St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-21

and uttered cry of delight.
The long stocking was all bulged out
of shape with things. 1t looked like a
snake that had swallowed whole Sc
rles of rabbits. And hanging from the
middle of the mantlepiece was such a
ravlShing beauty of doll that it took
her breath away. Nice little yellow
eurls of real hair were on its wax head
and it had on a dress Of pink silk
trimmed with lace. h#
oh, what doll it wasl Lizzie fairly
Jumped until it was taken down aud
put in her arms. And when she held 1t
flat on its back, the large, violet eyes
turned down and the doll was asleep.
There were miStletoe and holly
wreaths, and a beautiful Christmas card
representing Santa Claus in sleigh
drawn by raindeer, which made Lizzie
say: He didn't have reindeer when
we saw him; he had great big hoss.
1t was wonderful what was in that
stocking! With every package was a
Christmas card. There was a box OF
chocolate tied up with yellow ribbon.
and there was a pound of mixed can
dies. of all cOlOrS. and there was a box
with beautiful picture on it, and fruit
with sugar over 1t. 1t was marked
fruit glace," but Lizzie didn't know
what that meant. Then there was a
great big package of cracked nuts, and
another of walnut meats. and another
of raiSinS.
One little package turned out to be a
pair of warm knit WristerS. Hanging
from the neck of the stocking by a
string were two pic -ure books, one Civ
ing beautiful views in Europe, and the
other was a fairy tale with Prince
Charming In an elegant suit Of clothes
colOred to the life, and meeting great
princesSes and lions in the most unem
barraSSed way.
Tommy's small sock was full Of candy
and nuts, and there was a box which,
when opened, let a monkey dressed like
soldier spring right up and look as
important as major. There was an
other big box, and it was full of col0red
blocks, with the letters of the alphabet
painted in large black letters on either
side, and the blocks were of every color
like Joseph'S coat.
There had been a note to Mrs. Foley,
and IL had ten crisp 50 bills in it, and
told her to buy Lizzie and Tommy good
warm clothes for the winter, from
Santa Claus"
THE children couldn't eat their
breakfast. at least Lizzie couldn't. She
would jump up and run over to look at
the blue-eved doll with new rapture.
Tommy ate his breakfast like stole,
and then built up his blocks OIL the floor
i'll a patch of Christmas sunshine as
composedly as if he had been brought
up on blocks.
But Santa Claus wasn't through vet.
A man came around in the forenoon
with hamper. Such a hamperl A
large roast turkey, full of roast chest
a lIsb It,r
pudding in it, and large dish full of
hard sauce, seasoned with brandy; four
large mince pies. and, oh! how fragrant
they were when one was putin the oven
and heated up. The neighbors halted
on the FoleyS' landing to refresh them
selves with Whit of it.
Then there were four punches of the
whIteSt celery, as crisp as pipe stems
oranges, red apples, three or four pots
of marmalade and ounce Jelly; pack
age of crystallized ginger; delicious
little cakes with fancy trimmings, and
large bottle of red wine that glowed
in the sunlight like carbuncle.
When the Foleys asksd the big col
ored man who had sent these things he,
grnned and said: Now all desc we're
Claus. an L dun know muffin more
bout it."
Perhaps they didn't have MERRY
Xmas" with enough good things left
over to begin Happy New Year" on.
And perhaps, Mrs. Foley didn't go up
and get the old lady and her daughter
who earned their living by sewing, and
have them down to the Christmas feast.
Aud perhaps Mir. Foley didn't pour out
a glass of the red-hearted wine for the
old lady and make her drink it. She
felt like summer five minutes afterward,
poor old thing. 5
And they never knew or saw or heard
of Santa Claus again, until even 'Mr.
and Mrs. Foley began to think it was
Santa Claus himself. But it wasn't. It
was warm-heartedo old gentleman, who,
when Xmas came around the next year,
had gone to spend it where warm
hearted old gentlemen don't seem to be
halfso much needed as they are here.