Show A manly danl Christ christmas i nias husband n G aertrude HW altom 1 A holi holiday dayl it if A IL only I 1 had bad invited fred to 1 X acme here with me manly jerked his hat from a rack when julia his sister rushed into the hall manly please come with me tonight to the dinner party at judge thompsons Thomp sons horace has just telephoned he can not get here until too late roads blocked w with I 1 t h snow and cars because of th the e bl blizzard izzar I 1 yesterday L our first erst big spread in A this burg were so new 1 and nd this I 1 e it is our first opportunity to meet many prominent citizens of palas city J judge u d g e thompsons Thomp sons dinners are annual affairs and he gives special invitations to newcomers of the city 1 I dont care much about the party but so much in the papers about the willis grahams family who will be at the judges graham is the big shot who made millions from his washing machine patents hes sort ot a god in these parts he has no son but some daughters maybe when im through college old graham might remember a manly boy tor for an engineer or in his office mailys parents had gone south for the winter and julia had urged liar her brother to spend the holidays with them because she and horace would be a bit lonely since recently settling in the thriving factory municipality nici of palas city in evening clothes manly was nearest satisfied with himself as being well groomed than in any other attire somehow the black dinner coat light vest brilliant studs in the spotless shirt front illuminated the sparkle of his brown eyes and enhanced the manliness of 0 his form upon arr arriving iv ing at 1 the he ancestral estate of juda judge thompson manly was bewildered e d when the judge with unusual ceremony introduced them as sir mr and mrs horace linn new residents of palas city VI sh they think you are my husband dont make them any wiser horace and I 1 are strangers you know here julia mott motioned one d not knowing whether julia had planned to pass her brother oil of cis as her husband or whether it was a surprise to julia as well as to himself manly played husbandly faithful beside julia but it seemed that every place manly stood or sat patricia one ot of the graham daughters w was a s near kindly gracious but aloof when he asked her to dance she quickly assented as though she feared he might never ask tor for another dance she thinks I 1 am married huhl huh A manly christmas husband durn dum it all why did julia get me into this jam she will have to un jam me he snorted to himself the next mornings mall mail brought manly an invitation to a party at grahams tor for the graham daughters of 01 course go A secreta no not a secret any longer because the secret has been long iona enough she teased 1 I whispered to patricia at the party that you were my brother and to introduce you to others of the younger groups and to mr graham she however promised secrecy to all but mr graham since she did not introduce you to others not even to her lather father I 1 believe she enjoyed the brother husband affair and planned a party to reveal the secret to her father and guests no her interest in you began before I 1 told her you were not my husband she was raving about my husbands eyes and hair and form and clothes and after the party at patriciaa Patri cias the christmas holidays tailed failed to be for with patricia patriciaa Patri cias S pep and promises manly looked forward to the days after college ot of becoming a manly husband in truth 0 western newspaper union 19 73 E ar ear |