Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 225
nds his room, and listens long,The house is still;Then creeps along the floor,And feels the door;He strikes a match,And fastens down the catch: So Pete kept guard, in silence crouching,The dark hole in the fire-place watching.While ever and again his heart beat faster,ahead. At some slight cracking… … Then, carefully the bolt he draws,—The fire-board s down in silence most amazing, He sets the candles blazing.There, now, he says, we 11 lay for SantaClaus ! I dont propose to sayHow long he lay;Nor can I tell precisely what occurred.For something like an hour or moreStretched out upon the bedroom…
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