Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-20

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"well, let's tell wot we'd ike te
have if that ole gentleman, the pigs,
foot's woman's gal tole you erbout wos ei
coming this way. 1 seen err pictur of him
In or book.shop winder, an he's er oueel
lookin' ole chap, with long w'ite w'iskers
an er Jolly red face.
"Shoes an stockin's an err Mothe,
dubbed dress sn' err piotur book. You
could have Their printin' part, cause yor
kin spell 1t out mice, Tommy an er hal
an fodder an or doll, an oh! six candy
hearts an four freah c~rullera; /" said Cad.
die, speaking as fast as she could, heI
pale face flushing in spite of the cold,
can I'd take err sinner set up said
Tommy. l kin shine ekeal ter any OF
them 9 g'lars II l o'ny had a chance, an
then I'd make lots of money an I'd get @
place fur us ter live In an you could &C
to school, Caddie, an lern ter read an
write. Hello! wot's that2" he broke of
to ask as a faint cry little cry of distress
reached their ears. And he crept out
from behind the lumber pile and, going
to the edge of the warf, peered over into
the darkness below. The sound was re.
pested-a little gssping meow.
-"SomebodY's throwed a kitten of ther
dock, but l can't see it cause its dark az
pitch down there" said he.
"Poor thing" said his sister who had
followed him; 81 don't think whoever
done that was er.trying to do extra good.
Oh, dear, hear it cry. 1t makes me have
or pain jlst over the place where ther
hungry is. Can't we gitit out, Tommy
"Git 1t out2 Wot you want to git IL
out fur? It'll soon stop er.yellin'."
"Yes, cause It'll be drowned, sobbed
Caddie. sob, Tommy, dear, do git IL
out il you kin. Us won't have no other
chance to be extry good know us
won't. Us don't know anybody to be
extry good to yet; ant if us did us amt
got nothin' to be extry good with. But
us kin be er little ~extry,good to Their poor
kitten, an If US saves it's life / guess that
beautiful baby will be glad an laugh like
anythin' wen He hears about fshin' it
outer Their water onter His birthday"
"Well, here goes" said Tommy, who
loved this poor little sister dearly. and
had often gone without a dinner that she
might have one, IAN If l gets it I'll give
1t ter you fur your Christmas. But how
am l to see? Wish that street lamp'd
hop over here. Its legs long enough to
hop here in two or three hops if it was
loose. Oh my eve, If l didn't forgit
them tapers. The Teller that sells 'em
fur Their Christmas tree give me two an
a box of wax matches fur fetchin'
him er sandwich, an here they Is
In my pocket" So saying he took
them out, lighted one and holding
his cap before it to shield it from the
wind, dropped on his knees, and leaning
forward as far as he dared, looked down
in the direction from which the cry had
come. ether tides further out than
ever l seen it BEFORE" he said, ''and
there's nothin' but mud there, an Their
kittens er-stickin' inter it. I kin git
down easy 'nough, but how'm l ter git
up aginl S'pose l should stick in the
mud, tool Then there'd be two stick.in-
ther-muds stead of one."
"Oh! you won't Tommy" said Caddie,
confidently. "You're so useter mud.
An, Tommy" she went on, eagerly,
''there's sumpln' like er ladder clost ter
ware US er-settin'. Err long board with
sticks nailed acrost it. Can't you git
up onter that2"
"Well, if l can't, nobody kim" de-
clared Tommy, with little swagger, and
back to the pile of lumber they both
trotted tor the ''sumpln' like a ladder"
Tugging and pulling with all their might
they manager to drag it to the edge of
of the wharf and then lower 1t until
one end rested In the mud below.
Take my cap an their light" said Tom
my, IAN wen I'm comm up stick thor
taper somew' are an holt onter Their board
with both hans as hard as you kim"
Down he went as nimbly as a squirrel,
and 1t wasn't long before he called out,
81 got it, an I foun' sumpin' else right
by 1t. Hold hard, sis, here l comes"
And up he came again-not quite as MINI
bly, as he had gone down-clasping a half
smothered kitten to his breast and hold
ing a small metal box in his hand.
aspect my bran new fash'noble suits
all spilled SOS 1 can't go er.makin' New
Years calls" he said, shut there's your
Christmas present, sis, an now we'll git
back to our lodgin's an see wot mine
is."
The little girl took the kitten tenderly
her arms and then both youngsters
hurried to their retreat behind the lum-
Der pile. Saint she a dear little thing?"
said Caddie a few moments after they
had got there, as she tried to wipe the
mud from her Christmas present with the
piece of old carpet that served her for a
''Yes, ser. An amt them dear little
replied her brother. holding out
i've gold and two silver coins which he
lad taken, after some trouble in getting
t open, from the box he had found.
Jaddie's eyes grew big and round with
SIS EN- reel money! she asked.
"Yes, sir" declared Tommy, exulting:
mo make blieve about them. Five five
'ollar golders an two silver h~afs-orful
the hats is, but l knows EN-. Let's
what their number is. They're all
,rlike; 1873 O, an now It's l 8.
Them golders is-let's see-you keep
of Their tens, Cad. Thirty and ten
forty, an forty an ten is fifty, an ten
s sixty, an sixty an ten is sevent, ,, an
evenly an ten is eighty. How many
ems, Cad2"
"Five," said Caddie, adding In an ad.
hiring tone, my, Tommy, amt you a
iggerer,"
"Five tens Is fifty, an there's er three,"
hree year ole. An this box" polishing
way at it with the eleeve of his acket,
Il guess is silver, too. Hello, here's
yome paintin' onter 1t. 'To'-toe-
GRAN d'-granu-'m-o.t-h-e.r moth