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SYNOPSIS Jo yet Darius; is left homeless when her parent* sepuiHte. She Rets v\ork an a telephone operator at a hotel. Her mother dlsappenrs ami her father, nenitont, jfoe in search of her. Joyce Ik befriended by Mrs. Evangeline Malt by. a xnry wealthy widow, for whom she had done a treat service, and in introduced Into society, where she makes a friend of Franky Starrett. a pampered dilettante. Henry Deacon, who is in love with Joyce, returns from college "hen his father breaks down, and takes over the business. He finds Carter Deiund, popular clubman, rushing Joy<V. wli sends him packing when lie asks her to roam the world with him in luxury and oase, hut without marriage. Young Deneon offers a solita re. which she agrees to keep, hut not to wear. She also has a key to a house bought for her by David Tompkins, childhood sweetheart, who wants her to marry him. She is rootless and lonely, anil does not know what she wants of life. CHAPTER XXXVI A Voice From tlie Past Christmas day dawned cold and clear and lonely for Joyce. There was a little pile of packages for her. She had kept them all until this morning, hoping to lessen the heartache of her first Christmas alone by opening them. Now that the moment for inspecting them was actually here, she hesitated before beginning the work of unwrapping them. “Christmas is surely a home time,” she thought. The first box she opened was from her father. It was characteristic, a small exquisitely bound Bible. There was a purple silk marker in it and she opened the back to find some verses marked by her father's heavy pencil. “Who can find a virtuous woman, for her price is far above riches?” "Favor is deceitful and beauty is vain; but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.” Joyce felt the tears come into her eyes. How firmly her father believed this. How strong a comfort his faith was, to him. How glad, how very glad she might be that her own price was still far above rubies. “A virtuous woman,” she half whispered to herself, then turned to the fly leaf of the book on which was written in the strong, firm hand she knew so well, “To my daughter, Joyce, on the first and only Christmas she will ever spend alone. May the Lord keep watch over her. John Daring." The tears spilled down Joyce’s cheeks and onto the bock. How much, how very much she did want her home. She found herself praying, “Please, God, another year.” The second package was from Deke and contained a large box of heavy linen letter paper. “I bought this for you in New Haven,” ran a note on the top of the letter sheets, "in the hope that it might stimulate you to write. Now you won't need to, but I thought you might like the paper, anyway. A Merry Christmas, Joy girl, and much love. Deke.” A third package held a small gold fountain pen from Deke's father and mother. Franky had sent a set of exquisite French hand-made underwear that made Joyce squeal with delight and then whistle to herself, “I’ll keep this for my trousseau — if I ever have one.” From Gladys came a toilet set. brush, comb, mirror, all of heavy silver with Joy’s monogram engraved on the backs. “I’m going to change my monogram soon, Joyce,” ran the note that accompanied It. “Here’s hoping the same for you. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from your old pal, Gladys.” Joyce smiled over the bote. It sounded so like Gladys. From the latter’s letters Joyce had learned

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that a warm correspondence was In progress between Gladys and Jim Hopkins and in lier heart now she wished them all manner of happiness. The last box was from Davey. It contained several things, a box of candy, anew book, a box of handkerchiefs, a silver pencil. “Dear Joy, I’ve bought these things from time lo time when I’ve been going around. Will you take them with- - love and all my wishes for a j happy Christmas and New Year? , Yours, Davey.” “Everyone is so good to me,” Joyce thought, misty eyed, sur- j rounded by her treasures. Then her ! face sobered. “I half thought I'd hear from I Mother today,” she said to herself, j "I hope she is not too lonely,” and her eyes filled with tears again. A knock aroused her and she slipped into her old bathrobe to go to answer it. Without stood a correctly liveried chauffeur, who wished her a Merry Christmas through the half-open door and presented her with a large box and a note. Joy recognized the man. He drove Mrs. Maltby’s car. "There is an answer to the note, Miss,” he said in return to her thanks and holiday greetings. “Just wait, then, please, said Joyce, shutting the door and going back into the living room. First, she unwrapped the box. From its tissue wrappings she took a lovely padded satin dressing gown of i>ale gold color. There were slippers to match and a bit of real lace made into a bandeau for her hair, with a small gold rose to nestle over one ear. “I’ll have to get married pretty soon to use all this finery,” Joyce said delightedly, speaking aloud. Then .ahe read the note. “Dear Joyce: It was so dear of you to send me a Christmas gift. Will you accept the box I am sending with my love? And If you are not otherwise engaged can you come out now to have Christmas breakfast with me? I would like to take you afterward to an orphans’ home I am interested in. I can have you back at your work by noon if necessary.” “Os course I’ll go.” Joyce decided. She opened the door a trifle. “I’ll be down in ten minutes,” she told the chauffeur. Back in her bedroom, she paused | long enough to slip into the soft quilted robe and slippers and to admire the effect of the lace bandeavi on her brown curls. Then she dressed quickly, and presently glowing with health and youth, she ran down to the waiting car. Arrived at the huge pile of stone where Mrs. Maltby lived, Joyce ran up the steps of tiptoe. “Dear, dear Mrs. Maltby,” she cried, throwing her arms about the elder woman. “It was lovely, perfectly lovely of you to send for me. I had heaps of nice presents, but nothing so nice as what you sent me. And then to have you ask me to come out here is Just the grandest thing.” Mrs Maltby returned the girl's kiss with more warmth tliaji even her best friend would have thought possible from this cold woman. "I’m glad you like it,” she said. “You haven't breakfasted!” Joyce shook her head. "That is right.” said Mrs. Maltby. “Now we can eat together. She watched indulgently, almost

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happily an observer would have said, while Joyce ate fruit and waffles and sausages, drank coffee, and nibbled at a spoon of marmalade. She contented herself with toast and coffee, but hospitably urged , Joyce to a heartier breakfast. “I always used to tell Forrester j that a good breakfast nipant a good : day,” she said smiling at Joyce. “It has been a long' tinrfe since I was well enough to eat heartily, but I j always love to see others enjoy j their meals.” “This is heavenly,” Jttyce answered, taking her seventh waffle and treating it liberally with maple syrup. “You ought to have your cook teach Franky Starrett bow to make these waffles. She's trying to learn to make everything a man likes for breakfast, you know.” “I’d be very glad to have Mary give Miss Starrett the recipe,” Mrs. Maltby answered. “I told Franky I’m going to give them an ocean of maple syrup and three new saucepans for their wedding present,” oyce chattered on. Mrs. Maltby listened, asking an occasional question and feeling that this was as near happiness as she might ever come now that she had no one left in the world whom she could call child. After breakfast, the servants came in for their Christmas. There were gifts of money and clothing and for each one a great armful of Christmas greens. There was to be a special dinner in the dining hall at noon for them and then they were to have leave for a holiday. Before she dismissed them to their tasks, Mrs. Maltby thanked them all for their faithful service to her during the year and asked them to join her a moment in prayer for their welfare during the year to come. This ceremony over, they all drank a toast tb their mistress from a punch bowl the butler had set in the midst of the dining table and then scattered to their tasks. Joyce felt a thrill of admiration for this woman who, though lonely, j seemed to use her wealth so wisely. A little later they were driving together down the long roadway enroute to the orphanage. There Mrs. Maltby watched and smiled again at the sight of Joyce, her arms full of babies, joining in the fun that Christmas could bring to even so sad an institution as an orphan asylum. Joyce herself found a real happiness in playing for an hour with these children whose only home could ever be a gloomy brick building supported by the charity of wealthy people. Back in the car, she turned to look at the cheerless place. "If I had lots of money, I’d make a home for children that was all flowers and trees and pretty places to play, she declared. “Our homes for children are ugly,” said Mrs. Maltby. She seemed absorbed in thought, and glanced at Joyce from time to time. At the hotel she took Joy’s hand. “Thank you for coming with me,” she said. “I am dining today with my old friend, J udge Perkins. He is a very good man, my dear, and a very wise one. If you ever need help or advice. I can think of no better person for you to turn to.” “Oh, I think the Judge is fine, ’ said Joyce. “Tell him Merry Christmas for me, and thank you again, Mrs. Maltby, for being so good to me.” She went to her work. There was a chorus of greetings from the hotel staff. Mrs. Fitz-Simons stopped to kiss her and say it was too bad she had to work. Mattie Truesdale added a stiff, “the season’s greetings” to her patron’s gushing words. Joyce had several boxes of candy from permanent guests at the hotel and she felt buoyed up by the general atmosphere of good cheer. She was still gay with this reflected hilarity when Davey came in to see her in the middle of the afternoon. “Hello, Davey! Merry Christmas! I loved your Christmas present. Thank you!” “I liked yours, too, Joyce.” he said, indicating the tie he was wearing. “Can you eat your Christmas dinner with me today? I’m all alone, you know.” “Yes, that will be fun,” said Joyce. “I think I can take a whole hour at five. I’ll ask Seanny.”

They went out together at five and ate prodigiously of turkey and cranberry sauce and mince pie. “I suppose you’re all dated up for after work this evening,” Davey said as they were finishing their dessert. “Yes, I'm going to go out to his house with Deke,’’ Joy answered. “His father and mother start to Florida tomorrow and he's going to lie tremendously busy from now on.” “Then perhaps I’ll have a chance to see more of you,” said Davey. "I see that your other friend, Mr. Deland. has gone away.” Joyce flushed a little. “It’s all up to you, Davey, dear,” she teased. They went back to the hotel and Davey left her to her work. He Wandered about disconsolately for a time, and then went out to the one place where he could dream freely of Joyce, the small new house to which she still kept the key. Deke took Joyce home early. He

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did not attempt to go up with her. but wished her good night and turned homeward at once. He hardly dared confess even to himself how dark his own prospects for the year were. Now he must go back and spend tile few hours ttiat remained bucking up his father’s hopes and seeing that his mother left with no inkling of the difficult state of affairs at t lie Deacon Chemical plant. Joyce went up to her slut sobered, too, by the air of departure and change that bung over the Deacon home. More than ever site wished that she might open her door to find her father and mother waiting for her in the living room. Someone had thrust a message under the door. She picked it up, her heart beating fast. Inside the envelope was a hundred dollar bill. Around it was folded a thin strip of paper. “Be patjent, Joy, darling. I will come to you as soon as 1 can.” There was no name. But the writing was her mother’s. Next—Old friendships and old enemies refuse to b* put aside Ike old clothe*, and lonely and uneusy as she Is, Joyce Darin* finds them IntniiEnz upon her lime and attentions. And again, gossip busies itself w.th her affairs. Rend tomorrow's fueinating chapter of "Joy.” the love story of in American girl.

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