The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-10-14

vinaigrettes that you could hold to your nose
to keep you from fainting when you saw a
dandy. o! lean tell you that Mr.. Nonesuch
understood keeping toy-shop; there were
plenty Carriages always in front oft. pIen-
ty Of taper fingers pulling over his wares,
and plenty Of husbands and fathers who re
turned thanks that New Year don't come
erery day!
.Don't stay here, dear Susy. If it makes
you cry" said the elder of two little girls.
:. | thought you said it would make youshap.
py to come out and look at the New Years
presents, though we couldn't have any,"
81 did think So" said Susy; but il makes
me think Of last New Year, when you and |
lay cuddled together in our little bed. and
papa came creeping up in his slippers, think
the table, and then kissed us both, and said,
God bless the little darlngsn o! Katy
all the little girls in that shop have their pa
pas with them. want my papa" and little
Susy laid her head on Katy's shoulder, and
sobbed as il her heart were breaking.
"Don't, dear Susy' said Katy. wiping
away her own tears with her little pinatore +;
"don't cry-mamma will see how red your
eyes are-poor sick, tried mamma; don't
cry. susy."
"Oh. Katy. can't help it. See that tall
man with the black whiskers don't he look
like papa y kissing that little girl. Oh
Katy" and the tears flowed afresh.
Uncle Jolly couldn't stand it any longer.
lie rushed into the toy shop. bought an arm
ful Of playthings, heller skelter, and ran after
the two little girls.
Here. susy here, Katy !" said he, =" here
are some New Years presents from uncl e
Jolly
/" Who is Uncle Jullyl"
Well, he's uncle to all the poor little
children who have no kind p,pa."
Now, where do you live, little pigeons
got far to go; toes al. eat 0f your shoes come
in here, and let's see il we can End any thing
to c0,er them. There, now, fitting them
both to pair,) that's something ike; II will
puzzel Jack Frost 10 find your toes nov.
Cotton clothes on? don't wear cotton
clothes come in here and get some wooden
shasls. Which Loyou like best--res, green,
OF blue. plaid or stripes, hey?
Mother won't like IL; Don't talk to me !;
mothers don't generally scratch peoples
eyes out for being kind TO their little ones.
I'll take care Of that, little puss. Uncle
Jolly's going home with you. How do
know whether you have got any dinner OF
nutf I've got a dinner-you shall have a
dinner too. Pity Il | can't have my own
way-New Years day. too.
i. That your home? p-h.e.w, | dom
know about trusting my old bones up thos,
rickety stairs-Old bones are hard TO mend
did you know that:"
Little Susy opened the door, and uncle
Jolly walked in. Their mamma turned heI
head, aud then, with one wild cry of joy
threw her arms about his neck, while Susy
and Katy stood in toe doorway, uncertaiI
whether to laugh or cry.
"Come here, come here" said Uncle jolly
81 didn't know was 80 near the truth th
morning, when called myself your incl
Jolly. didn't know what made my hear
leap up so when saw you there in the street
Come here, say. say, don't YOU eyel
shed another tear; you see | don't" AM
Jolly tried 10 smile, as he drew his coat
sleeve across his eyes.
Wasn't that a merry News Years night il
Uncle Jolly's little parlori Wasn't the fir
warm aud bright! Were not the tea
cakes nice DIDN'T Uncle Jolly make ther
eat till they had tightened tlieIr aporn.srting,
Were their toes ever out of their thnes again
did they wear cotton shaNls in January
Did cruel landlords ever again make thei
mamma tremble and cry.
In the midst OF all this plenty, did the
. forget papa:" No. no! Whenever littl
Susy met in the street tall. prineely mar
with large black wbiskers, she'd look a
Katy aud nod her little curly head sorrow
erfully, as much as to say" oh, Katy, | nevC
/ can forget my orn dear papa"