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Show JSllll : Blioe B. Falmer THE ballroom on New Year's eve was filled to capacity. It sparkled spar-kled with a thousand lights displaying dis-playing a brilliant contrast to the raging rag-ing blizzard without Gold and silver bells and colored streamers mingled with pine, spruce and holly berries represented the glorious New Year, transforming the ballroom into a panorama pano-rama of luxury, similar to that of a king's court Blizzard or no blizzard, it seemed as though all Thornton and neighboring suburbs had turned out for this great occasion. There were the Davis girls smiling, beaming and looking beautiful In shimmering blue satin trimmed with rosebuds. Then there were the Thomas sisters thre of them. The orchestra was frantically playing play-ing preliminaries. From "Poet and Peasant" It swung into "Wabash Blues," thus delighting and satisfying the gay party. Meanwhile David Ralston was hastening has-tening to the ball by airplane from a distant city. He was frantically piloting pilot-ing his plane through the snowstorm to the home of Nancy Graham whom he had promised to accompany to the ball. He wasn't making much headway head-way and despaifsd of arriving on time. By much skillful maneuvering he finally saw the lights of Thornton gleaming through the snow. Heading "Oh, Won't You Come In?" Said Julia in a Soft, Sweet Voice. toward It, he soon landed In an open field near a neighboring farmhouse. Julia Reusley, better known as little Jewel, was sitting with her grandparents grandpar-ents in the dull living room of the farm shack by the roadside. Julia had been thinking of the great ball in town and wishing she were there, but she knew there was not a ghost of a chance of even getting a glimpse of its grandeur. "Ah," thought David, "I'll stop at this farmhouse and telephone Nancy. Unable to locate a doorbell David rapped loudly and to his great surprise the door swung open Immediately. There stood little Jewel In all her innocence and surprise. David stepped back aghast at her superb loveliness. "Oh, won't you come In?" said Julia, In a soft, sweet voice. "Yes, yes, certainly," said David, greatly confused. "I just arrived by airplane, on my way to the ball." "Oh, how delightful," exclaimed Julia, "An airplane I Where Is It? May I see It?" Dayld, rather embarrassed by Julia' Jul-ia' sweetness, stammered a reply to her questions and then asked permission permis-sion to use the telephone, "Is Nancy at home?" "No, she left for the ball an hour ago." David hung up and somehow was greatly relieved. Just then Grandma entered to see what it was all about She soon learned that David was a son of her old friend, Dick Ralston, and he was most welcome. wel-come. "This is my granddaughter, Julia Rensley, better known as little Jewel," said Grandma, smiling. "How do you do, L'il Jule," said David, gazing into the depths of her deep blue eyes. "I am so glad to know that you are not a stranger so glad," replied little Jewel. "Now, Grandma, do let us attend the ball. I was to accompany Nancy Graham Gra-ham and came all the way from Cole-ville Cole-ville to do so, and then she stole off without me. "Let me be the Prince and L'U Jule the Cinderella like In the fairy tale. Only she won't lose her slipper and she won't have to leave at midnight," said David. Grandma gave her consent, but tears came to the eyes of little Jewel as she realized she hadn't a thing to wear to a grand ball. "Come upstairs to my room, dear, and I'll dress you up for the ball," said Grandma. "I am sure Dave will be delighted when he sees you." An hour later when the storm had subsided, the merrymakers at the New Year's ball were startled at the roaring roar-ing of an airplane In the distance. Soon there was commotion without; the draperies parted and In stepped "Cinderella"! The "Cinderella" of fiction fic-tion had come to life! The music softened and some one shouted : "Cinderella "Cin-derella !" Just then the great clock began be-gan striking the midnight hour and the bells, together with all the other ear-splitting contrivances, rang out the old and In the new, as never before and "Cinderella" was lost In the crowd as she wnltzed off In the arms of David. C Western NewsDa.Dr Union. |