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J 0 J fi r I L Ni 1 r IC 1 rs Z 13 r g 1 iY nL i t. t 1 K B Ba aff r. r i lf t 1 ay oil is t iI t. t 1 1 J ane 0 1 L t C J Jr f t kI r Jh r jr 1 n HE ure are u a lot tut ot ut men out oui oulI d that lumber combs camps in the I tc W get gel home forr for aren't arent going y r 1 Christmas Margaret romp Tomp Tompkins 1 kips kins told lold n It group of young OUI i women at nt the theN Jf men and rf j country club carl early In 1 k N N 11 mi f vember I want to tu get gel u a theo ll Ie f for r every one une ul Utah Jas h hag bag g bag hag t tId Christinas Who'll promise a tl said mid NIck Lor Lur Lorring or Id Il d like to tu help ring only t thing lung is Im I'm u green at thai that sort of thing Do you suppose yon tl could get et someone to 10 make male a 11 hag bag and nil fill it if I P paid f for r lt it Wi Yes Ive I've thought of that that fluid thai that a anice anice anice figured out Margaret Ive I dot dill three he be for nice hag bag g can got up mars lars A little later when Nick Lorring found Margaret alone he told her he wanted to he be responsible for ten ol ut the ba bags s Ill send you the check In Inthe Inthe inthe the morning Margaret pressed Nicks Nick's hand and looked up gratefully Into his e eyes es Youre the most generous man in n the said world she Nick yearned to take this opportunity opportunity to tell Margaret Just a little of his Increasing ever love for her but to do llo it now It seemed would be to taint with self interest the tenor of his generosity TIle The afternoon before Christmas Margaret telephoned to Nick at his office I 1 want to tell you yuu Nick said suld Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- garet that I filled all the bags and und they were so wonderful Each one une cost Just three dollars Now I 1 find tind that there is Just one uric left over o utter after all the men at nt the camp have ha been supplied As it Is nil all filled I 1 cant can't return the money hut but I thou thought ht maybe may may- maybe be you knew of some poor fellow who might like one one Nick thought n a moment as he held the telephone receiver 1 do know a fellow said he Used to work for tor us Then he quit and went to farming farm in lag ing over o In the next county count Sort ofa ofa of oi oia a luckless fellow Suppose I 1 take rule that than bag over oyer to him So after the office onice closing at live five Nick coiled called at Margarets Margaret's for the bag bah He planned to drive the fifteen miles milE's to the shack where Barry Smith lived d I and back before his seven en o'clock din nor nero The cabin seemed deserted Nick NIk forced a window and walked Ed In Rut But Barry was not to he be found Nick feltin felt feltIn In his pocket tet for a n match hut huh matches s she he had none Then he lie roped groped around Barrys Barry's s room but hut was no more successful successful suc suc- successful So with nearly frozen fingers he undid the wrappings s from coin the Christmas hug hag opened It and found round le fH er v 47 S I Yes Ive I've Thought of That Said Mar Margaret Ma as he had hoped a u box bos of matches with the cigarettes and tobacco In the tube bug By B. the time he hall had lighted n a alamp lamp found fuel and warmed himself the storm had covered lo the roads so that to attempt to return that thaI night would be an un act of folly toBy So Nick spent Christmas In poor Barrys Barry's forlorn for lorn torn cal cabin in Fortunately for fur Nick he carrl carrier carried d. d inin InIn in inIn In his car cur II n box of 01 groceries bacon bread rind and butter as a present to Barry Barn to help through the winter Mutt Much ol 01 of this he left for Barry on Ull hl hit his return from front the rest reM he made his own rathel meager er Christmas dinner But 11 It li It hadn't been for Margarets Margaret's lag liag Chrismas Christ Chris Christmas mas toils would have been a n doleful day In indeed deed When Nick went to see Margaret u L r- r 01 ut Ills uis Ims way nome blithe on oil I JO 0 U. U lu ht found her in a u state stale of lit real Somehow v I felt fell responsible for fill tin tIll whole thing said Margaret You were responsible for the toll fui till I that thai I hind had a u rut rather lie l pleasant grist Christ Christmas 1 nuts mils after nil all You kept kepI me UK l frou freezing and amid binning to lentil death von turn II ht me ore with t nod good book es ind a it mouth organ argon fuel kept me mite fron trait te degradation II by of soup snap tumid u If i 1111 hn bug bag was a ti godsend Oh nit Nick said Margaret will eyes er very tender i 1 feel as aF H ii i knew so su better you because n- n his Margaret salo Nick Ive beet brei Il ln to get up nerve for ihre months to tell felt you rou I love you you ta to 11 hi hiI I traction And Ancl ever since you tu sent m me the till riu heck for the bags Ive I've known I want wani wanted ed cd to liens hear you ou tell rae me nn Margaret ta uret by McClure N Newspaper I I er erIce tee Ice 0 |