| Show Christmas Love Brought Her Joy I ELL girls I have made ronde It up with Beatrice Ann the UJ hard boiled of the office yanked off her coat aid aud hat hatamI and amI placed them In the locker that ranged across the end of the room No one paid much attention to Ann nn usually She was of such an explosive nature and said sold such Irresponsible things that she was not token taken seri serI- But the break between Ann and Beatrice had been of long standing and had been commented upon so much by Ann that her announcement caused the other girls to look up questioningly a n fact fact continued Ann and I am so ashamed of my treatment of ot her this tills lon long time How did It come about asked Sadie assistant to the department manager Well Nell rell exclaimed Ann I will have to confess my beastly nature before I Ican Ican Ican can tell you jou ou how It happened In a n spirit of spite I sent Beatrice a n Christmas Christmas Christmas Christ Christ- mas present which no one but good little Bea Ben could ever have hate accepted as ns anything but an Insult It makes no difference what It was Today noon I met her on the street and und she stopped me to thank me forthe for the pres pres- ent It was not the present so much Ann that came by mall said she What made me feel good was that you jou OU had been thinking of me Then she took hold of m my hand to caress It and said It was not any kind of a present that I wanted most from you jou ou Ann but your jour our love and companionship and sympathy I have been hungry for tor you jou OU Ann and you had no right to take yourself away from me I give you my wy love for Christmas will Christmas will you yon give glye me y yours rs And Aid little Ann tho the hard-boiled hard cried right on the street What do you ou think of that girls The day of miracles Is not past It seems commented one And now do you know what This from Ann The girls waited expectantly expectant expectant- ly for further Information from the erratic one Well VeIl I always thought Christmas was to get people to spend lots of ot money to send things to other people that hat they did not v want ant rattled oft off Ann Now I 1 have a n new understanding understand understand- ing of Christmas sin since co my most loyal friend has asked me only for my love and she sure Is going to get It C. It C. C F F. F Wadsworth Q 1985 Western Newspaper Union |
