Show if midnight s mistletoe bough by delana marteen Eu busone tones nin mist fine christmas weather rj sah fine flue chris fine cameron bluntly ignored the cheerful greeting and the newspaper newe paper which midnight the on colored newsboy held out for him and waited walked on briskly down the street his hi gaze directed toward the pavement Blid tumbled bacs against his new news stand a queer expression of bewilderment and badner a spreading over his hi tace face data dava de firs time dat mist camron evah ovah done buy a dapah from somebody else be a tump lump gathering in bis his throat date data do firs time he evah pasi pasa mah place ridout sayin good lawnin lie ile aint novah got no kick an no corn com plaint t make V t me date dats de do firs time ah all evah see him go bustin by like dat an so cogitation b h aint lookin whar bar he gwine dah am eo so methin de do ra attah all the rest of the day WM vas in a sort of a trance he ile watched the elevated stairway from early after noon tor for the return ot 0 cameron Cac neron his ills vigil was rewarded when the young lawyer walked wearily down the steps Mi midnight dalight watched his every move jealously to see whether he purchased an afternoon paper irom rom his rivals cameron stopped at the little negros stand I 1 good evening Bild midnight night be he said languidly merry christmus mist camron de do world am treatie tre atin me fine aa as bilk silk an ah aint got no complaint t make t no one returned the boy bravely conceal concealing lux the anxiety that had been boon overshadow su ax mm all daa yas sah aid the lad abid to himself after camaron ard passed on toward his home dab dah am soane thin do battah but it ain aln t met me I 1 AlId midnight night closed bis his bop that night might in a happy frame of mind and wan dered off oft toward his home whistling lie ile waa was around bright and ariy barly the next day and abd when cameron came along on his nay ay to his office mide it a particular point to see that he was not overlooked houra flours later lator when hen the flying now snow was painting the dusk a speckled black cameron came back alone along the sidewalk more slowly and uncertain ly than ever it waa was christmas eve eye and Vid midnight night felt at peace with all tho the world people were flying past their arms laden with presents and all anxious to be home As be he stood in 1 a sheltered abelt ered corner comer of bis his booth counting up his profits of the day he called to cameron nil t camron ah got a Chrls mus present to yo enotha ah t f ax you et you will come roun in de do lawnin an be the de do firs t buy a christmas papier pa its good luck to me you know why mist cam camron rout I 1 suddenly denly exclaimed the lad aa as the young man came CILMO under the light am you dickt yo yol labeam white as a ahoe an you wa k like you done git dia dis grip what everyone ev bout mist brown cross de etrest br h git it simpkins up at de cor nab lordy he git de misery no he stay in de house an dat lobely miss bliss willoughby yi i know de one an ab mean liaa helen wll wit loughry not dal dat sister she come 1 I long die din bebenin an dough she the alilin nn n nappy like an ah know she Bhe mus git it too dat mus be why she aint wak down de do wid you aday an yea yes Ys yes t r 1 I 1 I guess she must b be a little under the weather said cameron Ca meroa as be he turned away merry christmas 91 x claimed a musical rou alc voice good evenin miss will merry jerry christmas I 1 me fo to not 1 you but ah don to bogot got my mannara man naba ah gaeds to do time twin I in ah was jus just thinkie tb th inkin bout do foks to ks ob mah dambly why midnight you never told us about your folks as long oa as you bare have been serving paper papers atour at our house are our folks alive T jus mah ole gran mammy aishe an he lib sid id some ole trens teens ob de do an ah mens 8 her do morey dat she ned ne d t lib on ah ola ala bad had no daddy an no mammy to de longes time cai cal so dey bofe bobe froze I 1 t det def lo 10 de do bluz zard what come long bout six year ago how flow did you ever happen to comb come here mist camron done brought me ayar you see mah mammy been beon a cook an mah mam mammy sister stater a nurse in mist camerons Cam rons dambly to near 30 year an when mist camron come ayar mammy ax him t V git me a job some day an den ho he sen fo to me lie ile try me fo to a cook but ah guess ahm a pretty bad cook mist camron Car aron he say ono one day why not a news stan an he give me de do money an dale dats alt all do bistry what Is bout me but miss willoughby ahm glad you come long tonight to night cause ah got a Chr chrismas Chrls ismus mus present fo to you some mistletoe a fine big branch what mah gran mammy sena sens up from marylan git it often offen do trees right in de swamp back 0 de shanty ah t ax you ef of ye yo wit will please be good an kin as an t V come roun in nde nae lawnin an buy ae 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 figure figurer corn com ing down the street from different dl III erections rec tlona ions ono one was cameron walking slowly along the main thoroughfare and the other was miss willoughby merry Chrls Chris mus called midnight even before the young lawyer had reached the stand ah hope hopes you Is to feelen battah dis ills lawnin thank you midnight I 1 feel all right here hurry up with that mia mis tietje and give me that first paper you wanted me to buy he added ma e cal ft t A AI ralf the two young persons reached for the bough quickly as he up the street and ew its willoughby approach lae ing briskly ah xh h abah doan know jes sha I 1 ah daa wid dat ain aln ah ahon ont fool ah put it right ayar under dis she shelt jea jes two minutes ago but ah cant find it he replied ram maging caging nervously among a pile of pi pt pera pers underneath the top merry nerry Christ christmas mast called another voice and midnight raised bis his hd and smiled into the face of miss avih wi loughry lough by who stood at the other end of me stand taking great pains not to see cameron who was striving equally tn avoid her la Is that mistletoe you want ed me to have I 1 you see ce I 1 lot up very erly e to ba D the first one here and you know you promised it to me I 1 well et dat ain aln de do funnies thing replied midnight laughing mischievously al alt shoy had two oh dat right ayar but ah cant fin em V t dave save man mah soul ah done promise dis t you miss bliss willoughby andeel an deed ah done promise it it t you mist camron to yo motha an ah choly doan know what t do bout it ah can cant t bue bus it in two half unconsciously the two young persona persons rea reache cheO for the bough then why of course let mr air cameron have it for hie his mother spoke up willoughby give it to miss willoughby said camron cameron cam ron perhaps you will find the other piece after aghilo ahil ah 11 give it t f bliss willoughby ft of mist camron 11 tote it home to de lady the girl glanced at cameron and it in another the young couple were walking away from the stand carrying the bunch of mistletoe too between them midnight grinned as an be he leaned against his stand and commented ah guess ahll ahil take die dis othi piece right straight up IV mrs airs camron man mah self cause ah know dat piece oh ob mis nin mat nevah gwine t V leave alea house et ef mist camron klu kin bep it |