Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 147
As he tramped along, hisattention was arrested by the soft glow offirelight shining through an unshaded window. noise in the library. Santa Claus had come!So, with beating heart, she slipped out of bedvery quietly, and crept down the stairway, and,opening the door of the library, tripped softlyin.… … WHY! CRIED MAUDE, ARE YOU SANTA CLAUS? I DID nt KNOW SANTA CLAUS LOOKED LIKE THAT! to thank you for all the pretty things you have Claus? I did nt know Santa Claus looked brought me; and please do not be angry with like that! I thought he was fat and rosy and me, dear Mr. Santa Claus, because I…
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