| Show When When Old Kris Does the Job I l r Ii i 1 1 l' l v t trL rL Y h hi i I h. h e Z SF a aj j Il If yb u it ith h t N Ni a i x L f fe ti i 1 e A f d dye ye 5 C s L a x Presents Were at al althe atthe atthe the Wrong Door J C CHRISTOPHER R Q HAZARD V. V D Postman Postman's can tell Mistake Resulted luo W what hl is u on n 5 the other side In an a Jfe of a door Christmas for the This one fronted on Peters Families a n Pleasant street and seemed to Invite Invite invite In In- vite one Into a n. happy home Its plate said that P P. P Peters lived there and thedoor thedoor the thedoor door mat said aid Welcome But Dut Mrs Peters and the children would have been rather dismayed that winter day had visitors rung the door bell beU for tor things were not quite all right with the Peters family The cuckoo from his perch In the clock announced the hours with his customary cheerfulness and polite bow but failed tolled to dissipate the atmosphere of gloom that seemed to fill the house like a t fog g. g The voice yolee In the kitchen ordinarily of ot a Jolly character had lend sunk Into a minor key klY and sent out a sort of S S. S O. O S. S message In the words of the old song Moon loon run down to de Bettin ob de sun lun And de sun Bun refuse to shine The sunset In hi the Peters' Peters home had been caused by lIy the cutting off oft of ot their train IS s supply 19 Three months had p pas passed a s s sed e d without t word or remittance remittance remittance remit remit- tance from the head of the tam fam fly ily This added the perils of pov poverty Ov- Ov erty to the pains of ot absence and made the Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- Christ I mas outlook decidedly dec det de de- t c Ide y shady Young Peters added added add adl- ed to his mot mothers mother's ers er's t anxiety b by y r remarking re- re e.- e. Pl marking that his 1 t dads dad's business trip must have been hit by a n submarine or something w while his sister Intensified the situation by wondering aloud If It they would ever see him again Both Doth of these auguries so unsuited to Christmas Eve were interrupted however b by the arrival of ot the parcel postman and the deposit of ot an Immense Immense immense Im Im- mense and promising package bearIng bearIng bear bear- Ing lag In large letters a direction to Mrs P. P Peters With no clue as 88 to the sender the family naturally concluded the various and valuable assortment that was revealed to Investigation to tobe tobe tobe be an evidence nce of fatherly consideration consideration consideration consider consider- and the advance agent of the returning traveler Joy came out with all the other things and cheer took the the- place of chagrin Farther larther up the street and behind adoor a Do adoor door bearing the name of Paul Peters there was another household that was not as sunny as it should have been A letter had come but come but a bundle had failed tailed to come The l letter a program of ot delight the bundle a disappointment disappoint disappoint- ment Uncle Joshua had known their their- wants by a marvelous mar Instinct but where was as the bundle Alas I the other other other oth oth- er things were as nothing for tor the lack of It and Christmas morning dawned upon discontent But Dut the morning had bad quite quit disappeared Fred came rushing In with the news that he had seen that Peters Peters- boy In the next block with a sled bearing the same name as the one mentioned mentioned mentioned men men- by Uncle Joshua I didn't know there was a Peters boy in the next neat block said his mother Ill go godown godown godown down and see If It they can tell us anything anything anything any any- thing about our bundle They could and the mystery was very easily solved by the explanation of the postman at the wrong door making a very pardonable mistake An explanation that led indeed to a redistribution of ot gifts and also to a discovery of relationships relationship for tor the Peters Peters' Peters Peters' Peters Peters' Pe Pe- Pe- Pe families found each other out as IlS less than a block apart In la family ties and friendliness A discovery that was the very ery best Christmas gift that they could have had and which led them to think that the wrong door was all nil right after all aU It proved a 11 way out for tor the P P. P Pe- Pe terses tenses and a 11 way In for tor the Paul Pe- Pe terses torsos until Pa Peters of ot the first part put In an appearance through ItIn itin it itIn In time for New Nev Years Year's with su such h an nn account of ot himself and his adventures as proved highly satisfactory to all nil the combined hopes and plans of ot all th the the- Pet Petersen rsM S un 1929 Western Ve tern Union a eSe S i J |
