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" " 'nley nley They ' watched tha the gracatui eraceful graceful : crea- crea crsa- crsa creature crsatore craa-tura craa tura - - ture tore until unt11 it disappeared Into the thewOOd thewoods tbawoods wOOd woods . on tha the other side aide ' Then 'lben lben moth moth- mother mother . - er ' returned I'eturned Ieturned to tq btr her ! baking baktne and Da- Da Davie Davie Da-Tie Da Tie - - vie followad foUowed followed . . uU "It'i Iti "fl's fls " ' . a . shame .bam bam sbam for fCir foA It to bappen bappenjust ) Happenjust iappen iappenJust just tha the day ay bet before re Cbri.tm Cbritm Christmas hrlstnias . . when whenthere whenthere whenUier there * won't wont ' ba be time te to make snake any anymore anymore 117ro more re Hqw , disaPpolpted dlsappolptcd disappointed ail oJ1 all the chll cliii chll-dre chll dre - . dren dress In the ike world will bet But youilili ' you J'OU JOU youTwo _ _ ilili X 4 4i i i L1I L1II I---- I II _ - . , , - - - I i : - I4V ' / / Two asaaU amaD smafl kleks blobs appeareel appeared a esje for far tar out outacalnst outagainst t acalnst against Cal t tke ibe the snowwon sxew IIDOW snow sxewwon won t mind so ao much . . , will wID you . . , Davie Davis DaviedarUnIt Davisdarling Daviedarling darUnIt darling because you'll youll you'U youU ' know what whatbappened whathappened whathappened bappened happened . Just .lust lust think think . , you saw the thedeer thedeer thedeer deer ! I ! And wa wasn't wasnt n.t nt ' . he beautiful beautl1u17 ? " Yes "Yes 'Yes " ' ' Davie Davis drew a long . sigh .Igb Igb of ofrapturous ofrapturous ofrapturous rapturous memory He fell silent silentthen , , , then 'May May ' * May I go 80 out and play ? ' ' The Tbe eleven o'clock oclock ' . sun .un un waa was .warm warm warns .warmsnd . jwarmand warnsand snd and she bundled him outSuddenly out outSuddenly Suddenly it was one o'clock oclock ' and andtime andtime andtime time for lunch And she bad had beard heard beardno heardno beardno no sound from trom Davie for an hour hourI hourINo INo I INo No answer when ske she called celled trom from tromthe fromthe fromthe the door Davie wasn t in the th * yard yardOf yardOf yardOf Of course he be had gone to find the thesleIgh thesleigh thesleigh sleIgh the tipped over sleigh and the thepresents thepresents thepresents presents How could she have failed failedto failedto failedto to consider the way a child s a mind mindwould mindwould mindwould would work ? ' She dared not leave the tb * baby . , who whobad whohad whohad bad had a slight cold nor start out with withher withher withher her on a search which might It la . .t t . < for forhour forbouri torhours hour bouri . Nothing ; to do , . Ulet men ) , . but wait waittor waitfor waitfor tor for Jock to come in midafternoon midaftetnoon midaftenoon midafternoonIt midaftetnoonn midaftenoonft * It n ft was Waa three 0 o'clock oclock ' clock Before ( etore etor * a small smallblob smallblob smallblob blob appeared far tar out against altalnst the theanow thesnow thesnow anow snow Two small Imall blobs in fact fact.She factShe . . . She waited , . sobbing sobbina with relief rellet reliefI relletI I didn't didnt ' find dud Santa Claus sleighMama sleigh sleighMama sleighllama Mama , " he explained . as .8 8 soon loon as he heeould hecould hecould eould could speak tor for her kisses but I Ifound Ifound 1found found his hiI 1119 ' bouse bo\tse bo tse house \ She lives there- there thereand thereand there thereand - - and that was o ope on e * of his reindeer reindeerThe reindeerThe reindeerThe The tracks went right into the th * yardSanta yard yardSanta yardSanta Santa Claus was , gone one There was wasJust wasjust wasjust Just a man roan asleep In the th * kitchen I Ithink Ithink Ithink think he s a one on * of the toy makers . - No , . that was Ned . . . said Goldi Goldilocks Goldilocks Goldllocks Goldllocks"Whats locks locksWhats "Whats Whats " - What 8 your name dear ? " . ' Phlllle "Phillie Phillie Phillle 'As As 'AI AI ' the afternoon wore on some something something something thing familiar fammar about the contour ofthe ofthe of [ the little littie face kept tickling her mem memory memory memory ory until realization struckGolden struckGolden struck struckGolden Golden curls and Ii S a blue zipper zippersuit zippersuit zippersuit suit ! ! Philliel PhIllie I ! Ned-Nee Ned Nee Ned-Ned Ned - Ned ! Cozetti Cozettl ? Of course This was the Bentley lientley child childI childPhyllis childPhyllis childPhyllls I Phyllis Bentley kidnaped Thanks Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanksgiving giving day and give givel gives " ! up for tor deadllock deadi dead deadl deadiJock I IJock - Jock -lock lock bending to unlace his snow snowshoes snowshoes snowshoes shoes was met by a whirlwind bun bundied bundied bundied died to its ears in shawls shawll and sur surrounded surrounded surrounded rounded by three miniature whirl whirlwmds whirlwinds whirlwinds wmds winds similarly wrappedCrank wrappedCrank wrapped wrappedCrank Crank up the car right a away awayWe awayWe way We ve ye got to get into town before beforelhe beforethe beforethe lhe the telegraph office closes Do you youknow youknow youknow know who this child Is is7 ? ' The whirl whirlwmd whirlwind whirlwind wmd wind gave a bounce and grasped his hisarm ht htarm hisarm arm Phyllis Benlley Bentley that s I a aU all aUAnd allAnd allAnd And her mother thinks she s a dead deadand deadand deadand and this is Christmas Chritsnas eve Oh hur hurry hurry burry1 ry ' Davie was g ne three hours to to- - today today today - day and I know just how she mustfeel must mustfeel mustfeel feel And if we get hauled up mustI for fordrivmg fordriving tordriving I drivmg driving without a B license there U 11 be beten b bten beten ten thousand dollars to pay the thefines thennc ' fine fines ' theI I _ . _ - - |