The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-12-27
Dieks New Year
.How He Came y Attend |. the
Grown Folks Party.

the floor. andsat times he be-
slowed sly and naughty kick
upon the unresisting legs Of a
chair that stood near him. His first
impulse was to feel sorry for doing
this. his second to look around and see
If any one had noticed this little out.
burst Of temper
1t may be that the Christmas festivi-
ties of a few days before had been
too much for him: but, whatever it was.
Dicky was certainly cross and inclined
to weep easily
However. neither his mother nor his
Aunt Gertrude noticed how he kicked
the chair nor the way he scowfed upon
the world In general from under his
tawny curls. They were absorbed in
their preparations for entertaining the
guests of that evening. and for once
sDicky was forgotten:
g II l was going to have party and
invite all the people an the world I'd
invite my own little boy. Dicky. too.
wouldn't leave him ont" quoth Dicky
out Of the silence
IS What's that r asked his mother
5carelessly. absorbed in her own
thoughts. No. no. Dicky; this is par
Nv for mothers and fathers fr,ands
8 Yon wouldn't aninv III.
ooh. Int i do want r. come ), narsts+.
ad Dickv s4..I,ve. hoard .vn,, all talk;no
about #. and want Eto soc the new
year come in the window.
.eWhat is the child talking aboutY,
asked his aunt.
'.The new year. IT'S coming in the
window. and i heard mother foil how
you were all going rs omen II to wei.
come II In. repliedsDicky. somewhat
impatient al his aunt for not under.
standing so obvious Il meaning.
Nothing will comx in at the win.
dow. DEAR, said sflis mother gently.
sTts Just pretty custom. There will
not he ANYTHING for zyoiii.: RI 500 and
you will be much hammer npstairs in
your nice warm he'd"
Dicky went little at the time and
when the hour came for bed under the
stern eve of his father he rebelliously
consented to be tucked in by his nurse,
although not without further remon.
strances. Finding them Of no avail no
sobbed his1woes into his pillow. while
his father and mother went below n
receive their pnests
nv making hrav rasis+anco ~ tho
drowsinoss tbo+ Woe s+oo,;n,, ,ro, hin
Dickv manaood - koan - ,n+;,
tho nortv had osson, MOD =, +ho 10 -,o.
holow Thon ~ oron+ a,,+ :, ~ 80 - - ;,
hnno ovar TIC honis+ars 90 oor,n tr,,,na
~ co +ch s;pbt ~ the hr;,,,on - noon;o -. -
tho oathor;np man ossad aIono,
tho baII DicLv +honch+ - ,,,,rt+ .he
his father and scamnarod hao,, - had
again as fast M his li++,a .hora foot
would carry him And thon ,r,+ho,,.
more ado haS soon fol, os,aon. ..th =
world forgetting nv tha worid foroo+ ;,
Downstairs the hours M ssafl noarr,,v
and the old year drew to . hannv
close. First there were only f,ftaan
minutes of It left: then there were univ
ten. Finally the old year had hnt Ave
short periods. counting sixtv seconds
each. to live. The men and women
gathered topetl,ar showed no+bing -
the solemnitv that nnderlios. tho NOR.
rtment Of ali such gatherings Fonr
minutes. three minutes. two minutes
ah. They turned from the windows
in surprise to see Dicky standing IN
the doorway.
He was not dressed for the partv.
and his little nightgown afforded scant
protection against the drafts of the
lower room. He was not expected at
the party. either. and the expression
on his fathers face suggested that he
was not even welcome there These
considerations might have disturbed
an adult guest. but they mattered little
to Dicky.
He did not look onspeak to any one.
Ordinarily his fathers sternness would
have sent him with a headlong rush to
the protection of his mothers arms.
Turning neither to the right nor to the
left. he went to the window, and. al
though his eyes were closed. his little