| Show A CHRISTMAS RECONCILIATION fey KATHERINE a ll Al' MAMUN M. pulled down the th t of ot his car with b 1 an un 1111 an jl gry jerk Then Chen his lots voice l out a sharp command to lots hll tit chauffeur Get ort oft this crowd crowded ed street Jenkins this lids Christina crowd Is most annoying rushing around like Insane people I Jenkins gave a quiet assent and soon loon the big bis car slid qui ry Into the wide Ide smoothness of the boulevard nut Dut the traffic condition of ot this thoroughfare thorough thorough- fare tare was WUI no less pleasing to Philip Manlon Manton than the rush and hurr hurry of the business section Becton It seemed alIf as al asIf asIf If ever every car la 10 town must be there lie He grew grev more Irritated each moment moment moment mo mo- ment so 10 much so BO that even the well trained chauffeur felt Its In Influence For the first time In his life Ilfe Jenkins sacrificed ll safety to speed as he tried to 10 get his master muter away from the thing timid that Irritated him so 80 And the result was as S It so BO often otto Is In such uch casesa cases cases cases- a crash It all happened so BO quickly both holb master and man were dumb with surprise and fright for tor a mo roo- ment The after accident crowd that comes from no one knows where bad had quickly assembled Ugly threats were passed around The driver of ot the twisted taxi tul was hurling hot bot words at the white white- fared faced Jenkins Both noth drivers were unhurt un nn hurt hurL But lp Ihl Manion Manlon was unmindful of them all Ho Lie was bending over the unconscious form torm of ot a woman who lay Iny Inside the cab Blood was streamIng streamIng stream stream- Ing from a R gash on her forehead and to all appearances she lay dead Oh Uh Clare Clare I 1 Manlon Manion was cryIng cry cry- Ing brokenly It U la I Philip l Philip Wont Won't you speak to me met You YOU You-you you wont won't go Co and leave len me to live on and now I killed you Hut But no answer came to his pleas the white lips seemed to be stilled forever er Manlon Manion covered his face with lots his hands and sobbed Bobbed bitterly Then some sOllie one pulled him back from the cat call cab n doctor had come And In a few tew they hey were hurrying to the nearest hospital For or an hour that seemed like an eternity Manlon Manion waited for tor the doctors doctor's doctors doctor's doc doe tors tor's verdict Gone Gune was all nil the bitterness hitter hitter- ness and hostility toward all that had load possessed him hint In the past two years In their place piRro tenderness and sym 6 r r r C I 1 v 11 A Door That Held Meld a Message Menage of Life Lit or Death pathy puthy had come comae back again He Ile knew now the lie cause for tor the way he be hud had been acting he had Just been trying to 10 crush out and stifle stille the crying of Ids hll heart It If was the need Deed of ot Clare the stilling stifling of ot tits Ills love for tor her that had turned him into a B hard and bitter bit bitter ter manOh manOh man Oh God Cud I let her live hive he be cried over and o er Let Jet her ber live to know that I 1 am coo not the cur that she thinks I urn am Let her het live to know that It was and pride only that kept me away Oh Olt If It I had hud only given In and told her the truthA truth A do dor r that held beld a message of life lite or Vath eath ol opened very softly and a smiling doctor motioned him In tn A great surge e of joy filled tilled his bill heart hear he be knew lore flare was going to live As he entered I here come came from the street hIv w the vol voices Ill of nf carol singers clear cleur and sweet upon the evening air Ond rest rut ye e little children l let t nothing you ou affright a For Jesus Jeans your four our Savior was wa born upon this night Along Ion the hills hill or of Galilee th the white ao u flo ae sleeping la lay When Christ the child of Nazareth was war born CD on 11 Christmas day dav As AI If It at nt the sound Clare Manlon Manion stirred softly then her tier eyes opened rem y slowly and took tunk In III the tile outlines II of the tile unfamiliar room They fell tell upon the he num standing with bowed head headIn In 10 I the he Oh Uh PhilipI Philip I Is ls It really I you yU or urn am I The rhe joy In the weak Wt voice woos was unmistakable Vs It II Is I lure Clare Manlon's voice was yUI broken and hoarse us liS he sulk down upon his hla kin kin-en by hy the lied bed C Can tun Cancun un calm lUIl cun vuu ever er forgive me floe for tor what whai I hone hute dune ilone All I ask Hsk I Is a It elm nee neelo lo to smile to to show you that I cnn cart be beall beall I all thin you yat 1111 ones once thought me Neil 1111 fly day when l the I Christmas bell were W TH pealing out their Ir message measure of ot I P on n earth P and luau will h I Hit all men no nil two felt the till Jas of the Ihl old age tidings Mines l loo 11 i a grIll grater II than Hum they for tor their heart henrI hood had ula d to new 1 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