"I know. Father knew too. And I
don't want you to let his going from us make any difference in this
holiday season. I want you to enjoy it and be happy."
A shade crossed Emma McChesney's face. It was there when the door
opened and a boy entered with a telegram. He handed it to Mrs.
McChesney. It held ten crisp words:
_Changed my darn fool mind. Me for home and mother._
Emma McChesney looked up, her face radiant.
"Christmas isn't a season, Mr. Buck. It's a feeling; and, thank God,
I've got it!"
IX
KNEE-DEEP IN KNICKERS
When the column of figures under the heading known as "Profits," and
the column of figures under the heading known as "Loss" are so
unevenly balanced that the wrong side of the ledger sags, then to the
listening stockholders there comes the painful thought that at the
next regular meeting it is perilously possible that the reading may
come under the heads of Assets and Liabilities.
There had been a meeting in the offices of the T. A. Buck Featherloom
Petticoat Company, New York.
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