The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-12-20
Two Christmas Ewes.
BY FLORA NJ. WATSON.

p'op'e' "Ilhou' regard 10 Ne"i'h OF
sI'''"'i' ne sIFeelS are 'hf'h4ed'
'p'0 az '''''i '''- ~ anu NO. ''' ~ l.
- ''''i'7 0' : ''ir' ever "o"l : ""' PUT
o"'''''S presents !" Sldu"tl lie ht"fAS oi
'''' - II ''e''''' vi ''i' c"iiiilIS 'lloIl""'
,'' ~ ~ fo'''"iS '''lo II '''
7''''i' "'''' p'el''' "'''i i'i Iiil9'
'i'"S' ne SuoPS ''e p'Iii'"nI'! '''uiil'I-
'te'i' aLd CHRISTMAS goods are teI'lPtih@-
y oiSpiayeo III 'heir "lDdo"S, Men, "o-
men ana ehlldIeh, with baskets ana H0hd-
ieS ~ lHe'' "liliS, ana 'lcil! "'es9e"
i'''''S N'lD 'iIel' "''H'N shopping "dES'
'i'H ne s''l l'''''' 'HS "i'iS' N".''
wagons i"'i'' VII" Slocei'es M '''e ''i''i
10" oiliilei' "le "IiF'l'S past I'' tue
ihl"Sl Oh aiI 'llls hurry ana ooSlie san he
he"Iu he"Sp"!' crying Ius'iiH' Ilo-
uhc baiIy rouhe stopping h"N ana
'hei'' "lleii d customer lS I"u''u "'lV So'h
reSu'i'Hlg 'he 'iN "%ail' 0i'liI ne iS haH'd
oy MS iflehd, Inn IHP. hoot-hl"tN,
WIN
Ii"'l"' l'h'A' N'idt i"'" most sol"
out
eS' SOFA ioS' "ii now T'PI'rN 'ile
"lher'
:" i"l you gong |" q" Nith scr mon
eH says nm.
'buh'i"' guess ! ShaIl nave a good
Il'he '"-iiloilo" 'h""Sh' 'eI Ic' We
p''il Iay!h IN lor good tIiile ioT a long
Spell now
Well, ! II tel yer what Dick, lots Of rs
leliefS are gong l" nave "uF dinner 10
gether 1"-m"lro" and we wfnt you to
come, wen meet IN that oId Shanty at
the corner OF your aIley, ana each Mlng
something's; and ! reckon We'll have a
ieaSt, ana haNlng obtained DICKS prom
lSe to eat his Christmas dinner with the
rest, ne hurried away crying, "Shinc
sir nave shine : leaving our friend
I)lck 10 flnlSh selling the rest OF his pap
e'S
Half an hour later we find tue ltilc
newsboy standing near one of the brill
lantlN lighted shop-windoWs. cnnntjno
his money with a pleased expression on
his face. He finds ne has inst ore. dollar.
ne never had as much before, ana ne
EFaSl's II 'i@htiy III his band' as though
ne helo e p' lhttII fortune =" IetIN as
ny Ni""iS uo"" IlIc SIit'I' IfdilII'- on
~ '"iio "iI'' IT. He"i1 'S '"i I'ShJ'I' '0I
'He lillIiIoH"Ile Is ouldthe0 with dlAeil
'""u' ii'S "tdlll'' ana the Iie"Sp"N haS
ii'' : '''V' i'l'N = ''"'l'lII'S do"U' lhe
''1N' ''"N '"" 'ii' "'i'I' P"'"l NFeII'9
"'''''' OH"" I" 'I'0 Io'H""'l"h' rs
Vll'iihS NC VIII invest IN I"ls "l S"od
'"i''S' w "'''I'l' 'iI" tilth :" 10 lhe
''""''H iiV"Vi' "lii ''l'et Ill''S "i
'i'ouSN'o ms "t'c"tlol ~ cd"'" I" "
Ii''Ie s"I' w" WIN oulstietchtd hilu
S''i'lS |" ne SoilcIlIhS chaF'l\ Oh the pass
e'S ~
N'''' ''''''' ~ """E '''i"-
- ~, ''''' ''o '''' "'i'l I"SS'' '''li'''
"''+'' ''i' poiioe''''''' So'"I'lS i'e' roughly
- @ i''' 'oi'' 'iV' +" '''oNV "'ol'S "l'''
~ ''' vi '''' way
''0io =, oiii' 'l'' ~ ~ 'i""" " VIZ"
',i' "nS p''S l'' 'Ile 'liIlu "Ii" 'hal iS
49, ''N '''"''' n' P'''' P'"'iIeo
,".q p's"'' ~ iiel 'ii' 'l'e cry reaches
90, = ''0 ''e'7i'''''' II "'''Iile'l'
,l'''V - . '''''' 81 n S"i'i7 on "l'llIh
''i' " ~ W Vei' l''S own Hee''S 'l'''
'''''''' "ii' '.l' "eNI'e ~ HeIP l'le niue
'o7S"' - l. Ii''''IS' i'IS generosity eo"-
qoe's' ana running up 70 lhe eh'Id ne
i"Sl'lN th'uStS 'lto iei manu- ms mite
"ll MS nara earnings lhat ne iad beeh
saving up SO IohS-alld hurreS away
before lhe Slil has Time t" express her