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Christmas tree There d be no treethis tree treethis treethis this year y.ar yar . It was worse than childish childishof childishot of Harv lIarv to wait " wa "Va Va it lt one She wouldn t tha thate thave ha\ ha hae hate , \ e it A package had been sent sentto sentto sentte to Harvey Jr overseas In October Octoberbut Octoberbut Octoberbut but there d be no Chnstmasing Chrlstmasing Christmasing at athome athome athome athomeWicked home homeWicked Wicked horrible thought MrsWeston Mrs MrsWeston MrsWeston Weston that people are going goingthrough goingthrough goingthrough through all the old motions of a aMerry aMerry aMerry Merry Christmas No one has a right rightto rightto rightto to be merryYou merryYou merry merryYou You looked Sl st i per last night nightsaid nightsaid nightsaid said the man You are super superhoney superhoney superhoney honey You re so beautiful MrsWeston Mrs MrsWeston MrsWeston Weston turned slightly and caught a aglimpse aglimpse aglimpse glimpse ofa of a tla flat fiat t pretty face tace sur surrounded surrounded surrounded rounded by bl nd rid curls You rate rateorchids rateorchids rateorchids orchids honey tt tI e a man went on onand onand onand and you re gom gotn to have them themThe themThe themThe The constant ache in Mrs Weston s sheart sheart sheart heart sh shirpened sharpened , rpened to 10 a stab For such suchfools suchfools suchfools fools her Harvey was risking hislife his hislite hislife lite life Another block blok { of ot their lheir chatter chatterand chatterand chatterand and Mrs West Westcn Weston ( n would say The Themoney Themoney Themoney money s I ) ) la Ja a ide 1de lde ed on orchids young youngman youngman youngman man would buy a good many war warstamps warstamps warstamps stamps or This is no occasion occasionfor occasionfor occasionfor for whoopee whoopeeJack Jack thuks thu thir ks the Army is going toget to toget toget get him this time It was the girl girlspeaku girlspeakir girlspeakii speaku speakir g And Is he scared ! The woman i r cxt ext her got off oft and andanother andanother andanother another squeezed in Certainly CertalnJy go going going goIng ing to be a big Christmas observed observedthe observedthe observedthe the neVI newcomer comer cheerfully cheertully Were Wereyou Wereyou Wereyou you downtown Saturday ? ' Worst jamI jam I ever saw sawI sawI aw awI sawwas I was not Mrs Weston felt feltcompelled feltcompelled feltcompelled compelled to explain I am going goingto goingto goingto to town now only to select a wreath wreathtor wreathfor wreathtor tor for my mother s graveBehind graveBehind grave graveBehind Behind her the Ute young people were werestill werestill werestUI still shrilling shrllling about Jack and theArmy the theArmy theArmy Army Tell him we U 11 give him a afarewell afarewell afarewell farewell party Tell him It if he gets getsshot getsshot getsshot shot he U II have a pretty nurse The Theman Theman Theman man was chortling chortUng Let s II get off offnext offnext offnext next corner beautiful You can buy buyme buyme buyme me a drinkUquor drinkLiquor drink drinkLiquor Liquor Uquor thought Mrs Weston furl furlously furlously furlously ously That explained their tncessant iDees laces iDeessant lacessant sant giggling glggllng over nothing She Sheraised Sheraised Sheraised raised her voice I don t see how howpeople howpeople howpeople people can think about Christma Christmas ChristmasHow ChristmasHow . How they can drink and laugh and andwaste andwaste andwaste waste money on silly things Life Lite Is Isso isso Isso so terrible- terrible terribleher terrible - - her voice broke Beav Heav Beavens Heavens Heavens ens people were staring starmg ! My son sonsomewhere son- son sonsomewhere sonsomewhere - somewhere in the Pacific she sheadaed sheadded sheadded adaed added hurriedly In a low voice I- I II II I II - I m th king kmg of ot himShe himShe him himShe She felt telt a hand on her shoulder shoulderI I ady you have the wrong angle angleThe angleThe angleThe The man behind her leaned torward forward torwardHer forward11cr forwardHer Her 11cr eyes eles efes met compassionate compasslOna te blueones blue blueon's blueones on's ons ones ( ' in a face tace curiously pale It Itdon Itdon Itdon don t help h'lp hlp ( ' your boy any for you to toI to1 I 1 av ave no Christmas Be De as merry merryas merryas as you can Like as not he U 11 a be beback beback beback back fit fil as a fiddle-like fiddle like fiddle - - like me He HeJurched Helurched Helurched beI I Jurched lurched to his teetSomething feetSomething feet teet feetSomething Something caught In Mrs Weston sthroat s a sUtroat athroat Utroat throat He was limping to the door doorThe doorThe doorThe The car jolted to a stop atop and the girl girlthrust girlthrust girlthrust thrust a steady little litUe hand under un- un - under un under - der his arm Drunk thought Mn Mrs MnWeston MrsWeston MrsWeston Weston drunk : with the joy of be being belag beIng ing lag alive allve She sprang to her teet feet feetwithout , , wlUtout without apology pushed through Ute the Utecrowd thecrowd thecrowd crowd Wait Walt Waitl ! ! But they were weregetting weregetting weregetting getting offShe oftShe off oft offShe She was halted by the crowds on onUte onthe onthe Ute the sidewalk Standing Standmg on tiptoe tiptoeshe tiptoeshe tiptoeshe she saw the couple turn In at the thedairy thedairy thedairy dairy bar A drink They d lau laugh laughand laughand and make love over an Ice cream creamsoda creamsoda creamsoda soda Merry Christmas soldiershe soldier soldiershe soldiershe she whispered whllpered Be as al merry as al you youcan youcan youcan-Misty youcan Misty can can- . - - canMisty Misty eyed she walked to the cor cur corner curnor corner ner nor rimmed with Christmas Christmal treesI treesA treesA trees treesA A small tree ' choked Mr Mrs MrsWeston MraWeston . I i iWeston Weston She Sh wiped her eyes and andpicked andpicked , picked one up testing its weight . . Itmust It Itmust must be strong she told lb the ven yen vendor yendor vendor dor firmly Strong enough to hold bold holdup boldup holdup up a good sized shed rubber dog and- and andand and andand - - I and our spirits |