CHAPTER VIII 
A SURPRISE 
Winter had really come at last, the snow- 
flakes had covered the brown fields, and time 
was fast hastening on to bring the great day 
of all the year, Christmas day. Aida had 
sent gifts that she knew they would like, 
their Uncle had brought them some gifts 
from Paris, and this special friend of theirs 
had her own plan, that made her smile to 
herself, when she thought how Edwy loved 
things that he could pet and fondle and call 
his own. The other presents had all been 
sent early to their city home, and messages 
of thanks had been sent back, but the ques- 
tion had been flashed back to the senders: 
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