Show I 1 faw is ptiip a y i ij i j 11 u 0 0 YOU over ever win anything in D thos e contests you aro are always alof entering muriel wll wil igon son queried of 0 her sister bister agnes who was home tor for the holidays as they sat on oil the bed doing up last minute family t ats christmas eve ete wot yet A agnes gnes laughed rut nut by the law 12 os of averages I 1 should win romett mes soon id say muriel said grimly youve yo uvo been entering contests of one kind and another ever we were infants and mother entered you in a prettiest baby contest where I 1 began my losing it if id won then I 1 id d probably have kept on winning vise like these people wo we read about who live on what they make mak a from contests eyl muriel scoffed what inalea you do it just my love of adventure im really a born gambler la in EL a discreet away way of 01 course why I 1 write for my living lust just to see it if my brain children will find a place or came back I 1 coln flonie e to lo me ine t ri i was vas it your love of adventure or gambling amb liag spirit or whatever you yon call III it that abat made you turn down harold leyan three years ago when ho he came i home from college with his cousin fre fred d to wend spend the holidays now why did aid you do that agnes he was everything anyone would want in a husband looks family money and arent we always told that marriage is the great adventure maybe it Is IB an adventure but what sort of a gamble Is it to marry a man harold decided to deliver the prize in person who already has everything no I 1 preferred to gamble with my own career and now that youve made a success abere li la the gamble in ifft lt muriel carefully stuck a sprig of holly in the knot of her red tissue ribbon when agnes replied it was la in a more serious marmer manner since you ask me so BO pointedly muriel dear I 1 think perhaps if aar har i old lost his money during tho the depression tie as so EO many did and it if he were wera to present himself now as a man winning nin g hla way through his own efforts i 1 elgh g ht trpo rust myself to adventure along with wit h him L but D I 1 falcy 1 atoo 02 late hes p probably fl fauna as less adventurous us soul ere ie this most st likely muriel answered as aa she rose to answer the door bell which had bad been ringing guess ave S lome boito alone aoby 69 she hurried harried down the stair 1 p i five minutes later she bhe was back trying vainly to refrain from ay any bea 6 show of excitement excite ments sopa yes vim on n business tor for you yon aagnes i agnes hes the persistent kind insisted he be had bad to see you right now P oh well all right ril ill go d down own land rna get it over with agnes took orl off wt smock and departed I 1 1 j muriel heard heard aga agnes surprised himton bu bul it t was some tape ber boilore tha she was summoned to join the tha two la in the living aam room below muriel Is lust just dying to congratulate me agnes gayly greeted her younger sister behold sister r nine mine ive actually won in a contest you see bee 11 harold old la Is managing editor now ot of the paper that was running this particular contest when the judges were 1 sort bort of stuck stack as to which of three people ale had bad won second prize they referred the matter to him and recognizing your honorable St sisters aters name among the three ile he immediately decided in her favor anil and came in person to deliver IV it but I 1 thought it was tor for another reason I 1 was wag to congratulate you muriel did not try to conal conceal al her dis i appointment thora there Is ll harold arold answered promptly 1 I let agnes speak first but the tha reason I 1 had bad for bringing agnes the tha i prize in parson was to seo gee it if I 1 could win this prize person just then the door of the room adl joining was thrown open and another eve r coated young man appeared this tm time 0 it was agnes turn to show astonishment ish ment of all things fred kyall have hava you 3 ou been bean there all tho the time sure thing I 1 camo came with parold a sort of moral su support P port you ton see muriel and I 1 have bare our wedding wadding all planned lets make it a double one 1 I to which bright idea aboy all joyfully agreed hug hugging one another alaa merry christmas Christma ort ia nast rosr |