Douglas Island news., 1920-12-24

A mouse would have found slim ! picking in One Maccarom homo and that s why hcrc vorc mono stir- ring. Mother Hubbards cupboard aaa nothing ou Che Macoaroui cup- board. Fivc children lay ou pallets
 of straw dccp m Humbor deeper
 han ordinary sumbcr for Che rca- ran chat mcy had au Eono Co bod crying from hunger and Jho mother driven Co desperation by their walls. had administered mild ancs,hctic
 Co induce sleep But she houclt was awake and w.do-eycd. She. too. had gone Go bed hungry but being mother she forgot her own suucr-
 ne and thought only oi .he dire straits Go which adyoray and mis- fortune had brought them and of lho fate she feared for her ntuc ones AS she lay thoro with hcr ratc riyotcd ou a hole iu torn wine dow blind sbo thus commuuod with borsct
 "Tcu year ago ! was da happy girl i'm a da sunny Italy, snr an day as work In a da vineyard and at night ] dance and have a heap % da un. riyo a my heart lo Tony and uc we marry and so Co America where everybody -ocach and have heap a da mon. We bt reech too.
 "Wo come lo America and first fcw a year uc yer happy Tony hayc da job iu stone quarry where he catch da mon cyoy Saturday night aud ] keep Q da house and raise da kia Don bono a dry she como along and Tony say q mako a da boolc get rcech quick and buy you sIk drcss and fine colthes for da Nds' tcu him to get da move on.
 "Dcn we build Q sW m 8 da house and make lour five. scoN gale Ions ot mooua da shine bu. before
 vo sell hcem o0iger of a da law
 come and take Tony off da lau . and judge man say sacz a la months. That was m June and Tony Is due
 home a tomorrow having served
 out hcos umc. Bu, it win bo omply a homo hc come Go nothing to eat . kids bare Ja loot mo coala and mo an a run down from io.k a da cat And tbo uozt day after Tony eet u
 hero win be a da Chris but thoc win bc uo Chris n Jeos home. Chris . Ia ur da rceeh who don't get caught whom they make da booze iT was a sad and deica,ed utuc
 group Of hollow-eycl children and sorrow-aricGcu mother hat slowly awakened Go ufc m thc Naa- caroui home thc morning of Doocm- bcr 2i For breakfast Che mother gave her muo ones story Of Che
 y.uccad hills of her native land
 and for their lunch tbey had plate Of fudge kindly som. u by tho Asso- c.atcd Charities Along with Che fudge vos card which said "Mowy Christmas"
 That afternoon was long and
 droary ouc. Tho fudge. having awakened Che five Juvenile anuetitcs for something moro substantial five uIe voices pIalutscy p.cad for something real Co eat and every piaInt was strain on thc already
 uut heart strings ot One d.s,raueht
 but patient mother As ,h. day
 waucI and Che curtains ot n.rm
 were being one by one pinned down by Che stars Che latter beoamc fully awake to hcr surroundings She realized chat tbc eewt wolf Of stare walton was standing ou the threah- old Of Che home and would surely enter before morning If hcr children woro again forced Go ro Co bed w.th- out something to eat or herself sho thought nothing although near ! Iy a week had passed since sine had tasted food. Suddenly her eye aash- ed and determined look fel athwart her woazeucd comtcnmce. "Tu do it" she said; "Iu do it' . TO Che eldest born she said.
 "Dmuuciatto. you look after your bruds and sisters until come a back om going Go take a my
 wed ring to Uncle Isaac to pawn. Maybe Che old shylock wu give me two dol for hcem and cef he do ] ! buy some a da grub Your father is due home tonight but ho has been ina da jail for sccx mon and he win ! be broke da flat and unable To ! holpa us. Da wed ring is Che Inst thing In Che house on which we
 raise da mon end whom WIG eat
 what ] bring home. including da loz.
 we win oll lie down and die to- .a.