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Dear Marthy  seems as if I could see you now, with your tangled hair a blowin' in the wind, your eyes all bright and sparklin', an' your cheeks as red as apples. DEAR MARTHY SEEMS AS IF I COULD SEE YOU NOW WITH YOUR TANGLED HAIR A BLOWING IN THE WIND YOUR EYES ALL BRIGHT AND SPARKLING AND YOUR CHEEKS AS RED AS APPLES
ve folks breakin' their necks jest on account of a lot of frivolous boys that was goin' to the gallows as fas' as they could! Oh, how we hated him! and we'd have snowballed him, too, if we hadn't been afraid of the constable that lived next door. But the ashes didn't bother us much, and every time we slid side-saddle we'd give the ashes a kick, and that sort of scattered 'em." The bare thought of this made Santa Claus laugh. "Goin' on about nine o'clock," said Joel, "the girls come along--Sister Elvira an' Thankful, Prudence Tucker, Belle Yocum, Sophrone Holbrook, Sis Hubbard, an' Marthy Sawyer. Marthy's brother Increase wanted her to ride on _his_ sled, but Marthy allowed that a red sled was her choice every time. 'I don't see how I'm goin' to hold on,' said Marthy. 'Seems as if I would hev my hands full keepin' my things from blowin' away.' 'Don't worry about yourself, Marthy,' sez I, 'for if you'll look after your things, I kind o' calc'late I'll manage not to lose _you_ on the way. RING OUT IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE HE SAID HE WASN'T GOING TO HAVE FOLKS BREAKING THEIR NEXT CHEST ON ACCOUNT OF A LOT OF FRIVOLOUS BOYS THAT WAS GOING TO GALLOWS AS FAST AS THEY COULD OH HOW WE HATED HIM AND WE'D HAVE SNOBLED HIM TOO IF WE HADN'T BEEN AFRAID OF THE CONSTABLE THAT LIVED NEXT DOOR BUT THE ASHES DIDN'T BOTHER US MUCH AND EVERY TIME WE SLIT SIDE SADDLE WE'D GIVE THE ASHES A KICK AND THAT SORT OF SCARED EM THE BARE THOUGHT OF THIS MADE SANTA CLAUS LAUGH GOING ON ABOUT NINE O'CLOCK SAY JOE THE GIRLS COME ALONG SISTER ELVIRA AND THANKFUL PRUDENCE TUCKER BILLIOCUM SOPHRON HOLBROOK SEES HABOARD AND MARTHA IS ALL HERE MARTY'S BROTHER INCREASE WANTED HER TO RIDE ON HIS SLED BUT MARTHY ALLOWED THAT A RED SLED WAS HER CHOICE EVERY TIME I DON'T SEE HOW I'M GOING TO HOLD ON SAID MARTHY IT'S AS IF I WOULD HAVE MY HANDS FULL KEEPING MY THINGS FROM BLOWING AWAY DON'T REVOLT YOURSELF MARTHY SAYS I FOR IF YOU'LL LOOK AFTER YOUR THINGS I KIND O CALCULATE I'LL MANAGE NOT TO LOSE YOU ON THE WAY
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