Arizona republican., 1909-12-31
STANDING OUTSIDE
 THE CANDY STORE
Shock for a Man Whose Heart Was
 Moved by the Christmas Spirit.

The day raw and rainy. the hour late afternoon: and so. in these short winter days, darkness already fully set tied down. The shops are illuminated. sidewalks all, glistening in the wet; the streets full, people now all hurry ing home.
 Candy store all lighted up and peo- pie passing in and out. Standing out side the candy store in the rain and quite undisturbed by 1t. six small chill dfen.
 Two of them girls. one s. the other 6. both hatless. each with shawl around her shoulders. standing now over at the far edge or one of the win dows furthest from the door and look ing in from there at the candy in the window. but looking around occasion ally: and they were poor sure enough. but not forsaken or listless in their bearing. very quiet and undemonstra tive.
 Standing square in front of the store door quietly and not asking anything of anybody but facing to the front where they could see the people com ing out and where they themselves could not be overlooked. were four more children. two small girls and two small boys. this bunch ranging from s tO 10 years in age. and all there know ing what they were there for and all putting themselves where they would be most likely to get it. They all got something.
 One man gave some pennies to the four children standing waiting in front of the door. trying to hand them around to all: but he fumbled one of the coins, which fell to the ground one of the small boys bounced on this coin. and then all four of these chil- dren stood back again. all quiet and all standing still. but all alert. and now one of the little girls here was stand ing up on the store step. The two small girls who had been standing over al the far edge of the window by them selves and now and then looking in at the candies still stood there, apart as before.
 woman came out with a little bag of candy in her hands Evidently she had noted these four at the door as she went in and had kept them in mind and had bought this candy Cor them. for she turned as she came out to the little girl standing up on the step. one of the two boys. who had been standing back a little off the step. now started forward toward the little girl and the lady; but the other boy stood him off promptly and kept hirl back-no putting in: while the lady at the same moment was saying to the little girl:
 Now. you must give some tp all os them," and then as she went her way the little girl on the step opened the bag and reached in and took out none of the candy reached the two lit- tie girls who were standing apart. A man who came along ab,pt now ana who was going in to buy some caudy thought that when he came out he would bring something to them. and in his mind he mapped out his plan.
 This man knew just what he was go- ing to buy and just what his change would be; it would be a cent and a two small girls the nickel In due time he came out with that nickel between his fingers: he was going to pass the four children by the door and go straight over with it to them: but
 When he came out these two small girls were standing right there at the door Whether they had found their courage meantime and so had come forward or whether they had spotted