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HIS CHRISTMAS CAROL
BY ADELAIDE HAZCLTIME
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CHAPTER III
rVfCt other five on the Jury in
Jude young Any were not
dually named. The will simply
epeelfied that they would bt U
flv who on th day of his dtialh
tid lowfeat served ihr lnr.
Theee five and Carol ralrflrM,
whom I trwt vtry much."
8h had gone to pload with
him, "Nama eorooone else, Mr.
Dearborn. I'm not capable or
helping male a daclslon Ilka
that."
Ka smiled acrota hi desk at
har. "You're perhaps tlia moat ca
psble of them all, Carol. Tor you,
mora than anyone else, g the
(tort through my eyai. I would
feel taf with you alone to rie
elde It. I expect your Inllutiwe
o be felL Naturally." ha hesl
Uted and aha noticed a Hampnc.w
la hli eyes, "I hope with all my
hear! that Andy will carry on.
Run the business aa I have built
It, Where the customer I alwaya
right and the employe alwaya
happy. If ho doesn't" he Iwiwd
away "Dearborn's shan't exist. I
nusl made aure of that. I'rom-
lae me you'll stand by the spirit
of the will, Carol, between the
people and my son."
Site aald, In a amall voice, "I
will." She couldn't my, "I love
your aon, Mr. Dearborn. Hope
lastly, yea. But love Juit the
same. Don't leave me to pan
Judgment on him."
She couldn't nay anything to
rhang his mind. The more ahe
axled to ay the .Hrmr he became.
"You'll do thli one Wit thing for
ene, Carol. You'll do It well." Ha
(poke the words he had written
In the will. "I trust you very
ajiuch."
Quickly h tan over the llt
at the five who were with her In
IL Bessie In notlona, Melhllde In
dresses, John In the atock room.
Mr, Majora In Ui merchandllng
office, MtM Fanny In hosiery, They
had been I'ingcil In the Mme.
fcuddenly aha tensed, glnn ed at
calendar. December IB. She
drew a atartlad breath. Annual
Inventory began the Monday after
New Year".' Seventeen dayi
way.
Toe ahort time. Far too ehoi tl
Yet there It was. Mr. Dearborn
had thought inventory the right
rlaU to close the store, If close
they musL Ho suroly hadn't ex
pected to die within 1m than
three weeka of It'
Evtry day, every minute wo
precious.
t wea too much for her young
houlders. She dropped down at
tier dejik, flung her head on the
typewriter and through shear baf
flement let the teari come.
That'a why the masculine feel
bad Hopped beside her before ahe
became aware of them. They
Urred Impatiently. A pair of
women's shoes with ridiculously
high hetla Joined them.
Carol took quick dab at her
yea, smoothed her hair and
looked up.
aaa
TJAZEDLY, ahe rote and said,
"Oh, you've come!"
Andy Dearborn and Linda
Julian atood before her.
Andy's voice sounded strained
"I'm sorry your cable didn't reach
Us sooner, Carol. With the funeral
and all you muat have had e lot
n your hands."
"Wo managed. If we'd known
you could eomo no aoon "
1 left within an hour after I
fat your cable."
"They couldn't And you for two
days." Her tone waa an accusa
tion. H noticed It and atiffenad. "We
were cruising. We didn't hit a
port for week. I had no Idea my
father waa 111." A shadow of pain
crowed hla face.
Her eympnthy went out lo him.
Che knew he had loved his
father.
"You must have known he ex
pected an attack any time."
He looked steadily at her.
No, X didn't know. He never
mentioned it" -After a moment
he added, ."You probably knew
mot about him than I did."
"H, loved the atore. Ho kept
hoping you'd be here moro."
"Yea. I know." "A one-stdad
mile embellished the meaning of
hla worda. "Well, you know how
we got along, Carol. The time I
wag her he waa alwaya pushing
me to settle down to keep my
ose to the desk" He stopped,
"Of course, you're not Interested
ta that"
A cool voice out In. "Why should
he be, darling? After all she waa
only his stenographer."
Carol drew back, Linda waa
tall with en amatlngly clear alt In
under her cruise tnn. Hor eyea'
were a contemplative yellow
green. Her mouth now wore a
derisive smile. "Let'a go In the
office) and get out ot this unholy
noise," Linda Urged.
For the first time Carol realized
the; footntnni of hundreds ot cus
tomers might he called tiolso. She
hid thought ot them ns music. It
meant business was good at Dear
born's. Andy1 eyes continued to hold
sterol's as ha said absently to Lin
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da, "Yes, of course." Ha turned
and touched the knob of his
Inllior's otitis, pniiied. Then,
quickly, he turned It, opened the
door and went In.
a
TT was Linda who closed the
door behind them.
Carol, busy at her desk, tried
not to llilon to the rise and fall
of tlielr volets or to speculate
about the el!n:ta betwean.
She must not let Andy's pres
ence erouse all her old unhnp
plness. Now, before he had to
carry out the terms of the will,
she murt harden her heart against
him. 8lie must stifle her love.
When Linda came out aha aald
to Andy, "You won't be long, will
you, darling? You paomlsed me
e drive you know. I love to ride
In the snow."
.Sim nwept pant Cnrol's desk and
throutjh the doorway to the bal
cony. Then she pulled up abrupt
ly. She had collided with Nicky.
Tho Impact scattered his papers
over the snow-wot floor beneath
Die fetit of the crowd. I
"You careless boy," Linda
snoldod. "Why don't you wstdi
where you're going?"
"I'm sorry, mam," he said re
belllomly. He ducked between
tho shoppers to retrieve his wet
popers. Clutching them In his
small brown hands he came to
Carol's desk.
"Jlrnlny-goe, Miss Carol! That
riuma comln' nut of your office hit
me Ilka a truck. Then says," his
boyish voice mocked hers. " You
cuioIcm boy.' "
Carol slanted a glanco at tha
Inner office and saw Andy stsnd-
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10 Belief.
11 Giant.
13 Coffer.
MBuMle.
18 Salient
feature,
IS Successful
plsys.
IS Pillar of
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arachnid.
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42 Sitting place.
44 Sandy tract
by the sea.
43 Small vessels
for heating
liquids.
47 Mongrel.
40 Painful unnlv
30 Old Testament
30 Preparation
(abbr.).
31 Note In
Guldo's scale.
32 Storehouse.
35 Part of tho
arm (pi.).
39 Alder tree.
40 Mine.
41 Deep hole.
or fruits or
vegetables.
52 Porticoes.
53 She la a well
known (pi.).
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Ing In the doorway. Ha waa bound
to hear Nicky's words. She shook
her head to silence tha boy, ".Shea
a friend of Mr. Dearborn's, Nic
ky," she said desperately. "She
came from his office."
Nicky grabbed oft hla hat
"Jlmlny-geel" he exclaimed. Hla
mouth gaped. His face turned in
embarrassed pink.
"Better be more careful, boy,"
Andy'a voice wee annoyed. "What
are you doing up here anyway?
Can't you sell your peperi on tha
street?"
Nicky twisted his cap. "I you
sea" he stammered. "It waj Jls'
wall, Mr. Dearborn al'ays bought
a pspar from me end he wanted
It In e hurry. He'd be atandln'
there Jls' like you, waltin' for ma.
Now well I Jls' keep eomln'. In
a hurry. I like to think"
Carol couldn't look at Andy.
The boy began to back away.
Andy stopped him. "Here, sen,'
he ssld gently, "how many paper
did you spoil?"
"Oh, that's all right I can lose
'em."
Andy's mouth wea firm but his
eyes were warm. "How many?"
he persisted.
Nicky surveyed his armful
" 'Uout twelve, maybe. But It'a all
right. I guess I ought to have
come slower"
Andy fished tome coins from
his pocket and pushed them Into
Nicky's hand. "You can eunt ma
a regular customer, too, Nicky.
Every dsy."
The boy grinned his thanks.
"Jlmlny-gee!"
"And Nicky," Andy added quiet
ly a the boy turned to go, I II
want my paper In a hurry."
(To Be Continued)
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