Show t WAS WAS a- a ama small boy named Tim sm who had bed more more than ten from II his bis I home brine e In toe Oi rk hWa t HI Ills eacher sold said h abound Arkansas Town ta stated but what his bb t ta awaa how bow well he knew me the the th mountain crick and the hID bill slopes Slope circled with green gold poe pine I tre trees that at bounded his bIa father fathers tiny Uny farm wile He also knew what It took to to keep a s family of f six Ix children and nd that bat for fora foras a as long as fathers father farm had bad scarcely been able abl i produce to e enough to to stretch 9 r. r fu Deed need w It was just t before I tm time Ume 1 heard hare hi his bIa father tell teU his bla mother mothr that If there w. w war to b be anything extra to give t the th e day dat its Ita lU forthe t e hed he'd here haY to got toe back hack out outI out ar a to r Ok few tie Her face went for forshe I V y she ahe knew what f that that meant mant So often on-I had they they been forced to remain na on co i the hacking of a few tie tie Iles to be he e told sold lothe to lo the railroad for dire necessities that practically aU their Umber timber available for tor that tha wat gone rone And tree And dont don't grow grow oVer over I. I a night t t. t She could a J ten tell by bT look the look on her husbands husband's I he was V t V taking a desper desperate ate t and 7 breaking back chance jot of finding nJ a few fe lop loge tough touch enough coup forthe forthe for forthe the commission man manto to buy I A As she Ibe looked looted out of f the window w wan an and anthe saw the parting n winter the new nw road the toe government t had built bad through the hills she ahe wondered by by what magic magle folks could coma com come to own Wn automobiles automobiles au and oft off of like lite that to go to traveling But she ace hadn't many maDY moments to to spare on such ucb thoughts for husband her padre had acl turned to say that toe the ax wil ax wes rOl gone Could one one pf of the toe ba have taken JIT 1 Or Or what the new road so 0 near and Dd strangers stranger tra era riding through the hill bills some had one on made de off OS oft with it u The lb father bad borrowed anax sin an ai alt from a willing ne neighbor but paths pa the day before 1 Christmas he he hea was si 1 lent as he unhitched hi bIa eam In Inthe the toe wagon lot IoL tomor roW row ro and nd be he hAd bid been f forced to bring back the toe load from commission man had been truly sorry for he did need lies yei none of o th these were large He Ro Be pt p 0 to-a to window lost loit in lit In toe the sense of that failure made madeI him ashamed ahamed to walk tobis 0 own I door There Then an odd sight light straightened straight ened erred Inside wid were TIm and hi bIa his mother Joyously a I Christmas Christma tree tre TIm Tun raced to the door to 0 keep the toe younger children I from bursting bunting gleefully Into lito the toe room and oeS learning Its 1 great area secret cret When the father entered toe the bC house no one asked him bins about i toe 1 ties Dad dad Tim shouted I Do you know those red reel berry tree trees that grow crow w. w way Up the crick A Awful w fu I I 1 bard hare to tov get rt to but when r rem em emI em I IT 1 thought they were weds so 0 pur pur- ty tJ I l took some om to I The Th teacher that holy bouy and then I read about holly and Warned learned I that folks folk k fx trill I pay for It to 0 haveit have haveit 0 it fo for Christmas So I gathered a alot ill 1 lot of It and anti made me a holly stand standup up on the tie new i road juat Just I the they would And dad they dud dd b buy y It Stopped their ears cars and ancl said sald Why if It Its It's holly hoUt who have thought wed wd find dud it herel here wanted so much I bad had to wor work awful hard bard getting It it t but le gee It was wal foul I l wanted to mom and 7 you and nd now Ill I'll IU tell teU y you yuu u both that I l made 2782 Theres There's 20 right now now I In o that bureau drawer left r buying b our Gee dad love this old farm fermi Its It lot got lotsof surprises on it t yet et This on one on aint toe the e last one t 1 I I The father brushed i a tear kei from I. I his bis eye and kissed killed h his Then he h. shook hook band bands with TUn- TUn Youre i the toe kind of it ton son a man can caD be be right i proud to own to-own own be he choked But EM dad cS will wID you tOU you forgive met ne I I I the toe boy suddenly boy suddenly ud implored cL IJ j Why Tun forgive you you ou toe the father in surprise e e eThe I I II The lb th ws chen ch- ch en You Vou see dad 1 I Just lua had to b I bave Itu Ur tV d t- t I I IThe The e father pretended ed o to fro frown a as Tim pointed end and then be hit winked ed 41 I Well Went being helD a as It its it's Just jUtt J about Christma for forua us as feU ell Ai ae to the II ret rat of to the the world I guns guess HI ru have ban bani to overlook It JL For there Jil fata a far ht farr i corner r toe roam ax Jt It was Tim who It It 0 Wawa fi j 4 7 a j. j |