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ene: JOCKO—A True Story. BY ISABELLE JOYCE. 4 SOUTHERN TALE. to the child she said coaxingly: “Neb- ber mind honey, mammy an’ Uncle Luke gwine ca’r you home,” and she began to wrap her ragged shawl over the little visitor, murmuring all the while: “Jes erlike Miss Alice fur all de wurl!—Got her berry blue eyes, an’ er golden ha'r!” An Interesting Story of One Phase of Plantation Life. It was Christmas eve in the cabin, but the cupboard was empty and the fire upon the hearth was nearly out; for it was not the old-time Christ-} little later the two old darkeys BE A FIRST-CLASS BOOK-KEEPER The ted amt wens Sees . 7 were on ,thetr way to the mansion, when keys They bearing their precious burden. Alo! il N Asleep Over - entered im @ pony race once around = were alive. |All day long the anow |the white road they trod, their bundled You Will Never 7. Tow had been falling, and aow it ¥ feet making huge tracks in the n — rider in = and glistening under the shining heav- | fallen anow, till on the hill among ram pg pe npn fn my A at Be the [08,29 Hf tnere was really ‘nothing but fino old lombardies, their last. home TCoodwia siimororcd Book -tccplag Bittle “peace on earth and good towa out in old-time splendor. Some Mangal, es family. men.” Servants were searching the grow aie _ Prseresie dis Hundred street urchins stood we — the ponies and Ares — Far over the white covered hills the| with lanterns, and just. then “s lady about gazing the .wonderful side glee. y are lined up ai , | lights of Christmastide blazed through |with golden hair like the child’s came | [fl stedy how to open, keep, and c show Patronizing the red rod tee Bong. Age eyes STe ithe trees from the old mansion that{out of the front door, and when she | Waste” manner; “ ~ “Jemona Peanut men and striv- a ber Bed jocko. ge had been many years dark and de-|saw the old darkeys with their bundle ping; earn money a8 an expert; save one-thi -- paw Lacs ake ak ite tho wink tate tabee dinuee ts ana te ke ae Go ee By paeth tol See eet ne! ee Company or Sameer to wo eys 7 my darling! my poor lost child! ef sawdust the air andj their necks. over the half dead coals; for the peo-| where have you been? We have been Why Go to “College” to Learn Book-keeping drought real rem and fond memories} Jocko is im the lead. A quarter of | pie who had lately moved into their searching everywhere for our baby!” || and spend from $60 to $600 of moncy and from 6 to 16 months of fo the hearts of the few old timers |the way he whiris, the others vainly | oiq homes were strangers and knew |And taking the ehild in her arma, she |i reer, full of spereaties, ween ‘he undermgass, whe, hes & the crowd who sniffed and recalled | endeavoring to gain on him. He 48/ nothing about the little cabin nestled | Kissed it again and again. while every- in 6 weeks’ time to fill ANY position where a first Geir first circus. half way round, and the crowd is among the pines far away under the | body crowded around with questioning | J REFUND MONEY! Could you ask for anything fairer? Price (for Orlers were dramming up potron- | “Deering the plucky Ittle rider, when | hills «The tears stole down their black | glances. 00. Send for further particulars, or enciase $9.00 age. Mounted on high boxes, they suddenly he seems to lose his hold and | faces as memories of the Christmas “Mamma, I’se only p'ayed I’se de your moacy’s w E Free! @mumerated the endless chain of man | iP back on the pony’s haunches. Chris’mas Chile lika ‘ou wead me I Find Positions, Too, vel ere, Free Telues features to be mon tn Shel his neart, and trlen Gemperetaly’ to ree colored pece Wesson” ROOT ON | mail staca arich cob camel ad ers ln agrenter dao for 660 “threa great rings.” And then “a | bis heart, and tries desperately to re- colored people we passed yesterday, RS than for any other kind. Distance and experience immaterial, grand concert will follow the main |&#n hold. and bright lights, of the happy voices|an’ a weal live mammy like ‘ou use to RESTANS IALS from PUPILS! Perhaps I can place YOU, TOO show and will enlist the services of | Startled by the monkey’s unustal|of their own white people ringing |have!” PP and of “Goodwin's Practical Instruction for Business Men” : — valuable $1.00) will be sent, FREE OF CHARGE, to those who @ome of the greatest artists in the movement, the pony leaps forward. | through those dear halls, and of the| The child Pointed to the two shiver- eut out this “card,” pin $3 00 to it, and send for the book and “course” above advertined; no be world, All this can be heard for the | J°Cko tries to steady himself by {strum of the banjo from the quarters | ing darkeys, who stood bewildered in to either use it yourself or to hand it to somebody else to use—as it ts worth ONE DOL- @mall suin of ten cents—only a dime.” hanging to the pony’s tail, but is|not far away. the glare of the open door; then tak- BR IN CASH TO THE USER! “rom one corner of the grounds| "2 suddenly backward to the| | does you reck’n ole marse|ing them by the hands she ied them in J. H. GOODWIN ground. In his little monkey heart Jocko trusts his faithful mount to stop, but the pony, unable to under- stand what it is all about, dashes mad- ly on, dragging his little rider. Cheers die on the lips of the specta- tors as the little fellow is bumped and kicked over the rough course. Attend- ants rush out, but the pony finishes the distance before he can be stopped, an’ miss up in Heab’n knows how bad we is off, dis Chris'mus eve?” A dar- key with a head as white as the hills over which he had been gazing from the cabin window, addressed his com- panion huddied over the other side of the cheerless hearth, She had been “mammy” in the ante bellum days, and the appellation clung to her, “Lord! dey’d cert’ny be hu’t ef dey does,” she replied with a groan—"“fur pey knows what we bin use ter in dem ole Chris’mus times w'en dey wuz live, an aiia’t know de wantin’ of nuffin’ no mo’ an deyselves, Law, I kin jes shut my eyes now,” she went on remini- scently “an’ see dat ole kitchen table ile up wif cakes and pies, an’ Aunt an’ ole Mimie bakin’ tell de ve'y smell ob 'em make me sick. Den long "bout dark I an’ Miss Alice *mence to set de table out dere in de big hall, fur ole marse to make he aigg- nogg Chris'mus mornin’; an’ I kin heah Miss Alice now a keep sayin’ put plenty glasses, mammy, case I want ev-body to drink marse an’ miss healf in the mornin’, An’ didn’t sum ob dem niggers drink ole marse an’ miss healf”—here both old darkeys chuckled in spite of themselves—“tell dey’ haf- ter be kerried down to de quarters bodily! An’ oh, dat Chris’mus din- ner!” She clasped her hands raptur- ously over her tattered breast. “Dat tu’key dress all in holly, roas’ brown an’ stuff wif nuts! An’ dat plum pud- din’ sont in de house in er blaze ob/evergreens, and the fire upon the fire! Den w’en de white people eat| hearth sputtered and sparkled as cheer- tell dey cudn't eat no longer, dere wus ily as ever; while nestled among the Jes as much lef fur de darkies. pines, far away under the hills, the A’mighty! heah I is wishin’ little cabin was dark and dreary. But do very dogs sniff up dey nose at, dat|“mammy” deep in the mysteries of ap- day!” She stopped and wiped her eyes Ple-roasting for Uncle Luke's red-hot with the corner of her apron; there|poker, and the demijohn near by, were a few minutes silence, and the|had no time to think of its dreariness other old darkey announced solemnly: | now. “T'se gwine ter pray!” Both knelt] The little Christ Child tucked in her down, and he began aloud: ttuy bed was not forgotten, Many “Oh, Lord King ob Heab’n an’ erf,|tears and kisses fell on her baby lips Who sont de chile Jesus dat firs’|that night, as she slept and dreamed Ree te Oe py core . = the Christmas morn that was fast ergo, erpon ole lone- | breaking over the sleepin; b stim cabin settin’ out heah in de wil- ae OE berness ter nite, whar dey ain't so much as er tu’key feav’r to ‘mind us ob de blessed time. Dee knows how it wuz in de ole time long ergo, w’en Chris’mus wuz de happies’ time ob all de yeah, case Dee knows how much sto’ ole marse sot to his surbants’ an’ nev’r stint we all no mo’ an’ he did hiss’ef, Dee knows how de cider an’ appul toddy flow’d same as water den, an’ chestnuts an appuls wuz er poppin’ in de fireplaces, Ebby sense ole marse die it git wo’se an’ wo'se wif us. ‘Pear like de fust blow cum w’en de mausion wuz sole; an’ den all our people move ‘way tell I an’ mammy onliest ones lef; den times git so hard we bleeg’d to lef too, an’ move down heah in de mashes whar wo is ter nite. Las’ yeah our 'tatoes fros’ bite, an’ we wo’se an ebber. Sum white fo’ks is moved up into de manshun lately, but dey is cum frum whar dey ain’t no cullud folks, I reck’n, an’ ain’t know our people gwine suffer lessen dey he’p us; so we is lef lonesum dis Chris’mus wifout enny one ter look to scusin’ Dee. Frum Dee only, kin we spec’ he’p—oh, sen’ down er angul frum on high——” “Sen down er Chris’mus angul, Lord” broke in a quavering voice from the other side of the fireplace. “Sen’ er angul to we po’ trimiin niggers,” the first voice went on—‘“an’ let him shine he bright beams in dis darksum cabin ter-nite, like dey shine on dem shepherds ob ole, and dey fell down on deir faces an’ wuz too skeer’d to speak.” “Oh, sen’ down er angul, Lord!” the two voices struck in together, on the same key, the other leading off again: “Sen’ down er angul frum on high an’ ——”" Outside a gentle voice broke upon the prayer, and like the shepherds of old, the two darkeys fell forward upon their faces, and waited with breath suspended for another sound of the angelic response, 2 “Dory to Dord in de highest, an’ on erf peace dood will to men!” Then, lo! the door opened and in came a tiny child. She was all in white, and she had great blue eyes and hair like @ golden halo around her lovely face. In one hand she carried a bunch of holly, and the other was ladened with sweetmeats, ag she said: “I am de ‘ittle angel, an’ have fum to ‘ou to-night to tell ‘ou all ‘Bout Jesus, an’ how He tum dat firs’ Chris’- mas;—an’ see!—I’ve bought ‘ou lots of doodies jes like de ‘ittle durl in de story mamma wead me ‘fore she put me to bed.” Two black faces rose slowly from the floor-and gazed awe-stricken upon the angelic countenance beaming upon them. They had prayed for a Christ mas angel to come down into their little cabin, but even their strong faith the hall, down into the dining-room blazing with lights and decked in Christmas greens—the old dining-room that had been as much lost to them as though they had at one time Teally owned it. Then as the family gath- ered eagerly around, she seated the strange couple by the bright warm firo; till suddenly as the light from the chandelier shone on their faces, the lady with the golden hair ran to them erying: cle Luke! and dear old mam- my!” and falling on the old negress’ lap she threw her arms around her still crying Jammy, I have found you at last! don ou know me?” “Miss Alice! oh, my Gord! an’ cum back to de manshun!” Both of the old darkeys had now recognized the young mistress of their far back days, oo held out their arms crying for joy. “Mammy, dear old mammy! and Un- cle Luke our faithful old carriage driv- er!” Miss Alice looked from one ragged darkey to the other, laughing and crying by turns, while their faces shone with such radiance in the fire light that everybody laughed and cried the toons of a drum and the sub- Room 436, 1215 Broadway, announcement that “now seen the most wonderful while a Jafant Pessimism. Grandma—‘“Margery, I hear you have a little sister at your house, I suppose she cries at times.” Little Margery—"Cries? Well I should say so! Why I never gaw anyone that appeared to look upon the dark side of things as she does.” ment to as many as could crowd about the little improvised theatre, Whe atmosphere was full of circus, America owns the Declaration of In- dependence, containing 7,800 letters, written on a space not larger than the head of a pin, which when viewed through a microscope, can be distinctly read seeenonmentifiisiannemnnee One of the Nuremberg toy makers enclosed {n a cherry stone a plan of Sevastopol, a railway station and the Messiah of Klopstock. $000 Rifles easel What a happy Christmas it turned out to be ‘after all. Back at the old mansion with their own white people! —could they be dreaming? 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His little heart monkey pride whefi her associates|still beat faintly, and through his eame in from the street show, and it} dim little eyes »~ looked up at them. was not long before Jocko became the} They were the men who had watched pride of the entire monkey family. bone =. babyhood, and he knew were indulged with a for- < 4 Seams eon wend beyond doubt} The band estopped the “circus music” the love of his guardians. They never | abruptly as one of the men bore Jocko scolded, never molested. It was only| back to the animal tent. It was the when some one of their number, out|man who, but a few minutes before, of sorts, perhaps, gave him a strofger had placed Jocko on his favorite reprimand than the ordinary monkey | mount. It was he who had fastened buke. They fought his battles,/the strap but for which the little fel- arooned over him in his mishaps, ie re Gave jenped to safety in- 0 caret with Dim it _ bats Caring little for those who saw, the Baer vee Srest patent. big, burly fellow carried Jocko in one Jocko was not like other monkey arm and hid his face in the other as phildren, and soon grew to know his|he made his way to the monkey cage. ower. He wrapped his little self He had taken the little fellow out round their hearts, and when he|onty a short while before, had romped ; big enough to go out in the with him all the way to the big tent et parade the pride of the monkey {an} had given him a parting tap as knew no bounds. the ponies darted off. And he was First he traveled in a cage with his| bringing him back dying. der désociates. 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