Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-02
JANUARY 2, 1910.
A Christmas Present
for a Lady
Continued from Page 13)

Around the neck were three chaplets
of beads, wrought by chubby fingers
and embodying much love, while the
waistline was further adorned by tiny
and beribboned aprons. Truly, it was
a day of triumph.
When the waste paper basket had
been twice filled with wrappings and
twice emptied when order was emerg-
ing out of chaos; when the Christmas
tree had been disclosed and its treas
ures distributed, a timid hand was laid
on teachers knee and a plaintve voice
whispered, Say, teacher, l got some
thing for you," and teacher turned
quickly to see Morris, her dearest boy
charge, with his poor little body show
ing quite plainly between his shirt
waist buttons and through the gashes
he called pockets
This was his ordinary costume, and
the funds of the houses of MogileWsky
were evidently unequal to an outer
layer of tinery.
"Now, Morris, dear" said teacher,
you shouldn't have troubled to get
me a present; you know, you and
are such good friends that
Teacher, yiss ma'an," Morris inter-
rupted in a bewitching and rising in
fect.on of his soft and plaintive voice.
81 know you got kind feeling by me,
and | couldn't to tell even how | got
a kind feeling by you only it's about
that kind feeling | should give you
present l didn't'-with a glance at
the crowded desk-'I didn't to have no
soap nor no perfumery, and my mann
ma she couldn't to buy none by the
store: but, teacher, I'm got something
awful nice for you by present"
"And what is it, deary?" asked the
already rich and gifted young person
What is my new present.
tTaapbpr IFS like this. don
know; l amt so big like 1 could to
know'-and truly God pity him! he
was passing small-"it amt for boys
it's for ladies'. over yesterday on the
night comes my papa to my house.
und he gives my mamma the present.
Sooner she looks on it, sooner she mas
a awful glad: in her eyes stands tears
und she says, like that-out of Jew
ish-'Thanks,' un' she kisses my papa
a kiss. Und my papa, how he IS po-
lite: he says-out of jewish too
You're welcome, all right un' he
kisses my mamma a kiss. So my mann
ma, she sets und looks on tn present
und all the time she looks she mas
glad over it. Und l didn't to have no
soap, so you could TO nave Iiie pres
ent." ,,
"But did your mother say I might?'
"Teacher no ma'an; she didn't say
like that, und she didn't to say not
like that She didn't to know BUT
it's for ladies, UNI 1 didn't to have no
soap You could to look on it. 1t
amt for boys"
And here Morris opened hot little
hand and disclosed a tightly folded
pinkish paper AS teacher read 1t he
watched her with eager, furtiVe eyes
dry and bright, until hers grew sud
denly moist, when his promptly fol-
lowed suit AS she looked down at
him he made his moan once more:
tits for ladies, und l didn't 10 nave
no soap" ..o,,o,.
But Morris, dear" cried teacher
unsteadily, laughing a little, and yet
rot far from tears, this is ever SO
much nicer than soap-a thousand
times better than perfume; and you're
quite right, it is for ladies. and | never
had one in all my life before l am So
very thankful" u,.,u
you're welcome, all right. That's
how NV papa says; it's polite" said
Morris proudly. And proudly he took
his nlace among the very little boys,
and loudly he Joined in the ensuing
song For the rest of that exciting day
he was a shining point of virtue in the
rest of that confused class. And at
O'Clock he was at teachers desk AGAIN
carving on the conversation as IL there
had been no interruption
"TTnd NV mamma" he said insinuat-
inglv-"she kisses my papa a kiss
"Well?" said teacher.
"Well," said Morris, you amt never
kissed me a kiss, und I seen how you
GonnrnuC1KU IN loving