11/39 They ran away and he chased them under our bed and got hold of Joe's foot and tried to pull him out, and Joe hollored like a painter, and Santa Claus dropped his pipe and sat down on the floor and began laughing. Abe left with her, and I suppose they went back to the village and around in a regular Santa Claus spree. It's terrible to be so much in love and not quite seventeen. |