The ever-busy crutch fell unheeded to the floor and Aunt Cheerful Loring fell sobbing to her knees.


In the
Heart of the
Christmas Pines

By
Leona Dalrymple
Author of "Uncle Noah's Christmas Party,"
"Diane of the Green Van," etc.
Illustrations By
Charles L. Wrenn
New York
McBride, Nast & Company
1914




Copyright 1913 and 1914, by
McBride, Nast & Co.
Second Printing
September, 1914
Published October, 1914




TO MY FRIEND
EDWARD FRANK ALLEN