Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25

way, we can't. I am goin' too bee big water
OF a big pourtear. Then l reckon You will
wisht you haddent. lickt me so much, or ben
But 'tdsss dosnt 70 vd me- when am big and writch
come back an talk kare of yo' then.
ou "sIMY."
He was. de best boy de Lo'd eber made.
san, old Nanny cried.
! could hardly repress smile. Mammy's
mind min, had evidently undergone a very remark.
out ou,e , cnange; Absence seemed to have brought
TO "WeIl TSen uRnO6ced Msm@s J by his parent.
the best best Of Fanny e W. n,I sad, you must make
y Slmmy was determined to be waiter, and
would have left you sooner or later"
put NANNY was not to be easily consoled.
ana ana went away, with tears in her eyes, ex,
toHIIIng the new,found virtues Of Simmy.
=. Three, four, five and six months passed and
oimmy did not return, nor did any message
come from him. Old Nanny would not he
consoied cons But one, day she came to see me.
WIN yellow envelope in her hand, on which
there was scrawled: "N-'
mrh Miss hammer jain butter6eld." !
my, in delight. "He do write a snlend;d 6ne
nan nan al, an spells beautiful. ! done tole you.
T Rnf Oh das s.h chile e., amt nobodys fool he amt
make nothin' out OBJ" '''n
NANNY held out bit of blue paper. saw
az eo, once t that 1T was postoffce money order
to Nanny, and cashed it for T her. I she Va,as was
the proudest and happiest mother / ever saw
h1ter That, money order for five or fen
oonars came every month or two. Simmy was
old hoge has cfg r. several hundred miles from his
with the money orders, although / had writ.
ten several letters to him for his mother
could account for his failure to write onJv
On tne supposltIon that the prosperous Young
mu Aey hoa Mas planning huge surprise for Nam.
my. nag coincidence enough in Simmy to feel
sure ne that he came by his money honestly. ~
:, lime went by, and Simmy had been oons
three years, and not line from him: bnt TIN in
an tnaf time he had sent his mother money
49, anu at Shrlstmas times there would
come boxes of things for the children and
Nanny. anu
There were such gingerbread and sugar tovs
suck gay kerehiefs,, such nuts and cakes. snch
sSSoeangs sSsa and hoods, and caps and shoes. as
saose ehiidren had never had before. How old
NANNY would laugh and cry over the boxesi
One day went to distant city. and on
my return home, engaged berth in a sleeping.
car, ras. as l was to ride all night:
your bundle. sab; right this way. % berth % Sna Nn
IL Is It, sab? Heah yo' is, sah." -'0'
tn In ms anxiety to render me assistance this
extremely affable and perfectly spotiess and
at my ySuns porter had not stopped to look
/. hou OUbtFVeQ MIN narrow
", and when he turned to go, after denositino
my baggage in my seat, said:
,,Slmmy Butterfeldl"
IT. Why-why-no-it ain't-but If IL amt Mr.
H-his own self! De Lod bless YOU. sahi Tss
on my, way home dis minnit to see ole Nam.
my an all de rest OBJ 'em. Deyl be another
potah come on at de next station, am Tse
gwine to stay two weeks wild NANNY"
l could with difficulty realize that the fall.
strong young fellow before me was the shabby
slmmy had once known, he was SO yery neat
and tidy in his well-ftting porter suit Of blus'
with its bright brass buttons. ' - '''''
knew that the vain young fellow wanted to
completely surprise his old friends by appear.
ing suddenly before them in all his splendor.
Simmy and | left the train together. and
walked down the village street toward home.
And if ever one young darkey stepped high
and gave himself airs that darkey was Sim
con Butterfeld.
And right in front Of my house we met
Nanny. She saw Simmy; she looked at him
for a moment, and then, with both hands up.
lifted and great tears streaming down her
cheeks she cried out:
"Bless de Lo'd, if dat amt my Simmy!"
She gathered the boy close up in her arms,
she kissed him again and again, she held him
at arms length and looked at him, but would
not let him go, and they went up the hill
with their arms around each other.