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t pre teal, 8tev and Naaejr have
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war. aad ta Naacy's surprise,
found a rtal cave-ia.
Chapter IX
Nancy couldn't understand. It.
Tinker had laid ha was going to
put up a sign at tha entrance to
lie tunnel to fool Santa Claus into
thinking there was a cave-In in the
ainnel, but now Santa Mid he had
ound the tunnel really was blocked
y dirt. - .
Carrying a shovel, she followed
fanta back Into the tunnel, but she
found that tha tunnel was too
san-ow for them both to dig at
snce at tha pile of dirt which had
apparently com down from the
roof, so Santa did all tha digging.
Almost miraculously three
dwarves had appeared with wheel
barrows and were carrying away
the dirt that Santa was shoveling.
They kept coming back for more
dirt and carrying it away. .
Mare aad Mare Digging '
Santa kept digging and digging,
but there seemed ta be no end to
the dirt and rocks that were block
ing tha tunnel.
After a while Santa began to
get tired. Nancy offered to help,
but Santa said ha was afraid more
dirt might fall down from the ceil
ing and he asked her to stay out
of the tunnel.
Tinker came to the end of the
tunnel and Santa called out to him,
"Is there anyone trapped in this
tunnel?"
AH Escape Cave-la
Tinker replied, "No, everyone is
accounted for. Why don't you quit
digging?"
"I want to get this cleaned up,"
Santa replied, and he shovelled all
the faster. The dwarves hauled
away mora dirt and more dirt.
Finally, Santa stopped. "I give
up," ha said. "There seems to be
no end to it. As long as no one
has been hurt, I guess I'll Just
let It sit for a while."
The tired old man went back
to his office to rest.
Immediately Nancy turned to
Tinker. "I don't think there was
a real cave In of the tunnel." 1
Tlaker Feels Saata
-'"There wasn't," Tinker replied,
amiling. "When I saw how deter
mined Santa looked when he heard
about the trouble In the tunnel I
know you couldn't stop him from
coming down here. So I hurried on
ahead with a bunch of dwarves
and elves and we filled the tunnel
with dirt so he would find what
looked to be a real cava-ln. When
Santa started digging away at the
dirt i sent some dwarves with
wheelbarrowi around thrmivh n
old tunnel to pick up the dirt that
he was digging. Then they brought
it around to the back of the pile
and dumoed It on. Ha kant diffin
throurh the nmi Hir time after
time. I thought he never would quit.
ut course be never could dig clear
through as long as we were dump
ing tne ain on the other end of
the pile, and he could never see
us because he could never let the
tunnel clear.
"Now we will block off the old
tunnel again and use this one to
get to our workshop. It didn't work
out quite as you had planned It,
nancy, but wa do have a wort
shop in which to finish the present
were making for Santa Claus
By the way, let me dig through
this pile of dirt and take you back
to look at the present."
Through tha Hole
It didn't take Tinker long to dig
a hole through the pile of dirt and
Nancy crawled through the hole
after him. Tinkea. filled it back up,
just in case Santa should come
back,
In the workshop, Tinker and
Nancy found several elves busily
at work. In the middle of the room
was a small, metal box. It was
the most beautiful thing she had
ever seen in her life. It was made
of beaten gold and was linked on
the edges with jewels. On the sides,
the metal was beaten into the form
of pictures. Nancy could see that
the pictures showed all of the
dwarves and elves at work in
Santa's workshop. And on the top
was a picture of Santa himself,
holding his hand out to two chil
dren. And with that Nancy squeal
ed, "why, that's Steve and me."
"That's right." said old Grundy,
who was the elf In charge of mak
ing the present. "You children
have been of such help we thought
your picture should be on the box,
too.
Tae Bard ta Finish
"The box Itself is done," Grundy
continued, "But I'm afraid we may
not be able to finish the machine
that goes Inside It you know,
the machine that tells Santa what
Morse Told
Smears Won't
Work on Ike
! ASTORIA ID - Wendell Wyatt,
Republican state chairman, said
Monday that "personal smears"
by Sen. Morse (D-Ort) "on. the
PrsidntlU fall."
Replying to accusations made
Sunday by Morie in a television
Interview, Wyatt said. that
"Morse's tirade la typical of his
present tactics of making false, ir
responsible charges to divert at
tention from what he himself is
planning."
Wyatt said that Morse had re
peated "his charge that President
Eisenhower has no political moral
ity. In effect, he says that the
President ta dishonest.
"This la a strange accusation
to come from a man who was
elected in 1M4 largely because be
assured Republican loaders of Ms
party loyalty and his faithfulness
to Republican Party principles.
"The Republicans in Oregon will
welcome the opportunity to debate
the relative honesty of the Eisen
hower administration with, that of
the Truman administration," Wy
att Mid.
He denied that Republicans were
planning to spend large amounts
to defeat Morse in next year's
election. "Much more money , is
available to Morse and he will
spend much more than the Repub
lican candidate can possibly have
available."
Statesman, Salem, Ore., Wed., Dec. 21, 53 (Uc-'TtyS''
OklaKomans Adding Happy Note to -.Girl's Tragic Christmas
Syria President to
Visit Pakistan Soon
KARACHI, Pakistan W-Svria's
president, Al Sayed Shukri Al Ku
watley, will visit Pakistan in Feb
ruary by invitation of the Pakis
tani government, the government
announced.
A pressure point between these
two" Moslem nations is Pakistan's
adherence to the western-oriented
Baghdad pact. Syria holds to the
majority Arab viw against such
alllancs. .
DURANT, Okla on- Thli win
be a tragic but at the same time
a wonderful Christmas for 10-year-old
Linda Womack.
Last Thursday morning, Linda's
home was destroyed by fire "and
her three brothers, Leon, 19, Bob
by, 14 and Persey, .7, burned to
death, along with friend, Irving
Berns. .19. Linda's mother, Mrs.
PerseyVomack. suffered critical
At that Judge Sullivan took
over. He and Mrs. Garner picked
up Linda at her aunts's home and
started on a deluxe . ahopping
spree.
For the next hour and a half,
the trio shopped wildly for new
dresses, slips, shoes, socka and
other Items of little-girl apparel.
As the atore owners learned who
their young customer waa. they
burns. The father already bad left added Items to the pile.
the house. - Then, at one of the store Linda
Unda wa (pending the night vu gjvell a hug doll-tho big
with Mr. Mary Deloxier. three I
doors awav. when tha fire ac-l
curred. She is living now with an
aunt. Mrs. Alvin Buchana, her
mother' sister.
Meager Christinas
The fire left Linda with little to
look forward to at Christmas with
her brothers gone and the pros
pect that her mother still would
be in the hospital here. And ac
quaintances of the family said
Christmases for the Womacks
have been pretty meager for a
long time. Linda has never owned
a new doll and most of her clothes
have been cast-off. ,
Her father, a laborer, has dur
ing most of Linda' lifetime, found
only seasonal work and Christ
mas has never been one of his
better working periods.
Taws Open Heart
But Durant has opened its heart
to make this Christmas as enjoy
able as possible for the round
faced, attractive little girl. '
The "Christmas for Linda"
project started when Tobe Moore
appeared in District Judge Sam
Sullivan's office with $150 he had
gathered "for that little girl."
Then Mrs. Bud Garner showed tip
with a show box filled with every
thing from pennies to $10 bills
a total of $123.
ROTARY CHIEF TOl'RS
SEOUL (i Rotary Interna
tional President A. C. Baker and
his wife left here for Tokyo Mon
day winding up a three day visit
to give each girl and boy. You
see, we toymakers have never had ,
to work out a problem that hard
before, especially without Santa's
help."
He wiped a tear from his eye,
I'm afraid we may not get the
present don after all," he said.
Tomorrow: A Journey far Help.
Cliurchiir Grandson
To Visit With Mother
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Churchill, IS, grandson of the
former British Prim Minister, ar
rived by plane Tuesday to spend
the holidays with his mother,
Pamela, former wife of Randolph
Churchill.
The freckle-faced hoy was met
at Idlewlld Airport by a man who
declined to Identify himself other
than to say he was a friend. He
declined to aay where the boy will
stay.
Mrs. Pamela Churchill, who waa
divorced from Randolph Church
ill In 1946, - underwent an opera
tion here two weeks ago.
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Meanwhile, the Womack, family
fund still la growing. Mrs. Gar
ner' 14-year-old daughter. Cwyaa
ha started a fund at school for
Linda and aa Judg SuUlvaa ex
plained "vryon want to help
out."
So Linda, eye shining a only
a little girt' can over a first new
doll, will hav her most wonderful
but still her most tragic Christmas.
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