Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-19

4 Anna Henderson lookadx-hak0onA
Never mind;- said rsmFSBrysS
"a And he ordered orr .ris kGree1 -eyfa
Monster" for the coolRs dyes Il
Wilma and Edith and Aunt sfoqlsea
Once more he started away frohi the
books. but a title causkcs ssB 0Se:
ESt re and G sro,s,m Thin sh Tos g s7sNa
for Edith. BY George. Itlfd6 f0f 66eh
of 'em. Eat for Wilma, Sana: the
| Grow Thin for Edith I,Ruessz. SAets,
doubling up some: And now {9r AHpt
The nearest foorwalkeeIuDas aiss, Aa .
response to his query. thstcAHktcANE
could be found on the second, haor,..
Il ought to have swftrn eng ne
| never had felt better in ,Ais bic. RN&
the foorwalker did not lapgR. poe
sibly because he was tired e
Have you anything TO s1 Oh At
With asked the lady IN The EwiSl
mo. I haven't" - .-Ezts seon =.
| ,o Icsn n you give me an sidssfofss faas'
ma sw Sdsa r ss1S5, have VOC sst.s Sc
~, n,E ~ there is. n, fssxeln
| Never mind" said Tommy, What's
s9 rhs t ave, color in hair
| Golden" she said. 49,. -ssisozsz tssss'
You're satisfied. aren't y0ue'. SAID
tommy. for the girl had chvsen the
snaae or her own shaggy NAME ~ an
right, make IL golden And a merry
christmas to you"
He forgot to ask the price1 of
switches. He added up the rest and
found that the total was slS.2s.
| About 75 cents for the hair. M
guessed. That will make 1t II even
I'm some shopper. And all done in
an hour and thirteen minutes" - -
He discovered Billy asleep in the
waitang- room and it took him three
| "Everybody's fixed but the girl her
most Of EN-"
Where you been?" asked Billy,
What time Is it?"
You've got about thirty-three min
love and grab your train. You'll
Lave to pass up the Office"
What time is it? Where you
Don't bother about that. Come on"
On the ride down Billy begged
every one in the elevator to tell him
the time. but no one seemed to know.
Tommy hurried him out Of the store
and into a taxi. ~ .
There's a flock of stores around
the station" said Tommy. 'Yop can
find something there for the dame"
But the progress OF the cab through
the packed downtown streets was
painfully slow and the station clock.
when at last they got in sight OF ft,,
registered 5:17. -
You can't watt" said Tommy.
Give me some money and tell me
what to get"
Billy fumbled ciumsily in seven
pockets before he located his pocket
book. In 1t were two flves and ten.
Il gotta have a feevee," he said.
All right: m get spmething for
Make 1t a wris watch" g =
Sure she has none?'' =sS-
shes got one. This's for other
rot = . u:ss s. your last card have You.
'Pocketbook." said Billy.
! - - =
lToMMY hastily searched and found
a card. He pushed Billy toward
the station entrance. ."t
"Good-by and Merry christmas...'
said Tommy. -. 800 =.
''Goo'-by. and God bless YOU" said
Billy but he was talking to large
policeman.
Where are yon trying to Cor.
asked the latter. - ....s,.7 -
'Souse Benz" said Billy. -
Hurry up, then. You've only got q
minute. -.
The minute and six moro were spent
in the purchase of a ticket. And
when Billy reached the gate, the. 5:2s
had gone and the $50 was about to
chase it.
where to-" inquired the gatemanss
'iSouse Ben" said Billy
Run, then" said the gateman-
II -
vestibule of the Rock Island train,
bound for st. Joe, Mo.
where to?" asked a porter. .,s y
"Souse." said Billy, -
~Ah can see that. said the porter.
But where you goingys; .sss
The train began to move and Billy.
one foot dragging on the station plat
form. moved with it. The porter dex-
terously pulled him aboard. And he
was allowed to ride to Engiewood.
Walking down Van Buren, street, it
suddenly occurred to the genial Nj.
Richards that he would have to 60
| some himself to get his baggage. and
| catch the $50 for the northwest. He
thought of it in front OF Van Buren,
jewelry shop. He stopped and went
in. L
Three-quarters of an hour later a
imessenger-boy delivered q particu-
larly ugly and frankly inexpensive
| wrist watch at the Mcdonald home.
The parcel was addressed to Mis- Nc
Donald and the accompanying card
read: H.
"Mr. Bowen: Cali me up any night
after z. Calumet. 2s78. Miss Violet
Moore" -,-
There was no good will toward men
i'm the Mcdonald homo this Christmas:
Ellen spent the day in bed and the
orders were that she must not be dis
turbed.
Downstairs one person smiled. 1t
Twas Walter, He smiled in spite OF the
fact that his father had tossed his
brand new fve-dollar poker set Into.
the open fireplace. He smiled in spite
of the fact that he was not allowed to
leave the house, not even to take
Kathryn to church
"Geer' he thought. between smiles.
BILLY sure had nerver
Bob walked round among his rela-
tives seeking to. dispel the gloom
with a remark that he thought apt
BE grateful" was the remark.
| shat he had one of his Screanlingly
funny moods before SC was TOO late"
But no one but Bob seemed to think
much Of the remark, and no one
seemed grateful.
Those are the facts, and n was quite
a job to dig them mp. But did r.
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Taxes.
GEORGE PATTILO q publicist. WAS