Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-28

Wzrru 20 I'M Fous-Isxlla1Escza
p cA..n :. "A. ne.
On cArissnss norn. IN shs arss red
OF tbe rising sun, shs rsindssr ssan
osns pssasins ho1as' ana SANTA o'sa'
Go TIE palaces sssps. vhils fairy man
Put tho g1ifterina sieiRh
Ard 60 team away;
whcse beIIs snnx out IN the froses air. :
TIE viidsst, msrriezt MUSE t6ere.
The yeis-Ioe rosrsd ap the chimney
Tls holly cleaned 90 every ade,
Old Santa sat By the broad hesfsnstcne
With 4 oeuial smiie that vns al his swns
As be thought Of the Joy
Each Christmas toy
Mnst bring 10 he hsarts Of ths shiidrsn
Der doe great. vide .orid sf.s and
n NAV NOT be quite commonly known
That 4 an Of fnvfsib1e telephone
Il laid By the Fros< KING Ind his fays
From she Paisss Of Snow, vhere Santa
And allows him 70 hear
You may think 10 quess-
What the children Say on Christmas
when finding their toys in tbs usual
way.
And what did tbs kindly old man hear
This morn. a. he bent listening ear
A sweet oirl woke and her vide blue eyes
Fell on q doll that vas half her size.
8 Oh, dear = she erisd, " What stupid
thing.
wanted . yellow canary TO sing.
In Q eiided cage"
She uept IN rage:
+" wish old santa would stay away
TIN be lssrns when . girl 10 TOO Big 70
play
Another wep& that her dress was blue,
Instead OF the ashes-of- rosss hue.
Bat sick boy lay on bis bed ell day
With q drum and o candy man at play,
Quite happy 10 know,
That in gpite Of the Hn0w,
Dear Santa had been down The chimney
While be was lying there fast asleep.
when Santa had heard all the tels-
phone said,
He rubbed his eyes and be scratched
his head,
Then went to his writing desk and
wrote
A very particulars. psrfumsd note,
Which fairy bore
And half paat four
The bells FLASHED out IN o merry din,
And the Queen Of the Pays came rust
ling In.
| He handed her up 10 the velvet throne,
Then took HE stand on the white
hearthstone.
Perplexed and sad was the dear old
man,
And quaint snd funny bis story ran.
Bias the fairy knew
Il must ell be true,
Al he never was known, from his sarli-
est youth,
To vary an inch from the strictss,
truth
So when he had told his story through
She said, Next time will 80 with
you." -.
And Ia q year, just minus day,
| The two set Oh Ia the reindeer sleigh,
In the frosty light
| Oh the winter night.
They came 10 the roof Of maasioz
fair,
And disappeared down the chimney
there.
The Queen looked down on the sleeping
face
OF Girl in childheod's sanity grace.
Petted and spoiled" she tsndsrly
said,
Softly caressipg ths fiaxsn head.
Now pray give heed,
| meet her need
Twas Just" she said, as they hurries
| hence,
IA tiny powder of common sense"
They came TO the house where the siel
boy lay.
His pain by the fairy was charme,
away.
Ber uliful gifts did Santa then leave i;
And over the world that Christmas Ev,
/ They merrily rode
To every abode
Under she face of the smiling sun,
Before they felt that their work wa
done.
Tten home they went In ths dawnin,
gray
OF the- beautiful, xoadarfal Chris,ma
Day.
Old Santa brought forth his perfumes
wine,
And sent for the fairies 10 come ans
dine.
The yule log reared In frolicsoms elee
The fairies sere gay as fairies shouls
be;
And the telephone said such beausifu
things,
That Santa vas happy A. forty oil,
kings.