Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-22

"Ho. there at the wicket, who pounds at the door
Sucn dlh ID olympus was ne'er heard before
would seep-get We gone-Pm ailing, I'm sick
nat the deuce-there again-who Is calling Saint
Nick?"
"Arouse ye Arouse We. It's dawning again
The star that once beamed over Bethlehem's plain
The star OF the MagI, that shone on the morn
when earths blessed Saviour, the Christ-child was
born!'
"1o. Ho, Isit so? Then III I'D and away
AS soon as The COLLINS can harness my sleigh.n
Then he roared such a laugh as he sprang out Of
1t startled the stars In the sky overhead.
Ana they Winked at each other as much as to saw.
1hefe IS something gone wrong and Old Nick Is 10
pay.
II took but a moment to lump In his boots
To wrap himself up in the best OF fur suits,
TO run to the closet and drag out his pack.
When he swung with q chuchle across his broad
Then of TO the stable he dashed through the snow.
Mhefc the reindeer were prancing, all ready to 60
Ne W,t was up 1 In fIy, and cracking his whip,
WIN HI, there. my heartieS.' he let the reins
Slip.
s..
Straight down through the welktn they sped Ike
the Light,
Without pause or turn to the left or the right:
lie clouds dragged their skirts to get OIL OF the
The winds shrank alarmed-all quite taken aback:
Zen the moon drew In haste u veil over her face
30 quick Cracked the whip and SO fast was the
4 And he pealed out laugh so tocund and gay
That Aurora woke up long before 1t was day:
Oh, never such sleigh-ride was ridden before
As that OF ST. Nick with his rich Christmas store!
Far down I'm the distance Earth rolled fast asleep
Dark night having wrapped it in silence so deep
That the children, tucked close La their snug little
beds,
Whence nothing peeped out save their cherubim
heads
Were dreaming of fairies, of frolc and fun,
ana other stern facts OF a life just begun.
IL was three by the clock, when out on the roof
The ttnkle OF Sleigh bells and taps OF a hoof
Made their little hearts bound and flashed round
the Earth
a smile such al welcomed the Lamb at its birth.
Btt they woke not. Oh, no! Old Nick Is SO sly
He lastens paddock on each prying eye.
With "Whoa, there, my pretties, he stops with
jerk,
Lights his pipe, swings his pack, then away to his
work.
over steeples and house-tops, in windows, down
fiues,
So feet you would think he had wings to his shoes
In pantr1eS he peeps and through bedrooms he
Now kissing the babies, now pinching the girls.
fnhhg UP all their stockings With goodies and
Nor forgetting the SWITCH always left for bad bows
linen on through the play-rooms to plant those
great trees,
Which grow dollles and drums with such exquisite
ease.
What Jolly fat fellow! so little and sDry
with round dimpled cheeks and fun-fiashinp eve
Halr JeWeled with hailstOne, and such red nose
IL nights up the pathway wherever he goes,
Ihen his rich. merry laugh-ahI never, fear
VIII music so sweet again gladden. the year!
But time flies apace. Even now faint raw
struggles up through the East as the Herald OF dav
The winds wake In protest and scatter the snow:
NOW, listen. the signal! hear the cock crow
"Ho, ho.' cries Old Nick, with bis cheeriest
warning,
''Merry Christmas to all, and to all good
m0fnlngl. EDWARD C. HANCOCK.
A Young Woman Who Refuses to Ear.
From the Lafayette Times
Great interest is being excited in the case of a
young lady from Bedford Ind, who has been
In the city for the past twenty-three DAYS, dur
ing which time she has not tasted food or water
and bids fair to Guido Dr. Tanner in her fast
The young lady In question, Miss Industry. is
stopping at No. 25 South 9TH street, and came
to this city to fill position In the new court
house. The house In which she is stopping is
closely guarded, to keep out the curious who