Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-12-26
Major Jones's s CourtShip.
THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT THAT WAS
TuBE KEPT FOR A LIFETIME

TuBEK KEPT FOR A LIFETIME.
Christmas is over, and the thing is
done cid You know 1 told you was
ewine 10 bring Miss Mary up to the
chalk on Clismus. Well. l dore It,,
slick as a whistle, though 1t com e
mighty nigh bein serious olsness'
But III tell you about the whole cir
cnmstance.
Crismus Eve put on my new suit
and shaved my face as slick as a
smooth in iron, and otter lea went over
to old Miss Sllalinses. AS soon as L
went iuto the parler whar they was all
seitiu round the fire, Miss Carline anu
Mise Kesiah both laughed right out.
There! there y ses they, 1 told you
,olI know'd it would be Joseph
What's 1 done, Miss Carline" ses
l.
You come under little sisters chick
en- bone, and do believe she know'o
YOU was comm when she put 1t over
the dore.'
No didu't-l didn't DO such lhIng'
now, ses Miss Mary, and her iace blush
ed red all over.
oh, YOU needn't deny it, ses MISS
Kesiah, you belong to Joseph now
les as sure as thtr's any charm Ii
chicken bones
l know'd that was first rate chauc'
to say something, but the dear lit'i'
creeter looked so sorry and KEEP oiusnll
%. | couldn't say notbin zactlY TO th'
pint So tuck chair aud reached W
and tuck do u tie bone aud ut II II
my pocket.
What are YOU gwlne TO 90 win Una
old cbicle bone now, Major" se
Miss Mary.
I'm gwiue to keep it as long as
live ses |, as a Crismus present iTon
the handsomest gal in Georgia.
When l sed that, she blushed wors'
and worse.
Amt you ashamed. Maj'r'' Sc
she.
Now you ought to give her CHS
n,us eit. Joseph. 10 keep all her llie'
ses Miss Carline.
.Ab.,ses old Miss Stallins, when
was a gall we used to hang up ou
stocklns-'
WHY, Mothcr!' ses all Of 'em, 1T
,ay s,ockins right before
Then l felt a little streaked too
| cause they was all blushin as hard a
they could.
sHighty-tity y SIS the old lady
what monstrous '6nement 10 be shore
I'd like 10 know what harm thar is II
s,ockips. People uow-a.days Is get
| tin so mealy-mouthed they can't ca
nothin by It's right..name, and L don
see as thcy's any better than The ol
Lime reople was. When l was ga
like YOU, child, l used to hang up NJ
| s,ocklus and git 'em full OF presents
| The gall's KEEP laughin and biushin.
| Never mlnd,' ses Miss Mary Ma
ier's got to give me erasmus gilt
won't you Major" "
4 'Oh, yes,' ses |, you know l rroml
ed you one.'
.ButI Didn't mean that ses she.
'I've got one Tor YOU, what l wal
YOU 10 keep all your life, but it woul
, take q two busbel bag 10 hold 1t
ses L.
.Ob. that's the kind ses she.
.But will you promise to keep il a
llopp as you live y ses
Certainly will, Majer.'
-sMons,rous 'fnement now'a-da,
I-o,d people dou't know notbiu abo
t nerliteness,' said old Mics Stallns, je
r ouine to sleep with her nitin IA b.
lap.
Now you hear that, Miss Caflinc
ses I. she scs she'll keep it all h
life
.Yes.I will ses Miss Mary-'b
what is p
Never mind ses |, you hang up
baq big enough TO hold it aud you
6nd oul what it is, when YOU see 1t
the mornin.'
| Miss Carliue win ked at Miss kesial
end then whispered to her-then the
, both laughed and looked at me mi
cbieyeous as they could. They 'splC
|, lloned something.
III You'll be shore to give it to n
Inow, If | hang up oaS' ees hi
Mary,
Aud promise TO keep it, se' l.
well, 1 will, cause | know that 20
wouden't give me noLhin. that wasn'
worth keepin.'
They all agreed they would hang I
a bag for me 10 put Miss MAry's Crls
mus present IN, on the back porc'
and about ten o'clock l told 'em got
II eyln and went home.
IL Isotup till midnight, aud when th'
d was all gone 10 bed l went softly 10
Y the back gate, aud went up to u
q q porch, AID thar, shore enough. was