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sun being at its southern limit, but my partner was a 

 more devout man, and told his beads at proper times, 

 kept count of the days, and knew that this was Christmas 

 Eve. And so it was settled that we should not hunt nor 

 fish on the morrow, but would observe the day in a 

 civilized manner, just as the folks at home were doing. 

 Antoine had hung some evergreens over the fireplace 

 and over the bed, and with thoughts of those at home we 

 crawled under our blankets, and morning came. 



