Show I Came Understanding I 11 girls I I inn mod tie It up II ID I alth Ann the th hit nI 1 11 td nf of the office yanked 1 off her cant and hat MIX and placed In the locker that ranged across acres the end of the room No one paid much attention to Ann usually She Nhe was of vt such an sn explosive nature and sold said such Irresponsible things Unit that she he was WitS not taken seri sent ou 17 But the break between Ann and Beatrice had been of long standing and had been commented upon so much by Ann that her hr announcement caused the other otter girls to look up questioningly a fact continued Annand Ann and I 1 am so ashamed of my treatment of her this long time iliac How flow did It Il come about asked Sa Sadie assistant to the department manager Well Yell exclaimed Ann I will have havet t to confess my beastly nature before I 1 Ican can tell you rou how It happened In a spirit of spite I sent Beatrice a ft Christ Christmas mas present which no ono one but goot good little Bea Iles could ever have accepted as 81 anything but an nn Insult It makes no difference what U tt was Today noon I 1 met her on th the street and she stopped me to thank me roe for the tile present pres ent eat It It was not the present BO so much Ann that Came by IY mall said sahl she What made me feel good was that you had been pen thinking of me Then Theil she he took hold of my Iny hand to caress It end and sold said It was ns not any kind of ot a present that I wonted most from you ou Ann but your our love and companionship and sympathy I have 1111 been hungry for you ou Ann and you had hud no right to take ake yourself elt away awny from me tue I give ge you ou my love for Christmas will Christmas will you 1 0 give le lve me 11 yours ours A And 1111 little Ann the hard boiled boiled cried rl right ht on the street I What do you ou think of ot that girls The tiny day of ot miracles Is not past It seems commented one And now do you 1 0 know I what This from Ann The girls waited expectantly expectant expectant- ly Iy for further Information from tram the erratic one Well I always thought Christmas was as to get people to spend lots of money to send fiend things to other people that they did not wont rattled oft off Ann Now I have a new understanding understand understand- lag ing of Christmas since sl my most loyal friend has asked me only for tor my love und and she he sure surl Is going to get C. It-C. It C. C F F. Wadsworth 1 IS till un western 1 6 |