SERIAL STORY
HIS CHRISTMAS CAROL
BY ADELAIDE HAZELTINE
COPYRIGHT. 141.
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TUB ITORYl Tka tanai ef Aa.
4rar Durban's will aaaelfytag
thai Ma e-eralary CarAl, and Era
' - aia-v apl7, a h a 1 1 J a d a; a
' avaffhor or boi bla ala-lto- aaa
Ar la naalar taa aala-- ar-aaraMa-
fa ata ata-ra pollrr af
--a-rvlra la tha people.1 pal Carol,
waa aaa lored Aadjr alnea glrl
aaad. la a dllBealt apol. Altaoaaa
aa will aaa aot bcaa faoad, Carol
kaawa Ita t-raia, aai lier heart
- alaka whea Aadr. enrreatlr la
Volvra with aleak Llada Jallaa,
ta-a ataaajr-maat aver to
- aernpnlona Mr. Ilerrtrk. whoa
aalr Idea la la maka mnner. "ha
kiawi that aalraa Aady ahowa
wara at lha heart lhal haa made
him aa klad to aawabor Meky
ad to a aaoavrel pappr ka kaa
adopted, ka will loaa lha atora la
charity by Tola at lha atraasa
-iay hla lata fathrre will pro
- tiowb tor. i-eBny-piaeains icr
- Xek taraa dowa Bill Reeee. aa
, aaiplaya la lora with Carol, aa
repalra for tha tarlaad eleTalor.
w'hem Mrky aarea Aady'a pap
, tram trafle after tka doa; kaa
: aaea toaaed lato tko otreet by
' Llada Jallaa, Aady preraleea him
tka blsseat eleetrta trala la tka
tar department.
' aaa
CAROL MAKES ADJUSTMENTS
CHAPTER VII
3TT December 23, Mr. Herrick'i
policies began to take their
tolL Complaints were numerous.
Customers who had always re
ceived courteous and fair treat
rnent were being turned away
.without satisfaction.
' - Carol had no Idea how many
were offended before Mrs. Milli
: gan dared to bring her trouble to
.Andy's office. She had been re
fused the return ot a defective
sweater.
": "It has holes In it, young man,"
Mrs. MiUiean said heatedly.
"Holes! Your girl downstairs tells
'me you cant do anything about
It. I know better. It's a gift. I
cant give It like this! Your
' lather" .
. Andy stopped her. "Mr. Her-
rlrV tends to such matters. Mrs.
" Milllnan. I'm sure he'll do the
rieht thine."
4 "Mr. Herrlck?" She sniffed de
risively. "It's a funny thing the
.- ' owner of the store cant make his
ra own adjustments. Mr. Dearborn
ilz would never have let this happen."
. .. Andy said, "The store's policy
is a little different now, madam.
j "Different!" Her eyes blazed.
-"So different IH never set foot In
"the place again!" She threw the
sweater down on his desk and
.(talked out
. - Perhaps It was Just as well the
will had not been found. Andy
might seem to reform only long
.enough to get possession of the
store and then revert to policies
like these.
,fTHE next customer to coma to
lA Andy was Mrs. Grover. She
: mad three trips to his office be
fore she caught him in. She
wanted to return a bicycle she had
F night for her little boy's Chrlst
as. "Ha wanted it mora than ny-
.- thing In the world," she told An-
My. -We couldn't afford it but
jhe begged so hard."
: - Ta sorry," Andy started to ex
plain but she hurried on.
"Ha was so sick," she told him.
"The doctor said it might heln
just to look at it"
; Carol pitied her.
.' ' "He was never able to ride It
." (He only touched it with his hands.
L1 ;ily little boy" her voice caught
-05 w"he died last week."
- ; "Tm sorry," Andy sympathized.
But you see we have a rule. We
jaant let toys be returned. You
" -understand, of course."
"We'd only had it three weeks.
fie never rode it We need the
money for clothes for the other
children."
Carol clenched her fist Andy,
Andy, her humanity cried. Give
her the money. It's only Justice!
- nut she heard him say, "Mr.
Herrick is in charge of that, Mrs.
Grover. Youll have to see him."
The woman turned wearily
away. Carol longed to stop her,
to press the money into her hands.
t Give it back in the name of Mr.
.r Dearborn.
Give it back for Mr. Dearborn?
The thought ran riot in her mind
, and left her breathless.
The will said that the name of
Dearborn's must never stand "for
anything but service." Here was
another contradiction of the will.
First Mrs. Milligan. Now Mrs.
Grover. They were two of dozens
who were being turned away
empty handed.
ir.t It must not happen! Until tha
ntK will was found, she, Carol Fair
Held, must uphold the store's
' reputation.
The way was dear at lost Fnr
his sake, for Andy's sake, for the
store's sake she would save its
name. Then when the will was
read and Andy knew its terms he
would have a fighting chance.
&ne nao always been allowed to
l fwrite small checks signed with her
i jiniuais. ne had never abused
l that privilege.
i She would not abuse it now.
! he would use it gratefully,
j Her hand trembled a little as
j he wrote the first check. To Mrs.
J JMilligan for $3.95, the price of the
i sweater. It steadied as she wrote
the second check. To Mrs. Grover,
Z4.50, the price of a bicycle. I
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jgHE corrected many similar cases'
I in the next days. But she
J hadn't anticipated the most seri-.
j ous of them alt It concerned Miss'
a Fanny in Hosiery.
TThe old employe came to the
office shaking with despair. "It's
ij Mr. Herrick," she managed to tell
Carol. "He' laid me off. For
.'good. He says I'm-too old to
i work."
j . "No, no, Miss Fanny!" Carol
j protested. "He can't do that."
I : "He has done it I'm going to
J take it up with Mr. Andy. Ha
won't let him, will he, Carol?"
4 "I hope not," she said fervently.
Andy came. Miss Fanny fol-
lowed him into the office.
I .Numbly, Carol waited. What
J irony this was! One of the very
. persons who would pass Judgment
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on Andy was now asking him for
mercy.
What would Andy do? Carol
was afraid to think.
The door opened at last and
Carol read the answer in Miss
Fanny's hopeless eyes. It wrung
Carol's heart As she passed the
desk, Miss Fanny paused and laid
a hand on Carol's arm, started to
speak. No words came. Only a
gasp. Miss Fanny was too hurt
to talk.
After she was gone, Carol
flamed at Andy. "It's not rlghtl
Miss Fanny's given her life to this
store! You can't turn her out!"
His lips denied the doubt in his
eyes. "Mr. Herrick did it Carol.
I won't interfere."
"But it's YOUR store," her voice
rose in condemnation. "It's Dear
boro'sl Why don't you run it
your own way? You know this
isn't right"
He regarded her silently. Then.
"She wanted $500," he said even
ly. "Santa Claus stays in Toy
land, Carol. Not in the manager's
office." He took his hat "Keep
any messages for me. I'll be out
the rest of the day."
He was angry with her, too.
Carol knew why she expected
the sum. It was what Mr. Dear
born usually set aside for retire
ment Five hundred dollars! Her mind
toyed with it until she began to
accept its reality. She had righted
other wrongs. Why not this one?
True, she had never written so
large a check. It would be cer
tain to come to Mr. Herrick's at
tention at the end of the month.
But by then surely the will would
hava been found and both ha aha
Andy would understand tha did
it in deference to Mr. Dearborn's
wishes.
The letter to Miss Fanny was
different from the others. It
praised her long service in the
store and thanked her for her
loyalty.
She paused a tense moment be
fore she put Miss Fanny's name
and the three figure sum on the
check $500. She signed it Dear
born's with her own initials un
derneath. (To Be Con tinned)
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OUTOUfWAY
By J. R. Williams
OUR BOARDING HOUSE, with Major Hoopla
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
By William
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HOLIDAY PUZZLE
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this month.
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of a year.
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in degree.
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23 Close to.
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(abbr.).
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opening.
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tantalum.
34 Sweet-secre
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36 Indian Army
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29 Black corvine
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39 Craze.
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school.
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