Show Eil almor ARLAN turned slowly from M MARIAN where she had been surveying herself tor for a critical moment and looked across the room at her twin sister im so tired of all this christmas fuss she said languidly it is all so old fashioned so outdated are arc you expressing my feelings dadines Na dines voice was even more languid but how bow in the world are we going to make our dear family feel as we do about the matter you know they are already in the throes of christmas preparations she threw out her slender hands in a gesture of infinite boredom as she finished we can let them know that we ve wont be a part of the silly business we can serve notice on them that we are going to work against all the noise and fuss that is made about christmas forgetting their pose of boredom and sophistication for a moment the seventeen year old twins jumped excitedly around the room just think of how they will be shocked kedl marian cried 1 I can fee see mother and dad it is all going to be so exciting fighting the world so to speak but they were taken back quite a little when they announced their big news mothers voice was very serious if you really feel that way I 1 guess the rest of us will have to celebrate without you were going to miss you a lot of coursed course but we must consider your feelings the twins failed to see the twinkle in her eyes as she looked across the table at dad As if to make matters worse bill and dick laughed in derision at their plan 1 I bet be on their knees to get in on our tun fun beim TOY X going to do like everybody else she said fore christmas bill predicted and as if that were not enough he suggested that now there would be nothing to buy for the twins maybe he could have the moving picture outfit he had wanted so long 1 I hope you dont change your mind sweet sisters he cautioned as he proceeded to put a huge piece of pie in his mouth 1 I do want that picture machine pretty bad the twins threw scornful glances in his direction they trust themselves to speak there were things they had forgotten when they made their big resolve to do away with christmas preparations As soon as dinner was over they hurried from the table the days that followed were not very happy the twins could find no one interested in their plan to change the way of keeping christmas even the most modern of their friends laughed them to scorn no one was really interested in advancement they decided here they were willing and eager to get a new crusade started one that would save time and temper and money and no one not even their best friends would lend a hand they grew fretful impatient even peeved at each other one evening nadine came home and found marian in their mothers bedroom peering into some boxes that had just been delivered nadine smiled to herself and hurried from the doorway so marian would not see her but next day in the toy department of smiths store things came to a showdown the twins ran into each other found themselves side by side clutching for foolish things that lay on the counter brown eyes challenged blue as the thea stood in the crowded aisle guilt showed plainly on both faces then nadine was speaking quickly incoherently you might as well know marian im chucking your silly plan im going to do like everybody else im going to make a big fuss about christmas I 1 want to push through the crowds to buy foolish things to hang up holly wreaths to to do just everything I 1 and if im not mistaken youre just dying to do the same youre absolutely right marian answered utterly careless of the amused glances thrown in their direction weve been a pair of fools but were going to have one grand and glorious time in the two days that are left were going to make the biggest fuss about christmas that has ever been made before as western newspaper union |