The package was so very small he slipped it into his pocket, and went to the doctor's to say Merry Christmas! To Mrs.Carey he gave a pretty lavender silk dress, and to the doctor a new watch chain.

Then he went to the hospital, where he left with Molly a set of china dishes from the Girl, and a fur-lined great coat, his gift to Doctor Harmon.

He rode home and stabled Betsy, giving her an extra quart of oats, and going into the house he sat by the kitchen fire and opened the package.
In a nest of cotton lay a tissue-wrapped velvet box, and inside that, in a leather pocket case, an ivory miniature of the Girl by an artist who knew how to reproduce life.

It was an exquisite picture, and a face of wonderful beauty.

He looked at it for a long time, and then called Belshazzar and carried it out to show Ajax.