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PORTLAND; OREGON. 'SATURDAY EVENIN&, DECEMBER H, 1918" ;
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It was Chrisinus Eve, an' I toed to bed carlyan ax? I was jus' a-gpinVto sleep an I heeiard
somebuddy cryinso I woked upr-an', I sav an orful thin ol' maid lady, an she was hahgin' uj her s'tockia'
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An, pretty., soon', it Vas mbrnin', atf ther ortul thin o( maid lady .ctnweA lnan she seed only the little
ah' I didan ther' if it wasn't the nices big--fat--richesLhusban:an' be sed, ".Will you be my bride p
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' So the poor.-ol bride was cryinVan I sed,'"IIere. I is Kaptin Kiddo, l is." -An ! gawerel all o''the I
pieces tocevver an -I sewed an. I sewed 'cm up- an -an, thcr was. the bndeffroom jus ,as jrod as ever I
g art,. rich, an tat, an. mce as conld be an 1 sed. JiCt the ceremonious pcrceedr 1 : ' J '
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So pretty soon ol Santy Klaws corned down the chimley an an' I know Santy Klaws so I sed.'
"Ilellol" I sed,. an I telled him 'bout tlie poor thin ol' maid lady an' Sahty Klaws he laffed an he sed, "All
right, Kiddo 1" an' he putted one b . those blowin'Tip b'loons into the orful thin ol' maid lady's orful thin long
stockin 'en he putted his finger 'longside o his nose-an goed up the chimleyT; ' , " ;
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An the orful thin ol' maid lady she sed, "Yes, sure!" an. we had a magniferous weddin an. the minister
corned an' -art' the bride went t A. kiss the grwm an her nose was so er so sharp that it pricked, bun
an "BANG l" the b'loon busted an' ther' wasn't no more bridegroom. What-che"-know'bout-ntr ;
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An ' Vn en I; woked ; u p all of a suddenUy aii': in iiMdecya r Muwer an' mine IJabv. I!n nv r r
Puppo anTaddy an Bndcie was all roun! mine bed, an'.'ev sed, "Isn't vou ever -coin? to wake up
on downsUirs an see.what Santy'KJaws has bringed you. lerry Chrismus, Oh you Kiddo!"
P. 5. An-1 wish yon all magniferous,, splendiferous Chrismus Ih-K. K.