The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-25
A LEGEND OF XMAS.
WRITTEN FOR THE HERALD.
BY Milton lewis.


0utsids we're roaring winds aAa bRksiAg
shutters; outside were cold and iciasSs; cut
side vera snowy roofs and ubitenSd CHIMNEY
pots, and outside wars shiVsriRg poverty and
freezing wrstchsdRsss and wes--a VsritAbe
hest Of Fire Worshipors; inside were warmth
and chSerfuns,i, and bright colOrI and sat-
isHsd humanity, and by iasdS WS mean the
ofacO of HonsyGup & CfunkIS, and by salts
fed humanity ths respectable ezRonsats Of
that popular firm. A roaring, cracking iirS
burned on ths sstr.h, ssndiAg its red fa~ss
curlRg over ths logs AID up The Ti3e CHM
ney like BroSd Of uEmsnEsrly ssrpeGis.
Mr.. Cruukls, junior partnar, aat on huge,
cushioned chair reading the latest from ths
hog market, vita "a oZpralaioR very ipdiSa-
tive of an Interest ia pork. la Ussa GSRtls-
man with . vary apt tura for dialogue and
oHe WAC could lind GquolGlioA for tVny
subject; and, as for personal appearances,
rather fus lsokiag, uaEisLakAbly Wsll-brsa
gentleman, with sOH'thias Of hAu.
tour ia his olsAa-cg., sri1tocrStjc
foSturss, which was il ssnS dsgrA
lesIoasd, however, by slightly auburn
moustSchs ana a nsir Of kindly brown eyes.
Mr.. Honoyiup, senior partner, had closed ha
study of the half dozen leagars sAd account
books lying around, AID Was now appsr-
emily studying the fire. And what won
derful and inexlaus,lolO study cracking,
tearing, rssly orthsdox winiar Gr9 is, wits
its dsmSnstratiye roEringg, It's "live intolii,
genoa" and its ready inspiration Of thought
aud fancy. What famous odeB have bssn
born to rhyme aud mt,eriA a water fire, and
what immortal paintings have grown sNidst
dancing flames belors the canvas kaSw theN.
But Mr. HonsysHp was neither great poot
nor q great painter, and his study Of the fire
only brought dreamy, far away look to his
eyes, and whatever vas tho subject Of his
eogtations it muIt have besn ssAsthing
very sentimental and tssdar.
"I'll do it," 10 Oxclsiaed enthusiastically;
''yss will, BY Joyo, sir; l."
"Wsll, HonsyIup," said Mr.. Crunkls; "yoN
needn't DO 80 emphatic Pm aurs NO porsoa
objects. But pray what 10 it you are going
to do, by Jovs, sir"
"Wsll, tha fact il, Cruakls, Pvs bosn
thinking over cid times. Here hAvs bssR
for twenty years hsldss RJSslf down to
hogs and ioar, lard and bacon, witb soul
1uctuatiRg bstWssa hish aRd low quotations
like . psldulun, and after mature dslibsrA-
ten have dstarnisad to spend nay Christ
mas in Turkaytown~
"TurksytoWn, Tarksytown," soliloquizsd
CruRkla; "Whsrs in the nkas of Sbsourity
is TurkSytoWn? There can be no hog mar
kst there, no cotton exchange, 40 lard"
"Aad that is exactly tho reason, sir that |
sm going to Turksytown, which is nay BIRTH
place. Ihavehal my moss tied 10 \ greasy
ledger 80 long that nay hsad has become q
price curIoAt Of all the dstSitiss thiagS un-
der the suR."
"But this place, this Turk-Turksytown
(most appropriately named for Christmas
visit; yeu can hardly expect to Gnd say re-.
semblsnes between 1t and the teUn you were
born in. Twenty years, you know, WSrkS
wonders in more ways THAI one, and while
thaS bean whitening your hair and filing
your coffsri, it has, aaybe, bean teariAg
doWn Turksytcwn, tAd building raw RsmS
on the a,hss Of the slG."
"Vsry likely, very likely" scqusEcsd Mr.
Honeylup; II SHOULD have made the old
place visit loag sgo. How easily one for
gets the friends Of "Auld LAAs Syns" Why,
Cruukls" he continued with bu1s Of ca
ergy, "do you know that wheR / left Turkey
town, was 10 return in two moE,hi Yoi,
in TIVE moRtRs and here il il tweaiy yssra
left sweetheart there, tao. We were ca
Gagged, | bellows, but Pm net 10 positive
abeut that. Hsr nsms wsI-lst me- asa-
Polly, me- Priscilla somstbilg-Pri,cila
Buffalo, or no, not that, now No have IT,
And after saotnsr scrutinizing slSnea at tho
tablets Of memory that tho are hsd epsEoa
up 10 bis, Ar HsnsyIup cried IriusphAatly,
"PriIcills Bsdsst Wa p'edgsa undJiHg
levs We ustd 10 rsAn the weeds and
ns,dovs together. W. wsx5 ara in ARA TO
seheol, k'hsd together together wsAt barry
ing, aAd whsa the village rutliei get up \
quiltisg party, rhsckOn,' or a dance, |
was Prlscllks partner. And" Another
glance a. the tl'ry tablets Of memory. sand
sac wAI very pretty, very pretty, Indeed, was
Priscilla. 1t was hard, Orr.bly hard,
to tear myself away, but, with many tears
aud prstastAtions Of AN esrly return, | did
it-snd SO sifectdaly that havh't been back
sincs-tSenty years, My letters were inter-
ruptsd by no tyraAnical step-motner or ditto
AoshSi' ANVi WEOtu uOnSs DeONh" on-
amord of hogs and cotton, and those a.
teadsnt Wrappers Of tho affection, and forgot
Priscilla"
"HA, hs, IA. No doubt your rscollectiOns
Of Roo,ter-sxcuse ns-Turksytown, are
very romantic"
"Oh, yes. Indsal, fesr shall be greatly
disappointed, su! when | think Of it, it seem.
as II the qua rose differently thsro, the moon.
light was brighter, thu fruit swsstsr, the girl,
prettier, aad 50 forth used 10 milk cow
there, but l doa't thiAk should recognize !
COW now-unlass it came in tho shape Of ,
tisrcs sf dried meat"
"Wsll," said Oruokle, taking his hat, q.
truca 70 Turkuytown But when de 70,
statt! You wish. suppose, 70 rssch hi
Arcadia BY Christina eve, whichb tome
night"
"Yoi, my trip is purely sentimental on,
/ shall not leave until tho morning train. ,
as 70 arrive there Just bsfore dark. l shs
hunt up my old home, put up in my oil
room-how wildly can sec it--put m