St. Landry democrat., 1882-12-30

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Goodnight, dear year, the darling said:
!" oh, happy year, goodnight; i5s
think Plls close my eyes just once TO resi-
them for the light fs=ss 2ss5 kssss
And than-if some one ,breathed sign, SO
softly sleeping there ssss .}s9s
Perhaps it was the little maid, perhaps it was
the year! .z. 81.
ss8#ss555 '.s1 IT -Aat,,.r's Home, Magazine.
g RANDFATHER's SLIPPERS. II &
"sh-h-h-h now! Somebody might
mo, they tie won't. Listen, ! Uncle
Phil Me and Susie wants to buy a pair
of slippers for grandfather, handsome
ones, you know.-for a New Year $
present. We're going to put our money
together, because one of us hasn't got
enough. We've got thirty cents apiece
will that doP'''' ses ,.sS.tf sts ID. II, 4
..Yes, / think it will, z said Uncle
Phil. st.,.5 5 n.
a"Or p'raps that's too muchp''
Well--no, ] think it will be about
right
i Wo'll 60 down this afternoon and
you can show them to US. And, Uncle
Phil, you can keep secret. can tyoup"
You must p-r-r-romise not to
breathe one Wordr'
Keep it till we say you may tell
Keep it in pansy.''
In what, Susy?'
In a pansy. That's the way tot
keep a secret; heard mamma read i
in a book
Tom gave a very provoking laugh,
but .Susy hunted out book and ran to
get mamma to show her the poem in
which came the line: s.
1.-THE secret kept in violate
Theren' she said, ..a violet's al
most the same as pansy.
Il Il keep it" said Uncle Phil, sol
EMMY, I'm violet or pansy or any
thing you say, Susy. Il keep it if
have to get dozen people to help me. Z
pretty ones, we want, exclaimed
the two as they stood before Uncle
/ Phil showcase.
18th rosebuds. or forgetsme -nots,
and things on said Susy.
.sPshaw! that's what they have on
girls doings.'' said Tom in contempt.
ssWhen was down to Cousin Roland s
he had a splendid pair-a tigers head
on his toes. When he crossed his feet
and put EN- up on the fender itmade
you think of a fight.
Uncle Phil had no tiger-headed slip
pers, but he found a pair OF dogs heads
which charmed Tom, though susy did
not like them at all She spied pair
with daisies and a fern-leaf which ex-
actly suited her fancy. She declared
the dogs were ugly and snubby nosed
and puggy- looking (as, indeed, they
werel, which made Tom angry.
II m a boy and I'm bigger than you.
and j IN going to have the dogs
isn't it polite to give up to ladies,
Uncle Philip s, ls5lg' ..s
Uncle Phil could not say no to such
an appeal, and began to realize that he
had undertaken a task quite beyond
him, as customers waited and there APP
peared no prospect of these Very diff
fering tastes. being brought to an agree
ment. Il 54ass
.p1l tell you,'' he said at last, reach
of you take one slipper you like best
and leave grandfather to choose q
Nothing better could be done. They
were wrapped separately, and Tom
wouldn't speak to Susy as they walked
home. s{ Sex. s..5. t...4 Z e ,ls5
New Years Eve was always a busy
season, but mamma thought il good
time to have little talk with the chill
dren; and she always managed to find
half hour for them.
So, with little Bert on her lap, Susy' $
curls falling over one shoulder, and
Toms short-cropped head resting on the
other, she, tried to impress on, them a
lesson Of love for the year coming,
drawn from experience of the year that
was gone. sss'3 81 ys,s
AS she. whispered of kindness and
gentleness between brother and sister.
Tom, glanced shamefacedly s-oyer d at
Rsusy, and wished Z he yhadR't beenaso
cross. And Susy's little heart was IS soon c
filled with a plan which brought her
back to mamma as soon as the others
were out of hearing ~ = = 8 : {
s.Mamma, let me 60 down to Uncle
Pills, please, all alone 7 She had
never been so far by herself, but she
coaxed and coaxed tt.because it was for
New Years." so the little 1ur cap went
on.over the curls. and soon the small
lassie stood again smiling up at Uncle
Phil. f
i.sI thought I'd change she said,
holding up the daisies and fern-leaf.
Toms the biggest. and of course he
knows best, sol think ! ought to give up,
don't you?'' s,.s & 4
Uncle Phil had his own opinion about
that, but lie kept it to himself as he
wrapped up the mate to Toms dog.
Shexwanted togget into the house
without Tom $ seeing her. and she did,
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