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Wen Invite them and surprise thsu
Nth 8 regular English dlnns--ruast
beef. Yorkshire pudding and gravy,
and have. rOiy-p>oiy puddlng for des-
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The days few By with the sisters as
busy as bees Anne Was neTsr happier
IL all her life. She had not time for
repInlng. and found that by simply
making the best Of everything she had
no real troubles at all Henry, too.
caught the spirit Of hope. and remark
ed TO his wife:
TT wont be long until We have made
up for lost time, and I like my new
position better than the old one. be-
cause 1t has more Of future TO 1t"
The Lamberts were delighted with
the invitation, as they were expect.
ing lonely day, far away from Merrie
England
One day. when Judith came in from
shopping. Anne met her with the news /:
"A DepheE. John Leigh. has surpris-
I ed the LaDberts. He has seen service
I in France. and is sent here by the
British government on a mission to
Z Washington He has weeks vaca-
them insisted that he come to our
I Christmas dinner. and they are all
zo1nz 10 call tonight-"
How Interesting" exclaimed Ju-
dhh- perhaps he can advise me about
rnT Red Cross work.
Everyone was delighted to meet the
handsome young soldier and eager TO
hear stories of -over there" from one
who kneE. John became great help
to Judifb with her plans for the chill
d-en's Christmas and her Red Cross
work. In fact. he thought Of 50 many
things that be came TO the Nidgely's
at least once day and every evening.
He trimmed the tree while Judith
made the simple things to adorn IT
One evening Mrs. Nidgely remarked
70 her husband: Il never saw a young
man 80 interested in children"
He looked up from his paper in
amused surprise. my dear. do you
really think he is interested only In
the chiidrenf7
-JOhn. you don't mean Judithf'
@Certainly. 1t has been evident from
the first
Christmas mrrived-s glorious day,
with snow on the ground The chill
dren had hung mp their stockings- Into
the bottom Of each had been placed the
bright new cap and rnittens. and gay
bag Of candy on top. while the other
gifts were grouped about the tree
After the successful dinner was
eaten they spent the evening in sing
ing carols. John had good tenor voice
and Judith accompanied him on the
piano. Then he sang military songs
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