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Show fj-r-iERUY CHRISTMAS, grand-,i grand-,i HfV father!" a deep, young q III voice called out merrily. i JJ "Same to you, Billy," the f answer came back; "and Jjgllllp. a great many more of them, Vttf$l "Gee! I like that last, grandfather. It It sort of adds the right touch to the other. You yen would never hear a modern say that, would you?" Here Billy paused. "Do you know," he went on In a moment, "that sets me thinking that after all the old ways were not bad?" "Well, Billy, the old days were good days and we were not the slow, dumb crowd some of the moderns think we were. But the new days are good days, and I am glad I lived to see this age. "Why, Billy !" the old man grew excited ex-cited as he went on, "this generation has accomplished wonders. Think of the facts that have been done of late. And there are as many heroes as ever before. This year I have been clipping news Items from the papers about heroic deeds, and I have a record her, of nearly a hundred deeds of sacrifice and heroism. I don't think any ge could have beat that very much." Billy's eager blue eyes glistened. Bashfully he reached out his hand and put It over the worn old hand that lay on the arm of the chair: "Thanks, grandfather," he acknowledged huskily. "You're right. We may seem to be a hurrying, rather selfish crowd nowadays, nowa-days, but but when It comes to the real test, we can deliver the goods. And In spite of the masks we wear, we've got a lot of sentiment left" "Christmas answers that, Billy," the old man said slowly. "We need only look around us to see that men and women are Just as they always were and, maybe, Just a little bit better." Q. JI9. Weatern Newspaper Union.) |