A Christmas carol . proceedings which hadno heartiness in it. Tiny Tim drank it last ofall, but he did nt care twopence for it. Scroogewas the Ogre of the family. The mention ofhis name cast a dark shadow on the party,which was not dispelled for full five minutes. After it had passed away, they were tentimes merrier than before, from the mere re-lief of Scrooge the Baleful being done Cratchit told them how he had a situationin his eye for Master Peter, which would bringin, if obtained, full five-and-sixpence two young Cratchits laughed tremend-ously at the idea of Peters be
A Christmas carol . proceedings which hadno heartiness in it. Tiny Tim drank it last ofall, but he did nt care twopence for it. Scroogewas the Ogre of the family. The mention ofhis name cast a dark shadow on the party,which was not dispelled for full five minutes. After it had passed away, they were tentimes merrier than before, from the mere re-lief of Scrooge the Baleful being done Cratchit told them how he had a situationin his eye for Master Peter, which would bringin, if obtained, full five-and-sixpence two young Cratchits laughed tremend-ously at the idea of Peters being a man ofbusiness ; and Peter himself looked thought-fully at the fire from between his collars, as ifhe were deliberating what particular invest-ments he should favour when he came intothe receipt of that bewildering income. Mar-tha, who was a poor apprentice at a milliners,then told them what kind of work she hadto do, and how many hours she worked ata stretch, and how she meant to lie abed 95 B dbrlstmas Carol. to-morrow morning for a good long rest; to-morrow being a holiday she passed at how she had seen a countess and a lordsome days before, and how the lord wasmuch about as tall as Peter ; at which Peterpulled up his collars so high that you could nthave seen his head if you had been this time the chestnuts and the jug wentround and round ; and bye-and-bye they hada song, about a lost child travelling in thesnow, from Tiny Tim, who had a plaintivelittle voice, and sang it very well indeed. There was nothing of high mark in this. They v^> were not a family; they were ^^^ ^SSv ^^ ^^^^ dressed; their shoes werefarfrom im^PV ^^^S water-proof ; their clothes were scanty; and Peter might have known, and very likely did, the inside of a pawn-brokers. But, they were happy, grateful, pleased with one another, and contented with the time ; and when they faded, and looked happier yet in the bright sprinklings of the Spirits torch at parting, Scro
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