. St. Nicholas [serial] . a will, cuttingflexible twigs with theirpocket-knives, and thelittle girls sat down onthe snow and twinedthem firmly together, forthey were used to work,and,indeed, some of themmade their living byweaving baskets. In afew minutes the litter wasready, and Thorwald,who was still uncon-scious, was laid upon six boys took hold,one at each corner andtwo in the middle, and asthe crust of the snow wasvery thick, and strongenough to bear them, itwas only once or twicethat any of them brokethrough. When they reached the river, however,they were very tired, and were obl
. St. Nicholas [serial] . a will, cuttingflexible twigs with theirpocket-knives, and thelittle girls sat down onthe snow and twinedthem firmly together, forthey were used to work,and,indeed, some of themmade their living byweaving baskets. In afew minutes the litter wasready, and Thorwald,who was still uncon-scious, was laid upon six boys took hold,one at each corner andtwo in the middle, and asthe crust of the snow wasvery thick, and strongenough to bear them, itwas only once or twicethat any of them brokethrough. When they reached the river, however,they were very tired, and were obliged for a while tohalt. Some one proposed that they should sing asthey walked, as that would make the time pass morequickly, and make their burden seem lighter, andimmediately some one began a beautiful Christmascarol, and all the others joined in with one accord. It was a pretty sight to see them as they went march-ing across the river, one small boy of six walking atthe head of the procession, carrying the great star,. THORWALD FALL: then the six larger boys carrying the litter, and at lasttwelve little white-robed girls, tripping two abreastover the shining surface of the ice. But, in spite oftheir singing, they were very tired by the time theyhad gained the highway on the other side of theriver. They did not like to confess it; but whenthey saw the light from Wise Marthies windows, POOR JACK-IN-THE-BOX. 265 the oldest boy proposed that they should stop therefor a few minutes to rest, and the other five said,in a careless sort of way, that they had no objec-tion. Only the girls were a wee bit frightened,because they had heard that Wise Marthie was awitch. The boys, however, laughed at that, andthe little fellow with the star ran forward andknocked at the door with Thorwalds skee-staff. Lord ha mercy on us ! cried Marthie, as she-opened the peeping-hole in her door, and saw theinsensible form which the boys bore between them;then flinging open both portions of the door, sher
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