Show her christmas present was a lovely daughter its BURKE wept a little as she 1 hiis I trimmed the christmas tree tr ee this will be the last time she thought next christmas ill be all alone in the world her son whistled as he shaved getting dolled up his mother thought all tor for that girl she held a bright bulb aloft ns as thou though it she must lash dash it to the flour floor thought better of it and hung it on the tree ready mother ill drop you at church on the vday ay over to Dorot dorothys bys in just a minute son oh ob my son my son athy hy must you leave me your first christmas seems only yesterday the beautiful old anthems fille oiled d the church cod so loved the world that lie gale gaie ills his only begotten son the text mure more blessed to give than to receive sacrifice I 1 must give up op my son ills happiness meant means more than mine they were waiting for her in front of the church young and happy say mother dorothy 1 I have you spending christmas alone mrs burke were all goin ing out and celebrate you see my brother got married last summer and I 1 know just how we felt that we were osing losing him and so forth but I 1 really gained a dear sister and so I 1 want you to be just my other mother and think of us both as your children joy swept back into mrs burkes heart such it a wonderful christmas present she cried A daughterly daugh terl helen gansford Gals ford CO western newspaper union |