Show barney Y ili partner HE boy stretched the them long black stocking and re a carded it w with i th 09 satisfaction III take it he s said a I 1 d how much twenty five cents a pair dorothy ainslow answered the customer fished out a dime and three i anies and laid them on the counter 41 take this one he said but we never bri break ak a pair dor otly exclaimed with some amuse ment nt oh oil she ad led icalla as the boys face fell was as it was it for some one with only one leg it s for my partner he s got two legs but he s crippled just been let out of the hospital and I 1 in going to give him a christmas oh said dorothy comprehend angly and you ou wanted the stock ng to hang up I 1 im in sorry but wait she cried suddenly as the boy was gathering up his money in digap I 1 can let you have it I 1 think cash cash the little girl who came in re to the summons nodded to the boy and then sped away to the desk with the quarter that dorothy buted for the dime and three pen nies tiles when the customer had departed tarrying carrying his package dorothy plated the odd stocking which had come into her possession well what an idiot I 1 am slip why didn dian t I 1 give him both of them but of course he be n t have taken them as long as he was u as paying for one she called the little cash girl aaen do you know the boy that was here a little wh ie ago agoa she asked I 1 thought I 1 saw you ou nod to him barney flynn he ile lives on th floor above us cash answered with billy an I 1 billy got run down by b a electric barney sees see to him customers claimed dorothy s atten tion and for awhile she was all hurry and bustle during the afternoon however ihen hen the neighboring sales woman volunteered ed to watch aver her counter co for her she slipped down the a rie ae to th shirt waists says youth s co companion 4 panion she was quite excited tor for tear that the particular shirt waist should be gone on there was that woman with the gb bain zen ain counter hab it dorothy had een her dallying at the counter she rummaged a moment in a pile of shirt waists then she looked trag icalla at her friend behind the coun ter 0 peggy it its s gone I 1 knew it I 1 knew it I 1 saw it in that bargain worn wom ans an s eye she hid had waited wafted so patiently for that waist to be marked down it would have suited her complexion it had ewt the right warm rosy tints peggy why did you let it go she cried reproachfully had to my dear I 1 did my best put it at the very bottom of the pile but ut she fished it out dorothy went back slowly to her counter dick would have liked it too she thought disconsolately and now hell he 11 have to see me in just my shab shah by old one it occurred to her that other peo pie probably had christmas disappoint ments and then she thought of bar dar aey ney flynn and his partner he ile s going to hang up the stocking tar for billy bill and I 1 don t believe he ever had a christmas for himself in his hilj life dorothy meditated I 1 know what I 1 bought the odd stocking for so long as I 1 can t buy myself that ovely lovely waist 0 and she felt a glow of enthusiasm ib ab plans began to take shape in her nind it was nias almost closing time nines tl e little cash girl came darting p a message she s brought it back the shirt sleeves too short it if you want it better hurry dorothy hesitated no I 1 ve changed ny mind she said resolutely T tell ell peggy I 1 in much obliged an and d she added to herself now if dick doean doesn t like me in my old plaid waist I 1 guess well we 11 have to quarrel when dorothy returned to the store the morning after christmas the lit ie le cash girl came running up to her and cried I 1 got it in for you all right miss ia ainslow I 1 worked it fine icren I 1 crep n in the dark when billy and bar aey were asleep you couldn coulden t have hea d me with an ear trumpet and I 1 felt tor for billy billys s stocking and hung bouis alongside and then I 1 filled era both with all the things boid yo i d 1 len en me well said dorothy eagerly and ahat hat happened 7 0 my sakes said the child all of is i s on the floor below was waked ip that early christmas mornin a ich tell a yellin and you d ike to I 1 ave thought they d never had a cl dorothy turned away to hide a smile and dick was glad to see me just as I 1 was she thought contentedly r AT A t |