. Little Saint Sunshine . of thecoyotes in the distance were the onlysounds he heard. The level floor of theprairie and the blue dome of the skywere all the sights he saw. o All blended harmoniously with the im-aginations that thronged his soul: night, c? o o solitude, motion, thought, life, love,hope. He could not be unhappy norlonely. Even the way homeward did not seemlong. There was the candy to thinkabout and the trinkets he had bought ofthe old store-keeper whom he had routedout of bed. It made him laugh aloudto remember how scared and cross theold man was ! 93 LITTLE SAINT SUNSHINE How b
. Little Saint Sunshine . of thecoyotes in the distance were the onlysounds he heard. The level floor of theprairie and the blue dome of the skywere all the sights he saw. o All blended harmoniously with the im-aginations that thronged his soul: night, c? o o solitude, motion, thought, life, love,hope. He could not be unhappy norlonely. Even the way homeward did not seemlong. There was the candy to thinkabout and the trinkets he had bought ofthe old store-keeper whom he had routedout of bed. It made him laugh aloudto remember how scared and cross theold man was ! 93 LITTLE SAINT SUNSHINE How beautiful it was to hear that boy-ish laugh ring out upon the night air. There was the light which his motherhad left burning in the window. Howshort the ride had seemed! He slipped the saddle from his steam-ing mare, rubbed her down, blanketedher, fed her, stole into the house on tip-toe, placed the precious box of candy onthe chair where Bridget had hun£ two o o little crowded stockings, and lay down todreamless VI TF there never had been a Christmas-* Day on earth before, the one whichdawned on the Donovan householdcould scarcely have seemed newer ormore wonderful. Little Saint Sunshine had slept longand hard, but when, at last, she woke,the bursting stockings attracted her at-tention, and tumbling out of bed, shesoon had the house in an uproar. I with you all a merry Chrithmath,she said, and seizing the stockings inher arms she rushed out through theopen door into the hall. 95 LITTLE SAINT SUNSHINE In a few moments the entire familyhad gathered about the little white-robed figure, and were gazing at heras though she had dropped down uponthem from the sky. All her timidity had vanished. Shedanced about in glee. She poured herpresents on the floor. She huggedthem; she kissed them; she showedthem first to one and then another. For the first time in history, the Don-ovan family forgot its breakfast. This was considered little short of amiracle, for the men usually were
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