SERIAL STORY
HIS CHRISTMAS CAROL
BY ADELAIDE HAZELTINE
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I TRB ITORTl Ta Tanaa a Aa
aVaw Daaraorwa will aaeelfrlaa-
'tfeat hla aerlary Carol. aa4 ova
ataer aMalaraa, ah a 11 Ji4f
waatfcar ar sat hla playboy aoa
'Aaa la raaalar Ilia haalaraa ae
ro rafna- ta ala tatarr'a poller at
'"acrrtra to taa poop!," vat Carol,
arha kaa larr Andy alara vlrU
koo4, la a alfnrutt aval. Altaouaa
. fka will kaa aol baaa foaad, Carol
fcim Ita taraia, aa4 ker heart
talaha whn Aady, earreatly In
tIye4 wlta. alack Llaaa Jallaa
' taraa laaagaiaeat arer ta ma
aerapalaoa Mr. Harriett, araaaa
'aaly Idea la ta aaka raoaay. ska
kam tkat waleaa Aady akawa
aaora of taa kaart tkat kaa taada
aim ha kind ta uwibor Mrkr
ad ta a laoncral aapar ha kaa
-adopted! ho will laaa tka atara ta
charity ay vota af tka arraara
Jary" hla lata father'a will pra
!Vlddl for. Paaay-plaefclas Bar
.trlek tnraa down Bill Reeee, aa
taaiplora la lava wllk Carol, oa
aapalra far tka torlaaA aleratar.
Aa Hairleka pollclea ar1a ta
,taka tkclr toll, Carol miakca eaea
aaJaatMeata ta acveral eaatoatcra
ta mphold tko atare'a tvpatatloa,
kaowlac It wilt sat ker la troakla
with Herrlek hat will ataad Aady
ta a;ood ataad wkea tka will la
foand. Day hafara Chrlataiaa tha
taylaai elevator falla. Injuria
Itwihtr Mrky. Bark-paaalna;
Herrlek prateada to hlaata Bill,
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NICKY'S MERRY CHRISTMAS
CHAPTER IX
TT WBtnt very Merry Chrixt
' maj far Carol u ih tnd Mary
climbed Into BUTi andent car
and beaded for the hospital. Bill,
In his Santa Claus suit, teemed
less downhearted than last night.
HaM ffet another 1oK ha assured
! them, and show Mr. Herrick that
aomebodr else would trust him.
Mary, too, was lifting herself
above her troubles. She had the
promise of a job on January 1 and
.) was happy about It
It, . And Nicky was going to be all
" tight The hospital had given her
a favorable report Just before they
atarted. .
It should have cheered Carol.
But It didn't
- Nothing could. Not as long aa
Dearborn's was being ruined by
Mr. Herrick'a mismanagement and
Andy was sitting calmly by, una
ware of the tragedy of it
.No, the sight of lighted trees
and burning candles choked her.
Wreaths of mistletoe left her un
.j, moved. It was Christmas every-e-
where except in Carol's heart
She forced smile to her lips
when-they entered the big, brick
banding of the hospital. She must
lie gay for Nicky's sake.
Quietly, Bill pushed open Nic
ky's door and peered In. "We're
ji, too late," ha whixpered.
He stood aside and they all
stared at the darkened room Ught
f ed by the huge Christmas tree aU
ready decorated and sitting beside
... Micky's bed, . , . -
'4.. Carol's surprised eyes moved to
-nha figure bent to the floor near
She tree. The figure straightened,
t was Andy Dearborn. Ha way
putting together the pieces of
!track for an electric train.
f Andy said, "Hello, Carol. Hello,
Mary.- Merry Christmas.'' He
nodded coolly to Bill.
.! . He's blaming Bill, Carol thought
(miserably, and Bill's too proud to
tell him the truth even If Andy
would believe it
!; , "We brought a tree, too," she
managed to say. "We wanted
iNlcky to have a Merry Christ
mas." She dropped her parcels
en a chair and Bill leaned the
mall tree against the wall. Their
;'; ' gifts looked trivial beside Andy's
lavish ones.
;' It was difficult for any of them
.40 find something to say. Finally
Carol gave Nicky their packages,
but her good wishes stuck in her
throat She smiled and patted his
hand.
"Jiminy-geel Thanks!" The
" iboy's expressive face told an ap-,-
ipealing story. "What a Christmas
ii .'this turned out to be!"
; They watched him open the
gifts. Then Carol went to stand
above Andy, He was Just starting
the new train,
V "The doctor says Nicky will
make it now," he said aside to her.
i ; "I'm glad." She mustn't let his
affection for the boy encourage
i her to forgive him. The whole
affair, indirectly, was Andy's own
fault. He should have been able
jto see through the sham of Mr.
.'Herrick long ago.. Yet even the
accident hadn't opened his eyes.
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"HEN Andy left, Carol turned
. rebelliously to B11L "You
see, Bill? He blames you, too.
Mr. Herrlek has seen to that You
ought to go to Andy yourself.
6j .Make him listen to your side of
: the story. He would remember
.Of when he came into the office that
day you were arguing with Mr.
Herrlek, He could confront him
0i) with it and Mr. Herrick would
have to admit you reported the
elevator. It's not right for you to
. accept responsibility for some-
thing you didn't do."
"Carol's, right," Mary added.
"You ought to see Andy, Bill."
i They had forgotten Nicky. He
w said, his eyes thoughtful, "Aw,
v fliey don't think it's your fault do
they, Mr. Bill?"
' ; They allooked at th boy. Bill
shook his head. Carol said, "You
aren't to worry about it Nicky."
Impetuously, Mary said, "Bill
got fired for it Nicky."
Tired?" His eyes widened.
"But, Jlmlny-gee, Mr. Bill al'ayt
took care of everybody! He
wouldn't make an ace'dent!"
"That's aU right Nicky," BUI
assured him. "The only thing that
matters is your getting well."
"We may tire him," Carol said,
"We'd better go "
When they reached home, Mary
left Carol and BUI together.
"Mary wants to go to the party
Saturday night, BUI. Would you
mind her going with us?"
"How do you know I'm going?"
he said slowly. "Or have you for
gotten I'm fired?"
"I haven't forgotten," she said
steadily. "But you're going to the
party. Just as if you still worked
at Dearborn's. I won't let you
turn and run when you know
you're in the right"
a a a
CHE saw his jaw tighten. He
could be stubborn when he
chose. She felt obligated to see
that he went Saturday night It
would be good for his self-confidence.
"Besides," she coaxed, "you
cant let me miss it When I've
turned -down a dozen dates for
you." She smiled to lighten the
exaggeration of the boast
Bill smiled, too. "You know I
can't Carol. Yes, 111 go and
we'll take Mary. She's a nice kid."
He slanted a suspicious look at
Carol. "You're not trying to pro
mote anything, are you?"
She flushed. "You know how I
feel. Bill."
"Yea. I know." He looked
away. "You're not in love with
me. You're in love with some
body else. Somebody whose name
is a secret And there's nothing I
can do about it!"
"Look, Bill." she urged. "Why
don't you get a new girl? You de
serve someone else."
"Give you up to a fellow I've)
never seen?" he retorted, "Oh,
no, Carol. Not me. I'm going
to see what he looks like first!"
(To Be Continued)
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OUT OUR WAY
By J. R. Williams
OUR BOARDING HOUSE, with Major Hoopla
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food.
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(prefix).
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(abbr.).
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geologic time
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