Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 113
,Who has filled their stockings each Christmas eveWith just the gifts they hoped to receive!99 IOO AN INTERRUPTED AUCTION. [Dec. But such base and rude IngratitudeMakes kindness seem of no avail.I 11 put my business up for saleAt public auction; for I considerIt s wise to sell out to the highest… … The people ran to their doors tosee What in the world the commotion could be. They stood aghast As the criers passed,Proclaiming Santa Claus decree. With voices strong, In a dull singsong,The criers cried as they went along: Hear ye, I say ! Auction to-day!Hear, all ye people along the highway!…
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