Show S 1 1 G H A WONDER 11 13 LIL V J ire 41 I 1 LOWDEN looked from liar her second tory bedroom window in iones the downtown district upon a typical christmas eve scene the street was vaa aglow with its myriad lights snowflakes were ivere flurry lug past as tile the sharp crisp dece december aber wind ivind blaiz bleiz blew it fiercely into the faces of hurrying last minute shoppers whose arms were nvere laden with loin pac packages hages ilow how love lovely lyl I 1 she murmured antl and then thea added but what a moc mockery keryl I 1 so much happiness mingled with dire unhappiness oh ob god help me not to lose faith I 1 ill turning to ier bed she threw herself upon it face doii downward and burst into violent weeping so this was the disappointing close of the day for nelch slie she had so long waited the day rob roy boy was to come to claim liar her na as his wife his christmas gift six months before agnes had sent him away that both might lear 1 earn n through long separation it each meant to the other all that was needful to insure their future happiness and she had bad told him h I 1 m to come that at last she knew her hearts desire that on t christmas eve J she elbe would welcome him and go with him to the P very end of at the C e earth la in vain had she listened through the lour conr hours of the day for a telephone call a telegram or ills his ting ring at tile the door of her boarding house nothing came nod and all this merrymaking merry making about her but mocked her in her misery when agnes awoke with the dawn of a clear christmas christinas morning she looked nut upon a far different scene than that which the glowing lights of the night before had presented ted tho the streets seemed deserted and but for smoke curling out of chimneys one might suppose that no one ode cared enough tor or the days celebration to quit comfortable bells to spread the glad th tidings lings put hut harki there broke upon the air clarion notes of cathedral chimes proclaiming mIng to the world the birth of the christ tile the grand old hymn with its martial strain brought to the mind of every listener the glorious words joy to the world the lord la Is come lot let earth receive her king agnes with bowed head until lio be last natu ef cf the last stanza had find I 1 died away struggling hard to grasp the tha tauri s th day though her torn h agart art unable to entirely cast garate the batters baffic 74 of the great disappointment she hid had suffered A little later from a nearby near by church the crowd of 0 early worshipers came pouring out and as she looked came the thought all of tho thoe a people are happy with joy they can think of their lord ana king their loved ones dues little tokens of affection and appreciation to cause their hearts to swell with unbounded joy but what have bave I 1 only emptiness and hopelessness ali ah christmas but mocks we me with its revelry determining to fly at once to some unknown address where rob would never find liar her agnes arrayed herself hurriedly f for or the street but every minute or two between garments slipped on she would draw aside the curtain again for one more searching glance into the street below at la last q she pulled I 1 fsr r nobby close fitting littie liat aliat becomingly into place drew on her bar gloves and turned for lier liar coat when the screech of colliding cars directly under her window called her back once more oh ob some one la Is hurtt hurt I 1 she al screamed and her bar nurses instinct to offer first aid sent her rushing pell mell down the ona and out into lato the antii arm a street where a crowd it had a d al as already gathered i about a wrecked car agnes forged ahead to the side of the machino machine just as a 4 taxi arrived to t receive the injured person oh agnes iset Is it really you rob ill without a word of explanation to anyone the frightened but happy girl climbed into the ilia taxi by the side of rob forgetful now of everything except getting him to tho hospital h as quickly as possible ford for the dr dressing esTing of wounds which he declared could not be serious quite make it on time dear lie ho sald said with his head on liar her shoulder but I 1 was doing my le level vel bi bl bit t and to think this should d have happened right in front of your house and to think I 1 was wag about to io run away from you that truck struck you no I 1 know it was you but something just made roe me fly by to the scene and you were watching agnes yes dear I 1 was watching but hae had I 1 given ivan up hope I 1 thought you care that I 1 had called to you in vain I 1 wits was crus crushed lied 11 so none of my raes messages sages reached you too bad I 1 I 1 bad to trust them to others but now that we are together dear you will not leave me rn for a single moment will you until we ore are man and wife never I 1 it Is golff tf to be such a wonderful christmas after all 11 and I 1 lind had thought it so desolate desolate tass benr a 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