Santa Claus on a Lark: And Other Christmas StoriesSanta Claus on a lark -- A Christmas dinner with the man in the moon -- Tom Noble's Christmas -- The strange adventures of a woodsled -- An angel in an ulster -- Mr. Halliburton Todd's surprise party -- Emil's Christmas gift -- Santa Claus in the pulpit. |
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Page 165 - There is a time to speak as well as a time to keep silence (Eccles. iii. 7). — slow to wrath. Wrath here is not directed toward God — enmity against Him, on account of the trials which befall us; but wrath directed toward men, and especially that wrath which frequently arises from religious controversy or debate. ' The quick speaker is the quick kindler.
Page 98 - Ruby,' was washed ashore, somewhere in Angola, I think. They had a home of their own, bought in flush times, and mortgaged for half its value, but in the shrinkage everything was swept away. They have lived in this tenement now for nearly a year, supporting themselves by sewing. I suspect they are poor enough, but they are thoroughly independent; it is hard to get a chance to do anything for them. You seem to have outflanked them.
Page 18 - d have been a little more pertickler 'bout what I said. He was a jolly little chap, anyhow." " O Jack ! " cries his mother, " your imagination must have made most of this. I can hardly believe that you have really seen anything quite so strange as you describe."
Page 3 - Of course. A good holiday to you, old chap! You 've earned it, if anybody has." " Thank you, sir. Your saying so will help to make it merry." " Good-night, Ben ! " " Merry Christmas, Ben ! " Such are the hearty words that follow him as he hurries away. It is evident that he is a favorite among his fellows. As he walks up the busy street, dodging the porters rushing out of the stores with boxes and bundles, and the shoppers hurrying home with their hands full of parcels, and their eyes still turning...
Page 113 - em. Fact is, this has been the very reddest of all my red-letter days; the merriest of my Christmases ; and you people have been the innocent occasion of it all. And I 'm not done with you yet. I '11 have you all up to my lumbercamp next summer; there 'sa nice cabin there, for you. Pine woods '11 do you lots of good, madam. Great fishing there, Ben ! You '11 all come, wont you ? It 's almost train-time. Good-bye ! " And before they have time to protest or to promise, Mr. Haliburton Todd is...
Page 105 - ... past one o'clock, and Mr. Haliburton Todd, sauntering forth from his comfortable quarters at Parker's, makes his way along Tremont street, in the direction of Court. He is going nowhere in particular, but he thinks that a little walk will sharpen his appetite for dinner. When he approaches Scollay's Square, his eye lights on a man standing uncertainly upon a corner, and looking wistfully up and down the streets. The face has a familiar look, and as he draws a little nearer, Mr. Todd makes a sudden...
Page 93 - that would n't do any good. He would n't mind you, and he might not give us any more work. But the work was well done, if we did help ; for you run the machine beautifully, and Mamma says that my button-holes are every bit as good as hers. Just think of it ! Only seven dollars for two weeks' hard work of all three of us ! " "We can't have the turkey,
Page 94 - Don't you remember," says the girl, "the night Papa and Mamma took us to hear Nilsson ? Miss Cary was there, you know, and she sang this : '"Birds of the night that softly call, Winds in the night that strangely sigh.
Page 107 - How much is there of this missing family?" asks Mr. Todd. "There 'sa wife and two children, — I hope," answers the other. "The best woman in the world, Hal, and two of the brightest children. Sing like larks, both of 'cm. Bless their hearts ! " says the sailor, brushing away a tear; " I thought I should have 'em in my lap this Christmas day, and it 's tough to be hunting for 'em in this blind fashion." " It is tough," says the lumberman, choking a little. He has stopped on the sidewalk, on Denison...
Page 110 - ve been thinking that your good mother ought to have a little of the cheer of this Christmas as well as you." "Just what we said," answers Ben. Mrs. Johnson colors a little, but before she can speak, Mr. Todd goes on. " Pardon me, madam, but what your minister told me yesterday of your just now, in the street, an old friend of mine — and of yours — who knows a good deal about it. And I want to assure you, before he comes in, that — that the story as it reached you — was — was considerably...