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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. MAGGIES P LA N. " Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ya have done it unto Me." ]jHE winter holidays passed swiftly by, and the Christmas and New Year's seasons gained brightness in the eyes of the Christie children, as they said to each other that ere the next New Year's morning their father would be with them in their Airie home. They were all pursuing the plans which had been laid down by common consent in the council held on the beach, and to all of which, as far as they had been confided to her, their mother had given her willing concurrence, being well satisfied that the brothers and sisters should have been stirred up to find, in the prospect of their father's return, such an inspiring motive for active employment. Maggie's prophecy that the time would passvery quickly was coming quite true; and the Saturday readings of the precious letters, which wonderfully kept alive the zeal and energy of the four, seemed to follow each other so closely that Jamie and Nannie could hardly believe that these weeks contained the same number of days as those which had preceded the arrival of the good news. Maggie's self-appointed task required the most perseverance, as she undertook it with the firm determination that it was not to interfere with her usual school and household duties, which latter included assistance to her mother in washing and baking, and in keeping all the linen of the family in repair. Mary Christie would sometimes offer to have some of these duties done by other hands; but Maggie always persisted that she could make time for her mother and for Alice too. And, indeed, what with getting up earlier in the morning, and with giving spare minutes and most of her play-time to the work, she contrived by the end o... Top page

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Publisher & Imprint: General Books

Pages: 92

More info: height 229 mm width 152 mm weight 145 gr thickness 6 mm

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Age recommended: General/trade

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