davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Fiqures on Increase
In Prices 0! Food
In Capital Issued
Cost Of Steak Rises
From 32.l in Februory,
l940, to 45.7
"A. P. Wirephoto.

The housewives dollar is worth
only portion Of its former value
in the grocery store-as every one
knows-but the cold facts are ON
cially disclosed by Government
statistics.
Take steak. for instance. Plain
round steak sold for an average of
321 cents pound in Washington
stores in February, 1910, according
to the retail food price list of the
Labor Department. But the prices
rose to an average of 459 cents a
pound last month.
Butter, which you can't buy this
week, jumped from 38 cents a pound
to $40 cents on the average this
year. Pork chops scared from 81 8
cents a pound to Alb and potatoes
from 26 to 36.
Bread, on the contrary, declined
from 8.5 to 84 cents a pound loaf.
Here are some OF the most popu-
lar other items with comparative
prices for February, 1910, and Feb
ruary, 1943
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Rejected Draftee Urges
Army 10 Drop His Brother
By the Associated Press.

By the AsSocia ted Press.
DES MONIES, Iowa State Sc
lective service officials received a
letter from a rejected man who pro-
protested against a ruling declaring
him UNIT for service.
Now that you have turned me
down." the letter said. you. in all
fairness, must discharge my brother
from the service. I never saw the
day that I couldn't lick him"
State off1cials said the brother was
overseas somewhere.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
BY the Associated Press.

BY The AISocia Ted Press.
A submarine torpe pedoman returned
to his station six days after an ,emer-
gency appendicitis operation per-
formed without benefit OF trained
surgeon as the sub prowled the Pa
cific near Japanese shores.
The Navy. reporting this opera
tion on william r. Jones, q. Of
Park Hill, Okla. added another
chapter to the wars history of sub
marine surgery. At least two earlier
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Fire Damages House
In Cedur heiohts. Nd.

Fire OF undetermined origin today
damaged two-story frame dwell
ing house in the $500 block OF X
street, Cedar Heights, Nd, while
firemen from four volunteer COM
panies fought for more than two
hours to save nearby buildings, the
Prince Georges County Fire Board
reported.
The Fire Board, which had not
received the name OF the owner
from returning flremen. said dam
age to the house was estimated at
$4,000 Companies from Hillside,
Capitol Heights. Boulevard Heights
and Seat Pleasant responded to
the alarm.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Rivers in South Near
Dangerous Crests;
Hundreds FIeeinq
Heavy Property Damage
Is Threatened; Ohio
Flood Threat Eoses
By the Asocis ted Press,


| Raingorged rivers slowly crept
toward dangerous crests today in
several Southeastern States
| forced hundreds to evacuate their
homes in low-lying areas and
threatened heavy property dam
age.
The widespread flood threats in
Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and
Mississippi came as a downward re-
vision of expected crests eased fears
along the Ohio River.
Seven hundred colored and about
so white residents evacuated from
the low north section of Hattiesburg
where the Leaf and Bouie Rivers
join, were housed in schools and
other buildings overnight.
The Leaf River, which rose to II
feet above flood stage at Hattiesburg
was reported to have dropped 10
inches at Crawford Bridge, Is miles
north Of Hattiesburg, at am, and
the crest was expected to be reached
at Hattiesburg during the day.
A bus upset on highway No. ~
north at Hattiesburg and Its pas
sengers were soaked in flood waters.
Sandbags Swept Away.
Soldiers and Mississippi Highway
Department workers lost q sandbag
fight to keep open the highway north
OF Hattiesburg to Meridian, Miss
Muddy waters swept away sandbags
placed along highway edges through
the Bouie and Leaf River lowlands.
Rescue parties near Bogalusa, La
sought the body Of Boyd Knight, 26
believed drowned when his boat cap.
sized while he and a companion wer.
rounding up cattle in low swamps.
Extensive hood damage threat.
ened in Alabama as the Coosa. Ala
bama. Warrior, Tombisbee, Cahabs
and Conecuh Rivers rose steadily
above flood stage. The Montgom.
cry tAla), Weather Bureau warned
residents to leave lowlands along thu
Alabama, Tallapoosa and othel
flooded streams in that area.
The Warrior River at Tuscaloosa
Ala, was feet past flood level last
night and was expected to reach /:
or IA feet by Wednesday. The Coosa
River at Gadsden, Ala. with a fiooc
stage of 20 feet, reached 19.5 fee,
Sunday Several streets were blocked
by high water.
May Leave Homes.
The Chattahoochee River, border
ing Georgia and Alabama, over.
flowed low places ut Columbus, Ga
and was expected to crest at 43 fee,
3 feet above food staee-today
The Weather Bureau forecast warn.
lnes Of severe floods" along the
Chatta hoochee, Flint and Apalach
cola Rivers in the Georgia Ala :
bsma-Florida area.
Revised crests for the Ohio River
were from 3 to 4 feet lower than
original estimates. and rivermen
Said damage probably would be
small. More than 200 families were
moved from their homes in the
Covington Dayton Newport area
and more than 100 homes were
evacuated in Louisville.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Loss Of Tires, Not Car,
Worries War Worker

II isn't the theft of his automobile
as much as the loss OF three brand
new tires that worries Clifton Lee
Cammell. 1856 Third street NV. a
cement-finisher foreman at the
Camp Springs airport project
He parked his car near Tenth and
6 streets NV. Saturday. he reported
TO police, went to pay his gas bill
and when he returned few minutes
later the car was gone.
With insurance he can buy an
other car, Mr.. Gammell said. but he
Is afraid he will have trouble con-
vinctng ration board he needs new
hres, even though he is foreman on
Z war Job.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Eight Cargo Ships Sunk
In West Atlantic in Week
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Eight more cargo ships were an
nounced last week as sunk in the
Western Atlantic - the highest
weekly announced toll in those
waters in two months
This raised to 634 the Associa ted
Press tally OF announced Western
Atlantic Allied and neutral cargo
losses since the attack on Pearl
Harbor
Losses reported from the eight
ships included "a seamen dead and
81 missing. More than 200 were
rescued. Five OF the ships were
United States craft, and the other
three were British, Norwegian and
Honduran vessels.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Congress in Brief
BY the Associsted Press.

BY Inc ABeoclbttd Press,
Senate:
In recess.
Judiciary Committee considers
nomination of James V. Alfred OF
Texas to Fifth Circuit Court.
George Post War Economic Com
mittee holds organization session.
Foreign Relations Committee con-
siders Gillette four freedoms reso-
luton.
House:
Considers District legislation.
Military Affairs Subcommittee
questions Selectiye Service Director
Hershey on draft deferment policies
for Federal employees.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Art Exhibit Set

Three residents of the Washington
area have been selected to show
their paintings at the ninth Virginia
artists exhibition April at Rich
mond. A preview Of the exhibition
will be staged April 3. Those. named
are Richard Lahey, Washington;
Prentiss Taylor, Arlington, and
Marguerite Kumm. Vienna.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Delivery by Carrier

The production OF news
print has been reduced by
10 per cent and all news
papers have been rationed.
Delivery by carrier will
insure receiving your Star
every evening and Sunday
morning. Telephone Ma
tional 5000.
Evening star., 1943-03-22

operations were
performed under
similar circum-
stances.
Harry r. Robey
OF Salt Lake
City, Utah, has
been. . promoted
to chief pharma-
cist's mate and
decorated WIN
the Navy and
M a T inc Corps
Medal for un-
dertakin t h e
oper t | o n on
Jones. Roby, 30,
uaS a nharrna-
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Pharmacist, Acting as Surgeon,
Removes Appendix Aboard Sub

left to do Roby replied, expressing
confidence he could do the operation
with help of several crew members.
He was ordered to go ahead, and do
your best"
1t. Jesse A. Davis, jr.. 25, whose
father lives in Westgate. Md, ad-
miniStered ether by employing a
mouthpiece from a Momsen lung"
The ether ran out just as Roby
closed the peritoneal cavity. but
Jones showed no apparent shock"
Flattane spoons from the subma-
rines galley were used as retractors.
to keep flesh pushed back as Roby
made his examination.
Evening star., 1943-03-22
Comdr. Edward c. Stephan
Lives in Westqote, Nd.

1t. Comdr. Edward Clark Stephan,
whose diary describes an appendec-
tony performed aboard submarine
Under his command, Is a son Of Mr..
and Mrs. David Edgar Stephan, 1855
Euclid street NV.
Comdr. Stephan's wife. Mrs. Mar
garet P. Stephan, and two children,
David Wheatley, Stephan, g. and
Paula Stephan, 5, live at the, home
in Westgate. Md.
Comdr. Stephan was graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1929. He
was detailed here in 194l, being at
tached to the ONCE of the Judge
advocate general of the Navy. He
was ordered to duty elsewhere
shortly after the bombing Of Pearl
Harbor. While stationed here he
took a special law course at George
Washington University.
Earlier assignments in the Navy
had included duty at Pearl Harbor
and at San Diego, Calf.
Evening star., 1943-03-22

Put the Axis into = spin by pur-
chasing War bonds.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-12-23

ljudstvom tax vpv, da ga prsiljeni priznat, ne
glede ma to- kako neprjetno je to kralja Petra
"Rusi so pravilno ocenili ljudske sie takoj "a
cetku %~
"Ceskosovaska je sedaj sklenila zaveznistvo Ru-
so, poem ko mi skozi mesece nasprotovai tel po-
godbi. Po skusnji, XII so o me Monakovem 81 Cehi
enostavno drznejo zaupati svoje bodoce varnosti
anglo -amerskm slam
'n utegne Sc zgoditi, da bodo zopet Rusi tist in
mi, XII bodo nudi upanje zvljene tudi vecjm evrop
skim narodom Ako tore zgodi, da bo Rusja eventual
no imela gavno besedo Evropi DO to vsed tega, ker
nisno stori stvari, XII bi jih bill morali storiti.
"V zacetku vojne srno bill mi tsti in ne Russia, XII
bill popuarni Evropi, ma zapadu, temvec
tudi vzhodu prav tia do Jugoslavije Ako Sc poozaj
spremina, tega sam krvi, ker nsmo imei nobene-
ga programa'
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-12-23
Zapisnik
seje SANSa 21. augusta
1943
(Nadal ljevanje)

W
Ampak vlada jih je pustila ma
cedilu. Mi smo torej edini, XII
lahko nekaj napravimo zanje.
Sc vec pa lahko storimo, ako vsi
juzni Slovani nastopamo skup-
no v enem skupnem odboru. In
to je Zdruzeni odbor jugoslo-
vanskih Amerikancev. Izjava je
jasna in demokraticna. Ugovar-
jal je: proti dvema tockama le
brat Zalar. Priznavam mu vso
cast, ker je nastopal odkritosrc-
no in povedal svoje vzroke "a to.
Ma sell je tudi pojasnil, da zna
sprejem te tocke razcepiti mas
svet. Toda slisati bi morali srb.
ske duhovnike, kaj so inneli po-
vedati O partizanih. O Sloven-
cih bi danes svet Sc vedel ne,
ako bi sc ne uprli Nemcem in
Italijanom in tenn zrtvovali
svoje zivjenje in vse, kar jim
je milo i'll drago. Sedai pa Sc
bojimo, da bono zasejali neslo-
go med seboj, ako jim damp
moralno podporo. Zdruzeni Cd
Dor nj pripravljen zrtvovati slo-
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-12-23

izpostavljeni napadom nennskih
bombnikov. ......-.. s..
Vojne ladje, XII spremljajo
.konvoje so oborozene z lahko
artilerijo, vodnimi bombami "a
boj proti podmornicam in cim
mocnejso protiletalsko artileri-
jo. One neprestano krozijo oko-
Ii konvoja in pazijo ma morebit-
nj napad prezecih podmornic ali
blizajoSih Sc sovraznih letal. To
krozenje, XII jim ga omogoea
njihova mnogo veSja brzina, je
obenem "a ME najboljse jam
stvo, da jih ne morejo zadeti
torpedi sovraznih podmornic.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-12-23
KONVOJI

Cd casa do casa objavlja an
gleska admiraliteta lakonicne
statisticne podatke uspehih
''konvojskega sistema" protl
podmorniski nevarnosti. Po teh
podatkih je cd pocetka vojne
do konca marca vozilo v konvo-
jih okrog 10000 ladij, cd kate
rih jih je bilo potopljenih samo
so, kar bi znacilo, da je ma vsa-
kin 400 vozecih ladij bila potop-
LENA lie ena, docim je ostalih
800 srecno doseglo svoj cilj. c.
prav javljajo nemski viri visje
stevilo zrtev, je vsekakor goto-
vo, da je konvojski sistem "a
enkrat najboljsa obramba tr-
govskih ladij pred sovraznim
napadom.
Pod izrazom ''konvoj" razu-
memo V strnjenem redu voze-
co skupino 6 do 20 trgovskih
ladij, spremljano in obdano Cd
vojnih ladij, Xxi dolocajo brzino
in smer voznje vse skupine. Ma
men konvoja je zascititi trgov-
ske parnike pred napadi sovraz-
nih ladij, podmornic IN letal. 81
stem voznje trgovskih ladij
konvoju je uvedla angleska ad-
n7iraliteta Sele v teku svetovne
vojnc sredi leta 1917, 10 je gro
lila takratna ostra nenlska pod,
morniska vojna pognati ma dnc
morja vecino angleske trgoV-
ske n1ornarice in presekati xiv
ljensle zveze med Veliko Brita-
MILO IN ostalim svetom.
Angleski pomorski strokov'
njaki so Sc dolgo upirali uved'
bi sistema konvojske voznje il
SO navajali proti njej cello vrstc
razlcGov, Cd razlicne BRINE tr.
govskih ladij pa do pomanjka'
MIA "a spremljanje potrebniE
vojnin ladij.
Koncno pa so Sc morali udat
pritisku angleske Wade in da'
nes sami priznavajo, da Sc je tc
zgodilo ''v poslednji uri''.
Bill SO takrat casi, ko SO mem
ske podmornice en- sam meset
potopile do 100000 ton angles
kih parnikov, to je priblizno to
liko, kolikor SO jih izgubili An
glezi sedaj V rrvem polletiu no
We vojne. Uvedba konvojev j
polozaj res spremenila skora
preko noel. Stevilo potopljeniE
ang,eSkih parnikov je padalo o;
tedna do tedna ter so bill konc
no zrtev napadov nemskih pod
> mornic, samo Sc nevtralni par
niki, Xxi Sc MISC hoteli vkljuciti '
konvoje ali pa posamezno voze
ci angleski parniki. Cd srede le
ia 1917 do konca vojne je vozi
10 16.639 angleskih parnikov '
| konvojih, a je bilo Cd potoplje
: nih vsega skupaj samo Sc o
krog 10.
Ma podlagi teh izkusenj
svetovni vojni je angleska ad
miraliteta uvedla konvojski 81
stem ze takoi V prvih dneh Sc
; DAME vojne. Izkusnje prvih Sc
stih mesecev druge svetovn
vojne so v celoti potrdile izkus
ME il let 1917 in 1918. Kako
so Nemci odlicni pomorci III vo
! iaki, do danes Sc MISC iznasli u
, cinkovitega sredstva, XII hi res
: no ogrozalo parnike, vozece
| lkonvoju. Najbolj nevarna s
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-12-23

ii, je zvoncek utihnil. Prav do
bro sem ga slisala. Skoro groza
me je bila. Dragi, otrok, daj O.
stani tukaj nocoj, da ne bcmf
tako sama ma sveti vecer."
"Prav rada ostanem pri vas,
pray rada, ker je tako prijetno
gorka vasa pee. Oh, in vi ste ia
ko dobri, kakor jes bila moja
ranjka mamica".
Tedaj zopet zazvoni tam zu-
maj, sredi poljan; prav tisti
zvoncek kot preje. cali slisis?'
"SEs:m, zdaj prihaja blize, we'd
no blize, zdaj je ze pri oknu,
pri vratih." Stara. zenica in de-
klica Sc tiscita k peel, pol v
strahu, pol V veselju in molcita.
Vrata Sc odpro, v soho Sc raz-
lije svetloba in Sc napolni do
zadnjega kota. Vstopil je an
gelj. Rekel je: Sci njegov sem,
XII Sc je to noe rodil tam v Bet
lehemu, in prinasam njegov
blagoslov vsem mirnim dusam,
XII nocoj praznujejo sveti vecer.
Postal me je, da to ubogo de-
klico pripeljem k tebi, dobra
zena, da Sc je usmilis in sprej-
mes v svojo koco, ker 81 izgubi-
la sinove in edino hcerko. Bodi-
te srecne in praznujte bozic z
veselimi srci. Angel je odsel,
svetloba je ugasnila in zvoncek
::e zopet zapel in umiral cez po-
liam, dokler nj utihnil v dalja-
vi. Radost in veselje je zasi-
jalo stark in deklici, XII ste
preje bile tako zalostnih lie. An
gelj je prisel in odsel, kakor v
sanjah je zamrl zvoncek ma po-
ljanah.
"Otrok moi, zdaj ostanes"
30, draga matt, pri tebi osta-
nem". In sta Sc mnogo let praz-
novale in samevale bozicni We
Ger ter srecno zivele samotni
koci.
Sedaj, h koncu pa zelim vsem
nasim fantom, kateri Sc "a mas
bojujejo, da hi jih novorojeno
dete pripeljalo prihodnji Bozic
v narocje svojim zalostnim ma
teram in ocetom, bratom, Sc
stram in zenam in tudi nam
svojim rojakom, ker ga nj dne-
va, da ne bi Sc V tihi molitvi
spomlnJal nanJe, ter proslll "a
srecen povratek nash fantov.
Iskrena leila je, da bi prihod
Mi Bozic prinesel mir in slogo
med narodi, da bi Sc vsi ljubili
med seboj, kot Bog pravi: Svoj
mir vam dam in ljubite sc med
seboj. Da hi bila ia nasa pros
MIA uslisana, ter da bi zamogl
skupno zapeti: Sveta noe, bla
Zena noe.
zelim vsem prijateljem vese
Bozic in srecno novo leto!
TonCka Jevnik
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-12-23

! Jim Sc letala, a tudi neprimer-
no mani kakor osamljeno voze-
cim parnikom.
Trgovski parniki vozijo v
konvoju po diva ali trije eni
vrsti, oddaljeni med seboj po
400 do 600 metrov, kakrsne SO
Fac vremenske prilike. Toda
voznja zahteva seveda cd vod-
stva in mostva ladij najvecjo
pozornost in izredno spretnost.
Brezhibno mora poslovati zveza
med poveljniskim mostom in
strojnicami, kakor tudi signal
ma zveza med posamezniki v
konvoju vozecimi ladjami. Po-
sadke morajo biti dalje vesce
voznji popolni temi brez sig
nalnih ladijskih svetilk, kajti
konvoji vozijo, kier Sc lie da,
ponoci in V cim vecji temi.
Posebno naporna je konvoj-
ska voznja gosti megli. Ladje
zmanjsajo razdaljo med seboj
ma 800 metrov. Vsak parnik
vlece "a seboj ma malo mani ko
800 m dolgi vrvi velik, belo-rde-
ce pobarvan sod, vodnik sledece
ladje pa mora yes cas- voznje v
nlegli patti, da Sc nahaja me
gleli sod' nekaj metrov pred
pramcem njegovega broda. -
KonVoji vozijo V megli najvec z
, brzino do Z mill ma uro, docim
vozijo normalno brzino do 13
mill.
Y predelih, k.ier operirajo
rccmornice, he vozijo konvoji v
ravni smeri, temvec smer ne
prestano spreminjajo po powell
jih konvojskega vojaskega ko-
mandanta. V temni noci in v
gosti megli TO nj potrebno in
laEko ladje vozijo V ravni crit,
Ma ia nacin tudi lahko nado-
KING 2dijo nekai ma casu, XII ga iz-
gube zaradi po6asnejse voznje
Vsako opoldne sporoci vojas'
XII vcditelj konvoja vsem kape.
> tanoT V konvoju voze5ih ladij
) zborno naesto "a opoldne ma
s,,ednjega dne. Ma tenn mestu Sc
! morajo zbrati vse ladje nasled.
: NIGGA dnc primeru, da bi raz
: pustil med voznjo komandant
= konvoj zaradi napada sovraz
nih podmornic ali bombnikov
: Ma zborno me3to pa priplove
2 jo iahko tako tudi ladje il kon'
voja, XII so morale med voznjc
l merida zaostati zaradi kakit
tehnicnih tezav ali poskodb ns
svojih strojih. ia casa voznje '
: konvoju Sc morajo vsi kapetan
: pa cnikov njegoyem sestavl
v brezpogo.ino pokoriti navodilon
y. in povcljem vojaskega koman
: danta celokupnega konvoja. Tt
: velja tudi "a ladje, ki pripadajt
v nevtralnirn drzavam, a so ST
: prilsljucile konvoju.s
: vsak ,konvoj spremfja pri
mcrno stevilo vojnih ladij, so
v razmerno z velikostjo konvoja
: Vecinoma so to torpedni rusil
: ci,, visokomorske torpedovke
=. lahke krizarke, pa tudi posebn'
= spremne ladje "a konyoje, XII 81
e jih zgradili Anglezi. V sedanj
! vojni spremljaio konvoje Sc lie
r tala ter posebne proti-letalsk'
y krizarke, XII so opremljene pr
+ venstyeno z mocno protiletal
! sko artilerijo vseh kalibroy. d
v krizarke spremljajo zlasti kon
o vote oh angleski obali, kjer 81
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-12-23
Svetonocna zgodba

Dalec cd ljudi, sredi THE sa-
mote, je stala revna hisica. .Vse
naokrog sirna mrtva ravan, po-
krita s snegom, oh koci Je sa-
mevalo edino drevo in stale ne.
premicno vse dneve in dodge no.
ci, kot da stoji strazar pri ko-
ci.
V koci je zivela revna stara
zenica. Noe je, starka sedi prl
peel in Sc greje sama, oh tako
sama. Cd dalec kakor iz druge-
ga sveta POLO svetonocni zvo-
novi, tako milo in otozno POLO,
stark Sc vidi kakor, da jokajo.
o ii ljubi Bog, vzdihuje starka
pri peel; cez CUBE ma izsusenem
lieu j teko solze.
Vsako leto ma bozicni vecer
sem pela bozicne pesmice, zali-
bog letos moran pa jokati "a
mole drage sinove. Oh sam bog
vedi kje so moi krepki, zilavi
sinovi. Well so mi jih.
! Kar vse tri so pobrali v to ne
srecno vojsko, da Sc vojskujejo
"a druge. Oh bogvedi ali bonn Sc
katerega videla zivega in zdra-
vega.
Bog me uElisi, da bi bill pri-
; hodnji bozicni vecer pri meni,
toda obupujem, ker JAZZ bonn
preje umrla cd same zalosti. Oh,
matt bozja, ne dopusti tega, do
kler ne vidim mojih dobrih ST.
nov. Odsli so in mogoce bodo
popadali kakor snezinke iz 81
; viii oblakov. Use mogoce, da
ravno nocoj pokopavajo katere-
ga mojih sinov, ker mi srce kr-
vavi nocoj cd zalosti in menda
ravno zato tako otozno zvonijo
zvonovi. o, Bog, ozri Sc ma mo-
jo zalost.
Tako je uboga matt zdihova-
la in poslusala bozicno zvone-
: ME, katero j je trgalo .duso in
srce. zvonenje je prihajalo we'd
no blize cez poljan, tako skriv-
nostno in tho. Prelivalo Sc je
v sladkih melodijah in slednjic
izzvenelo v las malega zvoncka,
XII Sc je cedalje bolj blizal rev.
nj hisici. Starka je skljuceno
= sedela in poslusala skrivnostnl
: glasek in kar naenkrat je zasli-
. sala rahlo trkanje ma okno, bill
: ze in blize vrat je prihajalo, in
iv soho vstopi majhna deklica
/. slabo oblecena in bosonoga, teE
:. VISA premrazena. "Dober vecer
: zelim'', je bojece izpregovorila
: bog ga daj. Kdo pa 81 tt, 'ubo'
, ga deklica, XII ma sveti vecer ta-
4 vas sama naokrog?"
a "Sirota sem. Umrla sta mi O.
v &c in matt. Hodim cd hise do
i hise k dobrim ljudem, da dobim
u skorjico kruha, in nocoj sem
n zasla ma poti. Strasno me zebe
: Ali bi Sc mogla pri vas malo O.
0 greti?"
o 'Ubozica, kar stopi blize i
e peel. Hudo te mora zebsti. Jej
vse premrzle prstke imas. Ir
j. lacna 81, revica tudi, kaj ne?'
) In ,starka jo je topic ogrnils
!. in j prinesla sladke pogaee
+ Lica in bradica SO j Sc vednc
:, trepetala cd mraza. Pri ten
e reee starka: Sveti vecer je, ds
o sveti vecer. "Jaz sem bila take
il zalostna. Imela sem nekoc tn
! sinove in hcerko, in nj jih vee
e tako sa1na moran biti ma svet
,-yecer. To zvonenje da, ka.
L lie pomenilo tisto skrivnostnt
e zvonenje, ko 81 ii prisel k meni
i ii ubogi otrok." Deklica zaGude
o no gleda starko. "Ko 81 stopil;