Show v 1 O 0 y f 9 i g Alden McClure Service DAVIE DAWE stood at the camp window and looked out over the great frozen lake Do you think he ll 11 come right across the Ice He Mother answered answer cd from the kitchen Oh Santa Claus Why perhaps darling But not this trus morning morn morning mg ing funny boy not before evening Such oiling five year old fa th th and she must watch its be betrayal betrayal betrayal Because there t going to be any presents There wasn tany t tany tany any money Suddenly Davie screamed with ex excitement excitement and his mother went run fling to look out too Why it s a deer Davie Reindeer sa d Davie without any quest on at allOne allOne all allOne One of ot Santa s you think May Maybe Maybe Maybe be the sleigh t over and all the presents sp lied Isn t that too bad They watched the graceful crea creature creature creature ture until it d into the woods on OD the other side Then mother moth mother or er returned to her baking and Davi Da DaVI Davin VI vin followed It s a shame for it to happen lust Just the day before Chr when there won t be time to make any anymore anymore anymore more How d all the chil children children dren m in the world will bet bel be But you ou t EL F ip r Fg d s ss sly s ly 47 p Two small blobs appeared far out ont against the snow won t mind so much w 11 U you Davie darling because you 11 ll know what happened Just think you saw the deer And wasn warn t he be beautiful ul Yes Davie drew a long sigh of rapturous memory He fell silent then May I go out and play The o 0 clock sun was warm and she bundled him hum out Suddenly it at was one o a clock and time for tor lunch And she had heard no sound from Davie for lor an hour houri No answer when she called from the door Davie wasn t m in the yard Of course he be had bad gone to o find the sleigh the t over sleigh and the presents How could she have fa ta led ledo to o cons der the way a child s mind would work She dared not leave the baby who had a slight cold nor start out with her on a search which might last for hours Nothing to do then but wart walt for Jock to come m in It was three o 0 clock before a small blob appeared far tar out against the snow Two small blobs m in fact She waited sobbing with relief I didn t find fwd Santa Claus sleigh Mama he explained as soon as he could speak for her ber kisses but I 1 found his house She lives there there- there and that was one of ot his reindeer The tracks went right into the yard Santa Claus was gone There was Just a man asleep in m the kitchen I think he be s one of the toy makers No that was as Ned said Goldilocks Goldi Goldilocks 10 locks What s your name dear Phille Phil e PhilleAs As the afternoon wore on some th ng familiar about the contour of the little face kept tickling her mem memory memory memory ory tint I 1 realization struck Golden curls and a blue ZIpper SUit Ph Hie llie Ned Ned Ned-Ned Ned Cozetti Ot Of course This was the Bentley child Phyllis Bentley Thanksgiving Thanks giving day and given up for tor dead I Jock bending to unlace his snow snowshoes snowshoes snowshoes shoes was met by a wh bun bundled died to o its ears m in shawls and cur sur surrounded rounded by three miniature whirlwinds whirl whirlwinds winds similarly wrapped Crank up the car r away We ve ye got to get into town own before the telegraph office closes Do you know who this child IS The whIrl whirlwind wind gave a bounce and grasped his arm Phyll s Bentley that s all allAnd allAnd And her ber mother thinks she s dead and this is Christmas eve Oh bur hur burry hurry hurry ry Davie was gone three hours to today today today day and I know just how she must feel And if it we get hauled up for driving without a license there 11 II beten be beten beten ten thousand dollars to pay the fine finet |