The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-12-25
A Christmas Story.

do hut the day before Christmas is pretty sizable
Blodgett found that it was too much for him..
Inst think on this day whose hours marked the ap-
h of that season of home made punch and comparing
IF presents Bodgett attempting to induce acqualnt
ances to take stock in company organized to manufac
t,re new kind of buttOnhole machine!
What do YOU think of man who would attempt to in
fa hutt6nole machine into the period Of Christmas
c1eer With uletde, mistIetoe, holly, festoons nuts
c.o,v cotiU batting and things!
ra ID to cross the street. He ran into red
IN over bale of evergreen tin mouse
q IT, ,o of chaked string for an allmentary system
ran tetween his legs lie rubber balloon, shaped
ike Jlogna sausage First it expanded unit threat
enej to pop Then it shrveed away with long expiring
squawk While he gazed, fascinated, he was struck in
the Lack bv horsea large tin horse carried by wo-
man whose hat had been oted forward by the elbow OF
saow woman whose hat had been oted forward by the
elbow of sallow woman who looked like hall tree hung
with wreaths
Bodgett observed that he tin horse which had hit him
in the back was entirely without blanket or other covering
while the tin wagon to which the lin horse vas rgdy st
ached was bundled and wrapped in tissue paper 1t oc-
cured to him that it would be more humane to wrap the
pa~e around the horse ,
IS cents pound" and beyond it show window full OF
Blodgett found himself blocked in the crowd.
boy eating sugared popcorn out OF big paseboard
box wrigged through the crowd and his head struck
Bodgett in the short ribs. .
The noisiest and most unmuca brass band in the world
began to play The babies yeping, and te curl
stone takers kept up their hoarse shouting.
Bodgett escaped the crowding into the gutter olue
and frosued Italian who held aoft poka-dot monkey
with gesticulating tail.
buttonhoe m? chine.
By excellent lodging through the multitude he reached
the building in which Morris had an office.
Where is Morrs?" he asked.
"St Paul to spend Christmas replied the boy, as he
laid his new muer out the desk and proceeded to fold
it. from to So Bodget went to see talbot
He found Talbot in. Good!
Talbot was at the 'phone talking Make that half
of tho then" he
the sherry either. Say will need any rum? Huh? All
right put pint of rum & Hold Sa+, on Say want shod some
think two boxes would be plenty. All right Good-by.
Hello Blodgett.
Talbot if you have time, want to"
Brr-r-r-r-r-r went the telephone bell
Excuse me moment Hello Yes. Oh, it's YOU
Billy. What's that? Rats! You've got to come. I've
got enough wet stuff hows that? Certainly not JUS,
disappoint me- Goodby' What was it, B.odgettY
Il want to talk to you about something that | think
will INTEREST,"
Excuse me moment Freddie dld you take tnat OF
der to Blacks?
Yes, sir, replied the boy. ''He said he would sene
the demijohn up this afternoon
this morning."
'It's on your desk"
and two cups. 1t was filed too. Try it, I've got jus
time enough to take drink and then I've got to go t
the train and meet my sister nlaw CIs Sne ana my VIII
ITS no need to talk to him. said Blodgett as ne lef
tie building 'He1 drink himself to death before Satur
day morning."
He went to Richards office and found Richard tryinl
on Santa Claus wig and mask under the direction OF
young lady stenographer
Blodgett did not have the audacy to mention button
hole machine.
He went into Newton street and was pursued by a
express wagon. -
totterng old man tried to sell him sawdust doll tina
had two faces so that there could not be any wrong sid
to it.
Blodgett went to his hotel The clerk said: $50 u
to Philips room. They're making eggnog.
And that was the end of his days labor behalf of tn
the buttonhole machine.
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