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When all was over, a hearty vote of thanks was passed to Aunt Cyrilla and her basket. The sealskin lady wanted to know how she made her pound cake, and the khaki boy asked for her receipt for jelly cookies. WHEN ALL WAS OVER A HEARTY VOTE OF THANKS WAS PASSED TO AUNT CYRIL AND HER BASKET THE SEALSKIN LADY WANTED TO KNOW HOW SHE MADE HER POUND CAKE AND THE KHAKI BOY ASKED FOR HER RECEIPT FOR JELLY COOKIES
had dinner. The train hands were invited in to share it. The minister carved the chicken with the brakeman's jack-knife and the khaki boy cut up the tongue and the mince pies, while the sealskin lady mixed the raspberry vinegar with its due proportion of water. Bits of paper served as plates. The train furnished a couple of glasses, a tin pint cup was discovered and given to the children, Aunt Cyrilla and Lucy Rose and the sealskin lady drank, turn about, from the latter's graduated medicine glass, the shop girl and the little mother shared one of the empty bottles, and the khaki boy, the minister, and the train men drank out of the other bottle. Everybody declared they had never enjoyed a meal more in their lives. Certainly it was a merry one, and Aunt Cyrilla's cooking was never more appreciated; indeed, the bones of the chicken and the pot of preserves were all that was left. They could not eat the preserves because they had no spoons, so Aunt Cyrilla gave them to the little mother. L BE CLEAR AT NOON THEY HAD DINNER THE TRAIN HANDS WERE INVITED IN TO SHARE IT THE MINISTER CARVED THE CHICKEN WITH THE BRAKEMAN'S JACK KNIFE AND THE KHAKI BOY CUT UP THE TONGUE AND THE MINCE PIES WHILE THE SEALSKIN LADY MIXED THE RASPBERRIED VINEGAR WITH ITS DUE PROPORTION OF WATER BITS OF PAPER SERVED AS PLATES THE TRAIN FURNISHED A COUPLE OF GLASSES A TEN PINT CUP WAS DISCOVERED AND GIVEN TO THE CHILDREN AUNT CYRILLA AND LUCY ROSE AND THE SEALSKIN LADY DRANK TURNABOUT FROM THE LATTER'S GRADUATED MEDICINE GLASS THE SHOP GIRL AND THE LITTLE MOTHER SHARED ONE OF THE EMPTY BOTTLES AND THE KHAKI BOY THE MINISTER AND THE TRAINMAN DRANK OUT OF THE OTHER BOTTLE EVERYBODY DECLARED THEY HAD NEVER ENJOYED A MEAL MORE IN THEIR LIVES CERTAINLY IT WAS A MERRY ONE AND AUNT CYRIL'S COOKING WAS NEVER MORE APPRECIATED INDEED THE BONES OF THE CHICKEN AND THE POT OF PRESERVES WERE ALL THAT WAS LEFT THEY COULD NOT EAT THE PRESERVES BECAUSE THEY HAD NO SPOONS SO AUNT CYRILA GAVE THEM TO THE LITTLE MOTHER
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