Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-12-27
Thi, is capital, although from D,ck,s.. whom

This Is capital, (although from Dicksss, whom,
we love notD
1--WE Ssrl Il Dis-,. S-e,cI ~ e v.t.I .,su,s s.sr-
THE MiSER AT CHRISTMAS.
" Il was Christmas Eve. Old Scroose sat busy in his
coununghousc. IL was cold bleak biting weather. fogyy
wi'ha and he could hear the people in the outside
wheeling up and down. beating their hands upon their
breasts, aud stamping their feet upon
them Toe city clock had only Just gone three,
bat was quito daik already and candles asrins
the windows OF the neghbourng offices like rudy sineas
upon the papable brown air. The fog pouring
every chnk and keyhoe. and dense without, that
although the OF the nanoest, houses oppo
ate were mere phantoms. To see the dngy cloud come
dtooping down, obscurng every thing. might have
though, that Nature lived hard BY and brewing on
large scale.
might keep hts eye upon his clerk who, in dsm, little
cell beyond, sort OF TANK copying letter.. Serooge
had very ANAL lire, but the clerks fire very much
smaller that Hooked like coal. But he could
enish IT, for Scfoogs kept the coal boz in his roo
and so surely ~ the clerk in With the shovel the
master predicted that would be necessary for theu
tried 10 ki.ssD at the candle: in which effort
being a man Of very strong imagination. no failed.
"a merry Chrsmss, uncle! God save you" cried
cheerful voice. IL was Scrooges nephew, who
upon him quickly that il the first intmauon he bad
Of his approach.
Bah" s.id scroose. 'Humbus'
don't mean that, am sure
"I do said Serooge. 'Msuy Chri.tap,sl What right
hass TO be mery What have you be meryi
You're poor enough
Come. them. said the nephew gsily what right have
you to be dismall What have you be morosei
You're rich enough
''Scrooge having better answer the spur OF the
moment, said BAL" again; and followed il With Hum.
bug
Don't be uncle said the nephew.
"'W hat else be- returned the uncle 'when live
in such world thisi Merry Christmas! What 10 Christ.
mas time to but time for paying bills without
"a time for finding yourself year older and hour
rehera time for balancing your books and having every
item in EN- through round dozen at months. presented
dead against you If could work my will said Scroose
indignantly every idiot who goes about with Merry Christ
and buried with stake Ut holly through his heart
"'Urce " pleaded the nspasw.
"'Nephsw returned the uncle sternly keep Christmas
in your way and let me keep IL in mine.'
keep il" repeated the nephew but you don't keep
it,
"'Let me leave il alone, then, said Scrooge Much
good may i, do you Much good it has done you
"'There many things from which might have de-
rived good by which have proh,ted, dare say,
turned the nephew-'Chrstmas among the rest. Bat
have always thought Of Christmas tms when IL
has round from the veneson due its sacred
and origin, thing belonging TO ess be apart
from that, good Time kind torgipiag, charitable,
pleasant me-tbe only time know OF in the long calen-
dar Of the year when and women by
sent open their shuup hearfs freely, sd 10 think Of
pie below them ii they really to
the grave and another Of bound other
journeys And therefore, uncle, though IL has put
scrap gold silver my pocket believe ithdS done
good and toH do good; and say God bless 1t for
II good 10 be children sometimes, and better
than qt Chistcs phen IFS mighty founder trds ehd