Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-27
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room lor the night and Bob was think
ing It over. M liorss remarked that
In his opinion they should keen ~
their coumg,. for Il was a very grand
thing g. be- q priest after All.
winters be- spent deep Ia h"oks out
81 Judge Cruckcr's library aud tending
his poiied plants and painting them
and the thick blanket ~ snow In the
garden Among the huppicst moments
II his NE were those that followed his
mothers return from the puNoffice
with the liingyillc sentinel Then, as
the widow WIS wont a. say. he was
like dog with bone. 10 him. hing'
willie WIS like Ho,ur In the ancient
world ar London ~ the British empire.
Al roads lc,l to liingyillc. The Sentinel
WAS In IN, nature ~ q habit one H.
sue was like unto anoth,t-as like ~
two choNs off the same plug ~ To-
hacccr" citizen had once said. Any
thing important " thu Sentinel would
have been as miscplaccd ~ cannon
n meeting house. Every week II
caught the toy balloons ~ gossip. the
thlNlcdowu events which were floating
In the stlll air of lhngyillc. Tho Sem
tincl was a dissipation us enjoyable ~
lncxplicablc AZ tea.
To the little shepherd, BingyIllc
was the capital II the world and Mr..
]. Patterson Hing, the first citizen ~
Bingyillc. who employed eleven hun
ircd men and had four automobiles.
vas n gigantic figure Who's shadow
stretched acruss the earth. There were
two people much In his thoughts aud
lrcams and cunycrsltion-raulinc
iakcr and J. Patterson Blng. often
there were articles IN the Scn''ncl con.
'crnlng the great enterprises ~ Mr.
ping and the social sucrcsscs ~ the
hing family in the metropolis. These
Ne read with hungry Interest His IA.
rorlte heroes were George Washington
ST. Fancis and !. Patterson Bing AZ
'ctwecn the THREE be- would secretly.
have voted fa Mr.. Bing. Indeed. he
and his friends ana intimatcs Mr..
Bloggs and the rubber tree aud the
little pine bureau and the round nickel
"lock--had all voted for MIR. Ring. liut
he had never seen the great man.
Mr.. Bing sent Mrs. Moran check
every Christmas and now and then
some little slit To- Rob, hut his chart.
les Were strictly impcrsonal. IT, used
90 say tina, white he WAS glad To help
The poor and, sick. he hadn't time 10
call on them. once Mrs. Bling prom
iced tho widow that she and hor hus
hand would 30 90 see Hob on Christmas
lay. The little shepherd asked his
mother {. hang his best nlctures ON the
walls and To- dec, rate them with spriEs
IT cedar. lie nut on his starched col.
lar aud six tie aud new black coat
which his mother had given him. The
Christmas bclls never rang 90 mcrrily.
The great white bird In the Congrcga.
tionai church towcr-that being Bob's
thought II it--flew nut across the val.
'cy with la tidlnrs az good viii
To the little Shepherd 1t seemed io
wy: "Bing-Ting- Ring Bing-Bing'
Coming. Coming, Com ing."
Many uf the friends - his mother
mostly poor folk of the parish who
worked In the mill-cluc with simple
lifts ana happv greetings There were
thcS. among them WIN thought II a
blessing tn look upon the sweet face 81
Bob and to hear his merry laughter
over H0mc playful bit ct gossip and
Judge Cocker said that they were quite
right about It, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Pat
terson Bing were never to feel this
leasing. The Shepherd " the Birds
waited IN vain for them that Christmas
hay. Mrs Ring scnt letter ~ kindly
erecting and q twenty.dollar gold piece
and explained that her husband was
not feeling quite W. 20 the mark. -
which was true.
I'm NJ going he said dccisiycly,
when Mrs. Bing brough, the matter M
as he was smoking IN the library nm
hour ar ~ after dinner. mo crlpplcs
and misery IN mine at present. thank
you | wouldn't get over II for q week.
Just send them our hest wishes and a
twenty .dollnr gold niece"
Thcrv were tears IN the Shepherds
eyes when his mother hclncd him into
his night clothes tina, evening.
n, hate that twcnty'dollar gold
piece" he exclaimed
"i.Addir boy why should We he say
in that"
The shiny piece ~ metal was lying on
the window sill. She took II IN her
hand.
ITS rs cold as a snow bank she
exclaimed
= don't want To touch IT, I'm shiv.
crlng now" said the shepherd. Put
u away In the drawer II makes ma
sick. Il cheated me out Of seeing Mr.
Bling"