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Show . Z7 Two ' Little Dolls InBlueJ 1 RKNT the dolls beautiful?" exclaimed Joun to her 1 V mutlier, us she (juzed upun the Unified proluet n( the "Two Little Dulls in Blue" which Dorothy M.iy had ordered from Santa Claus. "They are (unte the loveliest I have ever seen," spoke mother. "I do believe that you have nut your very heart and soul into their fashioning." fash-ioning." Joan had spent many dayi nd nights, too. stitching a loving holiday holi-day thought into each tiny garment. The dainty material! had been transformed into things of beauty. The dresses of pale blue silk with bonnets and slippers to match, had proclaimed farm the "Two Little Dolls in Blue!" "Oh, won't Dot love them?" beamed Joan, as she again eyed the dolls from head to foot with a happy smile of complete satisfaction. "I dare say this will be her happiest hap-piest Christmas, one that iha will never forget," said mother Christmas eve, with its bright lights and cheer, was in full prog- L ' .-. -' . t.-w ih.r. tue o'Jiers tiad stopped their cel. bralions and were beaming upon up-on htr with transformed emotion. The opell was broken when Dorothy Doro-thy May suddenly stopped singing and called out. "What shall I name the 'two little dolls in blue'?" "Well." s.iij Joan. smiling thoughtfully. "since they are dressed in blue and are two very important little ladies, why not call one Alice Blue and the other Elinor E-tie'"' And so the dolls were n; :ned. On Christmas morning in another house around the corner. Bonny Jean awoke with the Joy of the holiday hol-iday and shouted. "Mother, did Santa San-ta come and did he bring me a bl baby doll with curls and eyes that t pen and shut?" "Yes. dearie. Santa came and brou'thi you a very pretty doll." Then spying it. seated beneath the tree dressed in scarlet finery, Eonny Joan clasped it to her breast. Upon clcs.e inspection, she soon learned that it was the sam sort of doll she had always received, oniy with new features. Just as she was about to burst into pmtest at her bitter disappointment disappoint-ment there came a rap upon the doer and a k:ndly neighbor was say-irs. say-irs. 'Merry Christmas." Then with a he ;jpy smile "What is the matter, little girl? Hasn't Santa Claus come yet?" "Oh, yes. he came, but he brought me the same old rag doll again. I thought sure it would be a real one this year, because I'm nine, you see." "Oh, I am so sorry," said Dorothy May, with true feeling and thinking of the two beautiful beau-tiful dolls which Santa had left for her. Then with a happy Christmas thought, she whispered something some-thing very lovely to her mother. They all went right over to the big house on the hill nestled under un-der its burden of Christmas snow. Bonny Jean forgot for-got all about the ress and the two little dolls in blue were being fondled fon-dled by one of the happiest little girls In the world. Rocking In her own tiny chair Dorothy May began be-gan singing a lullaby lul-laby to the dollies, dol-lies, wholly oblivious ob-livious of the at-tendant at-tendant surroundings. sur-roundings. It was such an adorable light rag doll when she glimpsed the great tree through the holly wreaths in the window. But when she saw the two little dolls in blue sitting beneath it her joy was unbounded. She clapped her hands and danced with glee. "Such darling dolls!" she gasped, breathlessly. "Their names are Alice Blue and Eleanor Blue," said their little mil-tress, mil-tress, proudly. "I want to give you one of them. Bonny Jean; which do you like?" With unbelievable surprise, her eyes fairly dancing with Joy, she clasped the beautiful doll In her arms and asked, "Is it really mine for keeps ? " "Really and truly for keeps," said Dot. Dorothy May explained it all to her mother after the happy little girl had left, that somehow she Just did not miss Eleanor Blue very much when she saw how happy she had made Bonny Jean. In her heart she felt that It was truly "more blessed to give than to receive," and hugging the one little doll closely, she whispered, "Merry "Mer-ry Christmas, Alice Blue." C WssterD Nwipapr Ualofc. V - - - - |