"You never ought to a done it," he said. "These must have cost a lot!"
"Aw, go on," was the reply in a distinctly boyish tone, "don't you
know that Santy can do whatever he wants to?" and, with a prodigious
bow, old Santa was gone.
A few minutes later, a slender boy with a bundle under his arm, was
skating swiftly down the shining river in the moonlight. As he rounded
the bend, a tall figure in a fur-trimmed coat came skimming slowly
toward him, and a voice called out in Ralph Evans' condescending
tones, "Well, how are the 'Jolly Ramblers' doing tonight?"
But the answer, this time, was clear and glad and triumphant. "The
best in the world," said Tom, "and isn't this the glorious night for
skating?"
THE WORKER IN SANDALWOOD[*]
By Marjorie L. C. Pickthall
The good cure of Terminaison says that this tale of Hyacinthe's is all
a dream. But then Madame points triumphantly to the little cabinet of
sandalwood in the corner of her room. It had stood there for many
years now, and the dust has gathered in the fine lines of the little
birds' feathers, and softened the petals of the lilies carved at the
corners. And the wood has taken on a golden gleam like the memory of a
sunset.
"What of that, my friend?" says Madame, pointing to the cabinet. And
the old cure bows his head.
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