Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-12-24


little doughnut babies that }brade IN
Chris mas stockin's, so he was. On be the
same token he bad the oydintfcal COM
plexion; but och! the face OF I'm. III
iuked for oil the wurrnld as it it1noight
kew ben a joke thatd somehow got
moulded Until a choonk. an baked IN an
oven an shtoock on the cookie ~ make "
same loifehke, do yez moind. HIS wee-biL
owes luked as ef they wur jist lakin' VIA
laughter an the dimples on bis chakes
rippled down an pulled his moup open IN
such tithern' little cackle that OF yea
ben there ye'd heY chuckled yer tatne
loose wild the soight OF 1t.
Did the moiser laugh Hin luz,
Tut Let alone that he's los ali rashpict
for 'imsilf eff he'd Iver done anything as
dacent as lauQhin. he was that paralySed
vid the roastin he'd got that laugh wud
hev completely dislocated bis soiy-
syshtem. IIe sat there groauin' sn whim-
perrin an watchin' the sbroonk up stran,
ger wild his mOut that wolde open VIA
wonder We cud count the frickles on ms
bronkal chubes Will. suddintly, whoilst
th1gsashperatod ould shkinlint was. yit
wondern' hare comes teenty vice ron
the poonky salamauder sittin' on the
foiery corkscrew. but that so cud hear. SO
We cud. as plain as ye cud shmill faded
hens egg. an this is the way It wint on;
Ashes Of tho Christmas ingle
Elves OF charity do mtngle
Into coin Tor service wholly
la the course Of poor and .owly.
Who Wud fitch the same is learnin'
lie must suffer brand OF bufnin!
Niver can he cure be known
lin hes Of his own beshtoWin.'
IT'S will enough, 50 It was. the ould
lickpinny knOwed the MANN o this, for
be was soort of a jOogler lmsilf on
ghmall shcale, an no behaved IN witchery
n NavsN lF1N ha, la.
m shcrimpin'. But shmall purpose had
he of bein' cured be glvin' away anythin'.
IF he'd had the SMALLPOX. an he cue got
rid of il be giyin' away clothes-pin. oe-
CORA he'd had the smallpox TIL this day,
so he wud. So takin' shqulnt stoond ~
the goold rugs an kyarpet, on the kammy-
hoo taty-tates an the doimon bricky-
brack list littherin' livery coorDer OF the
room, he shuk biz hid on wint BACK TO
yhinin' an rackln' his achin' bones.
"Wid this that shud the poony little
moonkey in the chimney do but COM
mince TO drone out in the same shtoonted
little vice:
Fully, nllouy. hllipy, nlOok.
Njppity NOggln, como out OF your nook
Brow i'm an shtew i'm 81 give I'm g duau
liput lappin Of raal half an halt
"Wid that there was soort Of a 'queek
in a GRANNY of the bricks and out popped
auither little JANUS ABBOTT the sOlZe of
choonk of chaZe. an little rid nose on
i'm that looked ike q shr0Onk tamatus,
an be had a teenty surrlnge IN his hand.
an fippiu' 'imsilf over outll the finder he
twiddled about there a minute lolke frog
on hot Crlddie, an whln the ould molser
opened his uout To let out anlther groan,
shwish he shpanked the little surrlnge nc
i'm. an a wee sbqulzzle OF sllyer-lolke
shpirit shot out Of II an wiut pioomp be-
tuxt the lathe Of the ouid gntlsman wild
the hOighsterlcs.
"Will. will. IL must hov ben half an
half sure enough. for no more had tas
sntoof had tonne to inyishtlgate the
moisers voitais than the wan half OF 9ls
face tux TO laughlln' lolke a noddo-doddy,
an the lther half shtoOck 10 the business
Of ayertOisin the Same ould tormnt. 10
vas the Quarost tOtygrar that lyer ye tux
a shquint at, so it was the gglos gall
vantiu' from bis chin 10 the bald Of wan
soide OF i'm, an the ither iist crlnhled
wild the most dishconsOlate crlnkles
that liver med kvOuuteuance ashamed OF
ltsllf. An no more was this merlcle no
ticed than the little nd-nosed shnip
shwallyed his suTunge. an lapln mp 20
the rim Of the tickeun' cup, no gev
wink T. the taxed Joke that was slttln,
there ticklin' 'imse.f wild Consate OF the
sittywatlon. an to vance the pair OF ,em
shtarted in wild q ructOu that wud hey
sthrick Carmnsaty wld the hYpoes.
"Ihev fluped to the FRONT an they
flluped % the back; thoy chasssyed
aroond wan anither. an tilted down the
corkscrcw, an jiggelagged up an doom
the hue. an Initiated their mikyshcOplc
toes till I'D med We dizzy, an all tho
tonne. moind ye, the laugh part Of the
muIser was crowdin' out the dOOmps OF
I'm, an purity soon his mOut' opened WIDE
enough to shwaly plum-puddin', an
there KEN q laugh out Of him that shuk
the cashtle an Jared the gOOld pashter
doom from the walls the same as gravel
from blasht. NId that the little bidding
doidoes zghusked out the quarrest little
chirrup vCA lyPr heard, Jigghn' oil the
fashter whole they ken sngln':
'BInHit.y. Dlauketty, kllnkitty Elau
Made o now man OF n mOiser we can.
Di1dery, dadlery. dcliery dan
Noggn has opcoed his heart with laugh.
NAgglrty winery,
Qulggety qli1,ory.
Christmas has cured in OF moiserly
misery.
boy this tonne the moiser had laughed
/ 'lmsif to that axtlnt that hoo frittered his
carmints ntil ragalins and they iist hoOug
on I'm loike the wit hthers of a moulin
hin. But all the same LIE wint down
shtairs an KEN up wild a clothes basket "a
big as a shlnoke house an began film II
4
that kiyered the fUie- for bliss yer
hearts, that's that the p'ashtsr from tho
walls had turruned Until, so it had an
whln he had It "a full as 10 cud shtick ont
be wint wild 1t Until the shTate, an
whooping and jollyln' along the hoighways
an the boyways. laughln and rolhckln'
livery shtep. he tossed the clmkIn' initials
roight an lift. poppln' 'em 10y the band
fuls IN wlndys and d0ore- ways, an hapln'
uplvcry apron au hat that KEN out of the
poor-h0uses wild 'em, until ne bad the
the hull province laughln loike the wur-
ruled wa5 wan great big heart llst bulgin
g. the yiry RIM wild happiness.
An whin he whit back to his cashtle,
sorry q fairy was there at all, at all. but in
the foire-piace foine yule-iog was crack
I'M away. q beyewchlful charlot-russ cat
was sittin' on a dolly-varden roog IN
froont of II purriu' to that aKtlnt that
yez cud see his whuekers wlggle wild the
lar of II. an the gOoid furniture was all
mltel 40 an showed away IN the coal
bin. Oruinst an IN place of II was ploosh,
bedshteds aud saleskin rOckIn' chars an
viivet piily-shams. an kertains Of OstriGge
fithers and the lOike, an Everything so
comfortable tina; commitment an age
shmuCQled i'm right in their arTums, an
med loife "a Shmooth for I'm A. Ii it he'd
ben padded wId Wull and kalsOmoined wild
gOose-grace.
That WuI II the ta'Si0S guy I'M 70 NOR
phosolze i'm that way. are yez akin? Oi
cudn't tell yez for certaint, but dim tould
that amongst the bones he WAS burnn'
was the brist-bOne of a gintleman that
had pashed his ioife IN dades of charity.
and il was the igsh,ract OF this that was
condensed Until shtame an put IN the sur
rlnge to SOW the 5ades of a NEW hearts-a
raal Christmas heart Until the ouid moiser.
Mebbe that's the truth Of il. but anyhow.
from that day be was a. ginerous an koind
IA he Lad ben grady BEFORE It, an livery
Christmas found his heart singln' wild the
blssIus Of the poor he had med happy"
WADE WHlprfE.