The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-25
Miss Muslin and Miltiades as Early
RiSerS.

Miss Muslin and Miltiades as Early
Risers.
doubt ii boy or a girl ever was in
Such distress us Miss Muslin endured. and
her cousin,
The night before Christmas, 81 tell you what
Said Miltiades in that assured8way OF his.
AS they wentnp to bed. We must get up
Before anyone else in the whole house, this
And wen justgo around and make each one
call,
And give a good loud Merry Christmas |, to
| all,
Fer they're really awake. So I give you fair
shall knock at your door, Miss, BY four in
the morning"
Then e. except %ss .a Goodnight nothing furth
And each was before many minutes in bed
But Miltiades thought, as he shut up his eyes,
VI very old saying that runs In this WISE
~ Tou rant TO aoake up at a certain time keep
| Repeating the hour an you're falling asleep.
Aloud to uo~rself." And he thought he would
| try it.
So he kept saving "Fou'" (all the while lying
quiet).
"Four o'clock! That's the time! Four-Four
| -Four Four-our-ourrr!"
| Till at length he fell asleep, saying it DER.
Sometime later it was although that seems
| to state
snperfiuous fact, for Of course it was later,
Miltades all at once woke up with a shock. a.
| why" cried he, starting up, lit must be
Jour O'clock N
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
n1.,ht la ha etoDl To, Ia,
ly increased.
''Ho! no! Merry Christrnas!" he cried, "Mr
Sun,
I hope you may have lots of presents and fun!
Then he hurriedly dressed, and in two min
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. XIII.
Come; wake up" cried he. Here it is four
How long dye expect me to stand here and
co. dear" sighed Miss Muslin, awaking and
why, it don''tt seem to me that it can yet be
morning!"
"Well, it is" cried her cousin. "'F yon have
any doubt,
You can go to the window and take a look
When at length she was ready, Miss Muslin
came out, ....#.-t#: 49,.
Their purpose. 1t being as yet far from light,
They made their way rather by feeling than
To the end of the hall, when they gave loud
whack .+sE
At the door Of the bedroom where ohm Henry
Jack ILL.,. .-.~.. .a.....s i'...as .-.
A,,l >J-1:,,
wake up!" shouted they, merry Christmas!'
Along to the room where Abiather Ann
Was slumbering likewise, they straightway
began -r 49,.
Such dan cling and bowling and pounding and
screaming ..- ..t+,.I -..s..s. - !
That father (who CHANGED to be peacefully
dreaming E.. 81 .s."s szss >t-E
In the next room to that) with one bound
reached the floor .-ssrs..
Aud ran, in the greatest alarm, to the door,
To see what was the matter. "Merry Christmas
to allp' .... ~
Rang out in stentorian tones through the hall.
Then the two cousins. hand in hand, down the
back-way ... ....-..
Dar1ed quickly, to wake up their Grandfather
Gray, ,s. -. -
Who, with grandmother, had room on the
Z. first floor, 1872 ef FL. a'''
So they ran down and pounded away at the
"Bless; me! What is the matter!" cried
Grandfather Gray ~.
From within. (The old gentleman had, by
the way, "
Been lying awake for an hour or so,
Although, being quite deaf, he'd not heard
them till now. ~
Then, the door bursting open, he inquired in
"Deary me! what is up!" "Ho! no! You arc,
| gueSsi0 ........ ..-.. s.. ....,-...
Cried our hero. ''Merry Christmas Merry
Christmas Dye hear? 81"
told you that "a be the first up this year!
If you're going to get up, you had better be-
gin. 1t .. gtl.sE..s.. ....... .i."
Is day, there's the sun shining in at this min.
utem t- -. -.@.n ..sA
"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 900 ~-.-.- .sI.
That instead Of being morning, as you two
suppose, .. .~
It is not midnight yet!--and happen to know
That the hall-clock struck ten but a short time
ago!" i.
Whereupon, as this dreadful announcement
was heard,
The two cousins turned, without saying one
word,
And went straight back upstairs, al btinto
their beds,
And in deep shame and sorrow enyeloped
their heads.
And they slept lie next morning SO sound and
so well
That they didn't wake up till the third or fourth
bell.
John Bro,oonjh,s, in Wide-A,caSe. !.
Shall we Know Our Friends7