. St. Nicholas [serial]. e light fully out the windows andthe open door of the |_- lbune Folks. by Edward ^rel He giveth snow like wool, says the Psalmist, and I always fancy a corresponding sympathybeneath the sod at the welcome of the first warm snow — of pallid bulbs and aching roots in warmcongratulation, and all the tribe of furry folk turning in its burrow to toast its benumbed paws at thegrateful glow.— William Hamilton Gibson. THE FIRST part of every country boys work is to keep the wood-box full. Night and morninghe must fill the big one by the kitchen stove and th


. St. Nicholas [serial]. e light fully out the windows andthe open door of the |_- lbune Folks. by Edward ^rel He giveth snow like wool, says the Psalmist, and I always fancy a corresponding sympathybeneath the sod at the welcome of the first warm snow — of pallid bulbs and aching roots in warmcongratulation, and all the tribe of furry folk turning in its burrow to toast its benumbed paws at thegrateful glow.— William Hamilton Gibson. THE FIRST part of every country boys work is to keep the wood-box full. Night and morninghe must fill the big one by the kitchen stove and the little one by the air-tight Franklin in the sitting-room. But once upona time there was a boy (Iknew him) who thoughtthat he had them bothfull enough beforesupper. Yet alongabout eight oclockhis Aunt Rachelwent to the breathed on thefrosty pane, andlooked throughthe bare spot,and said : My!how it is snow-This is none of your squalls, #? Santa Clans has made that spruce intoa Christmas tree.


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