The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-08-21
MICKEY'S NEW SLED.

pAt ~ was Us culu, lts presence on tne Hlnn
shanty proved that the shanty stood in cold
and exposed place, and that much fuel would
y be necessary to keep the inmates warm. Dur
ing the days meridian, when the sun shone
warm upon the icicle, glistening beads Of
water ran down its sides and dropped from
its slender point, making hole in the SNOW
beneath. But when the sun went down be-
hind Woolsey's commons and the trees in
Lindsiey's woods were beginning to cast
black, funereal shadows on the snow, the
water beads hardened as they stole down the
icy spear, untilby those sloss accretions the
acicle grew to be long and thick When the
twilight had faded and the moon came out
upon the night, attended by winking host
of stars, the icicle glistened but refused to
melt as il had done when the sun kissed it
While the icicle was glinting in the moon
light Mrs Finn sat before the fire in the
shanty Her face was buried in her hands,
Her boy Mickey had gone to bed, with the
2 assurance from his mother that on the NOR
row be should have sled upon which to
slide down the southerly slope Of Stumpy
field.
-his' run arose rom her cnalr ana opened
'ne peuroom uoor % look at her boy lie lay
WIN ms arms thrown over ms head. his
ele'4ss "ele nllsned- he moved uneasily IN
" slesP, anu turned nus frecRled lace TO the
light. The freckles were not blemishes in
the eyes Of his mother. They were beauty
spc,s MIS- r. mn was moved 70 compassion
.s ,', eilu s'oou .ne,e walchins the partsl iips
aiii 'pe gently neaVlng bosom Oh her only
~ onure' uoa T. good tne poor whln
- $500 So sAsin = - AAe sna'' sue mut'efea
n aei seil,
t'',e mai oeeli cross 10 siickey uuring the
us5 psS1l'ise ne nau traueu Oh fourteen mar
se's ior = weeay httie mua turKie no Digger
'nan Z sllvsr doiiat, ana nad said:
l'oW iwnae use y tnao muu turkie, Mickey
S'i'i Aiii nun ~, iliaAe soup ~ MN ike
~ e''' W Z siiappin 'ufAie. ~ nigno ale
~ iiiu ',rAie as y were hoole cninee ny,
X ~ y hsafih alis Maioney sayin tnat th
nay.n,n ~ ase VI elis ~ Jackass II they
nels ,rl'sl 4 slas y ~, siory oe to uod.
Dus hi'pAey' .n'i'u now, Il any one Ieiis me
ye we1e a'il iiiuu IarSie iiia'e steweu OF
pAisAi u raw, oe ',ie 'ioly poaei ~ pate yer
" - am y Ntui y 4 "iil' an siilail rear
,as, Jiss ~, 1, ui'aisheh.
llssle = ,ts, I'M naa ueso'''y crosssu ner-
seil anu MleAeS s,yv s'oie tne WASH pasin
anu piaeu ~ he'il si,e s.ose WIN some wafer
ana ll'e lpuu .ur'ie n ~ pu0 Nlrs. hiilh ~,
psltsu ol nsr halsnless' anu ner an4ie'y was
nos now " geo 1ne sieu allke. ler husoaiia'
NAG no "orK anu 'nere was i11ie money IL
tns mouse 7,
Al last she mt upon plan. ohe would
pawn her shawl ~ Pc deprived q TINS gar
ment meant a great aeai OF seii-aenlal 20
MIS- flnil. "iLhout y she could hot 90 .
mass III tle morning. ~ was a faisiey shawi
eovered WIN iislres wnlcn looked iiSe gouros
1he coiofs OF the snaWi We're warm, alt
seemed oi themselves 70 ADD warmth 70 th'
garment. bnt tne BOY must aot oe disap
poinleu' ana ~ sne cafeiuHy ioided TN
precious sna"i n q piece oi paper and locS
ing the door pelina ner stepped out INTO tn'
mooniignt- Sne snivereu as sne Went aloni
tne oiu foiis Ioa'i, ior nef cioLhinS was I'M.
bnt even a. tne SEWERS ran Gown her paci
sne smiled al the ihought Oh her boys happi
ness IN the nivrillng.
Mickey mud turtle, with o natural deslr
for more iiesdom, crawled out Of the basil
just after Mrs Finn had gone, and wen