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About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1909)
rn"- fj .r - jp .J ;j : 4 - JjA , -: JL -hmmjimmiff. . - -H I "IT""'.-,. -'. i ' ':VSECOND , ' SECTION , ; ; 1 1 ' 1 ; i MTIUCIV I) J iAluA.ijLl U.i lAI J !; ;1 isft PO'RTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY,' EVENING,'; DECEMBER 18, 1909 -WiiijC'jWiWri','i: &Mt- - . i.-T. : t' SahdyKIaws,bringed me-.the 'mos', magniferous lot 'O. fings ,in'my: stocking on Chwistmus Day a sled, an -1 n'ngine,' an a drumah an' a;s'pwess waggin an a-rO! lots o';fings. I.An' I. was glad'at I'd been sech a n'orful nice good boy, I tell you. i An I gotted up early, 'fore enhybuddy else was up,I gotted the fings' out ' o my , stockm , ; wflen- it : was all dark out o ydoors yet, - an iT was sitt jn g on be-side o , my bed, an ; ther ; cornea cutes' little mousie out -o'. a hole in the floor.. ' . . " ' ' HP 50 1 jms ! r Nices place,'the mousie'a. house,1? anVcutes little raousiea," alt putted; to bedXanVHttlesVstockin's all hanginv I befront o' tlie fireplace, an' I filledVem bustm fulC X fink Jthe Mousies. was orful, poor-peoples, re-aly.so i ; was glad at I.was Sandy Klaws. "Ther, House was orful cold, so I builded a fire wif branches o Chwistmus twee an' setted it off wif my;new. box o'matches, an' the little mOusies was orful exated. An lighted, an sed, "Hooray for Sandy ICIaws." "An'iwe.was havin the nioes' time.' ' J " ',; - '" - ; - "H- -A'"-- -A ') :' 'h-'Krvk- ii-' 1 . , " 'i y AnVhe sed. 'JVrerrie Chwistmus;k toyou,tlund SirilTseManinra o' them." An' the mousie he asked me to come to his house wif him, an he sed he'd make me little like hirn f an' 'en we'd go to the Chwistmus twee, downstairs,? an take a bag an get a lot oicandyra'popa:nf.to take ' home-to his little mousie ciuldrun. 'En we wented downstairs an tfler,was;aimagmxerpus, gocu-smeuinjr twinkly Chwistmus twee, an. we crawled along the-branches angotted lots o fings,anV11 longiwhiteibeard-ior ' me to play Sandy Klaws wif. v - - i I ' 11 . i ' 1 -. : V.:-.. t '.W' rjy' " . tV5 a .: ; i Suddentlv I heard somebuddv sav 'areeW An' tW'comed'atbiffrPuss ther!I" An the mousies hided underneaf the bed, an- an' I wented under it,. too. Jl'CourseIwasn't scared looked like gweat big gween lamps. 'CourseJ wasn't'scared a bit,-bu 'sidesithat,'see,I?was?shHinkdiupjsQ small now .'at maybe the Puss Cat robber miffht fink .'at I was a moySie too.' ' ' r - i 5 iybe the Pi ight fink Tn vou know whatf- At4ad ol Puss Cat robber took ed his 'tw, an'rTan r under 'at ted. n n' be swallered tis all up, me, an the little mousies an alL An' he swallered us so fast at his sartrriferous toofs nrer touched us, an' it was orful dark in ther. an I lighted a match an aawed we all safe an en I tooked mv new sword out o ray rocket, an an' I cutted "at bad ol'Puss Cat robber n'.t in half n-jf it An an Whatl2eAnow.boiit-atf ' " - ; 'ivn. v.T NVryArM Comr.- l' .t 3Ie an theIUJc mousies jumped out"agtinraa'tbePuss'Cat robber was 'orful 'Vpmed. in bof tii U o him runned away trrryrr. An the mousies was orful much "bligrd to me, an', en I sayI, -Well I gur ! my jjunxr an cry lJaddy wanted me now. to with cm a Mene Chwistmus. n I cd, (orl i re, a.i a rou roousiesJ -An lnry sed, "Good-bye, an Merrie Chistmu, O you KidJo!" An an I 1 at o r fcuddyran all o you Lttle girls an boys atJjoya my "TiirrXle .Tales' mil faue a f !,?. I 'cr ;i 31".. Chwistmus, an W"ht,e-L'K5w-botit-'atI