I fir.‘ dinner engagement vrith her v , . ,, M1,’ H » rd CBHEQ . .. v _ _ v l _ _ d m P '01":’l1” "1011" . §fl‘r1l5@r§§§£rr<>hr§“§uy11§iir§gIrfweesevg: ilséltagfllglfiifilftl‘ blues‘. Itmhaid remind i812? if§“,‘i‘,'ed.,§§§ sliglklllglhalslqélldfi flflflilflmaxB§l°“§,.,,§i"“'w§§fd ‘i? $01,112,113; illnointfduqafliioislexllfi glllzlm- "NO- I haven't any idea. where! “T911121 5m‘; r1? “$33? ma? :1 m“ n0 your rel ilettlrlieifllrljbe B0 sgen. Jan of miduilht winter skies she and pushed llel. w“ down the “Bl-P k0 m“ ‘WT-what m do about selves for me nlglll‘ The bus was slhe CDllitfillvhrbvt glone. No, I didn't, pally “Dom cmalnly would h", . . Sh? we i‘. gqili v ylPofr "You-N rmw Jan “Us 11°11“ 011“- Tillll’ 11"“ 5M1.‘ 1°g°1'1‘°r' 51m- 111510- Evvrybvti,» had bcvll Chrlsl- Dora; pcrhlllls he would want her 801n8 Strfliflht through: there was tall-lug"? 1° $113116" 1001-11118 mentioned it to mo," ‘ i. Avimung ellflila ullfie nrunhapv has somethinz it— has a past. It ilose he cnilud xvhlle she was out; m” sllopllulgl aplmlmlll.‘ BOX“ m llve Wm‘ Lhenhlhe Gurus a long swllblmud nigili- mutiny med fills‘ it“€1I‘EIAI dvetilmsi, was Go ‘iglmis and 55k help" Tony [UL 1' l" wtli rld Not has Wars ‘l1 11111114 011d 10"1l181111i. Would M0113‘ i110 1°1°_P11°“° “p and bunches of crerv imaginable house was hi? enough. The pas-sflnilers 1100 1-110“ m” r ‘ti 115mg a ‘a “he 11"5~’“1~ We"? K01’- 10 101W!" pl-ct girl Ln ~l e wo m.‘ whv and we house remembersu eralol; rcmelnber to yilve her Silape alld slze all bufelpullvd me Wvlun llls ignowqnglu Jan almost ldeas or comm" lmd were very was}? . 101M‘, id Noiiling loam‘ Paul returned w ‘ __ T130 5*‘ 1°51T°ny“lm ' .l.l ‘l “Your mother must have been lnessnqe’? 1'11‘ “01110111 00111 '18“ passengers, ‘IIIZIDY of them even spoke aloud as. she notioed that busy for a few moments adiwlllnfi l U1 W19.“ d She leave? m?! D0105 1001111 l czcl m» let hllfi 8%- ltio 1R1?" §'_Jrl§_ Very happy 11616), forced herself to consider l the resume their lee‘ on one or two or ‘he landscap“ whlch She had bundles’ “ranging wings w meei slelappearln Iiilktfihfiwhitflfiigiilgrhl: ~11 forgot to hell you... he Bald ' i 1‘? h“ done‘ '5 a’ woulil low “She was. Not always, of course. dress reflected in the mrrgls. me slllrdlel. purcllasei ' prircelv seen for many miles. was these notions, P 13081151 lefl 05h 1 fit 0 - f“? with W118-t 1'10 001151419100 P051111!" 1' ‘ m eve $129+“ ~ PM t t the 1'11"? “'05 -" lnllnlsPr sister —" (11111 50ft velvet! And how 0 The unoccupied seat Jan had “lnrrrd by a drifting veil of snow- Jon rested her head on tine back ull 8 y. cu she ollzh 1y Macifiiavcllian cleverness, "Pus- . 1'“ beg“ ‘"11 a"311men alllonv he broke off. "I'm glad you like color rial-ironed or took on added llwugm she 5m,» ‘my mix; to tho lakes of the sent. Pussy-puff, after his 1/0 10st up {or the l8 d01n3s to- sy-puff sends his love." l- l m Aims; Wmm"; h“ the house. Jan." sheen us ncw lights or shlldows w.ln(l0w_ A middle-flat: llglll; ‘ ' " xx“ good supper, was curled up 11110 a film‘ and lhftslif what I m for “I haven,‘ 5m“ 111m 101' 5010M." ‘ - p“ ‘t “and? apnea “um u‘. “1 '10-" $110 $11111“ ‘<11 1110* 018N111 0" '11"- 5 "°l'.'.“5 "l’l’-°5 ° 1il>l>ed woman sat on tilt‘ cislc and The bus was nearing e. town now, contented. almost spherical bit 0i bllug" 1k 11101111101 Dom. "I suppose he's ' ,{“‘I‘°,°§'.,, 11$. 3511:0311: “f fraud "$000811 to live 1'11 it?" the skirt! A “Ill ill‘; $21131 115%: tao formed a. barricade in the tllvl Jon's “lat mate was obviously l"~‘-110W fluff. Talk nImOIliS 30511111‘? “QM 11y e o“ n0“ “mere she ¥mwnlg° 30k“ 11mm 0x111 001- 00 018 V“ '_ " ' “You mean_ -?" Hownni r‘ll'."<l 1- ‘ 0 l0 ' space betw l » i . _.I 3 “‘ i. assengers 21811110131 '11‘ 0‘ 0.. ,_ . . ‘"011 11' 110W 111" i 11151 5M (""1 n13 wmlkll ilfllfillglj’. "I mean i‘. now I've seen you in the (\ff—t1lf‘—:=ll0ll1tl€i'_W199 81111 1191 window wiffafnullmsortsaof 2311x111‘; 111F111Lhifllrlglrgfiffglil ihh: ggtrfifil- 5n occasional few words; some of )T_1l015“0111<19i1-'$01i1 P8111-b118111- It took a few more minutes to i F“ m“ 1° "°"“ “Te °l° i ‘ as. my home I can't let luu R0 out skin 1001M 1°11 1'11"" “$011151 ‘he “Ready w hold the fort against. all (leryihe seat from beneath her own the people rremvd i0 be asleep. the tiiituilf 1“ 1° “ltPnd 1° u“? 11”‘ 011081’ 190" 8nd vtrsuilde her that l ""1511" '°°l“- 1' “"5 9" l’ or it. Not without telling you uuu iiitciig? u-uu of the vrivrt. 0h- ‘ e comm-r rmml, l, ‘ , -~,' ‘- . l, d i bucks of their seats mlusteu so 0;.“ ‘W0 e51‘ llel- ., Pussy-mitt was d0ing all he could ' 511°!“ m“ PM“ H?“ cared I hope you will come back soon sivlt- stifled her all rlgnt. she ac- Jun ‘wuigerj’ it,“ 1,1335, doll-n the 1°°.,’,“,}Q§.‘ilgfrbluhffllifsretugnfelfof thtit i110)’ were 1181fIle01111111€~ T110 13°01 11154111911 110-1‘- 5010 T0113‘ in her absence to improve his r 1 enough ‘or D3“ to “ant tohmrrail- 1° 5101*" lzllntvlctizflli 1* 11015011- 0111 “hm aisle until she stood beside the 1 These were llli added tout-he 1101101181115 01 P11551118 001's 1110mm {$0131 m? 1lfbonmay‘ He w“ on his 1M1“ 101' 1'11": 0x131?“ P1111510“? 01 ~ u 2v h;l',h:€.dCO1tl§-:?£ Xuzwllliilg an“; Brad l-mernd crossed ms gpaoe difference did it IAIRKC? She would stem “raged “bmaXL I 1e 3F h” lap she encompassed Dill o; the darkness lessunnd 1lF$$ \ Uullvriiléfil/g:SDig-qllllléiclgfmféglfiéku1 life-tailing her on her return (o the .11 01° - that la bet 'ee th . "C o - ' r wear this rcss. "Is tl' . . t " ' _ ‘ ‘ -' - fe entl ; there came a me w 1cm u w -- H 1 - .06. tum out w!“ sod-u er 1161'!" he“ sarlld, llerrxalwingoTler ‘to npsTurn nil011‘~" 011N119“ 1” M“? ed in uuisul§filulégfem she mqmr 111€n1lt “olfmhtlcrfzll sigma fihatsllxexlfi nroigauing gxcept the bus seemed to 1100111- M'- D§"“1"511 A1111 1111'“ When he rei0ined Tony P8111 '1' 1 - id J 11B!‘ feet. Elizabeth's commands Jan MOI/ed He!‘ totlc did not mollify the oc- corn-motlillcd and rose as the 00 010N113 0-11Y1'~'1101'0 011 1-110 1000» Tony 115d 1°11 11° 1°01" P0111 510001 found that young man almost be- gllldt cllllfifis ‘Daze; what 33,‘ Into each side of the hearth n this tray 0'10, 111111- 51°95‘ 51m lg‘: cubant in the least. She turned her slid to a sltopfshe then began T1101 111W W010 011111111115 519M111“ gzillgnlmogllcxlfltl; ‘Xlfmfiedto h5g1‘? $1110 1111115011 ‘$1111 111111111191100- _ l "1 0“ a o ’ ’ ' 5°81 111111 0001" 1111111 180mg the fire the tllnls, prism: 5100113’ 111 l1 w steel-rimmed Sfleclaclcs full on Jan tn rut a wide. swath down the gfinleémiwilLsleszmgtlglasn Q13 r3: When he thrvuulhf, of the ilizhiqlh} n23!‘ tnlsselleilliemgahté-mfl"

ETWENLEOUR ' .

PING SANTA CL

DECEMBER 16, "1939

A Christmas Romance oflLovfng Service. Intrigue and a

Lasting Happiness-The Reward ofk-Sacrificeand Suffering

i l

(Continued from pole 20) stone house. all ho windows, it um Tony ~01‘ -willlu1u _- merely llklng hlml “mull, new i, d m h I l l5 w“ ll , gum on mg mo or mo: for all of them in the end. She the Pcylon apartment mud hgd seemed to Jon . A igh fence en- No. said Jan. firmly this to love him sincerely? It shouldn't arid thercuwaienotuienlxxxlzwback. bivgwhfi back there. His mother crank steaming hot coffee with ‘bios; nxlqdgrutttlfgdmby wgighmciirmgier». ~ . E r n ms-

Bcck in her apartment J but. These were the hours,

"You see, it's a

an fell cloud a little gardenspace at the after aide.

throwback to the

‘That didn't mean mythl . "Then -—you'il tr n8

‘Qh Doceor Curt, I do

be difficult to fall in love

ith ‘ to love mo?" Brad, she assured herself. Allwshe blfehwrriiiiir: woedmugrgut Tony out

persistently She saw it t-hr

iivu with her married daughter the others at c. little bus ltationl

and her nusbano. e0 children who 80

nave thought at first that she ccruldn‘

M th a ey round the Rood morning odor

w the eoin- eat.

W" $0 111-! questions. she hadn't I000 M188 Pflycpn yesterday at all.

.~ rehearsals were over and 0.010" 1‘ I n love coeded- was r. littl tim t f t his f i w“ flyng for her to appear in this elegant eighties,‘ said Brad, help- youi Impulsiveiy Jan rose and Tony. e e O or" whenacslienlgcollirgg 251ml» the icm- munlty school, iniloc and miles 0f crisplug bacon and cputmln: she had clone m; room, u “ma; show, in which she and Tony had in: her mount the steps that threw her arms around his neck. It would be different, Jan's med street. Once she thought m; away. The school bus calls for iryini; @886 irresistible. finished l. and‘ left. Then when chic cflme in u: n tnis morning there was that

l l

Diii.

l

ha. all those happy Still, as she looked back,

city. which time t0 explcs sional pause for conversatio gas station manmNo wore a. real cap, not a. pert. bow. ilud Jan was sure she must have serv- that ed in this house many years.

w was somethinl; t right nwuy wrapplilfl. Resolulel

Lil‘ g.l..i-s..ll'l'ed ribbon, 0! bright suckers.

And‘ s3"? had spent them! But Dora wou deiicaw

garrulous

-it wasn't at all what the said, or where they 11w s had given , their touch of magic. It have been! I‘. being with Tony.

those few short

Everything was charmed

ould be fun for

< CJI1SIIIIIIS

d g0; out th on transparent

When the gi ‘s were all on the Jan crlcideiliy ‘t look ‘filly

embroidered

chiefs. And me lengi-h 0f

blue satin r There was a book novel

of puzzles in a gaudy

lbniii, wrapping them in as

box cs

pass to unavra to make

LE5

she could.

when you

on

“Dr. _ __ come in, the

B—- GVOII 8-D 0c

0E1»?

the

adventures. climbed up the the zlmn- past an English

bument, to the reached

Cl- floor. Her white hemstitched ap-

n with ron was voluminous too, and she

“T0115 That was true, she learned later,

must have been just

couldn't after she had greeted old Mrs.

Curtis in the drawing-room, din- ner had been announced by the 110W some old maid, and they were all

in the

, well, Christmas being 50 11°" three seated at the heavy mahog- Dcr8. and there am" table ha! 118d i0 b0 00119 Everything in the

dining room. room was heavy

P1050111 -the tapestry covered chairs, the

paper.

spread

och ready for W180i)" folk. It

thought grand after al. hours choosing 1d 1E0 11123:? plained the doctors‘ mother. palm why I had it brought icboel for her fair curls. nightg-

til oy

and a

many

and layers of tissue paper as

19- 11 llllgilg-xild 351111151110‘ 131:2: dinner party for her own pals."

11111199“ a 1°b as night," said Jan, very fragile her- cuse n5

Curtts asked w see Y0" llke ll“-

When the meal was over the old S1)‘: "No. Tony. 0181's 811 0W1 nuw- what eaoli one held. When it came

IIUTSPE

tall

icate _th.\t J.r;l touching i: with

shattered by a sg ed to Mrs. Curtis

wlndows. ver on the cable. Only the 110x was fragile, lllld that was so (lei- wus car-cful about

l’ 11011 W91" 1° thick draperies drawn together at rolls of i-rle

even the sil- china

her knife and

looked as if it could be 11"!‘ (~-

n, she nlurmur- . acllnlrlngiy.

"It's real old Irish Beiieek." ex-

my favorite table

“That SMO-YS

. ' ha! 1315119“ Jan s“ thinks of my friehgg, Yfan," Brad

“It's that's u)-

WBPC

out

she

rut ill. "Funny pelt of it is, she

wouldn't

use it if this ulere a

"I'm glad she brought it out to-

self against the high back of her

chair, "I've never .

seen anything

\t01<1 Jilil 1111011 Sh’? amend Dora's lady suggested coffee in the libra-

rcom. “He sci

d 1'0 3° up 101m 0:‘ ry for Jan a

nd, Brad. She never Everything is settled. Let

front. of the house, He dise-ngagod mum after r, mom-

en: and held both her hands

And now I'll take you home.

inhfl-d

I'm could be just Tony Williams, with.

11.14118 up to Vermont in the mom- out any of this pathetic effort to-

ing: I've got a camp at a place

called Moose River. I'm going there for a little rest over Chr mas."

mas all alone?"

"I need a gFmpse of the mount- mom; in i ii i ~ ains every once in a while. This is I'm ‘Lure hivfioe§f-»“yap,f°ff,félaim°eflj gemkérlienwe

the only time I can -get Time's an old guide who has shack ncarbv he- always looks t6!‘ me on these occasions."

ward munificence. 11D Jan lingered at the hospit with 151- Dora as long as she could.

u looking forward to Christmas that "nice Tony Williams” really

"WBY- And she hoped that in spiite of weren't out. of

i what had happened Tony would 81" not. forget her little sister. "I'll bet that he's paging Santa

"Briui, I do wish you 8 hubby Claus this minute," she told her

Cinistiulls!" said Jan. He put. his arm around l1{'.i\\'lili,{ ill '

minute Jun looked up, mischief ' in‘; eyes. she asked.

“isn't

with Christmas jl above their heads.

"There must be somearound 1.11079."

her. lose as she stood be-

151181 Mr. lDeverest‘. She pointed to a V850 not have time to come to the hus- evergreens.

with conviction.

ill

DcYiY and ilvnul

petal. Dora pronlised solemnly 11D present until Christmas day,

and Ja.l listened, 1

her heart a lttle

Lnugililtg, he bent his head and heavy at m» Ulcuzhl that Dora

kissed her.

0000

XX

would have to spend this Christ- mas day alone. But that's the tvay it would have to be. Dora would

It was Decelllber 23rd. Jan was be happy enough when she kits-w!

expecting Tony to ring up moment now. With this

to see her again! 1f would just. have

any n o c such an ex- Christrliilas evettparty by w first he \\'o'l'd surely ma e an a enlp slain-ed vol. - ll

H he 010 5110 dresser drzufirfr ‘lzihisie away m be firm and on delightediy,

Jan had never seen a day race At the hospital she

Dora

from the shapes of the packages

‘5 1001/9 time for Jan to g0 she clung u, unllvl.

Dora a little

had the right effect on Tony.

i-houzhtr run on. if knowing her actually did see

wheel of a passing

presented.

Evidently he was a. man of good fine education. He bent too, that by

background and had a mechanical

she

only $0 11nd i. be back in a heart of the city.

Jan stirred im

‘was not the Lapilinesu.

, _, Jan's impatient movement had that she would not 0pm zt single brought h" elbow ln sharp cm? tact with her seat mate's arm. “You don't happen to want this , too?" her companion inquir-

ed ncldh "Wha

WOIYIRII.

driver's broad buck.

"It's a wonder that he can drive 111111

that awful

Y

w Dora Jan, although she knew nothing "You're sol-n: to spend Chrl-rt- u a child mfg-ht. She wondered if fr’; hemu’

tiently. could she be think nil of? Definitely beTrbggt iagrieetg ggllilgnolzrmlg she wasno: the right influence for side lllln bctere the fire. After a the irwpigrii rlii (he wlt-llypedqll) ggloxll-Edsllfelf-gglllfdtgdgg! sglmbug i2: §°j°§§‘b{l'§'“nr§'§h"f'f1- ‘m? “wind would as surely destroy him. A girl

"5 r 511135 we 1" u‘ who ulspired a mtm to steal for her one to bring him

-t?" said Jan. “Oh. ! beg your pardon I did not realize-J’ "Thin, therc was anyone else on Ermmmlld the bus, I suppose." sniffed the e ° "You and your cat!" _ She flounced as far away from 111 1-110 Jan as the seat ailowled, actually 10011011 not more than an inch, and fast- 1~1Y11IE 10 811855 cued her gaze rigidly on the bus

glare,"

behind the $110111 11 car, but it was 1101/0 1°

recognized He could hove made something of himself. Perhaps if old right incentivemFor

wavered. town yet, She ha

subway terminal to ‘cm hard, few minutes in the the way

t0

of thcet Th the way

this part

what full of Indiana and bears!" Jan laughed at her own narra-

tive abiiit

wrote the would ma

‘glyip on p l The 1181003’ and that

ifth

hops. con

Jim 10114?

after school when dark so curly. But Edgar-he's ten and the oldest-quiet: their fears telling them that he knows how handle bears.

,"See this big stick?’ he them. ‘Well, Just bear comes ou

nose-hard-with my $11010 T110175

the scouts used to do when

y. "I gums I oilght to write a book. 110111» she thought. "I guess if I

out of her eyes; thought, woli'dn't have a verv hap- ending. The herself. She would be hap-

with; from now forward~slle and Brad would be . He was so kind, she remind- ed herself for the hundredth time: 11111-011-

anns to her rccept their creep into them and find and comfort now

It had been dark outside the warm ted world within the bus, for a while, it seemed to Jan, when they finally stopped in a. fir sized town

ism End morning, bu; uiuy piateful relishing every mouthful.

Just in time, too, to avert a maj-

the hill w the _ disaster with Pussy-puff m the

walk down have 01'

it beginl to get

taturnnt and the‘ kitchen swung open. a fox terrier came prancing 1n. burkinG in Joyous excitement over his discovery of the kitten. Jan upset. her chair as she leaped to the rescue of Pussy-puff.

“Get out! Scat! Shoo!" shy shrieked at the dog. He had the kitten cornered near the outer door. If someone opened the door the kitten might esca and she'd never find him againre

Diem-lately she tried w push the terrier aside so that she could reach Pussy-puff. But. the dog put a gleeful ncse_ between braced paws, emitting sharp lime )'01P5 of deilgilt. getting in her way. clocking her every effort to reach the kitten.

It was the owner of the plaice who came to her aid finally.

"Dvwn. you. Snappy!" he com- mand , attracted bv the uproar, from e kitchen where he was supervising the cooking. Snappy P511590. looked up sidewise at his master, barked yearningiy at the

tells u watch if any from behind any trees. I'll hit him on the

b85751 500k

to frighten nose l That's

right on the

of the country was Just.

Just

story of in own life it ke a book. e smile died the book, she

she took a firm

over and done

past was would look

on she

"Come here, siri" and as tlhe ddg reluctantly obeyed, "down. snflilbyl Lie down!"

Before the creatfallem tori-fei- hgd assumed a recumbent position on ‘the floor, Jan had Pussy-puff in ler arms and was hu n him toward his basket. n-yi g

"You have your dog well trained," she told the proprietor, smiling, as she fastened the door of the has- ket 0n the kitten and started book

great old house was so so welcoming. It was as place had held out its last night. She would invitation; she would safety and later, per- iermnenl .

note. Had he seen it? Tony had.

He got rid of the maid and after

our seemed to fail awe. from it. parlor floor. Before they _ his I But, as it was, she could bring him onl a man w old m’ hwa to meet. it. There all. The places where ey ata- thll: don‘; it W18 0999011 by an Bul- "Phcls not quite the wa I nothing but disaster. With her with that samehgmlch of crroggrieged. brgn s1ories of bears in the ilills stellar role. The kitten had lapped starinm helplessly around, wonder- the dull little roads lust outside the cry m d in a voiuminous un- meant. he told her softly. hen. our, o! his life he would find some Sh, lei he,- mougiiiq ward" rm- around, and the two youngest "P 111$ 8111K And was nibbling the ing w are no could bagfn looking were s11 they had f .m that cil but touched the well leave it. -..t that, shall we? other girl-someone to whom he a moment to the puzzle that Tony children an Ifflld coming home bit of bacon Jan allotted him when, for some nints, he began pacing as the door between the small rea- aimlessly up and down the aittlnl

room. m

"I m have bees. m it nil this time," he crhitlztyferedwam hinlself. "Why didn't I insist on her dashing around to the mu. rinse license bureau u soon u 1 was certain she knew who 1 was? 0f course her worst suspicionl were confirmed when I didn't speck up. She was surer than ever iiiflt I m lust 8 playboy. 1 hadn't 811/60 her any reason to believe 1 we‘: serious.

Gosh. and I thought 1 w“ in. ins so smart, surprising hel- by 00110111101118 00F enefl ement at a. 9111151111115 0V0 PKWY! t was a. fool ldell- 0111111011" 51190059 she doesn't love me after uil_a nice mirlg w do. Bufrflnflfi a Party to atlnounoe a sills encasement w a man she doeatrt love

N0. that wasn't true. It couldn't be irue- Tuuy felt u Jun did not love him he couldn't possibly go 1m Iivins. He had to hold 1m m the thought that Jan loved him, not so much as he loved her, of 000180-110 would have to give her a. little time to reach that point, Then he became aware that some- one was standing in the open riool- of the sitting room. He looked up. W110i: c sour-faced old woman!

“C1000 morning," he said shortly.

"Good momlng." said the visit. 0r. even more shortly "Is Mi“ Payson in '

"N0. Miao-Mrs.-I didn't catch the name-J‘

'I didn't give the name. but it's

flce." - drank coffee herself she exillain- it that way." grid rile“ be .. . ,

, _ m ir _ : r , l _ _ ~ 0111159 thouiiht. Its like having a death 3011- b1l°d1ladlngclg9gg as ad, and uouxl go t0 her own room OI, Dtlii-lbfi. it uoilld bgwbetler She would have burst into tears if ral- tiircctcd at. you!" - , m-lgiguioqs m l w n M's" Talbm- 11 Y°l1'1'0 111191951911- 90“ 1°°k° l H 011w i0 l" leelwlfllll 011"“ ‘ 911° 511° “"100 uneiuer nlinute. she If olllv Ule last few days had "H81! 8n hour for supper!’ 1110 e‘ m‘ °" "1015- I tlwusht that girl was uh w T0llY ' ' bus driver announced, drawing up Said m” m5“- Pleased 519 1101' P111150 wmething. the wav she went

szraizhtened up.

Jan waited until Brad had es- in cruvviullv 111-1018

Hung 11117113911 t0 I161‘ 18011 and fflIl 011i Of never been

If only she could g0

"easy to teach."

51108111118 down ffhe hall with that

“G0 00 l1“ 1151M “wflyy Pa“ oorted his mother to her room and ‘lb Under the circumstances Tony the door i, l iiyi w i, Q0 wrher a m ‘ . ~ V i“ 1 - _ . _ ' bfiCk to those first days at the De- 0 0P0 0 '0 1-111‘? 1 m e "l1l~;:.'.<.§'.-."T“l.'?.'..l: m.“ “.2... mud 1» m?“ 1M0- Wu? a".*z~°"“.§.<l~...2"wyts. “l”; ~"" '""°' '° S“ Al“ m" u“ s“ =1" w" “we Pancakes" m; tit". ii“‘iile“°fll.'il'flvf.fi".i'.fl;é u“ 110111.11? curler-irri- m ' m“ i,“ hurry" fortable for the night. he return- out lei as c ‘u . bid be“ 10115 50D at a store and buy a liar-i been so rygff9cfly happy! ‘IIIICIOW. Shc waved a. greet rig an to shove on Eve O g D said plle bcdnt been home Q11 You llt. t, not m» his 0mm ed to the dining hoom and drew would be Illllilcillflll. perturme h W tmvchng basket for Pussy-puff, a n t he waved pack, Everybody clam- gone She-t r e13’ g9 ke e ad rrilriiih ‘lg; i“; rlifizvlfrea 1L The door was Jans arm through ins, u-nd they Fe ol the tefigc» lgrggllilflv ahé inc llfpuld never have forgiven 1i was (mil, gifigie they imri ion bered stiffly out of the bus. For; door: l1 0 P10 01 0110 . Tony ignored the last. But what u _ she wznt m And 5m down tient into the library. Here only on Jams lu urtnlk it V“. with Dérse, if anything happened to rile cur f3)- beilimi mug Jim rwr- some it was journeys end, mos “Merry Chmismasl" she “fled dld she say about the cat? Here l overall, ymdow one lamp mid been switched on. would want i0 of d 0 v out ras kitten while she was away, iced ho“. much mow w” or, me of them, however. like Jan, were “Merry mnstmas .8“ V!" . was what he was looking for-l _ by‘ 10 ‘l: any, the light of s. coal fire behind the her and hep her in 8 My d Pussy-puff must go with her, Her qfquffli piers, in the Qpen cpuritry going on; they scattered quickly. _ _» _ PPl Theta right. The kitten i3 W011i "0 ‘ll - bars of an old-fashioned grati- of the sltuatiorl ln which she foun packing wok very little time. Just lint lay in increasingly long Jain stood n moment in the driving Pa _ gone," he said. Where could she ' snow, Pussy-puff’: basket and her 111 Hams w“ oft“ P9111115‘ 1-"0 been 801ml’ with it?"

The doctor's voice

brwght he, seemed very bright.

herself involved.

011 0l'01'111ffht case that held a few

stretches between the small towns

580K 10 1-110 10°11‘ ‘ 5h“ Md bee“ "Let. me pour that for u" But dnvs hat‘ passed since 0110i thims she rc-ali eded ' tra 1i be. lutched ti ht in her edl but he w“ “"1" ‘10501- 511d "Sh id" M . .__ _ w i, , Y0 l . - . = l’ 119- - Viiilh her snow had drifted on the fields and ve n! z c f; _ ~ _ e an , rs. Talbot stressed filrargggtluirqwllin She w: 15'“ 1"?” F“? 11°01 105 01151" *5 1??‘ “l” Q1“ .T,°,“l’ §§§ °""}‘l b35111 11st 11'=l1_'1(1,811d_ Pussv- was piled nfrhxat me sides of the hnudl- T1101 51" “m” “d M} 11115111 clligtillonlieexhefrilwhewggs 1.1"’ “m” 1° 1'01"“ 11°’ 0150011"- u,“ “g herself . raimsbaked and the mfl-tl cft a silver tray with tnlrd. to“ e e._\a_. . anlzef of course shmelslngvplfiflllsv ln his hask- i"()f'd_ n mus; bu wry dew in m, 15mm ti“ bu; driver grid some oh he “Vi! as “vomed u he was at m: that she was taklnn the kitten 8- ; l d- d Ton, ml“ the coffee service and two of the called. T at was a re- . y - . e hurried toilvard the eleva- vellum.“ mounlulm o, a mommy is; oomponions into the lune 0,6106, f m l to see Dora, pine iios-pimi hi,“ 111 0.011515 - at“ m (millage hls fragile Beileek cups 0n a. small Jan tnlu hczsef mer and alert. tor. Jan's heart’ “lmlled M the thmlghl room behind me pamaire exhibiL her tlliwvnt re nlgrngg of Dccem- per-mils cats in a Sick momlu 1121:0351 68533;‘; ° e table beside Jan, n Only it vns the ifindfifleltlliixileirltgle T ‘Going away?" There was Mrs. u: mu- degtinpfion, u wintry moun- A thick-tinned, red-checked walt- mam £55115] $11M; bheeroctllgzrlber- “Excuse mew sald Tony. leaving .. tut "ravens? 111555.313 till; ml... to hi“; a2:.'."'e..°';.' "l "m" u; ifgeglgggllgoiigleliggggglg? ,3: come t‘; s; fliéilmili’fit“°“"fé‘".l“"tf"' ' - . -. . . ' rlsslr-rz lerdo<»._ _3i3d~lbe , e - ‘ ' lecou o r yen u m m“ em risked timidw, an extra 111111-1101!’ P10P0T1Y-—1~°0~—W11711 "- out of his way. m

Doctor?"

she ask

h: want toward his desk.

ed 1151118.

as She looked across at him. the sug-

ar poised in the old sllver_ tongs.

hung up uity lt

each time

wonder irrit-abiy ' vras that

0 She would rlln into Mrs. Talbot,

told herself resolutely. And Brad When 8110

090010 thought Jan, annoyed. Not that it would be glad i0 see n

itcher of

l) ten‘; basket on the floor between

note she nad found pinned to

r . J t kit- , Nam an p“ we Jnns pillow. The bed had not been

“D913 “M11111” be beau‘ and “One No cream This 15 lux bothered to telc rhone about such maflpfgd at all but v.9", “as no ‘l, m XXIV n - i » ' ~ - - ' .. . . a run off - . ~

l 1111-“1 51°11“! helm 113,,“ Clllsgleiliy ury," as he tuck the cup from her trivial ntuttersl use in broadcasting things before llklq: lnlysegich ‘b5! tlgr. Curtis her chair and the wall, surreptioils- 510$ the 1150001100151 P0111 T011Y 10001100 1/110 11081111411 1118f

1*" l‘ ““°' = ml h“, hands and watched her return to site was we at Mary 011100.00“ vuu were ready when Sh, knew he wqiild u. back ly poured the extra cream into her W me hotel odms it with fin- in time w meet Paul Han-is 00m-

~ m ‘gh w“ paws "u l t 11" 01"“ cllelr- Howard's at eleven mu mornulz- “No. r was lust takini’. the kit- in town within a few d8Y5- But 51w 50110" "l0 01M 11 00W“ 1° '1“ g?“ m" q“ 1"“ sushi” ‘s he 1"“ “W” “l” °°"1“°", 11°01 9°10"

‘f 1°11 °“ his desk‘, (ll "Do you know this is the first She presented herself dutifully. fen to see Dora" She COlildlft couiri m; l-l-ule Now that her floor in front of the door in Pugy- ugsorbcd the contents, u room.

‘ cl to ask“ 011 1° m“ T‘ time I've ever had coffee in a Ztiary Elizabeth herself came ln to [hulk or anyllllng 5mm. on the mlml was made up She was driver, puff’; at, Then she opened ag0uglll1i0ln 1t muybmcjonoern, he “What did she say?" Tony ni-

‘ '00 1011111 ' library?" she said as she settled supervise this last fitting 85 51111 spur of the moment. bu a fierce urge to rind Brad a; ii“, door and hi“ iriiwn giepped 1'0 . _0n worry I t me. When ed brectlhlassly. , Mmre out cautiously, sniffing experimen- 1 E01? 011011 111 0110111111 everythinz. ‘Wotfrlirlgl’ said Paul, "mop;

l Whv. I'd love

she slbstituted at a ilvarnih

from, the doctor

it. Doc —-Brad ."

g look

back. her own clip ver tray. "I've stories;

still on the sil-

read about it ln I often “rendered what it

riid ‘as they directed her

the pig mirrors.

She watched her image advance and retreat in 111911‘

"Humnil!" said Mrs. Talbot. XXI Jan walked to the subway station

once and get everything settled. rl to put as

That, nnrl the decisio ible between k0

rlulclw distance ns puss

tally at the outer edge of tlh-e bas- t doorway,

Jon Payson." Paul thanked thegchamberrrtald

at’ the leg o! Jens and sent her on her way. ‘Iheh he

that Jan brought all he! pnlenh over yesterday and out them sway in a drawer to o4 m;

l v ~ he said with , _ F1 satéfwctii-nPatgfill call for you 8t v'°..1lgdl?ea2$,€l:lng llke what ml d°P¥?f,;,.e-, Mal-r Eljzabgm point- fauna’ °°'“1‘1- s“? 1111011‘ 5110 11°l5°11w01l0 1110 1x110“ Arms and ‘gllmglkargnnalgeogsfiwlgmwohgl: “all”; rang the Dover-est residence, found Christmas morning figizmdoenfl ."F'~'1 1101°1~ ‘a1’ M “W”? Right?" expected?" The doctor's eves fire ed out, to the seamstress sitting was Loncaécltleiiliuealtgtfspéle ‘l Pl” ‘he wmam Almhfgllly mveglst Rlmclns ‘wound mllltllyl us“, out from the butler where Tony ex t Jan todav. Elle thinks my; 11’ 011110 01°50 5'11"“ d°“”‘ mm amused ' back on her heels Just out o! Jan's bound bus Whén 5i,1“°.°“l“°lfl“' 5““°~,’lml§"l pfrllvlo hold ‘last l}, M, gum, cgfnpigtg gbgorpflqn and Jan, W85 likely t0 be at the moment and ge ting really rbr m, “m, u, 1"‘ 1'1“- "Rlm back .10 1'01.“- 515‘ “No. I never dreamed that a line 01111-01611 i110 01111-59 01 1'1"’ "19’ site thouvht I01‘ a 1110111613115“? in: lgl-‘Li 81p olcmatter how stmnEe 111110111)‘ 1-0 171111101 1101' P51100305- mmny 109111“ mm‘ 11181111 011d 18 100 bIIBY to come trl- and tell ‘her I said shes my‘ room could vé as beautiful as fer-t ill the liflll’! o.’ the full skirt, “.85 “we 18L?‘ 11x0“ MM £21535 gmtislglllillagmflr were me places She had Pussyqmn back "re ulill pvelnu sald Tam,’ lmng_ 0v" he“, pl"t;:vlanag1:fi'rl,ipd i111‘ Val” With thlsflftalnd flglljibfillfftlfgfl B. whole 10l1'b\\'1llf‘1\ tho}; leilllfoilglif€grelgflb9kjl1gg [r30 be taken. She stepped into me ivhel-e she must go, in ‘fills lgaskebtafand ‘gas &egel‘be5é;flril up while Paul was still speak- kliltglsrwgibggr “all! m igld m, ' r “ ' se u o eall u rorlnls. was a n: ‘~ » - - us i ~ - . .< , - in us ore e 0' - , , e w“ qu ckly and iooi-tedovci uleseu She itould marry Blad as soon the" estnggung “mm There “as The next hail hour w” a riigi-ip- ialdrig il, to Dora. Did you see it