The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-12-19

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ter than another it's celery" thought
Mr.. Caleb Chirrup, trying very hard tc
look grabbed and revengeful, but not
succeeding very we'll. However, he
did manage to look quite savage and re.
sentful for him, which is saving a gOOC
deal.
Mr.. Rothschild, in the meantime
pursued the even, but porapous, tenor
of his way through the crowd which JOS,
tied him on every side. Now and theI
he stopped at the best filled stalls, ana
added relays of vegetables and Other
articles to the contents Of his rOomy
basket.
Bunches of ripe bananas, dozens o
golden rined oranges and lemons,
"scuds" of candies and cakes, and other
indigestible compounds, also dlsap
peared in the same ample receptacle.
"Humph! l trust the little Roths-
childs have well seasoned stomachs tc
dispose of all that trash" thought Mr..
Caleb, sarcastically. Though in reali-
ty he could not have told whether hi
brother was a bachelor or a Benedict,
so long had been the feud between
them. And then Mr.. Caleb Chirrup's
humble abode was many, many blocks
removed from the aristocratic precincts
of "West End" where his brother re-
sided.
The elder Chirrup-for Mr.. Roths-
child was the elder-seemed at last to
have completed his purchase of edibles,
and paused in front of a fower-stall,
where he selected a pot of crimson and
white crysanthemums.
"The very pot" thought Mr.. Caleb,
glumly, that | picked out over a month
ago, as a Christmas present for poor
Patty"
Poor Patty" was Mr.. Caleb's wife.
Mr.. Rothschild, however, deposited
his purchase in the basket, and trudged
away, in blissful ignorance of the shah
billy dressed brother, glowering at him
from the window across the street!
"What-what's this 2
Mr.. Caleb Chirrup had assembled tG
the two second-story rooms he called
home, had kissed his wife and babies.
shook hands with his sister-in-law, and
had hung up his hat and o~vercoat,
preparatory to eating his supper.
There was no signs of guinness here,
for Mrs. Patty and her sister, Miss
Melissa, looked cheerful and smiling,
and wore their faded print dresses as il
they had come from the richest silk.
looms of the East.
And the young Chirrups had clean
faces and pinafores, ard looked as hap
py as if Santa Claus" was not intend.
ing to give their stockings the ''good-by"
on that particular Christmas Eve.
But Mr.. Chirrup still felt a little
glum, as he thought of the empty stock
ings and other yexations, and he turned
to the tea-table in some impatience.
But-"What's this" he demanded,
starting back as if a snake had bit
ten him. And no wonder he started, for
on the table lay a mammoth turkey,
plump and yellow breasted, squads of
vegetables, lunches of celery, dozens of
ripe bananas golden rinded oranges and
lemons, piles of candies and confection-
cries, and fragrant and blooming, a pot
of crimson and white crysanthemums;;
a familiar looking market basket also
stood on q chair by the table,
Mr. Chirrup was about to pinch him
self, TO see if he YVES awake, when "Mer-
ry Christmas, brother Caleb" sounded
in his ear, and forth from some mysteri-
Gus corne came Mr.. Rothschild CHR
rup himself sleek and well-kept look
ing-nobby hat, gold headed cane and
ALL Merry Christmas, brother Ca
leb, " he repeated, extending a we'll kept
hand. "Ive been waiting all these
years for you to make some advance to-
wards the truce. But since you still re-
main adamant,I concluded to make them
myself. So let by-gones be by-gones,
If You are willing, and let us be friends
hereafter, as well as brothers,
Then turning to the table, he held up
the fat turkey, turning il round and
round, just as he had done on the mar
ket.
"A fine fellow, isn't he? I got the
bigggges. / could find in the market, on
purpose for you," he added. "And the
pot of flowers is q peace offering to my
sister -in-law, if she will accept it, he
added, while Caleb still looked on, half
dazed.
And the children's stockings were not
destined to hang empty at all, that
Christmas Eve.
And a better Christmas dinner, or a
jollier party to eat it, was not found
anywhere that Christmas day. For Mr..
Rothschild Chirrup proved to be an old
bachelor and SO very willingly accepted
an invitation to dine at his brothers.
And Mr.. Chirrup's sister, Miss Melissa
being an old maid, she and Mr. Roths.
child very Economically fell in love with
each other, and when another Christ
mas Day came around Mr.. RotAschild
was no longer a bachelor, and Miss
Melissa no longer an old maid.
And when Lawyer Ledgerly grew