Show WANTA P CLAUS by EDITH L HEARN 5 by li mcclure lecture ne newspaper manlic slate street sheet was sunbaked sun baked in the noonday heat beat robert fosdick made brief cere ceremony fony of Ian luncheon cheon and hurr tell lied I 1 mck buck to I 1 alie I 1 ie electric fan swept coolness of ills office on the like tenth floor lie picked up ills mints aunts letter that lint had come lit in the morning mall mail and reft lead ait it again bar bai harbor would ile be fine at tit tills Is time of if year lie thought looking out over the harbor at tile the pleasant vinta of 0 water oab white clouded sky dut but kates rather insistent that 11 m moans elsie Is there ills in were interrupted in fly un tile voices of the two stenographers s wish I 1 had all the money mone thlin till mrs smith lias sigried signed mabel over a moil mt peanut butter sandwich wils ns it hw millions she spent in three weeks not that ini im dying for a couple or of gold until bath tubs but id just ns as soon have a swell car cai and a string of dl diamonds as big us cherries and all the other little accessories you ou can buy with that much money what would you iou do with alth flie five millions bess oil dear it be fail gurgled bess enthusiastically tile ilie very first tiling thing rd id buy would be a doll for mary louise n golden hijii ed cherub of a doll then id hire a nice anian to take tnie care of tier her day da times thues find chos hoaM iary louise I 1 ibel asked louise Is just two tier her father died over oer a year boar a au 0 o and her died just juist last week and there in t a soul to bring tier her up except me file or a home I 1 told tier her mother ill id try to keep tier I 1 persuaded mia airs cassilly cassidy who lias has three children of tier her downto own to take care caie of mary alary louise while I 1 in at work and alid then I 1 have hae tier when I 1 get home and we have hae a lot of fu fun week ends enda oil oh yes murmured mabel politely and after id bought some file pretty prett clothes for enry louise bess went on thong thoughtfully ht fully 1 I think id give fill all the hie wounded and sick veterans ete ians like lie best vacation they the ever eer hall ill id take lake them all on auto tides rides every avei single sibio le ilav day if they wanted to go arid and ill id got to who take dictation at 1 TO from ml hobbs said mattel aubel gathering up tip the lie remains rein uius of liei her lunch hess besl fol lowed her slie she too usually took too lie ile tation at 1 30 front from mr I 1 fosdick tier her employer was fingering ills aunts letter when hess bess entered ills 33 office with w atti tier notebook 1 I have no letters to dictate mr ro Fo bodick alck dick said then alien us its she ill e rose ky by the way wai silis miss sil is powell I 1 er jut ju t overheard you ou and hurt talking how flow would you ou lale to t liae have the use ilse of lily in liagin chaliff eui eur and arar it holds seven for the next nest week to take vit 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