Show 00 S anta ron ta A 0 N 4 A L as v ilk li ir f sassa r J r aa asa ahw f afar AN gg AM decided it was C it y high time lie did Soul ething something big clete lie was on tile the fur far side of forty vo no money no so calill po position for chauffeur were lit tit alu inore nian o than servi ints lie le thought find and no wife or family lie ile was ever even in ill more dp desperate erate straits lie ile wua ena enamoured of the young willow it ii woman about thirty six felt for whom lie was working lie ile wits waa alternately token with its fits of despair and hope about mrs irs allan more frequently it was despair lio however wever for lie he imagine anyone so charming and yo so rich its 3 mrs allan caring anything tiny for him hut there were times ahert she smiled sallied tit at him with special graciousness anti talked to hini him for it a longer tinie time than was actually necessary for tile the trans transaction of the bustness busti I 1 in hand find ills hopes rose rest after al many womer had biad inar married their chaulT eurs ile he wits was not bud looking in filet fact lie ile tali had always vc 0 alt gj had it reputation for being something of a beau bea ii IS 11 r it rn in lit in el a 1 ile he 4 comforted himself with tile the thought that there were worse men certainly christmas was i approaching and lie racked ills his IL brain to know how lie could buy Ms mrs allan something that would really be worthy of her ile he carefully gathered gatli ered together 9 every cent lie ho had in III tit lie world sixty dollars abid bought it neat little watch lit he had noticed in it jewelers wl titlow christmas eve lie culled called tit at tile the jewelers for ills pur purchase chu put the little package safely in ills his pocket and started oly oil into the crowded street at the earlier corner some one was vas making a 11 speech there wu was s tin an enormous of people gathered and it wai lini cult to puss pass Illi finally ally aleaton reached ahe lie other of the lh street RIO tits his ile he put tits ills 1 hand and into tits his pocket to warm warin it a litile arid and was shocked to ind find could it be possible the little pac kac pone gonot wildly lie he run back through the lie crowd e looking on tile the street for it and asking people if they had seen it of course it wits was nil all useless it wits was merely the usual ense case of if the christmas christinas time pickpocket ile he was insanely angry lie he must have it it mount meant everything to him ordinarily tile the most inot honest man in the world lie was completely overcome with the jeslie to get back in adv way the equivalent of what lie liati 0 o sonic tine ila biad robbed him film lie he would rob somebody corne body else A little ahead of him lie he saw a ll dressed women her full fill of packages anc without thinking ile went straight towards her to slip one of them another rann ninn was wag seized with tile sain anin hiva him their hands viet met the alie norunn turned sharp harp ty 13 the anan hail had tile the sago in n hi lind struel aitu in th foo f oo ina a fight wt a n fight GIFTS A AT T CHRI CHRISTMAS e I 1 tit at christmas time i were cro common in medieval times accounts tell of the fi chand chandless chandlers lers guild sending out grat Is to every cery one onen it special sort of candles tan illos which were cre burned with ja tile yule log to light tho tit houses 11 j for tile coining coaling of a supernatural lupoi natural 1 1 k I 1 visitor bakers also sent seat out yule cakes gradually Gra duall y alie ti t a sen 11 tini elit of peace on earth goo good t H will to men and the celebia nj i flon of the spirit by general f 1 l gifts seems to liae have r ki through gli tile other guilds and j ft finally to liae have general 1 i p in which aleaton pursued tho the other trying to live jlee the woman panicky was mas screaming for tit alie police soon severn beia pollee poll nian appeared appealed and tile was ci caught llIght aleaton forgot flint lie too had been trying to rot lob the woman to everyone epo oue even to himself ills caso case was clearly that of tile alio righteous ninn mail pursuing the 0 ell all at tile police 0 tati oll for the lie first time iune line face to fac face e with tile the robbed w oman milan T h 0 y brila registered hui prise al airy allan I 1 oil oh mr air heaton it was you sou I 1 11 then who so bo nobly helped me gim so grateful ill 1 she I 1 0 wes weak front from the anent of thu the adventure and leaned comfortably on oil Ilea tons arm the thief was given a preliminary Y hearing showed lie had it whole pocketful of articles lie he had ta taken lit in the crowd among the things found was tile little watch had bought for art allan 1 I shall liaro have the jeweler je veler who sold nie me that prove proe it Is mine said aid aleaton when alir n lie saw iw it or rather yours ours lie added turning to mrs allan it was to have hac been becil your christmas gift oil how wonderful of you voil exclaimed mrs allan all in her eves showing sh otting dearly clearly liow how much she thought of tile gift and more inore of tile the giver they wy say tho the gossips talked quite a litto little when sonic some weeks litter later ahey iva learned ined that ira ars allan lind had married 0 her chauffeur but they say too that the lie couple wore were MI a completely happy they tavy mind the it a bit ac 1924 western newspaper New union |