Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1903-12-19

communicate with his friends if it were
he brought me to be your little Philsey,
and he was very busy like then, and had
to wait till the next day? Because if he
brings the granny today there is no pres
emit for her on the tree"
Suddenly a resolution seized him.
Mother would not mind. he thought, but
perhaps it would be safer not to ask her.
He would go out and buy present for
the granny in case she came. lie hurried
into the kitchen.
Martha" he said coaxingly, 81 do
so wish Philsey could have a penny"
Martha was extremely busy, and it
did not occur to her to wonder why. a
penny was so much desired at this par
tcular moment.
There's penny on the dresser you
may take, Master Philsey, dear" She
said; now run away, lovey, I'm very
busy.
Philip knew exactly where TO 90 for
the granny-s resent. He had often adj
mired a gaily-painted bird swinging or n
little hoop III tOyshop window Surely
a granny would appreciate so lovely a
thing. He put on his hat and coat, seized
II moment when Martha was speaking
to the milkman and ran out 1t was
the first time he had ever been out alone,
and the feeling of Importance was very
pleasing.
lie had wandered into a more crowded
neighhorhood and several people looked
curiously at the little boy who, with 4
small parcel claspcd tightly in his hand,
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woman, feeling sure he was lost and
wanting TO help him, tried to take hold
of his hand. BY this time, however
Philip was in u perfect frenzy of terror
He broke from her kindly hand and
darted across the road to escape from
her The next moment he gave a piercing
scream and lay motionless in the middle
of the road while a Mortified crowd gath
cred round him. \ carriage drawn by u
pair of horses, and going ut n great
speed, had knocked him down. 4 young
man, who was a doctor, elbowed his way
to the front of the crowd. He fully ex-
pected that the child was seriously hurt
if not killed, but when he picked him up
Philip opened his eyes and said:
"Philsey was frightened and ran very
quickly, and the horse knocked him
down"
Il will take him home with me-" said
the old lady, "and on the way we will
call at the police station and give infor
nation; his parents are sure to apply
there as soon as they miss him. My
horses were within an inch of killing him,
and | can do no less than take charge
of him now"
ro xntI Tho f,,appX 90 bo oeLnl sud
denly. And when the old lady asked
what he meant, he told her all about the
party, and how much he wanted a
granny, and how he had gone out to buy
a present for her in case Father Christ
mas brought her that day. lie explained,
too, how Father Christmas had brought
him once to be mothers little boy. and
how he had no daddy. He showed her
the bird he had bought for the granny.
Are You the granny to any little
boy?" he asked finally, and he could not
understand why tears ran down the old
lady's cheeks, and what she answered,
for she spoke in a low whisper. Just as
if she were talking TO herself and he
could only hear a word here and there.
My folly and wiekcduess,f years of
loneliness, Impossible TO find them
now" and other unmcaning phrases. But
ne felt sure the old lady was unhappy
for when mother was unhappy she often
had tears on her cheeks, so he tried the
same remedy that always cured her.
This Is writing mother put in my
pocket for if l got lost" he said. con
tidentially. and held out a card on which
was written Philip Stewart Dalrymple,
$ Stoketon road, Clapham'
When the old lady read this, she said
Thank God" and She kissed Philip
again and again, and told him that she
was his very own granny She gave no
explanations. nor did Philip demand
them, for never had he imagined that a
granny could be so beautiful
The old lady told the coachman to
drive as quickly as possible to Stoketon
road. and just as Mrs. Dalrymplc and
Martha had become aware of the terrible
fact that Philip was nowhere 10 be
found, the carriage drew up outside the
shabby little house. The footman gave
laundering knock. and in another in.
slant Philip was IN his mothers arms.
Mother, mother. ! went TO buy the
present for the granny TO put on the
tree and the horse knocked me down.
and Father Christmas has sent a granny
in time for the party.
And behind him was a stately figure
whose proud face was quivering with
emotion, whose somewhat stern voice
was trembling as IT said;