The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-11
LITTLE GLADYs'S
CHRISTMAS

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Louise was Iii the nursery talking to,
her little friends, Alice, Marvin and
Gladys Schaaf, when her mother called
| her and said, .ss'W i'll YOU, 80 to tho store
for me, Louise, and give this note to Mr..
Brauer?" Eyes. mother, will ask my
friends to excuse me a. few minutes
So Louise vent to the nursery and
asked them to excuse her about ten min.
utes and they said Certainly we will"
The door opened and gust Of wind
came In the hall, ''Well, hope didn't
stay long did q asked Louise.
"Oh. no, you never stayed five minutes,
hardly, Well. let's talk about something
, else, said Alice.
"what are ypu going to get Christmas
asked Louise OF Alice.
II want IA doll ana carriage. stove, a
llttlo folding bed for my doll, nice table
and tea sset and o. little trunk" said
Alice u
And yo,i,".. said Louise to Gladys.
81 don't expect to get n thing for we
are so poor. that we have not cent to
buy anything to cut, much less toys"
udded Glodys with tears In her eyes.
| = Well, 1 ~ don know what i want Santa
Clause to bring me, butiSI know what
am 5golns, to do said Louise.
''Oh please tell IS. Z pleaded Gladys.
~ can't It. is IA good secret and will
seefnoher aboutii to 2day," replied she.
"Thc clock is striking three and i must
co." said Gladys.
AS soon as they were gone Louise ran
to .her mother and told her mother what
Gladys had said. and SO, Mrs. Stone,
Lonse's mother, said, Alright. dear wo
will fix things alright for Mrs Schanf and
her two Children. so they began planning
what they would get for the children and
Mrs. Schaaf 1t was now Christmas eve,
and so Louise and her mother and father
went to the store and lot me tell you
what they got. For the children. they got
four dolls, two beds for their dolls, chairs,
tea sets, tables, two nice little stoves
about a foot high, md for tho clothes.
they got two pair OF shoes. four pairs Of
stockings. two nice thick warm cloaks,
two pretty hats and gloves also. They
got for Mrs. Schaaf "a nice winter suit
and hat nice pair of shoes and many,
other things also and here comes the best
Of ALL nice turkey, pork, ham, bread,
pies. cakes. jellies, candy, oranges, ba-%
nanas, apples and for the parlor, they
bought a nice carpet and parlor furni-
ture and had "a Christmas tree sent there
by Santa when they were asleep and q
ton OF coal and d load OF wood, on their
Xmas tree Mr.. Stone had little silk
bag with a hundred dollars In It, In the
midst Of all these things was card,
saying. wishing you many happy re-
turns" from Santa Claus. en- "a
In tho morning when Gladys and her
little sister. Elizabeth. got up, oh how
happy they we're. They dressed and look
ed at their things and wondered how and
what a nice time they. would have. Mrs.
SSchaaf was SO overcome with Joy that she
could hardly believe her eyes.
Gladys went to see Louise that day
and told her Of what had happened and
Louise said, II am glad Santa thought
SO much OF you this year.
When Mrs. Stone put Louise to bed
that night she declared she had never
been so happy In her life and her moth
er told her 1t was because she had made
some one else happy.
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