St Nicholas [serial] . s senti-ments, and also depressed over the fact that itwas as hard to learn as so many Latin verses. When Mother came into the school-room, thespeech was laid before her. She had laughed andlaughed, quite regardless of Herr Stotts gettingredder and redder the longer she laughed; thenshe said kindly, in her pretty broken German: My good Herr Stott, it is the finest speech I 258 LADDIE [Jan., ever read —for a school convention. I reallyadvise you to use it when you go to one. Herr Stott left off being offended and resolvedto follow this flattering advice, while Laddiethoug
St Nicholas [serial] . s senti-ments, and also depressed over the fact that itwas as hard to learn as so many Latin verses. When Mother came into the school-room, thespeech was laid before her. She had laughed andlaughed, quite regardless of Herr Stotts gettingredder and redder the longer she laughed; thenshe said kindly, in her pretty broken German: My good Herr Stott, it is the finest speech I 258 LADDIE [Jan., ever read —for a school convention. I reallyadvise you to use it when you go to one. Herr Stott left off being offended and resolvedto follow this flattering advice, while Laddiethought with joy of the free-from-Herr-Stottdays during the convention. Then Mother made a great many strokes you to-day, darling, but another time you mustfirst consult me. So a happy Laddie hoppedahead to hold the door open for Mother. Sooncame Daddy, the guests, the pastor, and the jollydoctor. Just as Laddie grasped the latters handto tell about the green wagon, the doors of theball-room flew open on a dazzling A HUGE GREEN GIPSY WAGON WAS GOING ALONG THE POST-ROAD. through the pompous wording, putting in newwords here and there, and finally read it off, add-ing: There, Herr Stott, your speech will donicely. But Laddie thought it not very like histutors speech, nor, indeed, like a speech atall. It was simple and easy to learn, —only somekind words, which the child felt were just whathe wished to say when the household met underthe shining Christmas tree. As Laddie hurried to the drawing-room, he toldMother of the Gipsy child he had discovered forhis Christmas guest, and begged her to tell theservants not to turn the boy away, but to let himshare Laddies tree and gifts. Mother looked grave, but said: I cannot deny In the opposite end of the great ball-roomblazed a fire of huge logs. Ranged down eitherside of the room were rows of trees, great andsmall, twinkling and glittering, gloriously hungwith silver and gold festoons. Laddies tree was largest; then came Mothersan
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