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WILLAMETTE FARMEB; PORTLAND, OREGON, JANUARY u, 1482.
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E1llf! by Nri Harriot T. Imlir.
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THE OLD STONE WALL.
I Quiet and strong the patient old wall bides,
frTOEuide the road'and guard the farmer's lands;
Pn, 'Elders and milkweeds cluster by its sides,
laTWild roses bloom and tender vines clasphands.
The squirrels know its friehdly shelter well
jAtsfc'er its mossy stones they nimbly bound;
e 4 SvThe watchful woodchuck neath it loves to
$ .dwell
tjfjWlthin his cosy burrow under ((round.
' The full fed homes with heads o'r it thrown,
Listlessly blink beneath the sultry day;
Under its shade the dusty tramp lies prone,
P'Aad, dreamless, sleeps the sunny hours away.
"i sHere children loiter on their way to school,
t:Te catch the butterfly and bumblebee,
(Uiult.j . Cm. .i.. ;-i :.i.
"wn bu eouuju awuuu tne irKsome ruie,
i romp ana shout with merry hearted glee.
lither the maiden comes, nor seaks in vain
B purple berries hidme thickly here:
File robin cheers her with his iovous strain.
tless and pure, she knows no startling fear.
(a.1.. rttlnBnBlA...l. .. Liub.1 .1. j. .. aI.
fit sighing, iwkard, yet true-hearted swain,
wptV'As bashfully his hopes and fears lie told,
And strove the maiden , sheartand hand to gain.
Lone may it stand, a fittintr monument
Of ouict. homelv. comfortable life.
' Unvexed by restless change, bute'ercontent
Unmoved by all the highway's dusty strife.
M W. A. F.tch in Oulimj.
LIFT THINE EYES.
troubled soul of mine! lift ud thine eves
' junio me mountains, mignty and serene,
M Full strangely chequered hath their fortune
JSJS ben
Wild they have suffered veriest agonies,
Aid oftimes still the tyrant tempest lies
. fejgHcavy upon them; with the thunder they
fr Do wrestle. Yet of fear and of dismay
Nothing they know, still rising to the skies.
Tabu iimijv buuusauu uMbLiea are tuey
scarred:
tTke floods have broken oe ea;h helmless head;
;X tor ail tnis their Deauty is not marred,
t or in tbeir hearts are they discomfited.
Mill they endure, whatever whirlwinds roll
Around still glorious they endnre, my siul!
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CHOICE BECEIFES.
sKFried Cabbaok. Cut the cabbage very
fee on a slaw cutter, if possible ; salt and
per, stir well and let stand five minutes.
.ve an iron kettle smokinc hot. drop one
ibleBpoonfuI of lard into it, then the cab-
ge, stirring briskly until quite tender; send
table immediately. An acreeable chance
to put one-half a cun of sweet cream and
Cthree tablespoonfuls of vinegar the vinegar
i auut'ci nucr me cream nas ueen wen stirred
J into the cabbage and after taken from the
rtove. When properly done, an invalid can
!it it without injury, and there is no offensive
"odor from cooking.
JftSTo Stop thk Flow of Blood. House
'rfrtepers, merchants and others, in handling
it knives, tools and other sharp instruments,
rBTMy frequently receive severe cuts, from
,4' which blood flows profusely, and oftentimes
endangers lite itself. Blood may be made to
me to cease nowing as toiiows : lake the
e dust of tea, at all times accessible and
uly obtained, and bind it close to the
und. After the blood has ceased to flow,
.ndanum may be advantageously applied to
le wound. Due regard tj these instruments
would save much agitation of mind while run
ning for the surgeon.
JJkBakino Beets. One of the most fatiafac
ttry ways to cook beets is to bake them.
"; When boiled, even if their jackets are left on.
svjjreat deal of the best part of the beet is
Mtsolved, and so lost. It will, of course, take
'.little loncer to bake than to boil them, but
jStps is no objection. Allow from fifteen to
u twenty minutes longer for baking; slice them
,fld season as you would if boiled. One pleas
ing way to serve them is to chop them fine
"jjai&r they are cooked, and Beason with pep-
per, salt .ind butter. Turnips are nice, a'so,
t'fervedin this way.
rag Jumbles. One pound of butter and one
Impound of white sugar powdered or granu
Alted rubbed together to a cream ; add six
.swell-beaten eggs, the juice and grated rind of
ft' two lemmocs ; to this add flour enough so
Mtfaat you can mould them into shape with
H jour hands, but not roll them. Dip each one
1m cracked loaf sugar, drop a blanched almond
Fan each, and press it in the center of the jum
.jble. Great care must bo taken to prevent
(burning while they are baking. The quan
f'tlty here given inakesa largenumbcrof cakes.
"; Quince Marmalade. Marmalade of quince
.is made by stowing the skins, cores and seeds
'till perfectly soft, in just enough water to
'cover them ; when done, drain this water
through a mulin cloth (thin, but firm,) ; then
add the halves or quarters of quince, and cook
until they are soft ; stir and mash the fruit
until it is without form and is not lumpy ;
wvu nun nun m uvuuu u. aujt. ias t muuu ui
e marmaiaae. seal in Domes or glass jars.
is makes an excellent flavoring for apple
,uce.
Removimi Ikon Ri'st. Iron rust can be
removed from linen and cotton clothes by a
ilution of salts of lemon, which can be pur
laaed for a few dimes or pennies at any drug
ore. me druggist win give lull directions
iw to use the salts. It is poisonous, and
utt be carefully handled.
Exterminating Moths. Benzine is said
be more effective than anything else for
termining moths, roaches, etc., or a little
alum of borax solution in hot water, injected
to the cracks and applied to wood work in
e vicinity of their hiding places, u usually
eciuaL
Cooxrss Without Eoos, Take one cop of
one cop o but,ter, one cup of nulk0Bf
yen taaapeoafol off soda dissolved in the
ilk ; hot water may be need instead of milk,
it is thought advisable'; rue floor enough to
ike a sou dougn, roil tnin and bake in a
ick oven.
Sweet Potato Pie. Select those potatoes
Swhich you know to be dry and mealy. Boil,
"re and mash very smooth. To a quart of
the potatoes add a quart of rich, new milk,
three eggs, nutmeg or cinnamon, and a little
and sugar, to Utte, Bake with an under-
erLlt'
f& Potato KhvOLE,. Mash potatoes; salt
d pepper to taste. Iioll the potatoes into
all ball", cover them with an egg and
ead crumbs, and fr)', in hot lard for about
I wo minutes, serve wiu tongue or nam.
Self-control.
In some persons, passion and emotion are
never checked, but allowed to burst out in a
b'aze whenever they come surging through the
blood like a torrent of fire. Others are able to
restrain their passion, by strong exertion of
will, and to maintain a perfectly composed ex
terior, even when their blood rages at fever
heat. Others are rarely excited over anything,
so frigid are their natures.
By long continued exertion and education,
the will can be made to control the passions
and emotions, sol the roaring torrent of
temper and excitement can be made as quiet
as the dried up a rapid river.
One of the most excellent means of controll
ing emotion is by persistently drawing the
thoughts from the topics which harass and ex
cite, and contemplating pleasing subjects.
Those Who will allow their minds to cling
closely to the disagreeable, annoying themes
which make their blood boil, and hot words
issue from their lips, injure themselves sadly.
Children must be taught from earliest infancy
to control their loud cries, and their desire to
strike, by turning their thoughts to some oth
er object than the one desired. A picture
book, or a flower, or carrying a child to a mir
ror to see how he looks while in a fit of pas
sion, will often check the boisterous screams,
and turn them to laughter.
But too often the parents have not learned
self-control, and a quick word or a hasty blow
will only add fuel to the fire, and increase the
temper of the child, who will roar and STcam
until tired out. "Do not strike that child
again when you are angry yourself," said an
old man to a young mother who, acting like a
child, and with the same temper, had struck
her little son violently again and again, be
causi he screamed for what he ought not to
have. "I once struck my boy over tho head,
in temper no stronger than you show now, and
as you know he had been an idiot for 40 years.
Only one blow but it extinguished the light
of the mind 1 By degrees his mother and I
saw that he would ever be a child in intellect,
even if he became a man in stature. When I
saw you strike your child, I saw my own
crime repeated. I have never spoken of it be
fore to a living soul, but the bitter deed can
not be put out of my memory. I have seen
my children die, my wife die; cny my idiot
son remains ever to be a shameful reminder of
my sin."
The value of self-control ennnot be over
rated to adults and to children. If a hot tem
per .is allowed to rage and rave, it exhausts in
a great degree the vitality of the blood and
nerve power, while self-control also assists us
to hold the mastery over pain and distress,
rather than to give it the mastership over us.
S.O.J.
dive the Boys a Chance
Give the boys on the farm a chance. Let
them feel and understand that they have some
personal interest centered around tho old
homestead, and that it is to their advantage
to remain there. Nn better plan could be
adopted to create and maintain such an im
pression than by allowing them a moneyed
interest in something produced at home. Let
that be something produced by tbeir own ex
ertion; something in which they will take ac
tive interest. The daily routine of farm life
is as is usually experienced by boys is of itself
irksome and nos at all calculated to attract a
boy to agriculturcl puisuits. Therefore, adopt
whatever may seem feasible to encourage boys
to the belief that they had betesr remain at
home than wander away from it. A farmer
would act with wisdom if he would encourage
his boy to engage in such enterprises as come
within his capabilities, such as the raising of
fancy poultry, pigs, pigeons, etc. And it the
youngster needs assistance in planning and
building the necessary coops, cotes and
houses, assist him. Give him a lift. Let mm
understand that there is money in the busi
ness, and that whatever he may earn in that
way shall be absolutely his own. When neces
sary, assist him in the financial and business
parts of his enterprise also. See that his ship
ments are prop-rfy directed, and that they are
mode to respectable and responsible parties,
and that the accounting thereof is correct. If
he will, let him open a bank account in his
own name and for his own use and benefit,
so that he can deposit the proceeds of his own
labor. Eggs always command remunerative
prices in cities; poultry fattened for market
always bring more than they cost; such as
are intended to he sent to market for Thanks
giving or Chnstnas season, frequently com
mand fancy prices; osdinary pigeons are
always saleable, particularly for sportsmen'
use fancy birds and white and gray rabbits
always find ready sale as pets in almost every
town and city in the country. The business
of rearing such is naturally interesting to
boys, and if they are enconraged to engage in
such, for their own personal benefit, it would
be the means of keeping many of them on the
farm who would, sooner or later, seek their
fortunes elsewhere.
Look Well to the Calves.
Calves that are weaned and have been made
to depend on grass, or mainly so, should not
be forced to continue on this food during the
remainder of the grass season. Much of the
success in wintering will depend upon the fit
ting for winter. This can only be done prop
erly by bringing them under shelter at night
duringthe cold nights of October, and feeding
them concentrated food meal, oats, corn and
oil cake. The latter should by all means en
ter into the ration, as it will more speedily
bring up the condition and reduce the large
paunch which usually comes to the calf by the
first of October, if made to depend upon grass
during the larger'portion of the summer.
Since it is, little by little, becoming the cut
ton to feed off early, it is, all the more im
portant that the first jear.be gone through
wjth successfully. AU feeders are getting to
understand , that a, calf can be very easily
spoiled for early maturity, by feedinj improp
erly jthe .first year. The calf during , October,
as toe weather,wUl be froety, will have hi
appetite sharpened; and if compelled to de
pend, upon late, and perhaps frosty graas and
stalks, be will eat a great deal more than is
advantageous.
If fanners would only sufficiently consider
that time is the e&sence by which prospective
profit is to be reached in feeding off, for bfef,
they would more generally prepare the young
calf that he may more readily grow into the
desirable and profitable young steer. The calf
that is mvle to grow apace during winter will
surprue his owner by the rapidity of his
growth when turned to grass in the spring.
Experienced breeders of cattle well under
stand the force of the reasons here given, and
know fully thst neglected cUves. with dis
tended abdomens, cannot be sold to intelli
gent men looking for breeding stock,
oil Iffy JWWren.
BE IN TIKE.
Be in time for every call;
If you can't be first of all;
Bo in time.
If your teachers only find
You are never once behind,
You are like the dial, true.
They will always trust in you;
Be in time.
Never linger ere you start;
Set out with a willing heart;
Be in time.
In the morning, up and on,
First to work and soonest done;
This is how the goal's attained;
This is how the prize is gained;
Be in time.
Those who aim at something great
Never yet were found too late;
lie in time.
Life in all is but a school;
We must work with plan and rule,
With some noble end in view,
Ever steady, earnest, true;
Bo in time.
Listen, then, to wisdom's call
Knowledge now is free to all;
Be in time.
Youth must daily toil and strive,
Treasure for the future hive;
For the work they have to do,
Keep this motto still in view,
Be in time.
Scholar' Companion.
OUR LETTER BOX.
Tills is the first of the New Year, and Aunt
Hetty wishes all of her dear little friends a
happy New Year, and, too, she wishes that
each and every one of you may live to see
many more, each of which shall be as full of
joy and the good things of this world as God
sees fit to send to you. Many times our trou
bles and sorrows are caused by our own acts,
then often trials seem to come to us while we
have been doing the best we know how. The
safest way is to do as near right as we can,
and when we have dono that, it is all we can
do. As I have said before, there is not a child
but who knows when its acts are right or
wrong; that little monitor oiled "conscience"
will tell you faithfully what to do, and if you
listen to its voice you cannot go wrong; but
then if you treat its advice with scorn, it will
get seared and hard, and will not whisper to
you as it did at first. This conscience is a
true friend; it knows and will keep all your
secrets, and tho closer you live with it the
better will be its friendships; it will never
counsel you to wrong; it always leads tho
right way. The New Year is a good time to
commence good resolutions with. Lot every
one of you commence, or as wo might say
"turn over a new leaf" in this new year.
Each one of you know your own shortcom
ings or failures; commence tho year with a
frosh new promise In your own secret heart to
do better. If you are smoking cigarettes, give
up the habit and stick to it. If you use im
proper words, remember it is not only wicked
but it is vulgar, and no gentleman ever takes
the name of God in vain. Then there is a
general habit among boys, and sometimes
girl, too, of using slang prases. Theie are so
many used now that sometimes we might use
a word or two without meaning to do so, as in
"now don't you forget it." But the instant a
young person uses a slang word, jut so soon
will that young person be set down as not
well bred. If it has happened that any of you
have thoughtlessly tot into this habit, start
this new year to try and correct yourself.
When talking, you catch the tongue slipping
out objectionable words, stop and correct
yourself. To count one, two, three, before
making remarks will help to remind you of
the fault. As we have said before, good man
uers is one great stepping stone to a young
man s advancement, and it is very bad man
ners to talk Blang, or to talk much nt all.
Young peiplo should be good listeners and be
reserved in their conversation where there are
older people. Aunt Hetty has lived long
enough to see where people have made mis
takes in early life that have almost ruined
tho happiness and prosperity of age, and she
would like to warn those young boys and
girls of the rocks and shoals that lio in the
pathway of every living soul. Especially does
our heart go out to our bright young boys who
are coming up so soon to take positions in
life; they can be posit.ons of honor and trust,
or they may help to fill up jails and poor.
houses. Which shall you each take f Not one
of all of you, my dear boys, will say the last,
Yet, unless you form a character now for
honor and probity, many of you will die
drunkards or disgraced. Now, while young,
make a resolution and keep it, that you will
live so as to deserve the respect and trust of
your fellow men. Be honest and humble, and
your future career is safe; make a vow in
your hea't that if jails must be filled, It shall
not be that you are to be one to make the
number.
I loe to read the letters we get. Not one
boy who writes these letters will be lost. The
writing of these letters shows a desire in that
boy's mind to achieve better things,
Klla sends her first letter, and it is well ex
pressed for the first one. She does all she can
to help her mother, which, if cheerfully done,
if a great help indeed, bat if mother has to
remind her each day that it Is now time to
feed the chicks, now it is time to make the
beds, it does not take the "care" off from
mother's mind. Csre U often as hurtful to a
delicate person as hard work would be; so
remember, girls, that help -willingly given
and anticipated is the best kind of help,
Jane sends a nice long letter telling of her
daily life, and is written in a bright, cheery
way that mskes us think she is a happy little
girl, trying to make every one around her as
happy as herself. That quilt of so many
pieces ought to take the prize. It is better to
be putting those hundreds of pieces together
than to be idle; still if Jane could spend part
of her time in improving her mind by taking
up some studies it would be better than to
aew to much.
How many of our girls will commence read'
ing the Bible this year? Read one chapter
every day and several chapters on Sunday,
This plan will take about one year. Better
still, if each will see how many verses they
can learn in the New Testament, Aunt Hetty
will send a nice book to each boy or girl who
has learned the moBt verses during this )ear,
The verses must be recited to some one whose
word is good, and who shall tell me the num
ber at the end of 18S3.
Mary Linnie tells us of her beautiful calls
lily. She has shown considerable improve'
ment in writing and composition both. Per
haps she will be one of those who will com'
mence learning verses in the Bible. It seem,
as if there were too little care taken now to
teach the scriptures to children. If it were
not for the Bible and its teachings the world
would be much more wicked than it is.
John's other letter was surely published if
it came to the office, but there are so many
letters come that we cannot remember them
all. We must say that the letter he sends
this time is excellent for a boy 9 years old.
lie ought to be able to find much to write
about in that new country East of the Moun
tains that would be of interest to those in this
valley.
The next letter by date comes from Anise,
whose cheerful, encouraging words, not only
for Aunt Hetty, but for all the young folks,
makes us feel encouraged and keep on trying
to do our part in the Circle. To tell the
truth, although Aunt Hetty is older, she
aften feels timid about writing, knowing all
the time that she has a lot of bright boys and
girls that are good critics, so when such
pleasant words come as Anise writes, one
feels like taking a fresh start, to be "up and
doing," with a heart for any fate, still achiev
ing, still pursuing, to learn to "labor and to
wait,"
FARMINflTON, W. T., Nov. 16, 1882.
Editor Home Circle :
I thought I would write a few lines to the
Home Circle to-day. I am a little girl 13
years old. Our school has been out about
three weeks. Papa takes the Farmer; we
like it very much. I will tell you what I do
help ma : I wash the dishes, scrub the floor.
make the beds, help milk the cows and gather
in the eggs. Papa has in about fifty acres of
wheat. As this is the first letter I ever wrote
I will close, wishing the Fakmkr success.
Your little friend, Ella RonisriiiN.
Nkwiif.ro, Dec. 20, 1SS2.
Editor Home Circle :
I was sorry to see that there were no letters
in last week's paper irom the children. Itoys
and girls, I think wo shonld not neglect our
department, since Aunt Hetty is so kind na to
devote so much of her time, and the editor
gives us a corner of his valuable paper for our
use, let us try to help make it interesting and
improve ourselves all we can. How are you
all spending the holidays ! I enjoyed them
finely. We had a very nice Christinas tree at
at the church, with a great many presents on
it. I am piecing two quilts, one called the
Charm, with only one piece of a kind, and the
other is called Johnny Round the Corner. Ida
Munkers,will you please tell me the next
time you write how the square Rocky Moun
tain is pieced, as nearly as you can. I hepe
Aunt Hetty had a pleasant trip to Californis,
and would like her to tell me more about her
trip, as 1 like to read about traveling, and
have read what she did write with'pleasure.
Please put my name on the temperanoe roll.
My lovo to Aunt Hetty.
A.MSK II. Brown.
Walla Walla, W. T Dea. 22, 1882.
Editor Home Circle:
I am a little boy !) years old. I thought I
would write to tho Farmer; in fact I did
write a letter last winter, but we failed to re
cei. e tho paper. If my letter went in it was
during the time we did not get the paper. I
am going to school this winter; I have a good
teacher, I have two brothers and two sisters;
they all go to school but the two youngest.
Tho rain did a great deal of damage in Walla
Walla. Please put my name on the temper
ance roll, Yours truly,
John W. Brewer.
Mohawk, Or., Dec. 22, 1882,
Editor Home Circle :
I thought I would write to your paper, as I
have not written for a long time. I was piec
ing a quilt, but I have not worked at it for a
langtiire. I pieced a quilt last winter that
had 12,000 pieces in it. I thought I would
tako it to the Stato fair, but it rained so that
we could not go. I am not going to school
this winter. It looks very much as if the
water were going to come up again. We had
high water about a week ago, which washed
lots of pa's fences away. I haven't any pets
but a colt, and it is the sweetest little thing
that I ever saw. We had a nice concert at
the school house about a week ago; I guess
they had a nice time, but I don't know. We
did notgoi'the high water came just the night
before and we could not get across the river,
I wanted very much to go, but I could not. I
think Aunt Hetty's story was very nice, and
I am very glad that she had a nice trip. I will
be glad when the next week's paper comes, ss
I want to read Aunt Hetty's other itory, I
know it will be nice. I like to hear stories,
and I hope Anat Hettie will tell us soma
more. I can't think of much else to write.
Please put my name on the temperance roll.
Your friend, Janc H. Waukik.
TOm-I TKLMRAK
IT LUCkT M. SMSN.
It was not Mrs. Stowe's Topsy who sent
the telegram. It was our little flutterbudget
of a girl, whose real name is Marion, but who
was re-christened "Topsy" by her uncle,
Ralph, on account of the amazing celerity
with which ske got into all sorts of scrapes,
and the equally surprising shreweness with
which she found a way out of them.
The telegram business wss in thiswise
The moruing after Christmas, when Topsy
went to hr grandma's room to give her lie'
customary good morning kiss, she found the
dear old lady looking at a photograph she (
held in her hand, and wiping away the tears
that would keep coming, in spite of the hand
kerchief, " Why, you poor grandma I " said Topsy,
patting the wrinkled fsce with her cushiony
fingers, "what makes j ou cry ? Didn't Santa
Clans bring you all the things yovwant?"
Then spying the picture :
"Oh, what a precty man. Who is it,
grandma!"
" It is your uncle, Ralph, dearie ; my dear
boy, Ralph, that I thought Christmas-time
would bring home to me grandma does want
him so badly I "
"He's a funny looking boy, with long
' fliskers ' ou his face, isn't he, grandma ?
Where is he why doesn't he live in lAif
house?"
"Two years ago he went across the water
in a great ship, to China, and grandma's tired
waiting for him to come back,"
"Well, don't you cry, you blessed, 'cause
it makes your face all crinkley and funny ;
just like a baked apple 1 I guess Santa Claus
forgot about him until it was pretty late I I
guess he'll come some day, 'fore long I"
Topsy went from grandma's room to the
nursery, and taking her Christmas baby in her
arms (a waxen wonder, whom she had at
onco named for her two aunts, and the idol
of her heart, her uncle Jerry, Jerry Frances
Madaline), she sat down thought'ully before
the fire, and put her active little brain at
work to devise means to bring undo Ralph
home to grandma.
She turned with an imperative little ges
ture to her patient, long-Buffering nurse
maid, Chloe, wli03o devotion to her small
mistress was so entire that her religious faith
seemed brought down to two points "love
to God, and obedience to every whim of her
darling little Miss Tons v."
" If you please, Chloe, givo me a pencil
and some paper
" What you g'wine to do, honey?"
"You musn't ask Questions. Chloe:
mamma says it isn't polite. 'Sidei, I couldn't
ten, 'cause i don t know yet.'
She laid the paper on the floor, stretched
herself beside it, kicking the carpet with her
toes and twisting and puckering her red lips
into all queer shapes, while alio covered tne
sheet with scratches, dashes and curves inde
scribable ; then crumpled it into a bunch and
stuffed it in her apron pocket.
She carried herself with unwonted dignity
while Chlou dressed her for her walk, refrain
ing from her usual wail over her tangled
curls, and submitting, with an air of solemn
lire-occu nation, to the necessary mullling.
Out they started, Topsy holding a roll of
acuuuii'u linger ui nur iiiiiieiiuti iiuuu.
" What you got there, little Missie?"
"Oh," said Topsy, loftily, "it's a ner
rand." "I'V gracious sakes, what's that?" said
the puzzled Chloe.
"A nerrand, I tell you I A buaineti I've
got to do. I'm going to a wire-grap ollico
to send a 'anatch. You can open the door for
me."
"Did your mamma say so ?"
"No, it's my own 'patch; I writed it. It's
for my dear, precious grandma, and mamma
told me I must always do things for her ;
'cause she's older'n I am I"
After a walk of a few blocks, Chole said,
"Here's the place; it says 'Western Union
Telegraph Olfice.' I'm awfully 'fraid your
mamma II scold 'bout it, though, Topsy I"
"Don't you be so bothering, Chloe I know
she'll let me do itl She always lets me do
things when she isn't herel It's something
splendid!"
Chloe shook her head, but opened the heavy
door, and our small business woman trotted
sturdily iu; looking a little ashamed, yet too
full of her delightful scheme to let her fears
get the better of her. Her sharp eyes spied a
gentleman sitting inside a railing, near an in
strument whose noise attracted her attention
at once.
"Oh!" said she, "it goes 'chick-e-ty click,'
just like our sewing 'chine! Wl.h't I could
make it go!" and she coughed ami sliuflled
her feet upon the floor to attract the gcntlo
man's notice.
"Well," said he, looking pleasantly over
tho railing at tho eager little face under tho
gay hat, "what tiny lady is this ? what do
you want, my dear?
"I'm Topsey, and I want to send a 'spatch
on your wire-graph," and alio gravely handed
him tho crumpled paper, embellishud with its
zig-zag lines and dashes.
Hu took it with equal gravity, looked at it
for a moment, with an air of profound inter
est, then said :
"I'm afraid I can't quite understand this,
Topsy; what does it say ?"
"It's to Santa Claus. and it savs. 'Bring mv
Undo Ralph homo pretty quick; 'cause
(l.nmlm. rtwiaa 'l.n..t l.im tall . t. ... .11
?i..u.i4 wii.a UUH. 111IU toll, ,IOl IHUa IS ift
unny crinckles."
"Where shall Santa Claus look for him?"
"Ob, he knows 1 Over to Shina, where ho
went one day."
"Very well, Topsy, it shall be sent at once
to Santa Claus. Where is the money to pay
for sending it?"
"Ob," said the undismayed little emer
gency mistress, with a careless nod, "you can
nharye iu to somebody, can't you ? To
Uncle Ralph, I guess, 'cause it's all about
him!"
I "So I can," said the amused operator;
"that will be the very thing to do I Good
bye, Utile red-bird, and he turned away
laughing heartily, while Topsy trotted con
tentedly out to Chloe, who stood at the
door gazing into the office with the air of one
looking into a den of lions, from which she
feared her darling would not escape.
Our heroine carried herself with a calm
dignity for the remainder of the day, as one
who had fulfilled a special mission, and at
night supplemented her usual prayer with
this pathetic little petition :
"Please, God, let the man send my 'spatoh
to Santa Claus right away aulok. so he'll find
my grandma's boy, Ralph, and bring him to
. wig mvjt wiw luucri oh uia
mouth. For pity's sake. Amen."
On New Year's eve. long after Toiuv had
gone to Dream-land, a carriage stopped at
the door of the great stone bouan, and a big,
brown-faoed man, with heavy whiskers, and a
loud, cheery voice, ran up the steps, rang the
hell and entered. There was a rushing ef
feet, kisses and exclamation, then a visit to
the room of the dear, patient grandma, and
when the gentleman with the beard came into
the lighted hall on his way to take a peep at
Topsey, there were tears in his eyes, and
upon nis cneea, anil, like grandma's, they
"would keep coining, in spite of the hand
kerchief " V
He went with Topsy's iimnina into the
room where she was sleeping, took a peep at
the lively little face on the pillow, killed the
red lips so softly that their owner never
stined, then went to the room kept in read
iness for his coming.
Topsy slept late the next morning, and
after a breakfast in the nursery went, as
usual, to graudm s room for bar "maA nun,
iua" kisi. As she entered, her ef es rested
upon a face that she instantly recogn'zed asT
the original ot the picture in grandma!'
bureau drawer. The gentleman sat beside)
the old lady, his arm around her, while her
happy face rested on her shoulder. Back in
the room sat her father and mi thcr, enjoy
ing the surprise, while Chloe, who had lest
the child to the room, stood giggling in the
door.
Topsy was, as usual, fully equal to the oe
casion. At once accepting the joytul advent
as the direct result of her telegram, and re
garding it as one of her most brilliint achieve
ments, she came unhesitatingly forward
gave him her hand, accepted a kiss in a cool,
matter-of-fact way, and said :
"Santa Claus did get the 'spatch I sent,
didn't he x Did you come all the way front
Shina to quick? Grandma said you was a
boyl She cried so much I guess that she
forgot."
Her auditors looked at each other and al
the child in amazement, whilo Chloe curt
eyed, giggled and said :
"Tell 'em 'bout it, honey; its powerful
strange 'bout dot ar 1"
Topsy gravely essayed an explanation, and
the mirth that attended her graphic descrip
tion of her interview with the operator
reached a climax when she turned to her
uncle, saying, in a tone of lofty putronago :
"I told the wire-graph man to charge thsT
'snatch to you. Uncle Ralph, 'cause it was all
about your coming home, so you had better
y mm, or he will think 1 told some stones,
ike "Nias' and 'Safria' in the Sunday
Beok."
To this day Topsy thinks her telegram
brought Uncle Ralph home that New ear'i
eve, and Chloe shares in the belief.
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