Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-12-19
LITTLE RED NOSES.
BY NJ. QUAD.

- AZ SoAOs
How the north wind whistled and stung
the other day! It was the first signal Of
a long, dreary winter, and even men in
ovcrcoats turned sharp corners to get out
of the biting blast. Two children, boy
and girl, neither of them over nine years
old, stood shivering in doorway, wish
ing to 60 on to their lowly home, but
dreading the wind. They crept closer
and closer to each other, and their chins
quivered and their noses grew red as
they grew colder. Hundreds of men and
women passed by without care, bat by
and-by along came a wh1stling, jovial
lad of fourteen, who was swinging his
bootblack's kit by strap, and picking
up the steps of some clog dance. he
saw the shlvering bits of humanity, while
Others were blind, and, hating before
them with ''clig JIG ger-rigger" of his
heels, and toss Of his box, he called out
"Kin I borry them ERE chins O. yours
about an hourG''
eyes, ma'am acknowledgement the girl
81 kin eh?-ho! no! hol That's give
away on me! Be you chickens cold?'
eyes, ma'am," she answered.
"And that ere cub is your brother, !
s'pose? Well, when I'm cold, I git warm
What do you do-freeze?"
eyes, ma'am, if you please" she re-
piled.
IF I please-ha! ha! ha!-'nother
give-away on me! Well, you autumn
leaves, come along with me. ! hain't
got no influence on the weather, but I
kin smell a hot stove as fur of as the
next sinner in this town. Come right
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 man
came in from q back room and said:
"What do you children want here9"
"Want some o. this waste hotness,'
bluntly replied the sinner. 'Thesc ERE
cubs is nigh .froze to death, and Ebrought
'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 innocencel"
laughed the sinner; and the mans face
cleared, and he poked up the fire and
said they could sit nearer.
"S'pose men you chip in and buy EN-
sumthin' to stay their stomachs2" sug
gested sinner, all of sudden. "Ten you
what, some of the children in this town
don't have a square meal any more'n
you'n me wear diamonds. Little gal, are
ye 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
hungry"
"Well, III give as much" replied the
man. "You go 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: ri s.t.
"Now, you cubs, 90 leetle bit slow,
and save the rest for supper. Kin ye find
the way home alone7' :.
eyes, ma am. - -
aAll right, then. We're dead to rights
obliged to this man, and I'll black his
boots beside. You'd better run along
home now. What ye goin' to tell yel
mother2" ~. .. J. MI. ia In 6
s.I'll tell her we come awful near go.
ing to Heaven, and my little brother be
thanks you, too; and now we II go, and
and thank you, ma'am, ever so many
times good bye p .z-s=:
The man loekcd after them through
the window with softer lines IN his fac5
than had been there for months. The
hoy stood outside on the walk and