The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-01-11

her place in Uncle Nahum's elegant
carriage that an explanation took
place. Alice's father, who had been quietly
watching the boys pretty ways, told him tina,
overcoat; and then the nurse explained, wha,
Dick was too proud to tell, that he had nc
o%vercoat, aud, indeed, had not meant to leave
New York. Mr.. Hulrne took tho boy back into
the warmer station house, and Dick told him
frankly that he had run away from a gambling
house, had slept in the Pullman, and by mis-
take had come away from the city. Whatever
the boys faults were, he was always straight
forward, and told the whole OF his Story.
MIR. Hulme called his brother-in-law INA.
brought by mistake from New York" And in
twenty more words he told the whole story.
Que boy more or less will not be felt nj
mnther's," said Nahum. laughing, aud he
called out to ono of the drivers, Take out an-
other blanket, and let this boy wrap himself M
IN 1t And Dick was tumblcd into the fourth
earryall Of the great cor,ese, and TO his Joy
round thatl 1t was the one into which Alice and
the good-natured nurse had mounted already,
1n-DIcK's CHRISTMAS.
In the radiant Christmas Inequalities OF
MresIhroop there wasgindeeds room enough
for Dick, as there would have been for a dozen
moro OF his kind had fate chosen to bring
them. And in the easy in%terchanges between
sitting room and kitchen, and the simple rela-
nous which governed the intercourse of those
IN both OF these not unequal wings OF thai
household Dick did not find has unexpected
by his arrival, sud nobody asked where he be-
longed or why he was there. He had a knack
Of making himself useful, as had heen seen,
and he had, as has been seen also. that other
knack, less usual, of getting out OF the way
when he WAS not Wanted.
All. parties were better for their nighrs
sleepsn and early on. Christmas morning, high
festivities began. To his real surprise, Dick
found hanging on the inside OF the door Of his
little bedroom a large blue yarn stocking, big
gvr ,-fold than his own, and in it were all
sorts of funny gingerbread men and horses,
barley candy s,atuettcs, jumping jacks, and
other droll little inexpensive toys. Such
minor gifts in the Throop-Hulme household
were Entrusted TO Santa Ola US at Gmidpight
After Two or three breakfasts had Been served
in various rooms for the enormous party of
cousins. after family S~prayers had been
gone through with after agfashion, one JOYOUS
procession was made into the best parlor"-a
place reyerent even with a certain superstition
and here were stacked great heaps of white
paper parcels, from the tail dressing glass on
TWO legs, which was draped i'll a whit. domino,
down to the diamond ring for grandma. which
also was enveloped in q parcel 80 large tina,
grandma could never guess. -Three hundred
and fifty one presents, if you will believe me-
said Aunt Sybil There are thirty7two differ
ent people to receive, and eoms Of tht m have
moro than twenty" COAL.
Aud among the presents Dick also was re-
membered. He mad followed the gay process
sion y little doubttully, but because every
other member Of the household did. And When
''ihs piles were called" as the phrase went,
quite early, indeed, Dicks name was called.
What his last name wa, no one knew. Alice
had promptly changed some OF her plans, 80
that she bad a backgammon board for him.. II
was, Of, made 10 esemble two impossible
books, and they we're lettered, to Dicks admira.
h0n sAHyatpry -of tha St,ah of D.r.to > -
Dir. Hume knew the eXigencies of Christ
mas well enough TO ALWAYS buy q dozen extra
pocket knives for boys, and one of these found
it's way to Dick; aud Jules Verne books, and
home-knit mitsens,, and other timely gifts
made up a good ''plle" for tho stowaway.
The boy had never before received a present
in his life. He had been clipped" Often
enough, as by Bastide, when he gave him tue
fatal twenty five cents. But q tip was some
thing he earned. He had had kicks aud cuff
given him, which ne had not earned. But Ill
now nobody had ever given him anything he
want-d, merely for loves sake. To see thirty
people together, giving to each other such
beautiful things. 10 lind that he had been re.
membeted also in tho rush OF all nights pre-.
variation, all this made the tears come to poo,
Dicks ewes. as Mick iss' brutality or the eaiht
Of the cross gamblers would never have sum
moned them. Tho Whole fete was delightful,
to him. none the isss. And whom, OF a sudden,
he became quite the hero of it for a minute.
Uecdulsc nc cDlill S't uD q CcrIalu Dlrl9r GRO.
nuet board, OF which the machanism puzzled
Uicle Nahum. Dick received very PRETTY the
friendly compliments of his hosts.
And now it was made clear why, after tas
rio-rout OK the stockings before daylight
breakfast had boon no cary. and no QUO lad
been allowed a secocd moruiug mar. The tim
was only TOO limited between breakfast ant
church going, aud at II o'clock tho "whole
doodle of them" as Uncle Nahum called The
caravan. from grand lamma down 10 little
Tom Ituussilion, had to boot and spur TO,
church. The carriages appeared for the cd.
-ters, and the youngsters went on foot. Mrs
HIlmes bad found a ut ovNrcoat for Dick, ans
no and Alice trudged along together.
Glurch-going was a matter with which Dick
was not so famiilar as card playing or bill ard
marking. There was a certain mission Suudl,
school, TO which a cer:ain Swedish bow luret
him when there WAS a good bounty for re.
crults. But attendance there did not involve
attendance on the more stately services OF the
church itself. The boy was only The NOR.
ready 10 listen and to feel AS ii happened
Home Tor his subject.
He might well have been fred jim histreat
ment of it, as he saw the n imirabie famil,
gathering in and around the Hullne an,
Throop and Roussillon pews. ~Neara4h he wa.
in friendship 10 half that party, he may vel
havo thought that when he spoke OF a lapp,
home as Christ's best Christmas gift to tht
world, they were all, in the fashion of children
or of men, in sympathy wi h him. Alas. there
was one among that happy party to whom every
word was q dagger. What homo was the It'll.
boy knew we'll enough. He had seen. i, las
he seemed to have no place nor par
in. He remembered, Christmas n yea
ago, though to him the year had beer
almost interminablc Then he was u runner
in a hotel, and he we'll rocollected how hard the
pull on the boys was before people were willing
to go to bed. But the boy was brave. And h,
words. half cnmprehended, of the preacher
gave him something to think Of. AT least II,
could look forward, and what he would lool
forward 10 was something like what was arount
how to make little fellows happy, as this clevel
Uncle Nahum knew s6wel .Soaietime.. YES
Where?s Why, New York, Of confse. 5It
should,be los acre man hont. lntEew Yofl
he knew every turn and corner. He loved New
York, and New York loved him.
Aud 50, as they went home from c.,ufcl
and Alice made him listen to the new chime,
which her father hadgiventn the congregation
for his Christmas present, although the Bell
ringers played Antioch and C%nristmrs. il
seemed 10 the home-ick Dick to be tho SANE
sound he heard a Harlem. which bade him
not TO be frightened away from the city tina
WIS yet to be his home. -,5ttg..te sy ~
- t..u W.-WHIIgER Now? E,R
It was, therefore, the sermon Which gov
erned DICKS thought in an interview he la,
with Mr.. Nahum lhroopI and Mr.. .Hn!ms TIN
next morning. uuIne had given himself NC
only Christmas day but ST Stephens dty as,
for holiday. In all tho CLEO of old ION,
life, however, he did not forset,ttle little STOW
away, Ha had an early council with Mr.
Throap, and Trey sent for Dick even befor
breakfast. The bay came laughing, am
bringing with him his precious backgammon
! board.
'Whatl,ave ynuthere?n said Uncle Nahum
seeing how carefully the Boy carried it.
ITS full Of mice. sir said the boy .'Ths
1 caught then" And he led the way, with tn
wondering Tom and Alice, to the ever-runnn
stream in the back passage. opened the DO
over the great tank, and TO Atice's amazomsn
ak mice, as soon as they recovered from 4 sor
l of stnnnr. inrlnel into the MainrZ- -