The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-12-27
The Cats Christmas.

Ten bare feet danced merrly over the
carpet, and five long stockings hung by
the fire place. The feet and the stock.
ings belonged to Merry Fanshawe and
her brother Roy, and their cousins Susie
Kinnie and Midget Purcell.
Merrys right name was Marion, but
few people called her by it, for she was
always in a twinkle of fun and it seemed
too grave for her laughing face and
sparkling eyes.
"There," said Roy, complacently +;
"that is the way they will look te-mor-
row night, and the day after tomorrow
morning won't they be just stuffed.
Hurrah for Christmas"
"Hurrah !" cried all the other children
in shrill squeaks, that caused Merry 4
mamma to say:
Come now, take all those bare feet
away to bed, for | think you will get
cold"
" Yes, mamma; but just let me tell
you this. asked Miss pendergast il they
were going TO keep Christmas at their
house and she said they had made a
chicken pic for the cats
"Who is Miss Pendergast?" asked
Sue.
I" She is three nice old ladies that live
III iuhhy liVVle Cottage near u1, anu
they nave some catS, suci great handsome ~
cats anu they lreat them us II they were
children, almost"
eS' pun III roy, "nu once , Mhell
ArethUsa, the yellow cat, was sex, merry
went ana gol some meaiclhe from ~
NuX, ana he came III DIS Hig 10 see iler
because he 1houeh' Atc'huSa WIS "
glrl.,,, -, .,
iruiy Sa'u sue
AV', ''"S",'' 49, ~, ),
me ever 80 much anout IL, puI aiun
care because the k,'ly gov wv wen anu -'' AilS9
ienderSast waSS 10 Pieasea; ihcy arepoo''
you see, ana maven much 10 MAKE 'l'el'l
hav!ca gooa Iiihe. iSh IL iunhy 10 MAKE
ple ior cats, a'li they would care apout
CHRISTMAS -. q,
WI the Gats give them anything
ASKER ~, n,'le Miuse!, H., -, :.,p
no what an laea! crled hoy.
bu' merry cl'PPeo 'icr n"hoS' eAc'''h''
hg;, ,,. H., ,,
We tnoushC Vi s"c,i II JOKE may
Just teil cue ana Minnie Inn wheh we We,
50 up sIalrS, mamma we won 'aiN
iong r.,.,,.,.,.,y
!, Ihe JOKE - oi the llsnI hiilI.
Mamma az IL l Hoolu Is maze DIV .h
okes Oh any o.u people, eSPec'"i'y 'he
MISS renaergasts. , .,::
from lhe lausi.el aiu MhlspeilhS
that went OIL wiieh lhe s'li7 were III po''
the JOKE niuS' mus nave oeeH very iu'lny
anu cary Ine neAI M ilol.''ns .nn. mysterious ~,
preparations pesa, 'i'a1 a,.: oa'seu huti' :,n
running apo"' Aho 'o''s''''ps WIN
mamma a,,. H. ,;,, p,u,o,.,, ou,
Inc .l'oo Tha' Ia,n' Lad i" nn "a .;a "e,0 uf
carry, too' lnIy nav lo onil91hi"a 'iI % Pic,
PaIa'lons W MANI In'y s, vDu'i tIN, iio. "ioiu
s''t' ioi e1oN @ o.i'',, w. ,','' Nv a;aE ,Gs p n"s
salioatsa Ml'; WA. Mat'ou W. w ,In nn,Ii h! w.!
raus,,"m no" ao',,I 81 hn,o mo oou,u h n"o,
IL IL 70 "ear anu sue n;lI eI.lu nav th' l,,oi!e.
lor sewing ~ "''' "h''i' W ou' Il o''' lot
ma, n u,", noi ,,orru o0,,o e.. :, =, a.,
hoy "'''i hei'y o"i'io 'oi IL ~ s'A
C,ocA. ~, o,p..
,; nISe a.; my VIII SGI I"o I, In 'aon ,h,
MISS L hehniu; WI you ie' 'iiei'i see 'i''
cats, please san MERRY; ,
Yes, ana welcome, GEAR nrelh'is'
Always p"rls 'Gi you y. si',lh n m BIN
remembers your kindness when she wa
SICK. Dandy, stana up anu snake hahd
with the young ladies'
Dandy was black cat, large and Dig
niiied, but he obeyed his mistress, mucl
to the amusement OF the little girls