Illinois Valley News, Thursday, December 21, 1939
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"Ted. you were perfectly wonder
ful.” Sally was saying.
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room. Hands clapped with vehe
mence Small boys made their ap
proval known by shrill whistling.
Ted carried the audience with
him. every step of the way. He
seemed to enter, to merge himself
completely in the character he por
trayed. His make-believe was so in
tense in the last act, that there was
a deep silence for a moment when
the final curtain fell.
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h >lly and mistletoe. Bright red
bells hung from the old fashioned
chandeliers Christmas candles sent
their soft glow into the night The
whole place cried out welcome to
the crowd who thronged through the
doors.
By eight o’clock every seat was
occupied
Small gossip and mur
murs of expectancy ran through the
crowd The little town was proud
of the boy who was taking the lead
ing part in the play. They had
known Ted Rawlings all their lives.
Known him as an easy-going lad. in
terested in nothing more than fish-
ing and hunting around the coun-
try. and later as an astonishingly
changed ambitious fellow. No one
seemed to understand how the quick
transition occurred.
All eyes turned to the stage as the
heavy curtain rolled upward. Three
hundred pairs of eyes fastened
themselves upon the moving speak
ing figures "Isn’t Ted wonderful,"
young girls whispered breathlessly
to each other. Between acts, thun-
MERRY CHRISTMAS
E’OR the time it was no make-
l believe to Ted. He was living
again all the agony of parting, of
seeing Sally Howard go away with
out a word. He had been sure until
her train pulled out that she would
come and say how sorry she was
for the bitter, reproachful words
she had hurled at him. Words that
had left their mark upon his soul—
that had stung him into a mad, am
bitious desire to show her what he
could do.
He found no real satisfaction in
the tumultuous applause that fol
lowed In this hour of his triumph,
his heart cried out for Sally. If
only she was here! If only she had
cared' He scarcely knew what he
was saying in answer to the lavish
congratulations.
Suddenly small hands pressed
tightly around his arm, and a re
membered voice spoke in hie ear.
"Ted, you were perfectly wonder-
ful,” Sally was saying, "wonderful.
wonderful. I'm so proud—so proud
of you.”
“But, Sally, I don't understand. I
thought you were in New York.”
“I was, until last night. I've been
keeping track of you
I knew all
about the play, and and the way
you have been working lately, 1
wouldn't have missed this for any
thing in the world,"
"But the things you said, Sally?
They hurt—they still do ”
"I wanted them to hurt, Ted. 1
know—I know it was cruel, but there
seemed no other way Someone had
to give you the right kind of push
to get you going
You know you
were really lazy’ But now. well,
you've really put on speed.”
"Nothing like the speed I'm go
ing to show in getting ready for a
Christmas wedding
There's just
two days left We've got to make it
a really big event. Let's give
the announcement now—while
crowd is still In the hall.”
The First Santa Claus
The first Santa Claus was St Nich
olas. Bishop of Myra, who started
mysterious midnight gift-bearing
journeys In the Fourth century he
was famous because he was a rich
man who enjoyed giving secret gift«
to the poor One of hit tricks was
to throw purses of g >ld Into cottage
windows and run away
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E. H. Messenger
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