Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-12-08

at being left alone with tba obo..
tainted. Sally then told nor "oS'' had
had overheard us boys talkino Shr
anu knew OF our plan to coc,' 81 day
ana Inought She would have SEM uai>.
We all went home feeling GLAD r.,
.'trdirsh MIS- no worse. Sally toiI
straight story to her people -; splI a
all went over to her house ana ing We
from tree. The doctor was tb,dck fell
SET MS arm. and he was the h. and
nuts anu TIE S-o,c1,
rs that all?" asked Tom.
10, grandpa Winslow said OH.
III ;a ~ christmas time We W..
IN HNlteo 10 Sllas Holmes 10 din" 's'
uhheard OF thing, and we Went Lr .ii-til'f. aA
ger and curiosity sticking out ,Ii ' .,,"" Wen
mere was big turkey and iii Y 5ei Us
S"9d things. and IN the cpptnr %.
tahiH q great dish Of chpstnu:s l,I w IN"
We're not Disturbed until evcnip,, ne. ,il'ey
W. were az i, invited into the great l:, ',Sh
On ana Sllas said while We A-'cd-
cAesfnuts he would tell MS III 'o3S-,d
ne toid OF how when he was n b IAth
ieii III me creek and our fatbor ~ ne
III anu heIped him out, and apotbgr lir1
When be grew up his house IuriI,.l uIHg
Ldticf ahI mother took him viii % az
- - @ild 'Saity INTO their own homo .ll
rE.lt ''Ittii HIS mousse sol.
heen when Mrs. Holmes died iiSnn-d
SalIX little girl mother nsai ["'I'-
l2f hrr ana helped him get aIono , ,S
she was Old enough 10 do tho v.nIi 'lll',I
sell, and 50 he rambled on. " "Fi-
fataef spoke up and said "r,.-.
lhtrt' 9liaS, tnat will do We womb;
WhaJ was coming SiIaS fool vi
dish of nutS and asked fat6or - ne bi-
ilelh on the hearth. and as the mis- IN
Ult u ih% yellow envelope fell On ,n ,'.''0
me PIE: Father picked it IN AMI ~ y.
vas vas written, y Merry Christmas f fr,5 J.,
Sally and Sias. mas IRON
some, years before this father To-,
nv WIN misfortune and was ohligai &c
pun mortgage on our nome. W. W.
knew he struggle he was bov;n', "o3E
nov mother was growing sad Tn
seemed only trouble ahead Of -. oI
sSIias SAID rs father held the dny.aIn.,l
! Oh boys J know. have thought ' ,,!a
mean about the nuts. but | decided I"",
40 90 devote the proceeds Of the saln =
cue cheSthutS to my one desire-fo IN
some way show my appreciation of ,.o, -"
fathers kindness to me. This monn, ,, r.,.
an extra tn me and | would moi mis- !,
SO sally and | have carefully bnardoi
1ne nuts. not eating them onrsei@o,
lhcE are scarce about here and brine =,
GOOD price, and ] am the happiest man in
me comfy this Christmas morning to ba
home is clear So"F
Father had sunk into a chair and
mother had drawn her chair close IN SaI
~ and they both cried. or course hnt ,.a
boys gave one big cheer for Incl 81
anu know he was as glad as we and
more so. w. an"
But what about that melon he stolcs.'
asked Tom. SUN.
oh. yes. the melon. WHY. found
out soon after that Sally had asked fa.
ther for 1t. as she mad company come
unexpectedly. and SilaS went to get i;
ana never dreamed | thought anythinG
wrong cf if. Then. too. about the Ghost
Sally told SilaS our plan and they need,
ed the nuts to finish the payment and
took that way TO keep them. you see. W.
always liked Uncle 81 after that. and We
always had all the nuts we could eat and
what was better. we learned thai wr
should not judge people by their seem
lngiN UNPLEASANT or rough exterior fey
often underneath the surface there is a
warm and tender heart"
There was silence for time. and
grandpa wondered if the bows guessed
why he told the story or that he had been
behind the grape arbor.
Il don't believe we had better buy
any more salt, do you. Tom:" asked
Ernest
NO. Say. weren't Silas and SALLY
bricks Margaret Barringer in Detroit
Free Press.