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Title: Christmas
A Story

Author: Zona Gale

Illustrator: Leon V. Solon

Release Date: February 4, 2007 [EBook #20516]

Language: English

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CHRISTMAS

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THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK . BOSTON . CHICAGO
DALLAS . SAN FRANCISCO

MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED
LONDON . BOMBAY . CALCUTTA
MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD.
TORONTO

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[Illustration: "MARY FILLED HER ARMS WITH HAY AND TURNED TO THE
MANGER"]

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CHRISTMAS

A STORY

BY
ZONA GALE
AUTHOR OF "THE LOVES OF PELLEAS AND ETARRE"
"FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE," ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
LEON V. SOLON

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1912
All rights reserved

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COPYRIGHT, 1912,
BY THE McCLURE PUBLICATIONS, INCORPORATED.

COPYRIGHT, 1912,
BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1912.

Norwood Press

J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co.
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

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ILLUSTRATIONS

"Mary filled her arms with hay, and turned to the
manger" Frontispiece

FACING
PAGE

"He stood looking at it from part way across the road" 76

"Across the still fields came flashing the point of
flame" 110

"The children began to sing, 'Go bury Saint Nicklis'" 150

"Their way led east between high banks of snow" 200

"The three men stepped into the lamplight" 240

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