The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-01-10
When Tommy Saw the New Year.

1.-THE following from the pen of Sam
ueI M. Levy appeared in a recent issue
of the Henderson (Ky.) Cleaner. Sam
uel Levy is a son-11 years old-of Mr..
and Mrs. M. Levy. Mrs. Levy was
Miss Hattie Will, much esteemed in
Grenada, and the article will be read
with interest because the author is her
son..
1t was New Year Eve, and Tommy's
Aunt Jane, Uncle John and grandmoth-
err came in from the country to see the
fireworks. Tommy's father brought
home a lot of Roman candles, fire.
crackers, ~skyrockets and some whirl-
amagigs. When it struck sever O'Clock
they fired them off. Of course it was
rather early, but Tommy's father said
he must retire early, as he would not
want to get up in time for school the
next morning, although Tommy de-
clared he could never get sleepy. Tom
my was seven years old. and in the sec
ond grade, so he could not be late at
school.
He begged to remain up a little later,
but Mr.. Jones was firm, and, to Tom
my's u~nwillingness, he was hustled off
to bed. He was lying in bed awake a
long time, trying to think which kind
of fireworks he liked best, and at last
concluded that the whrilamagig was the
finest, as it sent out silver spray and
golden stars.
At last he fell asleep, but was short
ly awakened by a loud whir, which
sounded louder than a million bees buzz
zing at the same time. Tommy thought
it was more fireworks, and went to the
window to see them, all the time wish
ing he could have staid up later. He
wished a little too loud, for a voice al
most at his ear said, well, why can't
your Tommy then raised the shade,
and there was a little baby sitting alone
in an %aeroplane. He knew at once
what it was, as his father had taken
him to a fair in October and he had
seen a mar go up in one. why can't
your the voice repeated again. 1t
seemed to come from the baby's mouth,
and the %aeroplane, too, had stopped.
"Why can't your" the voice repeated
the third time, land you can see more
than the grown folks"
what is it," said Tommy.
"Why, see the Old Year and the New
Year. Have a flight. Jump in here
said the new year.
1OiiillJ SSL IN lIIC
oplane and away they went.
What is your name?" asked Tommy
of New Year.
"Well, my name is William New
Year, and people draw me as a little
baby, but no matter what l am, you
and me are going some place where we
can find King Old Year. There he is
now, at the old church, so l will anchor
the aeroplane in that big oak, and you
sit still in until l return for you; don't
move a bit, for then something dread
full would happen"
still, for fear he would fall out of the
%aeroplane. II hope you win the fight
William replied he Certainly would
come out the winner"
these words:
''The same old sun is shining,
In:the same old Milky Way,
The lady in the moon is pining,
But King Old Year shall not live an
other day."
Just at the end of the song Tommy
looked like an old man, robed in cloth
OF ROlu, Wnlcn SnOne brilliantly ulueI
the moon. AS it dropped further it
changed to silver, then to white cloth,
then disappeared. All at once the Wis
ion of a handsome boy appeared before
Tommy in a robe of silver. 1t was
King William New Year, no longer a
baby. Then he got in the a%eroplane
and took Tommy home.
Now Tommy slept pretty late, but
no one except Tommy and King Will
liam were the wiser.