Show midnight s mistletoe bough by dehna marteen lugones mawnis mist robert rine christmas weather sah sahl fine chris fine cameron bluntly ignored the cheerful greeting and the newspaper which mid night the colored newsboy hald out tor for him and walked on briskly down the street his gaze directed toward the pavement tumbled back against his news stand a queer expression of be wilderment and sadness spreading over his face data dats de firs time d dat a t all mist st t cam ron evah done buy a dapah from somebody else he soliloquized a lump gathering in his throat dat s de firs time he evah pass mah place ridout sayin good lawnin he ain aln t nevah got no kick an no corn coin plaint t make t me dat dats s de firs time ah ali evah see him go bustin by like dat an so cogitation he ain t lookin whar he gwine dah am so sora ethin methin de battah all the rest of the day midnight was in a sort of a trance he watched the elevated ele stairway from early after noon for the return of cameron his fitful vigil was rewarded when the young lawyer walked wearily down the steps midnight watched his every move jealously to see whether he lie purchased an afternoon paper from his rivals cameron stopped at the little negro negros s stand good evening midnight be he said languidly merry christmus mist camron cam ron de world am treatie me fine as silk slik an ah ali ain aln t got no complaint t make t no one returned the boy bravely I 1 n a 7 f 1 I 1 half ousby the two young persons reached for the bough concealing the anxiety that had been overshadowing him all day yas sah said the lad aloud to himself after cameron had passed on toward his home dah am some thin de battah but it ain t me midnight closed his shop that night in a happy frame of mind and wan dered off toward his home whistling he was around bright and early the next day and when cameron came along on his way to his office made it a particular point to see that he was not overlooked hours later when the flying snow was painting the dusk a speckled black cameron came back along the sidewalk more slowly and uncertain ly than ever it was christmas eve ind and midnight felt at peace with all the world people were flying past their arms laden with presents and all anxious to be home As he stood in a sheltered corner of his booth counting up his profits of the day he lie called to cameron mist cam ron ah got a chris mua inns present to fo yo motha ah ali wan s t ax you et ef you will come roun in de lawnin an be de firs aussen t buy a chris mas paper its good luck to fo me you know why mist cam root ron suddenly exclaimed the lad as the young man came under the light am you yo fade am white as a aghos an you wa wak k like you done git dis grip what ev everyone ta kin bout mist brown cross de street ayar he git it mist simpkins up at de cor nah lordy he git de misery so he stay in de house an dat lobely miss willoughby oy you know de one ah ali mean miss helen vi ail il loughry not dat sister she come lon long g dis bebenin an dough she s an happy like ah ali know she mus git it too dat mus inns be why she ain aln t wa k down de street wid you t day an yes yes 1 I 1 I 1 I guess she must be eeling feeling a little under the weather said bald cameron as he turned away merry christmas midnight ex claimed a musical voice why why good bebenin miss willoughby merry christmas 3 me to fo not scein you but ah dons dont fo bogot got my man mandahs nalis ah ali guess to fo de time bein ah ali was jus chinkin bout de fo kg ks ob mah dambly why midnight you never told us about your folks as long as 3 ou on have been serving papers at our house houe are your folks alivey jus mah ole gran mammy an she lib wid some ole tr fir ens ob de aji an ah ali sen s her de money dat det she need t lib fib on ah ain aln bad had no daddy an no mammy fo de longes time cause dey bofe bobe froze t def in de bluz zard what come long bout six year ago low how I did you ever happen to come herec mist cam ron done brought me ayar you see mah mammy been a cook an mah mammy s sister a nurse in mist cam ron s dambly fo near 30 20 year an when mist cam ron come ayar mammy ax him t git me a job some day an den he sen to fo me HF try me to fo a cook but ah ali guess ah ali rn a pretty bad cook mist cam ron he say one day why not a news stan an he give me de money an dat s all de hist ry what is bout me but miss willoughby ah in glad you come long tonight to night ause cause ah ali got a Chr chrismas Chrls ismus mus present to fo you some mistletoe a fine big branch what mah grin mammy sen s up from marylan git it often offen de trees right in de swamp back 0 de shanty ah ali wan s t ax j ou on ef yo wl wit please be so good an kin as t come roun in nde lawnin an buy de firs paper cause it means good luck you know hardly had the christmas horns blown their first greetings of the day when midnight saw two figures corn coin ing down the street from different di lons one was cameron walking slowly along the main thoroughfare and the other was miss willoughby merry Chr chrismas Chrls ismus mus called midnight even before the young lawyer had reached the stand ah ali hopes you Is feelen battah dis lawnin thank you midnight I 1 feel all right here hurry up with that mis tietje and give me that first paper you wanted me to buy he added quickly as he glanced up the street and saw miss willoughby approach ing briskly ah ah ah doan know jes wha ah ali did wid dat ain ali ahoff one fool ah ali put it right ayar un der dis shelf jes two minutes ago but ah ali can t find it he replied rum maging caging nervously among a pile of pa pers underneath the top shelf merry christmas called another voice and midnight raised his head and smiled into the face of miss wll wit loughry who stood at the other end of the stand taking great pains not to see cameron who was striving equally to avoid her where is that mistletoe you want ed me to have Midnight 9 you see I 1 got up very early to be the first one here and you know you promised it to me well et ef dat ain aln de funnies thing replied midnight laughing misch lev bously ah ali had two fine pieces ob dat right ayar but ah ali cant can t fin em ein t save mah soul ah ali done promise dis t you miss willoughby an deed ah ali done promise it t you mist cam camron ron fo yo motha an ah ali holy doan know what t do bout it ah ali cant can t bus it in two half unconsciously the two young bensons reached for the bough then hesitated why of course let mr air cameron have it for his mother spoke up miss willoughby give it to miss willoughby said cameron perhaps you will find the other cleee after awhile ah ali 11 give it t miss willoughby mf t mist cam Camron ron ll 11 tote it home to fo de lady the girl glanced at cameron and to in another moment the young couple were walking away from the stand carrying the bunch of mistletoe be tween them midnight grinned as he leaned against his stand and corn coin dented ah ali guess ah ali 11 take dis otha piece right straight up t mrs cam ron mah self cause ah ali know dat piece ob mis ain aln nevah gwine t leave miss bliss willoughby bys s house et ef mist camron kin he p it |