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do you see what
we are coming to if we don't concede our child her legitimate rights.
She will seek them out, and take them by force, and never forgive us

for withholding them, that's what! Every child who has ever heard of
Santa Claus has a right to enjoy the myth. Didn't I give a hundred
dollars to the Elks and a hundred dollars to the Big Brothers who are
looking after the empty stockings of the poor children, while my own
baby----"
He had reached his bedroom door and was kicking off his house
slippers.
"Eli, where are you going?"
"Down-town to see Santa Claus if I have to break open a dozen stores,"
he answered determinedly.
* * * * *
It seemed that Santa Claus, never having visited Hannah before, had a
mind to make up for lost time. An overflowing stocking hung from the
mantel; a tree loaded with presents and tinsel stood by her bed; about
the room were placed large gifts, everything a little girl might wish for.
Hannah was dazed. She didn't see her mother and father standing in the
doorway of the nursery, their arms about each other, and smiling. She
tugged at her window until it opened and then called to Nellie across
the intervening space.
"He came! He came!" she screamed, as a tousled, flame-colored head
showed at the window opposite.
Hannah brushed by her parents and, running to the window nearest
Virginia's room, repeated her message. Then she came back into the
nursery, still oblivious of mother and father, and stared about her in
ecstasy. The occasion called for some expression of thanksgiving--what
could it be? A seven-year-old child hasn't words for such a big emotion.
She could think of but one thing to do.
Reverently bowing her little bronze head, she made the sign of the
cross--upside down!

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