Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-12-20

Guido the others in dom somethin' for
them little folks.
We'll, jest wisht you could have seen
them children when the time come for
'em to go up to the hall an see their
tree! Little Freddy he give yell % Joy
that most split our ears, an he jest stood
an clapped his hands, while his sister
Keep sayin', How lovely it isl GA, isn't
it beautiful Then Freddy he screeches
out: oh, there's my choo-choo enginei
Goody! An how little Elsie's eyes did
shine when she saw no less than three
dolls on the tree for herself! There was
enough stuff on that tree for a hull Sun
day school, for the men had been that
reckless in sendin' to Crystal City for
things.
"Then l wisht you could have seen
those children when Big Dan come in all
rugged up as SANITY Claus! That was the
capsheaf o the hull proceedins! First
we heard his bells outside, an him calm
out, Whoa, there!' like as if he was
talkin' to his RENDERS. Then he elm
up the ladder the boys had set outside.
an presently down he came through the
hole in the roof | Jest thought little
Fred's eyes would pop clean out O his
head when that part o the show come
off! An what fun there was when old
Sanity went around givin' the boys all
sorts of ridiculous presents! He give old
Tim Thorpe q tiny chiny doll, an big
Jack Ross jumpin' jack, an Ben AndeT-
son set o little pewter dishes; an he
fetched me n great big old pipe, when
they knowed | hated the very sight O.
che. | tell you, it was real fun!
well, the things had all been dis
! tributed, an the children were loaded
down with presents. an me an the other
two women were about 20 90 downstairs
to take up the supper, when the door of
the hall opened. and a strange man
stepped in When he saw the children
he give Il kind of little outcry, an the
| next minute he was down on his knees
| before 'em, with an arm around each
| child, an he was kissin first one an
then the other. We all Jest stared ut
each other when little Elsie clappcd her
! hands together and said:
why, papa,'
| An that's jest who il was! The man
named Miller who had died a few days
| before was II cousin o the children's pa.
! 1t seemed that this cousin o the name of
! Miller had been sent to meet The children.
/ because their pa had been sick an wasn't
hardly strong enough to come away over
to Singin' River for them. He lived in
n httle camp only about twenty miles
away, but it was a hard road to trave!
/ Tor we'll man, even. So this cousin ht.
! come, an, from all we could make out.
/ he had lost his way in a storm, an had
laid out night an got so chilled it had
brought on pneumonia. When he didn't
come back with the children after two
or three days, their pa got Uneasy, an
he set out himself to see what was tho
matter. He wasn't hardly fit to travel.
but he come anyhow, an he was all
tueKered out when he got to Singin'
River. Then he was so nervous an kind
o wrought up that no ore thought it to
his shame that he Jest broke clean down
an laughed an cried by turns, kind o.
| hystcricky like over the children.
I'VE did have the best time at the sun.
| per! 4 storm had come up an the wind
vas roarin' an howlin' in the CANYON an
up an down the Singin' River, am the
/ siect was dashin' ag'in the winder- lights:
hut that Jest made it seem more CHEEKY
an comfortable in the cabin, with n
roarln fire o pine-6nots in the big fire
/ place Mt one end o the cabin, an the tea
/ Kettle singln' ON my big shinin' stove Mt
the other end. Mr.. Miller he set between
the two children, an he'd hug an kiss
! EN- between times We made him stay
/ two whole weeks in S,ngin' River to rest
up an git well, an then hull passed. o
the boys went with him to git the chill.
/ dren home. The boys rugged up sled.
/ al TUX turns DRAWN Elsie an Freddy
over tn. trail an away up over Red Bird
mountain | reckon it was a ride they
wont ever forgit; an none of us that
were there will ever in this world forcit
that Christmas on the Singn' River
st. Nicholas.