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"But when I came again," said Santa Claus   "His little bed was empty, an' I was alone. It killed his mother  Marthy was so tender hearted; she kind o' drooped an' pined after that. So now they've been asleep side by side in the buryin' ground these thirty years. "That's why I'm so sad like whenever Chris'mas comes," said Joel, after a pause. BUT WHEN I CAME AGAIN SAID SANTA CLAUS HIS LITTLE BED WAS EMPTY AND I WAS ALONE IT KILLED HIS MOTHER MARTHY WAS SO TENDER HEARTED SHE KIND O DROP IN PINE AFTER THAT SO NOW THEY'VE BEEN SLEEP SIDE BY SIDE IN THE BREE GROUND THESE THIRTY YEARS THAT'S WHY I'M SO SAID LIKE WHENEVER CHRISTMAS COMES SAID JOEL AFTER A PAUSE
n': 'Joel, Joel, Joel!'" "I know--I see it all," murmured Santa Claus very softly. "Oh, that was so long ago," sighed Joel; "so very long ago! And I've had no Chris'mas since--only once, when our little one--Marthy's an' mine--you remember him, Santa Claus?" "Yes," said Santa Claus, "a toddling little boy with blue eyes--" "Like his mother," interrupted Joel; "an' he _was_ like her, too--so gentle an' lovin', only we called him Joel, for that was my father's name and it kind o' run in the fam'ly. He wa'n't more'n three years old when you came with your Chris'mas presents for him, Santa Claus. We had told him about you, and he used to go to the chimney every night and make a little prayer about what he wanted you to bring him. And you brought 'em, too--a stick-horse, an' a picture-book, an' some blocks, an' a drum--they're on the shelf in the closet there, and his little Chris'mas stockin' with 'em--I've saved 'em all, an' I've taken 'em down an' held 'em in my hands, oh, so many times! D FAITH IN HIS HEART AND THEY KIND OF KEEP HIM TOTTERING TOWARD THE VOICE HE HEARS A CALLING JOY JOY JOY I KNOW SEE IT ALL MURMURED SANTA CLAUS VERY SOFTLY OH THAT WAS SO LONG AGO SIGHED JO SO VERY LONG AGO AND I'VE HAD NO CHRISTMAS SINCE ONLY ONCE WHEN OUR LITTLE ONE MARTY'S AND MINE YOU REMEMBER HIM SANTA CLAUS YES A TALL DIN LITTLE BOY WITH BLUE EYES LIKE HIS MOTHER INTERRUPTED JOLL AND WHO WAS LIKE HER TOO SO GENTLE AND LOVING ONLY WE CALLED HIM JOEL FOR THAT WAS MY FATHER'S NAME AND IT KIND OF RUN IN THE FAMILY I WASN'T MORE THREE YEARS OLD WHEN YOU CAME WITH YOUR CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR HIM SANTA CLAUS WE HAD TOLD HIM ABOUT YOU AND HE USED TO GO TO THE CHIMNEY EVERY NIGHT AND MAKE A LITTLE PRAYER ABOUT WHAT HE WANTED TO YOU TO BRING HIM AND YOU BROUGHT THEM A STICK HORSE AND A PICTURE BOOK AND SOME BLOCKS AND A DRUM THEY ARE ON THE SELF IN THE CLOSET THERE AND HIS LITTLE CHRISTMAS DOCKING WITH THEM I'VE SAVED THEM ALL AND I'VE TAKEN THEM DOWN AND HELD THEM IN MY HANDS SO MANY TIMES
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