Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-01
STAGE BURGLAR AND CHILD
NOT THE GENUINE THINGS

-, VI othst Nurse srls aISo o"ih tue
sunk SUM sag. ana they all went down TO tho
.aHe i.on,, couple blocks away to take
80 peeA a. .ne pig fireworks oman! that
| was eoiiin OH there'
Ready for Work
| .,u,,.
pose was poor TOT me- hey'
mat lett II up to the squeaker. and me
and the kids always did git along fine to-
| eether stuye3 a lot n, looaa CANDY IN
| ~, ,o,,o, l., 49, e., IT., -, -. -.
my porhe.s' ~ ease .Ne A,u siIouiu WAKE up
"hiie was huhtin Tor MS maws bouIders'
! and then l strolled over to the Montana
couples SCOT and just trudged in-havin'
| the slim key all ready-for the Swede girl
had locked the door on the poor little tyke
when she went out. leavin him there with
out chance in the world for his taw
| marble II there d ha been fire, and this
on such fire scary night as the Fourth o
July. at that.
| Things was layin around the rooms,
| fine. as ! seen when l got hash. but 1t
didn't take me long to see that the shiny
junk was all under cover. The Kid was
| SOUND asleep IN me pea room. puI 'he elec-
| tric hshts IN the oressih room were -Soln
| doped 1t out that the gig lamps We're IN
cases In the dresser drawers and before
, startin' TO jimmy EN- open Went over 10
| close the door leadin INTO the KID bcu
| room, sos not to wake the young uh' sut
I tripped on rug and come near soln
the bed room door there was the kid sittin'
up In his little bunk, lookin' me over out o
ms pig oiue Mishs, uuI no"e soai 90 'ooNi ~,
arad aho,t Cor that NATE for 7 had on
a white flannel suit and looked 'nough like
| Willie-off- the Pickle Yacht TO be him.
stood IN the doorway ana grihhed at inc
kiu. ana ne h,l sii'i liz oa TSn,,, s,ta
the shaver walking over To- his bunk
where's mamma and papa and nurste?
! All gone outP. And | gave him the dada
| handshake and GOT nv with II hullv could
I Coo that be vas roin, To ike me from tho
Tumn He smueaSed that his mam.na and
|
| didn't know where nursie was~shed been
VOW we eo ne m w. sta ~ wtb me- h asked
mo
ar suro an can. savs = .,or q ut.,a
while I'm th the Earth a. INV santa CLANS
| v.knowNand here,s some candy and he
| toni, W. nee stnfy oil b,st,, oronyh
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s.,to T,ars sa,s ha LOTT. NJ 49, 80,
SerineIy y thoyaht santa Claus on'v come
a-rrts,nrss 'i' Ana Won don't wear VIE
u,ts,tars a. - VIZ Is - .oo 49,
| n5Io 49, - ~ -. ,htoi,or.n thIa,,as
is why %, We ma e. .iiiI nv. - ne 60
asVet was .*1 minutes a..
Mi'n Ia NIL ~, ,a ia ~
i .., ~. - - -, O te 49,
Then ne noticed the big brd 'h Hs
was mearin On my my i tiilLu nnsel. Lo
Peheu up my nnseu anu iooheu a. ti'e ing
hhe young uh VIII a' any oiu siiihy 'h'ns'
| Told of Mothers Diamonds
| ..,,,s IT.. 49,. o
III mohds, amt they! ne asked me.
|
| That soT says l. Well, she ain't got
any as big as these, has she?
| Ion lots bieoer' ba coma hack ouick
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| Hull iots Digger.
| " Bet they amt bigger. says /. Just
to work him up on that. Amt no bigger
| di'monds made than these O. mine. Least
ways, I never seen any bigger. and I
| ought to know, seem as I'm the Fourth
! o. July Santa Claus
But mammals earrin's is bigger. he
ct, olx H. IL fhn,, ch in
! spectful way, for he was fine little fell
Ter. he sure was.
"'Y' can't prove it. says I, shakin' my
! mead pastnea a ia nave h, TO- see , EN-
well, pals. that nice little squeaker
hoped out o bed in his little nightie.
ana ran INTO the Dressing roVm Oh ms
and over TO the bird.s-eve mamie dresser
and started to tug at the top drawer,
which was locked. He looked disap-
pointed over the drawer being locked
They're in there says he. and the
old drawer Is locked and mamma has the
Key. But II II wasn't locked could
show you-some Of EN- are heaps big
| germ yours 49,
| pet you can open that drawer, ana
can says to the Kid; ga
now you goin 20! ne asks me- 1's
| On, can open any drawer sayc l,
and don't need no Key, either. WHAT'S
the use O. bein. Fourth July santa
|
drawers with. and windows. and doors.
and things! Bet you can open 1t all
right. Just you run back TO ped halr
minute, and close the door after you,
and when you count sixty. not too fast,
pet LII have that drawer opened.
He clapped his hands over the fun o
| this-and. DO. I'M tellln you right. felt
| a heap ike clappin my own hands Then
he raced In his cunnin' little draggin
nightfe into the bed ROOM and shut the
door, and began to count aloud. and !
stuck the Jimmy into the drawer Slit
at the lock, and bore down little. and
had 'er wide open. and no sign OF break
In the WOOD before ned counted forty
| Surnrised the Child.
|
| come PACK, IlhKum-sne opeh' l
| called to him. and he burst into the room.
| clann,n, His hands and when he SAW the
| - - go ~ mo-, ho NO.. ,,oLIaa
oi""oi "'ue opeti ''". ""' 4is ""S
| almost 10 oeatn, SO ne was, the nice httie
| Teller, and asked me how l done 1t. and to
show him. and all that.
| Are these the bigger di monds? l ask
ed him, picking out one of the black leath-
| er cases lying on top-there were slews OF
! the cases in sight. l snapped the case open,
|