The Giddings News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1931 Page: 4 of 16
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The Idea enraged Rush. She glared.
“I'll show her some day, the inane
snooty thing! I'm going to be some-
same kind of tags;
"Merry Christmas and love from
Ruth and Aunt Martha."
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Anna and Aunt Caroline." . X
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commandment was "Love one another'
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What will our Christmas gift record 4
be? For who can prou that the old, ,
old lady was not right?
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the tags. "I'll bet she does.
Dicer."
Caroline smiled. "Martha is senst-
could afford for us. Little things can
express our love just as well. I’d be
happy with only a cari-frem-4rem
It's 1hc thouzhr xou know "
Anna smiled and phced each pack*
age tenderly into a box.
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used to be so ambitious? I’m going ♦
to use this pretty tag on her package. *•
Isn't it fun getting things off to them!
Texas Power & Light Co.
Providing for the Texas of Today
Planning for the Texas of Tomorrow
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chiefs, we’ll get the package off. I | J
hope Martha likes this." *•
he must lead with those two."
"With them it's always ‘me and
mine.’ ”
“And Anna is as crude as she can
me. Remember the time—”
But the recording saint went on.
He had found the value of their gifts.
And he was anxious to see Aunt Caro-
line and Anna.
They were in a large living room be-
fore a merry fire. There were great
holly wreaths in the beautiful win-
dows. And from the kitchen came the
song of the cook. Suppose she had
been, the most expensive cook in the
city. That has nothingu to do with
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Anna smiled across ther mother.
"Almost through with’ Kunt Martha's
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“Wouldn't It! Too bad you and
Ruth can't know each other better.
You're so near the same age. Martha
writes that Ruth is working hard
She's going to amount to something!"
Ana arose to write the names on
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uncle Lemuel married her.” ••
"Huh!" Ruth wrote their names on ,3,
the tags. “Me, either! What a life • {
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" "is the saint of little chil- ■
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3* time, too, who stands bo- "
side us measuring our gifts =
and recording them truly. He wouldn't m
judge bythe means we use. For," the ■
old, old lady smiled sweetly, "love m
makes'a gift great at hritmas time." ■
In a small bungalow at the edge of m
a western town, a woman named Mar* ■
tha, and her daughter. Ruth, sewed. ■
They and their house were a bit shab- •
• by. But that does' not matter, at •
Christmas time, ■
“Dear me!" Martha sighed as she m
tock the last stitches, "I dread Chirst- "
mas every year. It means work ami ■
sacrifice. I could have had a good m
pair of stockings for what I paid for ■
Aunt Caroline’s present. But I'd be 9
ashamed to send her less.” m
“Yes!" Ruth snapped. "She and m
Anna probably think we're trash any- ■
, way. And look at what they give us! m
1 Last year Anna sent a bunch of fancy, ■
boxes. Imagine what on earth wed' m
do with them !" 4 1 - •________ ' m
"Ann’ selfish, that's what!" Mar- ■
tha nodded with sudden conviction. ■
“She wouldn't work the way you've m
And the nackage ■ passed each other **
in the mails. By chance they had the I •
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Bishop, C. M. The Giddings News (Giddings, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1931, newspaper, December 24, 1931; Giddings, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1597666/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Giddings Public Library and Cultural Center.