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What I d give live givebe to tobe i ibe be behack beback - -hack hack -back back - home tomorrowl tomorrow ! I ' But then Edith had two Christ- Christ Christmas Chrismas Chris ( . - - mas presents to which she could couldlook cool coollook cou coulook look forward Today Christmas Chrlstma Christmaseve Chrlstmaeve , eve the mailman MUST IttIUST bring her herannual he heannual ? . annual package from home And Andtomorrow An Antomorrow id tomorrow there would be Chriatmi Christmas Christina Christmasdinner Christinadinner ? dinner with Ken-dear Ken dear Ken - - dear Ken who wi wa was wasworking waworking working so hard these days da's das ) ' that he hecould h hcould could hard hardl hardly hardlytake hardlai ! - - * - ai - ' | iiji | | take time off oft offY to tothink i ithink think about abou aboutChristmas aboiIjHIII ' 111111 I Christmas Christmasjj | | | ChristmasEdith Edith heard heardthe hear hearthe hea"M heaM ) d " the bell tin tindownstairs ring ringdownstairs rlrm downstairs ai an and andshe anshe . .J J . she skipped t ti1tvl to toher i1tvl | II | skippedjB | her door , , open oiler opening oilerfog ope- ope ] - S1 opeS1 ing fog "S S " It "oftly oftly softly " and andwaiting an anI anwaiting ai ; , I | [ | waiting tense tenael tensely tenselywhile ; ; ' IIIIIIII il | | | , ; , . while the old oldlandlady oh ohlandlady o ; f ' w landlady an ar answered arswered ai aiawered sweredYes sweredYee awered swered Yes Yee it was the mailman mailmanl ! ! And Andthen An Anthen Anthen then came the shrill shrUl cry . ' ' Mli Mis Miss MissHarrill MisHarris " Harris Harrill ! ! Some mall mail for your youl you ! ' Edith practically leaped down downstairs downstairs dowistairs stairs tor for there would be her pack package package padage age from trom home Then her heart hear heartsank hearsank hea ; sank . , , for the landlady handed her heronly he heonly h honly < i only two letters . , , a greeting card cardfrom car carfrom \ ' _ , from her trie frirT frier ; d Margie and ( ( of aU aUthings al althings athings things at Christmas ! ! > ) ) a bill bra froi fron fronthe trom tromthe the department storeEdith storeEdith store storeEdith Edith climbed sorrowfully back to toher t ther 1 0 her room and wept wepL Something was waswrong wa wawrong wfwrong wrong for Mother and Dad never neverforgot neverforgot nevcforgot r forgot her at Christmas She crie cries criesspasmodically cried criedspasmodically spasmodically the rest of the daj day daywhile ' , . while downstairs she beard heard the theother tht thtother thother other roomers shouting shoutlnl Christmas Christina Christmasgreetings Christmagreetings ' greetings freetings as they arrived and de departed de- de departed d dparted - < - parted partedBut But finally Edith consoled herselfor herself herselffor herselltor ( for or she could still look forward torward tt ttThristmas to toChrIstmas tChristmas ? . ChrIstmas Thristmas dinner with Ken tomor tumor tumorowl tomorrow tornoirowl tornoirowlHe row -owl owl - ! owlHe He was due at two o 0 clock ciock that thatday thaday the thelay ' day lay and after church Edith hurried hurriec hurriedhome hurriectome hurrleihome home tome to get ready At 1 I 30 she shewas sheMae shwas was Mae seated sealed restlessly awaiting the thedoorbell theloorbell thdoorbell thdoorbellShe e doorbell loorbell doorbellShe loorbellShe She was still waiting at 2 30 90 for lot forKen lotfen foKen Ken fen did not arrive And Edith was war wasgettmg warfettrng wagetting gettmg fettrng hungryThree hungryThree hungry hungryThree Three o 0 clock passed and Edith Editt Edithfrowned Edittrowned Editfrowned EditfrownedWhat frowned rowned frownedWhat rownedWhat What could have happened to tc tohIm tcum thim hIm um " ' " ' she asked herselfAt herselfAt herself herselfAt At tour four o 0 clock she cried It was wastoo watoo too 00 much mucht ' ' First her family famlly had for forgotten forTotten torgotten gotten Totten and now Ken had chosei chosen chosenChristmas chosenhristmas Christmas ; hristmas day to tell her in this thispainful thissinful thipainful ' painful sinful fashion that he didn dldn t carel carelAt care careAt ! At 0 6 p m mls misery ry began mingling minglingwith minglingdth mingllniwith with dth the pangs of hunger Edith put pul puton pula puon on a her coat and started to the corner cornerrestaurant cornereataurant cornelrestaurant restaurant eataurant But she never got past pastthe pasthe pasthe the he door There she ran into a . areathless ibreathless brea reathless thless KenEdith KenEdith Ken KenEdith Edith . , , dear dearl ) he cried Sorry Sorryto Sorryo Sorr ; , to o be so late but I knew you d un tin understand tinerstand understand derstand erstand when you got my noteBut noteBut note noteBut , But- But ButEdith But - - Edith was confused contused , , . 'I I 'Ididn ' ' 1 1idn : didn idn t receive any note nole Ken ' ' What ' But I sent a special devery de delivery delivery livery very message when the boss asked askedme askedtie askecme me tie to finish finlsh thatlaboratory thatiboratory that _ laboratory iboratory experimen exeriment ex Ipertment perimen eriment t thisafternoon thisfternoon this 'afternoon afternoon ' afternoon fternoon What Whathappened Whatappened Whathappened happened appened toit toThe to Jit it ? ? ' ' The blundering blunderig blunder Ing ig old landlady landladyanswered landladynawered landladyanswered answered nawered himPlease himA himPlease him himPlease A Please come comeIn comet comein In t < > or r go out . , and andclose andlose andclose close lose the door , . Jshe she to barked fromthe fromto from the to hall haU hail ThenIncidentally ThenIncidentally Then- Then ThenIncidentally - - Incidentally Misa Miss Harris I for forgot forof forgot got of to give you these things The7 They The7arrived Theyrrlved Thearrived , arrived rrlved this afternoonSb.e afternoonShe afternoon afternoonShe She Sb.e Sbe . banded handed Edith the missing m1&sing m1sing & spe- spe special spelal ep epclal - clal cial lal delivery deUvery letter-and letter and letter - and a huge hugepackage hugeackage hugpackage package ackage from home homel ! ! Edith tore into intothe intoie intthe the ie Christmas box and found a note notefrom note.om notfrom from .om om . Mother They d had a bliz bUs blizzard bUstrd blizzard zard trd . , , couldn t t get to town , , she shehoped shesped shehoped hoped sped Edith would get the package packageChristmas packagehrietmas packageChristmas Christmas hrietmas dayA dayA day dayA A few minutes later a happy Edith Edithsat Edithit Editsat ! sat it across the table from her Ken KenIn Kenthe KeIn In the little restaurant around the thecomer therner thcorner thcornerAnd comer ) rner comerAnd rnerAnd And now dear he began very verycarefuU7 veryirefully vercarefully carefuU7 irefully How about your Christtar Christ Christmal Christmas mal tar present for roe me ? But I gave you the fountain pen penKen penen penKen Ken en she protestedYes protestedYea protested protestedYes Yes Yea silly one and I appreciated appreciatedBut appreciatedit It . . But it if you want to make me mestIll meill mestill stIll ill happier listen to this The boss bosscame bossime bosscame came ime in tonight and said I d done donesuch doneich donesuch such ich a a fine lob job on that researchproject researchoject research researchary project oject that he was raising my lIal sal lIalary ary 7 Know what that means meaQa ? Not the faintest idea Edith lied lied.For liedFor . . For or . , after all all . . you can t take thewords the thewords theorris words orris out of a man s mouth when whenhe whene whenhe he s e about to propose I ! IReleased 1Released ( Released telessed by Western We tern Newpapcr Newspaper Union ) |