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of their own money and solicit* inf help from others have collect* ed so many gifts for th« mission that it will require three cars or one truck to deliver all the presents. Thoee city youngsters, many of them around ten years of age, have truly discovered the joy of Christmas.
The Christmas Stocking
“Dear Santa Claus,” wrote little Will in letters truly shocking, "I’se been a good boy so please fill a heapen up this stocking. I want a drum to make pa sick and drive my mamma crazy. I want a doggie I can trick so he will not get lazy. 1 want a powder gun to shoot right at my sister Annie and a big trumpet I can toot just awful loud at granny, I want a dreffle big false face to scare in fits our baby, I want a pony I can race around the parlor maybe, I wand a little hatchet, too, so I can do some chopping upon our grand piano new when mamma goes a’* shopping, I want a nice hard rubber ball to smash all into flinders the great big mirror in the hall an* lota an’ lota of winders. An’ candy that’ll make me sick so ma all night will hold me an’ make pa get the doctor quick an never try to scold me. An’ Santa Claus, if pa says 1 am naughty it’s a story. Just say if be whipa »e I'll die and^go to kingdom * glory.”
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