packages and cans. The Lyon 'Y' basket for the
adopted family would have to be a bushel basket
this time and more than a Christmas dinner
would be provided. The display itself was a
good reminder and advertisement of kind things
afoot. “Oh, yes; I almost forgot that I was to
bring a little sack of flour,” one girl said; and
a boy, who, naturally, did not belong to the
Lyon 'Y' put his hand in his pocket to draw
out a quarter and say, “Here, Betty Lee;
aren't you president of that crowd?” as he
waved his hand toward the heap of supplies.
“Get some candy for the kids. Got a quarter,
Tom?” And thus Betty added two quarters to
the little fund of money. But she did not know
that the boy who gave the first quarter had only
ten cents left for his lunch. But ten cents would
buy something and the feeling of having done
something for some one else is a warming one.

This time Chet Dorrance, Chauncey Allen,
Kathryn Allen and Betty Lee were the only
ones who were on hand to deliver the Christmas
basket. “How'll we ever get everything up-
stairs?” laughingly asked Betty, viewing the car
after everything was stowed away. “There
won't be anybody to watch the car, for we'll all
have to carry something.”

“Don't worry till we get there, Betty,” Chet

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