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

that they might b placed IN turn against
round
Il suppose now they'll an come sighed
Jean. though thsy'rs really better of out
there There's clover and WED seeds In the
hay and corn. and for water they oan eat
The snow thafs artftsA in
Dvsn - she spoks. howsv~. they began to
arrive squawk. Dap. and the soft thump
a their fsathsry persuasion In the snow, TIL
all afty dotted the drtft and had to be brought
tn and carried through to the woodshed.
sun. the situation had its advantages. for
the children had TO isavs on gstting under
foot Of the christmas preparations and set
about the oonstructioa of my nssts. 1t Wa
sas.sr now for Thomas to sitp cut unobssrvsl
and make his Journey to the wreck without
being put through the third degree on his
return. A. Jean unmarked, It vas exactly
like the Swiss Family Robinson. and the way
wsrs pretty nearly a. alone ~ the Swiss
Family Robinson. and - cut OF from out.
side help. Not but that thsre were roof
psaks and chtmneys, but the windows were
suffered, the ehimnsys without smoke. the
jewellers having made their southern ni;,.4g
however. and thithx. when the sky had
turned daffodn yellow and the smoke against
It was . plume Of amethyst. Thomas steered
his snow shoes. bearing . Tin pail and bis
purSs- For the children, Martha said Out
not in jeans hearing. had got to have milk.
sense.
It was . Darby and . Joan who. before he
could knock. came to the door In q state of
repressed but intense excitement and inquisi.
uvsnsss. Their delight at the tale Of the
unhappy car v.s thinly yelled BY their ex.
over Jeans foot was genuine.
If IA been . mite youngsr'n be, I'd
gone over thar. says to my woman, seq Z,
that girls nothin' but . kid herself Shed
oughta Be looked after. But We thought
likely she had folks sommsrs, and she'd been
kind Of boyish. We don't aim to be like city
folks, my woman an me. Sim. I'd meant to
see If she had wood enough. Didn't seem to
me last fall she was getting in enough"
And then, a Thomas was paying for the
milk. old Joan brought In . glorious blue.
berry pie and asked him II he could carry 1t
without splitting the milk. It wasn't very
GOOD, she said; she never was NO hand with
ma hs,t h. ~, H.. t~Sx
their Christmas dinner. He took It reverent.
~. for BY it, shape. color, and aroma he knew
he was in the presence of one Of the really
great cooks Of the world.
I'll carry II a. tar ~ can" he aid. but
I never could set very FIR with q pie II
doesn't seem to last long with me, somehow.
and never even tried to carry one like this
before!"
The old lady chuekied and filled his pocket.
With cookies.
II made thsss sssd cakes for ny rrand.
children" said she. but I gusss maybe their
ma won't let en- out In this sAow Tain.t
packed down enough yet 10 make good going
in . cutter. Anyways. II they DO come
can sasy make another batch"
A. Thomas turned away into the 3swslsd
glory of the evening. jusgfing the PAN Of
Dreamy milk With one hand and the rnastsr
Pie In the other. the pure cold air was IKE
musao and perfams; the hollow sf the valley
was . cup filed With wonder.
Jean was looking cut Of . northern win
DOW whsn hs came In sasht bearing hss ysoh
addition 10 thstf SWISS family ehatsAuS
ehssr. aaA % - b turned hi fass - IL
ssuthwsst and stood fsr . msmse4 VIII ~,
iast gsev Il the ssnsst uDsa hin shs nv
what ~ weenan had svr bscsrS sssn m
Thenas-ostthsr Martha nor hi mother.
Ara thea be was 1t the dssr and tAs haAAss
wses olamorins at him. and Martha US ~