Show A manly christmas husband y gerti mertrud tide kiwal loll holidays holl holi dayl if 11 A only I 1 had invited fred to aeme here with me manly jerked his hat from a rack when julia lits ills sister rushed into the hall manly please come with me tonight to the dinner party at judge thompsons Thomp sons horace has just tele phoned he can not get here until too late roads blocked w with I 1 t h snow and cars because of the blizzard yesterday our first big spread in this burg were so go new and this is our farst opportunity to meet many prominent citizens ot palas city J judge u d 9 e thompsons Thomp sons dinners are annual affairs and he gives special invitations to newcomers ol of the f city 1 I dont care much about the party but so much in the papers about the willis Cra grahams hams family who will be at the judges graham is the big shot who made millions from his washing machine ph patents tents lies hes sort ot a god in these parts ile he has no son but some daughters maybe when im through college uld graham might remember a manly boy tor for an i engineer or nr in his domce 1 mailys parents had gone south for the winter and julia had urged her brother to spend the holidays with them because she and horace would be a bit lonely since recently settling in the thriving factory municipality nici of palas city in evening clothes manly was nearest satisfied with himself as being well groomed than in any other attire somehow the tha black dinner coat light vest brilliant studs in the spotless shirt front illuminated the sparkle ot of his brown eyes and enhanced the manliness of his form upon arriving at the ancestral estate of jude thompson manly was bewildered when the judge with unusual cere mony introduced them as aa mr and mrs horace linn new residents of palas they think you are tny my husband dont make them any wiser horace and I 1 are strangers you know here julia motioned not knowing whether julia had planned to pass her brother off is s her husband or whether it was a surprise to julia as well as to himself manly played husbandly faithful beside julia but it seemed that every place manly stood or sat patricia one of the graham daughters w was a 9 near kindly gracious but aloof when he asked her to dance she quickly assented as though she feared he might never ask for another 11 P she dance thinks I 1 arn am married huhl A manly christmas husband dum it aul why did julia get me into this jam she will have to un larn lam me he snorted to himself the next mornings mall mail brought manly an invitation to vi a party at willis grahams tor for the graham daughter sl of course go A secret no not a secret any longer because the secret has been long enough she teased 1 I whispered to patricia at the party that you were my brother and to introduce you to others of the younger groups and to mr graham she however promised secrecy to all but mr graham since she did not introduce you to others not even to her father I 1 believe she enjoyed the brother husband affair and planned a party to reveal the secret to her father and guests no her interest in you began before I 1 told her you were not my husband she was raving about my husbands eyes and hair and fory form 1 and clothes and after the party at patriciaa Patri cias the 11 christmas tm holidays failed to be for with patriciaa Patri cias pep and promises manly looked forward to the days after college of becoming a manly husband in truth C western newspaper New paper union |