The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-25

butter kag,' says lie. wv HAT says i.
"They have" says he. 1--WE examined
it myself THsyTe been putin clorde Of
sodyum IN i"
dMassy on usW l gasps. "Don't say
nothing about It." And he went away TO
where the rest was gigglin and goin on
out in the snow by the back kitchen door.
II seemed TO me now Us if the world was
R.comin to an end. Known all Chemi-
Gals was deadly pizen, and not carin to
scare Mr.. Tubbs, who is a most oncom.
mon nervous man about some things, l
seen there was but one way, that was to
throw away that whole kag of butter
into the sOap-iat barrel, though I'd
Churned and sailed 1t down myself for
winter use. If it had been worth a thou.
sand dollars I'd have done my duty by my
family all the same. l wasn't agoin to
sacryfiCe human lie, even il we all
brought up to the poor house. But to tell
the solemn truth, If Scripture hadn't gone
Agin selfmurder, l felt that minute I'd
liked nOthin bettGr'n to Just eat a lot o
that butter and die right there on them
Stairs. Oh Mr.. Editors, how l did want
my poor Jabez then to comfort his mother
and set about finding the bad wicked per.
son which had been plotting against a in
nocent family Fortunate the kag wRrn't
more n quarter tull.
Howsever, alter I'd emptied the plzened
butter into the soft Soap barrel, l had some
sweet lard and some drippings which
would do Tor cookin, and them children
was oil so clipper and CHEEKY when II
come out there warn't no tuiky for to.
morrow, and Mr.. Tubbs was so content.
and the nefys told such funny stories ali
q setting round the big kitchen fire, mat
by bed time l was laughin as hearty as
any. Likewise when Samuel told how
Dutch folks in Holland puts shoes outside
their bedroom doors on Christmas eve Tor
st. Nicholas to put presents in, / was par
ticular interested. Going to finishing
school three quarters down to Pemberton
in my young days had made me classical
inclined, and 80 felt uncommon drawn to
what Samuel proposed which It was l
should follow this custom oil a fOrrin
country by putin pair O shoes out by
my door that night-big ones lie said,
which | didn't Contredict, owing to their
holding more.
Well, Mr.. Editor, we all bid each other
goodnight at last, and went 10 bed, l
keepin up pretty clipper after all, yet
still with kind O empty feeln on ac-
count OF Jabez being away However, |
kept my word about tho shoes, and as
mine Is short for their width, put out a
rousin big pair of Mr.. Tubbses for the
purpose. II you've read patient SO far
you shall be rewarded at last, for the rest
Of my story Is worth hearin. That night
| slept like top till morning, most like
on account of bein so wound up the day
before (eastwise so Samuel explained it)
and then somehow | was woke up all of
u sudden, 1t want but just daylight.
HOwsever | jumped up and put on my
wrapper, which was given me last Christ.
mas, and preceded to open the door to
sec what was put into my shoes. Mr..
Editor, what do you think Sanity Claus
had put In 'em2 Why JABEzl Just rs
sure as | live ii was Jabez. There he stood
In them very shoes with red rose In his
westCOat, and ten.pound turkey hangin
from each Of his hands And then
aiore l know'd 1t, such. q shoutin and
laughln and merry Chrlstnlasslng as there
was In that house you never see 1t
seemed as II VIC was all too happy to
stand 1t, and If that dear old Tubbs hadn't
gone and bought a new Chiny tea.set for
me, which that very box h0ldln 1t was
opened aiore we set down to breakfast.
And then II 1t didn't come out that them
neiCes and neiIys hadn't kept Jabez hid
away, which he had arrived home most
unexpected the evening before by tcle!
graph, while | was n Cryin by myself.
And so We all have lesson, Mr.. Editors,
never to take nothin hard till VIC SEQ how
its agOin to end
Wishin you all q most Merry Christmas
aud Happy New Year, | am,
Yours most respectable, Il
JANE L. TUBBs
P6Secript-YOu won't have no trouble
his time about mendin the spelling, since
| huntid in the dictionary for all tho
words | aint certain about. Couldn't
ind neither nelly or nelTGw, so l suppose
both Is equally correct
]. E. Turns.