The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-12-26
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NsWTA CHRISTMAS STORY FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
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A@IHASgS8 wELvE o'clock a,
&E05ZA~ night bleak, cold,
@9y@ IL starlcss December
NlZ2M0A highland as the
MMAIG)]E1M last stroke Of the
~sT@a@ll@ big City Hall clock
telling the hour
died slowly away the chimes in the
belfry OF. . n%eighborfng church struck up
. Joyful peal. aChristmas Is hero once
mores they proclaimed far and wide.
christmas, merry, merry Christmas, is
bore, is here once more!"
Two children dressed, or rather half
dressed, in scanty, ragged clothing, who
were shtvering behind q pile OF lumber
on the wharf at the foot Of q shabby
street. listened intently until they had
ceased ringing, and then the elder, . boy
O some eleven years. began tospeak, while
his companion, Q girl Of eight, nestled
closer to his side. sWot lots an lots of
folks'l have Q hooroar time ter-morrer, "
he said. sThey'll be er-lau9hin' an err
stngin' an er-eatin'. My eye! won't
they DO er-eatin'. You bet they'll be err
eatin' II all the things I seen in the
market ter-day is er-goin' to be de-
woured. Turks! Wy l b'lievc If them
turks had-er been put in cr row they'd-cr
stretched all roun' this ward, an this
wards n of the biggest wards in tlier
city, an the flghticst. AM thor chick
lngs, an sasscngers, an roast beef, an
LISTERS, an apples, an vegetables,
sOh! stop, Tommy. do" begged his
sister, clasping her dirty little hands.
II can't bear ter hear you go on so.
You mako me so VERY, VERY Orful
hungry"
sThat's iist wot I was err comm tor,
Cad," said Tommy. sLots an lots of
folkses I'll have lots an lots of grub ther
very fust thing wen they gets up, but
we'll have ter go er feelin' like er
smashed penny balloon till we gets our
dinner ter Their Mission"
~WotM they give us fur our dinner ter
ther MissiOn?" asked Caddic.
"W'y, mostly Their same Us Their swclls
has in ther nobby MISUNDERSTANDING
an stuffin'-my eye! amt stuilin' good?
You bet. i don't know which is Their
goOderest, ther turk OF thcr stuttin'. I
guess both-an' oranges, an sal'ry, an
pie. an"
"Wot makes them M~issioncrs SO good
w 0o Ou SilllSSulQos SuOOCuIy luUCIs
rupted tho girl.
20. cause - cause Chrissmuss is
Chrissmuss is-'causc everybody is extry
good Chrissmuss."
sVot fur?!" persisted Caddic.
20, cause. Wot a girl you are ter ask
questions, Caddie cause there was
wunst er baby horned IL Chrismuss day
wot was thcr beyuterfullcst baby ever
seen, an He's in Heaven now-that
place that has tllcr Sky fur or floor an
ware there's lots an lots of angels err
nytn' roun'-an' lilo tole Their folkscs
that they mist be good an then by an
by they'd come ter Heaven an be angels.
too. with nothin' ter do but fly aroun'
an sing. An'-an' 'Chrissmuss is His
birthday, an everybody tries ter be eXtry
good tor everybody. But they'll tell you
Ill about it ut the Mission tcr-morrcr,
ware we'll git ther turk, an Their sal'ry,
an Their pie, ther oranges an apple tarts.
o. my eyc-thcr turk an thcr-"
70, Tommy, Tommy" again cntrcatcd
the little girl. "secms though 1 couldn't
stan it. Their more you say them words
ever an over agin thcr hungr'cr an
hqngr'er ] gifts. An l hope they won't
toll us nothin' ter-morrer till us is full.
fur bad as l wants ter hear crbout that
beyutiful baby, l know I'd die havin' ter
listen with the victuals eforc my eyes.
Oh! how cold it's cr-gittin'. Say,
Tommy, don't you wished us lived some-
ward an didn't have to knock crbout
from one place to ernothcr an somc-
times have to stay in Their street like ter
night? Then Us could hang up our
stockin's. The pig's-foot woman's gal
told me ter day-shc's er nice gal, she
tS-cho niN,o mr. mr. ,,frss fOD< ,,y;%l, o..,.
two bites outer 1t this mornin-sho told
me she was crgo;n' ter hang up horn, an
or ole gentleman was er-comin' ter nut
sumpin' orful nice inter it,"
Slang up our stockin's?!" repeated tho
boy, with u sort of snort. "W'y, we
amt got none. But VIC might have,
may be, If we'd CIR father an err mother
an er reel homo with err fire an err bed
ter sleep in, AMI
sDidn't we never have no father or NO
nother??" again interrupted Caddic.
"'Course We did" was tho reply.
sThey's dead, both of 'cm. You was CT
little shaver only 5 years ole wen they
went away an then Aunt Caddie let us
stay by her till she upan' died too. An
we've had poorly hard lines since then,
eis, an don't You forgit it. But ii that
chief of er bcggar boy hadn't hooked all
Their money 1 carnt tcr-day %cr-runnin'
afrants, VIC wouldn't er-bccn cr-squattin'
here ter-night. Wc'd er-been in Hot
cake Johnny's er-snorin' erway aftcl
eatin' stude tripe with inions inter 1t, an
buckw'eat cakes with lasses onter 'em,
an"
"Tommy; oh! dear Tommy" exclaimed
poor Caddie.
sBlamed If I don't forget all Their time,
sda You SEQ Is usctcr ter bcin' hungry
than wot you is. But 1 say. Cad, s'pose
we make b'licve we're Ell havin' er sup.
per, an vile we'cr er maxim 'b'lieve
p'raps you kin go ter Sleep"
II kin make b'lievc er good 'eal," re.
Piled Caddie, solemnly, sbut I can't
Tommy; l can't make believe as hard al
that"
swell, let's tell wot we'd like ter have
II that ole gentleman the pig's-foot'.
Woman's gal t0lc you crbout wos er com,
In this way. I seen err picter of him II
o. book-shop windcr, an hos err queer
lookin' ole chap, with long wife w'isker.
IN or Jolly red face"
sShoes an stockin's an . Mothc,
dubbed dress an err pictcr book. You
could have Their printin' part, 'caus,
Jon kin spell 1t out SO nice, Tommy; an
Or hat an fodder an or doll. an, oh! 81,
candy hearts an four fresh crullers,
eatd Caddic, speaking as fast as sh,
could, her pale face flushing in spite O
the cold.
SAN I'd take or sinner set up" sale
Tommy. II kin shine ckcal ter any o,
them rcg'lars II I only had or chance. an
then I'd make lots OF money an I'd get
Dlaco fur ny tnr live In. mn von cnrId o.