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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1939)
' -m ,m'-l'Hjarait.i,.'ts;tfj . 21, 1939 THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON 17Tai ;torY I JtKint. SAN i A llauj BROWN gV MILDRED GILMAN SK' VIII ....Mon house wa$ dark "M B""' .11 lloht In the K 1L Near me front door' ke'1"' ith on onffrv cuter emerged from ' fif. menaced the butler !'r,J "Whv do you IVr been breaking my back, P , snow hour after hour? .htav hart some i inej x a ' , , Ffd Christmas. Ive always ItCUia nave didn't I worked tor the 7 htir mpI worked. J Donaldson opi hs store Lnt swaken Mr. Bonald the butler insisted. "It's '. h niiestion. I'll call JJ, if you don't leave! Take . Put that shov- a. 'tS shoved him aside and A l we ,0l Wd-'on," he shouted wav" . ! want vmir store if'JlHiUvc- ..-..- N . . , , hiiu nine fnr eel 1 '" " , ' i -i I worked and work- U kept thinking another hour, Uo M cents that's her doll jt another hour that's a! Pete s SKaies you ve got A iond servant joined the (rind attempted to quiet Car - Ren the Donaldsons, awak- y by the noise, peered down hs the upper hall. Mrs. Don- teo clung to ner nusoana. Sooe craiy man nas oroKen aid Mr. uonaiason. - s nitiy. Worst cnnslmas tve ievernaa. Kli! hsve we done to deserve Jo?" Mrs. Donaldson moaned. X Jsrry then this I think b-jetag to She gasped, CkEconscious into Mr. Donald- i irms. The two servants Bid Carter and jerked him to h front door, shoved him out si down the steps just as Jerry tee up to the house. Carter :j nd leu into me snow. ,"er peered out, "What'd you k rid man? he asked. "They h it you, too?" Tirter jot up and brushed the o!( his clothes. He tried to b himself. tsent 15 hours shoveling snow iive enough money to buy toys for the children three of them" hf'xupl,ained Intr"y- "My kby sttU believes in SanU Claus if you've ever had a child like her with faith like that-you'd knew how I feel. "I kept shoveling thinking about the money till the stores were tKnea. i ye spent the rest of the mgm trying to get someone to open nis store, just to let me buy things I can't disaDDoint thm ? thought perhaps your father he might send one of the servants down once I had a job with htm i mougnt ne might remember. He didn't," ( Jerry opened the car door. "Climb in," he said gently. He took the store keys out of his pocket, "i work for the old msn now. I'm supposed to open the store at 8 o'clock every morning. Guess I'm a little ahead of time, but that's all right." They drove away. Carter could hardly believe it was true, un til they stopped in front of the Palais Royale. They entered the store: Jerry struck a match. "I'll have to look for the light switch," he said. "This is ail new to me." Jerry walked about with light ed matches looking for the switch. Carter stood aside waiting, his eyes following the light excitedly as it flickered across one toy after another. Suddenly Jerry called, "Here it is," and turned on the lights. The whole glittering toy department stretched out before them. Carter was dazzled by the display. Jerry picked up two burlap bags, handed one to Carter, "Help yourself to whatever you want, Mr. Carter," he said. He started down one aisle with his bag and Carter down another. Carter picked up a pair of skates. "Skates that's what Pete wants. Wonder how much these are!" Jerry, on the opposite side of the store, was saying to himself, "I bet the Carter kids would like skiis these look like the best ones." Carter stod admiring a doll. "Betty would love that," he thought. He looked at the price tag, hesitated, then picked up a smaller doll. "Guess I better take this one, though," he decided reluctantly. Across the store, Jerry was put ting a much finer doll in his bap ,i."B!tfT, ,ake thrr or tout of tftese dolls,' he mused. "Kids like lots of dolls." "Here's an airplane. Jot said he wanted one," exclaimed Carter, and it's oly 50 cents. I can buv him a baseball, too." Jerry put armsful of games and toys in his bag. "Oughta be something among this stuff that thev'll like," he told himself. He looked over the book counter and selected several books. Finally the iwn m. Kt ;n i front of the store. Jerry's sack was ouiging, his arms were full and he was dragging a sled behind him. Carter's bag was only half full. He was radiant, but he hesi tated when he saw all the things that Jerry had. "How much will all this cost?" he asked. "I don't know," Jerry replied carelessly. "You can charge it." "But I don't have a charge ac count," Carter protested. "That's all right charge It anv way." "But but I haven't enough money to buy all that." Jerry turned to him for the first time. "Mr. Carter, what I mean is well, what I'm trying tosay is, the toys won't cost anything because I'm paying ffor them." Mr, Carter was grateful but firm, "Thanks thanks a lot," he said, "But, you see, I worked to buy these toys. I shoveled snow all day for them, and I want to give my kids their Christmas myself." He took some money from his p.Tcket and shoved it into Jerry's hand, Jerry understood. "Sure. That's right." he nodded, putting the money in his pocket without looking at it. "That'll pay for the lot of it. Stuff's alt marked down anyway. Always is the min ute the Christmas rush is over." He went to the back of the store, returned wheeling a small doll carriage full of candy and per fume. "For Mrs, Carter." Jerry said. "We almost forgot her." He picked up his bag. "Come on. Carter, we're going home." Jerry turned out the light. "But Mr. Donaldson, 1 have to go back to my home, because " "That's what 1 mean," inter rupted Jerry. "Come on." 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