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"'I HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU ANY CHRISTMAS PRESENT. WILL—I—DO?'""'I HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU ANY CHRISTMAS PRESENT. WILL—I—DO?'"

 

 

On
Christmas Day
in the Morning

 

By

GRACE S. RICHMOND

 

Illustrated by

CHARLES M. RELYEA

 

 

Garden City               New York

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

MCMXI

 

 

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Copyright, 1905, by
The Ridgway-Thayer Company

Copyright, 1908, by
Doubleday, Page & Company

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Illustrations

"'I haven't given you any Christmas present. Will—I—do?'"Frontispiece
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"Stumbling over their own feet and bundles ... the crew pouredinto the warm kitchen"20
"'The children!' she was saying.'They—they—John—they must be here'"28
"'Merry Christmas, mammy and daddy!'"34

On Christmas Day in the Morning


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And all the angels in heaven do sing,
On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day;
And all the bells on earth do ring,
On Christmas Day in the morning.

Old Song.

That Christmas Day virtually began a whole year beforehand, with ared-hot letter written by Guy Fernald to his younger sister, Nan, whohad been married to Samuel Burnett just two and one-half years. Theletter was read aloud by Mrs. Burnett to her husband at the breakfasttable, the second day after Christmas. From s

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