The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-27
HE KNEW HIS BIZ,
Santa Claus Tells Uncle Reube of the
Presents He Left.

lSoChtS 70 ESiAs
Col burned if 1 didn't spind happy
Christmas, arter all! Sunday night I
sot down by tn fire, kinder dreamin',
when all O. a suddint TIL funniest Teller
1 ev'r sot eyes on kun rite down tn
chimney and when I jumped up and
sed who be yew? he waved me t. a
sete with more grace'n I'd ev'r sawed
fore, an smiinly sed:
"Reube, I'm Santie Claws I jest
finished goin' TIL raounds 'mong tn
good fellers and gals, am feelin' kinder
tired, l KUN t. hev a chat"
! l 'spose my eyes stuck out like a ter
| key Sobbeler's, but I brOt in t play ali
! tn manners l used t hev in Reuben
vile, an was perliter then one o them
/ bloomin' Span'ards, an begged O. Mis-
ter Claws t. make himself toler bly,
comfertabell and take a pull at my
kern cob pipe.
TIL old Teller rerfused t. smoke, an
started t talkin' as fast es a mare
trots He wus dressed like his picters
ev'n t. tn bells O. his cap, an he he'd
/ tn funnyest larf-it sounded jest like
water ripplin' ov'r Reubenville rocks.
| KANT member all he sed, but he
started with tn yarn bout how much
he liked t KUN t. Wooster cause he al
/ lers found plenty O. snow on tn walks
and streets, and he blessed Mister Prior
fer his thoughtfulniss. He sed his dears
Guild draw him ennyWhar. But he he'd
an idear tibet Mister Prior wouldn't be
tn boss when he KUN raound agin, an
| tn jolly cuss was sad fer a mint an
acterally wiped way some tears.
/ toll him tibet he wasn't tn fust one
tibet he'd shed tears over Prior's actens,
an Santie answered tibet Prior up his
way he'd tn repatriation of maxim
Dewey take water, but tn foll1ses didn't
know it wussent the admerel and tibet
this Dewey tux snow.
1 larfed at tibet joke an in a few min
nits Santie an me wus swappin' yarns
an drinkin' apple juice out O. the same
clipper es If we'd knowed ech other fer
years.
TIL apple juice riz t. Sandie's head an
he got so burned conferdental tibet 1
blteVe he'd toI me what nationality he
WuS II I'd he'd tn nerve t ask him.
Say Reube!" says he, GIVE bean
thinkin'. ] went in t tn houses O. TIL
rich and tn poor larst mite an if yew
care t hear I'll tell yew sum O. tn
Trims 1 seed an hearn an tn pres
ints l put in L tn socks o. Woosters
big men last mite.
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more sw'ig o. annie iuice an, Law hal oliL
with my eyes closed es comfertabIa &c
enid he % GUM q '0'ole eS
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