Show tott slate IRAV IRAM jehner NINE frowned darld darkly as he be rode home bell behind d the h glass windows ter fous of h his is i luxurious limousine no matter site which iclef way lay he turned his hia unhappy old eves eve he be saw sam evidences do of the happ chris christmas an season and ad he had quite determined to ignore christ mas ma after his only child eve tied had limited flouted be her fethe father a objections to her ammy marrying 1 g a poor young inventor and eloped with nith george lane the mare afore said id inventor c although t I 1 eve hid bd pleaded for for far gl venesa from her stern stem parent hiram jermer jenner merely refused to listen to her ile ho turned it road a deaf ear or to the pleas pines of her friends friend a S in n her behalf returned her letters a unopened 0 pe ed and ad in at way Y bb enacted the role cals or of a hard hearted and pigheaded father whose base daughter had disappointed him and ad the worst t of it all 11 we wag said ei e a 8 filet friends ds w lio he clung clong blaid loyally to h her er th the a only objectionable thing about george a L lane a me was that he we was an 1 in mentor antor mul tufit was oes decidedly an ad N vantage ant ge for far sometimes int in fact quite often fine Iv inventors nt made do a lot let of money any if that was mas what was oas n worrying orr m K papa pap J jenner a dwerl and wily why should it w orry him they argued when iasa the jenner fortune was enough to launch three ghi or four In ventora on 6 the le sea of sue cosh ces 7 grouge george lane was not dot in eve 8 social set but he was ft a one fine fellow well all educated well bred and mighty good 12 looking a and they loved each aber to distraction IS hiram raw jenner we ana turning these ill things I 1 Ts over in his tired limit mind for the hundredth time in the past your year he nourished all a latter bitter resentment nam at find and ear ja jealous ii th that U t his hia motherless ot heles dough daugh ter should have elf elfa A a strange young man in preference to him that was the file sore P amic elt one an of them th the other sore polar point was aits that he bell believed eved ung oung law lane wanted to marry money so an that he could finance his idiotic in vent lons ft ell he get an ani of jha fortune I 1 A tire tw on the limousine blew blem out at this moment and shattered the train of mr bit jo jenner r s thought a I 1 in field afraid we can C t get home sir air report reported the chauffeur a morn moment later shall I 1 mh call a taxicab serl it no ho 1 I 1 talie tahe a car home it its a wll onla few blocks black and ad one 1 IB coming now w 2 so hiram tanner or er left his hia motor and swung ont the platform of a north bound ala madison 1 mr car that filet would lease him within a block of his home thre there was ajust just one seat scat left rod and that was in the forward end by the front window aindow of the cur car so mr bir jenner it hat down tumbled to for a nickel and then sat I 1 gloomily 1 Y watching arching the broad blue blem clothed b back c k of the motorman on the platform on outside there was familiar about bcd t that in well shaped head cohered with ith a crop of thick fair halt hair and the way may the all were squared nd reminded ill bilm yc very Etron lv of lee lane the night im he he had ventured to ask mr jen jell ner cier for his daughters daughter B hand and hourt heart the set fellow low 1 is on my mind led grove growled led mr me jermer jenner to himself still bt staring arms at 1 ill the fair head be beneath in the file neat a at cap of t the he motorman at suddenly tie the roan man turned his him head hija and ad hiram jenner nar flit felt a shock of sur surprise trise when nhen he discovered the classic of his son in law oil olio I 1 so they had fallen upon art evil times ad the man had she ghen up his foolish irm entman and had gone to troll eving I 1 must be hard indeed with them and lve how bow could site she stand pla tlona 7 athla hiram J jenner r aus as worried he felt a wits vague sickness a ag the car bedame crowded with people laden oft with ab christmas packages decimate zo ao in matter u list sh which 1 way US he turned he wax wag confronted by christinas mad presents wel and happy sailed smiles and the laughter of mildren children ile he remembered how he and eve used to io he Chri etwas shop ping toa bouier ther and we was 1 JK going fining shopping this christmas had ebe che any money waa she he suffering while h alny sic her famine father rolled led I 1 in I 1 luxury y na while her bar path fathers er servants or be sic perhaps h us fared faced better than man eve herself and george lane why w by the ill fellow in must be mado made of good stuff staff after all 11 for rhe he had same gone to work at t a mutual faeo lii lob job rather than beg from his rich 1 other father in law some tuen men would have used eve as A an excuse to ft ring money aiom fl am the old man etc ele well eve maht be suffering ing for or the very items serle of life this fins instant 1 his sunn haired blue eyed happy evel eiel IN was Us she happy now hiram jo jenner ner groped blindly from ill the a car and went it home he sat in his hia library for many hours while his ser ants whispered together below ethics he a feeling bad because of poor miss eve sighed the good house keeper red hed oughter aughter ough ter hold put in the butler in a dl tone cone theres there a your bell mrs dorsey dorey re minded the housemaid a tit train from her warm corner by the fire mrs dorey darcy wiped fprd her bar wet war eyes and went cut up to the library hiram jenner has a sitting before his great walnut table the shade of the large electric lamp threw his hia face lo in shadow shadon but his voice sounded odd and husky hucky tomorrow Tomo irow will lift be christmas eve ee mr mrs dorey darcy he said hem fly I 1 would like on all to p copare a large ham barn per of food nil all cooked and ready to sore serve everything grything that w n III comprise a fine cloist dinner please se ile line it ready by tour 0 clock I 1 will ill take it with mith me in the ill car or ies es sir air cried mrs lamy dorey lit breath anth leasly as she dipped a curtsey and disappeared cil precisely at four the next nest afternoon the 11 limousine mo us me stopped in front of the jewer mansion and the chauffeur went up to the ba basement ment door and brought out a bee heavy hamper which he with mith much difficulty lifted I 1 into a 1 the I car bad bajde liis if master sm phare ft here to bit he asked mr air jc jenner ner named a sliest fur far up it in the cort northwestern heeder part of the city aty a B given over tc pilot g ml apart ment cut houses HI alb cheeks were nere bushed his eyes she shone and ad his hia hands hand troubled trembled in three quarters quarter of an hour they paused before a substantial looking stay gray stone building of the better claw class lou are sure bure this Is the right place clacel asked M sir joe jenner wordle wondering ing at the quiet elegance of the house mine the address of which aich had been given to him by one ot f lo 10 l byes o friends friend anz yes bar e bitta aid the now man ping opening I 1 the door so my mr janner and disdain ing help from hanson he lifted the le levy heavy vy bumper awl and ill alic quiet ve vestibule I 1 in five minutes he waa haglid gild ing up in IB the th lift nod and standing before the file door ot of apartment A with the hamper amit beside ill him there B tOt wrong bome alcese where are murmured mr air jenner jenne wiping so bow or else that motorman motor mao thap Is a lining beo iii 11 his meuay A trim maid amid angered am d the it door and ad h her r e ees opened p I 1 it widely when he she 11 euw in thea handsome old gentleman lu in the par fur lined flood overcoat element standing beside the christmas christinas hamper mra M L lane one lm e sir ft it I I 1 iou will come in and ad be a seated mind she I 1 la a enacted A t ent so hiram J tenner r eat at it down 1 in a tiny room tes tastefully fully furnished and felt Is conati cletion of the muscles of in hla smoot tin oat when he bresug recognized bit h own awn d poi trait hanging over the file mantelpiece p tore there was as a step bell behind in it him a and ad he turned to find bre standing there that regarding him with mith shining eyes or oh daddy iou mi he have comee a she he cried a little but bro brokenly h enly Lenly ile he nodded a caled and ad bet held out hla his rs arms lve eve l ve came into thern than like a weary bird to its nest I 1 have needed you yon so she murmured marinated 1 I have missed you I 1 Jet jenner ties thrilled strangely not w hen you had your husband murmured jenner jealously ali ah but you are am my dear ft father herl I 1 pretax protested t ad evil happily he might try but he could never be that you know I 1 1 and you are glad to see me 0 asked hiram just juat for the pleasure of hearing her answer A little later he be expressed hla his sur sul prise at smiling finding her living so comforts comfort abt ably 11 I 1 saw new our his husband george georg driving a trolley car yesterday lest erday mal and I 1 thought you must be in need in great want he be explained 1 1 I can coulden couldn do t bear ill the thou thought g int und and so I 1 r concluded that if you could forgive a hard bard hearted old in man a 1 I would come and spend christ maa w with ft hyon you and I 1 brought my din net ner along I 1 lv fave long and cried all of at once and bade ads the maid bring in the hans ham per and then she ahe laughed and cried over the contents to at a then george lane came le in and hiram hl was som somewhat elhat surp ased to he find that his ha so son in law waa not net wearing mg the uniform of the trolley company he was waa neatly nay any expensively TS at tired thres and ad it seek the be combined effort of 1 the I 1 oung couple to convince threw jonner jenner that the loung inventor was on an the road read to prosperity that his presence on the trolley car was merely an incident at 1 in the trying out at of a or new snake of will which lie he vas mas the inventor a and ad by will which eh ha be expected to make a SOUP heap of money and tia s so I 1 am not needed after all I 1 smiled hiram whimsically ily oh fa rather therl they alicy cried in unison and he be was convinced d then E e smiled at george and nodded and ran out of the room mom n and ad presently she returned with an odd and looking b bundle u mile of n white hire town lawn und lam lace wrapped in await a white woolly blanket this la Is a christmas gift for you yon daddy cried eve with happy tear running doun her chaks T V or r mev me gasped hiram jermar jenner P putting ailing up hla his ey eyeglasses glam what I 1 la it its it a a grumbled granddaughter t another t evel cried george laos lane quietly aa so BO they placed hiram III na jenner gift iu in his trembling arma and hla his meeting with else daughter abe nas baptized p fixed with ith hla his slow I 1 tears but bal ill they le tears of gratitude because becalm god gial had been good to a hard lo hearted tod old 1 it man und ad p PL emitted him to forg forgive I 1 1 I 1 a wrong and to faced receive a sum greater at 1 reward still than he had der dared oil tire dream and BO an hiram jeur he has another tb eve to worship and he calls calla little eve bv his christmas baby |