Show A christmas story Is ii this tho the literary editor the horse reporter looked up and discovered a young lady standing in the doorway I 1 no ma madam datil he replied 1 I suppose you you have hake brought an original story and want the literary editor to commune with it yes sir replied the young lady 1 I have written a story and mamma thinks it is very good 0 d Is there anything in i it t about tho the leaves turning to gold and the velvety green of the leaves are now lookia looking g sere and brown because if there is it ita wont do the dull red e ember abe r racket is what we shall sha I 1 sh show 0 w the public from froni now until december got any fly dying embers in your yur story no sir sir mine Is is a lovely story all right tho the dull red glow of dying embers works b beautifully ej auti fully in 0 lova lovd lr L r 1 1 though aa as A a rule young men who fall in in lovo lovd bont n t have currency enough to buy a cord of wood to make embers of but why must I 1 write my story in that particular style V asked the young lady because it is the season for it you want to start out by saying that as harold nonesuch the rich banker sat sa in his magnificently famished dished parlor and gazed thoughtfully into t the he dull lull red embers of the dying fire in the gracej there came trooping up from the dim vistia of an almost for forgotten gotte n past men memories lories ead sad sad sail memories memori es that caused the unbidden tear to start dont make any mistake about the tea tear r bus business 1 iness an and d be sure to baye h aye only one t tear mr because the orthodox style in stories es and be certain it is an unbidden tear A tear that had rc received a cordial invitation to be present and start do at it all then say that the old mans mails thoughts wandered back to the happy days of his childhood bo be certain to have them wander back if you were to say a y hia his thoughts went back tho the story would be spoiled wander is 19 the correct style then when when I 1 you get tho the old man back to lis happy boyhood days you want to trot out bucy lucy r 1 V trot 0 out ti who lucy little lucy perk ins with her great blue eyes and golden huir hair the playmate of his ills youth that lie lio loved so dearly and always upon as his J future w wife ife then lug out another unbidden tear and bearb finally have the old ma man n break reak downin a storm of sobs its very sad it said gaid the young lady lucy died I 1 suppose and the old mans heart beart ia is breaking e no I 1 said the borao Te reporter poter lucy acy married another man an 9 then what makes the banker wee weep inquired the maiden sympathy for the other man BILL NYI NYE |