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C Palm Palmer r LIE ballroom on New ew Years Year's eve ere TIl O was tilled Oiled to capacity It Jt sparkled sparkled spar spar- kled with a thousand lights displaying dis- dis playing a brilliant contrast to the tho ruling rug rug- lag ing blizzard without Gold and silver bells find and colored tt streamers reamers mingled with pine spruce Dud holl holly berries represented the glorious New 1 Year transforming tho the ballroom Into a n panorama pano rama of ot luxury similar to that of ot a aking's akings akings aking's kings king's court or no blizzard It seemed as ns though all Thornton and neighboring lIu suburbs had bad turned out for this great greut occasion There Thero were ero the 1 Dm Davis ls 11 Is girls smiling beaming and looking beautiful In shimmering blue satin trimmed with rosebuds Then there were the Thomas slaters of ot them The orchestra was frantically playIng playIng play play- Ing lag preliminaries From and Peasant It swung Into Blues thus delighting and satisfying the gay gny party Meanwhile la David ld Id Ralston was as hastening hastening has has- to the ball by airplane from a distant city lie was frantically piloting pilot idiot ing his plane through the snowstorm to the home bome of ot Nancy Graham whom horn lie ho had bad promised to accompany to the ball lie He wasn't making much headway headway head head- way and despaired of ot arriving on time iliac Ity lIy much skillful maneuvering maneu he finally saw the lights of ot Thornton gleaming through the snow Heading I hI I t I Ily ly tic t r ri i I M 1 1 rj Oh Wont Won't You Como Come In Said Julia In a Soft Sweet Vol Voice co toward It he soon landed handed In an open Held field near a neighboring farmhouse Julia better known as little Je Jewel elf was sitting with her grandparents eats In the dull living room of ot the farm shack by the roadside Julia had of ot the great ball In la town Lind Imd wishing she were there but she knew there was not a ghost of ot a chance of ot even en getting a glimpse of ot Its grandeur Ah thought David Ill stop stoll at this farmhouse and telephone Nancy Nuncy Unable to locate a II doorbell David Oa rapped loudly and to his Ills great t surprise the door swung open Immediately There stood little Jewel In to all nil her Innocence and surprise p. p David stepp Hl back aghast at her superb loveliness lIness Oh wont won't you oU come III fn said Julia In In a soft sott sweet voice Yea ites yes yea certainly said David OaIe greatly confused contused I J Just arrived by I airplane e on my way to 10 the ball I IJulia Oh how delightful exclaimed Julia An airplane I Where la is It May MayI I see It ltV David ruther ruttier embarrassed by Jullas Julia's Julias Jul las la's sweetness stammered a reply to her questions and then thin asked permission permission sion slon to use the telephone Is Nancy ancy at homes homer No 1 she left lert for tor the tile ball an hour ago David hung bung up and some somehow bow was greatly relieved relle Just then lien Grandma entered to see se I what It was all about She soon learned that David ld was n a son of or her old friend Dick and he heas was as most wel wel- come This Is my granddaughter Julia Julin Hensley better known as os little Jewel said Grandma smiling smiling- How flow do you jou do LIl 11 Jule said David gazing Into the depths of ot her deep blue eyes ejes I am so glad to knew that you YO are not a stranger stranger stranger-so so sled glad replied little Utile Jew Jewel el Now Grandma do du I lot let t us attend the balL haiL I 1 was to accompany Nancy Graham Gra Gra- ham ln and carne came all tho the way nay from Cole Cole- yule to do so 80 and thep she stole off otT without meLet me rue Let me he tie the and Jule the Cinderella like In 10 the tIle fair fairy tale Only she wont won't lose luse her lier slipper and she wont won't have hae to lea leave e at midnight said David Grandma gave ga her tier consent but tears came carne to tn the eyes ejes of ot little Jewel an us she realized sho she hadn't a thing to wear to a grand d ball baiL Come Come upstairs to In my room dear and Ill I'll dress you up ul for tor the ball said I am sure lure Dave nave w willbe will be loe delighted when he sees ees you An hour later whet when the lieu storm had subsided the tho at the New ew Years Year's ball were startled startle 1 at the roarIng roar roar- Ing tug of ot an airplane In the distance Soon there w ivies as commotion vv without the dra draperies parted and aud In stepped Cinderella I The Cinderella of tic tic- had come to Ufa I r The music softened and some sume one shouted Cinderella Cinderella Cin derella I 1 Just then the great clock be ho- gnu gau striking the midnight hour and the bells Jells together with all the lie other splitting ear contrivances Is ran rung out ont the theold theold old and In the new as at never ne before before- and Cinderella was lost In the crowd as she site waltzed ort off In the arms arena of ot Dot Du Id C. 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