American messenger . A SKATING PARTY for someone—yours is hanging therenow. She unfastened a bright ball fromthe small fir tree and passed it overto Eric. Our little green gift tree never failsus, she said with a tender smile, lookingback toward the shining branches, almostas if she expected it to understand, Ericthought. And then he leaned back in the oldarmchair and because he was so com-fortable and warm he fell asleep. Ericdreamed that the gift tree beckoned oneof its green branches towards him as ifcalling him to the corner where it waved back and forth several timesbefore he got
American messenger . A SKATING PARTY for someone—yours is hanging therenow. She unfastened a bright ball fromthe small fir tree and passed it overto Eric. Our little green gift tree never failsus, she said with a tender smile, lookingback toward the shining branches, almostas if she expected it to understand, Ericthought. And then he leaned back in the oldarmchair and because he was so com-fortable and warm he fell asleep. Ericdreamed that the gift tree beckoned oneof its green branches towards him as ifcalling him to the corner where it waved back and forth several timesbefore he got up because he felt sostrange to think that a tree was callingto him. Eric went close up to theshining branches and they seemed tosmile down on him too. There is always love and gladnesshere, whispered the small green tree,and I wanted to bid you welcome tooto the little house in the snow. Andthen there seemed to steal out from thewaving branches, the softest, sweetestmusic that Eric had ever heard. Hestretched out
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