Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-25

bo overhead and coming nearer ana
nearer Presently they could henr !,
merry voice shouting, lilo Dancer, no
Prnncer'
at Is Santa Claus" said Nanny
Betsey Thread and Needles TUNNEL
up and ran to the door, which shn ii,.
boted with trembling fingers 'iIm %.
ing homo" she sobbed.
"Oh, don't, he won't hurt u.s." pleaded
Nanny. But Betsey threw open The
door aud flew out "'l'kp mounted no.
lice will come aud NY mother Wont
like IT," she called hack" Nanny ahnt
tho door after her and bolted IL. Then
she stood IN front Of the chimney aud
waited, for she knew Santa Claus would
come that why Nanny was pretty
girl with two long golden braids hhnr
ing over her shoulders, and she wore
gown just the color Of yellow chrv.
santhcnum. II was cut low III the mech
and she hud string OF gold beads.
Nanny stood looking up the chimney.
and the shouting lilo Prnnccr ho DIM.
| cer,' and the Ginning bells, and Inc
siamping hoofs, sounded louder over
head.
The fire had burned quite low, there
was only Il bed Of cpnls, but Nanny
raled some ashes over them, lest SANTA
Claus should get burned
,an h,r n, 1 i,,' = vInllhot,uh ana
M ~ nvnit JIinp.u Mnen she saw
u ,es W furry poo' "ppenr Just over
Then, she never could tell Just how
he managed II, whether with a leap
| over the Goals, or Il sOmersnult. but
suddenly SANTA Claus stood ON the
'V H. vi io,loa ,au,. .,
,ad e looked very hueh as her poem
r p' s.uteu, put ne mao most beuuti-
iul ilce lke iut cherub, ana his yell
Inv Inv, i oS h,oou out prouhd II IKE half
i't sSSt, "a lgnt ,.,
| Clo, m"e'c ''e oiher glrlF nsked santa
| Cihus-
,,,. llrass, sir, she ran away, SIR" an
sMertu nanny chrlseylhg aglin.
! l'rIns, ii,
| s.,, nv ~ uiu she no thAL ior asked
Sa,iI,ia Clhus'
Ilensei Ar, she was AFRAID, SIR an
sWyir'u Nhhhy' Gurteseylng again
.aii S G see Wna' She was AFRAID OF,
shlu Nailh Ilaus. had handsome
present for her in my pack"
SANTA Ilaus swung ms pack of his
| n"Vh oht9 the houri uhu began untylng
~. but nanny suIuehlE shomted-she
| nvetIu me mpuhteh ponce rlding INTO
Nn!thenum nllvy' o,,
| ga Mlihts tue natterF asked Santa
'lnVs
/
arc coming Nanny replied.
| SANTA 1luuH tled up ms pack with a
| JHfk lheh I've got 10 hide, that ~
all snlu ne rcsolulcly.. 4 cant spend
any tme Wlih mounted police. have
700 many poor children all over the
world waiting for me.
Nanny fairly wrung her hands as she
ii0ohed &c SANTA Claus aud his pnck.
She couldn't thinl; of any place TO hide
them' she began 10 cry, but Santa
| Clans putie1 her shoulder. There,
don't you cry said he. 81 know quite
| well how 10 manage. | am going to
| hypnotl2e them, TINT means ! am going
TO hide behind my own ideas. You
| Wllt
The mounted police by this time had
Rhllopcd close TO the door. There came
knock which shook the house Nanny
trembled. Don't you do Anything but
curtsey' nnd say II you plense, when
they come in, ordered Santa Claus In Il
| whisper aud MI the time he was look
| ing about the place with his bright blue
eyes,
lie spied two very large chrysanthe-
II, and one only earth, and no plant.
santa Claus quickly, dumped his pack
mo inc empty one then he got into the
othgr hlnlseli TRUSTING ms furry boots
WI uo" u lhVp the soII inoull.
| ~ Npeh tie uoor now! ne whispered 10
fanny Nhe opened H. trembling, and
,nere stood the Het0rmer, and behind
Nun We're the mounted police, their eyes
shining out OF the darkness. The Re
former wore = fur cap and his beard
was Whlte WIN frost lie also wore a
wv cput ior tne price marx dnnglcd
from the buttonhQlc.
~ took htlld' past Nanny into the
Lu'nen, DlsnlouAt ana follow me-
No. ",lei p9Sk 10 the pohcc. know
lnht SANTA Tlous Is Within Tor his sleds
hen Tie police dismounted, and came
@ndlng IN atter the Iteforner. Nanny
hnf3hh oucH ana stood watching them
WIZ Dig, frightened eyes.
pS ~ saw, 70 her great dlsmay the
' %$9a:# 4p y. f55. s$s ~