To-morrow she shall choose one gift from each person's assortment of offerings.
To-morrow night the tree and all the rest of the presents are to be turned over to the little orphans of St.Boniface Refuge." "Daddy's name for her is Blessing,'" explained Stuart.

"So you see she is in a fair way to be trained up to fit it." Since the tree was for children only, no gifts for the older people appeared among its branches, but in the night some silent-footed Kriss Kringle made his stealthy rounds, and left a gay little red and white stocking by every bedside.

Mary discovered hers early in the morning, after the maid had been in to turn on the heat in the radiator, and close the windows.

She wondered how it could have been placed there without her knowledge, for the slightest motion set the tiny bells on heel and toe a-jingling.

She touched it several times just to start the silvery tinkle, then sitting up in bed emptied its treasures out on the counterpane.