Are all my Christmas children here ?" she continued, looking about her.

Hippy and Reddy had joined the group just then.

"Yes, here you are.
Tom and I can't take you all up in the carriage, but I want you to follow us, if your parents and guardians have no objections.

I have arranged a little supper to celebrate Anne's victory.

I am sorry she can't come to her own party, but she may hear all about it afterwards and the rest of you shall make merry for her." Not long after, six young people strolled up Chapel Hill in the moonlight, talking gayly of the happy days they had spent together with Mrs.Gray; for Richards, the burglar, seemed now a sort of joke to them, and even the terrible recollection of the wolves was softened by time, and they could only laugh at poor Hippy's plight when his breath gave out and his legs refused their office.
"Oh, well," exclaimed Hippy, pretending to be much offended, "it is a very good idea to remember only the funny things and forget the dangerous ones, when all's said and done.