Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-02-04
X 1919
ANNIE AVID wILLlE's PRAYER.
Ky Mi,s. SOPHIA y. STOW.

lbcrc were tears Oh thcir pillows ana tears
Ana ei,cli little bosom was heavy with
signs
For to-nigtIs their stern fathers command
Tlat th,y should retire precisely ut seven.
hnstcnd of eight; for they troubled him
With questions unheard of, than ever be-
He had told them he thought this deiusion
a sin,
No such being ny "Santa Claus" ever had
Andhe hoped. after this, he Should never
more hear
How he scrambled down chimneys with
presents each year.
And this was the reason thai two little
heads
so restlessly tossed on their soft, downy
beds.
Fight, nine. and the clock on the steeplc
tollcd ten
NoLn word had been spoken by either ill
When. Wiilie's sad face from the blanket
did peep,
Aud whispered, Dear Annie, Is you fast
aSleep2"
-Why, no, brother Willie" u sweet voice
replies,
"gve tried 10 in vain, but / can't shut my
eyes;
For, somehow, II makes me so sorry be-
cause
Dear papa has said there Is no "Santa
t1tttS:' HH"
Now we Know there Is, and then IL emit
be denied,
died;
But, then, I've been inkin that she used
to pray,
And God would hear everything ann
would say.
And perhaps She asked him to send Santa
Clans here,
will the sacks fall of presents he brought
every year"
"weil. Why I,nt we pay dest as mamma
did then,
And ask him to send him with presents
udpn %
"Ive been thinking so, too" And without
word more,
Pour little bare feet bounded out on the
floor,
And four little knees the soft carpet press
ed, E. ...I ~.
And two tiny hands were clnspcd close to
each breast.
"Now, Willie, you know we must firmly
believe
That the presents we ask for we're sure to
You must wait Just as stili tin I say the
And by that you will know that your turn
has come then"
"Dear Jesus, look down on my brother and
me,
Aud grant us the favor we are asking Of
Thee:
want a wax dolly, n tea set and ring.
spring
BLESS papa, dear Jesus, and cause him tC
see
That Santa Claus loves us far better thar
lie;
Don't let him get fretful and angry again
II dear brother Willie and Annie, Amen
.please, DcsuS, ct Santa Taus tum down
to-night.
And bring us some presents before 1t Il
w1,nt he should dive me n nice little scd.
ycd;
A box fun of andy, n book and II toy,
Amen, and then, Desus, I'll be a dood boy
Their prayers being ended, they raised III
thcir heads,
sought their beds;
iul and deep,
And with fairies in Dreumland were roam
Ing i'm sleep,
Eight, nine, and the little French clock hat
struck ten,
again;
lie seems now To hear Annic's half sup
pressed slahs,
And to see the big tears stond in Willie
81 was harsh will my dariings," he mcnt
and should not have sent them so earl,
But then I was troubled-my feelings foun,
vent,
For bank-stock to-day has gone down tel
But OF course they've forgot their trouble
ere this,
And that I denied them the thrice askct
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Iiut. inst To make sure. III steal up to tn,
door,
For I meyer smoke harsh to nv darling
before" y
And arrived ut tho door to hear both O
their prayers,
big tears,
And Willie'S grave promises fall sweet OF
his ears.
with n sigh,
mas draw mign,"
'Ill atone for my harshncss," he inward.
said.
answering their PRAYERS, ere | sleep /
Then he Turned to the stairs and sofll
went down.
Throw on velvet slippers ana silk drcssin
GOWN
Do,tnri nat, cont and boots, and was out i
i'm the street.
AmilIionnirc facing ,he cold driving slice.
Nnr slammed untii he had bouuhl every
tIiny Wv" "" 7 '
From iii" box full of candy to the tiny gol
riuy
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