Show ae aror feu nsf cs c s acia I 1 forgot to bring any M thing for your uncle murryl JL M father mother and daugh t ter halfway through high school were in it ft huddle in the pantry with tho the kid brother ripley rip for short hovering curiously beyond the door ne ile wont care dad the pretty brunette girl relieved her father fath er of his bundles with his bis radio act going over in a big way he can buy anything he likes I 1 hope he reme remembers abers a wrist watch with a little diamond Is nicer than a wrist watch with none whatever he gives you felicia act ns as it if its what you want most 1 l her mother warned horrigan would rather be b appreciated than anything else in the world ile he knows I 1 hire pretty negligees I 1 let him know how bow I 1 enjoy his presents presen tv 1 I was trying to land that contract with davidson the father explained and I 1 spent most of the evening with him at the mcalpin when I 1 left there was barely an hour to shop I 1 dare take a late train knowing wo we still had to deco decorate ratel vid did you yon get the new ornaments mother ier was pulling at ft a knobby packer sero dont bother that itt ira tats one father tried to take off his muffler while watching the parcels with eight year old sip rip calling arent you even going to say iloilo hollo dad sure bure soul eon I 1 I 1 was helping santa with hla his pack all 11 santa banta emph I 1 did you yon get my br bf cyler cyle well seel eee I 1 well acel As he went upstairs trailed by boyish impatience the words floated back 1 I simply forgot hurry harry have bare been time if id felicia can go to the haberdashers haberdashery haber dashers right hero here his wife solved the matter the important thing Is to get tho the tree eints finished hod and the tha gifts spread under it before hurry comes he al ways admires my tree felicia buy hla his arms were wera full of holly papered parcels him one gift from your father and me and one from you and your brother what would undo uncle hurry like itte mother IM M mm he ele has everything he needs and he be never mentions anything he wants ask the clerk to suggest something the silver star was aglow the last tat fat santa claus clinging to a limb felichas Feli cias purchases had been hastily wrapped in golden and greed tissue when the loor door burst open admitting horrigan ax barler ur of hurry and haste radio comedy team ills his arms anna were full of red green and holly papered parcels and biln jal am came at the e cheery ph ivr ys DU lir firms IDS full fall too I 1 datoy p ism em james my lad now hur ry to that girl of yours and make her hay while the snow falls ooma come tor me at eleven here dont you need a little extra res its christmas uncle hurry put a baj tn in the roans ans hand alq ani PU cic va A oi shut r K pi felicia what a lovely treel tree you ron always have something original so ate ehla henry hefty hows business and 00 looking around wheres wh eros rip lup ri bl i 1 apley 1 called felicia ringing flinging open the dining room door in the midst of discarded outer wrappings a red faced small boy was wag struggling with tissue and ribbons aw gee fuce I 1 wanted to tte it myself kw aw gee geel I 1 rhyd you have to go open the floor door I 1 spent all the tha money I 1 earned cuttin lawns last summer and shovel ln snow this week ae an aw goe gee tta its a fine gift if I 1 could get it fixed it would look swell uncle hurry jumped to close the door door go GO ahead old follow fellow we wont look 11 its no use saw rip came toward them theia with the sift gift protruding I 1 from its wrappings it wa waa a salad bowl with a wooden etc spoon chos it for ripley Rl pley mother asked uncle hurry I 1 felicia began to laugh what a gift tor for uncle hurry why rip bip you give salad bowls to ladles ladies not men rip looked disconsolate no ire said ha be wanted it we were passing that hop whore where they sell old things and he bo said you did uncle hurry you said eald jove jore what a quaint salad bowl I 1 rd id uko like that aw of course I 1 did next neit day when I 1 went to buy it for my kitchenette they old mid it had been put aside for some ama OB ira great areal to get it this way r I 1 1 1 fotss even santa claus would rather what treat he ha wanted was given giren to him than to buy it tor for himself said laid zip wisely A union |