Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1913-12-19

appear hundreds OF tiny tents. The
man In the bed groans. They are 90
Ing 10 starve him out
The man sticks his head out from the
cover for air. Ills head Is hardly out
when II IL struck by a great rubber
ball, aud then. like July storm, when
q great cloud breaks, there comes from
above n dOwnpour Of rubber balls,
footballs. baseballs. Jackballs, tennis
balls and balls Of every description.
They beat on the bed aud pummel
the man like hail on u bed OF roses.
lie lies still and groans. The shower
ceases. and then, with the noise OF a
hurricane. there comes rushing through
the air what seems an African ty-
phoon.
ut Is the hoops, the hoopsr' cry the
wooden soldiers
And 80 II II. The air Is filled with
every kind OF hoop. and they roll back.
ward and across the bed like storm
lnshed sen. The man screams In pain.
Some OF the hoops have bells on them,
aud they ring In his ears us the sharp
edges Of the bent hickory cut his face.
lie II weak and pale, but does not
give In.
Then there Is clang OF bells and a
blowing OF whistles. aud with a rush
the entire toy fre department makes
for the bed. Following them come
the tin locomotives, wildly ringing
their bells. and back OF them the toy
trolleys. The bed looks like a side
street during n four alarm fire.
Now the hose connections are made.
and scores of streams OF water beat on
his face. From the foot OF the bed
comes cloud OF steam from the en-
gines. while hot and blnzing above are
sparks from the trolleys as they grind
along the brass Of the bed. lie fights
hard. but finally succumbs and falls
weak and exhausted. The firemen ring
their bells aud start back for the fire
houses, while the soldiers keep back
the crowds Of brownies, Indians, rub
bcr men. tenplns, jumping jacks and
walking monkeys that were clinging
around the ropes.
The man watched all this carefully.
Then he covered his eyes with his arm.
Somehow It all faded away. He seem
EDS to be climbing over a wall He
reached the top and. looking down a
pathway, saw summer house. About
II the lllacs fell in great clusters
Looking through the doors. he saw be.
meath a vista OF the cedars and waving
naples rows of flower beds. and she
was there among them. clipping train.
ing and guiding over trellises the ten
der blossoms she loved so dearly. In
the summer house and on the floor he
saw boy.
He was lying on the floor. while his
chubby hands placed about the fort Of
sand the little soldiers he took from
box: The man sighed. He opened his
eyes and looked about him. 1t was the
inside room on the sixteenth foor. 1t
was very quiet. He looked In the
glass and saw tear In his eye. Ii
ran down his cheek. and another came
In Its place and followed IL. Then he
threw open the window. Like TEN
post In rushed the notes.-the blowing
of the horns. the clatter of the rattIes
and the laughter OF merry people. He
dressed hurriedly. From his satchel
he took portfolio and, taking out
check book. wrote check and. grab
bing his hat. rushed out of the room.
Cash this for me and in hurry"
said the man to the night clerk.
The clerk went TO the safe and
brought out a roll OF bills. He counted
II, but there was not enough, and he
opened the petty cash drawer and gave
the man all that was there.
"FIne!' said the man. stuffing 1t into
his pocket. "Ill be back In the morn
ing"
The man rushed into the street.
Just half block up lot of little boys
were looking at cart full of rubber
balls. The man handed the peddler
big bill and said. "Glve all of these to
the boys" The peddler looked sur
prlsed, and the boys yelled with glee.
Across the street were lot of little
girls; fired and worn from the day and
nights work of running at the cry of
'Cash!" but just happy at looking in
the windows. Almost like a madman
the man pushed them into the store,
and soon each had great doll and
shawl and candy and so many things
that are good before they knew It.
Across the street was a man selling
boxes of tin soldiers.
"Ahw said the man, with a rem
Iniscent sigh. He jumped on box
and yelled for all the boys around to
come near him, and as they did he
handed each box Of soldiers and
then paid the man twice the cost.
"What Is it?" said the man,
at is Santa Claus gone Wild" said
a policeman who had children at home.
The man rushed on and into mar
ket. 1t was very late. and the poor
were buying the leftovers for Christ
mas dinner. The dealers were pack
Ing up the best to save for the New
Years sale.
"Open upw cried the man as he -four
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