Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-01-07
BEING ENTRY GOOD.
How Two Street-C Children I'M
proved Their Opportunity.


, Twelve o'clock at night-a bleak.
cold, starless December highland as
the last stroke of the big city-hall clock
tollirg the hour died away the chimes
in the belfry Of neighboring church
struck up joyful peal. christmas
j. here once more" they proclaimed
far and wide. christmas. Merry.
Merry Christmas, is here, is here, is
here once more!"
Two children dressed, or rather half
dressed In scanty ragged clothing. who
were shivering behind pile of lumber
an the wharf at the foot Of a shabby
street, listened intently until they had
ceased ringing, and then the elder, u
boy Of some eleven years, began to
speak. while his companion, girl of
eight, nestled closer to his side. "Wot
lots an lots of folks II have hooroar
time ter.morrer." he said. They'll
be er-laughin' an er-singin' an Great
in. My eye! won't they be ereatin'.
You bet they'll be cr-eatin' ii all the
things seen in Their market ter-day Is
er-soin' to be dewoured. Turks. Wy
b'lievc If them turks had-er been put
in er-row thcy'd-cr stretched all roun'
this ward, an this wards one Of Their
biggest wards in Their city. an the
'iightiest. An Their ehickings, an sas-
sengers, an roast beef, an iysters. an
apples, an vegetables, an"
"Oh! stop, Tommy. do begged his
sister. clasping her dirty little hands.
"l can't bear TO hear you go on so.
You make me so VERY, VERY orful
hungry"
That's jist wot was er comm ter.
Cad" said Tommy. "Lots an lots Of
folkcs'll have lots an lots of grub Their
VERY fist thing wen they gets up, but
Well have ter 20 or feelin' like or
smashed penny balloon till we gets our
dinner ter Their Mission
"Wot'll they give us fur our dinner
ter Their Mission?" asked Caddic.
Ivy. mostly Their same as Their
swells has in Their nobby rcs-i-den-ces-es
turk and stuilin'-my eye! amt stuff
fin good? You bet | don't know
which is Their gooderest, Their turk or
thcr stullin'. guess both-an oranges,
an sarry, an pie an"
"Wot makes them Missioners so good
TO Us on Christmas9" suddenly inter-
rpisss;the. nirl- -, 49,. .--.-.
80. 'cause-'cause Chrissmuss is
Chrissmuss is-'cause everybody Is OK
try good Chrissmuss.
~''wot fur" persisted caddie.
30. cause. wot gal you are ter
ask questions. Caddie-'canse there was
wunst err baby horned on Christmas
Day wot was Their beyuterfullest baby
ever seen, an He's in Heayen now
that place that has Their sky fur er floor
an ware there's lots an lots Of angels
err flyin' roun'-an' He told Their folkses
that they must be good an then by an
BY they'd come ter Heaven an be an
gels, too. with nothin' ter do but fly
roun' an sing. An'-an' Chrissmuss
is His birthday, an everybody tries ter
be cxtry good ter everybody. But
they'll tell you all about it at the Mis-
sion ter-morrcr ware wen git tibet turk,
an Their salry, an ther pie, Their oranges
an apple tarts. O, my eye-ther turk
an Their"
20, tommy, Tommy" again en-
treated the little girl. 'Seems though
i couldn't stan II. Their more you
say them words over an over agin Their
hungr'cr an hungr'er I gifts. An |
hope they won't tell Us nothin' ter-mor-
rer till US Is full. fur bad as1 WANTS ter
hear erbout that beyutiful, baby. l know
I'd die havin' ter listen with the
victuals erfore my eyes. Oh! how cold
it's er-gittin'. Say, Tommy. don't you
wished Us lived somewarc an didn't
have to knock erbout from one place
70 ernothor an sometimes have TO stay
in Their street like ter.nightP Then US
could hang up our stockip's. The pigs
foot woman's gal told me ter-day-
she's err nice gal. sheis-she give me er
pigs foot with on'y two bites outer IL
'ynis nornin.-ste told me she was er'