Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 285
ugh. When they reached the river, however,they were very tired, and were obliged for a while tohalt. Some one proposed that they should sing asthey walked, as that would make the time pass morequickly, and make their burden seem lighter, andimmediately some one began a beautiful Christmascarol, and… … THORWALD FALL: then the six larger boys carrying the litter, and at lasttwelve little white-robed girls, tripping two abreastover the shining surface of the ice. But, in spite oftheir singing, they were very tired by the time theyhad gained the highway on the other side of theriver. They did not…
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