The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-12-23

he was perfectly lovely. and the sweet
est baby out of Elfand. They all kiss
ed him, and pinched his chin, and pull
ed his odd bit of nose, and made him
a handsome present. All except Fairy
Hateful. just as she leaned her cross,
ugly face over to kiss him, this naugh'
ty, naughty baby, who couldn't help
laughing at everybody, screwed his red
face up into a thousand wrinkles and
winked his knowing eye at her IN the
most impairment way imaginable.
sYou ugly, iu-mannered brat" cried
Fairy Hateful, giving him sharp box
on his ear chow dare you make a face
at me? viii pay you for your imPerti-
nence."
With that, before any of the other
FAIRIES could stop her, she touched the
baby with her snake-headed wand, and
in the twinkle of an eye, what do you
think that wicked fairy did She
turned the little bit of baby into q
tiny, twinkling-eyed, wrinkled-faced old
man There he lay in his nurses lap,
the Funniest, best-natured, jolliest looking
old man the sun ever shone upon,
twinkling and winking his eyes at
everybody in sight.
''For shame, for shame" cried the
fairies in breath, and Queen Otelia be-
gan to cry, for the little old man wouldn't
let her chuck him under the chin.
For a few moments they all stood
aghast, looking at this odd baby, and
the minister who had come to christen
him felt very much out of place. At
length the fairy queen babe the fairies
stop CRYING and listen to her.
1--WE cannot undo" said she, "what
this wicked Fairy Hateful has done,
but we all have some gifts yet remain
ing. So come hither, gentle fairies
Good Heart, Amiable, and Generous,
and see what you can do for this old
man baby"
Standingin ring about the funny lit
tie fellow, each fairy bestowed upon him
the quality for which she was named.
When one had made him good-hearted,
another amiable, and another generous,
the Queen of the fairies said, waving
her wand, made of frozen dew-drops,
over his head:
81 name thee Kris Kringle, then, odd
old man, and thy name shall ever be as
pleasant as thy funny face. Thy heart
shall be always young like a childs, and
one day in each year thou shalt make |
glad the heart of every boy and girl in
the world. In doing good and in max
ing others happy thou shalt never fee
thy age, and as long as there is a child
in tho world thou shalt never die"
AS she stopped speaking she struck
the floor sharply with her wand, and |
Immediately there sprung up at her feet |
a tiny sleigh, drawn by six reindeer.
In the sleigh, running over the sides
and filling it to the brim, were toys of
every description. Drums, hobby
horses, blocks, trumpets, stockings, |
candies, Christmas trees, and every |
thing anybody could think of or want.
As soon as Kris Kringle saw the |
sleigh he sprang up as if he had sudden
ly remembered something. Good gra- |
cious !" said he, working his merry eyes
and shaking his fat sides with laughter, |
ats high time for me to be OFF,
Without another word, but giving |
the queen fairy a knowing wink, he |
sprang into the sleigh, blew loud blast |
on one of his trumpets and cracked his
whip over the RENDERS heads. Off he |
started, but not seeing any door open,
and not knowing much about the house,
away ne went up the chimney
One little fairy, fearing he did not
know which way to go, flew up the
chimney after him. But when she |
reached the roof all she could see was
the sleigh flying over the snow, the
deers' antlers flashing in the sun, and
in the distance Kris Kringle blowing
his horn and shouting back:
tMerry Christmas Merry ChristmasW
Where did he go? Don't you know?