Show S 4 ff m J 0 al 4 i 4 1 C 11 T r 1 1 a 4 x QIn atmaa e 1 4 by bydia LYDIA pt farm WHY jo bells bell for christmas ans ring why jo little children sing ang once e a lovely shining tar star seen by shepherds from afar ta moved oved until its G gently en y m light maje made a manser manger cralle cradle bright there a jarling boly baby lay Pillow eJ soft oft upon the liay hay and aej kif 1114 and nuie smiled thu this i ii s christ the ae holy achl child 14 so the bells belli for christmas ring nog so 50 the little rea sing ting stockings but santa Is a wise guy looked at the holes in his hi i stockings molly 1 folly can you mend these holes no replied his sister theres no thread billave yours your got holes tool yes why why wh john waters says santa claus clans never tomes comes here because he cant fill stockings with holes everything drops out how mean said molly but come lets go look in the windows win s lit at the toys mother will be late tonight g it so they hurried down to the shopping and stood with noses nose pressed against the panes hungrily eyeing the toys at last molly pulled jimmy away come on or mother will be home and eliell scold at the corner of the street a ia lady dy in front of them ran for a car As she did so she dropped drooped a package jimmy picked it up tip and called to her but the car moved on the children hurried home and jimmy unwrapped the parcel and there lay a pair of gray silk stockings oh ob boy cried jimmy no holes now santa will come lets hang thim them right up said molly so they hung them back ot of the old stove when ahel their mother returned she found them wildly ox excited cited when they were in bed she counted lier her money just enough for the tha rent she viewed tho the stockings with tears in lie her reyes eyes then noticing a piece ot of paper on the floor she picked up a sales slip with all aa address why we keep them besides I 1 have nothing to put in them she took them from the chimney wrapped them and putting on her coat stole from the room in halt half an hour she found the address she was ushered into a room where a lady was trimming a christmas tree she explained that she would have returned the stockings sooner anil told liow bow me llie cl aldren aung them up and will they have no christmas cried the lady when their mother explained she hurried from the room end and returned with clothing and toys jim mys mother tried to thank her but failed T the he next morning binim jimmys ys shout could be heard a block away but he ha wondered how bow it happened that tho the gray silk stockings which he lind had hung up were replaced by brown woolen ones and said santa is a wise guy 91 jane roth both Q I 1 1929 western newspaper union |