Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 263
d the DearChild brought her bat-tered doll, and chose asher present from theQueen the gleaming staron the tiptop branch ofthe tree, which at that mo-ment blossomed out in ablaze of lights, acting wellits part in the Christmasfantasy. And last year there wasan afternoon party at thetree, just for… … THE TREE AT HAMPTON, VIRGINIA who was almost mobbed by the delighted young-sters, so that three policemen had to rescue him. But the tree does more than give such pleasureto the children, for now and again it does awonderful thing. Once a twelve-year-old immi-grant lad played his violin during the…
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