Colonel Carter's Christmas; the Romance of An Old-Fashioned Gentleman
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At this moment the dear lady dropped her ball of yarn, and the Colonel and I stooped down to recover it. This was a duty from which even Chad was re- lieved when either of us was present. While we were both on our knees groping around the legs of the side- board, the door opened softly, and a sweet, low voice said: " Please, I'm Katy Klutchem, and I've come to the Christmas tree." The Colonel twisted his head quickly. 67 (JULUJNiiij UAKiiilt'tt UJiJXiOiiviii;^ A little girl of six or eight, her... chubby cheeks aglow with the cold of the winter twilight, a mass of brown curls escaping from her hat framing a pretty face, stood looking at him — he was still on his knees — with wide, wondering eyes. He had expected to welcome a young woman of twenty, he told me afterwards, not a child. Aunt Nancy inadvertently, perhaps, or be- cause she supposed he knew, had omitted any refer- ence to her age. I, too, had fallen into the same error. The dear lady without rising from her seat held out her two hands joyously: "Oh, you darling little thing!
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