| Show j i runtime and i christmas time I 1 i I 1 copy 41 till w 14 spot les nu ure mrs nancy blair W uttered the word in a profound gasp 0 of t for the ant first tine 1 in n tm twenty enty yeara yearl her i er husband hue band alvin had kissed her iiii III face took on sudden flush flu 1 h of color showing ebat hi his strangely angely tr en a asial nt n t bad had moved her to the depth depths 1 it the christmas spirit flut tee d nancy but she he wai was wrong and abood staring after the he man inan she he ad taken as a a life partner a because she he had bad truly loved him blin what in tho the world does ahat mean juenal abe lint but alyin alvin wn was gone an if it half shamed at his and hurried to his wagon outsole I 1 musing time I 1 I 1 he a nn I 1 lipply it transpired 11 1 I ct cul titan lut t help it I 1 dear I 1 she seethed to prize that birst token of of the dull I 1 led lod ling yearn years alv aly n hummed an old love song that liat took him back to the early das da of lie ile glowed up tie homes as lie petered ix ered through the trea of ofa a eroe near the he roal then he chuckled as an he be caught leht of a 0 allin slim a hillh figure and a coir panion she WB lauella morse 1 i orse the daughter of a neighbor liel libor ati and d beside her was wa hie his own hen han deonie doorne a j noble wa 1 r they tood stood near together fairly tac to ana ana their attl attitude tude betokened acknowledged thi T his will give 1 nancy a genuine our ur ailse ruminate ruml natel alvin 11 N ell 11 now lock look at that more surprising thi this time near the dairy barn bam aton ln noticed hie his hired inin min alan py k aj j perd peered through the th lafle Loaf lese lj ton convening con with marty bemick if ewick and then he her alvin thought of ot hour how his hi wife had fea ed that the I 1 helpful dependable daylou soon icae leme for hie his ahme h me la in aljo next coaty coty L 1 he ile will and t f will marry delred alvin and r will be bo glad to let them bae haie the tittle little cottar Cot tae for it solves the farm management oh this col got ten kissing time I 1 lie bent his ear attentively as a the echo of music lre breached ached blin from the direct lou of the bouse the old organ cracked broken pretty retty p well out of commission he aid and anti nancy anay w en loy music 1 it it tak takes the last I 1 ve got she shall hare have a christinas ire I 1 resent ent worth having I 1 and the mem meru i ry of the kiss klas and tho the holl boll ht lo 10 I 1 ny to everything every abuwi the tb busi por tion of th the town taften influenced ced a 11 boar hour of brisk practical hoppler hoppl nr then than abtin 11 started homeward back la in th wagon cased up wa was a an Tic trola he found nancy stran strangely 11 excited c cited when he b went into the th evening m osil more than once onesi her band went secretly to her dree dress pocket which held a it precious pre cloua letter ab he had received that ha dy day then abe the began peaking speaking of their daughter ela elsa who bad had eloped two year years ego ago with ronald brute awn alvin I 1 ave heard from elea elm they are longing to lay i ny ua w a thelt 1 they repeated alej A 4 deep frown crossing hie his face tec oh alvin dont dout be piti leisl least I 1 have heard grand new nena donald has ha steadied tead led down dow n elsa Is so 0 o happy cant can t they come com e 1 I 1 shall not exactly abuse them he uttered ott ered bat but it will not be plena pleas ant to think they mey raa ran away to mend it again for oh 11 I 1 they love the old home and you and me tl TI ey will bj be here tomorrow ready for christmas and your blessing ile II 11 came into the houe house just after dusk tusk the next evening and from the parlor proceeded strain strains of music that told that nancy wae was already benj yang the then in the darkened dark ined hall ahin a baby car end and then oh alln Is that you cried out nanc lancy joyously lie ile entered the parlor it was wag to stand as nancy hell to lo ward him a I 1 lappi app eyed little child aho vho ho put her baby arms lout bis his neck and then kissed I 1 tin lour present pre ent alvin 11 spoke nancy in a quiver of delight their baby only a vear mr old ours and alvin pres cj the little treasure to his heart 14 1 d forgot forget all the poet past it aas ae a royal christmas eve and arid noble and bis his flance fiance and even dayton aza many were present at a celebration that made kissing time tithe and christ mas inns time the happiest occasion of their lives |
