The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-25


srsw VIVID and desirable. Mountains of sand
v1ehes out there under the snow-chicken.
Am roast bssfCcakes and ptss-
knd Jean Applegates cheeks vere 90 boil
-. nat girl younger than hsf Only nine
s.a, tAsn.\ Why, At nineteen a girl should
- H.AcAns and foolmg around-soing to par
d.
h Assssd hy ths simple process Of pick
lar up In shoes, and stoke with burglarious
.1frns.s downstairs. Martha did not vaks,
ssA tn.rs was no sound from the other room
h a. voodshed he found his snovshoea
su1p7sd Them on. and. finding q shovel that
hphsd noted the evening before, put IT over
hs,rs2sasdsr and started out
~ e-ouneatn rose clear. yet phantomrfke.
b.fu=s htm- He could even make out . soil
uary stns leading out from = foothold 20
snghs Inst but little NOW found lodsment
ssou. IN trunk. He thought he remembered
-rnon . tres lsertnS II him out Of the storm
rss 1t the noment b bad wrathfully aban-
h.sd the car.
But the surface hy blank beneath the tree
m b had reached Il How deep. then, did
hi. buried treasure Lie. and where then
suu1d one start digging for nj
rhsa be spaed not . mound BY = deprss-
Sen-a vs-s mark, Ike the dimple . brook
nakss ov~ . bovsdsr or like the dent Of .
gt.nt thumb. He frightened his mouth and
buTovsd into ehs calm depths.
Ths NOV turned pink and gold about him
~ b came to ths valises and 10 that Christ
mas trss which would never now wear glass
balls and ttnsea tor De niece and nephew In
The srnooth black enamel and GAS Of the
door But By ths tims he hid conquered the
fymg white powder sufficiently to get It open
The whole world about him had biased into
h,tndtns gold
The hamper was heavier than Martha by
bad 10 fseltngs 10 be considered, he hitched
. strap 70 one end Of n and dr.ggsd It behind
hkn- But the sunttt snow waa now 20 bright
that he bad 10 keep his eyes shut to a slit
and pull the visor OF his cap low. Half blind
and without raising his head. he retraoed his
far - bad coma. b fslt tbs blue shadow of
he boass cover him. and looked up to 80 the
boy and Etn swaittns him upon the white
mound which Married ths porch stsps-
rvssHsdss w,s half . head taller than
rvssdlsdun. and hsr hxAr-eurlsd beyond her
Init blue cap beautifully. Twesdledum had
aaekR 49, and was squarsr Of nv and
0ubhsR of nosA Otherwise, IN Swsfhed
eorpulanca. exprsEsson, and attitude thsy
vsrs ths samA and each hsad . Unan IRE
shovel shouldsr 10 shouldsr In statuesqus
hnmo6(nU thsy waited until hs vas Just six
test distant. than suddenly said In unison
GOOD morntnS. Mr.. Carter aftsr which
ehsy hoped . ltttle, to indicate relief from
ssnEoa and DUTY Wi dona Thomas vas not
thinking Of his own manners just then. and
hts answer came a~kward7y, bat they COW
srsd his confusion taotfulty by laying hold
Of ths hampsr. They would oarr It thsy
sid. quite an By themselves. 30 he took II
BY the middle and thsy addsd their weight to
either sod and were berne along.
Is It ChrtstmAs thinssf- asked Tvssdls-
-. her soft voics broken with happy ave.
well" said Thomas thoughtfuIly. that
would be telling. And anyway It isn't mine"
lis 1t Martha's7'' Acquaintance would
seem to have progrssssd since be left
II suppose It might bA,- he aid tudtniany.
IT'S to sa4r aid Twssd1sdum In . shout
af triumph.
TO eat 10 eafr rs5oicsd Twssdlsds>
Then We won't have to eat sosgy saliyr
who 10 soggy saIlyr'
SHE'S the oldest She's = Brahma- We
were going to have her for Christmas dinner.
bnut maybe We wouldn't have anyway. b.
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