| Show His Christmas Spent at Club ClubBy D By Dy MARY GRAHAM CRAHAM BONNER DONNER Lonesome Rich RichMan IK s E EVAS WAS VAS SIT SIT- Man Finds TING TINO alone In his lash Happiness in club Playing It u was quite Santa Claus deserted It had been for some days now Everyone seemed to have other things to do than to come to the club They hail had talked a number of them the last time many had been there of the busy days ahead shopping wrapping wrapping wrap wrap- ping up Christmas parcels helping their lr wives Ives or their daughters or their grandchildren In the gay plans for Christmas Only he had no plans to make He Ile gave ave his employees and a n number of ot others with whom he came In contact money nt at Christmas Christ mas mss time That Tho t x fulfilled hIso his o Christmas h r 1st m a de do mands maids Other hither y years ars he hadn't felt fell It so much as this year ear ry This year t the h et e t loneliness seemed I 1 lonelier than ever 1 before Ills ilia solitary soli soil tary condition sad sad- him Well he would go back to his hist t suite He Ill would leave the c I 1 u b b. b I f 14 Perhaps a among m o 0 n a g ghis his own b books his hiso o own w n things he would not tell feel so lonely He lie would not dine at the club dub he would have ha some sOllie cheese and crackers crack crack- ers era and coffee at home Ills excellent valet could always prepare a n little supper for him Outside of the club dub his chauffeur and car were waiting He lie got In and sat Silt down on the soft luxuriously upholstered cushions and the chauffeur closed the door shutting out the clear cold Christmas time air and the noise of the streets the streets the noise of many ninny voices of many people going i shopping with the higher voices of or children rising every once In awhile above the din Ills soul seemed to tn ache He Ill was alone Illch JUch comfortable luxurious alone I No one wanted him needed him cared for him lie Ill had everything every thing which money could buy he had enough money to buy everything he wanted No not everything He Be wanted love and affection he wanted to be a part of all nil this going on outside the luxurious luxurious rious confinement of his car and that he couldn't hu buy Mix with the crowds Yes YE'S he could do that but not as one of them Only as a lonely man who had a fat bank hank account which didn't help In the sll slightest And yet et couldn't it help Suddenly he had an all Inspiration He Ite called through the speaking tube to his chauffeur I think he said suld I will get out here and walk the rest of the way home homp The chauffeur was surprised but he was too well well trained to show surprise lie He got out before a u. u large store where whre In tile the window was a decorated Christmas tree lie Ill went Inside the store No longer did he feel so lonely He Ile too had a purpose In mind He was a part of nil all of this now Tinsel candles red colored paper ribbons small toys toS decorations oh how much he bought Ills His arms were filled with bundles bundlE'S Just as ns were were the arms of others other It was such uch fun Cun to carry bundles too He lie had n never eve r known before the Joy jay of overcrowded overcrowd ed arms Home he went carrying his beI beloved be Ge aj I loved o 0 v e t d purchases with him And then he summoned 1 the Janitor to his v lonely suite which now seemed tilled filled with the Christmas Christ I mas cheer He Ill talked It all over oer with him the plans for the tree for forbis his bis own Santa Claus suit He lie had given ghen the Janitor money before before before be be- fore of or course This time he lie would take part In the Christmas of the chin children children chil chil- dren of ot the Janitor Christmas morning come came Never had hod he arisen so 60 early arly on a Christmas morning Dressing himself carefully he be went downstairs lie He had worked until lute late the night before decorating the tree but he h. was not tired Suddenly there was a cry a cry of JO joy such as liS he had never heard WIt Why theres there's Santa Claus I Dear dear deur Santa Claus The Janitors Janitor's children had always been afraid of him but not so of Santa Claus 1 I He lie undid his pack rack he took gifts ofT off the tree and und the children climbed over o him kissed him hugged him loved lo his him With what a splendid gusto they Lowed Loved him hinl I And the children begged Santa Claus to stay for dinner Curious thing tiring for tor him to be doing 1 I But ut he stayed stared anc and for the first time almost since he had been a child himself he had a Christmas Christ mas ma a real Christmas a Christmas filled with love lore which had driven the I out I tn in 1111 US Western Newspaper pep r Union |
