Then Maggie got her package and sat up in bed, carefully undoing the wrappings of paper, until, at last, smiling before her lay the little Japanese Lady!
And Alice opened her parcel, and, when the last paper had carefully been removed, there was the Messenger Boy all ready to say "How do you do!"
How very happy our two little girls were! They got out of bed very softly, so as not to disturb big sister, who was very tired from her night's work, and they danced around the cold room, hugging their dollies and kissing each other and the dollies indiscriminately.
"This is the very bestest Chrissmus I ever had," said Maggie, at last.
"I only hope the two little rich girls have as nice a one," added Annie.
"I'm very glad we came here, aren't you?" softly called out the Messenger Boy to the Japanese Lady.
"Yes, indeed," replied she. "I'm sure these dear little girls will love us very much."
"And we are not separated," said the Messenger Boy.
The Japanese Lady did not reply to this, but she smiled very sweetly and twirled her little fan.