St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-01-09
Pete.

''Im Pete. IN I'm ncv>h"y. This
story amt writ 10y me- COZ cant write.
Nor can't read. 80 if anlthiug'> took
down WONG. II wont Ice my fault.
A gcntlcmuu in one OF our offices
SAYS to me: You tell me the story "t
,uur Young un. an I'll take it down.
and git il printed III -. Nicholas. An
he SAYS to begin ut the VERY begin
min. wen tG>t seed my Young IN Il
little chap w"t | t"un' arter his father
died an he hadn't unthu' hut Il fiddle
in the world. When tu>t goes mp t."
him in the Park. down t" City Hail.
and asks him to play. hc takes his stick
an pulls ii acrn>t IN lcrost the strings.
an makes the Wu>t Mise We ever hccId
in yer life. He felt 81 took down when
| laughed that asked him, serious. to
keep at it. till he SAYS. lnokn' mp inter
my face. drctlul disappointed. They :
awful u'iSt>, amt they !! | says. Wal.
no: I've hccrl the eats make ten times
wuss ones nor that. guess it'll come
some time if We keep Il tINim'.
$50 he Rugged mp his fiddle an We
started down to th, corner. An says.
Were air We COIN ]! An he SAYS.
Nov 'crc>. IN SAYS. Don't We live
now clrs > I'm he SAYS. No. An |
SAYS they Wasn't no use in it. fur lac
couldn't no more take kccr of hi>,rli
Than Il baby ken. an he'd have to live
with me. IN hc SAYS. viii HoH take
care q me :! An | says. Yes. | will.
An that's the way he come to he my
Young I'M.
Il aNcd him w"t was his name. an
can't tell yer it. fur it WAS one - them
blamed imrin names. an | cnuldu'
never get il right. :" allu> called him
.irs Young I'M An he aXrl me wot
WAS my name. an | telled him Pete.
an then We kmowcd each Other.
"'W'ere do We live. Pete !! he SAYS
an SCI, Wal. live rom .ic> ahou,
Ioun here. | guess. We see. | moveo
this mornm'. An he says. Were did
Nr move to!' IN that was Il sumner
| warn't Il newsboN then. We know
WAS on'y Il loatcr. 5ul | seed IL airy
So SAYS. Wal. wen wait till all III,
lights is put ont down stairs in thi,
house. an then we'll live here tcrniyht
But we mus go tust an cit our Ice,
atore its dark | says. 50 We walk.
Ioun' to Il lot We're they wa> huildin'
an he waits vile | digs out the bed
from under pile o stones. Yer see.
had to bury it i'll the molnins fun fcal
. rag-pickerS. cause it was VERY
good bed an comf'tablc. specially il
Aries. 'Wot was IT. 1t was Il oil,
piece u carpet wot toum' in front nv ;
house wunst aIter some people move,
away from it. an an it was ez long ei
-ez long eZ yoH air. sir, an longer. too
| takes it under my arm. an the youn.
IN hors on to my other han an We
finds the airy agin. Bat we has to loa
roun' Il good vile 'i"lc the lights is pu
out. Wen it, all dark we goes dow
under the steps. an rolls up the ear
pet kind q loo>c an tells him ter cr;lw
inside it. VIII Their hc room fur tn,
fiddle. too ! he SAYS; COZ. if Their Won
| don't mind, ! ken sleep outside. Pete.
An he looks 80 Worried that sing
ON. OF coHISc. Their will ; Do Yer thimL
Id leave the fiddle ont ter cotch hi!
death o cold an he laid up an t"okcl
to the olSpital , IN that makes hin
laugh, an then he craWl> in fIu>t. an
claWls III last. an then. thceI we was
all three ot u>. >queedged mp comf'tabl,
t"gcthcr.- From 81. Nicholas toy Jdn
20 Fashionable handwriting is now
81 large that one word covers almost III
entire page: consequently. instead o
the small delicate it-cdgcd note pape
which ladies formerly used. they ar,
fasll"nahlN supplied with thick-crc>tct
OF m"nogramed sheets a. wide lis the,
used I" Ice long. and large square en-
Nelopcs L" match. The cXaggelation
of those which are in preparation fo
balls and paItics during the comm.
winter Will not =" int" the mail-boxes
tut that Is OF II" consequence. as poo
T""ts would say. tol it is the style nov
t" send them 10y Jeenls.