Miss Heck's Thanksgiving Party; or, Topsy Up to Date by Ida Hamilton Munsell

Author:Ida Hamilton Munsell [Munsell, Ida Hamilton]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2021-05-19T00:00:00+00:00

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Any one passing by Jim Heck's tumbled-down cottage Thanksgiving night would have been astonished at the number of gleaming lights flashing out upon the snow through the cracked and grimy window-panes, and would have stopped for a moment to listen to the sounds of revelry within doors. A fiddle squeaked in a lively, even if discordant fashion, while a banjo made frantic efforts to keep it company. There was a sound, too, as if of many feet dancing an old-fashioned break-down, which made the shanty fairly tremble under the unwonted strain upon its frail supports.

The aroma of hot coffee also floated out upon the crisp air, mingled with an odor of more substantial viands, which appealed strongly to the imagination of a passing tramp who had paused to look through a window void of shade or curtain.

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