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Show .CHRISTMAS 1 f shh l MARION Ll-iit A0AN1 3' WAS cold nl,,,,,; ,. h,.,. ,h, CliilMlmas lOve. There was a thin l"llf "'. and iimily "'"'I ''""Hie ,, f,- thV ,iv"r i tremhll,,,; down H hurl,. I lllle .lulleite Cnret ,,,u. ,r hrentl, It Inimls , warm ,., , '7 nM;:: '" " "k-'Hly nhout her. She w:,s ,. ,.,,. s' '' ,,r fiimlly of four ,,s M,. "" Silver!,,,. ,,. .,, H iiIwmvm "'r'"'" ' r Notre H. s,.',. '" I'"'' curds ami i ls I,, people " tlicy passi-il , ,,,,, ,,r ,.!,,.,.,, Her mother ,VMS v,.,v (hi iMIdnui of the faudlv -youtieer t, ,liil,'i,'. -,.,, , ',. "' to do any kind of work I low s. oul, have I,,.,,.,, to liri,,,; houie so,,,,.. Hillli; very special f,. ,,., I lirlsiinns ! I'll licr wv to ,e chuivh this eve- ''", '"I'' Mi. , lo look In nl Hie window of p, isM.,,, M, j Iht l.enrt was ink,,,, will, er,,,! cuke 'n Hie center nil ,lie with ,I,,is of MU k'e r ,! cherries nrmiml ,,. sides Tlie ,i i, r wns leu frmi,-s. She took -nit Iht Utile won, purs,, nnd counted j - two fniiics. Ih,. smis. 5;i,,wly she I closed tin. puis,, nml put It hnik In ' "' '' I'O.I.et. The cuke wns out of the 'I'icstloii. n ,.1Vl ,,, h(, n iinf I of Li 1 only. I All i'MU:ln- she h:u si f ,.,,! j "t Hie , hurcli. hi i had ,ndc ,,l,,,i,. m'U'l'ii.'. lireiit iiumhets of people j were Condi,,; t the l,i,i,l-hl muss. I 'Hit they nil p.,,1 ,y little .l,liee I IHi only an nnmn i d '.No,,, no,,. 1l'"l !" A Utile InliT llierr. "US liltiuisl I iiotii.ily cmilil,:;. S!ie could h,.,,r the. oi-.iii plnin-. Muss Iiml heu'iin. She would have hurried home hut In-r feci, were tiuliih " ilh Hie r-old. 0 ;! ( Wh s-:- vi i fry ' I ::f vr-"J - i -Cv; - : L .,; Slipped Quietly Into a Sent of the Larrje Church. C.cldes, she Hiriiik'lit. xlie ri'iilly oulil to i;o In nnd say n little prayer for I. or mother. Sin- r, priii d the hii"e door of the I'.it lieilr.il. slippi'd rpiii'lly lnlo n seat of the laik'o rhnrcli mid prayed fervently fer-vently tor her mother and little sisters; sis-ters; pra.wd. too. Hint lilie lnlj,'lil, Kmnehow. he i : ! 1 1- to liny then, a enke for Christmas: The limit of tli- church after the Intense In-tense r-old outside made her drowsy. She uenl fast to sleep nnd her head fell heavily against the shoulder nf it inn, i silling next lo her. The man v.-iih an American. He was at lirst annoyed when he saw the little tow:--eled head with Its dirty cap HKllitisI Ills coal-sleeve, hut on second glance at Hie palhi'llc illlle liure hi- was o.e;-r-onii' with genuine einolion. 'Tnor lltllr? devil." lie thought, "wonder "lull's Iccn your short history nml what will II he In tin. future." il'' Maw in I'd' ilii'l.V little lit-tle hands the strings of medals and the box of bol.v 1-aril.s she hml berui tiylni: to s"ll. He reached Into bin pi'ii kel. pulled o n Iwo crisp 1 I -K-f:-,, rif notes, fimi.-il Ihejii -arclull.v nnd placed them on lop of Hie curds. Almost everyone bail left the church when .lulicllc wakened. Mass was over; all ihe candles on II Imr hi"' I ' oMlimulshod. the Pirhts of Hie church were belUK put out. Juliette rubbed her e.ies drowsily and with a stnrt coiinieil her ineilnls lo see thai ,,,, , hml lakeli any "bile she slept. ,ev were all 'piile safe She ncxl turned Ii r Iion or card I Iter eyes bi'-anii' two lar;;e moons. 'Twn tiioiisaiid frillies. iwo Ihousand r.(.M:'. she couldn't believe II. Il wus a ini.m'le! Harlii'l she prnyed for iiioney lo buy her people ii Clirlsinnis .-iflV She knell down ak'uin. said a fer'.eiit pi'uver In Hiaiiks-ivlni.' : tli",, .o.ihoiod nil her IiiiiI'- l-e I' ml ran ipili klv from Hie church- past ,,. ,-onlisserie shot,. It "as closed, of course, but lb- while cake was sill! in H.e window. Tomorrow mnrn-si,,, mnrn-si,,, would ko I here early ami buy I, . iiuv every e,,od Ihiiu: In Hie simp. And still Hicre "onl'l '" oimiiKb Icrt , ,v them all cl. ilhcs In the alter-Christmas alter-Christmas sales. She leaped Jo.m.iis-ly Jo.m.iis-ly i ihe alt'. She did not led I lie old no"'. "Merry I 'hrls'mas." she called lo r.n old' Iml.v "'ho pas'- . "Merr; rlirlsiiiias to the "hob' world 1' irE) l'i2 Wi'Hrn N-w,i, l,r llnliin. I |