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Mercanmnanv
; A Real Christmas |
. By ROBERT GORDON |
GOULD s*illed as
W/41 she wrapped her fur*
^JBJtjlL around her and tele3SM|WHKsS?
phoned for her automobile.
She turned to her
cousin who was goLng
to accompany kttr
downtown and said: "I think it's
a good idea to get one's Christmas
shopping all done several weeks in advance.
You get much better attentlot
In the shops, and you make It easlef
tor the poor tired salesgirls."
"But," asked the cousin, "do yo>.
know what you want so far ahead of
the holiday?"
"Yes, here's my list. Look at it whlW
[ button my gloves."
"Handkerchiefs, dresses, waists,
gloves, veil?whew, for whom are all
these thlnsrs?"
"My maids," answered Mrs. Gould.
"A horn, three dolls, a drum, pair oi
skates?surely the maids can't use
these?" asked the cousin.
"The toys are for my washerwoman's
children and their little friends.
I always give them presents, since God
hasn't blessed me with children of my
own. Come, the car Is at the door."
Outside a shop window In the busiest
street of the city stood little Lena
Swift. Around her shouldefs she wore
a tattered shawl, and her hahds were
snuggled under It to prevent them
from freezing. She stood with hei
face pressed close to the glass.
"My," she said half aloud, "ain't it
cold for the end of November, and
oh, ain't that a beautiful doll. I worn
der whether Santa will think of me
this year!"
Lena shivered with cold, and big
tears came to her eyes as she went on
musing. "He ain't never come since
mother died. Aunt Rosle says she has
no money for nonsense and such, and
she says there ain't no Santa Claus
nohow."
"Move on little one," said a policeman
coming up to Lena and tapping
her shoulder with his club. Lena ran
off half fearfully, half reluctantly, and
at that moment spied a large Santa
Claus who stood on the opposite corner
ringing a bell and asking the pan
sersby to drop a coin In the bowl for
a Christmas dinner that would be given
on the twenty-flfth of December at
the Wayfarers' lodge.
The child made a dash across the
street to tell Santa Claus what' she
wanted him to put In her stocking,
when she received a terrific blow from
behind. Then it seemed as though she
were falling?falling?down?down.
Then a pair of strong arms lifted her
and she heard a soft voice which
seemed to come from a great distance
Bay?"Smith, Is she much hurt? Poor
little puss."
Lena awoke next morning and found
herself in a soft wnlte bed In a room
so beautiful that her first thought
was "I must be dead and this sure is
heaven." A white-capped nurse bent
over her.
She tried to glance about, but the
pain shot through her head and made
her close her eyes.
Then Lena experienced something
that she had not felt since her mother
had died?a caressing touch and a
kiss.
Lena had been badly hurt and it
took several weeks for her to get even
well enough to sit tip in bed. Christmas
morning dawned cold and clear,
and the child was allowed to see what
Santa had broucht her.
At the foot of her bed stood a gorgeous
Christmas tree, such as she had
often seen in the great toyshops, but
never in the wildest flights of her
fancy dreamed of possessing. On the
floor beside the tree, in a tiny little
wicker chair, sat the big doll with
the "shutting eyes" that she had seen
in the shop window. Then the beautiful
lady came over to her bed and,
putting her nrms around Lena, said:
"Don't you think Sauta Claus has been
good to you?"
"Are they all for me? What would
Aunt Rosie suy? She thinks there
uiit i IIU OI1UIU U1HU8."
"Your Aunt Rosie knows you are
with ine and she says it's all right
Yes, they are nil for you. There are
no other children here. This Is the
first time the real Santa Claus has visited
me, and this Is the huppiest Christmas
I have had since I was a child,
myself."
"What did Santa bring you?" asked
Lena, returning Mrs. Gould's embrace.
The happy woman took a mirror
from the table and held It In front of
the child. Lena looked Into It and
saw a face so clean and white that
she scarcely recognized it, framed by
a mass of brown curls, and a pair of
large blue eyes that returned her gaze
wonderinelv.
"It's me," she said.
"Yes; It's you. Santa Glaus has
brought me you. aad Aunt Rosle said
[ may keep you."
REPORT OF COUNT''
(Continued froi
A. C? Douglass, rural police and
Cheraw Chronicle, printing
F, W. Rivers, special levy
T. C Melton, special levy
E. T. Teal, R. & B.
Cordy Winburn, commutation t'?
Chesterfield Telephone Compan
Armtield Harpware Co, gang
D. P. Douglass, salary
D. P. Douglass, expenses
W. M. Redfearn, poorhouse
D. A. Stafford, outside aid
W. M, Belk, R. & B.
H, F.;King, salary and stamps
J. C. Sanders, R. & B.
W. J. Odom, R. & B
W. A. Douglass, salary, Apiil an
J, P. Poison, R. & B.
Miles Ingram, outside aid
Chesterfield Advertiser, printing
T. W. Eddins. salary
Rilla Melton, outside aid
T. E. Davis, jail report
Griggs Bros., R. and B.
Munno Bros R . Xr R
W. J. fobnson, R. & B.
W, A, Douglass, jurors and witn
W. A. Douglass, local registrars,
W. A. Douglass, witness and jui
W. A. Douglass, borrowed mom
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