Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 275
ristmas thatcould be, because —because He sent it to us. A ray of sunlight slipped through a rift in thetemple roof and lay full on the golden Buddha,on the folded hands, on the downcast lids, on thelips that smiled in an eternal peace. In the samesunlight knelt the American mother, one armabout… … MUVVER, MUVVEK ! HE SHOUTED, CHUISTMAS HAS COME TO US, AFTER ALL!
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