St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-12-25

had to bury Il in the mulnim'S fur fear
o Iag-pickerS, 'cauSe it was il VERY
good bed, an comf-table, specially in
allics. 'Wot WAS itr 1t WAS Il old
piece o carpet wot | found in front NV
n house ~unst arter some people NOV
ed away from il, an it was ez long cz!
En- long ez YOH air, sir an longer. TOO.
! takes it under my arm, and the
Young 'un holds on to IN, other ham an
We finds the airy agin. But we has to
is put ont. Wen its all dark we goes
down under the steps, an rolls up the
carpet kind u loose, an tells him ter
crawl inside it. viii ther' he room fur
the fiddle, too , he SAYS: 'coz if thcr'
wont | don't mind. ken sleep outside.
Pete An he looks so worrittcd that
sings out, of comrSr. thcr' will, Do
Yer think l'd leave the fiddle ont ter
cotch his death - cold an be laid up
an tookcn to the 'ol>pital?' > An that
makes him laugh. an then lac crawl> in
fuSt, an crawlS i'll last, an then, tlir,r
we WAS. all three of us. squctdycd up
conf tahl" tn,onthrr.
'.rhis was Il long time ago. afore !
WAS Il ncw>hoN, Wen | Wa, trliu' 20 sol
WAS hard to git. We tried all next day
hcggin' an nn'N got two cents. an we
WAS 81 cold an hungry that | SAYS 4"
Young TN, 'Lrt's begin again III the
mornin. an lets have Il treat, Tonight.
50 We did: an we had reg'lar good iun
"oim' to Il shop to bHg our supper. stead
q hc@gin' it. makes him an the la
kcr woman laugh akin her t" guy me
'th, most she can OF ANYTHING fnr two
cents An tell Nuu Wot. she Was Il
Jolly woman. too. for she guy us Il lot -
bread. and then she told us to hold on
Il hit. an she went into another room
an hIimgcd u~ out III her apron Il lot :"
splendid stale goudir> an some elegant
bits % sugar wut WH> broke of Il real
ucddin' cake. She did >omcthim' else.
too. Wen the Young nm looked up at
her an SAYS 'l"u'> good " an TUX hold
of her goWud. she stopped down sudden
an size pHt hc, fW0 arms rOuH him an
hi>>cd him! Nn' he ,lr"ppcd his fiddle.
think o that He dlorped his .fddi'.
W"t he never let 90 night OF day atorc.
I'm hc pui his AIMS roun her neck an
hid his face agiu hes. Am' she says T."
me. BE good t" him, for he's Iltlcr non
Nou. Al he sing ont. lie is good tn
me, The, aiu'r nobody =" good ~
Pete in Tia" Nh"lr world" Then he
r"iclic> h"ld {" me. an we picks up the
fiddle. an the woman opens the door
for H.. an tell, Us not to toIgit Wrcr the
shop i but to come To her wen ives
stuck an cant git u" supper. But |
don't know " hat made, hcI stan 1T tn"
door an crl whilst She WAS l,"kim IItcI
u>. IL, didn't ,In nuthilr' to- make hes
cav. An' don't know wot made the
Young I'm rrN nuthcr. Au bust me, !
don't know Wut made M most mp an
cry. too. | wonder w"l it wa>,
But that amt v"t WAS COIN I" tell
ven about SANITY Klaus. un'N it WAS iu>r
that time we used iu have lul~ % luu
Iookin' in the. shop vin,lir> >rciu' the
Christmas tree, an thiny>. Nu' vut
ticLlcd him more mon au\thiuy else.
was th, SANITY KElu>,.> with the bags q
TOYS an things piled ON their backs.
IL, I>~d rmr ,u:i~t did / h'li",r tn.
WIS rtcig SANITY Klaus , BlirNr it ,
-" | ever in my life. see one &" them
images IN the vimdc> nov 'thnut >hah-
in my fist at him l'hc ole cheat lr
better b'llc,c | don't, Wal. the night
afnrr Chri>mu> We Na> >lcrpiu down to
Is. +. Hartman y Co.'S. in Il hi@ pa, Kin,
box iull - straw. Wot they ii lrtr on the
pavement. an he SAYS /" me. Pete.
amt this the night that SANITY kIau>
comes an puts things in the childrcu'-
>t"ckiu'> Wut'> huug up in the rhimhl, ,
An says. Five hrrrd >"mcthlu bout
il. hut | don't much h'liclr it an n"N-
81 tried it.. An he SAYS. Pete. 1t" Ar
thnh he'd com" t" this h"\ If "" hanged
up >t"rkIu'> t" the top of 1t W Ill We
lets trl. PctrE Am' says. 'Nrcr>