph thrall Th ThI tall slI do the work ceck ita a about tuo thousand per cent better 1 than the etory story wa w started to fill CIL hy dae dose Beasl eyll be in a padded cell in a month I 1 be alt all over town tomorrow and hell have aa as much chance ter fer governor ai as that digger in there therel in hta his ecstasy he mote smote dow den deliriously in the riba what do you think of your candidate now walt mid said dowden who came in the cab b that ort ortt owl thi nis staggered atac mr peer rubbed hie his mitten over hia his woolen t ftp op as is if hie Ws bead why he said slowly who wh la in halifax did come in them cabal cabs the where b fultn isten aid said dowden flitt first couple face butr out shouted beasley facing out with an invisible lady on his akimbo ed ann arm while old dob bob awed sawed madly at A new coon in town second couple fall fill tot in deasley beasley wheeled about and enacted the second third coupler couplet be fell la in behind himself again fourth couple if it you please bal bel ance ALL 1 I 1 beg your pardon MISS op J of it ZA I 1 ew 4 I 1 opposite the tre tree hie HI back against the wall sat gat old bob bab al olanna im afraid I 1 stepped on roar your triam sashay all r after the ashay sashay the noblest and nil roost dishing bit of at gymnastics displayed in the whole quadrille he boned hosed profoundly to his invisible partner and came to a paus wiping his streaming face old bob deate dexterously boully swung a A new coon into the stately lately measured meas urea of a triumphal march and now beasley announced in to stentorian tones if the ladles ladies will be so to kind aa as to take the gent lome Is arms we will proceed to the dani DR room and partake of a leht slight collation cioe thereupon came a slender of joy from that part of the tile room which had been screened from us b by r screened from us by the tree ou th cousin david beasley that was quadrille ever danced in the world I 1 and now flow please pleam wont wool you like mrs oct out to so rip par A then into the vision of out paralyse par alyse and watchers cam came the lb little wagon palled pulled by the th old colored woman women bobs wife la in her bt and there propped upon pillow pillows lay hamilton swift junior hit his soul shining rapture out of hie his real eles a bright pot spot of color ou on each of ula tits bin thin cheeks lie lifted himself on one elbow and for an instant something seemed to tf be wrone wrong with the brace which wu was under hta his chin Iles sity sprang to him and adjusted it tenderly then he lie bowed elaborate ly toward the mantel piece hr mrs he lie said nifty may I 1 hare have the bonora and offered his krnic urn and I 1 must have hitter mister hunch here chirped Il hamilton AmIlton he must walk with me mo lie tella tells roe top bald said beasley boll he mighty glad lad to and therea theres a plate of bonce bones for Simple dorle you lead the way cried the child t you and mrs are we all in fladell beanley beasley glanced back over hia his shoulder 1100 hoo ray rayl I 1 now let ua us on lie hoi I 1 music there I 1 arr br r ra bavor yo I 1 applauded hitter mister swift and beasley Bc neley his hl head thrown back and hta his chest out proudly led the way you lead the way cried the childe child you and mrs Hun chberg stepping nobly and in time to the ex bilar Eting measures hamilton swift sw junior toned toed by the beagin be beaming amin old I 1 mam mars my followed in bit wacon wagon bis his thia thin little arm uplifted and hia his fingers curled as if they held a trusted hand when they reached the door old bob roie turned in after them and till still played the procession and himself birosel bt rosel doida the liall hall and eo to they marched away and we were left Star harln lilt into the empty room my said the journal re porter rasping and he be did all that just to please a little ick alck kid mill 1 I cant figure it butr out murmured sim peck piteously T k can con said the journal reporter this story will be all over town to morrow 1 he ile glanced at me and 1 nodded he be all over town b be continued though not riot in any of ab the papers pap erand and I 1 dont believe ita its going to hurt pave dave bealey chances cli ancel any mr reck peck and his companions turned toward the street and vent ment silently the young man from frou the journal overtook thera them thank monk yiu you for tending nil for me he said sald cordially you ve v siren me a treat im for beasley easley fl I 1 dowden put his hand on my shoulder ile had not observed the i third figure still remaining well sir he be remarked shaking 1 the now snow from his coat mat they were right about one thins it certainly vent kichty low down of dave not to invite you footo his christmas party parly let him eo a to thunder alib with hi aid old InvItation A rm going in any way I 1 come on im plum froze there was a side door just beyond the bay window and dowden nent te to jt it and rang loud and long me it was beasley himself who opened it IL what in the name he began as the ruddy light fell upon Dowd rna fare face and upon me standing a little way behind what are you two know banks what on ail earth are you fellow fellows doing doln out berer here weve come to your christmas par ty you old hone horse thief thus mr dowden alloo ray I 1 aid said beasley dowden turned to me mt arent you cominar what are you waiting wilting for old 4 lowr low ald said beasley I 1 waited a moment loncer longer and then it happened she be came out of the shadow and went to the foot of the steps lier cloak falling failing from her shoulders ail she the pared me I 1 picked it op up she lifted her arms arnis pleadingly though her head bead was bent with what i seemed to me a beautiful sort son of at shame she stood there with the snow ica driving a ainest her and did not speak beasley drew his bit hand slowly acrea eves to see if they were really I 1 think she the said mid at last got eo so many lovely people in your I 1 house tonight alen room acl for fait jaet just one foell ita its christaw time timer r THE END I 1 A |
