Show cluis garm abole lifs smiled for tiu ten years lie he had looked forward to this christmas saying and skimping and dreaming maybe it was silly tor for a fellows pride to drive him on so long it was more than p pride r I 1 d e though it jane bently hat nt been a 0 thoughtful beautiful till ail pi ale woul ant have kept him to lt it eliat had veen been why when he was waa only afteel iff teen hed resolved tp go gd back on goire be christmas and surprise tho the had given him the ten dollar bill bailit and the girl who had given him the lie mu tiler at least he thought it would ethem ethern to see instead of it a ragged youth a well dressed roan man nt ith decent bank account ten n thousand on gand dollars I 1 hed been saving toward ard it the whole ten years alei gone to night school and man adale aecil sen cn some day work at college sine since lucky investments had helped and tills this year by queer fortune tor tune it lind jumped to fifteen thou thousand 1 arel A relative worth millions had left him five thousand eliou igind now lie he hoped he could talk fall ilo to jane gently without being aslin med of himself that was all lied hed wanted the money for his own self respect hed get her fa lalier lt tuapa lier a present in token of his gratitude for that other christmas and perhaps flowers tor for jane held hed intile sure she married in the suburbs arthur hopped from tile the train with boyls boyish h eagerness hed jut happen in or no hed better tel ep epstone holle say lle he was going through and thought hed look them up jane s voice came strained and distant ov over erthe the telephone you probably dont remember me lie said humbly hoping she might im the flie boy who lived in that little old house at tile the toot foot of yow hill the christmas after my mother died your fatch invited me to your your house oh lesl esl jane was more cordial 11 my father is in the hoar hospital altal im going to tb see him and it if like ill pick you up arthur thrilled to be sitting in the far car beside jane iier her cheeks were ivere I 1 I 1 C the dinner arthur hired cooked lacked nothing still rosy and dark hair curled about her face schoolgirl school girl fashion but there theme was a hint of su pressed worry in her manner tin im glad to see roil arthur she said dimply mr gently bently remembered that christmas lie he laughed 1 I saw you yon looking and invited you to come along to our house to be surel sure I 1 father comes home tomorrow jane said for christmas but her voice voce lack edthe joy arthur expected and though the bentleys were friendly they invite him to the house at all lie said goodby good by at the station with queer disappointment he had seen jane and loved her more but tomorrow was christmas and hed been dismissed dismiss edl S frank white an n old classmate was awaiting g the train too saw you with jane dently bently frank remarked too bad about them it you rou mean mr bently bentleys Bent lys being in the he hospital that too but losing their home Is what put him there losing their home arthur gasped yes you heard beard foreclosure takes place january first and they must get out dont know what do illow how much was it mortgaged for twelve thousand I 1 think 11 arthur excused himself quickly on christmas day lie he knocked at the bently door 1 T l e boeri been wanting to celebrate with v you on folks full S lie pleaded to rane jane I 1 who came to the door it if I 1 furnish the dinner wont you furnish tb th ehouse the rho dinner arthur cooked lacked g after it arthur shyly extended ra package to jane to prove probe my gratitude it held a beautiful scarf As near a muffler as I 1 could find he be laughed to sir mr bently he handed banded an envelope interest on the ten d dollars ars I 1 mr hand trembled as he be saw ills own onyn cancelled notes but my boy he home ls la yours furs nor now we cant keep it arthur disagreed ive always liked tills home mr mi bently ho he admitted but I 1 cau cant arrange things to stay here just now wont you live in it until I 1 need a home something arthur sensed in janes smile mile told him it would bele be hers rs li gain again 1 ES as soon emon ji as lie could arrange theng ng 1 a c 1930 union |