The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-12-26

WASH ' lpnQ pcleac uc tiiiUt JUL
got 1t, an I foun' sumpin' else RICH
BY 1t. Hold hard, sis, here ! comes,
And up he came again-not quite O
nimbly rs he had gone down--claspin
a half-sm othered kitten to his brea:
and holding a small metal box in hi
hand. "'Spect my bran-new fash'ue
BILE suits all spilled SOS | can't go er
maxim New Years calls" he said
"but there's Your Chrissmuss present
sis, an now Wen git back ter GU
lodgin's an see wot mine is"
The little girl took the kitten ten
derry in her arms, and then both young
stcrs hurried to their retreat behind tn,
lumber pile. Amt she a dear littl'
thing?' said Caddie a few moments
after they had got there, as she tried t.
wipe the mud from her Christmas pres
ent with the piece of old carpet tina
served her for a shawl.
Yes, sir. An amt them dear little
things" replied her brother, holding
cut five gold and two silver coins which
he had taken. after some trouble in get
ting it open. from the box he had found.
Caddie's eyes grew big and wide with
wonder.
us EN- reel money! she asked.
Yes, SIR" declared Tommy, exult-
ingly. mo make b'lieve bout them.
Five iivc-dollar golders an two silver
hafs-orful black the hats is, but l
knows EN-. Let's see wot their num-
Der is. They're all erlikc; 1880. an
now it's 1883. Them golders is-let's
see-you keep count of Their tens. Cad.
Thirty an ten is forty, an forty an
ten is fifty, an fifty an ten is sixty, an
sixty an ten is seventy, an seventy
an ten is eighty. How many tens.
Five said Caddie, adding in an ad-
miring tone; my, Tommy, amt you a
fggerer.'
Five tens is fifty, an there's or
Tommy went on. Them gold
RS is titty-three years ole. An this
'oN,' polishing away at it with the
of his jacket, Il guess. is silver.
Hello, here's some printin' on it.
toe -'g-r-a-n-d'- grand -'m-o-
-h-e-l'-mother -'o-n'- onter--'h-e-r'
- her-'7-5- -'b-i-r-t-h'- birth
-a-y-day. 'J.a-n-Jane; no, that
int it; 'J-a-n'-Jan. Oh, that's fur
anuary like Cad for Caddie. Jan,
Five tlve-dollar golders an
NO hats, Cad, an now you're goin'
n have Their doll, an Their Mother
dress, and ther fresh crullers.
n all them things you wants. An
Il git Their sinner set up an Wen have
r home. an you'll go ter school an
how ter read figgers an println'
st as good as do, an no thanks ter
,er white-whiskered ole chap wot for.
OF US
AN how glad that beyutitul baby'll
e cause us was extry good, Tommy,
st as much as we could be. want lis.
But Tommy and a shade
anne over her face, ''oughtn't us find
ole lady, that grandmother. an
her her box an money back
Tommy burst out laughing.
IVY she'd be, let's see, she'd be er
undert an er lot more years ole if
was er Twin now. So l guess she
int, But III tell yer wot III do, sis,
ter make things all square, III
Their lady at Their Mission about ii
'r-morrer. But I'm goin' ter spend
OF them hats, anyhow, onter CT
cd fur you an me an ther cat. Come
ong. Hot-cake Johnny's open yet.
ell keep open all night ter night, yer
t, COS it's Merry Chrissmuss."
The next day the teacher of the Mis-
School and Tommy, after the
lristmas dinner was over, had a long
X together, at the end of which she
Ok charge Of the silver box, the five
Id pieces and the half dollar. But
less than week she sent for the boy
gave them back to him again. Il
We advertised them for three days"
said, I'm the principal city papers,
no IL has come to claim them. So ,
" they are honestly yours" ,
And all the poor brother and sister 6
she'd for on that bleak, cold, s~tarless ,
cember night came speedily to pass. q
the story of the rescued kitten, the q
ling OF the treasure. and the honesty r
the homeless orphans spread quickly t
'ut. So quickly, in fact, and with Il
h good effect that in two weeks k
'e Tommy, being unable to attend to q
his patrons himself, was obliged to y
e a partner. -
'nd' oh! how many, many 9th err de- II
ltfuI things might come to pass if II
rybody really would-as these I'M "
ght, uncared for children did-try a,
he blessed Christmas time to be a ~
lie ''extry good. Margaret En- IN
Je, in Detroit Free Press. IL
\ NATURAL S~ALMON-TRAP, VI