Show h There Thet ere Is s st 1 5 t 7 a Sandy Sandy Sandya Claus Glaus a is Ere 13 By FR FRANK HERBERT SWEET p 1924 Western Newspaper Union ye asked 3 j the Kid wistfully w Aint no Sandy Claus Glaus though Sure I I would No harm to try Didn't we make a afire afire fire on purpose Kid ran back through the long drafty hall hail and presently presently pres- pres returned with stock stock- resembling a something faintly ing If uIt anything was put In em em do ye reckon they would hold It 7 Well VeIl we wont won't take no chances and the other boy took some string from his pockets and tied up the hc foot- foot holes making long sacks ks ac ks of the legs less Then he fumbled a n tack from a pocket and fastened one to the mantel with the other above It It Now wed we'd better be to give glye old oh Sandy a chance and the theother theother theother other bo boy pulled closer his apology for fora a coat and started to trudge off ocr then pa paused used Could I go out be he began began began be be- gan as ns he opened the front door Then he lie shut It But I guess Id I'd ruther go out through th the kitchen for Id I'd orter fix the chairs an ao an lamp bad back like before we played Your grand grand- 5 mad Jump me Jf If f she he found Id I'd been here her e an a an n t that hat hung up 0 She dont don't believe In no Sandy Sand Claus nor If It I Iwas Iwas was you ou I wouldn't say ay bout boutmy IT m my beta here herp And the tle other boy do dodged d g e d out ont outi I i J J whirl ami A h great I of wind Ind and snow swallowed V d him up sleepy Kid too to undress crawled 1 under a ai aa pile of things on the old lounge I and the next thing Grann shining I lie Ire knew the un un vas Ensuing GM nI ua agin nghi I f Coin to bed bedIth There mere you you are I I Ii shoes on I My I with Ith your Now to comin ere i dont don't know what yere I something to toi toye ye e get up an nn fetch me For Fort Forthe the alley In 10 Look round i burn I I For ForI Forthe the lands land's sake w what u t alls ails ye t I of the room and tearIng tear tear- out I the Kid was she sheI and I down the cold old hall Ing lag and ond calling for herto her herto heard beard him yelling I to come quick feet obeyed as ns fast tast as her old She crumpled they take her tier and would the sat down on she that under her so i which proved pro to be a sled first thing shiniest sled reddest the newest i Kid had ever seen the either cither she or of a at she came to The Then rhen hearth the theold theold fire lay on burat burnt out lived ln t comfortable had bad a old room Its chill the sun fun all o of feeling for windows bright with came In the of old the silo v. But nut she did didi I I i the dazzle did the Kid not notice all this nor Christ before a They were spellbound mas mas' tree and a pair of long long bumpy stockings hanging from the old mantel above the old fireplace At last when all Ill the things lay piled about them with pap papers ls l's and strings all aU over the floor with the Kid trying on a new warm nirm cap with hands clumsy In new red mittens sh she stroking a abla ablack ablack bla black k and chec checkered e d shawl hawl that hat co could ld be meant for no one but herself like the shoes and groceries groceries' lying around said sald tremulously Now v who In in the the world done It I want to k know ow Do you reckon It might a been the Relief corps or the Salvation Army or the Ladles' Ladles Aid Aw I should say say not It want none o o 0 them old things They never done It you bet they hey It was Sandy Claus hey Claus hey Stumpy The other boy oy had Joined them look look- lookIng lookIng Ing lag askance at Granny but sidling toward the far stocking suddenly shouting Hop pIa I Chock full I Course Its It's Sandy Sundy I Wh Why I ast a big bigman bigman man on the sidewalk last night when I f went out out fine fine man with a money bank ov overcoat an an armful o 0 bundles an he said Yes of course I hope you ou haven't been login losin faith An Isaid I Isaid Isaid said hed he'd never left me anything nor for the Kid nor for for for-for for Granny soI soI so sq I want quite sure Then he stopped a an asked questions an nn an laughed an nn said Sandy was a mighty busy man about now an nn an had missed us somehow But If It we never quit faith hed he'd sure find us out Now I 1 know theres there's a n Sandy gra grabbing grab grab- bing bang his stocking and dropping on the floor Dont Dont don't don't dont you know too Granny looking at her doubtfully I guess so still dazedly but I never got before Yes I guess there is a n Sandy Claus Clans |