The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-12-23
ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA THURSDAY; DECEMBER 49, 1876

li---lLCEssY O. atlli.I IEi24tt79 s3Ag1 j. I,
~ a plate plate Of ,r@s|g'o ,roast beef ,rare,
With, potatoes and peach pie,"'. sqs7
gested ,the , more % s'sl RECKLESS Bipnie, ''ju4t
such q =, . mother, 5uls'ed to give a' Us: on
Sunday: Poor mothAer,:r Ae,: '.';1,,1 M : -, 81.
5.,'1 ,"1W1hat are q " We going f. d1oo, d., 1tlormor-
row, Biinnie. to- get l2 some pe| money
| -n -, ":Shovel snow otf; the sto6opa,s an
swered 2 BHiinlie, j .s r.sesolutely, .,,'' '"''Well go
into Union Square early, and ask all
around at, the: houses whether they
want tie sidewalk cleared. Some. Of
em =, are Fej'' sure P giye ps 9, qYsrter;
We might make fifty cents, and then
wouldn't: Ne have ,rgst q tim time l'.'.. q,
. "When We ! we're living, in the, coun-
try;' with, mother What fun We We used to
Have q on nav Yea ! Yei,asr,,.''' said poor little
lTp, creeping Up; closer to; Binnie,
;Tith 2 2 shiver. IS tie night W. W., get
tipq9g very. o9ld. saa 4 hx laEge:, snow
1aRa aFkes ; : Se9m1maenesd falling, straight
down from the Aeecy sky,. white. as
the mamma that bll in the desert, but
alas! not 20 nutritious.
," 20 sagollyl ~. What = good
methgr she Vii Is S, Us, - j.hha what thipga
We died To 'flnd IL IL TIE! BID iaitockling iitc lii
that she gaYsgua aig' t. to kaippg 1uppl kiss
tKh1n1gle doh codpej ejDtt to US any any more no
HSwa' that shss dead +. I, wonder if lie
ieallyuasd Is t,+top +otoppe down w7ah tie chin;
tAsy, tasy rip' 3 xpas oily Pala Aats 4 be-
dontkndsx;;,' 1aid Zip, III '"1[9;att,.h watch.
svet IS soohmiiabpp4 miapp4 nights, SIT somehow rrh 81
tfaf~aa always s 6ali 1.slesp' just; before b feob, be
'eaatmne, ind then tie things got int into
ttkfe stocking. :. +. used td. dream, d;.u,,
though that I saw him. a little man n
with ! red eoat dill covered %, ,la. with lace,
and / long feather ii his cap :. and a
little sword va! by lis side. :. And he
used to smile at ne, and say, Zip,
will you be ) good boy if I put some
thinngi; info the stocking; for your. and
then I used. to promise, and when I
had promised ]. used to hear music
sounding. all through i! the house, VI a
great deal finer than: the music
y Ne heard "a L when We went I 10
the. circus, ! Binnie and then
KrisS Kriingle would take off his hat
70 me, and make a jump, I'M and 60
clean idip the, chimney out Of sight,
like a red cricket. All! how cold it
is. Binnie,, and how hungry I am.
Tell us a story
The wind arose in the north, and
came down = upon ;il' i t The city, with a say.
age howl: The ht heayy :is,ntocSwi!:aakee tcS
fed Before hmS m1aSin3o into every ttrt angle and
nook, like terrified t1: white Birds trying
to hide themselves from some vast
winged, screaming :. - falcon. They
thrust themselxss into the cre,v1ices ot
Tie windows, and between the states
Of the wiintdaow-b blinds they got under
the siils Of tie doors: : They left the
centre Of the streets, and "A Aew :: 1madly
Into the cutters; they huddled them.
selves into the dark corner where Tip
and Binnie were covering, ran up, the
legs . Of their ragged trousers and slid
down between their !:frail shirt-col1ars
and their cold little necks. It was 8
fierce, biting, scratching wind 0:
prey and poor Binnie and. Tip fell
his talons digging into their flesh.
| just as the pair Of vvagtants ,hai
drawn closer together, and Binnie
WIS tt ryynmg to stop his teeth which
began: to chatter biting in twt
1.-THE thrread Of the story that tn 8 pa
tient little fellow was about to tel
his brother, they heard a faint cry
something between =, moan and .
whistle, sounding close to them
Looking out into the dim twiligh
they behelda dwar6sh Il CURE stand
ing on9the Sidewalk; moaning ana
va.ingsits'arnas. Itsee1nedato be {.
little mansaboattwo feet high, claa
in! a red coat, covered with gold lace
andEearing alittle cap, in which wa wa
stueksa long feather that was Ben Ben
nearly hosisoatal BY; The" x1ind.'t 4
tiny sword, about The length Of !,
llead.pencil; dangled Eat his side:
20, Binnie, wi whispered Tip cit
Kriss 4Krringle come again. I know
him: Hs used to look. exactly hki
that ID Fl my :ai1ream.E Faint, afraid :
him; Arre YOU l''o *,.~ =
"Not a Bit" answered Binnie. '''H
looks like a nice little chap. I hop
he has brought US something"
The little. man on the sidewall
, seemed very :. uneasy. He waved = hi
! Hong arms continually, took Off hi
cap every now and then with a quicl
jerk, as if he were making a series 0
abbreviated bows to the, two little va
grants, and then hoped about, moan
. ing the same shrill and extraordinar,
moan.
"Binnie, I think he's; cold; let u
, ask him to come in and lie down wit
}, us and warm himself" said Til
r "Y Oh know, in al the fairy books,
you treat a fairy we'll, he's sure
give you three wishes"
D. ,Whatever Binnie may have though
!. of the. suggestion of warming; g; an,
;, thing BY puttingcit close to. such ittl
r icicles IS himself a Il ''::s Brother, ,:th
II latter part Of The he. spvsc!l seemed It
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