| Show A for a 1 I PE avni uhlon 8 IT any wonder onder that roan man with v alth the tin ila whistle felt a trifle discouraged I 1 la Is it U iny any wonder monder when the pavements were sc so cold the so 90 keen and his oat coat so i 10 it deemed seemed on that shivery very christmas eve as if everything was trying trang to e life as dreary as possible ini ead of as merry it would not em o 0 ow afine A flie sharp drle swept sept la in der r the where the man with tin in bistle m blood stood and managed to inside the top of his boots and collar arl ul up his it as very goliday alday staffon was yas usually a jolly tor fr pennies either other people had a at deal inora more at that time or they ere bent on setting getting rid of tho those they d tho the man with the tin whistle pt a little cup that possessed a most ap appetite petie for cop coppers t ru t od I 1 hold as many pennies at inq ne p as a boy eating raisins out oc of a am pudding and saying a at dault t dut but today the I 1 hie cup i almost empty nobody had stop op and dig around la in pocket poc keto for e coins it was as too cold swa their a I 1 aa 1 wanted to bome t here ti sitf tr thil tec were ag to clap their hand hantl oer the anges ages from froin te tte stores the man inan th the tin whistle wanted tc get me too he ile did not have any chila walting for him and they would ve bad had no bundles to squeal over it if did id but there A was as a it tunny funny raggedy g that always expected something I 1 danced around in a dizzy delight nay way n ay that was very cheerful but w could the roan man alth w iab the tin whis a so go home u his tunes brought in nothing but buk nuino fla flers and it 0 pling ng in his feet is if they had bad ed to wood Ro roeer TeNer he sere screwed ed up his big mouth k a long boerth pretended that pen s were making his little cup ring e leigh sleigh bells and played the greyest 8 tune yon you ever heard I 1 it laug laughed bd way n ny up the windy stairs into tho the 14 a IN ion it chuckled along the tho cold tea es on the eray gray wall it U capered it t the pavement like an af if doing oila ila and was altogether the w ari alece of bu businow busl sinew nesi in that Lt aar thit had hall happened rapp lapp ened for years a the ith the tin way wal thinking it t ellings nes his dog at home am ana it pit something nto into we that was irresistible for let tell you I 1 in two minutes ho elj come running do ua steps amat of him but a young WIT with pinkest cheeks and the laughing eyes he bad had ever een seen sho waa was ling at him as though bad had wn his him fill 01 hr har h r life alloe 1 loie that tune I 1 she he sald it al ky rt moke me want mant tf to ai say my feet a 14 cant can t think ho how ale it la to to hear bear this miserable night thank you youl t I 1 1 lie the little cup had the surprising of a quater qua ter theres meres supper for me and navel ravel thought tho man m ith the tin kle we as he tipped me his bat ind od before he coull decide whether obid be hot JOT doy or soup some 41 else was smil ilig a him this tte be it wis wa a quiet man with gray 1 1 look for you v athea hen I 1 come alt aft alia 4 at 1 A throan t I 1 aad and I 1 t ar alif little L u ti tt a ronn up lip f i i IT days day s aeri y rant an t if it you myrtill I 1 I 1 bo bellev ilem rr re e I 1 rn tr n witt the amr hair w IC a dollar TJ tie e 11 un tin vr pr I 1 I 1 and gave every t t t f being twing real for an sit thing t tl 00 at tha the ina melody on tb P lenn lii tao amna with etli tho the tin whistle al almost most W figot PT hw how com eahl hie his were and tant the rain had ew sac in making bits b very wet and wretched if it really must have been the tune for ev try bad a con COIR nod and a bit of so it he 0 played and arid played and X glided ayed 1 ite t thought Us luck duld evinge if be changed the ilia tune and he ile vry ery nearly bleci fie the breeb out of him keeping the he notes dancing in that arf ind he ye going to haeft mio the bluest adner in ta all ail Ctol aten dom if it coald could do tt it some people thov in pennies ind son tb to in ditcu dlinn ani tin al mie dropped a iiii ter at hut tin tit best beat hit 11 efaw BW ct ot the whit Is the atay ay it d le be eaph 0 1 lly ay on bae tae irne inan with ahe un i lilb lith ie a jui lust about to ok it fani anro fn ills his 1714 uth and matr ame 1 wian I ert a uhle little old lady evl witt white hair ped 11 ft U front dt of haw hi her eyes twinkled kled like frosty rosty stars ana there man about her that nuitt mittle one thank of it R chic Ladeo P it uns liter bright luitte e pi cit or favl e the lite kiy she pin put her heed on one side and looked so ex cee wise and happy the m nun n ft bitti ath the tin whistle thought ehe she ft a as tle the incest old lady he had bad ever seen and this was nas before she had said a word somebody chirped the cd lady her voice was uns elki a chi hadovs too only it did not say what a chickadee doer doe somebody who went through here last lut year about this time has sent you roll a present ahat somebody was wa vcr discouraged over a lot of things and and clr tl day was discouraging too lust just like this but you were yere placing ing away here for all you were worth just as it the sun were shining and our feet N ft ere ataria arm as toast the tune ft as the same one you are tire now and that somebody aided da eded that if you could stand and whistle a jolly air in all the cold and arid wet and drizzle that it waa uns time to make himself brace up and do something and he did the eld old lady twinkled harder than over the oan man the tin whistle wn wandered dered what ay jbv ih world shi eh waa was oine going to eay say aest ut rt brt ehe the dirt did not lot say any any ebnit for a she d out a pocket bodt snapped open the tho 10 try lo took out a jamall folded piece of paper and handed it to the man with the tin whistle then she the snapped her pocketbook together put it in her bag hair perked her aad on one bide side and chirped merry ChrI christmas almost 1 the man was my son and ehe she was gote gone before sou ou could say jack robinson I 1 Havell nga and his n ter had bad a supper bolth talking about that night I 1 ED af e can tu tell you I 1 for what do you suppose that folded bit of paper was A rattling ten dollar bill I 1 tirl and awl no remember that particular Christ christma nIal as long rs I 1 ie e ann cnn his tal or a bone one aad the man with abe jb tin whistle declared he would gt dilcer Z a again call no matter how 0 c alfa 1 the weather was n as approved of this determination term laution and ate another chop at once and the man with the tin whistle still plays tunca an all the way from a R penny up to ten dollars dollar sl I 1 |
