YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



not mind it; the crisp air and bright star- 

 light seem so refreshing after the close, 

 heated train and concert-room.' 



So they started home on foot. It was 

 very well where the tall brick buildings shut 

 off the icy breeze, but when they turned onto 

 the long stretch of open residential street 

 leading to our home it was biting cold, and 

 they had to watch their hands and faces, and 

 rub them briskly, to keep Jack Frost from 

 pinching them. 



The thick ice forming in the brooks and 

 meadows snapped and crackled as the 

 frosty air bound it tighter and deeper in the 

 cold, glittering starlight- -the only sound that 

 broke the stillness. 



But as they passed a lonely corner a little 

 shaggy, neglected Skye terrier crept out from 

 the shelter of a disused building, and ven- 

 tured timidly to their side, then taking cour- 

 age leaped up from the ground, kissing at 

 their benumbed fingers. 



% Oh, you poor little lost doggie, I fear you 

 will freeze!' said mamma, stooping to pat 

 his ragged mop of flaxen hair. Whereupon 

 he gave a little responsive whimper, and ran 

 on in advance to the next door, then back to 

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