The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-12-03

YES. that's my name; the patent
self.acting acrobat: it is painted on nv
back. unless the children have pulled
the paper of. They have? Wen, it is
lucky l j know the name. / learned il
when | stood OF q Newark toy-stand,
waiting for some one to come and buy
me; my spring was all right then. and
kept turning somersaults all day.
Didn't | get tired?" Not a bit; SO
long as the spring was right it never
hurt me. And now it's broken. and
they say ! cant be mended. though |
don't know why. After jamie was
sick last year. the doctor said he had
no spring in him and must 90 10 the
sea-shore 10 get well. | wished | might
90, too. but they didn't take me: moth
ing went but the creeping doll, and her
spring was right enough. You've been
sick, too. and all the children tell you
their troubles; do you think / could be
mended like Jamie-is his spring like
mine2 No! thought not. His spring
would come back with air and water.
you say. That just settles the matter
IN my mind 4 know they wouldn't do
me any good. for I've had both; once
when the boys threw me out OF the
nursery window. and I hung BY one leg
from the old pear-tree; and once when
there was a moving. and / fell out OF
the basket into a mud-puddle and
wasn't found for W. days. NY tum-
bling DAYS are over; but l hope they
won't throw me away; perhaps they
won't. for little Alice that died used TO
laugh nc me so much.
have given n great deal OF pleas
ureg Thank YOU. ma | wish I
could tumble this once for you. know
you'd enjoy the performance. It's very
pleasant now 10 think what a good time
! have helped people 10 have; | took
great pleasure IN being pleasant. But
the best time | have 20 think about Is
my last day on the toy-stand; may |
tell YOU about il? Thank you. masam.
Ny owner was a t~oy-dealer. who had
2 very nice stand on a leading street in
Newark. came TO him in a package
from New York. about the middle Of
december, and began TO tumble rs soon
a. ! was wound up next morning, for |
was The latest novelty. and he calcu-
lated that ! ought TO bring him n run Of
custom. felt there was a great ro-
sponsibility upon me, for l heard him
iesl his wife that had cost a good deal;
but he hoped | would bring him the
worth Of his money. even If / was not
sold. SO. in the morning. when he had
Put the whole stand in nice order. and
al The dolls. and gum-balls, and boxes
~ blocks. and tin wagons were all set
IN array. ! was put on the shelf lust
best.
We hadn't much company that morn
ing, and in the afternoon IL raincd: but
.he next day was bright and clear. and
me two-headed vocalist gave a matinee
Just beyond. and, Of course. all the chill
uren and grown people stopped to look
~ me. IL sounds very vain. doesn't itp
Dut y docs me good TO think about all I
helped 70 do that day, and ! should not
hayc lone X il the people had not
stopped 10 look at me.
II was one Of these late hard-times
winters, and my master, finding trade
poor, mai a chestnut-roaster as well as
= 'oy-stand, and the boy who turned
tnc handle for him was-wcll. very
poor nc in rags, and very seldom with
7 clean face, but such a bright pair Of
e.ses-their glance was like The sparkle
" y mud-puddle. lie was greatly
,icKied with me. you may believe. and
! 2 think he would have attended
nc nuts well II 1t hadn't been that
'ney wanted his bit Of money at home
worse That day than usual. As il was,