| Show if a Stocking I I That hat Was WM So Empty JACOD ACOB 8 IM was wu accounted aj a apro j pro prosperous man Early Earl Earlin in hi life ure h II be had adopted a motto of ret get I there that bad had apparent ap ap- parent served him well lIe Ila j could tune tuner survey premises premise that yielded ed good Rentals rental to him mortgages that wen were a first Gat claim upon good forms farina l took and bonds bond that were called PIt gilt ed edre ed L Bitting In his hla dingy diner nU office offee be he did jUd not sot appear to hare han any anI very Terl exact i In but his hll clients found that that there then was was' plenty plent of ot exaction before f. f J the they were done dooe with him It Lt WAS wu a h favorite amusement with him during th the e Intervals of occupation to go ro over oer l j his itla books gloat over his securities and er a o stock of ot gold old that he j kept to assure himself of the reality t I of ot his bli power and the possibilities of ot otI I his ht life fife should he ever eYer care to nse ose them This Thill glittering Illusion he I strangely kept In an 00 01 old d stocking bard hard b by another In the massive moule safe afe the I second containing a collection of at I gems that he tie lived to 10 hondle handle without letting an any of at them slip through his We fingers 1 He tie was thus thull omu amusing himself one Christmas I ve all unconscious of at the ij radioed find ond radiant hopes and purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses that filled the atmosphere outside out out- I y side and ever eer surged through his hIli room In which he sat ant and all unable uMble to tune ta In with an any of them when he seemed to see upon uOn the tile will well a handwriting and to hear a voice that Interpreted It to him saying Oh poor dupe of or falsity I When will you hang bang up a f 1 stocking b by benevolence and I make nn an Investment In real happiness When will you ou serve love that It lt It ma may present you with his hta best gifts Are t there none who need but cannot have In this great city Are there no DO hopeful hopeful hope hope- ful tul children who will creep down to disappointment on Christmas morning Tower rower of if light and heat hent of at truth andIo and I Io love lov e of purest happiness Is III In these baubles that you but bat your heart Is II shriveled up Into nothing nothIng- ne ness s You have lost your Income and I must leave your principal Come with me y Was Wb Jt t t a dream Who can say But Bat f they found him there the next nest morning j cold with anew coldness l and grasping 31 j with a futile hand band the full tull stocking that Hutt was wal so empty Christopher I Christopher I-Christopher O. O Hazard i c eg X 1555 lilt waters N Newspaper w p p r Union I |
