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...manfully through the blinding snow. The child was not any too warmly dressed to battle alone against such heavy odds: an old fur cap and a bright red scarf, over a short round-jacket; hands without mittens, that he kept in his pockets as well as he could. The boy made slow progress, being beaten back by sudden gusts of wind and snow; slowly gaining after each rebuff of this sort, he at last reached the store. His hands were by this time so benumbed that he could not turn the doorknob; so he stood outside and looked through...
...want - " Then the boy produced a little written slip of paper and handed it to Mr. Metcalf...
...sonny, I do' want nuthin'," Mr. Metcalf was saying. "Tell yer ma it's a Chris'mas present from me. Thet's all right, sonny," he added encouragingly, seeing that the boy hesitated...
...boy? Well, just sit down on yourself anywhere, and make yourself homely. If you want something to read, you'll find a copy of Watts's Ballads behind the washstand. Or, if you want something of a religious character, you'll find the last number of my little sheet hanging on the chandelier. You'd better take it and read the 'Familiar Conversions.' They'll enthuse you, my boy. They're taking the world by storm. That's only the third one in that number; there are thirty-nine still to come: The conversion of the Goodie and the Poco...
...great deal more in the same language; and one boy said it was Ponca, and meant that Mr. Wendell Parnell would discuss the Irish question in Holden basement. Another said it had just come over from Assos, and was a Christmas card designed by Agamemnon. But whatever it was, my aunt swooned at the sight and was carried to the college hospital, where, surrounded by luxury and a circle of happy friends, she died...