Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 181
pa; butafter a while the poor-houses got so full that theyhad to send the people back to their own houses.They tried to cry, when they got back, but theycould nt make the least sound. Why could nt they? Because they had lost their voices, saying Merry Christmas so much. Did I tell you howit was on… … EXHAUSTED. October she took to sitting down on dolls,wherever she found them,— French dolls, or anykind,— she hated the sight of them so; and byThanksgiving she was crazy, and just slammedher presents across the room. By that time people did nt carry presentsaround nicely any more. They flung them…
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