St Nicholas [serial] . TAKE. (A Christmas Story.) Cousin Jane was an elderly lady who hadnever married, and who had outlived all hernear relatives. A few cousins, some young andsome old, some poor and some well-to-do, wereall her kinsfolk; and having more money thanshe chose to spend for herself, she was generousto these cousins on birthdays and holidays. One Christmas-time she was putting up a num-ber of parcels to be sent by express to a num-ber of people. Through an interruption, whichcaused some confusion in her arrangements andsome hurry in their completion, two of the pack-ages were misd
St Nicholas [serial] . TAKE. (A Christmas Story.) Cousin Jane was an elderly lady who hadnever married, and who had outlived all hernear relatives. A few cousins, some young andsome old, some poor and some well-to-do, wereall her kinsfolk; and having more money thanshe chose to spend for herself, she was generousto these cousins on birthdays and holidays. One Christmas-time she was putting up a num-ber of parcels to be sent by express to a num-ber of people. Through an interruption, whichcaused some confusion in her arrangements andsome hurry in their completion, two of the pack-ages were misdirected; the one intended for acertain Miss Martha Redfield being carefully ad-dressed to Miss Mary Rutherford, while Marysparcel was as plainly marked with Marthasname. In her haste, and in the darkness of thewaning afternoon, cousin Jane had also, quite un-consciously, exchanged her presentation cards,so that the message meant for Martha went intothe box meant for Mary; and vice versa. In due time each parcel was delivered
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