Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-20
Della wriggled off the table and went for him.

Della %wriggled off the table and went for him.
without giving you a present It'll grow out again-yoa won't mind,
Merry Christmas, JIM - and NC let's ' be happy zap roy You d do%t hnow w aas
a "'s s7eS'ss cut g ss osf SSar r hs;r ST ASKED sEs s 5m for 9sS ys@" a. if he had
mot arrived at that patent fact yet even after the hardest mental
~cut it off and sold it,. said Della: Don't YOU like me just
IS " Sm 1 ioeheS about . @ t m e r w,tn0 ear %S is''' amt IT,
>. ''You say your hair is gomez he said. with am air almost of
sold and gone, too It's Christmas eve, boy, Be good s%%T to me- me-; 70 it
Went OF with a sudde" serious sweetness, but nobody could ever
Out of his trance Jim seemed do qn a1 to to wake yak s'% He embodied his
Della Della: For ten .s seconds DIS lie let us. regard with H discreet scrutiny some
a million a year-what is the difference A mathematician or a
w gifts TG S"t tHst w yon ' mf n smons " tIs%' r Tas % %"Ti nsoash' v M%i be
Jim drew a package from his overeoat pocket and threw it upon
the table.
:, Don make amy mistake. Dell :, he said, about me. ! don't
that could make me like my girl amy less. But if you'll unwrap that
White fingers and nimSls tore at the string and paper. And
then an eestatie scream of Joy and then, alas a quick feminine change
OF all IT. the icon comforting 5ai r. powers of the lord of the flat;
Della Z had '"S wors siS sS f1" 1omg in s s B S1 sGmoy' w S1as awa e seaut tfa1
comb. pure tortoise sh!sl, with jewsled rims-just the shade to wear
knew; and her heart had simply craved and yearned over them with
.e fsess se t 7sast sh nSgs G baT res sdor@ed t hns ao neW, t aayr% wsrs her wsr but the
But she Rugged them to her bosom, and at length she was able
f Fast oo Jim" %H "'' INN eyes and a s"''e say; MY '''rs grows 50
And then Della leaped up like a little singed cat and cried,
Jim had not yet seen his beautiful present. She held it out to
flash With a reflection Of her bright and ardent spirit. -" - ~
'Isnt it a dandy, Jim? hunted all over town to find it. You'll
have to look at the time a hundred times a day now. Give me your
watch. want to see how it looks on it,"
Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch and put his
hands under the back of his head and smiled.
Dell" said he lets put our Christmas presents away and
keep EN- a while. They too nice to us just at present. I sold
the watch to get the money to buy your combs. And now suppose
you put the chops on
The magi as you know. were wise men-wonderfuNv wise men
who brought gifts to the Babe in the manager. They invented the
art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no
doubt wise one, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of
duplication. And here have lamely related to you the uneventful
chronicle of two foolish children in flat who most unwisely sacrificed
for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But i'm a last
word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts
these two were the wisest. OF all who give and receive gifts. such as
they are wisest. Everywhere they are the wisest. They are the magi.