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. 21, 1939
THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON
17Tai ;torY
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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."
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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