larity we always had atear in one eye. If the amount of delight which danced in ourexpectant hearts on those Christmas mornings could have beenfairly put into the scales and held there long enough it wouldhave weighed down a continent. Mother Auton went to one particular deep drawer, in one… … CHRISTMAS AT AUTON HOUSE, 89 affection, one after another, from father down to Eosannah thecook, with such little speeches as : — Accept this, my dear, as a fond token of affection from yourmother, etc.; and This silk, dear E., was the nearest I could getlike the one you wanted so much, etc.; or…
Children's stories, American
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