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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 228

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breathlessly.—Yes, now it dawned upon the poorlittle chap that he was Jim Walden, and thata real Christmas, if not a merry one, was be-ginning. Holding on with one arm, he swung out to takea look around. There was no one in sight —only the silent houses, the untracked snow, halfthe street dark, the… … HE CLUNG TO THE POST, WHILE HE TOOK A LONG LOOKAT THE CARD. his treasure, turn out the light, slide down,—bun-dle and all,— take a rapid tack up to the next post,to the next, to a third and a fourth, until at last theylost sight of him in the snowy distance. The great relief of Christmas day had…

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