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Myra had secretly been a little dubious about those four mischievous looking lads, but their manners were quite flawless. Mrs. French Joe had been drilling them for three days  ever since they had been invited to "de Chrismus dinner at de beeg house." MYRA HAD SECRETLY BEEN A LITTLE DUBIOUS ABOUT THOSE FOUR MISCHIEVOUS LOOKING LADS BUT THEIR MANNERS WERE QUITE FLAWLESS MISSUS FRENCH JO HAD BEEN DRILLING THEM FOR THREE DAYS EVER SINCE THEY BEEN INVITED TO CHRISTMAS DINNER AT DE BIG HOUSE
ame a troop from French Joe's--four black-eyed lads, who never knew what shyness meant. Frank drove down to the village in the cutter and brought lame Sammy back with him, and soon after the last guest arrived--little Tillie Mather, who was Miss Rankin's "orphan 'sylum girl" from over the road. Everybody knew that Miss Rankin never kept Christmas. She did not believe in it, she said, but she did not prevent Tillie from going to the Osbornes' dinner party. Just at first the guests were a little stiff and unsocial; but they soon got acquainted, and so jolly was Cousin Myra--who had her dinner with the children in preference to the grown-ups--and so friendly the junior Osbornes, that all stiffness vanished. What a merry dinner it was! What peals of laughter went up, reaching to the big dining room across the hall, where the grown-ups sat in rather solemn state. And how those guests did eat and frankly enjoy the good things before them! How nicely they all behaved, even to the French Joes! ELVES SO SHY WERE THEY THEN CAME A TROOP FROM FRENCH JO'S FOUR BLACK EYED LADS WHO NEVER KNEW WHAT CHINA'S MEANT FRANK DROVE DOWN TO THE VILLAGE IN THE CUTTER AND BROUGHT LAME SAMMY BACK WITH HIM AND SOON AFTER THE LAST GUEST ARRIVED LITTLE TILLY MATHER WHO WAS MISS RANKIN'S ORPHAN ASYLUM GIRL FROM OVER THE ROAD EVERYBODY KNEW THAT MISS RANKIN NEVER KEPT CHRISTMAS SHE DID NOT BELIEVE IN IT SHE SAID BUT SHE DID NOT PREVENT TILLY FROM GOING TO THE OSBORNE'S DINNER PARTY JUST AT FIRST THE GUESTS WERE A LITTLE STIFF AND UNSOCIABLE BUT THEY SOON GOT ACQUAINTED AND SO JOLLY WAS COUSIN MYRA WHO HAD HER DINNER WITH THE CHILDREN IN PREFERENCE TO THE GROWN UPS AND SO FRIENDLY THE JUNIOR OSBORNES THAT ALL STIFFNESS VANISHED WHAT A MERRY DINNER IT WAS WHAT PEALS OF LAUGHTER WENT UP REACHING TO THE BIG DINING ROOM ACROSS THE HALL WHERE THE GROWN UP SAT IN RATHER SOLEMN STATE AND HOW THOSE GUESTS DID EAT AND FRANKLY ENJOY THE GOOD THINGS BEFORE THEM HOW NICELY THEY ALL BEHAVED EVEN TO THE FRENCH JOS
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