Life and light for woman . at witha very foreign accent, yet their greetings were as joyous and eager as amongus. The little girls were in the highest state of expectation, because therumor was about that wonderful dolls had been caught sight of the daybefore, when one of the children in the bungalow had suddenly opened thedoor into the room where the Christmas treasures were kept. The school-girls were busy enough getting their dormitories and their own clothes inthe best of order, in honor of the da3\ The older boys had responded mostheartily when asked to put their schoolhouse, the largest
Life and light for woman . at witha very foreign accent, yet their greetings were as joyous and eager as amongus. The little girls were in the highest state of expectation, because therumor was about that wonderful dolls had been caught sight of the daybefore, when one of the children in the bungalow had suddenly opened thedoor into the room where the Christmas treasures were kept. The school-girls were busy enough getting their dormitories and their own clothes inthe best of order, in honor of the da3\ The older boys had responded mostheartily when asked to put their schoolhouse, the largest building in the A CHRISTMAS IN INDIA. 569 place, in readiness for the gathering to which all were invited in the after-noon. The younger boys must gather fuel for the matrons ; for was therenot the promise of a dinner that evening, and extra fuel would be mothers in the different homes were preparing the Christmas dinner fortheir own little ones, and tliere was an unusual stir about the whole A CiJRISTIAN GIRL IN WADALE. That evening, when the missionair-y-and-his .wife were again alone, andwere talking over the day, the lady said: It has more than paid, has itnot, the labor and weariness of it all ! I remember helping at churchChristmas trees at home, but there never was as much pleasure in it all as 570 LIFE AND LIGHT. there has been to-day. Did you know how nearly the baskets of candy andbananas came to being upset on the way, between the bungalow and theschoolhouse ? Yes, said her husband, laughing; those buffaloes seem to have takeaquite a fancy to the foreign lady, with her big hat and umbrella. I am thankful enough I had an umbrella to frighten them off in anopposite direction. They tell me they are harmless creatures, but with theirhuge, ungainly build, black skin, and great horns, I confess the}^ striketerror into my heart every time I meet them. Wasnt the tree pretty? Thelittle Hindu girls seemed almost awe-struck bj it. But didnt their
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