El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-21

little tree for Winifred Christmas Eve,
and you must come and dine with US
them
"Oh, I'd love to-but I didn't mean
that! Pm afraid I've talked so much
about sundays and holidays that you'd
think
You know I don't I can under
stand-it must be fearful to be here
alone And there is something about
Sunday that does make it more lonely
than any other day. Warren has only
been away a few sundays since We
were married, but / know how hard
they We're And holiday must oe
worse. ] wish I'd known you were
here. I'd had you up for Thanksgiving.
We had all his people for dinner"
Thanksgiving, Oh, I think that was
the hardest day Of my life. If / could
have got into the office, I'd have
gone down there and worked. L tried
to work here, to sew and get my
things in order. but i just couldn't! I
wrote to mother in the morning, wash
ed my hair, and thenEDut why am L
boring you with all this2 L suppose
because it's been so long since I've
had any one to talk to-
And there're times when il does
help TO talk. Then you didn't go out
in this room all day.
Laura nodded I suppose I should
have gone to church, but somehow
didn't have the heart to. And oh, it
y
and TO read-but I couldn't do either.
And there wasn't anybody in the house
after dinner. They had dinner in the
middle of the day-and everyone went
to the matinee or TO call. The old
maid on the floor below and 1 were
the only ones here for supper. And
oh. the support I didn't go down be-
cause was hungry-but just for some
thing to do. The halls were dark and
as there were just US two, they had
only one gas jet burning in the dining
roOm-and it's a basement dining
room I came back up stairs and
threw myself on the bed and cried
for the rest of the evening.
You poor child" murmured Helen.
Il do wish you could get your mother
here soon. I can see how hard II Is
for you to live like this. But don't
you think in the meantime you could
get into a more cheerful boarding
house?"
Yes but I'd have to pay more-and
the more I can save the quicker 1 can
get mother here"
She Asks Warren.
A half hour later Helen was hurry
Ing home. her mind full Of Laura and /
her loneliness. Her cry of "Oh. the /
and holidays can bear any 1
thing elser kept haunting her
When Warren came home she told /
him Of her call.
And, oh, she's living In the drear- |
lest most depressing boarding house. /
I've invited her here for dinner Christ |
mas Eve And I thought we might /
have Miss Fanton and Mrs. Sanford
you know they're both alone. and Il /
must be so hard to spend the holidays /
In a boarding house And. oh, Miss
Andrews, tool always feel so sorry /
for her. Don't you see. dear, we'll /
make our Christmas Eve dinner a din 1
1er for the homeless"
"HumDh-a lot Of detached females /
and I'll have to take them all home.
But won't it be worth while-to ]
give them one evening away from their
houses and a real home din
1er2"
All right go ahead. But don't
count me in on the entertaining. This
IS your party-gou'u have to put it
over yourself"
oh. I will" gleefully. coming over
md kissing him. You won't have to
10 a thing but sit at the head of the
table and look handsome"
An right" modestly, "TH try to do
that"