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Show The Christmas j. By Minna Irving UdL in Town Topics H-H-i-l-1-1"1 1 l-l'l-H-HinHH-tH? THE earth on Christmas Eue exclaimed To unnter, u;ith a pout, " Mq old broum coat ic shabbu nora. In fad it's all worn out. It's raqqed here and tacelgd there And lorn the other mau. I ouqht to haue a braud neuj one To mear on Christmas Daq." Old uiinter blu3tsred for atohile And loudlu banqed the door, And then qane in as he has done So menq times before. And lo! uihen Christmas morninq dawned All gold and blue and briqht, Sarth uore a trulu reqal coat Of ermine pure and tuhito. himself losing the thread of the story or poem in watching the play of her delicate features or the glint in her shining hair. But he liked best of all when she sat and talked to him and told him of herself and her ambitions. She and her father were very much interested in little crippled children and they were planning to build a home where they could be cared for. Her father was a doctor and the most wonderful man in the whole world. He had done so much for the poor of the city, but she rather feared that this time he was trying to do more than was possible he was finding the financial aid for the home a great problem. As she spoke he could almost al-most visualize the multitude of little ones that would come to the home through the years and pass out of its doors again into the world strong in body again. What a wonderful work 1 t ...,,1 l.n l,n. m great a privilege to have even a part in its making! mak-ing! Finally there came a day when there seemed no further need of Arthur Benton staying at the hospital. The doctor had pronounced pro-nounced him as lit as a man could be and he. himself, him-self, felt that it was true, yes, even more than true. For in addition ad-dition to regaining regain-ing the health and strength that had been his before, something new and wonderful had come info his life something that made him feel better and happier than he had ever felt before. For he had won the love of a girl so wonderful that lie marveled each time he thought about it. Helen Coodmun was dil'i'er-ent dil'i'er-ent from all the girls he had ever known there was no question about it, in Arthur's mind. He bad also learned (he many wonderful things that he could do wilh his wealth how much happiness he could bring to humanity by using part of it to do the things for which there was such a crying need- and how much happiness happi-ness he conid also bring to himself in doing all of this. A few weeks later there was a wedding wed-ding and the two who had been broughl together during the Christinas time started out as one, on a road that was straight and shining t lie road to Impplness. (;c), 1026. Wodtern Newflpttper Union.) |