The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-16
THE AVERY TWINS.
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IRON, The Young Peoples Weekly.
..They have come! .,
The Avery twins had been nearly pesiue
themselves with anxiety for days
You don't suppose mamma can
forgotten that it's Christmas o"i'
would ask, with his heart In ms eS eS' anu
,,rissla Avery, with her heart III hei eS
would add quickly. You ooi. th'', rr, NV,
has do you?" At which Aunt amy
would laugh. and then stoop ana KISS hiH'
one flushed. anxious face ana theh 'i1
other. H.. .ho win
+er with Aunt Fanny while their mafiiid
took a run across to the Pacihc coa"' -
coo IN = little matter of business. 1Ni'>
r,a,r,,,s EIov and Baby Hal thought
the twins a very nice addltioh " Wv
fenoi1,- Rut truth to tell, even Aunt
Canrv WAS growing a little soiicitous DIS
oav after day went by, brinsinS no paO'>is
hearing the poStm&rk oesfeu' h"I IN
here was the postnan win ms 9ic' "
ed with Christmas packages, l'rnlhe
at their door, and IN MS hAii wv f
ready to be delivered
"OI, am so gladr' cried Carl
"Oh. I am so glad" echoed CrSs
NOW for the scissors, Aunt falhy'
Quick Girls is always so SLOW, AN.
the door again closed. Car!, MS liz IT,
ed with excitement, danced Up a,iu NV" Nv.
no
holding fast in ms i-iI'i0 'iio
ing his own name. 49,.
s.Dop,t he in a hurry, bears. SAID hull
FANNY. rescuing her scissors from the SIN
that Crissies fingers were last ui""ii'7
into an ineXtricable tanGle'
.'Rut mammals Eeen - long stu III y
t-,,ine, 70 break the twi lie with his ;"e'h'
read from one lei Jp t tGG99m. bis aunt.
package where nldInma ) own hand had
traced it.
Not TO be opened until Christrla;.' and
Carts face showed dire distress.
No: To be opened until Christmas!' ard
now it was Crissie's face showing dire dis
tTesS. -
- mats what mamma has written. See!'
Aunt Fanny felt very sorry for the two in
tlrested little people. as she held the pack
age down where they could examine for
themselves. Il guess Carfs is marked in
The same way, isn't it,:
Carl turned his package slowly. Yes, there
it was!-"Not to be opened until Christ
mas"
why, it is three whole days until Christ
mast said Carl
Just think of itt-three whole daysl"
echoed Crissie: and the manner of the two
was so tragic that Aunt Fanny leaned back
and laughed.
Why, bless you, dearsi it's just to make
you have d nicer time when Christmas does
come. that's all. And, perhaps, to make you
grow strong ami manly, Carl, and like a lit
tie woman, CriSsie. Don't papa and mann
ina wait patiently for Christmas? and didn't
mamma say Grow just like papa, While
I'm gone. Carl?" Aunt Fanny looked very
yffectionately down upon the two upturned
faces.
For moment Carl stood undecided. Then
his head went back, d flash ieaped into his
eyes. flush of enthusiasm to his face, and
pressing his two red lips together, he hand
ed TO his aunt the package he held, saying
proudly:
Il guess I'm not a baby,''
trlSSle stood doubtful, turning her pack
age slowly as she looked down upon it, and
her brothers eyes flashed Indignantly.
Crissie Avery, you better put that Satan
business right behind You, if you don't want
10 get tempted. You'll feel nice when Christ
mas comes, if YOU can't look folks in the
lace, and Aunt Fanny writes mamma
j guess | ain t touching the string" said
little Erls; but there Were tears in her eyes
and Aunt Fanny seeing them. stopped anu
took the package, gently saying:
Gu intend doing Just as mamma wants
OF course, dear; only it sometimes takes
girls longer than boys to make I'D their
minds
And at this Crissie drew long breath.
saying: "Of course" and relnquished her
hold upon the package.
When Christmas night came. and the
flashing lights and loaded tree and NAM
mas packages We're again delivered to the
little man and little woman known as the
t''Avery twins" were they not glad that
they could look proudly around upon the
company gathered there and in their hearts
say, Mother trusted us; we did not fail
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