| Show 0 A christmas I 1 0 1 movie J 1 by ALDEN C ull bests no pep al 13 am awret cot voiced christmas chime chimes were tc echoing hollig out a choma melodious and and mabel pi rend sat la in the mitor parlor mi tor of ne cosy little firt ab orbed la in reveries thal lir ow ce season som net nat aurally brought to her ner face was wa dot not a appy one for hr lenorea me norea wen were freighted with ii it sadness that had shadowed tier ber life for ten yean yeam she line ild wedded rodney durand a cloe close friend of her brother now dead and both had bad been employed la in the prosperous crous mercantile house ani A t ber her father lie ile too had bad DOW now away and mabel was wa along alon in the cd except for hr her little daughter enna ems only teo ten yean years jd the little calt C alt came tripping joy ucil into the no goow at that moment oh mamma ahe she cried nhat do you think our neighbor in lie the next nest flat sire mrs brayton ayton nr wants tie us both to be ready in an boor hour to go with ber her to it tie e movie movies sirs mrs brayton had bad been a cheering element in the lonely life of mabel durand for over two month months mrs durand had more than once during ti elf brief acquaintanceship conversed with the neighbor she the seemed to especially like about her past history it was a tragic one two tao years after her marriage to hod rod ney durand her Luil euband band had been arre and sent d to tinson for or embezzlement from ler father I 1 loved rodney and nd I 1 always shall insisted mabel there must be orae some mistake in the fearful charge they have brought Sli allt him there Is done none replied her father sternly lie ile bat has dia disgraced graco ni us lie ile stole tole from me boldly still mabel hoped and waited ant an I 1 at the end of two years when hodney rodney wag was released from prison the he bure b ure sl st bently the reproach ot of never bearing hearing a worl ahm him so 90 mali had talked of her broken life and now it was Christ christides Chri stines mea time again aad and the occasion brought rought lil a ead sad remembrance of those day days in the happy past when she and little erma bad had known a ten tender d e rh r h bearded e a arted hu an and d a beatle indulgent father mr mrs brayton cl tied casually all thi nay ay to the th istir and told I 1 ler er she had seen the picture play twice and was uns greatly impressed by it it Is the etory story of the life of a wr wronged misjudged man she suld said and I 1 inow it will interest you the a reon reen outlined the lie course of business in a modern counting room hun as n there entered a new now figure little alrina close to the tile side of her mother not an I 1 exclaimed oh mamma that actor looks just like the picture you have of diar ab sent pupa papa sire mrs durand gasped and tot teel I 1 aa di I 1 ill ary A 1 Z in plain view 11 odrey detroyd destroyed IL k lii in ber her seat sent the gentle soothing hand of 0 sirs birs brayton st at addled and quieted her r L J do not bo be startled or excited dear friend she he binens bin end 1 I had a afir pur boie in bringing y yn in ahre as you will ill soon know g hatefully the th principal irin cipal of his this movi v I 1 Is rodney durand your husband and my broth ir I 1 or his sake anke I 1 have got acquaint ed d fth you for bolh your sakes I 1 cirp n e t abbout 0 o till ulf elli a 11 e 31 t ite he 7 embezzle rna crime n 4 e aas as faithfully depleted nn if it ii showed howel another r is as the 64 real criminal her own brother her hus hu tiu s i I 1 band hal taken bis his blame tearing the penalty and ri rt to save her brott broiler er from disgrace die grace at a critical moment her brother hill ha 1 t sent ent a full confession to rodney odney It taking th IN blahn for the crime in plain view few rodney in the action of the tile riece piece destroyed it do you comprehend now questioned mn mrs brayton rayton Il softly oh how we nave have wronged my poor dear rodney sobbed mabel cria you forgive forir lve himl him will he ver ever forgive me ob ON that I 1 could find him you stall and when they y reached r e a home mrs sim crayton left her r t friend ril e ral for a few moments to reappear with I 1 her brother higher ecung edun tu t sladon ni n chin chits bella merrily echoe the happy sweet voice and beside the little chris rang tr thrill had been trimmed for arins 1 e t iree free min eft en soul joined in the joyous kni wlee ige that their paths it I 1 1 genii 1 I 1 ati r the arhold flat ar lr i a 1 I into tia I 1 i boil dun nuo r f I 1 I 1 i |
