Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 237
ther by daylight, whether by night, No one can ever see. Out through the keyhole, under the door, The scent spreads everywhere.With dancing eye and excited gasp, We whisper : The tree is there. A year of waiting—-a century most, At last the hour is here.A voice cries, suddenly: Children, come; And… … CHIEF RUNNING WATER. BY PHYLLIS R. NEWBY, AGE 15(SILVER BADGE.) THE CHILDRENS CHRISTMAS TREE. BY RHENA FRANCES HOWE (AGE ll).{Silver Badge.)Up in the pasture bleak and bare,It softly swayed in the frosty air;Lonely it looked there, all alone,Framed by a background of wood and stone. Up the rocky…
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