Show rt kT i 7 Sc KiU awad A LIT LE it by AVIS INGALLS INQ ALlS V COURSO there ans IB snow bowl newly y 14 fallon lion w what if a t would christmas christinas be without that and id sleigh bolls bolle 11 I 1 a tinkle slid and cheery aery gr outings and 1 glad e 1 a d soma s 0 in 0 smiles illch on every lifted ad and thero there were clear twinkling stars n now 0 w abono tho the house topa looking down from a deep bauo sky shy and of course ht was waa nothing but hustle and hustle in most places anti and nil all tho the necessary hullabaloo that majca christmas tho the adorable holiday that it la is but and hero here Is whore ray my story comes in on oil a quiet where tho the better aofter class of houses stood a hway away from tho the shopping Al district strict and the creot car lines a little facto was vaa against the windowpane window pane patio and two mike largo tears down byer over a straight little nose other little cirlo were vero joyfully looking forward to this i happy season but elizabeth felt findly badly at a 0 lose loaa and out of place its iia bho lie in ili her black velvet and laco in liar hor brand m othe raj hugo hug a draw ing inc room she had bad over overboard hoArd tho the pari par i lov lor ennid and the upper house mald lu a whispered conversation the poor dar darlina darll lint nt nora tho the house anid had said tho the poor dar lintl and la Is it christmas tho th little ones after havin harln nover a bit ot of dont i 0 o bellove believe oh tile tho poor lamb iambi 1 that solemn and aliff liko alko la in her black dress think of 0 cooka ruby nuby rigged out ilke tharl said ellen do you think thinie stand it for a minute not on your life shed bo be down dova under the tao table pulling tho the cats tall and bed be teasing lier her mother for goodlie good tea lis when she aho got tired of 0 thail dut but this we faced mite eliea passed from one calculating relative to another till sho eho got it a speck of czip left jn in her do you know what lauby do shed run away and ellen laughed outright at tho thought it was waa here that Elt elizabeth had slip blip ped into tho the window recess her pulses throbbing it if cooks attle glit girl could run away why oho nho BUZ elizabeth abeth had not known it could he bo so cold when ono got out into afie night but the kurs had a friendly twinkle and the ohof windows looked ho feo jp otty with eboli tinsel dra drapl nga and red paper bells belle tuat she bho almost tag cold as she she went eagerly aroi ou collection 0 of toys toya to another all felt jhb of children as sho ebo shoulders with ragged and pinched faced little girls who gazed quite as eagerly as elie efio at the afie christmas dolls hold aae outstretched arms to tho the passers by ato are they aro they to sell bell she asked timidly of a little girl who aho held her baby sister by the hand and stamped her foot feet to koop keep them warm sakes alive yeal said the etheri la in astonishment aint that one with the black curls too cute for anything I 1 she added gazing at it with wistful eyes could wo we goin go in and and buy it imbed earnestly course we conid it if wo we had tho ninety eight canta conada on sold ellzabeth elizabeth and grasping her compan c compan by the hand band sue be plunged into tho store the ddll with the black curgal sho libe stammered may f 2 buy bui it tor for this little girl sure buro said the salesman E lizabeth elizabeth fished a dollar bill out or of her leei ottlo chala chain puree and watched curiously as aa the child lifted tuft I 1 doll tenderly in h hor 0 arms and walked out i forgetting in her delight to say 4 thank you iou and the aaby b aby slater sister toddled 4 41 after out in tho the street again elizaboth Ell saw two email small boys boyls with their faces aces glued to the window of the tha next shop chero sticks of candy lay in afi fascinating rows and chocolates and gum drops buet wore hoap OAn with trays traya ot of fudge and aid molasses candy in between sho she stopped and without an any i hesitation this ahne save gave them each cach a cent her chain was empty now her exhilarating occupation gone and she ebo stood a forlorn little figuro in her ermine and velvet on tho the corner ot of the crowded street she hid remained thus for somo some lit tte time when she cho heard a quick stop step behind her ber and she eho was quickly grasp graap eld dd by strong but kindly hands and swung on botho to tho steps I 1 sobol sobo so bol bo a said d a big man who had I 1 come up the street mistrow mistress elizabeth lockerby Roc kerby what aro ae you uarl to betsy jane cousin bob gasped rasped jE Elfia elizabeth both s yes cousin bob and now lefi cry your trail little blateri glater Bla terl 1 I 1 1 I ran away falterer elizabeth well come along in and ill intro dilce you to the cousins said cousin bob cheerfully and then ill era up ui and tell theny them that ivas our aturo to hava hate you and elizabeth snuggled her har andem PU YInto her bli big cousins cou alna halide an aa aaa upped forward forc rard lato into a av aix 42 |