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fflm * . • Si"-;.-: • HOBABLY no om In ths world bad mora mends tkaa Sally Know. Friends of all kinds, from the boy who ghooted hit newspapers ID front of her apartment to the policeman on the beat High friends and low friends had Sally-- bit Christmas Ere feoad her alone 8fce left the office early. There waa no particular reason to, however. All her gifts were tied up and mailed. No oae was waiting for h«r at home. There wasn't the slightest prswure or harry about anything. And Christmas •ve, thought Sally, without boatlo and fBBs and jostling and merry confuloti, Wasn't Christmas Eve at alL She walked up Fifth avonoe. 8ha •aguely hoped that some of the holiday spirit of the crowds of Now York •light enter her veins and thrill her heart She felt sorry ft* herself, and cross, and utterly out of sorts. Her pleasant plans had all gone awry. No oae could spare time from their families to celebrate with her. And Sally llred too many thousand miles away ffcom home to get there for Christmas. She had been too proud to accept the fvnerong invitations of some of the other girls In the offlce. They asked her to go home with them. But •he knew she would feel out of things, try as she might to be Jolly. Oh, well -- she might scrape some one up to go to a play or concert She walked until she was tired and then took a bus. Once In the crash of people at a Street corner she caught her breath. There was a sudden hint of broad shoulders she used to know. A certain high carriage 9t- the head, a quick decisiveness of manner. Then the man waa lost to view. She shook herself for a silly tooL jj. i She thought she had crowded all that a MMWisc out of her mind long ago. Besides, Reddy had gone on one of those idiotic expeditions to Mongolia, to hunt up ridiculous bones of prehistoric animals. Accounts of his expedition had been In the papers off and Jon tor three years. Sally found her apartment warm and coxy. She was more tired than she realised. A alow languor spread over her. She decided to at home, not even going out for dinner. She had a good book or two, and there waa always the radio. After a nap she chirked op amah !ng!y. Bhe <w<dad aha wouldn't grouch any longer. A Uttle tingle of excitement wriggled op her neck. No raaaon at all--hot she Mt It and laughed. She supped gayly on a homemade salad, bread and batter aftd a ploce of left-over cake. Doing vp the fcw dishes she' fttt positively merry. The old-time, childish excitement about everything concerning Christmas began singing tn her heart She laughed aloud. **I wont even look up the concerts tonight over the radio," she announced. TH just tune In at random and see what happens." With & little flutter of happlnssi nhe manipulated the dials on her i-**1! set, A harsh rasping--the clapping of many hands--con tinned applauet She listened, keyed up to a high pitch of *ra.ipens«. Probably some ordinary singer walling out sentimental tunes. Then--silence. Qnlte a long silence--then a voice. Sally stiffened in her chair. Color drained out of her fkea She scarcely breathed. "Ton are kind," said the voice, "to give a weary-worn traveler such a welcome home. I have been In far places--" There was an Interval when Sally's clear brain blurred. She lost the next few sentences. Then she regained her poise and sat intent on every word. Back of what she heard with her ears was the unfolding book of memory. Page after page fluttered through her consciousness* That terrific row she and Reddy had over nothing at all-- how he had left in a white fury--how he had said he would go to the end of the world and never come back. They were young and Impetuous. She had not seen him for seven years. In the meantime he had made a name for himself In science. And three years ago he went on this famous expedition. There had been a formal letter or two between them. That was alL Now he was back--hack In New Tork on Christmas Eve, addressing a large audience! Sally took off the earphones. She sat a minute longer. Then In a whirl of impulse she threw on her coat and hat and went flylnr out the door. Like a hammering pulse three words battered against her brain--I moat see him 1 I must see him I Somehow she squeezed into the big hall. Somehow she stayed still and listened until It was all over. Somehow afterward she moved to the front of the room near the platform. She walked as In a dream. She must! She mart. A, power other than her own sent her feet steadily to the place where Reddy stood. Thinner he was, lean and brown. Heavy !iu£i [a Hi* face. Month almoet grim. But hla eyea Just the same -- quizzical and laughing. Sally was next now in the waiting group who ware congratulating the successful explorer. Her throat quivered ; She could scarcely lift her eyea. Then suddenly her voice cane, dear, controlled and natural. "Menry Christ maa, Daddy!" • • • • • • • j They want out to dinner aomewhere. I Reddy tucked Sally Tinder Ms arm. Tbey talked and laughed and chatted , both at once. They made abject apol- ' ogles for their stupid behavior to each i other seven years ago. They tried to cram a thouaand questions and answers into every minute. Never had the head waiter Keen a happier couple. They were unashamed of their Joy. They didn't care. Which Is the way the world over when you really care and your heart la humming like a celestial harp In heaven. '1 knew your voice lnatantly," aaid Sally at least a dozen times. "Do you think you could marry me by New Tear's?" persisted Reddy. "Dont ho ridiculous, you absurd boy I" "Then 111 scoot off for another seven years!" ' The threat brought her down. "Come to my apartment for a moment and say 'Merry Christmas!' to the radio," she begged. And Reddy did. 1 (A »M. WMtara M«i»--nm OU«.) 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