Show i. i f i t k 4 t f ff fy y f fy y 9 t s f r- r 4 S t L C Dinner e err a un Louise shoved the I steaming pans and kettles into the warming oven o Looking down the driveway as she had done for almost two hours she exclaImed exclaimed exclaimed ex ex- ex- ex claimed Of Ot course Horton called that he might be late Inte But what Is keepIng keepIng keeping keep- keep Ing sister and lint Hal and Aunt Jen Uncle Jim Betty and Cl Clyde de Six people Invited to a n Christmas dinner dinner dinner din din- ner and all nIl of ot them late Inte I Accident Accident Acci Ace dent Surely not all of ot them In a heap along the roadside unless each ench bumped Into the other hurrying because because because be be- cause they are late to our dinner Louise was smiling even en before a honk sent her outside Horton please drive me to Layton La- La crossroads Ma Maybe be well we'll meet f 51 Drive Me to Larion Crossroads Maybe We Will Meet Sister sister and Hal Maybe la ue they will know why the others are delayed Sort of a n news center at the crossroads crossroads crossroads cross cross- roads anyway Pshaw Dont Don't worry They probably think you will not have dinner promptly at 1 o'clock o'clock- Hurrying ing home and eating lunch Horton with Louise n a bit reluctant started for Baxter where a special festival of Christmas music and drama an annual community affair for many years between rival rI towns would be he presented at nt the Community C Center playhouse Prizes were wore awarded to best productions from lom the two towns The guests must have misunderstood misunderstood stood m my letter Whatever It Is the they have all misunderstood together together together to to- gether It Louise whined Fie Rc seemed input to I Louises Louise's further peevish questions But not one of our guests are here that I can sec see Do you glimpse Uncles Uncle's bald head or sisters sister's fur After Arter the program Horton and Louise watched every cry means of ot ote e exit for or their guests then hurried home arriving at five o'clock At sight of the over left dinner Louise Louise Louise Lou Lou- ise sobbed Never saw such a frost trost What on Adams Adam's earth could have happened happened hap hap- penel What have wo we have have I Idone Idone Idone done to deserve such snubs She was almost suspicious that Horton had something to do with the absence absence absence ab ab- ab- ab sence of ot their guests guesta She Slie leaped to the tho jangling of ot the telephone Anything was better U than an silence silence- or was It 1 Ye yes ItYe-yes yes well yes yes welI es well we'll be there thereat there there- at once l I The receiver clicked Horton hurry Someone needs you you you-at at Heralds Herald's Corners Hal called No Hal Hat and sister are not hurt but some some one else You run on on and Ill I'll sta stay to prepare beds Horton Hal and Louises Louise's sister soon arrived with a n man woman land and small child who had been burled buried under an automobile While administering to the Injured injured injured In in- one In the spotless beds LouIse LouIse Louise Lou Lou- ise provided pro Uncle Jim and Aunt Jen arrived with Betty and Clyde son and law daughter at exactly six o'clock I We were determined to be on time for tor dinner Aunt Jen called Innocently Yes you ou are In time time to to help nurse these Injured strangers LouIse Louise Louise Lou Lou- ise announced trying tring not to look discomfited Jim had too bad a f cold to go goto goto goto to the program at Baxter So Cl Clyde de said he would drive our car carand carand carand and we would all come together Clyde Clde could not get away from the store until noon We IVe thought you ou would probably go to the program If It we were not here to hinder during during during dur dur- ing the afternoon And wed we'd get here In time for your our six o'clock dinner Let us help make these injured In in- Injured ones comfortable Or well we'll get the dinner on the table while you ou attend them Aunt Jen rattled on The date of ot the dinners dinner's coldness coldness cold cold- ness seemed not to matter One thing Ive I've learned that a cold dinner dinner din din- ner nor Is no less palatable after eight hours bours than for two hours' hours wait walt Its all because of ot two times two times two dates for dinner dinner 12 12 o'clock o'clock and and six o'clock J I Two things learned toda today I Louise recited d to herself the text of the lett letter r sent to her guests and as ns nearly as she site could remember It was worded Can you come com for tor Christmas dinner Come early If It th the men wish to go with Horton to tho the program at Baxter Wo We women will gossip th the tho afternoon away until the men return n. Dinner promptly then Dinner at six six for for six late lute guests But It all turned out right The poor people were rescued by hy Hals Hal's coming In the afternoon Ilal 1111 I said that since he had the afternoon for tor driving he would ol ld leisurely drive by way of ot Heralds Herald's Corners Cornels to see seethe seethe seethe the new viaduct Just completed You and I dear lt nl attended the program pro Iro gram together Uncle Jim Jini needed needed- a n driver er Next time Ill I'll make ninke It plain which dinner hour to expert expect my guests guests nt nt one o'clock or at ut si six o'clock clock on Christmas I 1 smiled the thc next day otter after the Hie In InJured lured strangers were wele on their way II and the llie guests lIc ts had returned t lo n their homes |