The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-12-27
The Christmas Present that Was to De
Kept for a Lifetime.

10 come lIi-ulN blIU ptill ii NtllpuS us
ness Bat I'll tell You all abont the
whole circumstance
trismus Eve put on my new suit,
and shaved my face as slick rs smooth
IN iron, and after tea Went over to old Miss
Htailinses As soon as | went into the
parior whartheN was al sottin round the
Hre, Miss CaIIlne and Miss heSlah both
laughed r4ht out.
"Theit there !. ses they, 81 t"Id You
SO | ku"" q 1t would be Joseph.
"NAatS doi e. Miss Carlne" ses !.
~ GU come under little sisters chicken
bone, and do believe she kll"N q YOU
Was comm when he put it over the done
mp didn G. dldht no surh thlng,
NOW. ses MISS Mary, and het tace blush
Ell req all over.
"OA lou needn't deny IT, ses Miss
heslah' "l"u belong to Joseph now Jest
as sure as lhel 5 any charm IN chicken
bones
/ Ano" d That was tiIst rate chance
To say something, hut the dear Yttle
creeter looked 50 sorry and KEEP bIushin
50. couldn't saN nothln zactIy 20 the
Put 81 tuck chair ana reached nP
ah" tuch Gown inc bone ana put II M my
pocket
What ar" Aou gWne to ito WIFI that
oId chicken bore DOW, Mayer :" ~es Miss
Mar
II M 4Nm toke'p Il as ionS as A't,
ses ''a~ Il erasmus present from the
haAds"ncsl -a,I Y VeoLlSla
When | seq lhaJ sue pushed worse
ana worse
% Alh you sHained' -'laJTT SeS Slie
tNo% you ought 10 give her erasmus
-it, Josrph, ,o keep all her life, Sed
Miss CarIlhe.
"AA, -es "IJ Miss Ntdllihs. "When !
WAS i 1ai Nt uatd ~ hahg W our stock
n-S
NV IlN, h"Jh"l aes all ol elH, TO
shy ~t"rFih-s lj-HI hcl"ie-
AeA ic,t l'tIe StItdktd zoo; cause
thcA was ai liosiu as nara as tneN
e"aiu.
"ll-hty-UiN sts the olt lady
"what monStfou> 'hncment 10 he shore :.
id Hte " hnoW what hdtm ther Is ID
>tocklhS lf"PIt now W-a-uaIs Is gum SO
mtaIN m"uthed they can can noltlih bN
IJS II4nl name ana uoN see as theN +
any better than the old time people was.
When was a gall IKE YOU, child, use
to hang up my stockings aHd glt EN- luIl
oi presents.
The gals KEEP laughlu and bluShln.
Never mind, ses Miss Mary, "Aaitrs
got to rive me Crismus gift won't YOU,
Majei
''Oh Ncs, seS !, 'Nou know promised
Nou one
But didn't mean that, ses she
1--WE got one for you, what | want
You to keep all your HE, but II would
take tWo-bushel bag to hold it, Ses |.
cob, that's the kind, ses She.
but viii you promise to keep ii as
long as YOU livcl?" ses l.
"Certainly viii, Majer."
Monstrous 'tnement now a-days-
old people don't know nuthin about per
liteness. said old Miss Stallns, Jest
gWne to sleep with her nlttin in her lap.
"NoW YOU hear that, Miss Carlinc," ses
| "Sht sts she'll keep it all her life.
"Ies, | will" ses Miss Mary -,but
what is it 4"
"Nevel mind ses |, "you hang up a
BAG bg enough to hold it and you'll find
ont what it is, when YOU see it in the
morning"
Miss CalIine winked at Miss Kesiah,
and then whispered to her, then they
both laughed and looked at me as mis-
chievous as they could. They 'spiciOned
something
"You'Il be shore to give it to me now,
if hang up a bag" ses Miss Mary.
"And promise to keep it,, ses |.
"Wen. | will, cause | know that YOU
wouldn't give me nothin that wasn't
worth keepin."
They ali agreed they would hang up
bag for Inc to put Miss Mary's Crismus
present in. on the back porch, and about
ten o'clock told 'em good evenin and
went home.
| sot up till midnight. and when they
was all gone to bed went softly into the
back gate. and went uj to the porch. and
thar, shore enough, was great big
meal BAG hangin to the lice. 1t was
monstrous unhandy to get to it. but |
was termined not to back out. So sot