Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-11-22
Little Red Noses.

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nerS to get out of the biting blast Two
children. a boy and girl, neither over
nine years old, stood shivering in door
way on Monroe Avenue, wishing to 90
on TO their lowly home. but dreadine
the wind. They crept closer and closer
to each other, and their chins dlIiverej
and their noses grew red as they grew
colder. Hundreds of men and women
passed up and down without care, but
by and by along came whiStling. jovial
lad of fourteen, who was swinging his
bootblack's kit by 4 strap and picking
mp the steps of some clog-dance. He
saw the shivering bits of humanity
where others were blind, and hating
before them with a L" Gig -Jigger-rigger"
of his heels and a toss of his box, he
, called out.
"Kin borry them ere chins o yours
about an hour?'
Yes, ma am" demurely replied the
girl.
~ kin, eh?-ho, nc, no. That's a
give-away on me! Be you chickens
coid?-
Yes. ma ann she answered again.
"And that ere cub is your brother,
s'spose? Well, when I'm cold l git
warm. What do you do-freeze?-
"Yes, ma am, if you please she re-
piled.
III | please-ha, ha, ha,-'nother
give-away on me. Well, you autumn
leaves come along with me- l hain't
got no influence on the weather, but |
kin smell hot stove as fur off as the
.hf IL
over to this store"
He led the way across the street and
into an office where there was fire
He had placed chairs for them when Il
man came in from back room and
said:
"What do You children want here?"
"Want some o. this waste hotness,"
bluntly replied the sinner. ..These ERE
cubs is nigh froZe to death, and l
brought 'em here to thaw OUT
''And we won't even look at YOU, nor
cough, nor sneeze!" added the little
girl, as she saw a frown on the mans
face.
That's richness; there's innocence"
laughed the sinner, and the mans face
cleared and he poked up the fire and
said they could sit nearer.
"S'pose mem you chip IN and buy
'em sumthin' to stay their stomach>?''
suggested Sinner all of a sudden Tell
you what, some of the children in this
town don't have square meal any
more'n you'n me wear diamonds. Lit
tie gal. are We hungry"
"Yes, ma'am, if you won't be mad at
u.s. she replied.
The man stood irresolute, but Sinner
went down into his pocket, ratified
around and said:
Here's ten cents that says they are
hungryi''
swell, I'll give as much, replied the
man. :. You 90 and buy something and
they can sit here and eat it,
Sinner bought crackers and cheese,
and the children ate until he felt obliged
TO say:
snow, YOU cubs go a leetle bit slow
and save the rest for supper. Kin We
find the way home alone?''
Yes. ma am"
i" And do YOU feel as warm as later
bugs rolled up in wool?"
..Yes, ma am
"All right. then. We're dead to
rights obliged to this man, and I'll black
his boots besides. You'd better run
along home now. What We goin' to tell
yer mother?''
"I'll tell her we come awful near
going to heaven, and my little brother
he thanks you, too, and now we'll go
and-and thank you ma'am, ever so
many times; good bye!"
The man looked after them through
the window with softer lines in his face
than had been there for months. The
boy stood outside on the walk and
watched until they had turned corner,
and then exclaimed:
Dbau-f b,, I most faa1 that I xra-