The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-12-03
FLEET Storp,
THE CHRISTMAS OGRE.

THE CHRISTMAS OGRE.
lsaJ~l eoriaa ssst., "a Womsu's Il..rne ranr-riou
,Yuu Won mind. will yuu, sweet
heart, said Nrs jasper If we leave YOU
tor tsa hour,9 Mrs Flahrrty will STAY
With yoa
Me..nie na-ld,I her head emphatically
Mr. FlahyFty wa- jauilrr7 ia she great,
beautiful AylIon 10 her pocket she
rarrsel magic key. which opened every
dear in the aiartmeut hnu.r. and she lived
IN ,aue mysterious place IN the basement.
| would he perfectly happy when grow
up if could be- janitrs~s, thought
Neenle Then Mr.. Fhhrrty walked IN
The ht,le eirl jumped to her ieci. oh.
had such . Chr-,mas Nh, Flapperty
sh, er,s,l Papa ave ue the most ieau-
,jful doll IL W narnei her Lady Ahcc- /
dlln' have a real christmas tree Papa
vas afraid ii auy oae saw Christmas tree
eoi.iug up in the iliyator they would
guess h,,lc girl lived here
Glory be- groans,l Mn. Flaheriy
.'th YER ~ shame is it
80 instead, explained Mrcnie |
had this doll Christmas tire
ia. wonderful, shruly wonderful,
Then ,rc ms took.--l goi such a lnt
E banks
Faith, wisht Sc d r-Trad rDe shtory
aut " wan is thin
I csnt mad very well, but can tell
yoa beautiful story papa read ne. Would
yoa ike so hear i,F
Mr. Flaherty nodded, With j smile Of
content.
.sOner upon i time, began Meeuie
There was an ogre. an awful bad old ogre.
tine prince who was very brave went 10
chop o.F his head. bat the giant caught
hjm. and threw him into his terrible deep
dungeon. Pretty soon the dungeon was
fall ii princes \ little girl heard Of this
eyre, and what do you suppose she did'
s>hurr, iinnaw
She picked her pinafore full Of red
F,rse.. then she walkcl-all alone, mind
vnu -to the o-rc : castle, and raug the
b,.li
40 awful yyi,, cried, Who, there
ID me. a little girl, come to call on
yoa
The loor opened, and the ogre came
ogt The H,llc girl WASH ~ tall a. his
bo.s E,rr limr be spoke the castle
,huuk
h, you want me To eat you mp he
eried
e. -Oh. no. said the hr'le giri. / don {
hclieyr y,,u r. a bad o.rc Ion r. 4 nice
ogre. aud braugh, yoh some beautiful
ru>ss
lie yrew into .go,.d care. He pat
the RISES into water, then he sci the princes
free. aud atierward the little girl used 10
"a TO The castle tn play jaekslraws With
him
Shnr,, thin, # thot isn't III most
beautiful shtory iyer hearel
Nrs. Flapperty said Meenie 81.
emnly, my papa says an ogre hyr- IN the
Avalon. His name Is Mister t'ribhr.
The Iauitrr>, laughed heartily
j. be a really trully ogre asked
Meeuir
IL dinnaw, bat I think mr>ilf he
ain far IL m IL. II oil Crabs had his
way. there u dn be no chilihtr hor- rued
into ia ur-rld II he knew We, W dear.
bles~id little saint, wuz in this aparlmint,
he i bundle We out, neck an crop.
,Oh, cried the child, what a wicked
o.ie he must be-
Faiih, be right! Twuz We yez,ilf.
Meeuie, wuz tn very ondoin " me.
Me heart wuz hung rim fr ia sight ~
childher round this biz, lonesome buildin' =,
when in comes yez beautiful mamma, with
ye skippin longside iv her. Oh Crabs
had til lumbago thot week, an az in all
is his rules an regulations, | let We in.
Had 10 little girl ever lived here be
fore?
Not wan! cried the janitress ''Ol
Crabs. III thyrant. orlhers not a childer' ;
to inter this apartmint. They play hob
wild III walls, sez he; they kick I'll
varnish off tn woodwur-ruk, an r-ruin
til foor rs,
..Do YOU believe he'd be friends with
me if we got quainted, Mrs. Flapperty?
"Glory be, We don't understand O
Crabs. Meenie darlint. 1t 5 more thrublle
to me than me wur-rk, kapin' him fir m
KNOWN ye be here. That's why ye so
climbin mp an down thin back shtairs in
Std " ridin in tn ilivator. as quality
loike We sh' Il d do. That's why We can t
90 piayin in tn halls, an why We We got
to kape 50 mortal Shtill in here, We poor
little sowl. yer Mrs Flaherty snatched
Meenie into her arms
9Th ogre d betther not touch We,
though. Norah Flaherty'll teach or
Crabs lisson if he thries amy ivictin
biznesS.
Meenie was wondering what ''irictin
bizness meant, when Mrs. Flaherty dis
appeared at the tinkle of bell.
The child walked TO the window, and
looked down on the busting street. 81
don't believe ogres can be fierce on Christ
mas night, " whispered the child to herself