SERIAL STORY
HIS CHRISTMAS CAROL
; BY ADELAIDE HAZELTINE
TIIH ITURYt Waca Andrrw
Daarbara dlea of aaart attack, ala
erratarr Carol and "flaata Clans'
Btll Rare, falthrnl amployra,
aronflar If ta kindly- mrraldrnfa
atorv policy of arrvlre to the pro
ala will aontlnne, knowing; tbat
aaaarapulona Ulr. Ilerrlrk. aaalau
ant asannaer, ana other Idraa.
. 9aar cable plnybor ana Andy
Daarbara, rarhtlfia- with alrck
Uada Jnllaa, to retnra at oaca,
CHAPTER n
fPHE employes of the store stood
. " in little knots after the en
nouncement of Mr. Dearborn's
death. They talked In hushed
whispers or Just stood staring.
Some of the older ones cried,
quietly, tears streaking their tired
faces. Like little Miss Fanny
had been with Dearborn's since
she wore pigtails and ran cash.
She had been hosiery buyer for
twenty years. There were those
who complained that fingers
sjnarled with rheumatism de
tracted from the beauty of sheer
nylons. But Mr. Dearborn said
there would always be a place for
her and ha had kept his word.
The Christmas extras for the
most part looked embarrassed. One
of them, Mary Todd of cosmetics,
said, "I thought Mr. Herrick ran
the store." A dozen were quick to
deny it.
Among them all, both old and
new, the question was, "What will
young Andy do?" Uppermost in
their minds, unspoken, each won
dered. "Can I keep my job? What
will this do to me?"
Even Nicky Moore, the news
boy on the corner, was worried.
"Jimmy-gee," his freckled face
wrinkled with concern. "He was
a good guy." Ashamedly he
brushed back a tear. "He al'ays
helped me. 'Spose the new fella
will be like that, Miss Carol?"
"Don't worry," Carol consoled
him. "Mr. Andy's all right He'll
be here any day now."
' But he wasn't there. After two
days the cable office reported they
had failed to contact the Dearborn
yacht
So the store closed for an after
noon In spite of Mr. Herrick's re
luctance to lose the business and
the funeral of Andrew Dearborn
was held without the presence of
his son.
The following day Carol re
ceived a wire from Andy saying
he was flying back and would ar
rive at once.
CHE took the message to Mr.
J Herrick.
"Too late for the funeral," he
growled. "But he'd better hurry
anyway. They won't read the will
until he comes.
. Carol was silent
"I suppose you know who holds
the will?" he persisted.
: She thought quickly, decided
there was no harm In admitting
he knew a will existed. The con
tents were what Mr. Dearborn
asked her to keep secret
"No," she replied, "I don't know
who holds it Mr. Benson helped
him draw It up, then died a few
weeks later. I should think his
office would know."
. "You're sure there Is one?"
. "Yes. Bill and the doctor wit
nessed It" ,
: "All go to the son?" his small
eyes bored Into hers. When she
failed to answer promptly, he con
tinued, "He can't know much
about stores. He certainly hasn't'
spent any time around here."
Carol rose to Andy's defense.
"Why should he? When he wanted
to come Into the store In earnest,
his father wouldn't let him. Later,"
she spread her hands in futility,
"he had other interests."
"It may be a break" he
Checked himself, said gruffly, "I'll
bet he turns out to be a weak
sister."
Anger flushed Carol's cheeks. No
one but Mr. Herrick would dare
voice that accusation. Yet it was,
more or less, the way all the em
ployes felt They resented young
lAndy, resented his dark good
(looks, his indifference to the
tore. Most of all, they resented
Linda Julian and the long parade
of others like her who combined
tto take his attention from busi
ness. To them, Linda was the
ajmbbdiment of his idleness.
- But to Carol she was only the
cloak of gaiety in which Andy
iwrapped his disappointment He
had grown up In the store, run
ning errands, watching the clerks
jSelL studying the cash register as
they rang up change. He loved
it with the fervor of a teen-age
'boy for his life occupation.
She was working in the store
n Saturdays then. A freshman
In high school. Andy was a soph
omore and wore the halo of the
boss's son. She admired him from
a respectful distance. She didn't
know herself when that admira
tion began to be something more.
It was when he came back from
military school she felt the first
sweet shock of it She was Mr.
iDearborn's secretary by then.
Seated at her typewriter one day
ishe looked up to see Andv beside
Iher. Andy, a man. Broad-shoul-idered,
tall, with the clean line of
his father's jaw and the same well
imolded lips. His eyes were gray
with glints of silver in them.
'"It's you?' he said, looking
down at her. As if he didn't quite
know what she was doing there.
Can you tell me where to find
my father?"
! Between this slrrmle
land her stammered reply, the
thing had happened. Her breath
icaugnt in her throat For a fleet
ing moment it seemed hours
she stared at him and something
came alive, some inner flntna n
Iher tears would never quench.
1 - u iiauu
(known.
' But Carol knew and the knowl
edge tortured her.
. He was graduated that year.
She saw the letter in which he
told his father he was ready now
Ko go into the store, ,
MR nafln't riun XT 1 J1
COPVKIOHT. 141.
NKA SERVICK. INC.
She saw his father's answer,
too. He dictated it to her. It
spoke of higher education, travel,
the tilings he wanted Andy to
enjoy. Things he'd never had him
self. "Plenty of time to come
into the business later," he ad
vised. "I don't need you now."
e e
rpRUE, he dldnt need him at
that time.
But when he did, only a few
short years afterward, young Andy
was too busy with his Lindas and
his yacht to care. Oh, he took a
desk, all right In the merchan
dising office. He did well to sit
at it an hour a week. His father
had set the stage for a life filled
with nlcasure and Andy had acted
j his part so long he was loath to
give it up. Me naa oecome a
model playboy and the model was
de luxe!
No wonder the store condemned
him. No one but Carol knew the
truth the actual reason behind
his behavior. The others saw ertW
the years he was wasting.
Carol left Mr. Herrick's office
and made her way to the floor
below to her own. She stood out
side of it a moment, gazing down
upon the crowd of shoppers on
the main floor. People jostled one
another good-naturedly. Clerks
hurried from one customer to an
other, smiling a thank-you to the
one as they turned to the next
Christmas at Dearborn's! It
was Mr. Dearborn's favorite sea
con. He loved the rush. He
prided himself on the number of
customers who would stop to
speak to him and wish him a
Merry Christmas.
How long could the store go
oh without him? It was the next
day before Carol had time to
think of that
It was up to Andy and, Indirect
ly, to the six of them who were
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19 Rhode Island
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of alphabet cards.
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24 Electrical 44 Things (Latin)
term. 48 Fish.
25 Ocean (abbr.). 48 Inlet
26 Burnish. 49 Within.
28 Senior (abbr.) 50 Ground grain.
29 To be indebted 52 Small particle.
30 Sluggish.
55 Member of
32 Fall to hit
33 Shower,
35 Bucket
36 Small bird.
Parliament
(abbr.).
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space.
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named to judge him. Tnose wV5
the terms of the wilL How well
sha remembered them! "If, by
the first Inventory date after my
death, the six specified below
agree that my son is going
to run the business as I would
have done, faithful to the tradi
tions upon which the store was
built, then he is to Inherit it all
with my blessing. But it he has
continued to pursue his own pleas
ure, using the store only to sup
port that pleasure without regard
for the welfare of ttttt people, I
hereby order the store closed, its
goods sold at auction. The name
of Dearborn's shall never stand
for anything but service. It must
remain the People's Store."
The will went on to state that
In case the store was sold, the
entire proceeds were to go to
charity.
Mr. Dearborn had set aside a
material sum tor each of the six
employes who were to form a
jury to make this decision for him.
That, Carol realized, would keep
them Impartial.
It was only when she found
herself listed as one of them that
her heart thudded in her ears.
How could she sit in Judgment on
the man she loved?
(To Be Continued)
THIS SOFT GENERATION
KANSAS CITY (IP) Charles
Rothermel, 23-year-old police
man-boxer, can take it up to a
certain point.
Monday he was knocked grog
gy in the second round of an
amateur bout and the right was
stopped.
Yesterday a rear view mirror
on the side of a street car clip
ped him on the head while he
was directing traffic.
On the orders of a physician,
six foot, eight inch Charlie spent
Christmas day in bed.
sports planes may fly over
the city and the republic of
Panama but are prohibited from
flying over the canal xone.
By William
Ferguson
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STAGE
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pace.
27 Drills.
29 One who
lubricates.
31 Pale.
32 Amid.
34 Kind of Ash,
35 Postscript
(abbr.).
36 Written
document.
37 Restore to
freshness,
39 Was ill.
40 Smallest
amount
42 One who alms.
43 Licks up,
45 Orderly.
47 Cavity.
50 Mistress
(abbr.).
51 Highest card,
53 Pedal digit
54 Entangle.
67 Sun god.
59 Symbol for
cerium.
58 Comforts.
60 Squandered.
61 Seesaw.
VERTICAL
1 Hopeful.
2 Inclines.
3 Moments.
4 Loving.
5 Music note.
6 Exclamation.
7 Upon.
8 Meanings.
0 Runs.
10 Contracts.
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