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Show ,"'"""' y rvvv '""""'""""'"-v : I 1; : :: ;: 7 hey Came Home cn New Year s Eve I V By fant Roth : I 1: .! . ; ; ; ; i ; ; .; .;; ; .i i ; ; . . ( (' I G bad the childreD can't I come home," said Mr. Burt, There's an auto at the gate now," replied his wife. A stranger alighted and came to the door. "This radio was sent to you," he said. He installed it and left. Al the appointed hour Mr Burt tuned In. "Why. I'a I" cried Mrs. Burt, "it s , John speaking al the banquet." This finished, they got another station. sta-tion. "Mary playin' an' Verna singin'," whispered Mrs. Burt. "Why. I'a. now they're playin' "Home. Sweel Home,' for us." When this finished she smiled. "They came home after all. what a happy New Y'ear." i.cl 1ST" Wwstern Newspaper Colon 1 fairy outfit spread out upon her bed. The beaded dress of Tysou blue sparkled under the electric light and the il.iiniy satin slippers with the spi(ier-v eli silk stockings were a perfect per-fect iu:i:ch. Then the bonnet of blue silk ciiio'on trimmed with liny forget-me forget-me nots capped the climax She matched il up imt placed it u;h on her bead, tor getting everything else for ll.e nn-inciil. nn-inciil. "Pis strange what e.l'ecl sudden sud-den happiness lias upon us mortals Il goes to show 1 1 1 : 1 1 all Is mental after all. She was a new being as she frantically fran-tically called Tom in her bewilderment. bewilder-ment. He came bounding up the stairs, bis eyes sparkling and his PT1'- - I! r! :p-V. fester Liz face wreathed In a "Happy New Year" smile. "Hurry up ami put II on and let's sim" bow you look We are going !' the theater and then lo the Crystal restaurant where we shall dine ami dance. You are to be the Cinderella of the evening and I Ihc happy rrhn'e. Won't thai be glorious, dear?" As the situation began to drawn upon her consciousness, she opened her b:i;cl eves and her pretty rosebud mouth both at once; but the words would not come they simply rcfuscU so she began to tear off the old clothing cloth-ing and gel Into (be new. She had Just finished when they were startled by the loud ringing of the door bell. I.aurcl rushed down to answer It, with Tom close at her heels grinning from ear lo ear, for he knew very well what It was. "Wliy Tom. how did you ever think of all this?" she asked. For lhcix were the svvcel peas fresh from the florist. "Now truly do reel like a real Cinderella." Cin-derella." as she lovingly pressed the How crs against her soft cheek. "Bui Tom. I am afraid It Is on y a dream, and thai I shall awake and find myself In the ash heap of despair, vv ailing for v our rel ill u " ' Willi a shmldci she buried her head if upon his vK'uMot, Il was la- fiom a dream, for the next moment the sin ill horn ef a t ivl vv as (ailing them from without. Thus, arm In atai. they set foiih f ir their New Year ' i-lebi a l Ion lo -ether iy?:. w,,-i,-ib N' i-ms-i i risn i |
