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[ [ . , soeager so soea"er soeager ea"er eaer eager " , , so 80 good ood naturcd nntured natured lie He die ondered 'ondered 'onderedwhy \ ' wonderedwhy \ onderedwl wl why y yill be lie ill ' felt so out of tune with \ Ith themall thpm them thpmnJ1 themall nJ1 all For ror [ 'or or ' , although Kenneth I\enneth I enneth Fenneth \ was Gas \ \ as on hIs hIsway hisway hisway way to buy Christmas Christms Chrtstns Christm ? \s s \ gifts , , and h\d h d h'td htd hdmoney h'tdmoney hidmoney ' \ ' money to buy something 50methlnt : foi COI fot e\ e ecryone eteryone everyonebe \ cryone , , he didn't didnt ' ' feel rcel the ttie least bit thrilled thrll1cd nnd and andexcited nndexcited andexcited excited In fict r'let rlet fact ' , , he felt tint th1t that the thing thingnas thingvas thingwas nas vas going olng to be a choie chOle chore ; ; somcthln something to toget toget toget get over with as quickly Qulchly n as ag possibleAs posslhleAs possible posslhle possibleAs As he puslied pushed pu , > hed Ills his 'ny ny \ ' wn \ n > , } throu through h the thecro thecrowded thecrowded cro\\ cro crodod crowded \ dod nl aisles aisles les , , he looked lool.ed looled . disgustedly disgustedlyat at people reaching out for 'gecgaws"as gecgawsas ' hec gee hays n"s ns " , ; " ' as he called caJ1ed them Nothing like IIhe that thatfor thatfor thatfor for h hHi him ? 1 he was going to buy useful usefulpractlcil , pra'tlc\l pra'tlc pratlc l practical ( ' ' \ things and nnd he wis W1S was { . : going oing tofee to toee fee ee ce thit th'1t th1t that ' they were nere mide m'lrle mlrle made ' for weir we'1r we1r wear ' nnd and nndservice andservice andservice service . No one hid h'ld hld had ' ' iny 'Iny my businessthroning businessthrowing business businessthrolng thro\\lng thro lng throning \ mone none , } away n\\ay n ay assay \ on frivolities frivolitiesKenneth , henneth Kenneth slid 51111 said to himself hlmse1f , " with "lth lth all an thewisdom the the"Iscfom th thvlsdom e ef et "Iscfom Iscfom vlsdom " of or his 20 O yetrs yetrsFrom , } e cirs cirsFrom Irs IrsFrom From counter to counter he went.He wentHe went . . He " winted wanted 'lnted lnted ' to compare compnre vilues v'Ilues values ' to set get setthe getthe : getthe the best bp.t bpt hest : . price on e\ e C\ C \ een Cen e \ en erithing thing thln he boughtHe bought boughtHe boughtLie He Lie n was vas fiS going to do his Christmasshclp- Christmasshclp Christmasshclpping Chrlstmis Chrlstm1s shop shop- shopping shopping - - ping In a 11 sensible senslhle wa way , } . , the the1Y wiy \\1Y 1Y way \ " Itreally It Itrenlly itreally renlly really ought to be donePnsslng done donePassing donePassing Passing Pnsslng through the art nrt departmentbis departmenthIs department hIs eyes eycs fell fcll on n a beiutlful bC1uUCul beautiful piece ofpottery of ofp ofpottery p < > pottery ttery Unconsciously he stopped and nDd andHr 1 / r ri rpry i pry ' 4 4J J , \ V / / / = - - 3 e \ t : 0 0t Hr HIs Eyes Fell on a Beautiful Piece ofPottery of ofPottery oPottery Pottery , . . " - admired Its e exquisite .QulsIte QulsIte eaqulslte > . art . . A suddnthought silddeithought sudd-n sudd n sadden saddenthought . - thought mshed tl1shed flashed through his mind mind"Wouldn't mind"Wouldn't mindWouldnt "Wouldn't Wouldnt 1ouldn't 1ouldnt " ' mother love something IIhe like IIhetbls likethis llk'this llkthis ' tbls this ? Wouldn't Wouldnt ' : . bhe .he he she get a thrill out or of orshowln ofshowtn oshowing showln showtn , It to her friends ? ' Qulcl Quickly ly < his bls resolution to buy notb notbIng notbtog nottIng ) Ing tog but practical gifts gaits vanished Into Intothin intothin Int'thin Intthin ' thin air nlr He lle \ would ould buy the piece plpce formother fomother for formother mother For ror the rest of or the f firolljand Imlly , and others he heould he'ould \ ' would \\ould ould get the gifta gifts lft8 hhad he tie hehad tiehad had plumed phnned planned but mother must ha\t ha t ha ha\something ha something \ \ ' . e something to bring that liglit light lI ht Into heeyes her herees he heeyes r ees eyes , } that thut he be loved Joved to see He lie was wasQuite wa waquite waquite s Quite sure this lovely 100ely loely , pottery woulturn would wouldturn wouldturn turn the trick trlch . He could almost hpar hear hparher heaher hearher her say suy , ' 'Oh Oh ' Oh Kenneth F enneth , . , I ve ye veant wantesomething \\ant ant \ anted antedsomething ( > d dsomething something like ltI.e ltIe . this all nil my life I ' ' ' The purchase purch 1se < thillled thlllled thrilled him withstrange with withstrange \ \ Ith a astrange strange satisfaction He " knew "new new that he hewouldn h hwouldn hwouldn e wouldn t t have ha.e hae hare . got ot the same joy out cbuying of ofbu o obuying f bu buying Ing something ordinary oreJinury He lie wa'n wan \ a"II't aIIt a"II'tgoing " ' ' ' t going to snier sneer sn .er er < . any more at people peoIle ) buy biijIng buyIng buylag Ing lag 'gee gee 'geegaws geegaws ' gee ga gays " s " Christ Chrlstnns Christmas m'1S m1S ' seemed to tocall t tcall icall o call for something dllTerent dlll'erent dlllerent ' . . . 1 'there there 'thereshould ' bf > re reshould should be practical gifts too ; no noCbrlstm.Js n nChristmas nChristmas Cbrlstm.Js CbrlstmJs Christmas . tree was complete withnuhandkerchiefs sslthnn sslthnnhandkerctilefs \ \ Ithout Ithouthnnclherchlpfs t hnnclherchlpfs handkerctilefs swelters s\\l1ters s l1ters sweaters \ ' ' , , hose and andgloHs andglots d glovi-s glovi s gloHs glots , - and such thinn's thinns thfns thln , ; ' s . , , but there thpre should shouldbe shouldbe be other things . , too . Man Ilan Ian did not notJive no nolive m mlive t live Jive by brcid brC'1d brC1d bread ' alone Kenrn iennt [ { : enn ! th thas was \\as as \ as nnc find findIng Findta ta Ing g out , . other things \ were vere ere necessary necessar necessnr , } ; . , ' tooauddeuly too Suddenly uddenly auddeuly bis bls his face r.l'e r.le rle . ( ' broke lJrol.e lJrole . Into a grii grIn Thats Thais That grInThat grinThais s the very thing heould he'ould he \ ' would \\ould ould do H He Heould H'void e fnmltysomething would \\ould ould 'void void \ ' \ buv buy bu , } e\eo e eo e\erj erj eery \ last one of or the fnmlty famllsomething famil famll Y something alsobuv alsbuy practical prneticnl but he'uuld heuuld he \ ' would ould also als alsbuv o theywould buv buy them somethlll sunetlin something , , ; that thnt he felt they theywould the thewould beautyor would love lo\e lo e loge \ to have . , some bit of beauty beautyor breut beautor or frivolity Crlvollty that theyould they \ would \\ould ould not other otherwise otherwise othe : wise get'fhe getThe get getThe The 'fhe fhe ' money that tlldt he n was sus as spLndln spindln spending ? nad nadcOllie ha hacome nacome d cOllie come gramfather randCather grandfather to lilm hIm In a letter from his grand rand Cather father a few Cew days before Buy Uuy Christinns Christ Christmus Chrismiis mus inns gifts Ifts for Cor the family with this ' . , th thold the theold thold e old man had bad \ written srltten \ rltten "It It .It " . Is quite a asum sum tor lug a young > ) uung ollng fellow to spend alone , but I t am sure that you . will .111 111 do It else \ wls Ise < lYe IselYe lYeAnd ly . And I "hatyou " want "ant ant your report of or "hat hat vha " . you bought after the bolides holidays bolld'l bolldl ' , } s are ar 0er aver 0\ 0 < \ er . " Kenneth fienneth [ ( enneth had bIsgrlUdfnther felt sure that bIs hi s grandfather grlUdfnther , would'tant would \ ' want \'tant 'tant tant your him to buy bu y buys.n suislble scuglble s.n sn ( . l le things but hut now no\\ no nohe \ , , he felt fplt cilf- cilf dl - fcrently Cerelltly fereutly cilfCerelltly &oniethlng oniethlng SnmethRig & omethlng Inside of him hl seemed Bepmed to say that tho t the way any \ ay he be was , vu wasgoing going gulag to spend sJend ) th the ( ' mone monej money , } no now no\\ no nowns nos \ \ ' \\ns ns 'acs acs \ \ s t'x tx e ' : . act actl\ actl ficth actlas ! \ , as his grandfather grnnclratber blmto wanted hi hl blm ; to What 1Vhnt a letter he " would "ould ould have to t Write-cutely Write cutely - write-sUI write sUI towritesUI write - suiely ely he could put all the new- new - ILUUIInto eapeiiiuuminto newround newfound found round joy that thut he.18 he \ was \\.18 .18 vas \ . e eapeiiiuum expel pelllu\.mg pelllu.mg pelllu .mg mg \ . n Into every lineror lineroc line lineFor turwith tuncwith tunwith For ror roc now non nov Kenneth h.enneth henneth I.enneth Ienneth ' . . was WIS , really in tunc tun with the spiritof spirit of Thuwas ThLrewns Thirwas Chrlstrn Christie Chrlstmis IS ThLre Thir wns was not a shopper on the streets 9 ItS a happy ItShappy ahappy as he \ was vas ns Every counter counte r counnBeuned counterseune countesetrned seune setrned to ua\t ua t UI\ UI uac UI.nhlD , \ , \ ( . .akin akin .nhlD nhlD . ou neInterest new ne\\ ne \ Interest . Interesishopping interestshuppln shullllln shuppln , ; " WHS "US US vats really reully a pIe pleisure Isure tsure , tb th ttbluest thbienest bI bienest .est est . thilll ttitill thl ill that t11a t he lie had known knon kno'n kno\\ kno \ ' n In a long Inlong timetie time timeHe He tie [ ] e hurried to the book boof hook . counter June Jan Jarwas JuneVU Janvats VU vats , & goln going to have hl1\e hl1 e hate \ bonevolumes boundvolumes bounvolumes those leather bound boun d volumes of ot es&avs esavs essus eS & l\S l S \ , that thnt she had UJd bid wanttfor nntedfor UJdnnted \\nnted nnted 'ante ante \ ' d for so long And Jimmie- Jimmie Jimmie-- JimmieJimmie JimmieIinimie JImmle - - - IImmIe Jimmie Iinimie was wa wigoing wasgoing wagoing going to get elf gu that motion picture m ma mchine machine chine he had hud been betn Uiho tnlkln talking about nbout Ule Gi e he ' could see Chrismas Chrisnias Jimmies Jimmie 8 face fnee on Christ Chris t : DlUS nias DlOrllln mornin morning , . ; ; 'ouidn ouidn \ ' ouldn throut thrIlJout thriout ; ; wouldnt t he get a thrIlJ thri ] ll out friendAnd of or showln showin showing . ; , the thing to his friends friend s And getnew anew dad dnd \ well yell ell dad nd was W.lS WlS . going gulng to eet get a new set of goir gulf golf clubs chits dolts , a brundnew brandnew brand brund nu bi 1.111 1111 bit . ) . , , of drheis drhels drhets nnshles I11lshles nshies , ! and new putter putters putt rs j I ( ! And grundratlier IrutllJrllrher grandfather IrutllJrllrherUS : \ ? WHB \\US US us going to ( o yetletter letrer letter 1I111111t abbot b.iit biit . . the get a Itarl slioppin shullpln shnpping . ; , ; trip nnd nntl and Ita its , rl res ' : ' IItS ills 111'11 11111 chat ( int ' would lift 11ft him right rlgut 01of outof of hl 1'1 11 ht ' . ' , .hilr hilr I.hlr I.h Ih ( . . \lr lr tir \ ' ' out f If " - e-4 e 4 ' . \ . Patera PRtera retero Nowiipauer Now"pa.ilcr Nowpa.ilcr Nowpailcr Newspaper " . Union UnloIl . . . |