The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-12-29

YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.


her Nor. yuh fool niggar yuh. Duz
yuh r'ygoll Is" gwinc let yum hang yo
Sunday >torkinS out dah fun somebody
ter steal UNI! Nor Suhrve" Therefore.
fer his plan was very near to his, heart.
ne plucktd up courage and went boldly to
the ycung lady daughter Of the family:
"PlraSe. Miss NJ arthy, is yuh gottcr Ole
Stockin yuh kin gimme:
what for. Set:'' was the surprised re-
ply. WI hat Oh earth can you do Wit:
on" stocking? Don't You want Il pair 10
give your nanny for Il Christmas gift:"
Set grinncd. Dat would he NIFTY nice.
but amt aXlng fuh but one: | wants hi!
fun Il projec dat ISe got"
Then | reckon You don't mind if it has
Il hnl" in it. she said. and Sc, fn,ln, him
self III possession Of Il stocking without :;
heel.
However. patch was easier to prpcur
than the stocking had been. and he cu,li,t
sew a little. 50 that he Wis able to- Stn,
the hole. "Soze. cf he gimme anything
hit won't drap out" he said to himself
On Christmas Eve the stocking wa
tween the bricks of tin" chimney. b!
which. Oh the inside Of the house. thu
stockings of Rob and his sister wer,
pendent. lin hope that ST Nicholas soon
N'lld be there His nanny had pn,
him to bed and gone off to drink simon
h'tr and eat po>Sl!m III i neishh,rin@
cabin, so that there wa< i,n ,ic,llty i'll hi.
stealing out. 1t was dark and cold. bur
the corner was Sheltered and the grra'
fire within warmed the bricks clean
through, so that he WAS cnlnDara,ivrl.
comfortable as he cro;lchcd against the
wall to keep watch. Negroes are pro
verbally Slecpyhcaded. and in litt
while Set was happily dreaming of a fnl:
stocking and Il sleigh drawn by rrin,le,,:
with branching horns.
Thus it came to pass that when MI
i4anghorne was making his ru,ll,,lS III
midnight to see that I'll WAS safe
Christmas in Ole Niryinny was IN ..S,r
,ial time for thrft-hiS dog. who accom-
panied him. Spi''d Il small. dark object
'roHching in Il corner against the houSt
where no such object had a right to be
OF course. Rover knew Set but he knew
equally we'll that Set Was out of place
and considered ii his duty to call his mas
tcrs attention to that fact.
The state of affairs was plain to tn,
master; the stocking told the story in I:
word He gave Rover his lantern Z.
his arms. carried him home to hi
NANNY. Aunt Roxy and Uncle Snmei
VIII" had luckily returned from their visit
not long enough, though to miss Set. he
gan to make IL fuss. but their master
stopped them at once.
t'ill the cnliu 10 beE. ANA don walk"
I'm: do yoll hear? III be back present.
~. so saying, he went off, followed
~ Rnvtr who vas much amazed by
htSe strange proceedings 50 entirely out
sd" OF the usual routine: and returning
20 the chimney. gathered the stocking
and took it and the story to his wife
Mrs. Ianghornc understood the situation
II All instant.
Peer little fellow" she said: "he cx.
oectod st. Nicholas to fill it, Well. ]
reckcn he will. 1t won't do Kate anf
Rob any harm to have little less candy
and there are plenty of nuts and raisinS
and ccoliieS.''
So. with these and big red apple. Il
mcuthcrGan which Rub'S mother decided
he could we'll spare: il pair of warm nit
tcnS-MrS. !an%hornc WAS Il woman who
believed III reserve StOreS--nH Il bal
which had been bought fer Rnb'S preSen:
to Set cit wont do Rob any harm t.
give him something Of his cWn." she saidt
the stocking was we'll filled.
The Christmas day WAS breaking when
Set opened his eyes to find his muthcr III,
and stirring
did st. Nick Gomez he asked sleep
secret.
Come. yuh fool nigyah: Yes. he
come. en- he treat yuh or heap sight bet
tern yuh deSarve. He hrun= yuh homc
fo' yuh ketch yn death or cole. on he fill
yo stockin'. too But he say dat ct
uvver yuh play Sech ernuthcr fool trick
he gwine fill hit wild hickry switches, en-
dat me- en- 70 daddy wuz ter pintedly
Wnru ont pun yuh."
But Set was investigating the contents
of his stocking. and WAS by far too happy