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Christmas in the alley (12) [Christmas in the alley]

Christmas in the alley (12)

"What in the world! You goin' to give a party?" asked the old man between the puffs, staring at her in wonder.

"I'll tell you just what I am going to do," said Ann firmly, bracing herself for opposition,
"and it's as good as done, so you needn't say a word about it. I'm going to have a Christmas dinner, and I'm going to invite every blessed soul in this house to come. They shall be warm and full for once in their lives, please God! And, Katey,"
she went on breathlessly, before the old man had sufficiently recovered from his astonishment to speak, "go right upstairs now, and invite every one of 'em from the fathers down to Mrs. Parker's baby to come to dinner at three o'clock;
we'll have to keep fashionable hours, it's so late now; and mind, Katey, not a word about the money.
And hurry back, child, I want you to help me." 
              

To her surprise, the opposition from her husband was less than she expected.
The genial tobacco seemed to have quieted his nerves, and even opened his heart.

Grateful for this, Ann resolved that his pipe should never lack tobacco while she could work.

But now the cares of dinner absorbed her.
The meat and vegetables were prepared, the pudding made, and the long table spread, though she had to borrow every table in the house, and every dish to have enough to go around.

(12/20)
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