Show hars f adai I 1 y OAN slammed the front ja door lier her and rushed y B upstairs granny busily darning in her rocker looked up with a start it like joan to rush in like that eliat without even fx a word of greeting erecting and at christmas time toot tool she laid her darning aside and with slow careful steps climbed the thestal stairs rs at joans door she paused and knocked who Is it just granny dear may I 1 come in why of course joan opened the door the matter granny just what I 1 want to know you and ted had a fuss joan looked up in wonder af i her grandmothers understanding yes tes she admitted and oil oh granny im so miserable blet 1 what do you suppose ale he sald said now now I 1 dont want to hear and you be bringing back all that was said bald looking for grievances all I 1 want to know la Is who really and truly was in the wrong really cally JR and truly lie was granny then you s should hould apologize 1 I but ted was the one at fault of 01 course dear that Is just the reason now if you were in the wrong you fou might possibly force tit alro in to humor you b but it t if he Is 18 in the wrong lie he will naturally never want to give in site she took off hei glasses and wiped them thoughtfully and then how lucky its christmas time hang bang up some mistletoe well maybe if youre sure it will w work ork let et me tell you a story child sit down granny settled herself and rocked lightly back and forth it was when I 1 was young young as you are joan that I 1 fell in love my people were not so well off as the boys vere although they were gentlemen on oil noth both sides ills III parents had find picked out a wife for him y years ears before the dau daughter eliter of friends of the family and were determined that they should marry 1 I met him at church socials e elry eiry L ry now and then and on picnics and after a time he began calling on me although I 1 know it whenever he came to see me he be told fold his f foler he waa going to see this other garl i nl ifer 1 I 1 found that out I 1 wasi was mad and rightly too vint that night when lie came I 1 see him and kent word woid to him that lie ho could go to her house for foi all of roe me to my amazement lie did I 1 then I 1 realized how flow much I 1 loved him but I 1 wa was s afraid lie would never come back at last I 1 decided to send him a note I 1 told jilin how sorry I 1 was waa and begged ills forgiveness it was quite a bit after christmas but we still find mistletoe so I 1 hung sprays of 0 it in every likely corner and doorway nil all over tile the house and waited before long he came and I 1 found that the mistletoe had been on an inspiration ile he told me then that I 1 to blame blomo at all and that ho had only gone to claras to tell her that there could never be anything between them granny leaned forward in her chair ivo do you know who the boy was she asked grandfather grandfathers yes indeed we wore married soon after that but I 1 always found it paid to give in when I 1 was most sure I 1 was right V the doorbell pealed through oil tha house and joan smoothing her h hall a I 1 t T it wast was when iwas I 1 va young young as a you are joan y as she went ran down to 0 open a the V door granny from the front window looked doi down or on a familiar roadster and smiled after a longtime long time hearing the front door close and the r roar oar of a motor she descended the stairs at their toot foot joan clasped her oh darling it worked it worked site she chan chanted teil hes coming over to dinner tomorrow and he h he mentioned I 1 something pout bbott bringing a an ring and oh ob cranny she whispered pe gd burying her head in her grandmothers mo theis shawl ted must most have had bad the chrls christmas inns spirit already for we got along just fine without the mistletoe 19 IW Nv western estern newspaper union |