| Show ea 1 BARBARA ANN B EDICT peace on earth good will 1 toward men stuff gives me a pain darl said he laughed cynically looking down into the girls girl s troubled eyes it gets roe me how you got hooked into it pam why dont don t you look the thing squarely in m the face and realize its the bunk you must be blindell blin blind dill pamela cried there are thousands and thousands of people who give things OK honey he smiled we look at it diff differently brently erent ly the way I 1 figure it a man never does docs some dizig thin for nothing if 11 he rewarded with material gain then hes rewarded by having his vanity salved calved theres always a selfish motive behind a so called act ot of kindness no matter which way you figure it but it important what is important is that its christmas and you yon and I 1 are in love and we ought to think ot of celebrating it is important darl 11 her voice was suddenly vibrant its important to me to show you that youre wrong I 1 be happy with a man who had those ideas and then seeing the expression on his face her tone softened oh I 1 know it seems silly to you quarreling about something so trite but to me it trite oh darl let me show you how wrong you arel the streets were festive colored lights and greenery showed in every window lighted trees were on every street corner pam stopped the car while a group of carol singers trooped by A girl with a tambourine thrust a smiling face against the coupe window she dropped coins into it and smiled and said merry christmas they left the gaily lighted streets behind pam turned into a side A moment later a small middle aged lady came bustling out street she stopped before a house and sounded her horn born A moment later a small middle aged lady came bustling out she carried a basket pam opened the door for her and introduced darl her name was kimball well said the little lady this is is nice nice I 1 suppose youre the young man to whom miss tripp is engaged yes were engaged darl said he wondered what she had izi in the basket she was so poorly dressed so frail and appeared so undernourished but there was a sparkle in her eyes but instead of driving back to the city pam drove across the railroad tracks and into the desolate ill lighted thoroughfares of Jay town at last they stopped before a dilapidated lapi dated tenement house they entered ed a dark cold hall mounted stairs and rapped on a door A weak voice bade them enter the room was war warmer mer than the hall outside lighted with a kerosene lamp A woman lay in bed a child cradled in her arms mrs kimball matter ot of factly stirred up the fire produced candles and lighted them pamela straightened things in the room with surprising efficiency the woman in the bed watched from hollow eyes while mrs kimball unpacked her basket set out a pitifully small supply ot of foodstuffs some strings ol of popcorn the green bough ot of a pine tree an orange two apples a bottle ol of milk the sick womans comans eyes were eager grateful as the things appeared in no time at all the pine bough was arranged on the table the strings of popcorn draped over it oranges placed at its base two candles on either side darts darls forehead wrinkled he saw the glow on mrs F Kim baUs 11 face the sparkle in her eyes she was poor she was doing all she c could and the woman in the bed ve knew this she was giving back gratitude and warmth of feeling and love they left mrs kimball and dro drove ve back to the city they stopped near the park to listen to the carol sing ers pam looked at him did it mean anything to you darl 7 do you see what I 1 mean darl thought of the woman in the bed arid and mrs kimball its a self ish motive he thought and aloud he said 1 I never thought thou about it this way before but it nice we have such selfish people as mrs kimball and pamela tripp pamela nestled against his der and d darl holloway she added associated amock aled newspapers features |
