IX.--A CHRISTMAS WISH 173
_For everybody everywhere_

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THE AUTHOR MAKING HIS BOOK _Frontispiece_

"I SOUGHT DAT SANTY CLAUS TAME DOWN DE CHIMNEY," SAID THE YOUNGER OF THE
TWAIN 46

"I AM SURE, MISS, THAT THEY DO WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS" 76

"THE STARS LOOK DOWN" 84

"THRUSTING HIS TOES INTO THE STRAPS HE STRUCK OUT BOLDLY" 96

"THE WORLD BOWS DOWN TO A MOTHER AND HER CHILD--AND THE MOTHER HERSELF
IS AT THE FEET OF THE CHILD" 124

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