Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31

| and by that time the woman had overtaker
| them. She was plump, motherly woman
end her voice was rich with good feeling.
You don't want to go down town this
early In the morning, do you? Keep righi
ahead. and merry Christmas to. you ALL"
The young man in the middle laughed
! and touched his hat.
Merry Christmas to you, Mrs. Blank
and thank you, very much
They started off, and a few steps later
banged into a tree.
party.
No, indeed; poor boys, wish they
were"-and the sigh of pity that went win
the words would have scandalized the pro-
hibition party stock, root and branch.
''They are blind The one who spoke 20
me can see a tiny mite and serves as a
guide TO the others. They live up my
way, and no matter when You come across
them they are as brave and CHEEKY as
You see them now. And did you notice
hop pat he had my name? Recognized my
voice at once, and l haven't talked to him
IL years. There they go, the blind leading
the blind, and all of them as bright and
Christmassy as If they saw Gods sun
shine every day of their lives"
So bright and Christmassy. indeed, that
the women behind could hear them laugh.
ing and talking as buoyantly as il
AS If. like those other three men we
know about, they were being led by star.
A finely dressed woman was going along
10th street. She held by the hand a little
bit Of girl in white plush hat. coat and
leggins. who looked like twin sister to the
blue-eyed. pink checked. fluffy blonde doll
she Rugged to her breast. At the corner of
street they stopped to speak to another
finely dressed woman. and this is what a
third woman overheard the child's mother
say:
Same way with met I never was so
thankful to have Christmas over and done
with. You see, the children are old enough
n mos frnr Sayta
Claus. and I had to race myself half to
death buying ornaments for the tree.
don't know how I would have managed.
anyway, If mamma hadn't dressed the
dolls for me. Jack and I stayed up nearly
all night fixing the tree and filing stock
ings. Did you receive many gifts?''
The third woman looked at the child.
who. in turn. was staring up at her rattle
Drained mother with inteuse-fooking eyes
that showed that she had fathomed the
first great mystery of life.
"Oh, yes: the children Jared splendid1y.
Maize, darling. show Miss Blank the beau
tfful dolly Santa brought YOU
And Maize darling held up her baby with
an artistic assumption of faith and inno-
cenee that no sister actress on the boards
can ever hope to achieve.
little woman. wearing a dress that was
shiny with jet, stood at the curb across
from the Colorado building 1t was busy
hour and the street between was crowded
from automobiles to push carts, to say
nothing Of the everlasting cars.
On the woman's face was waiting look.
and her pale blue eyes were tired. as an
other woman. who had Just crossed,
brushed past her Then she spoke:
VIII you please take me across the
street? I'm so near-sighted and 50 nervous
that am afraid to risk 1t alone"
OF course, the woman who was not nerv-
Gus and could sell well helped her over
And equally. of course, she asked:
What will you do when you come to the
next corner?"
Just like did this time. My guardian
angel always sends some one to take me
across. All have to do Is to wait"
If you are business woman. scurrying
through a traff1c-crowded street, and some
one tells you thing like that, why, 1t
makes--you-feel-rig
Whether you have faith or not In such
individual guardianship, you are thankful
that It Is granted to so helpless a little
sister, and as you go your way you realize
that your old friend Sterne was indeed
right when he told the world that God
tempers the wind to the shorn lamb!