[CONTENTS]

[CONTENTS]
[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]
[How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's]
[The Old Beggar's Dog]
[The Ball]
[Who Was He]

[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]

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HOW DEACON TUBMAN AND PARSON WHITNEY KEPT NEW YEAR'S

(Illustrated by THOMAS WORTH)
[Vignette Initial—"New Year's, eh?"]
["What's the matter with the pesky thing?"]
["Miranda belonged to that sisterhood commonly known as spinsters"]
[Miranda's chirography—"A Happy New Year"]
["Ha, none of that, you woolly-coated rogue, you"]
["I want to talk with you about the church"]
["Tell the folks that you won't be back till night"]
["It was found that the parson could steer a sled"]
["Little Alice Dorchester begged him to stay"]
["Old Jack was a horse of a great deal of character"]
["Hillow, Deacon, ain't you going to shake out old shamble-heels to-day?"]
["Jack was going nigh to a thirty clip"]
["Go it, old boy!"]
[Tail piece]

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