She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.

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In Germany, Santa has long been known as Kriss Kringel (derived from Christ Child). In America, the name is still used by the Pennsylvania Dutch.

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