Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-25

| Nnu YOU VIII uUtdlH brllti lutu 81 intlf
| characters aud idiosyncracies than yOu
would ever ind ont IN years daily as
ISOLATION. for the witty Frcnchman truly
said that we must he judged either in
our joys or In our miserics.
In the crowds on Main street ron saw,
u you were not go intent upon your own
business wholly, q good scene out of the
great lifo act Of masks and faces; much
10 laugh at, much to arouse your kindly
feelings and tender sympathcs.
Look at that pursy, plump, rcd-faccd
old gentleman, standing IN front of the
butcher shop, beneath the long row Of
hooks from which depend fat dressed
turkeys, game and huge bceves, inter,
sDersed with the little carcnsscs OF
shoats whose comical visnges grin even
IN death You see the old gentleman,
whose round paunch rises and falls be-
meath his ample wnistcoat. like gently
ripping wave when the tide comes IN
you see him grasp that big turkey by
both legs, put his crimson nose close to
the bird and gently scent the air about
as II he were inhnling the perfume of a
beautiful rose. He feels the bird is sat
istied aud orders his man In a voice nus
Ky with good living, to put him In the
basket Those pompluO from Galveston
Hre closely Inspected, 50 are the squirrels
and the hauncli Of ycnisgn Yen know
what lac H. what he lives for, and shat he
will certainly have a good Christmas
behind the gourmand-he IL not re-
fined enough, his tastes are too gross
for you TO call him an epicurc- abused
word-behnd him slowly walks the sad
faced little woman In black with the fat,
handsome little boy. who looks so much
out of place beside his unhappy mamma,
aud the pretty. notwithstanding little girl
whose large brown eyes, straight litle
nose with thin nOstrils and the white
forehead with the blue veins bctray what
q romantic little body she is and what
a vivid, active Imagination Is az work
with foolish fancc4. beneath the plain
little blue sailor hat she has worn Oh
summer, Who can anticipate the joys
Of Christmas with the most cngcrncss-
the fragile child Of want, full Of tender
synpnthies aud fniry-likc visions. or the
spoiled and pdmpcrcd and maybe, stupid
heir Of wealth and luNuryi The woman,
you noticed, bought what She wanted
quickly and glidcd as quickly away,
Then came q tramp, cuinicnl-iuukinr IN
his attire. gathered In many r1imcs with
his whslicrs looking badly. as hc would
express IL. while his rowing eyes glance
IKE those Of n laughing hyenn at thr ar
ray Of juicy ronsts and other 'mcnu
iillcrs,' as tho man called them once,
while his hands twitch uervously IN his
pockets, from which they are half drawn.
But the hluoc1It near the door Of the
butcher place secs him and poor WEARY
Watkins Honches on with a sigh 10 tell
Of his widowed sister aud orphaned
mother who nrc expecting Il remittance
10 bury some dead ldnfdks
Away down the street you notice n
surEng crowd moving toward you on the
sidewalk II you are young and game
Won move In that direction, II not yOu wait.
In either casc q boy in the crowd tells
you they have caught q piclporkct with
his hand in an aid hdy's rccticulr. He
j. a Young follow aud you are sorry TO
see him spend Christmas at the bnstilc.
Int when they tell You he robbed % poor
working woman Won lose your sympathy.
There's a runaway, Two wild and woody
young fellows shoot fire crackers beneath
The wheels Of o buggy IN which sits "A
Young maiden from he country while
her dad is In store spending the re-
suits Of the sale Of sis co0ps Of chickens
Won stroll down q side street to h. quiet
| when you run against Il crowd Of drunken
rcYclcrs, among them smooth fnocd
lad, whose mother wonders where hrr
poor boy H. They boot like owls, crow
Ike chickens and yell like Co
can not help hut smile You used TO
know how u was yuursclf2
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