The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 83, Ed. 1 Friday, November 22, 1907 Page: 3 of 6
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Jimmie’s
Christmas
Stocking
By OWEN OLIVER.
(Copyright. HWJ. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
HERl-J is honor among the deni-
/ .
I , zens of Paxton alley, lint Mr.
Smith's toy-shop stood at the
very entrance, and they reckoned him
out of bounds
From time to time evil-looking men
muttered to one another about the
long stocking that Mr. Smith was
supposed to have Ailed; but he had
figured in the prize ring in his young-
er days, and he was said to sleep
with a big knob slick beside him.
So the matter ended at mutterings.
A big, powerful man was Mr Smith;
and he had a powerful edge to his
tongue. Every one in the alley feared
him except Jimmy.
Mr. Smith knew him as the extra-
ordinary paper-boy who brought back
a dime given him in mistake for a
penny, an event which was his
torical in the alley. At the time It
gave rise to doubts as to Jimmy's
sanity, but afterward it was held that
he was "playing up to the old
man."
Anyhow, Mr. Smith took two pa-
pers regularly afterward; and the day-
after his funeral—which was the day
before Christmas eve—a sleek man
In a shiny top hat invaded Paxton al-
ley, escorted by a policeman, and
took evidence as to the identity of
the boy called Jimmy who sold pa-
pers" to the public generally, and in
particular to the late Mr. Smith
When the sleek man was satisAed
upon this point he proclaimed Jimmy
the sole legatee of the estate, which
comprised the little shop and house
and all their contents
"You'll And a long slocking some-
where, I expect," the lawyer said,
and you d better bring it to me to
fake care of; and If I were you I
should take the name of Smith."
Under ordinary circumstances Jim-
my would hav. been elated by hii
good fortune, but somehow the world
kad not iatereeted him lately. He
hid had a terrible cough for weeks
Ills business exposing him to the
climate—and Just now he felt tired,
nnd had nasty pains la his side, and
seemed to be burning all over.
He moved In on the morning pf
Jimmie’s Xmas Stocking — Jirr.mie
Opened His Eyes.
Christmas eve. and explored the
house with a kind of numb curiosity.
He spent most of the morning in the
shop parlor in the arm-chair in front
of the Are He did not even go out
to the quick lunch room for the beau-
tiful dinner that he had promised
himself. He had taken a lot of milk
from, the milkman, and he kept drink
lng that. He did not seem to care
about anything but milk, and every-
thing felt strange and uncanny. Th.
Agure on the mantelpiece—a white-
bearded old gentleman which he be-
lieved was called Santa Claus—was
the strangest and uneannlest of all.
The Are was almost out, so he put
on some more coal. He saw that It
was nearly four o'clock "Lumme!"
he muttered “I've let the day go, an'
aven t done no bus'ness. This won't
do. I ll take down the shutters, an'
open the shop."
There was a wild chorus of recog-
nition when he appeared between the
dingy green curtains that slid along
a rail. "Jimmy!" "Jimmy!" “Want
any one to run your errins, Jimmy?”
"Yer might give us somethink, Jim-
my?" He heard all these greetings
and a dozen more.
He shook his head and returned to
his seat He certainly did feel ill,
and he seemed to lose things for a
few minutes, until Bill Black came
In for three little toys. Bill was
looked up to in the alley as a man
Who did "big Jobs," and the Blacks
were generally reckoned, well-to-do
but Bill's transactions hadn't been
very proAtable lately, and he had to
be careful, because he knew that the
police had their eye on him. So they
were hard up, like the rest.
"Found the long stockin', Jimmy?"
he asked, casually, when he had
taken the toys.
“No," said Jimmy. "And if I had
It 'u'd be at the lawyer’s. Bill, an'
don't yer make no mistake."
Bill growled under his breath "It
yer didn’t look half dead I'd knock
yer head orf, yer young hound," lie
said, "insinywaitin' ag’inst an honest
man. Goin' to offer to do anythink
fer yer, the missus was, wot 111 soon
put a stop to now.”
He gave Jimmy a ferocious scowl
as he went out, and Jimmy resolved
that if he found the stocking he
would take it to the lawyer at once.
He went to the door and faced a
crowd of excited faces that ranged
in rows from the front of the shop
right across the alley.
"Jimmy!” they cried. “Give us
somethink! Yer might, Jimmy!”
Jimmy always said afterward that
he only did It because he thought he
was dying, and the toys would be no
use to him, and the pains in his
heart "drawed him out of himself."
He tried to speak, hut his voice was
only a whisper. So he beckoned to
a big boy and whispered to him; and
the boy stood up on the doorstep,
and shouted to the crowd "Jimmy s
goin' to give yer a toy each. Jim
my—”
The big boy went sprawling before
the crowd that swayed and struggled
in, and Jimmy was driven back to the
counter.
Women came in to plead for their
babies at home. Boys and girls
came in to remind him of their broth-
ers and sisters By nine o'clock he
had given to every small Inhabitant
of the alley.
Then Jimmy tried to go to bed,
but was so weak and giddy that he
could not climb the stairs. So he
sat in the arm-chair Instead. He
felt strange as well as poorly. The
chairs, the Are-irons, the coal-scuttle,
the table-cover, everything, seemed to
turn into fantastic Agures, and long
tailed demons were running up the
blinds. Santa Claus on the mantel-
piece was scowling and sneering at
him.
Jimmy got into a sudden rage with
Santa Claus anil struck him with his
Ast.
Santa Claus tottered on the man-
telpiece, but righted himself. He was
more solid and weighty than Jimmy
had Imagined, and there was a clink-
ing sound as he swayed—a sound of
clinking money. The truth Hashed
upon Jimmy as he sank back exhaust-
ed in the arm t fiSir. The "long
stocking" was in 'Santa Claus, and he
could not get to it, and he never
would, because he was going to die.
He saw Santa Claus leering at him
when he woke, and in his dreams,
and when he dozed. Then he sudden
Iy looked frightened. Some one was
knocking loudly at the door. That w as
what frightened him Jimmy woks
completely just as the knocking
ceased. There was a grating noise
outside the window—the noise of
some one slipping a knife through
the frame to press hack the catch.
Jimmy struggled to move, but his
limbs only wriggled a little. He
tried to shout, but no sound came.
The shutters came open with a
crash, and Bill Black stepped within
Jimmy closed his eyes to escape
the sight of the knife, but he felt
Black looking at him Then, to his
surprise, he went away Into the
shop. Jimmy heard a noise of un-
barring and unlocking Then he felt
a cool hand on his pulse.
"Collapse,' a pleasant voice said.
"It's lucky we weren't an hour later."
Jimmy opened his eyes, and saw
the doctor and Black bending over
him.
"I've been playin' at Santa Claus,
matey," Black said. "We Judged yer
was pretty bad not to answer the
knockin’, so 1 got In. Rare nice toys
them was yer gave my young uns
Judged yer was pretty bad, so I
fetched 'em."
Bill Black looked at the Are
thoughtfully, and repeated to himself:
"Rare nice toys." Then he carried
Jimmy upstairs and helped the doc-
tor put him to bed. He was wonder-
fully gentle in handling Jimmy.
Three weeks later Jimmy cam#
downstairs to the shop parlor, and
the Arst thing he noticed was that
Santa Claus was gone from the man-
telpiece. He was very weak, and he
could not help a few tears coming
to his eyes; but he had brushed them
away before Bill came in.
"Feel all right, boy?"’ Bill asked
"Yes, Bill," Jimmy Bald “Pretty
fair '
“Seems strange down here, don't
worth nothink
Bill laughed and slapped his leg
with his hand. "Yer ain't no Judge
of Agures, matey, I can see. That
'ere was a curious old piece of stuff
an' valerble, or I ain’t no Judge. I
took the notion o’ lockin' 'lm swav
upstairs, Jimmy—” Bill put his
great hand on the boy'* shoulder.
"The long stockin' were inside him'
Over a thousand dollars. I took the
liberty of usin' the odd money in th#
bus'ness for yer, but the thousand Is
there An' it's lucky fer yer, matey,
as yer was dealln' with an honest
man wot might have been diffrint
if you hadn't given the kids them
toys'"
For there is honor among—Paxtoa
alley; and Paxton alley extends t#
*he toy shop now Jimmy and young
Bill are there!
MAKES A PROTEST
County Attorney Filed Protest Against
Issue of Court House Warrants
And After Consideration
Withdraws It.
Fourth—No sum of money or
warrants is due the said Manhattan
Construction Co. from Lincoln
county, under the sai.l pretended
contract, or under any other con-
tract or agreement.
Fifth—Notice of liens has been
already I I d against the said build-
in .
Sixth-Said contract is illegal
and void and contrary to public-
policy, and unauthorized by the
| I; ws and statutes of the state of
{Oklahoma.
Seventh—The said Manhattan
Construction Co has already ob-
tained large sums of money from
Lincoln county, without authority
of law, and witnout complying with
j the terms and conditions of said
pretended contract.
You are further notified that due
legal proceedings will at once be in-
i stituted by the undersigned in t he
proper courts for the legal determi-
I nation of the matters and things
herein set forth, to the end that the
I people of Lincoln county may have
the full and adequate protection of
the laws.
John J. Davis,
County Attorney.
WITHDRAWAL OK OBJECTIONS.
Before the board of county cotnmis
sioners, Lincoln county, Oklaho
ma.
After taking all matters into con-
sideration in connection with th<
court house deal or contract given
the Manhattan Construction Co., 1
am more convinced than ever that
It?"
"A little strange," Jimmy agreed
Bill cut some hard tobacco In the
palm of his hand, and whistled soft
ly and Ailed hlg pipe "Notice any-
thing pertickler strange?" he sag
gested. His eyes were on the man
telpiece, where Santa Claus wasn't,
and so were Jimmy's
"No," said Jimmy, bravely. "No
Bill."
“Not on the mantelshelf?"
Jimmy pressed his Angernalls
against his palms. "There was a
sort of Agure there," he said, "wasn't
there's Bill’ I—I s'pos* It got broke.
It doesn't matter, Bill. It—It wasn't
[ To the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners, Lincoln County:
In the matter of the construction
of court house.
You are hereby notified that the
[undersigned, the duly and legally
e eeted, qualified and acting county
J attorney of Lincoln c runty, < iklaho-
ma, hereby protests and objects to
: the issuance of any certificates, or
J other or any form of evidence of in- ...........
debtedness by your board, or the (the county has a good cause o
release of any certificates or war- action against the Manhattan Con
rants heretofi r • issued and depos- struction Co. and that their con
ited in escrow with ;h - First N'a-j tract price for which they are erect
tional bank or any person or i i any | ing the court house und jail fo
I place for the payment in any man- ; Lincoln county is exhorbitant, bui
[ ner to Manhattan Construction Co., 'on account of the present objections
its agents, representations or as- tying up other and necessary busi-
] signs, upon any claims or contracts , ness before the commissioners that
arising out of the construction of] should be attended to forthw th
and in lieu of the fact that a con-
siderable amount of money still re-
mains unpaid of the said contract
price, I hereby agree und consent
that my objections or protest
against the allowance and payment
of the warrants due at the time of
the completion of the roof as speci-
fied by contract be for the present
withdrawn.
Dated at Chandler, Oklahoma,
this 20th day of November, 11)07.
John J, Davis,
County Attorney.
for
the Lincoln county < ourt house
the following reasons, to-wit:
1- irst—Tjie said contract was not
executed as provided by law.
Second -The said Manhattan
Construction Co. is not complying
with the terms and provisions of
their pretended contract.
Third—No bond was provided by-
statute has been executed by the
said Manhattan Construction Co. to
protect the county from liens filed
with the clerk of the district court
of Lincoln county.
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Smith, G. A. The Chandler Tribune (Chandler, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 83, Ed. 1 Friday, November 22, 1907, newspaper, November 22, 1907; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc914918/m1/3/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.