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A MUFFLER? FOR
ME? A SURPRISE FROM
ANNIE? FOR CHRISTMAS?
SHE HAD YOU SUP
OUT AND GET IT AND
ITS A SECRET?
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OH. DOCTOR-IT WAS
MY FAULT YOU FOUND
OUT YOU MUSTN'T
GIVE ME AWAY IT
WOULD BREAK HER.
HEART IF SHE FELT
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BEEN SPOILED - i
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I ITS A SECRET? 7
r YOU'RE 60 LIKE
YOUR FATHER, DOCTOR-
ONLY SO MUCH COLDER.
HARDER SO CYNIC AL
BUT CHRISTMAS DOES
MEAN SO MUCH TOHER,
tVtTH IF HOT AO YOU
ANNIE .iliAa:
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r OH HIS FACE!
LIKE A MASK I DIDNT
MEAN TO HURT HIM BUT
HE COLD AND CYNICAL?
AND NOW HE SLAMMED OUT
TO WALK ALL (SIGHT
AGAIN, I'M AFRAID-
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WHY. DOCTOR?
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ORNAMENTS? OF COURSE!
HAVE HARDtY SEEN
YOU, SINCE YOU CAME
NICE TREE? YES SIR?
COLD -CYNICAL--- HARD-
NELLIES RIGHT AM ITS
ABOUT THE ONLY PROTECTION
I HAVE LEFT AFTER ALL
I'VE SEEN AND KNOWN AND FELT
HOW COULD I BE ANYTHING
BUT COLD-BLOODED-SELRSH-?
hey! HAVENT you
I GONE TO BED YET? WHY.
WHAT5 THE MATTER?
OH, N-N-NOTHlN-
6NIFF-NlFF I OUST GOT
TO THINKlN,SNtFF-SNlFP
"DADDY" FAR AWAY
ALMOST EVERBODY I KNOW A
SOMtWHcRe. ELSE I I
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WELL. TOMMY-WHAT ARE VOU
GOING TO GIVE YOUR LITTLE
BROTHER THIS CHRISTMAS? i
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fLL WANT
A FEW OTHER
THINGS. TOO--
fLL JUST BROWSE
AROUND -
WELL-WELL-ALL THOSE
BUNDLES VOU
LOOK ALMOST LIKE
OLD SANTA CLAUS
HIMSELF--HA1 HA!
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MERRY CHRISTMAS1.
EH? OHYES
OF COURSE
MERPV
CHRISTMAS!
SH-H-H GIVE
AWAY THIS SECRET
AND I'LL SKIN
YOU ALIVE IS
ANNIE SAFE IN BED?
jBLESSlDi MERRY
BLESS YOU, JCfl5 I ft & D-p-DOCTORl '
SIR! AND A fl TO YOU- I gg OH-H-DOCTOR?
MERRY N y A CHRISTMAS
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SURE! I KNOW ITfe
TOUGH! BUT THINGS ARE
LIKE THAT fM PRETTY
MUCH ALONE TOO, YOU
KNOW--rOR I WAS TILL
YOy CAME ALONG"
GEE! THATS RK3HT-
I DIDNT MEAN TO
BE A DARNED
CRY-BABY-1 DIDNT
'SPECT YOU TO
CATCH ME
BAWLIN-
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I TELL YOU. ANNE.
yOU AND I ARE A LOT
ALIKE - MAYBE WE
THINK TOO MUCH, EH?
Hfv. HA'. UNLESS We
THINK OF SOMETHING
PLEASANT SANTA
CLAUS, FOR INSTANCE-
HA! HA? HED
SURE SCORCH HIS
WHISKERS IF HE
CAME DOWN TH"
CHIMNEY NOW-
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YET
LAST CHRISTMAS !3p
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