Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 271
hat he lacks for friends! But as fast as they picked the parcels upAnd stored them away, they found That, little and big, on every sideMore bundles covered the ground. Cried Hal and Ben and Christopher Crane: They 11 never go into that pack again! 184 A CHRISTMAS HIKE (Deo. The stranger laughed… … The shabby old man was lost to sight,But standing there, in his place, Was good St. Nick in his big fur cap,With his round and smiling face. Now, isnt this pretty good luck? laughed he, You did nt expect to be meeting ine! Not often, lads, on the road of lifeWill you get a surprise like this; But,…
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