Show Billy Wanted Only His Mother for Christmas T In the tile school had gone EVERYBODY C Chome home for the Christmas holidays There was dead silence In hi all the corridors cor core In all the rooms Up In the Infirmary Infirmary In In- however one little blond hea head l tossed uneasily It was Christmas Day and he be was to be alone 1 I Tha door open opened opened softly d Billy DIlly looked up anxiously but quickly let his head hend fall again It was only the tho nurse He lIe was used to her perfunctory visits Have any packages come for tor me mer merhe he be asked Not yet the nurse answered Billy winced and made a great creat effort effort ef et fort tort to force back the tears Had even his mother forgotten him It was all too much He Lie suddenly burst into a R fit of crying and found It Impossible tu tip stop There were hurried hurrle l steps In the corridor Quick Billy dry your eyes on and l keep sUIt still Somebody Is coming It nia zany advised advised advised ad ad- be the doctor and hell he'll be cross the nurse The door opened quIckly Where Is Ismy Ismy ismy dear Billy boy a soft voice yolee my She soon lifted lilted Mm him It was his mother and hud had him on entirely out of ot bed her knee wrapped in his Isis blankets but they were continued to cry Billy wish to of ot Joy now De He had no tears toys his mother the even see sec know v to was uJ enough brought It w was had with him He De wanted tJ was there lIe she the nothing looting else elso for tor a happy O Chr Christinas Marlon K Reagan 1926 w rK N r Union |