| Show 19 ka 7 A day be e henry WIs W Is larr christmas isy Sam samuel E Ki Kis crand tn in three parts bari 4 7 wilbur D conj j ht 17 lay W V C G ch part 0 one n e 7 EV arthur mont gomery simms sinclair was mas suf su fering bering in the flesh ww PM IB and add ln in the spirit BO A clip calp of tea was in iii his right hand band a wreath of boll bell dangling from that wrist riot and P Wll mering delancey standing Etan dlag at hla his left and interrupting his hie profound remarks to misi mis ursula allen alien made a combination to try his soul the words the glances the smiles that he be felt were meant tor for him mere a ere being coolly appropriated by P worse than that P ng was mas able to sip his tea without allowing the holly to slide to his shoulder nor was vas the holly tick ling the wrist of P Wili nering ng as it was mas that of rev simms sinclair P ng acted as it if he might have sipped tea with ith both hands bands cuffed behind him re simms sinclair al most wished his rival were in that pre dl di cament and about forty miles away at tho the same time now jones who was patiently putting holly and ever green about the ork and pictures the three men had graciously come to help get things ready for the chit ahll drens party jones we me say bay was not bothering rev simms sinclair jones was not bothering any one cne in the main it was ursula allen alien who both ered the reverend young gentleman women young women can bother the mind of man without intending so go to do ask them they will mill a assure ure you they never have any such anten tion that is exacts what ursula al len ion would mould have told you but she would mould not have believed her own statement tor for ursula was a woman and she believed herself to be attractive this belief wils was shared b rev simms sin clair and P Wll mering and but jones count all ah mused rev sinclair doing a hermann the great movement and capturing his cup before it jumped from the edge of the saucer I 1 all ah what would Christi christmas lim be without the children childrens 7 his eyes took 0 on n a mellow look and he gazed tenderly at the two young people before him what would christmas be without the children were you ou speaking to mea asked jones after neither of the others had supplied rev simms sinclair with a reply er ah that is my remark vas purely a general one explained the rector of st paula paul s kind of an echo answers why prop tion said delancey or the children without christ masa asked ursula handing another bunch of evergreen to jones one poor family down in Abb ledale alley has sixteen children chil drun sixteen think of that fellow ought ilailo to think of six bix teen children in instalments installments de dared P Wilmer lag earnestly it if I 1 have to think of til of them at once id d rather think ot of an orphans home arid and be done with it rev simms sinclair on saw his to waft himself into the vave of sympathy that thai was mas engulfing ursula it was mas one of those op ties which rev simms was mas contina any ally looking tor for and few ot of which es him when nhen offered by P wilmer ing what can the father of those little ones do doa he inquired with mith pathos in his voice to bear him one could con jure up pictures ot of a worn morn weary neary man in fin coming home in the gloomy twi light disentangling himself from thir ty tytko two arms and truing tring to answer six teen simultaneous rebur requests to tor for F a penny what can the father of those poor little ones doa be repeated at the same time giving ursula a glance of yearning affection which that lady might or might not interpret as being intended tor for herself or for the suffering father of si bleen teen children write to roosevelt suggested jones who was nag standing on a chat chair and trying to harmonize a strand ot of cypress and holl berries with a rubi cund visage of old od uncle tincle jethro allen alien who had bad fought bled and died in the mexican war and lived to tell of lt it of 0 course jones had bad no business butting in at such a time he was there to assist in the mork horh of 0 decoration and not to umpire the love game of the rev simms sinclair and P Wll mering ursula dimpled 1 I want everybody to be happy on christmas day and it there Is IB anything I 1 can do or say tor for them on christmas eye eve I 1 am only too glad ot of it and it Is simply noble of you men to help so much in getting the house ready jones who was as posing as one fig ure lire ot of the group with mith some ten yards ot of greens representing the ent entwining mining serpent glanced at the tea cups and then laughed as well men as a man may be expected to laugh when his hilarity is strained through a serried berried row ot of tacks and teeth delancey Delanc cy walked down the room to study the effect of the decorations and simms sinclair drew nearer to ursula to say dottl you were speaking of wanting manting this to be a happy christmas for all miss ursula and that it if there was any thing you could say or do ou would be only too glad now nom there is ona COB poor lonely soul that aou ou can cheer at this time it is 16 2 before he could finish delancey came back and rev simms sinclair is yet wondering whether he be fractured a commandment by concluding his remark with mith a reference to a poverty stricken parishioner of his who mho tad had 0 0 liaa 1111 I 1 Z 1111 1 7 ar IT WS ALLE vima ahr been released from jail only to learn that his job had bad not been held tor for him during his stay in the cells poor maill man ursula sighed we must take a basl et to his bis family he has children iou sai 9 yes that is fine of you splendid all ah what would mould christmas be without the without the mistletoe delancey interrupted simms sinclair take a look at that wreath jones has hung upon tho the brow brom of the bust of grand pa allen alien As an arbiter of what m hat is ele gant and decorous in this community decant it gine the benign old gentleman rather a bacchanalian air aira such an ideal idea ursula gurgled glancing at the bust while the rector was adjusting the wreath on grandpa allen alien delancey told ursula that he had something to say to her when she had a moment to ap spare are I 1 11 mi goodness she said 1 I dont know when I 1 im in going to have a rest tul ful moment until alter after new year a but this will only take a minute ma aai be snail I 1 put the mistletoe on the chandelier or will iou ou trust to lucka jones asked sud from behind Ds do gancev and delancey is quite sure he be consigned jones to a place where christmas is entirely unknown n 1 I t know knort we me had any toe ursula pouted it is a wrong arong idea to tell girls about the mistletoe mistletoe simms sinclair re marked ponderously I 1 may say is relis relic oz 0 an ancient pagan rite and should shoula be I 1 those lad had their faults DC lance asse itea then with mith a feeble smile but they alwa always 8 stood up for their heir rites A pun said ursula sarcastically puns give me the creeps puns I 1 may sa eai have haie been char as the lowest order ot of wit supplemented rev simms sinclair it aas but another one of the op ties he was mas watching tor for and never overlooked and tor for just an instant he felt lie he had scored heavily on delan delac cey but aou ou cant can t tell what the pun was as and worse morse than making one delance Delan cei retorted now nom let lets a not quarrel over it ur sula laughed im mond wondering cring what has become ot of mr mcadam he promised to be hero here too to help not jabez mcadam the railroad or ga nizer or or whatever you call him delancey asked yes and two or three others and a lot of pretty girls they tacy are coming tonight to assist I 1 chose the prettiest ones I 1 know because you men must have belity about you As tar far as I 1 lin am concerned de lancey vowed 1 I stand with mith the old prussian poet m what hat a his n mmel line 1 the fellow that spiked his verses with mith capital letters and asked whether you got off the cir car at this corner or rode as far as the barns what in tho the world are iou ell talking ibous ursuli ursul L asked I 1 mean tho the chap that vv rote that thing to the lady and told her that as long lone as he had her and a cold bottle and a best selling book the ln wilderness Ild erness would mould be a furnished aparto apartment with a kind hearted janitor simms sinclair gravel took a cup from tho the table and studied it before correcting P he m was assure sure P needed correcting be cause ot of tho the effect it would mould have on ursula and besides frivolity ot of such buell an order did not meet with his approval it was not a prussian poet he an bounced it was mas a persian omar khayyam and he A auf muffled flod mumble came from jones are you choking on a tack mr ir jonesb ursula cried going toward him I 1 told you to be careful jones jonea tooke some tacks lacks from between his lips and explained that he had merely been laughing mr jones always sees the funny side of 0 things ursula stid slid simms sinclair heard this statement with calm ap approval proal was not the laugh on P 7 what id like to know ursula re mar barned ed is which of 3 ou ell 11 is going to pla santa claus tonight nich of usa us asked simms sin clair A man of my cloth could hardly I 1 must beg of you to excuse me ma from such a task now nov simms simme could think rapidly when ahen he had to and just ahn he v vas as si swiftly reflecting that whoever enacted the role of santa claus would be kept from the sida of ursula the entire evening also P wilmer ing delancey could think no santa claus for him he knew I 1 what at hallm he wanted santa claus to gi gle e him and he knew if he placed santa no he would riot not get a chance to ask for it I 1 1 I haven t any conscientious ecru ples pies he ha explained but I 1 couldn coulden t take the part of santa claus claua I 1 haven t th the e flesh the spirit is willing milling but th the e gesh Is missing simms sinclair is all right tor for the part hes tat fat sir from simms sinclair hes fat and good nat natured urcil some rome times and hes fond of children what would christmas be without them simms Sinclair 7 I 1 be santa jones offered oh 3 ou oure re the lery ery man tor for the part ursula beamed get a better agreed the rector just what you should do delan cey asserted but wheres mr mcadam 7 ur sula asked wonderingly he sald said he would come this afternoon sure mcadam has his troubles dolan delan cey said I 1 he always impressed me 0 1 I ai 4 aa I 1 I 1 jg WIC 1 pj I 1 0 1 1 DELANCY TOLD M ula lt RE HZ to WY TO 1 as a very clever gentleman mayhap a trifle crude but then 1 0 tile just m want ant to sue him tor for merging a lot of railroads and mak ina a lot of monea delancey ey ex alamed in tills this countr 3 it if you don t make money some borne one will sue noll ou and as soon as aa you on do mike money they begin picking out the jur he ha will ill be here though ursula declared positive ar mr mcadam allays keeps his promises ile he does nv what hat he baab he be will m in do he is one of those big bold aggressive men who mho conquer all obstacles howdy hody all some one said heart I 1 ly lly bother to ring just walked in jeems there in the ball dian didn t seem to m want ant me to but I 1 convinced him I 1 calling on him were all glad to see you at any rate ursula smiled I 1 was only this moment sa saving ing ou would be sure to como come Ys mcadam deadam I 1 over heard you while decma was getting his breath glad to have a frind fri nd at court wish ell oud d bp be on the bench if the ever serve those papers on me now up here weve been decorating tor for christ mas christmas to be sure tomorrow you know this Is christmas eve you don dont t say I 1 ive ve been so bush bus I 1 haven t kept track of holiday holida s not oven even fourth of july or thanksgiving except sundays hine hiie to remember sundays dont we simms sinclair 7 he pronounced the rectors name as it was spelled sinkler it if you please said that gentleman stiffly it ruffled him to have any of his parishioners forget that he be was not of the common 1 W 1 1 I 1 f 4 afi 11 I 1 MM 1113 lila T ZA T run of Sin clairs and to permit them to forget it might affect his hia standing as rector of st paul a sure I 1 have it your own way but m why by don t you say it the m way ay you spell it or spell it the way may you say if its the way may we me english pronounce it and one naturally wishes to have his name pronounced as he of course ray my boy sure simms Si siriller liller then how hom a that bound de lancey said eyeing ursula but she was studying the holl over a picture well tastes differ some people may want to take delancey tor for a name and some may want to take mcadam how about that jones jonesb you never can tell jones replied brushing some holly leaves from his coat coat oh I 1 guess you can tell all right enough all you got to do is find out that right miss ursula 7 now our w ork here Is over tor for the present ursula evaded 1 I 1 must be gin my round of christmas visits I 1 have an amount of presents for my poor charges and dont forget miss ursula begged simms sinclair thit iou on promised to look in on some of my worthy orthy parishioners theres the man who lost his position look here mcadam remarked bluntly it if id I 1 d known miss ursuli m was as going to run around and see each fe fellows llois objects of charity blest it if I 1 v aulda t han have e had ten or fifteen men fired tor for christmas week meek anyhow but the eases cases I 1 mention aro are real simms sinclair stated there a that man with the free sll all ver ratio of children delancey sug there are a goodly number of them calmly continued the rector 1 I have a m wedding edding ceremony to per form orm it at six rix 0 clock and cannot depots the time I 1 should like to the visits finhen hen I 1 took my degree at oxford I 1 promised myself that never should a christmas go b bi without my visiting the poor mcadam pulled from his big pocket a hugely corpulent roll ran of bills ohp th outer wrapper had a C on it and the bundle was as thick as his wrist he nipped flipped the hills bills against the end of his thumb and said in not be left out ill III just tuck one of them shin shinplasters plasters into e ich eich of 0 miss ursula s baskets that me I 1 maa ma be bite getting into the game but ill malo my ante good ill go alons with mith ou on tills this good samaritan Sami ritan trip and seeds of sun sunshine hIne isn t there some kind of 1 ions about salt cering seeds of sunshine 7 there is simms sinclair informed int ormed him well ell mony mon y talks but well make it sing tills this time ell eh that is simpie grand of you ml mcadam ursula asserted and me adam felt his heart thumping fiercely against his big vest 1 I know aou ou are a man who he wants ants to make tho the poor lit tie children happy arent oua ou sure of course going to have a bunch of them here tonight arent 3 oua on 7 mighty pretty decorations yes mr ir jones put most moet of them up dont don t 3 ou ell think the children will like them sure should say so tell you m what hat in just tie some ten dollar bills every foot or so on those ropes of green stuff then tell the kleb its a new kind of lower flomer and your uncle dudle Is the florl florist st I 1 in aar arnld ald that might lccy p the children from rom enjoying the trifles I 1 am boing to put on the tree for them ursuli ursul demurred cut it out then jabez replied you just tell mo me where to spill the money and tap my barrel I 1 in in your hands understand ile ho looked so BO at ursula that delancey Dc lancey felt tho the ground being pulled from under his feet ilia his own alloi allowance Rance did not permit of ouch euch reek rcck and besides he considered such a display of wealth as mcadie wis mas making as vulgar let ms me come to the front ith in mi idea he begged its getting late in the afternoon and my automobile Is ten |
