Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-22
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Miss Muslin and Miltiades as Early
Risers.
! lido. doubt ,ti i boy or q girl ever was in
The night before Christmas. 81 tell you what
Said Miltiades in that assured way of his.
AS they went up to bed. ''We must get up
my dear,
And wen just go around and make each one
And give good loud Merry Christmas!' to
all,
Fer they're really awake. So give you fair
shall knock at your door, Miss, by four in
the morning"
Then, except goodnight nothing furth-
er was said,
And each was before many minutes in bed
But Miltiades thought, as he shut up his eyes,
or very old saying that runs in this wise
II pou auant to '0ake up at certain time, keep
aloud toueuyself" And he thought he would
So he kept saving "Four" Gall the while lying
quiet).
-Four o'clock! That's the time! Four-Four
-Four Four-our-ourrrp'
Till at length he fell asleep, saying it DER.
Sometime later it was (although that seems
to state a
Superfuous fact, for of course it was later,
Miltiades all at once woke up with shock.
"Whyn cried he; starting up, SIT must be
four 0clock!"
So he jumped out of bed-O, remarkably
spry!
And ran to the window to look at the sky.
faint streak oflight could be seen in the east.
Which, even while he stood there, quite plain
ly increased.
''Ho! ho Merry Christmasn' he cried, "Mr.
sun,
Hope you may have lots OF presents and fun
Then he hurriedly dressed and in two min
utes more
He was cautiously knocking at Miss Muslin's
door.
But finding himself quite unable to wake her,
He was finally forced to go right in and shake
her.
Come! wake up!" cried he. "Here it is fou.
O'clock!
How long dye expect me to stand here and
knock?n
30, dear!" sighed Miss Muslin, awaking and
yawning,
"Why, it don't seem to me that it can yet be
morningw
swell, it tsp cried her cousin. COZ yon have
any doubt,
You can go to the window, and take look
out"
When at length she was ready, Miss Muslin
came out,
And the two, without further delay, set about
Their purpose. 1t being as yet far from light,
They made their way rather by feeling than
sight,
To the end Of the hall, when they gave loud
At the door Of the bedroom where J ohm Henry
Jack
And Benjamin franklin were quietly sleeping.
wake upn' shouted they, merry Christm asI
Then creeping
Along to the room where Abiather Ann
Was slumbering likewise, they straightway
began
Such dancing and bowling and pounding and
screaming
That father (who CHANGED to be peacefully
dreaming
In the next room to that with one bound
reached the floor
And ran, in the greatest alarm, to the door,
10 see what was the matter. "Merry Christmas
to all!'
Rang out in stentorian tones through the hall.
Then the two cousins, hand in hand, down the
back-way
Gray,
Who, with Grandmother, had a room On the
first floor,
SO they ran down and pounded away at the
door.
BLESS me! What is the matter!'' cried
fof1
From within. CThe old gentleman had, by
the way,
Been lying awake for an hour or so,
Althous III, being quite deaf, he'd not heard
them till now.
Then, the door bursting open, he inquired in
"Deary me! what is upp "Ho! no! You are,
guess!"
Cried our hero. "Merry Christmas Merry
Christmas! Dye hear9
| told you that ia be the first mp this year!
If you're going to get up, you had better be-
gin. 1t
Is day, there's the sun shining in at this min
ute!"
"That!' said Grandfather dray-then he sud
denly broke
Into laughter. "Ha! ha! Well, now, that's a
good joke!
Ha! ha! That is The moon, sir, Just rising,
which shows
That instead Of being morning, as you two
suppose,
It is not midnight yet!-snd happen to know
That the nall-clock struck ten but a short time
ago!"
Whercupon, as this dreadful announcement
was heard,
The two cousins turned, without saying one
word,
And straight back upstairs, and got into
their beds,
And in deep shame and sorrow enyeloped
their heads
And they slept the next morning so sound and
SO well
That they didn't wake up till the third or fourth
bell.
-.JoAs. Brosonjoh,s. ~. W,de-AaDake.