Iron County Record | 1925-12-18 | Page 3 | Billy Wanted Only His Mother for Christmas

Billy Wanted Only His Mother for Christmas 17 in the school ad goneL gone gona L home for the Christen lIdas There was dead silence In he lie cor cor- In all the rooms Up lip m en the lie In In- however ho one tittle little blond head tossed uneasily It was Christmas Christians Day and he was to be alone I The Thedoor Thedoor door opened softly ottly Hilly Dilly looked up anxiously but quickly let his head full again It was only the nurse Durse He lie was used to her Iler perfunctory visits Have lIoe lave any packages come for me rod he asked Not No Noet yet et the nurse nune answered Dilly Billy winced and made modo a great effort effort ef et fort to force back the tears teara Had lad even his mother forgotten for him It was all too much He lIe suddenly burst Into a It atit tit fit of at crying und and found It Impossible to stop There were hurried steps stepa In the l' l corridor Quick Billy dry your eyes and keep I still stilt Somebody Homebody Is le corning coming It way may waybe be the doctor and hell he'll be cross ad ad- advised advised the nurse The door opened quickly Where Ismy Is I. lilY my dear boy asked a soft voice It was wai was Ills his mother She Sill soon lifted him entirely out of or bed and bad had him on her knee wrapped In ID his blankets Hilly BUly continued to cry but they were tears of Joy now He lie had bad no wish to even see the toys his III mother had brought It was enough to know she was there with him He lie wanted nothing else for tor a happy Christmas Marlon It lt Reagan I I IQ Uti N r II