Tillamook headlight., February 22, 1906, Image 5

II
to the child she said coaxlngly: “Neb-
ber mind honey, mammy an* Uncle
An Interesting Story of One Phase Luke gwine ca’r you home.” and she
began to wrap her ragged shawl over
of Plantation Life.
the little visitor, mui muring all the
It was Christmas eve In the cabin, while: ”Jes erlike Miss Alice fur all de
but the cupboard was empty and the wurl!—Got her berry blue eyes, an* er
BY ISABELLE JOYCt
fire upon the hearth was nearly out; golden ha’r!”
A little later the two old darkeys
I great clrcna was out on parade you the greatest troupe of trained tor it was not the old-time Christ-
Jocko came. Everything was moukeya in the world. They will be , mas the darkeys had known "befo’ de were on their way to the mansion,
Ion about the grounds In prepa- entered in a pony race once around the wah” when their mistress and master bearing their precious burden. Along
for the afternoon performance, track. The champion rider, Jocko, the were alive. AU day long the snow the white road they trod, their bundled
o one thought to take a peep finest monkey bareback rider in the had been falling, and now it lay white feet making huge tracks in the newly
the monkey cage where another world, holda the record in pony rac­ and glistening under the shining heav­ fallen ¿now, till on the hill among some
member hud been addud to the ing. He is number 4 and wears the ens as if tnere was really nothing but fino old lombardies, their lost home
“peace on earth and good will toward blazed out in old-time splendor. Some
bright red coat”
y-
men.”
servants were searching the grounds
Out come the ponies and their little
nd reds of street urchins stood
Far over the white covered hills the with lanterns, and just then a lady
gazing at the wonderful side riders. They are lined up at the start­ lights of Christmastide blazed through with golden hair like the child’s came
pictures, patronizing the red ing point and everyone’s eyes are the trees from the old mansion that out of the front door, and when she
tide and peanut men and striv- strained for a look at Jocko. Down had been many years dark and de­ saw the old darkeys with their bundle
pass the time before the hour goes the flag, and the ponies are off serted. But its cheeriness brought no between them ran out crying:
r the show to begin. The smell like the wind, their riders clinging to comfort to the two darkeys shivering
"Oh, my darling! my poor lost child!
wdust permeated the air and their necks.
over the half dead coals; for the peo­ where have you been? We have been
Jocko is in the lead. A quarter of ple who had lately moved into their searching everywhere for our baby!"
ht real joy auj fond memories
e hearts of the few old timers tlie way he whirls, the others vainly old homes were straugers aud knew And taking the child in her arms, she
endeavoring
to gain on him. He is nothing about the little cabin nestled kissed it again and again, while every­
» crowd who sniffed and recalled
half way round, and the crowd is among the pines far away under the body crowded around with questioning
first circus.
the plucky little rider, when hills. The tears stole down their black glances.
ers were drumming up pmtron- cheering
“Mamma, I’se only p’aytd I’se de
Mounted on high boxes, they suddenly he seems to lose his hold and faces as memories of the Christmas
erated the endless chain of mar- slips back on the pony's haunches. of long ago rose before them, when Chris’mas Chile Ilka 'ou wead me
His grip is gone but he has not lost they bad shared all the joys of that old ’bout’ an’ see—I foun’ dose poor old
s features to be seen in , the his
heart, and tries desperately to re­ home. Memories of blazing hearths colored people we passed yesterday,
e great rings.” And then “A
and bright lights, of the happy voices an’ a weal live mammy like ’ou use to
d concert will follow the main gain hold.
Startled by the monkey's unusual of their own white people ringing have!”
and will enlist the services of movement,
the
pony
leaps
forward.
through those dear halls, and of the
The child pointed to the two shiver­
i of the greatest artists in the
strum of the banjo from the quarters ing darkeys, who Btood bewildered in
d. All this can be heard for the Jocko tries to steady himself by
18
not
far
away.
the
glare of the open door; then tak­
hanging
to
the
pony
’
s
tail,
but
1 sum of ten cents—only a dime.”
“Mammy does you reck’n ole marse ing them by the hands she led them in
thrown suddenly backward to the
m one corner of the grounds ground. In his little monkey heart an' miss up In Hcab’n knows how bad the hall, down into the dining-room
e the boom of a drum and the sub­
Jocko trusts his faithful mount to we is off, dis Chris’mus eve?" A dar­ blazing with lights and decked in
ent announcement that “now stop, but the pony, unable to under­ key with a head as white as the hills Christmas greens—the old dining-room
d be seen the most wonderful stand what It Is all about, dashes mad­ over which he had been gazing from that bad been as much lost to them
show ever exhibited,” while a ly on, dragging his little rider.
the cabin window, addressed his com­ as though they had at one time really
feet away the family differences
Cheers die on the lips of the specta­ panion huddled over the other side of owned it. Then as the family gath­
'Punch and Judy” offered amuse- tors as the little fellow Is bumped and the cheerless hearth. She had been ered eagerly around, she seated the
t to as many as could crowd kicked over the rough course. Attend­ “mammy” in the ante helium days, strange couple by the bright warm
nt the little improvised theatre.
fire; till suddenly as the light from the
ants rush out, but the pony finishes and the appellation clung to her
“Lord! dey’d cert’ny be hu’t ef dey chandelier shone on their faces, the
e atmosphere was full of circus. the distance before he can be stopped,
does,” she replied with a groan—“fur lady with the golden hair ran to them
dey knows what we bln use ter In dem crying:
ole Chris’mus times w’en dey wuz live,
"Unclo Luke! and dear old mam­
an ain’t know de wantin’ of nullin' no my!” aud falling on the old Degress’
mo’ an deyselves. Law, I kin jes shut lap she threw her arms around her
my eyes now,” she went on remini­ still crying: “Mammy, I have foued you
scently “an’ see dat ole kitchen table at last! don’t you know me?"
pile up wif cakes and pies, an’ Aunt
“Miss Alice! oh, my Gord! an’ cum
Sarah an’ ole Mimle bakin’ tell de back to de manshun!" Both of the
vc’y smell ob ’em make me sick. Den old darkeys had now recognized the
long ’bout dark I an’ Miss Alice ’mence young mistress of their far back days,
to set de table out dere in de big and held out their arms crying for
hall, fur ole marse to make he aigg- joy.
nogg Chris’mus mornin’; an’ I kin heah
"Mammy, dear old mammy! and Un­
Miss Alice now a keep sayin? put cle Luke our faithful old carriage driv­
plenty glasses, mammy, case I want er!” MisB Alice looked fiom one
ev-body to drink marse an* miss healt ragged darkey to the other, laughing
in the mornin’. An* didn't sum ob and crying by turns, while their faces
dem niggers drink ole marse an* miss shone with such radiance in the fire
healf”—here both old darkeys chuckled light that everybody laughed and cried
in spite of themselves—“tell dey’l haf- too.
tcr be kerried down to de quarters
What a happy Christmas It turned
bodily! An’ oh, dat Chris’mus din­ out to be after all. Back at the old
ner!” Sne clasped her hands raptur­ mansion with their own white people!
ously over her tattered breast. “Dat —could they be dreaming? The clock
tu’key dress all In holly, roas’ brown In the great hall struck twelve and the
an’ stuff wif nuts! An’ dat plum pud­ lights were still blazing among the
din* sont in de house in er blaze ob evergreens, and the fire upon the
fire! Den w’en de white people eat hearth sputtered and sparkled as cheer­
tell dey cudn’t eat no longer, dere wuz ily as ever; white nestled among the
jes as much lef fur de darkies. Lord pines, far away under the hills, the
A’mlghty! hcah I is wishin’ fur what little cabin was dark and dreary. But
do very dogs sniff up dey nose at, dat “mammy” deep in the mysteries of ap­
day!” She stopped and wiped her eyes ple-roasting for Uncle Luke's red-hot
with the corner of her apron; there poker, and the demijohn near by,
were a few minutes silence, and the had no time to think of its dreariness
other old darkey announced solemnly: now.
“I’se gwine ter pray!” Both knelt
The little Christ Child tucked in her
down, and he began aloud:
tiny bed was not forgotten. Many
“Oh, Lord King ob Heab’n an’ erf, tears and kisses fell on her baby lips
Who sont de chile Jesus dat firs’ that night; as she slept and dreamed
Cnris’mus eve so menny thousan’ yeah of the Christmas morn that was fast
ergo, look wif pity erpon dis ole lone- breaking over the sleeping eaith.
sum cabin settin’ out heah in de wil-
berness ter nite, whar dey ain’t so
FOUR CENTURIES TO liUILD.
much as er tu’key feav’r to ’mind us
ob de blessed time. Dee knows how it
wuz In de ole time long ergo, w’en
Chris’mus wuz de happles* time ob all St. Peter’s Cathedral One of the
World’s Wenders.
de yeah, case Dee knows how much
sto’ ole marse sot to his surbants’
St. Peter’s at Rome' fs the largest
an’ nev’r stint we all no mo’ an’ he temple of worship In the world. It
did hiss’ef. Dee knows how de cider stands ci ground which was formerly
JOCKO TRIES TO STEADY HIMSELF BUT IS THROWN SUDDENLY BACKWARD
-i
an’ appul toddy flow’d same as water the site of Nero’s circus In the north­
'•
TO THE GROUND.
den, an’ chestnuts an appuls wuz er west part of the city, and is built In
poppin’ In de fireplaces. Ebby sense the form of a Latin cross. The height
nd to the great events of the day and Jocko has ceased to struggle.
ole
marse die It git wo’se an’ wo’se wif of the dome from the pavement to the
As tenderly as If he had been a baby
d been added the coming of Jocko.
us. ’Pear like de fust blow cum w’en
Jocko's mother wore a look of real they picked him up. His little heart de mansion wuz sole; an’ den all our top of the cross is 448 feet, considera­
onkey pride when her associates still beat faintly, and through his people move ’way tell I an’ mammy bly higher than the Capitol at Wash­
nine in from the street show, and It dim little eyes •» • looked up at them. onliest ones lef; den times git so hard ington. The great bell alone, without
■as not long before Jocko becume the They wore the men who had watched we bleeg’d to lef too, ah’ move down the hammer and clnpper, weighs over
ride of the entire monkey family. him from babyhood, and he knew heah in de mashes whar we is ter nine and one-quarter tons. The foun­
dation was laid in 1450 A. D. During
Ils whims were Indulged w'th a for- their grief.
The band stopped the “circus music nite. Las’ yeah our 'tatoes fros’ bite, the time
work .. was . in progress,
arance that proved beyond doubt
--------
dled
---- that
an
’
we
wo
’
se
an
ebber.
Sum
white
he love of his guardians. They never abruptly as one of the men bore Jocko fo’ks is moved up into de manshun forty-three Popes lived ana
back
to
the
animal
tent.
It
was
the
While
it
was
dedicated
in
the
year
colded, never molested. It was only man who, but a few minutes before, lately, but dey Is cum frum whar dey 1826,
hen some one of their number, out had placed Jocko on his favorite ain't no cullud folks, I reck’n, an’ ain't 188» It was not entirely finished until
The cost was $70,000,000.
f sorts, perhaps, gave him a stronger mount. It was he who had fastened know our people gwine suffer lessen
eprimand than the ordinary monkey the strap but for which the little fel­ dey he’p us; so we Is lef lonesum dis
his battles,
Chris’mus wlfout enny one ter look to
rebuke. They * fought
---- ”” *•-
The Blessings of Sleep.
In his mishaps, low might have jumped to safety In­ scusin’ Dee. Frum Dee only, kin we
crooned over him
1
stead of to death.
Sleep! “Got! bless the man who first
him
and
stood
up
for
spec
’
he
’
p
—
oh,
sen
’
down
er
angul
frum
romped with
Caring little for those who saw, the
Invented sleep!” While I am asleep
him like one great parent.
big, burly fellow carried Jocko in one on high----- ”
I have neither fear nor hope, neither
“
Sen
down
er
Chris
’
mus
angul,
Jocko was not like other monkey arm and hid his face in the other as
trouble nor glory, said Sancho Panza.
Lord
”
broke
in
a
quavering
voice
from
soon
grew
to
know
his
he made hfs way to the monkey cage.
children, and
Blessings on him who invented sleep,
power. He wrapped his little self He had taken the little fellow out the other side of the fireplace. “Sen’ the mantle that covers all human
er angul to we po’ trimlin niggers.”
hearts,
and
when
he
only
a
short
while
before,
had
romped
around their
thoughts; the food that appeases hun­
grew big enough to go out • In the with him all the way to the big tent the first voice went on—“an’ let him ger; the drink that quenches thirst;
street parade the pride of the monkey anl had given him a parting tap as shine he bright beams in dis darksum the fire that warms; the cold that mod­
the ponies darted off. And he was cabin ter-nite, like dey shine on dem erates heat; and lastly, the general coin
family knew no bounds.
shepherds ob ole, and dey fell down
First he traveled in a cage with his bringing him back dying.
deir faces an’ wuz too skeer’d to that purchases all things: the balance
Tenderly he laid him Inside while on
nd weight that makes the shapherd
older associates.
nis little red coat,
speak.
”
equal to the king and the simple to
brighter in hue than any of the others the other monkeys, dazed to see the
“
Oh,
sen
’
down
er
angul,
Lord!
”
the
and embroidered most elaborately in little fellow come home In any other two voices struck In together, on the the wise.
gilt—for Jocko had his friends among way than a romp, gathered about same key, the other leading off again:
chattering their misunderstanding.
the circus people—made him a con­ They
H’e/g/jf of a Dollar.
soon saw that Jocko's life was “Sen* down er angul frum on high
spicuous figure In the group.
fast going away. The poor little an’ ----- ”
“Can any one tell how many fl
Outside
a
gentle
voice
broke
upon
Jocko was the real monkey In the maimed body lay pathetically still,
It takes to weigh as much as a
crowd, ne Imitated the others, made and but for the old light In the eyes the prayer, and like the shepherds of bills
120 gold piece?” was asked of a num­
them play “understander” for him they could not have recognized their old, the two darkeys fell forward upon ber of clerks in a large mercantile
their faces, and waited with breath
while he practiced all kinds of acro­ bright, loving little charge.
house.
batic feats, and he soon became an .He looked up at them piteously. suspended for another sound of the
The answers showed a remarkable
expert performer. The joy of his They had been so proud of him, and angelic response.
“Dory to Dord In de highest, an’ on range of opinions. One member of
guardians, therefore, was complete he had loved them all. His little eyes
the party, whose business It was to
whefl they saw him riding about the blinked a pathetic farewell to bls erf peace dood will to men!” Then, handle money In large sums, suggest­
lo! the door opened and In came a
big arena perched on a pony's back. faithful guardians.
tiny child. She was all In white, and ed the number would be from 1,000
They squeaked in true monkey de­
Outside In the big tent the band she had great blue eyes and hair like to 1,200. Others guessed down to 500
light at their protege’s fine “horse­ banged
away as a daring equestrienne a golden halo around her lovely face. but none lower.
manship,” for Jocko became the finest dashed around the main ring. But In one hand she carried a bunch of
The number is from thirty to thirty-
monkev bareback rider In the mena­ there wns no joy in the monkey cage, holly, and the other was ladened with one, according to the condition and
gerie. Day after day he rode his pony for Jocko
cleanliness of the bills.
sweetmeats, as she said:
had ridden bls last race.
"
to victory. Day after day the monkey
“I am de ’ittle angel, an’ have turn
family waited excitedly for his “turn.”
to ‘ou to-night to tell ’ou all ’bout
Kcal Enjoyment.
They were there to squeak approval
Jesus, an’ how He turn dat firs’ Chris’­
A Four-leggcd Furlough.
when be came bounding into the cage
mas;—an* see!—I’ve bought ’ou lots
“Did you enjoy yourself at the sea­
The children of a reading class of doodles jes like de ’Ittle durl In de shore?”
and to fill his little monkey soul with
were asked the meaning of the word story mamma wead me ’fore she put
joy and adulation.
"Did I? I should say so,” replied
the young man with the bright red hat­
One day the circus showed In s big "furlough.” Mary answered that it me to bed.”
meant
a
mule.
"Oh.
no.
’
................
said
the
band.
“I had a headache every morn­
Two
black
faces
rose
slowly
from
city, and great preparations were
«he the floor and gazed awe-stricken upon ing for two weeks.”
made for an nnusnally fine display. teacher. Mary Insisted and said
bo
.
The
a book home that said
the angelic countenance beaming upon
After a great street parade the com­ had
next day she appeared with It and I d
pany came march’r.g Into the grounds. triumph opened it to the page where them. They had prayed for a Christ­
At some of onr seashore resorts,
mas angel to come down into their
The noon meal over. Jocko conld there was the picture of a soldier little cabin, but even their strong faith sea water is used as a medicinal bev­
hardly wait for Ills "turn.” and went standing beside a mule. Below the was not prepared for the sudden reve­ erage. mostly to reduce obesity. It Is
romping about lb» cage teasing first picture were the words: "Going home lation of one In flesh and blood. They brought In by fishermen from far out,
one and then another. In turn for the on his furlough.”
gazed upon the heavenly apparition, to be safe from any pollution. Three
little pinches and pokes he gave the
neither one daring to speak, till sud­ glasses dally la the usual dose.
others, he received only a loving tap
denly a new light broke over the rapt
TH for Tat.
on his tiny head and a sly little dig
In an old cathedral tn the Nether­
face of “mammy.” Raising herself bolt
now and then. It was the happiest
It Is quite generally known that the upright she gazed fearlessly upon the lands the monks exhibit a phial, which
family under the big canvas.
appears empty, but is very dark.
Smithsonian Institution st Washing­ celestial visitor and said:
“Luka dis ain’t er angul, after all; They tell the visitor that It is one of
The show was on and one after the ton, D. C-, was founded by an Eng
their most precious relics, for in it Is
it's
er
little
chile
frum
up
de
man
­
llshman,
but
by
comparatively
few
other went In to perform. "Ladles
and gentlemen.” sang the crier after that the British Museum was founded shun. case I seen her yesterd’y wif 'er preserved some of the darkness which
awhile, “We will now Introduce to by Benjamin Thompson, an American. ma pass dis cabin.” Then going over Moses spread over the land of Egypt
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