The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-24
HEIR CHRISTMAS GIFT


time when Mir. Darling was hard pressed
for money in his business; when Mrs.
Darling was planning and eantrvlng that
word might be sent TO Santa Claus to an
the much-darned stockings OF The three
youngest Darliugs with nuts and candy.
ana a hig apple 81 the zoe While Moihe,
JOHN and sam hau sadly made up their
minds 20 try to believe they were perfect
~ happy even II they could neither give
nor receive those little tokens OF rcmem-
brancc which at Christmas time they had
been wlnr- 10 do, But Hll the family got
what do you thing2 a slit from God!
he sent them ~ baby! A tveo mite uf IA
had seen Ia the window NJ the bis store
on the corner aud wanted 10 badl Yet
now May had real baby who could laugh
and cry, aud she didn't Ike tn at all!
You sec May had been thn baby hesself
ana when she SAW that "a little stranger
had come TO gct an her nico kisses
and take her pluce In bed she lust sat
down on the back steps and cried TN her
little nose and ewes were rod, She woulA
not have a thing 60 do with tho Give
dolly" az Jennie told her 10 was, hut
she hit Jennie with her own little nsts
aud would not let anybody come near
her
Jennie didn't love their Christmas pres
emit either for she thought God might
have sent 'em monkey or a parrot,
which were lots nicer. She said she didn't
much trouble, But she could trade 1t on
for a parrot ana all You had % do with
mat was Just to carry it round ON
stick, and she didn't want baby any
how.
There had been 40 many such presents,
not sent MT Christmas, however that !
lonr Papa and Mamma Darling stained a
little because there was one more little
mouth to feed; one more little body TO
be clothed two more llttle feet 10 be
NAM I1,rn 9,'d ciaSp
Eown into the lutehen where Mouie
was glNlng her attention 10 WhrmlhN t1e
fennan's OF an4er iop sNpp9r, INC 3,r ',
Tj, M " e'' h'Y"'
r,o,t rrsjv IN gyIl5dsn XII +r5,cIcd
"GS,j,css Itp,yys i,|s bnrs spG,ioh nj
re,5v II III Stonne3 sebonl sooner
,,,i{ nv, ma s,,,e ,,,,t,,.v a,d II ,yorli
nnf bave hon nlijfr 20 BAD do hnte TO
see you au ,Hh ins, my N.Y. ,S S' n H,
here's another one to loSE uitcr."
'GG,,(,5li' ,.o, ,,rr l,eln 81 mn In Sar,
tho S,biii,sonbeNr' " .Bn Inc mr ana make
The best of a bad BARGAIN, But i do saw
Mo5 irS ioqEn on , y2H 70 bo,e oS S
c9u "
.,t,t,,,, ,,o,, do,r ,,o,, - s,Ia Nroute 4he
dtsconfented look ON her usually sweet
fnco ,git.i1,T mace 20 n pini,c You cnu
al - nr,S a,r1 sri mo tnbio while Tnhn
brings me some more wood F."
fTn1 one, they i,,Nytgf quickly. while
sy %F w ere gone s Tom pourS5 S hls sorrow
c,3 ~ an sN">' 0'
"-T-,,,,,,,r,t ala SANITY WINS poips- 10 give
Huuk4iA uiu '1hllAS "a' sF'lii- ~ 80.
me wagon THIS time, Here I've E9t
lire CRACKERS ana i'aluE ,S'S J. ll"9tu
Shoot en- Lots o run I've hua iolay,
on account OF that new kld. I'm ploWeH
n | have anything 20 do with u
"oh, Tom, dont thlK ABOUT " ihAt way,
l know m not 80 nwful.y Elad hut I We
been thinking eyer since I've hatn In here
that l hadn't been acting right at all,
We've gotten one Christmas present any
how And do you know what 10 makes
me think or" she asked, just as Iohn
ana sam came back.
"Don,t Van remember tbe very frat
christmas? There was q baby there;
v,usn't thprn2 NhaNs the reason we hive
NS t, an aeeo1nt Of thG prc3cnt (iod
g9ve To- everybody In TIC world We
6,,sbt H., tbfbl tbis bnbv of ours III
,.r,.at ,rSo.',rn for t;,d sent il 10 us lust
~ M AN, :
On n,T Ti,'G S,Il,e TIM eo clad vo,Pve quit
,,r-,ri,ar' So, 10 i,St dvfn,5 IN sv come,
sa airr1 and 1etis bnre YOU I'm asking
fnr n sermon " mt in John mischievous-
iv
is.,you nnedn,t turn rod dear-e." said MOL
liz e,aihtr',i,s 81. yyse tIva vrnrq oder