The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-12-26

,/IH3MSA ! once had The noise
I/SJsIskkAMAs of factory wheels,
EAe%IAI<SEAE{ with their grinding
ssNsS<1ySr<< IN cogs and Whirring
~ ~ %'A, -,ss&:lz - belts, dinned into
NFIrN%& %%w my weary eaIs by
v sAE?H2s' day-intO my
dreams hynight. |
could not escape them. can not
escape them yet; for even now the
shrill whistles heard in manufacturing
districts at morn, at noon, at night,
cause me to start with alarm. Imav
+" late! | can not rid myself OF the
notion that they are signalling me,
that the Overseer will not bring q
pair OF ugly, vicious, black brows to-
g"ther if | am few seconds behind
time.
was poor enough those days; but
hours blacker than these stole like
dread spectres from the churnel
house OF time.
One day ! was discharged. | was
late for the tenth timr-"fOr the
tenth and last time" the 0versper
said. us he pushed the little wages
due into my hand. "For the tenth
and last time, girl I've been toIer-
ant OF your fine lady ways long
Il al
m3rrh'"
The twins rOmfortnl mo +ho+ niyb+
rs best they couII After - Innn fa-
tiuuino wnIi, in vain snarrb tnr Work
il WAS sweet ~ +wilirht ~ sit oIono
with nv treasures and b,vn +hnir
dear arms lola ohon+ my noel,
y,s 81 vounr foo. i sn.mad 10 if I
had ortuoIlv boon q chilli with thon
whom nnr vilovnj mO+hor Iivod. INT
whom wp saw thn cola n,rtb tol,n hnr
70 lis husn,n ! omoI with NV, Irroo+
orint and now = Irpor lifatimn Gt nx.
T1nrinncn and sorrow Inv hotwnon mo
and the hrovn.pvpd children. who. Mt
nine wears of arp cOmnrphpudnd
hut varunIv +hnir Sisters n.rinf and
cara
Two doys' tromnino hrourh+ mo
o,l,, an on,,+,- nonl,o+ o,n,,+E7 lor1,,r
mi emntv nrotnpcts
And thnn r,ma Chr;s+n,os o7-o
Christmas owe Whom OH vLouId ho
;nv and ~lalnnss ond roIi-
,nro and nInntvr Iool,nd into tho
how loo baI tistonoL into wLo+ Lo
n,II,I - ..oon+,,,.' +horo 1,,,s LoIf ~
Inof+bot.o on,,,o o,.,oI.o,.,, I'D - ~
ot rhoosn I'VE woro not h,rrrv now w
L,,+ h,ool,f,e+ vouId cIoor ia nov ~
crrc+ and rrnmhs and of+or +bo+
wh,t2 An wo h,d oa+on for throo
I,vs noy+ had co,no ron, +Lo ,,ni+od
o,rninno Of IoSio ond Ia Who oold
nonnrs villa travorsod tho lo0% U
cold civ streets AndChristma WIS
to dawn mon rs as il ever dawns
mon the noor-in its own hrinht
lit for moclprv otall oladness' SANTA.
Clans finds It imnosible to treat tho
lahvrinthion allevs Of Poverty Row
mi - ornot hmm roso in NV throat
~ tho eirh+ of+wo NOV. li++lo faJoI
stoclin~a hnno noor tho straw nilo
that served us for q bed in common
OH the sweet, simnle faith Of rhild
hood Tears came yeiIto nv sioht
and noch nrpat hitter dron WINS lilo -
LnhhIp th3t reflects moro hnonto0ne
+;n+o than ovo, wnro IN onr+h or CIV
Whence came thew? In thoso salt
tonre found the nictnrp OF NV chill
hoods home where mother lived
among us and trouble was unborn,
saw her sweet face close to mine: I
saw her hands reoch ont to mo and
thon-
The droam-onoel must have xieitn,1
mo for awoke with q start to find
the last red pmbpr only a tinv spark
unOn the hearth. NV dream com.
tnrtuI mo greatly. and with q onnnr
fpplinr Of s0methjn~ odd]vlrescnLIino,
content I pnrly ~ II was slinnnd
off NV worn shoes and let down nv
hair for the nirht
Such hair had thpn-so lono 81
lustrous. with the rljnt of the snn's
own sheen amidst its heavy masses
"Nake me q doll, sister," Josie
onco had said. "ond cover It's bood
with y bit of vour lovely hnirv'
Rirht yillinnlv wonld I have socrifc-
ed every tross OF it-a great th0unht
seized me: | cried out like one d9ft
and bound IN the heavy masses wit h
eoper trembling hands,
|Sleep, little darling" 7 cried in
ooc+o+ic wh;anor sslopn and drnom of
q rlorious ristmastidp. for If shall
come to Won by the mower of livino,
ooIdp' 1
Out into the Gloom ofcold. deserted
strnnts-hevond them into the oloro
al shon lit ayenups-iostled bv SER
wants of Sauta CIaus-excited, daz-
oil hannv in the thOuUht ofmy sacri-
flee | hurried npon nv wav.
came Mt last to halt before a