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Budlong's Chrismas Presents, by Rupert Hughes
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Title: Mrs. Budlong's Chrismas Presents
Author: Rupert Hughes
Release Date: July 11, 2004 [EBook #12881]
Language: English
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MRS. BUDLONG'S CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
BY
RUPERT HUGHES
AUTHOR OF "EXCUSE ME," "THE OLD NEST," ETC.
MCMXII
CONTENTS
I AT THE SIGN OF THE PIANO LAMP
II CHRONICLES OF A CRAFTSMAN
III MISTRESS OF THE REVELS
IV ONLY A MILLIONAIRE
V THE BITER BIT
VI DESPAIR AND AN IDEA
VII FOILED
VIII FOILED AGAIN
IX WORSE, AND MORE OF IT
X A WELL LAID PLAN
XI GANG AGLEY AGAIN
XII AN AMAZING CHRISTMAS
MRS. BUDLONG'S CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
I
AT THE SIGN OF THE PIANO LAMP
The morning after Christmas Eve is the worst morning-after there is. The very house suffers the headache that follows a prolonged spree. Remorse stalks at large; remorse for the things one gave--and did not give--and got.
Everybody must act a general glee which can be felt only specifically, if at all. Everybody must exclaim about everything Oh! and Ah! and How Sweet of You! and Isn't it Perfectly De