Show I 1 ines tvr V ic 31 Z L ir 11 t ea 4 4 ka r 4 UZ V J ski 7 EGINA gazed despondently despon bently out of tl if e window A light sn sri w ais is fill ill ing III e millions of spirl ing 1 ng dam ads ani un I 1 lelila e u lt yet regina saw i a athill her christmas atiee li 11 a I 1 not collie I 1 it mattered not thu thit th U the day was a wonder do d n and tt at tl ti e eve t f christmas was close it lhand hand nothing mattei 1 0 regina sae sane tl e fact filet flat tt at sl e had pr amsel m se I 1 lei I 1 ei sundie school class a glorious atiee and that now there was no tree for or them she argued with herself that she magl t han have e known that tl it e ne v aorl shops could not be relied up n to send a tree to the suburbs at so st ort a lotice I 1 ut that did not I 1 elp tt e situation regina shrank from pacing those 12 i little girls whose smiles would vanish in childish disappointment when the them learned that the tree tl it ey had been was not to be theirs 1 e tears brimmed over and fell re haginas inas vision was cle ired and in tle be clearing she gazed directly at tl if e miniature fir tree in the vacant lot next door A sense of keen delight swept over regina after all her chi dren would have a treel some 15 minutes later regina ap feared in outdoor costume 81 S e hi lit I 1 put on her ga gymnasium raina sturn suit I 1 agh rub ber boots and liar fathers great top coat over a riot of curls I 1 er snug fur cap fitted closely I 1 iou ou look for all the world as if you deserved our nIch nickname name exposto ex postal mother regina I 1 do I 1 ope no one w K III see you now to which regina s mother alluded with distress had been bestowed upon the girl ba b lit lur r father it was tommy no diore arki no less and T tomm 0 mm stood for tomboy you see the girl was no hothouse flower even if she uld ld teach a sunday school class an I 1 weep with nith disappointment in fact her aither Inel insisted sted that the nickname fitted and secretly lie was proul that it did for regina was distinctly able bodied she could ride and ale st e could handle a 20 gauge in and a castan casting rod she was a notable mountaineer she could paddle a can e and sail still a boat and he cared a lot more ar nut out of doors things than slie site did for dances and for social her idea of happiness was a camp lr ir the wod TI fteres ere s no one for miles around regin i a laughed and shouldered nn an ax unless people who live in the heinga hung i I 1 w turn up urr I 1 will ha have e tl e world t myself she picked up a bt big tub with her free I 1 and and trudged off the fir tree in the vacant lot regin i a 9 eyes were too intent on hei bet MIS mission ion to see that a thin nirl curl of smoke was twisting from tl it e 1 I 1 in lit nev of the bun bungalow gilow that rambled in the lot beyond the vacant one regina drew near tie tl e coveted tree and her heart expanded lovingly NN what hat a little beauty she ex claimed half aloud fhe rhe I 1 atle tree stood not much high er tl ti n regina over its br fir no acl ts us a ell f sn sti ke seemed to to linger after it moment pent in n the girl put down donin ter 1 er big tub und and begin t clear ai abay auay ay the light fall of sno inov fr frn n at about out the ro ts of the tree her cheel s were gloriously red lint an I 1 t tit ia sp ride in her eyes rivaled tl ti e day lay it self when the snow mow wa was cleared regin i a swung the gre greit it ax into the fn anen aen earth tl TI e ground scarcely nd ed to her strength ste sl e swung again hey iley I 1 what are you doing to that tree regina drooped her at ax and IE in the direction of the deep gelff agn lt voice A man was aas standing on the pranda of bungalow 4 N regina picked up her ax an 1 with much dignitis swung it ag tin a I 1 say tl it ere you th it tree bel bet nga to me I 1 ahe man was coining coming toward to I 1 ler er regina stopped and turned this la Is a N vacant lot she called out with as per ty tl TI e approaching an in whistled his ills speed quickened lie made an i n indol unitary n noN ement to raise a a cap cup that ir his haste baste I 1 e had for forgotten torf cotten lotten to put on I 1 beg your pardon his voice had lost the gruff quality I 1 thourl t you were ere a min but that tree Is mine I 1 brought it up from my fathers farden in tl e south davff I 1 angi angl orn spoke rapidly regin i a s face was ruff er startling in its be iuta and I t e had a desire to cover her embarrassment I 1 have taken very special care of that tree N ery cry special regina said roldin chine I 1 hive lived here a whole summer and no one one 1 I have hane been away lately I 1 d al nt t see NN why by I 1 ou leave poor lit tie trees around in vacant lots re ile gina put in hurriedly because she felt like cra ing now that her pr precious acl OUS tree was nas taken from I 1 er this Is mv lot langhorn told her if aou ou lad chop choppe pd it down I 1 w sn t chopping it don doval n I 1 regina tried cried I 1 was gh g to put it very iery carefully into tills this tub she stun bled over her words bit de to tell this very ery good I 1 oking n n with the red hair that she was n t a aemile fern lie george washington I 1 ordered a christmas tree by ex pres press and it didn t come my aly bura diy daiy scho I 1 cliss 12 little girls ahre expecting a tree t in mv I 1 ouse and now W ads bulled I 1 elna egina she bit her lip and looked appealingly up at Ling longhorn horn TI tie e an mm in I 1 laughed because it nas the safest tt if ing to do for the pro present ent aind nd I 1 lane ae bright don 12 little settlement b t N s witti with it ue e s sinie ime r p a lit ise au an n I 1 narry a tree it a iv e I 1 got go I 1 reck i i ed on getting one in the vil lage inge regina 1 and the whole orld beeme I 1 t echo with it tie e I 1 it ugh gh I 1 have hale even the del d er art 1 1 store I 1 she ved ed int anti inti D divil alvi I 1 1 I aing i 1 orn 9 eves eyes I 1 mi am s arv for the V r I 1 atle s ills hom we ne are d s q pp inting mv my cl of iss walked so faithfully fulth tully afi all last arumn cr er B T ve c divid david inid said I 1 reid owe one of 01 some pe I 1 rl la wl alo 0 I 1 li a I 1 a cl tree out of d rs they it a 11 I 1 gre it 11 I 1 n fires nd lid tie tl e tree ws wis lit hy by a tl it ou nd e indies as ni vell ell ns ng tl if e rt s rs and a santa cl us ur drove up 0 oer or tl IP e re rel it sn n x I 1 culdo t we N e do something like that 11 ith this tree I 1 how flow p florl us I 1 eatna beside 1 er ersela elf lh fill jov begin to rhonel ua aana a it gre greiter iter clearing dav davi I 1 took tool the sl 0 hicl e f from rom her or b i AIN M I 1 iddles will do hit thit it will voll be the nut trat f their lles D avid I 1 aked seri serf ubia at N N i g gi I 1 I 1 ome and get warmed up tills this aft 1 n I 1 nil 11 i r perly tin annl I 1 in t the cl e 4 f he lie dl all inot not with N or Is fo fitl tl e hearts f both danil and rini 1 were overflowing with tiding of tint thit evenin evening aidus drove up ll 11 r i gh the crisp snow and opened I 1 alls Is great birs bet r re the little tree it aas u as a u wonder onder tre treet it lere ere in the va cant lot an tin I 1 it was its bring with a hui hill dred electric bulbs six bon flics reared their fl imes skyward an I 1 r und tind ab lit tit danced and capered 24 joyous children and when the moon moan was high in the heavens ind the spirit f christmas tad lad entered into each ench heart david and regina drei the band of children t bout hem them and led the young yokes voices in the singing of joyous cl carols and especially did this one regina sang please the chit dren it came upon the midnight clear that glorious son sor of old brom angels bendin bending near the earth to touch their harps at of gold peace on earth good will to men from heaven a all gracious king kin the world in solemn stillness lay to hear the angels sing still through the cloven skies they come with peaceful wings unfurled and still their heavenly music floats 0 er all the weary world above its sad and lowly plains they bend on hovern g wing and even 0 er its babel sounds the blessed angela angels bing sing yes with the wo woe of ein oln and strife the world has suffered long beneath the angel strain have rolled two thousand years of wrong and man at war with man hears not the love song which they bring C hush bush the nole noise ye men of strife and hear the a els sing and ye beneath effes life crushing lo 10 load whose forms are bending low who toll along the climbing way war with pa naul steps and slow look 0 now o tor for glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing oh rest beside the weary road and hear bear ohp the angels sing and this one hark the v ad sound the savior saylor cornea comes the savior prom lied long let every heart prepa e a throne I 1 and every voice a bong song he comes the prisoners to release in atari catan s bondage held the gates of brae bras afore him burst T the he iron fetters yf id he H e comes the broken brohen heart to find rhe bleeding soul to cure ani with the treasures of his grace to enrich the humble poor our glad hosannas prin e of peace thy welcome shall procia m and heaven a eternal arches r ng with uby beloved name cut but evin a Chilst mas tree celebia tion must come collie t an end by i a nil liy by the 1 cl I brei sung cut ut aril an 1 lie tie fires I 1 leg eg in to set get I 1 w i and nd the cokes 1 t neana ani an 1 divid D avid trilled tr billed tf IT into and nd the two just looked at each t ther D nt tit iou u think ved ed better take the cl if in no sat sail I 1 reina keina at last the urea getting i a w divid wag silent f r a ion rold me ment tit tl TI en ell he lie bald bi ua aly and rev berei fly the ires fires 1 l III never burn lov inv I 1 egina gina this Is the 11 t when it 1 e brent spirit of lo ioe love ve wis was brn into our |