“Oh, if he would only look this way!”
THE EMPTY STOCKING.
HOPE.
“If yer please, mum, Santa Claus can’t get into our room ’cause they ain’t no chimley, an’ I want ter know if yer won’t hang up this stockin’ when yer a-hangin’ up the children’s, an’ I’ll call in the mornin’ fer it.”
ST. VALENTINE’S DAY AT THE “BEND.”
Tom (to Alice): “If he knew he had that pinned to him he’d be wild.”