Show F 0 pwe 0 va 01 P OW glorious I 1 now how wonder ful full I 1 thought dan an invitation for christmas I 1 christmas with rose mariel dan had been an orphan JAA at the same school with rose marle maria and a great friendship y had sprung up between them she had since been adopted by a kindly family in the east but had bad always kept in touch with her old friend danny now the invitation for christmas dan had never been invited anywhere for this one great K holiday and his whole being was stirred with great expectation danny had always had a most 4 pleasant christmas at the orphanage many generous per I 1 sons had helped make it so but he had never been to a real honest to goodness home christmas celebration uis his heart leaped with joy wonder how it will be wonder be there oh boy I 1 cant wait lets see pondered dan now how old is rose marie she was twelve when she left and that was five years ago why she must be seventeen and a young lady wonder how she looks wonder it if she still blinks those hazel eyes and shakes her molasses candy hair about like she used to do some days later an atmosphere of co complete christmas joy pervaded pervade d the cozy home of the gaylords Gay lords on east end avenue the turkey was sizzling in the oven and the great variety of yule cookies were ere being frosted and tinted with the christmas colors some hours later all was a hushed silence as the little family seated about the lighted tree awaited the guest of the evening soon there were footsteps crunching the snow and the next moment the loud lond peal of the doorbell father met dan with the cordial welcome of merry christmas my boy I 1 presume this Is danny our roses old friend from rye eye junction then mother and rose marle their faces wreathed in christmas smiles reached for dannys outstretched hands bands simultaneously danny had bad never in all the movies beheld anyone as lovely as rose marle 1 why rose marle Y you ou are wonderful simply wonderful the same eyes the same game hair oh I 1 here here you young people you r are forgetting its christmas merry christmas D an a n I 1 merry christmas christ m a s rose marle marie shout dad then fol followed loved an honest to g goodness 0 0 d christmas in a real home dannys eyes rested it seemed to say In golden letters merry christmas dan merry christmas dan c western newspaper union |