UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
(THE OLD LADY SPEAKS)
By James Whitcomb Riley
Copyright by James Whitcomb Riley
Last Christmas was a year ago,
Says I to David, I — says-I,
We're goin' to mongering我, so
I told the girls jes' what to do
To tell the girls jes' what to do
Per dinner. We'll be back by two.
I didn't wait to hear what he
said. He said he was my me,
but banged the stable door and flew
Back to the roses, jee' plumb clilled
Cold! Wooh! how cold it was! My— Oh!
Oh!
Frost flyin', and the air, you know,
"Jess
strongly" heerd
Darid swear,
"To shave a man
and cut his
hair!"
And blow and blow
and snow and snow!
Where it had
long 'tong the
fence
And 'croust the
and crost the road - some
places though
Jes' swep clean to the gravel, so the goin' was as bad for sleights As 't it worsags—and both ways, tixti snowdrifts and the bare
ground, I've
woundered, I've got through alive;
Jes' underwear got through alive; I nothin' nothin', fro' er sense; 'At bent it anywheres, I know—
Last Christmas was a year ago.
And David said, as we set out,
'At Christmas services, was 'bout
As cold and wuthless kind o' love
To offer up as he know of,
'At the Good Bein' up above
'At the Good Bein' up above
Would think more of us—as, h
ought-
*Astraying' home on sick a day,
And that hadn't him that away!
And javed on, in an undertone,
'Bout leavin' Lide and Jane alone
There on the place, and me not there
To oversee 'em and p'pare
The stuff'in the turkey and
The sass and all, you understand.
I've allus managed David by
Jes' sayin' nothing. That was why
He's allus'd.
beau a away— cause Lade Lide
She'd allure till use
When David tackled him; and so,
Laast Christmas was a year ago.—
Er ruther, 'bout a week after,
David and Perry'd
would about
door."
And as he passed the winder, we Saw Perry, white as white could be March past, onhitch his hoss, and
Such arm-to-fool argument, you know,
and pap told him to "Jes" git out
O' there, and not to come no more,
And, when he went out, to shet the
light
A see-ygar, and lape out o' sight.
Then Lide she come to me and cried!
Then Lide she come to me—and no need.
And yit, you know, that man jeet 'got Right out o' there's he'd be'n shot,
P'tendin he must go and feed
The stock e sorpmin. Then I tried
To git the pore gal pacified.
B'gitt! bitt" back to—where was we? Oh, yes!—where David lectured me
All way to meet-
in', high and low.
scrougin' us.
Ef 't 'adn't be'n for the old squire
Givin' his seat to us, as in
We stomped, a-farly perishin',
And David could 'a got no fire,
He'd ed 's' a 'dropped there in hi
tracks:
Tracks:
I was tryin' to yit
Make room for him, "Say, the
Make room for him, "Say, the
Is, I got to git up and git
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'Ithout no preachin'. Jes' go word—
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And out he put! All way through The sermont—and a long one, too—
put think 氧
squire
Asn's changed
round so, and
admire
his gentle ways,— to give his warm Bench up, and him face the storm.
And when I noticed David, he Was needin' jab-
bin'—I thought best
bin'—I thought best.
To kink my ear; rest:
'peared like he sleep' so peacefully!
And when I thought o' home, and how
What and what the gyrls was d'in now,
And kind o' prayed,'way in my breast,
And breshed away a tear or two
4 David waked, and church was through.
By time we'd "howdyed" round and shuck
Hands with the neighbors, must 'a'
**tuk**
A half a year longer; ever one
a-sayin "Christmas gift" itaore
David er me—so we got notes!
But David warmed up, more and
more,
and he saw jokeylike, and had
His got and im, and 'peared so glad,
I whispered to him. "Spoise you ant
a passel of me come and eat
their dinners with us. Gyrly's got a
full-and-plenty for the lot
and all their kii!" So David passed
The invite round; and ever' seat
In ever' wagon-bed and sleigh
Was jen' packed, as we rode away.
The young folks, mild or so along.
A strinkt' up a sleighh-song.
And jez' whirped up and sent the snow
Tel David laughed and yelled, you know. And Tel David inched up and sent the
and gravel fyin' thick and fast—
Last Christmas was a year ago.
Wy, that air seven-mild jant w
Jes' seven mild scant from church to home
It didn't 'pear, that day, to be Much furder really 'n' 'bout three!
But I was purty squeamish by The time home hove in sight and
See two vehicle les
standin' there
All to myself. 'And
presently
David he sobered;
to myself. And
presently;
obeyed;
and says he,
"Hain't that-ah
Squire Hanch's old
Burrow" says he
Buggy" says he,
"and claybank
mare"
"Let's 'le git
out the cold."
Your company's nigh 'bout froze!' He
"Whose sleigh 's that-air, a-stainin'
Says I, "It's no odds whose—you jes'
Drive to the house and let us out,
'Cause we 're jes' freezin', nigh
about!"
Well, David swung up to the door,
And out we piled. And first I heard
Jane's voice, then Lide's — thought
afore
I reached that gyrl I'd jed' die shore;
And when I reached her, wouldn't
keered
Much if I had, I was so glad,
*Akissin* her through my green vell,
And Jes' excitin' her so bad,
"At she broke down herself—and Jane
She cried—and we all hugged again.
And David? David Jes' turned pale—
Looked at the gyrils, and then at me,
Then at the open
'Is old Squire Hunch there?" says he.
door—and then—
The doorway, with a sneakin' grin.
"Is Perry Anders in there too?"
The old Squire suddenly stood in
Perry stopped out and waved his hand.
And says, "Yes, Pap." And David jee-
 Stooper and dislaced Lise, and says, "I
As Lide and me both grabbed him and
berin' all through.
Says David, lim-
guess
Yer mother's much to blame as you.
Ef she kin reek him, I kin too!"
The dinner we had then hain't no Bit better the one today 'At we'll have for 'em. Hear some
Ajlingin' now. David, for me,
you'd wish you j'usei go out and see
Et they're in sight it. It jes' does
Me good to think, in times like these,
dids' done so. And David, he's
made what he wants. Last Christmas was a year ago.
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Clay County Seniors Show Xmas Spirit and Abandon Their Old Program
ELLSWORTH RICK-A CHICKED
SOLOMON BASKETBALL FIVE
By Mabel Simmons.
Clay County High School, Dec. 18. This year a radical change has come about in the Christmas program of this high school. The seniors will not avenge the wrongs done them by the teachers and let their things about them set to gay ragtime.
The juniors who have always presented the faculty with "appropriate" gifts, will have no part whatever in this year's program.
Instead the near-grade will sing a few eases Christmas songs and present a piece of music.
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Ricka chicka Bum
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Ellasworth High School
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Made things hum.
Ellsworth High School, Dec. 18. Ellsworth opened the season in the solomon Valley Basket-ball League by defending Solomon's ball-saturation 44 to 11
HIGH SCHOOL BAND WILL TOOT
ON CHRISTMAS TRIP
Bv Esther Donahue.
Sedan High School, Dec. 18.—In a buck, but tough, game of basket-in-ball, the Sedan boy's team defeated the Caney high school team, Friday night at Caney, by a score of 24 to 15. The girls were victorious by a score of 10 to 7
Summer County High School, Dec. 18 — A trip is being planned for the S. C. H. s. band during Christmas vacation. There are about twenty-five members of the band, and they are far enough advanced to give good concerts.
Sedan Wins Two.
By Doyle Buckles.
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Nothing reserved. Every suit in the house marked to about HALF PRICE.
The entire winter is before you. Surply yourself now. Every garment offered in this sale is of this season's purchase, insuring new and desirable styles.
There's every size from Misses 14 to women's 44. There's not a poor style, shade or fabric in the lot. Plenty of navy's, browns, grays and blacks.
MISSES SUITS, 14 to 18. Youthful styles in navys, browns, grays and mixtures. $13.50 to $16.50 values at $9.00.
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By Fred Newcomb
Fort Scott High School. Dec. 18.—Friday as the Y. M. C. A. court, the Pittburg basket-ball team was entertained and defeated, by a score of 84 to 17. This is the second game won from Pittburg this season.
RENO OPENS SEASON WITH 29-16 VICTORY.
By Bessie Bereman.
The second game was the opening session of the Arkansas Valley Basketball League. Halsted was the opposing team.
Reno County High School, Dec. 18. In a double header Friday, Reno captured both games. The business department team played the Sylvia quintet, winning by a score of 5 to 15.
The final result was 29 to 16. A sensational throw from center was made by Frisch, of Nickerson.
DOUGLAS DEDICATES
$28,000 HIGH SCHOOL.
Bv Verne Harter.
Douglas High School, Dec. 18.
The new $28,000 school building at Douglas, said to be the largest in Butler county, will be dedicated, Thursday.
The main address was given by W. D. Ross, state superintendent, who spoke highly of the new building and the way in which the school is being conducted.
TOMAHAWK DROPS ON HIAWATHA JUST ONCE.
By Elda McKnight.
Hiawata High School, Dec. 18. The first basket-ball game of the season between Hiawata boys and girls and Severance teams were played Wednesday before a large crowd. The Hiawata girls outplayed the Severance girls and both scored the boy's game was 22 to 15, in favor of Severance.
Supt. S. W. Moore, of the Hiawata city schools, has been selected to membership on the faculty of the University of Nebraska for the summer session of 1913. He will teach in the department of education.
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