CHAPTER I
OFF FOR A SLEIGH-RIDE
“What is the matter, Dave? You look rather mystified.”
“I am mystified, Laura,” replied Dave Porter. “I have a letter here that I can’t understand at all.”
“Whom is it from?” questioned Laura Porter, as she came closer to her brother, who was ensconced in the largest easy-chair the Wadsworth library contained.
“It’s from a shopkeeper in...
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