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Autumn Days. 135

 

But there was fun, too, about
that cold weather; fun with the
snow-man in the Park; fun in
learning to skate on the frozen
pond, shut in so nicely with the
fir-trees; and fun in the real
Christmas treats, Christmas-trees,
and Christmas games.

And so it was a very bright
time that came to finish up those
happy Beecham days. The end
of it all was saying “ good-bye” to
grandmamma and cousins one fine,
frosty morning, just the other side
of New Year’s Day, and driving
off between papa and mamma.

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