The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-23

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himself hether, by some inspiratiqn
of. the moment, he might not sudden
" master the particular foreign topgqe
with which, their new friend was: 40
,quainted. when, suddenly, g the little
man made q swift leap and. landed
rig4tlin Tipsllap;: ..::-....,:.z
H.. "Why, +: Binnie!' cried Tip. "it' 3
not Kriss Kringle after ALL, it's only
monkey i. :... ..y,:.~:E
Sure enough it. was a monkey: ,
poor shiveringE little Brazilian, with
pleading eyes and soft, silky hands,
and a, countenance that seemed .tp
tell Of a life Of, sorrow. j., A, bit ,:of
broken broken chain dangling from q belt
,'ea round his waist told d. bis story. The
81 eternal t organ in the street the black
bearded, heartless Italian; tho little
switch that scored his back at home !;
the cruel 'pinches IS induce politeness,
when wondering .schoolboys proasred
their boarded !coppers tie, melan-
choly Pantomime Of sprigbtly graft.
:tude which was 'taught With blows,
and performed in = ffsaf ffsa and trembling.
Poor little runaway Poor little W.
grant! He seemed to know thai; i, be
had found brothers - in i: misfortune liistEa
when be thrust lis 81 tmid, l1I silky 5ap ,pam
s. Binnies hand, ana laid hi: little
baairyl:2 u taee against TIPS t bosom. 80. =,
,.,r' The children We'd with each; other
il attentions to the poor little wan
derte'r. t' do believe that i I'll, had ~
AZ apple d chestnut 1t t, that mo- h,
ment, hungry as be was, be would
have given It to bis red little .Kriss
.Klsringgle. The boys placed him be-
tween them, and tried to snuggle him
up in their tattered clothes. He
clung to them as if, he. really loved
them. His little hand found it's way
into Tips shirt:bosom.-if that col.
lection, Of discolored tatters which. be
wore beneath his jacket could be call
ed . shirt and, laid just over his
| heart. The poor vagrants kissed and
fondled their pet; and, God help
them! were almost happy for the
/ time. ~, Il
Meanwhile: the snow drifted and
drifted right under tho she'd where
the Migrants lay; It began to pile
i1taseelf4up 1ae about them on: all Sides aud
it !tie clu9g to every projechon.t Of their
persons. Ie The air grew colder and
colder. The wind swooped at. them
under !. d the sshed,still, like: the wide,
Eingged, Eii!nl nggesdl, shrieking ,faleen,-as:;if: it
would take them up in its talons and
bear them away to its bleak nest to
feed its unaedged tempests. Close,
and closer the three ,:houseless icrea'
lures drew together, until = great
drowsiness fell upon them, and ithe
sough; Of the storm sounded; farthe.
and farther of, and: sleep and snow
covered them. :;
Then q dream came to Binnie and
Tip. :; Red little Kriss Kringle jump
ed up suddenly from his rest in thei,
bosom. Glad in the brightest .fnery
A: wondrous white egret's plume wav'
ed in his cap, and, he wore q breast
plate Of diamonds His red coat wa.
redder than the blossoms Of the swilo
ILobelia, and his sword was hilted
with gold. Then he said to the boys
"Boys, cye have been very kind to me
and sheltered me when it was, cold
SO now ye shall come with me to: tn,
sweet land of the South, where y.
shall idle n.the sunshine for ever ane
ever!"- ",:-~.. =! -: .:s.
| Then he, led them down sto The
wharf near by; where, moored among
| the black: hulls Of the ships, the,
found - beautiful golden boat, 3,
! bright with many coloreds: flags tha
it seemed las III her tall: masts 'hsd
swept the ;rainbows from the sky
Fairy music sounded as2 the sail'
were Bet, and they sailed and sailet
:: and sailed until they landed ON tn
!; ;|Isweet southern shore.
There they found strange trees m will
LEAVES Of satin and fruits of gold
onderful birds shot like stars, from
bough to bough. ..>. The rivers. SAM
I|like musical instruments. From, tn,
limbs Of the trees trailed brillian
tapestries oforchideous flowers, which
/ with their roots in the air sucked tn
sunlight into their secret veins. unit
their blossoms were covered with tn,
1splendor Of day.
II Here red little Kriss Kringle Lex
them to the foot Of a huge tree GOV
: erred with. white flowers; and mad
them lie down while he fed. then
with fruits of magical flavor. TIL
sun shone cheerfully on their heads
The birds sang their pleasant song.
The;huge tree rained its white bios
SONS on them, as they dropped off t
sleep, weary:with delight, until the,
reposed beneath a coverlet Of scente'
, snow > .-..
When the first day of the Ney
Year dawned, and the grocer's bo,
came from his bed behind the -four
u barrels to take down the shutters, h
saw mound Of snow close clos by th
!, side Of the coal-bin., : He brought tn
3 shoyel, to take it away, and, and the, fir.
stroke disclosed the three little, Va
grants lying stark aa and! and stiff; enfolde
in each other, others arms. &c.,. 81.