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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: A Christmas Hamper - A Volume of Pictures and Stories for Little Folks - -Author: Various - -Release Date: October 17, 2016 [EBook #53299] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A CHRISTMAS HAMPER *** - - - - -Produced by David Edwards, Emmy, Susan Theresa Morin and -the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned -images of public domain material from the Google Books -project.) - - - - - -See Transcriber’s Notes at end of text. - - - - -[Illustration: - - This Christmas hamper, neat and trim, - Is full of sweet things to the brim! - Its tales and rhymes, and pictures bright, - Will please you, dear, on Christmas night, - When of such games as blind-man’s-buff - And hide-and-seek you’ve had enough.] - - - - - -[Illustration: A CARRIAGE AND PAIR.] - -[Illustration] - - -a Christmas Hamper - -A Volume of Pictures and Stories -for Little Folks - - -T. NELSON & SONS -LONDON, EDINBURGH & -NEW YORK - -[Illustration] - - - - -CONTENTS - - - A Very Naughty Little Person. - - Poor Uncle Tom. - - A Snow Man. - - Not Such Fun as it Seemed. - - On the Sands. - - Old Clothes. - - The Little Tiny Thing. - - Questions. - Answers. - - A Lesson in Manners. - - The Prize Boat. - - The Little Thief in the Pantry. - - Great-Grandmother’s Wish. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -A Very Naughty Little Person. - -[Illustration] - - I’M told I’m very naughty— - I almost ’spect I am; - But, somehow, when I shut the door - It’s nearly sure to slam. - - Can you tell why my shoe-strings break - And tie themselves in knots, - And how it is my copy-books - Are always full of blots? - - It seems as if too many blots - Lived in one pot of ink; - But when they’re wet and shiny, - They’re pretty, don’t you think? - - Why does my hair get tangled? - What makes me talk all day? - And why don’t toys and books just try - To put themselves away? - - I think that p’r’aps I _might_ be good - A little, by-and-by; - It’s very hard, but sometimes - I _almost_ ’spect I’ll try. - - But now they say I’m naughty, - And p’r’aps it’s nearly true; - There are so many naughty things - For little folks to do. - - - - -Poor Uncle Tom. - -[Illustration] - - -HE seemed a funny old gentleman, the children thought, but still rather -nice, especially when he brought those sweets out of his pocket and -let them dip into the bag and take what they liked. They had seen him -walking through the wood, and then when they left off playing, he had -come to sit down beside them, and asked them their names. - -“Mine’s Hugh, like father,” said the eldest; “and this is Lily, and -this is Tom.” - -The old gentleman looked a little quickly at Tom. - -“Who is he named after?” he said. - -The children’s faces grew grave. - -“He is named after poor Uncle Tom,” said Lily in a low voice, “who went -to sea and was drowned.” - -There was silence for a minute. Then the old gentleman spoke again,— - -“So poor Uncle Tom was drowned, was he?” - -“Yes,” said Hugh. “His ship was lost, and everybody was drowned, ’cept -two or three that got in the boat, and Uncle Tom wasn’t among them. -Father waited and waited, but it wasn’t any good. So then he put up a -monument in the church just where we can see it from our pew.” - -“And we always sings about the saints of God on his burfday,” said -Lily, “and father cries a little.” - -[Illustration] - -“No, he don’t!” said Hugh indignantly. “Father’s a man, and men don’t -cry!” - -“But he does,” said Lily. “I saw a weeny little tear on his cheek this -morning, for to-day is Uncle Tom’s burfday, and his voice goes all -shaky like, ’cause he was so fond of poor Uncle Tom, and says he was so -good.” - -The old gentleman sat silent, staring hard at the ground. - -“Is it long since Uncle Tom went away?” he said at last. - -“It is ten years,” replied Hugh. “It was the year I was born.” - -“Ten years—so it is,” murmured the old gentleman—“only ten years, and -it has seemed like a hundred.” - -The children looked at one another surprised. - -“Did you ever know Uncle Tom?” asked Hugh curiously. - -“Yes, I knew him well. I was on his ship.” - -“But you aren’t drowned!” cried Lily. - -The old gentleman smiled. - -“No,” he said, “I wasn’t drowned; I got off safe. Uncle Tom used to -talk to me, though, about his old home, and one day he said that he had -carved his name on a tree in the park, and I was to go and see it if I -ever got home.” - -“Oh, I’ll show you,” said little Tom. “It is on a beech tree close by -here. I’ll show you. There it is.” - -He pointed to a tree on which some initials and a date were cut deep -into the bark. - -“It has kept very fresh,” said the old gentleman. “I thought it would -have been grown over by now.” - -“Father always comes and tidies it up on uncle’s birthday,” said -the boy. “See, he is coming now! I’ll go and tell him you are -here.—Father!” he shouted, running off—“father, here’s a gentleman who -knew Uncle Tom!” - -But when father came near and saw the old gentleman, he stared at him -for a moment as if he had seen a ghost, and then he gave a great cry. - -“Tom, Tom, it is you yourself!” - -And it _was_ Uncle Tom, who had not been drowned after all, but when -the ship was wrecked had managed to get ashore to an island, and there -had lived on the fish he caught, and birds’ eggs, and cocoa-nuts, -watching for a sail, like Robinson Crusoe. At last the sail came after -ten long years. And when he reached England he did not write, but came -down to his old home to see who was there, for of course he had heard -no tidings all the time. - -Nobody recognized him at the village, for the tropical sun had burned -his skin brown, and the long waiting and the sorrow and the hardships -had turned his hair white. Only his brother knew him by his eyes, for -they two had loved each other very much. - -“But what will father do with your tombstone?” said Lily gravely, as -she sat on her uncle’s knee that night. “It is such a pretty one, with -a beautiful angel on it!” - -[Illustration] - - - - -A Snow Man. - -[Illustration] - - - OH, the beautiful snow! - We’re all in a glow— - Nell, Dolly, and Willie, and Dan; - For the primest of fun, - When all’s said and done, - Is just making a big snow man. - - Two stones for his eyes - Look quite owlishly wise, - A hard pinch of snow for his nose; - Then a mouth that’s as big - As the snout of a pig, - And he’ll want an old pipe, I suppose. - - Then the snow man is done, - And to-morrow what fun - To make piles of snow cannon all day, - And to pelt him with balls - Till he totters and falls, - And a thaw comes and melts him away. - -[Illustration: FINISHING TOUCHES.] - - - - -Not Such Fun as it Seemed. - -[Illustration] - - -“ISN’T it fun, Dolly?” asked Eric, as he and his little sister ran -along the sea front as fast as their sturdy legs could carry them. - -Eric was the jolliest little boy imaginable, but, unfortunately, a -little bit too fond of mischief, and Dolly was generally only too eager -to join in her brother’s pranks. - -Just now they were running away from nurse, who was down on the sands -with baby. They waited until her head was turned away, then off they -ran. - -“We’ll go out to the rocks and play at being shipwrecked sailors,” Eric -went on. “I’ve got some biscuits in my pocket, and I’ll dole them out, -piece by piece, and pretend we shan’t have any more food unless a boat -takes us off.” - -[Illustration] - -Poor Eric! his play very soon became earnest, for he and Dolly waded -out to a big rock in a very lonely part of the coast, and so interested -were they in their game that they never noticed the tide coming in -until it had surrounded them, and there was no getting back. - -[Illustration: ALONG THE SEA FRONT.] - -They waited on and on, hoping some one would come for them, and fearing -every moment that the sea would cover the rock, and that they would be -drowned. - -It was long past dinner-time, and they were wet through and hungry and -wretched when at last a fisherman, who had been sent out to search for -them, spied the two forlorn little figures, and rescued them. - -They went home hand in hand, very solemn and silent, expecting to get a -good scolding; but instead of that, mother burst into tears of relief, -and both Eric and Dolly felt so thoroughly ashamed of themselves for -having frightened their darling mother so terribly that it was a very -long, long time before they got into mischief again. - -[Illustration] - - - - -On The Sands. - -[Illustration] - - - THE sun is shining brightly, - The seagulls floating lightly, - And the sea is calling, “Children, - Won’t you come and play with me?” - So ask for breakfast early, - While the waves are crisp and curly, - And come with us to paddle, - Paddle gaily in the sea. - - - - -Old Clothes. - -[Illustration] - - -THE sunniest of days, the clearest and loveliest of blue seas, and I, a -little lobster, young, proud, and as lively as a cricket—that is what -people say; but I can’t help thinking “as lively as a shrimp” would -sound better. - -I always wear a lovely suit of armour, like those old warriors you read -about. It is strong and firm and well jointed, so that I can move ever -so fast—of course not so fast as that silly little fish. - -He has armour too, he says, but wears it _inside_. That seems queer to -me; I can’t quite believe it. - -But I want to tell you what a queer thing happened to mine not long -ago. _It grew small and shabby_, like your last year’s dress; that is -why I have called this story “Old Clothes.” - -Listen. I lived a very happy life out at sea for some time, till one -day I fell into a strange basket-box thing. - -There were several other lobsters and one or two crabs sitting there, -looking anxious and disturbed. And I soon found out that they had need -to feel so, for there was no _exit_. That means “way out” in plain -words. - -Our basket was joined to a strong rope, and that was attached to a cork -floating on the top of the water. - -Not long after I had fallen into this basket, which I now know was a -lobster-trap, a boat rowed out from the shore, stopped just above us, -and then we were lifted up, up, right out of the water, and placed in -the boat. - -The next thing was a good deal of pushing and knocking about, and then -some one tossed me carelessly out on the beach, saying roughly, “Too -small for any use.” - -But some one else thought differently. Another hand touched me, and -another voice said, “Just the thing for my aquarium.” - -[Illustration: THE LITTLE CAPTIVE.] - -What that meant I could not even guess; but it turned out to be the -tiniest sea in the world. Steady old limpets, red anemones, hermit -crabs, and shrimps were all there. - -It was a very nice home, with plenty of good food, the only drawback -being want of space. - -And now the event happened that I promised to tell you about. - -My armour took to hurting me. You will hardly believe me. We all know -that _new_ clothes hurt sometimes, but _old_ ones! - -It grew tighter and tighter. I wriggled about, feeling miserable. Oh, -if only I could get out of this! - -At last I grew desperate. This choked, tight feeling was too much. I -gave a tremendous struggle, and shook myself; crickle, crackle went my -old armour, off it came, and out I stepped. - -But, oh, so tender, and so nervous! The shrimps pranced round and -knocked up against me, pricking and tormenting till I could have -screamed. - -I crept behind a stone and looked at my old armour half sadly. It -looked just like old me, only so still, and rather as if I had been out -in the rain all night and had shrunk. - -Then I glanced at the new me. Well, I was a pretty fellow—not -blue-black any longer, but a reddish pink of lovely hue. - -Some one else took pride in my appearance, for I heard again a voice -say, “Look at my lobster; he has cast his shell.” - -I hadn’t, you know—it was the shell that had cast me; but these men -can’t know _everything_. - -The man touched me, but he hurt me almost as much as the shrimps, and I -shrank farther still behind the stone out of his way. There I quietly -lay for some days, till one morning, feeling braver and ever so much -bigger, I stepped out for an early saunter. - -That moment came a voice, “Oh, here is my lobster! How he has grown, -more than half as big again!” Down came the hand as before; and just to -show him I was also half as _strong_ again, I gave him a nip. - -He keeps his hands above water now, and _me_ at arm’s length. - -[Illustration] - -[Illustration: WINTER ABROAD.] - -[Illustration: WINTER AT HOME.] - - - - -The Little Tiny Thing. - -[Illustration] - - -OUT in the garden Mary sat hemming a pocket-handkerchief, and there -came a little insect running—oh, in such a hurry!—across the small -stone table by her side. - -The sewing was not done, for Mary liked doing nothing best, and she -thought it would be fun to drop her thimble over the little ant. “Now -he is in the dark,” said she. “Can he mind? He is only such a little -tiny thing.” - -Mary ran away, for her mother called her, and she forgot all about the -ant under the thimble. - -There he was, running round and round and round the dark prison, with -little horns on his head quivering, little perfect legs bending as -beautifully as those of a race-horse, and he was in quite as big a -fright as if he were an elephant. - -“Oh,” you would have heard him say, if you had been clever enough, “I -can’t get out, I can’t get out! I shall lie down and die.” ” Mary went -to bed, and in the night the rain poured. The handkerchief was soaked -as if somebody had been crying very much, when she went out to fetch -it as soon as the sun shone. She remembered who was under the thimble. -“I wonder what he is doing,” said Mary. But when she lifted up the -thimble the little tiny thing lay stiff and still. - -“Oh, did he die of being under the thimble?” she said aloud. “I am -afraid he _did_ mind.” - -“Why did you do that, Mary?” said her father, who was close by, and who -had guessed the truth. “See! he moves one of his legs. Run to the house -and fetch a wee taste of honey from the breakfast-table for the little -thing you starved.” - -“I didn’t mean to,” said Mary. - -She touched the honey in the spoon with a blade of grass, and tenderly -put a drop of it before the little ant. He put out a fairy tongue to -lick up the sweet stuff. He grew well, and stood upon his pretty little -jointed feet. He tried to run. - -“Where is he in such a hurry to go, do you think?” said father. - -“I don’t know,” said Mary softly. She felt ashamed. - -“He wants to run home,” said father. “I know where he lives. In a -little round world of ants, under the apple tree.” - -“Oh! Has such a little tiny thing a real home of his own? I should have -thought he lived just anywhere about.” - -“Why, he would not like that at all. At home he has a fine palace, with -passages and rooms more than you could count; he and the others dug -them out, that they might all live together like little people in a -little town.” - -“And has he got a wife and children—a lot of little ants at home?” - -“The baby ants are born as eggs; they are little helpless things, and -must be carried about by their big relations. There are father ants and -mother ants, and lots of other ants who are nurses to the little ones. -Nobody knows his own children, but all the grown-up ones are kind to -all the babies. This is a little nurse ant. See how she hurries off! -Her babies at home must have their faces washed.” - -“O father!” cried Mary; “now that is a fairy story.” - -“Not a bit of it,” said father. “Ants really _do_ clean their young -ones by licking them. On sunny days they carry their babies out, and -let them lie in the sun. On cold days they take them downstairs, away -from the cold wind and the rain. The worker ants are the nurses. Though -the little ones are not theirs, they love them and care for them as -dearly as if they were.” - -[Illustration] - -“Why, that’s just like Aunt Jenny who lives with us, and mends our -things, and puts baby to bed, and goes out for walks with us.” - -“Just the same,” said father, laughing. - -“Is that the reason we say _Ant_ Jenny?” - -“You little dunce! Who taught you to spell? But it is not a bad idea, -all the same. It would be a good thing if there were as many ‘ant’ -Jennys in this big round world of ours as there are in the ants’ little -round world—folk who care for all, no matter whose children they are.” - -[Illustration] - -While they were talking, the little ant crept to the edge of the table, -and down the side, and was soon lost among the blades of grass. - -“He will never find his way,” said Mary. - -“Let him alone for that,” said father. “The ants have paths leading -from their hill. They never lose their way. But they meet with sad -accidents sometimes. What do you think I saw the other day? One of -these small chaps—it may have been this very one—was carrying home a -scrap of something in his jaws for the youngsters at home. As he ran -along, a bird dropped an ivy berry on him. Poor mite of a thing! This -was worse than if a cannon ball were to fall from the sky on one of us. -He lay under it, not able to move. By-and-by one of his brother ants, -who was taking a stroll, caught sight of him under the berry. - -“What did he do?” said Mary. - -“First he tried to push the berry off his friend’s body, but it was -too heavy. Next he caught hold of one of his friend’s legs with his -jaws, and tugged till I thought it would come off. Then he rushed about -in a frantic state, as if he were saying to himself, ‘What shall I do? -what shall I do?’ And then he ran off up the path. In another minute he -came hurrying back with three other ants.” - -“Is it quite true, father?” - -“Quite. The four ants talked together by gentle touches of their -horns. They looked as if they were telling one another what a dreadful -accident it was, and how nobody knew whose turn would come next. After -this they set to work with a will. Two of them pushed the berry as hard -as they could, while the other two pulled their friend out by the hind -legs. When at last he was free, they crowded round as if petting and -kissing him. You see these little ant folk have found out that ‘’Tis -love, love, love, that makes the world go round.’ I shouldn’t wonder if -that ant you teased so thoughtlessly is gone off to tell the news at -home that there is a drop of honey to be had here.” - -“Oh, he couldn’t, father!” - -“Wait and see,” said father. - -In a little while back came the ant with a troop of friends. - -“He has been home and told them the good news about the honey,” said -father. “Do you think that all children are as kind as that?” - -Mary said, “No, they’re not. I don’t run to call all the others when I -find a good place for blackberries.” - -“Then,” said father, “don’t be unkind to the ant, who is kinder than -you, though he is only a little tiny thing.” - -[Illustration: GOOD FRIENDS.] - - - - -Questions. - -[Illustration] - - - OH, where do they sell all the lilies and roses, - The “pandies” and “pudsies” and funny snub noses, - The dimpled wee “chin-chops” and fat pinky knees, - Of the dear little, queer little, babies one sees? - - And what would they want for some soft golden curlies; - A pair of blue eyes, and two teeth white as pearlies; - A mouth like a rosebud, just made for a kiss? - I fear they would ask me a great deal for this. - - And where is the gentle school-mistress who teaches - The mothers and grannies their sweet baby speeches, - Their “lovies” and “dovies” and tender “coo-coos” - That the newest new pet understands in two twos? - - -Answers. - - ALAS! and alas! you may search through the city, - Yet ne’er find the shop where they sell things so pretty; - But I think it’s the angels from far, far away, - Teach the mothers and grannies the sweet things they say. - - - - -A Lesson in Manners. - - THERE was once a dear little, queer little cat, - The sweetest kit e’er seen, - Who made up her mind to journey - To town to see the queen. - -[Illustration] - - Mr. Puggy, a teacher of manners and dancing, - Gave her a lesson or two. - “Observe my instructions, Miss Tabby, - And be sure to do as I do.” - -[Illustration] - - But Tabby espied her saucer of milk, - And made a dart at that, - While Pug distressfully murmured, - “What a very ill-bred cat!” - -[Illustration] - - - - -[Illustration] - -The Prize Boat. - - -“DON’T do it, Dick!” pleaded Dolly. - -“Girls always spoil sport!” growled Mark, as he saw Dick ready to give -in. - -“We shan’t hurt the boat! Don’t be silly, Dolly. Even if the sails do -get wet, Tom can get fresh ones. And it will be better for him to know -whether it will sail or not.” And the twins departed for the seashore -with the boat in their hands. - -How they wished they had taken Dolly’s advice, when they saw the ship, -which had sailed so gallantly at first in the little cove, break from -its moorings and drift out to sea! - -Tom had worked very hard for the prize of £2 offered in a weekly paper -for the best-made boat, not only for the sake of the money, but because -the toys were to go to the Home for Orphans. And now all his work was -gone. - -“Oh! well, it can’t be helped,” he said good-naturedly, when his first -feeling of anger had passed; “but I wish you chaps would leave my -things alone.” - -“But it can be helped,” said Dolly, rushing in. “See! a fisherman -brought it to shore, and it isn’t a bit broken.” - -So the orphans got the boat after all, and had great fun sailing it in -the river near the Home; and what was perhaps more wonderful, Tom won -the prize. - -[Illustration] - - - - -The Little Thief in the Pantry. - - -“MOTHER dear,” said a little mouse one day, “I think the people in our -house must be very kind; don’t you? They leave such nice things for us -in the larder.” - -There was a twinkle in the mother’s eye as she replied,— - -“Well, my child, no doubt they are very well in their way, but I -don’t think they are quite as fond of us as you seem to think. Now -remember, Greywhiskers, I have absolutely forbidden you to put your -nose above the ground unless I am with you, for kind as the people are, -I shouldn’t be at all surprised if they tried to catch you.” - -Greywhiskers twitched his tail with scorn; he was quite sure he knew -how to take care of himself, and he didn’t mean to trot meekly after -his mother’s tail all his life. So as soon as she had curled herself -up for an afternoon nap he stole away, and scampered across the pantry -shelves. - -Ah! here was something particularly good to-day. A large iced cake -stood far back upon the shelf, and Greywhiskers licked his lips as he -sniffed it. Across the top of the cake there were words written in pink -sugar; but as Greywhiskers could not read, he did not know that he was -nibbling at little Miss Ethel’s birthday cake. But he did feel a little -guilty when he heard his mother calling. Off he ran, and was back in -the nest again by the time his mother had finished rubbing her eyes -after her nap. - -She took Greywhiskers up to the pantry then, and when she saw the hole -in the cake she seemed a little annoyed. - -[Illustration] - -“Some mouse has evidently been here before us,” she said, but of course -she never guessed that it was her own little son. - -The next day the naughty little mouse again popped up to the pantry -when his mother was asleep; but at first he could find nothing at all -to eat, though there was a most delicious smell of toasted cheese. - -Presently he found a dear little wooden house, and there hung the -cheese, just inside it. - -In ran Greywhiskers, but, oh! “click” went the little wooden house, and -mousie was caught fast in a trap. - -When the morning came, the cook, who had set the trap, lifted it from -the shelf, and then called a pretty little girl to come and see the -thief who had eaten her cake. - -“What are you going to do with him?” asked Ethel. - -“Why, drown him, my dear, to be sure.” - -The tears came into the little girl’s pretty blue eyes. - -“You didn’t know it was stealing, did you, mousie dear?” she said. - -“No,” squeaked Greywhiskers sadly; “indeed I didn’t.” - -Cook’s back was turned for a moment, and in that moment tender-hearted -little Ethel lifted the lid of the trap, and out popped mousie. - -Oh! how quickly he ran home to his mother, and how she comforted and -petted him until he began to forget his fright; and then she made him -promise never to disobey her again, and you may be sure he never did. - - - - -Great-Grandmother’s Wish. - - -“DID you ever see a fairy, grannie?” said Trots. - -“No,” she said, “but my great-grandmother did.” - -[Illustration: A VISIT TO GRANNIE.] - -“Oh, do tell me!” cried Trots. - -“Well, once upon a time, as she was carrying her butter to market, -she picked up a crooked sixpence. And with it, and what she sold her -butter for, she bought a little black pig. Now, coming home, she had -to cross the brook; so she picked piggy up in her arms and carried her -over the brook. And, lo, instead of a pig, there was a little fairy in -her arms!” - -“Oh!” cried Trots, “what was it like?” - -“Well, it had a red cap on its head, and a green frock, and it had -gauzy wings, and it wanted to fly away, but great-grandmother held it -tight. - -“‘Please let me go,’ said the fairy. - -“‘What will you give me?’ said great-grandmother. - -“‘I will give you one wish,’” answered the fairy. - -So great-grandmother thought and thought what was the best thing to -wish for, and at last she said,— - -“‘Give to me and to my daughters to the eleventh generation the lucky -finger and the loving heart.’ - -“‘You have wished a big wish,’ said the fairy, ‘but you shall have -it.’” So she kissed great-grandmother’s eyes and mouth, and then she -flew away. - -“And did the wish come true?” asked Trots. - -“Always—always,” answered grannie. “We have been since then the best -spinners and knitters in all the countryside, and the best wives and -daughters.” - -“But,” said Trots, “what will the eleventh generation do when the wish -stops and the good-luck?” - -“I don’t know,” said grannie, shaking her head. “I suppose they’ll have -to catch a fairy of their own.” - - - - - -Transcriber’s notes: - -A Table of Contents was created for this text version. - - Not Such Fun as it Seemed: - ... and Dolly was generally only too eager to join in her - brothers pranks. Brothers corrected to brother’s. - ... and Dolly was generally only too eager to join in her - brother’s pranks. - - The Little Tiny Thing: - ... said father. Do you think that all children - are as kind as that?” Missing opening quotation mark before the - word Do. Opening quotation mark inserted. - ... said father. “Do you think that all children - are as kind as that?” - - Great-Granmother’s Wish: - “‘I will give you one wish,’ answered the fairy. - Missing ending closing double quotation mark. Inserted - “‘I will give you one wish,’” answered the fairy. - - “‘You have wished a big wish,’ said the fairy, ‘but - you shall have it.’ So she kissed great-grandmother’s eyes - and mouth, and then she flew away.” Misplaced ending double quote. - Repositioned—“‘You have wished a big wish,’ said the fairy, ‘but - you shall have it.’” So she kissed great-grandmother’s eyes - and mouth, and then she flew away. - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of A Christmas Hamper, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A CHRISTMAS HAMPER *** - -***** This file should be named 53299-0.txt or 53299-0.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/3/2/9/53299/ - -Produced by David Edwards, Emmy, Susan Theresa Morin and -the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at -http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned -images of public domain material from the Google Books -project.) - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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