[Xterminal-users] HRISTMAS CAROL. _Dramat

[Zaidi <lin...@ev...>]

An modest Mrs. Bird. The bedroom was small, and there presently ensued
such a clatter that you would have thought a herd of wild cattle had
broken loose. The door opened, and they straggled in, all the younger
ones giggling, with Sarah Maud at the head, looking as if she had been
caught in the act of stealing sheep; while Larry, being last in line,
seemed to think the door a sort of gate of heaven which would be shut in
his face if he didn't get there in time; accordingly he struggled ahead
of his elders and disgraced himself by tumbling in head foremost. Mrs.
Ruggles looked severe. "There, I knew yer'd do it in some sech fool way!
Now go in there and try it over again, every last one o' ye, 'n' if
Larry can't come in on two legs he can stay ter home,--d' yer hear?" The
matter began to assume a graver aspect; the little Ruggleses stopped
giggling and backed into the bedroom, issuing presently with lock step,
Indian file, a scared and hunted expression on every countenance. "No,
no, no!" cried Mrs. Ruggles, in despair. "That'