Show ss sit I 1 falot i 3 by S D B HACKLEY A by tho mcclure news paper syndicate oil many minutes on the afternoon tant t h n t robertson II 11 0 b c r t s 0 n co marked down d 0 w n their window suits to 25 iva ellav ellworth orth chislee Bati fords v 1 a I 1 11 to 0 r watched from elskes automobile with sympathetic 1 bathetic eyes a little liliuo nine woman who stood b lievore the window and directly lit in front of a navy blue cont coat suit of clil flon broadcloth stead stood nt at tile side of the ba lj td tile the sidewalk anti tits his ene dyeson ey eSon oti ivas face ile he had anade excuse to leave tits his bookkeepers desk when lie hall had seen hisle elsie come lu in the store and leave her guest alove in the car so bo lie did not keo the little banic wor tinn 1 I wish said the girl irrelevantly everybody could have their dearest christmas christinas wishes L V Halste ads smile was a bit wl wistful 41 echo your heavenly kind ti it e iva va ellsworth was waa the dixie nose ive abig n big wish fir myself ai pi city or useful its pretty useful and good everything lints lovely and desirable ble I 1 IMIS vi is eyes were on oil the package lit in tier her up hip hut but she felt that lie he was too look tug nt lit tier lier in unconscious appraisal find and tier pulse leaped tell me about it christmas eve eliis I 1 mraie she added a little confusedly fu sedly whether you get it or riot not indeed I 1 will I 1 lie he promised miss adrinna truls elderly and neglected by tier lier only relatives lier her dead brothers family gave a glad little cry when slie she saw tier her 0 older ider nephew in tier her door thi that lit ev evening elling delmar felt a little prick of conscience a as s lie kis kissed iced tier her for a few moment i tin the little woman 11 tittered about him film thru then set about preparing the evening meal silo she insisted Insil sted lie must mint manre lin re while file ars out of the room delinar accidentally dropped tits ills fountain pen in tier lier wastebasket As lie ched filled it out ab nb bently smoothing the hie s sli heets oeta of crumpled note paper in which it fell hh 1119 ees caught in ills hla aunts cranium crampe d scrawl to mrs irs mir laiu fain halstead my mother lit in heaven lie re read ad on T lver ver body hut but me ino Is thinking of christ christians inns wishes gifts possible for them to tine have and oil oh mother darling I 1 wust must tk tell somehow what i lint I 1 know I 1 cannot have hae or my heart will break hrank I 1 01 1 want somebody of my iny people to t s sit it tit at my trible table to laugh and to talk ich with roe me to live wilh mo me mid and love met it in I 1 the four years since you and father went nw afy ny ive been lonely lonely ii 1 I could not hear bear it it if it were riot not for or delmar when heis he Is liero here I 1 play phi lie he lles lives with tile me and I 1 forget for it a blessed hour or so I 1 am alone and oil oh mother my roses are going my fence unintended ended find and lit my house unpainted and my clothes cloth es nrc are ettling shab shabbier bler every lay day I 1 tin lun afraid they will soon coon not be respect mile enough for church burch oil oh little mother I 1 want a new dress I 1 want ph mother ought I 1 to covet flint coat putt full in co s window the little blue french broadcloth that would just ht fit nie me I 1 the orda words ended here the alie writer bad evidently crumpled the paper and thrown lbrown it in the basket when she licano his ring 10 ewhen whon delmar ent home lie he walked 67 b y tile lie corner and looked at tile the blue gult twenty five uve doll dolra rs represented an crip engagement gement ring I 1 iva would accept it iva lived with her cousins in tho the next state and wn ans 4 used to luxury find and his fits bookkeepers R try ary was only 75 a month but delmar dolinar had resolved on oil christmas eve miss Adri atins flo orbell rang to admit robertson nob crlson to aki s porter with a great box marked love under the lid hy by fl bunch giunch of violets a lacy I 1 lse a pretty blue velvet of trim shoes and the broadcloth suit stilt of the wind telny like one lit in it dreifu miss misi Adri alia put on the things and pren prilly dolmar delmar came tn lit wearing lits bis evening n bould ahli go with him film to ft soo ilia hlll eltiy tile young ruling of tile hie town wm were giving A itose of old dixie disk with tier iier race like ake the down dawn miss ailt hina widened nichea tile tho players vl ayers lva ivi insworth Its worth was the dixie hoseit witching her heroine olne blaul nelson tier lover iva played tier her part with brilliancy but pauls heart prompted tits his acting it was as fervent real r delmars urs mind was wit toru torn with indecision dut near the tha end of tile the play lie ho looked at the little lonely belille hill for tho the pathetically happy mid anil quite suddenly ills his mind wits made up Aun auntie auntee tle lio he said abruptly to tier her when they were dignin in tier her living room will you let tile me come live with you mother need me ilia shed going to lo lie be married ninn led soon to dr ash toy ley wyott wed ved be company for each other if let me lue ill move tily my desk and other ollier things over tomorrow alss Adri adrianes anas happiness of the evo eve ning til iii compared with tile new joy was as it drop oi oi water to the ibe ocean that evening iva allsworth received a bouquet of pink cA carnations nation s find and it note that disked tier lier acl ad pardon tile writer for bf braking brakl faking ng ills his promise to call and begging her to accept ahls congratulations ions on oil tho lie success of tho the play 1 I get what I 1 wanted for christmas the noto note ended 1 I dare in tile face of things lings ti to ask tor for it for several months tho the world held no happle happier creature than miss aarl tinn then she observed that delmar delinar find Aas occasional lonal its fits of abstracted unnatural ral to him Grat gradually lually it dawned upon tier her that bebas he waa troubled over something where ls Is that pretty ellsworth girl no now del do you know site sire asked him lalib tentatively ono one morning early in december lie he started nt at tier her question and bho noticed with a sinking heart that the paper lie he lind had shook a little bryce J i co garth told me 1110 yesterday paul nelson wits was married lit lie answered tier her and though hryce bryce know tv to irl I 1 rl ri think it must knust be to allan ellsworth auntie later lit in the day searching for a lost curt cuff button of Dol delmars mars she bhe came upon a picture of the girl ile he loved her he gave up askin asking tier lier to marry him her troubled britni mind reasoned to make a home for me ine and now lie Is grieving for herl her I 1 As the weeks passed miss adriana paled under the weight of tier her secret trouble delmar became uneasy tor for tier lier find and a few days bea before 0 re christmas eat seat s her berto to near by city to aee ont on t of ills friends a fine young physician there that afternoon crossing tho the street to the railroad station miss adriana felt herself caught find and pulled wick back just in time to escape being run over by a heavy truck that came around the corner the girl who saved tier her helped tier her to the lie ladles indies sitting room of the 8 station t a alon but wh when ea t tier her train irain caina it a few feve minutes later hiter she wits was too blinken and nervous to attempt to board it oil oh what will delinar delinar think when I 1 dont cornel stio alie exclaimed delmar I 1 the pretty girls checks grew a deeper pink and miss s adriann knew tier her to ile bo iva ailsworth nils worth my nep nephew liew delmar halstead alstead II with I 1 live in ISe Ite vIew she ile explained explain why review Is h only twenty five miles cried the girl ill telephone him blin find and lie can call como coine for you I 1 in n nu an automobile 11 when alil n site ca came m e 1 back ack I 1 miss adreanna UP lips S trembled over a question are ara you are arc you iou married rn my y dear when delmar came miss adriana was was mile to smile in wan gayety gaiety nt at ailin whore where Is the lady that saved you yon lie to asked presently its as lie knelt beside |