| Show RIME PAID A atory by L B ly 0 rup NIAS eye eve and judith ross round found herself alone nt at last but still very lo 10 lonely ne y iler her only relative her kid brother paul had just gone a way away taking allag 4 bride with him ono of these days judith paul alu ill go and marry some ono one and then be left alone her sweetheart aalph reed told her bei two vars coara before on Christ christinas ipas eve just after had refused to go with him into canada It alphs prophecy had come truo true raul paul had not daerl fleek his love affairs tu remain nt at homo home with her and she aspect ed cd it and yet she was thinking how unfairly life bad treated her f judith gave a sigh and looked about her tor for there were tho the wed wedding ling decorations including the tha mistletoe the flow flowers eia he wreaths wre atlis the tho huge buge bell find and the banked bankd altar in the library just as wie phe donned a great coverall apron the electric buzzer warned her I 1 that some one stood in ill tile the bola old awaiting admittance to her cozy home ralph Hal wag all judith could say yes it Is me judith two weeks ago tonight I 1 listened in on tile radio in my little shack up there in the woods arid and heard a pittsburgh burgh radio station ded dedicate lemia ft a number ti to paul and ills his bride to be and then it was that I 1 know knew you needed me judith I 1 imagined they would mArrying bs bo about christmas so I 1 started out the tha very next morning to reach here heie in time but old tim down at tle tho station told me they had gone already ralph blurted it all out nna and then opened his arms arm s and judith crept into them al ak I 1 1 how did YOU kaw know I 1 would still de bo waiting for you knowing her troubles ivere were all at so an end and sho she was to bo repaid tor for the years bears she fine had bad sacrificed for her bar kid brother illow how lid did you know I 1 would still be walting waiting tor for you ralph she mumbled from the depths of his great lent coat love iove I ove takes hakea a lot for granted you sou know dear and then too a few weeks meeka ago I 1 heard you slug sing still waiting for you dear from the radio station and I 1 recognize that favorite song of mine even avea before I 1 heard them th em announce the slugger er I 1 knew not be singing that if some one else elsa had claimed you yon just then the buzzer brought them back to earth arid and judith arranged it her ec tumbled locks as she sha went to answer L r the ring there stood the little ol 01 old d parson who had just left the house a few hours houra before winve you boti forgotten something asked judith no I 1 believe not ive my book boob and the promise of two witnesses who will bo be along in a minute parson henderson RSS assured ur ed I 1 her i er witnesses allo asked yes dear ralph answered for ho be had bad followed her into the hall 1 I took a lot for granted phoned the parson arid and now wo we con can be married on christmas eve just as aa we had bad planned to do when paul refused to go back to canada canad a ettli alt 11 us true to their word a few moments inter the parsons sister and her daughter joined the little group nt at the 0 koss o home underneath tho the same wedding bell before the same flower banked altar in the tha library in the shadows cast by the tha sarco same flickering tapers that had furnished the setting for her brothis brothe ra wedding judith jadith promised to love and cherish ralph there had biad been oceans of food left ater 01 er from pauls wedding feast and the little bride judith herself set out the remaining salad cold pressed thicken chicken find the other goodies just a potluck pot luck wedding dinner folks she proclaimed her eyes grew starry as ralph r retorted it might be a pot inch tier but its not a potluck pot luck christmas eve for it Is 1 the happiest christmas eve in my whole life tolka folks As lie ho made the statement lie he slipped a most generous too fee into tho the parsons hand making it the happiest christmas eve for the parson too judith had n noticed U cod bis movement to so she eho fol followed lowett ay ay iy iy skipping to the two women folks two tiny jade pins which sho had purchased sometime ogo ago to give as presents present 1 but found a place for them before after all thought judith christmas la Is synonymous with love loo find lovo la 19 a synonym for christrup christmas si B |
