Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-08-06

was holly an sich like, all tho way


was holly an SIGH like, all tho way
from Top To bottom.
hrttr Ill was done, an the candles
Win green dresses on hau been 'sot
around: MISS Spuds clasp her hands,
rolled her eyes an SCI. SCI she:
Aw. IL is cN-kwes'cctc.
Oic MISS .lohnson--lictsy's ma-she
raised her hands and scZ, MY con-
slns. She is mighty fat, weighs
about TWO hundred, an was n won.
herin how she was goin' ter git i'll
mar.
The other folks didn't say much, but
lcokcI us CT they was dom powful
lot of 'hinkin, an noticed none of
them went III, but stayed out i'll yard,
nr III the hack porch.
AFTER IA whiie, when 1t came near
inc Time. little Tom Johnson. dressed
all III green, nm lo0kin fer all the
world like one OF these junpin' frogs,
lodged out from the bushes an runS
the dinner bell fer all to come inside.
AN thcy had to he mighty careful I'M
gittin i'll the house. an 1t was. quite
timc before they all got settled so
mat the performance could begin
III was Il comicnl sight In thar, fer
pau, SHINY hcau oil old man SquiSES
lpokin through the top of IL cedar
hush. an nearby the rcd head OF 81
Siocum nccpin' out of gall bush
Sam. St'ihbs run holly bricr in
ms eye, an what he saul about ii
want lit fer SIGH an occasion, an
caused the preacher to look over ter
mat part oil the thickct, an shake his
mead
1t ana look fer all the world us CT
me loikS, Dlg an little, had turned
loose an was playin' hidin'; hut thar
want much mOrin' about, they was
aicaru ter do 1t, fer fear they mout
knock the trees down.
Bimeby, the sroom-Bill Sykes
thought it was time fer him to ap-
pear, an so in the window he climbed,
| he'd ter git on Il barrel ter do it. an
then had ter make jump fer it, He
jumped, Knocked down the stick that
hcld the window, down II come. kctch-
in him jest back OF the shoulders am
holdin him fast.
He kicked an hollorcd fer help. but
| before they could git him out, he had
ripped his coat all down the back. an
ms collar looked like dish-rag.
things had ter stop till he could git
anot her paper collar. an Miss Sofy
Suiisgs could Sow up his coat.
hrler while sumbody held the win
dow MP fer him. he got i'll an hid in
the MUSINGS. Then the pcrccssion start
ed down the steps, headed by Capt.
! Mcckins. the marshal ftT the occasion.
an when his right foot hit that moss,
out II went. an down stairs he come
icet foremost. clearing all the moss
away as he come, an lantlin' in pile
OF II at the bottom. lie want hurt
much. except his feclin's, an what he
SAID wouldn't do ter print.
( or course they had music. ole Jim
Icllers had his accordion. Jack Green
Il Jc"S-larp, an billy Smith his mouth
organ, and the way they u, into Come
All fc Men Ill Your Wicked Ways,
was worth hearln
Inc percussion come into the room
sortcr inns ways-ilist TWO little girls
WIN molly limbs, then four couples ol
girls an hoys III pairs, The girls with
cedar punches an the boys with can
dies dressed III green; then followed
the briuc.
All the girls hal on long, green
dresses. an the boys, yellow nankcen
clothes with green cravats. When
near the notion oi the stairs. Study
nmcS .tcct silppcd an shc landed ON
inc moor Win i\alc watts Scttiii IN
ncr' nut ihey didn't mind That: so into
inc room they come the Slri" hnlh' III
on one sue an me boys on tothcr
IN me. hc.Sy III the summer mouse
hlNih Il ilo!'ilI oni ono manu- Ter hcr
an rcachil WIN inc othcr lcr Il holi!
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