The Ordway new era., 1909-12-24
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The people In this worid are aoNa"o-
ing. Santa and are taking our trip |
to Fairyland this year in an airship
We are going To start at twelve TO-
night. We will have about half an
hour to wait; we will 20 to the store
and buy the children Christmas toys
while we are waiting. santa Is
a.voing tn take me with him To help
nick out the toys. Most all children
will wonder who l am, but ! am
fairy. Santa Claus chose the for his
companion because he Thought
could pick out better toys than he
could aud also tell II the children have
been good this year, SO he could Judge
which children to give the best pres
ents To.
We are at the pawn shop now busy
picking out presents. Santa Is getting
all kinds of presents. l told him that
the pawn broker WAS selling him all
kinds OF trash. and he said II that was
so he would buy no more. aud then We
went up u the jewelry store 10 buy
some watches. He had sorue very iine
watches made Of solid gold and we
bought 900 uf them. Santa said that
was enough for all the girls and boys
old enough to have watches. l told
him that was 50 and we went up 10
another store where they keep all
kinds of presents | told Santa they
were tine presents, and We bought
enough to NIL the rest OF the airship.
When We got the presents bought, we
paid the merchants, tlled our airship
and went on with our journey.
We had just one hundred miles and
that would take us to fairyland.
When we got twenty miles up in the
air, we nearly froZe, but we were
dressed in furs and had our presents
covered with blankets and robes and
bearskins and that kept them from
freezing. We went SO fast IL only
took us an hour and half to get
there, and we landed there at one
thirty O'Clock, and then what fun we
had. Santa would fill the stockings
and | would go and LOOK at the chill
dren's faces to see II they had been
good. The children that had a smile
and a pleasant look on their faces
would get the incest presents and the
ones that look cross would get the
cheapest ones: hut they all got nice
enough ones. The first house we Wis.
tied was poorly little hut away back
in the woods. The house was so poor,
the chimney so little we could hardly
get down IL but finally we got down,
and alas. there was eight little stock
ings hanging at the fireplace. l looked
at all the little children and each one
had smile on its face. told Santa
that they had been good and he put
candy, popcorn, nuts. sleds. dollieS,
wagons, teddy bears and all kinds Of
pretty toys in their stockings. We
soon got all OF their stockings filled
and we started up the chimney and
went to the next house. 1t was very
fine house but had cross children in IL
and they didn't get much. The next
house we went to the yard was full OF
the Christmas presents at the gate
and got In as quick as we could. And
we flew to the next house and it was
full OF darkeys; and they had been
good and they got lots Of pretty toys.
And so IL went On-the majority
smiles, especially on Christmas Eve.
Santa and l finally got the presents
distributed among the rich and poor.
1t was about 300 o'clock before we
got done, but we went quick In the
airship and we thought the children
would all be glad in the morning.
We started on our journey home
ward. We went different route than
the way we came. We went across
the oceans. mountains and deserts,
and as we struck the mountains we
struck snow. The airship gave out
and there we were upon high mouu-
tain without tire, food or shelter, or
hardly any clothing. We had given
them all away to the poor, even the
furs we had. There happened to be
an old oil-can sticking out of the
snow and l told Santa to take it and
grease his machine and maybe it
would work and he done 1t. He greas.
ed the wheels, belts and brakes, and
he even creased its stomach, and then
you ought to see 1t go. 1t went 81
fast thought l would fall down 10
one Of the ravines, but 1 did not. l
saw something dark a-coning across
the sky and wondered what it was
but when We got just about up to 1t,
told Santa we had better go back OF
get down near the earth, one or the