[The Light in the Clearing by Irving Bacheller]@TWC D-Link bookThe Light in the Clearing CHAPTER XII 21/32
Uncle Peabody took it down and held it aloft by the chain, so that none should miss the sight, saying: "From Santa Claus for Bart!" A murmur of admiration ran through the company which gathered around me as I held the treasure in my trembling hands. "This is for Bart, too," Uncle Peabody shouted as he took down a bolt of soft blue cloth and laid it in my arms.
"Now there's somethin' that's jest about as slick as a kitten's ear.
Feel of it.
It's for a suit o' clothes.
Come all the way from Burlington." "Good land o' Goshen! Don't be in such a hurry," said Aunt Deel. "Sorry, but the stage can't wait for nobody at all--it's due to leave right off," Uncle Peabody remarked as he laid a stuffed stocking on top of the cloth and gave me a playful slap and shouted: "Get-ap, there. You've got yer load." I moved out of the way in a hurricane of merriment.
<<Back Index Next>> D-Link book Top TWC mobile books
|