Show o D c. rM k got go goto i Turning Over Oyer a aw I w ty H Lea I New w Leaf f 11 tt Hl OW listen to me t. t F said ld Hap flap good Brown a as he 01 got ot up from his easy chair to winda wind a the the clock and put putout J Yi r. r out the cat nt and lock Jock the back door back door Listen to me Its It's two days now till Christmas Look nt at that flint lot of ot packages over there on the time sofy that Ive I've got ot to play Santy Claus anus on Think of the piles plies and piles of bundles we weve we've e sent out already big bun bundles les and little bundles to Jims Jim's folks 1111 and 1 Johns John's folks folks mind Mandy's Mandys folks the preacher the orphans orphans' home the old cobbler the thea a am ani the newsboy Its It's got gotso gotso gotso so that Christmas Is 18 a n nightmare Accordingly ly the next morning Heppie Hep- Hep pie Ill and Happy Brown Drown started out or ori i their last Imst shopping shopping shop shop- I ping tour before before C Christmas h r 1st m n s As AI they turned the 45 cor corner n r of the then n street they come came upon two children n a boy and a II girl Irl poorly S clad w sv h it o 0 stood fai F with their no lIo noes es y 11 pressed u a against g n a I Ins n s t F the window of of a small shop wherein where where- in were displayed a n few fw cheap chal dolts dolls and t toy toys o y 5 s. s They w ere rp rl FO 10 en dI d dIn I IIII I In III n their ir Inspection nf I t g H that lint till they did dill not nut notice the man and woman who stopped behind them ind to their childish prattle Theres n a Noahs Noah's ark ork said the Guy boy The bah baby could play piny with that bat thata n a lot Theres There's animals Inside and If it shed she'd play with one nt at a n time Ime It would seem like new toys all aU the time Yes but there aint no dolly In there said the time girl She wants n 11 doll dolly How much money you jou got hilly Billy C Carefully drawing his hands from his pants punts pocket the boy opened his nn fingers and slowly counted the few tew pieces of change In his palm Thirty two cents Sissy I haven't lost any of ot it two Thirty cents 1 I My that's a lot lotof lotof of money 1 A lot of money Billy and It tool took a long time to earn larn it and save It But l But But-but but ut somehow sOl It Isn't going to buy huy much is it it Billy No o but hut two thirty-two cents Is better than nothing Well then you ou could get the Noahs Noah's irk rk that's only twenty five cents Then rhen you'd still have mon coon money y left how left how much Billy hilly Fifteen and ten tn that's twenty five carefully separating a n dime and ond three nickels from the rest of the little pile See Se Sissy that leaves es only seven cents to get something for tor you you ou For me III lot I Never ever mind me I 1 dont don't want anythIng thing I can cun dress the dolly you ou know and play ploy Its It's mine when the time baby's asleep Maybe we ran can find something for tor mother Oh Ob Hilly filly if It we could get one of those green wreaths with the red berries berries- wouldn't it be lovely I t Mother needs stockings more more- than anything else Besides the green wreaths cost more than thun sven seven seven cents apiece Im I'm afraid Come on lets let's goIn go goIn goin In and see sec what they have got got Watt Wait a min min- ute ute said nappy Happy n Brown row n putting his lils hand on the boys boy's a shoulder h 0 u Ide r. r t l tm Where do you 3 children live e. e The boys boy's hand closed tightly on the few tew pieces of money Back on the next street near the elevator Why s mister Where are ore you going hack Back on the next nest street near e. e the elevator ele said Happy he took as ns time tile B nand nano I i t twant want to see your mother and the baby buhy It aint much of ot a 11 place mister And mothers mother's washing I 1 guess She most always nl Is Never mind 1 that Come on Heppie hop Hep- tile pie lIe turning to his wife who was Just behind with the time girls girl's hand In hers Their stay there was not Ion long but was momentous for tor Billy's Billys mother and her little brood Happy Brown had hind made Hilly Billy wildly happy by placing a dollar bill In his hand and another In Sissy's and telling them to go on with their Christmas shopping He Ile had left lert lefta n a backed yellow bill on the table tullie ender un un- der dr a u plate As he and Hepple turned the time corner he pulled out n a notebook 1111 noted down as ns he muttered to himself Coal Coalt blankets potatoes canned goods apples here apples here lIpple take this money and get things for tor those e children You know what they want Im I'm getting a few tew things th the e mother needs neds Y Yes IR s hut but Happy I thought you you'd d sworn off nIT I topple grown Brown this doesn't count This U is nn tin Investment An Investment Time The safest and most satisfactory Investment Investment In vestment there is II Is Happy lie Ho that rth I to the poor to the e Lord 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