Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 253
mas eve came round. T was a perishing time o frost that even, asI mind well to this day, with a gray sky anthe ground like iron for hardness. T is acold season, folks would be saying one to an-other ; yet none the less they did seem uncom-monly disposed to make it a warm festivity.In sooth, t was… … THERE STOOD I, FACE TO FACE WITH EM, THE BASKET IN MY HAND. (SEE FACE 244.) ONE CHRISTMAS EVE AT MASTER MUFFET S. 241 We d the same as common on our table, anthat was good enow, to be sure, or would habeen with cheerfuller looks to grace it, an fewerfrowns. Nobody in Wyanoke had better eatingyear…
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