| Show the i snow santy I 1 i M j by ALLISON LEE LEB te vaU wal 1818 ET her a go that ft wake him r re rn fel lowal old coral Mid if comine 1 out I of at ill his hut bild it was a the jay be form fore Cha Chils lalle tims her us nas a giant the b hut alt in quo question two ft as a a it dilapidated it up I 1 do fail hovel nt at the im bottom turn of 0 a lony s steep hah I 1 old tightwad vai the familiar epithet be ba dilim upon ell ellas gree geene 0 alla A crowd of ener energetic gatt c arld urchins had been buy busy mith a giant snow santa claus T the e great creat rotund trunk had beit ben duly IY rolled called jet into shop shape the fol fill imse lorang morning there had mine come a soft rain I 1 then he I 1 a sharp sham freeze th an enow would old park pack no a longer larger so BO the do lads ands went back to their suds coasting down dean 1 he to long g incline that ended at the edge of lilas greene 8 domain A coasting wed sled had bad broken two pickets picka et a la in the ticket rickets tince and old tight wait fad came call out roula furious wheeled wheat I 1 a borrow barrow f full ot edom to th the base of the h hill il 0 scat ferfin it about and ad spoiling the end and a ot tile the elide tile III his tormentors tor mentors 1 hooted ard him and ad dr him let aiuto the house houll amid in a fusillade fiedel of enow am hat balli q he roaring maring op lip at thron them that he would have t the e law on th them in the boys bay bid behind t behalf the to mammoth in an a 1 on enow ball one of their number dumber uttered a quick chair chuckle Is 1 I sav v fellows ile he grinned armard lets send old Tinh twid a christmas pro pres ent nt th the big sm snowball eballa she and then the thea clima C the great body of ice fee and it snow w went meet th thundering undrill don down the hill bill with nith terrific momentum I 1 11 cleared d the open gateway ran 20 open feet fact nud j just as the be denizen ot of t the i hut hat half opened oil the do booi it was ma to torn firm its hinges b by the impact of the lor inet our projectile which broke into frog frag menta memo and ad the old idd miu was thrown tack bark arati iq its ilow mini the shattered door striking kholl him ciui ith force ellas ariale led hod once been on a mag hate of tiie ile viah village w ibea he had neier I 1 marri id and a that me was why his water oils a relatives and wondered plundered and ad finally ruined mined him re he retired to Us the old hut hot to lead a I 1 li existence ilia hia despoiler despo depol ilef lel never went near a him ot a all ill hes un lie of it ali alice waves en orphan halt niece re of for d tu to keep it liou e for fee him but was on ruddily she hid found d work mark in a the t village and the old 1 bu hut 1 bilea b ilea ome dainov and ten fee it abr 1 inquiring inflating as to his ha health T that very afternoon A alice had d ry m uch J wrapped ppe it up a W warm sweater I 1 she a had hat knitted aud and bent beat her steps toward the wretched habitation H her christ DIBS p it I t fell from her hands as ebe d discovered red the plight of its in jur aured e d inmate to alle alice mooned a physician physic inn and sat to up to efi all night a nursing ing her hei patient lie to was imar improved rd by in morning she pro pa ibara pared his 0 break cook fast and ad went to i report to her em ii plovers when alice iva returned u slie a te zer was not u alone S she la a introduced mark seaton elme celiaa eed him closely for he knew that this was a her fiance bance working orld g to reach an caird earning point ng point where he could afford to marry mirk was at one once interested in the I 1 welfare if of tm tie old man he suggested that they their move mc 0 aoka and ad re moved from the he t stovepipe laile hole a indis of paper A As he 11 pulled it out net his eie discovered th eliat I 1 it 10 comi 1 lead a lot let of documents d I 1 hearing reel seals and signatures his alb J hip eie I 1 caught wo BD engraved name alove acme smelter smaller C corn pony pany mr omens greene be h do ln k know wee what hot thee theare area do I 1 17 rat returned earmal old ell eliis airn n derlie touch tea ye our worthless I 1 pl an per I 1 there a a trunk tull full ot of them up p in the attic alice whispered whip iperen ered mark 1 I hove have inide in 1 lide wo an imp important I 1 he it ad t discovery dl 1 I vill r return e soon and away for the hotel to find I a newspaper he ha had left there lie ile and folded it ot at on no I 1 win item a toting that a lending leading broken go ee house home li it the ody city would redeem all 11 bonds bond ni at the aetna acme swelter smelter company at fifty cents centa on the dollar hallei gres gircenti lar became earme intensely excited its as he read the brief paragraph he direct ert ed mrk mark to bring down the trunk from the ad 1 alice he afook make two even eren plas of those these documents aich she did wonderfully Us kept one and handed the me other to alice the th only true too roul boott among ww g all 11 the wretched brood broad who he d devoured ed re mv fortune he wid said 1 I give you these a as your C hritz present Peon erit wal and your year wadd gift |
