The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-25

And make sac a child again just fer to-nlsat'
Huns,sd Crunkls, as he clSsesd ais beaver
on enc side Of his had aad departed for
islly evening with the Ssys at the club.
The next day was "ss Geld a. Chri't~s
and It had right 10 be, bslsg on saeh
psighborly tsrns with Christmas itself. "Ths
owl, for all his feathers, Was a'csld," ana
those who Usra unfortunate enough to be
out dartsd back aud forward at = swift lpsed.
Mr.. HonsyIup looked out uPsR the circum'
ambient iciHss through the ftssIsd pare OF
a frlt.clST car, where he had sSconisd mr.
self in clsIs contisuity to 4 httls
steve, which, having ssen plscaa
to reign ever = space Of tsrritsrJ
too large fer its limited poWsr was SplsItsT-
ing aAd struggling in VAiH attempt to sx-
tsud its heat. Many were the snyiouIg lsAcs
thrswn AT Ar. Hsnsyaup frsA iiolStsd pas
ssnEers slowly freezing in far corners, BUT Ia
blisIful isnSrancs he stretched out his csussy
little legs and SsvoLsd himself TO 10 the daily
HERALD SIS plscidly as thSu: b travelling was
| to him an every day event, while, in reality,
the oAly nssus Of locsmotioa he had knows
for years were omRlbusss and strsst cars.
Swiftsr asa swfLcr, Transporting its bur
der Of joyou.asss, expectancy and imptisncs,
aartsd ths train Svsr the frosted rails, carry
ing Mr.. Honsysrp nearer aad nearer 10
pHrksytoHn.
Thus the hours passed slowly and monOts-
HouGly. Mr.. Hoaeysup had rsaS th9 paper
through from first 10 last, except the hog
market ssd Gotten qEotAtipns, which liz
,tudiOusly avoided. Then no turned to watch
ths drghry IG0wehssrSNdrd dessert,
wtb az cash hers snd there (;
EsAtimss title village paspsd
cut frsm beneath great trsss, clothed in fan
tsItic CARDS Of white, and tho little church
spire isea up above tho silIE into the sky, or
great lsns pond Of ice WAS sssR, swept
aHosth by huASrsd juvenile sTospsrI,
where host Of school-boys wsuld bsrst
int a loud hSllo in vain attempt 10 match
Lse speed Of tho rain, or sometimes wagon
load OF man from sOmS ntar village sathor-
ing Epruca sad piue for ts-merrOWs cScora-
ton Of The church.
Finally Mr.. Honsyaap bsgsn to fasl
drowsy, and Whls he was debating with Kim
self " stb9r be should allow tsa feeling TO
ovOrpOwsr him or not, the trails stopped and
he became diyaly conscious tASt he wss AZ
Turksytown.
Strange, indsss, hsw the weather had
CHANGED 50 suddenly, thought Mr.. HsasysuE,
as he stsppsi out OF the ear, Wsarass, ss@o
asurs sso, biz Glumpy little nose had bdasod
irol.y sad red frsm the folds Of his oVarcOat,
looking moro ike aisSnthrspic lOsftsr
than anything also undsr tRs sun,
an hG aArs had bssn in an anslosous state,
no" no suffered no Fsngs Mt all from tao
wintry blasts
Being liza rather dazai ana uncertain con-
SiuOn, NJ. Hynsysup STOOD ieg moment Or
i've and gsHsd Ebept him, asa had 30 not
bSon in tba state above referred to, be would
certainly hays 1otic,a gcma litS isconsrui-
tea ia tao lcaaa about aim. The railroad
train which hs sid moustsa bright asd SN-ly
that morning, and in Whick he has been rio
Jag fer some houIs past, was nowhere TO be
seen, Nsd not ten feet from him stood grsSt,
lumbsrqg Etago coach, locking terribly old
fOsy-lks, aAd attached 10 it four prAnciAs,
coal-black sorlst. TAs Usols outfit, stage
coach, hsrsaI R8d sll, GomsSSH sssmad, Gt.or
little uhils, 10 grow qNts familiar, and it
Was quito natural that it Should 10 there.
"Nhy, | declare" calculated tAs new ar
rival ut TurksJtoWB, "ls il possible? Caa
that DO old jerry, tie cSsshaRR? thought
Sin GsAd long ags--whY, dsclIrs, he locks
as young rs ever"
Mr.. hsnSysup strained his SysS, licking
through the glsam at raG-lSces, Jelly little
azure pSreh7S upon thS box, wiki the
linss in OLA khnd and long whip in this
OLhsr, parsonage 30 droll A1d 70 e1trsmsly
cSmplAcSnt that he night have pa'ssd him
self "a for Mr. Weller, the elder, AID de-
csivsd Mr.. PickUick hinsslt Tks evening
was growing rather dArk Snd tho lamps ~
eIcs aids Of tho awkward leskinS VshicIS had
bssp lighted, the gleams from which served
- show that tina skow wRs still descending.
Three or four PASSENGERS we're about to 0Rtsr
tho csaoh-ssW tasy could take SUCK cold
means Of trSnseSrtAtiss in preferences to the
railway Mr.. ISnaysup could not imAsine-
and several of thsA scanned not entirely an
known TO Mr.. Honsysup.
'WAst, old Dean, the banker J" he cried
"but nonienas--ho had one foot in the grave
twaaty years ago"
With familiar Red 10 Mr.. HonsyIup, al
thsuya he would lsy, "Pd like very nuch tC
slss, but the mails Wo9'g oOlsccS. WkSr'
have you bsen for the mStlsr OF 3 weak or
So" ths coachmsn erXcsei his long whip
and Vsry tnbll lad, Wko sssmai TO PrsfoT
the cosckaRR's COMPANY to the warmth OF
tho iRsd,, LlsU on = trsmsndsue bern, aut
tho stage grIu hSaJ in TIA dGrknHa ant
INsW.
EvSrythin. which came late Mr.. Honey
Sup'S csngA Of vision was strangely IsailiAr
and allotted plessurabl' ssRDtiesS in tina
g1atlsmaAS bssSm. TurkSytoWn wSs, il
s0twsrd sppSaraAeS, seemingly unchanged
and MIR. Hor8ysup smiled ss hs thought
kew wide OF the mark was UruRplss proph
scg. ~ esa sea cid RoAs," AZ said to bin-
self, "Sut nav Rene has Sppsrsstly not ys
arises"
q, tbs village strsst he csuld 'Is thasast
ola soustB E,srY eccentric crock, every i'd
inyncr,sy Of architecture, az FAR rs IA
could sac, was still lksrs, Arrows @
light shsns from nunsrou' windou5 cut iE.s
tbs gathering darkness, which was SonsWha'
rslsgsl by the white snoT. Up tho street :
ltlls way stood what had ia long long
wears ago bean biS fathers blacksmith shop,
Gnd Eoae industrious smith was evsA nog
pountiig away on the aAvil With f,m
swinging blsWs that rssousded up aus
down tho road, and tho SQUAD Nlmsst
brought tsars TO Me-. Honaysup's eyes. A
little way farther stood he erItWhils en-
chsnt,d mpnsion WHARF Priscilla had wisldsJ
the scspter over A6ozan levers, though Ar
Ho,eysuP was ths accepted ever all.
DEPOSITS stood tho little church whore h
hSd learned his estschism many and May s
time, and through the dsors and windows ht
saw mea and wsmsa and beys sns girls iSs
toning sprucs to the walls SnC
tyiEg evergreen wreSths to the
pillars, and huge cluster Of mistl'toa wa
jest then bsia. elevated to the ceiling. With
T. b..avaant iutarnst in theaa prensrAliOpA fOl