Identifier: christmascarol00dick2 (find matches)
Title: A Christmas carol
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Coburn, Frederick Simpson
Subjects: Christmas stories Misers
Publisher: New York : Putnam
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ite were merephantoms. To see the dingy cloud comedrooping down, obscuring everything, onemight have thought that Nature lived hardby, and was brewing on a large scale. The door of Scrooges counting-house wasopen that he might keep his eye upon hisclerk, who in a dismal little cell beyond, asort of tank, was copying letters. Scroogehad a very small fire, but the clerks fire wasso very much smaller that it looked like onecoal. But he could nt replenish it, for Scroogekept the coal-box in his own room ; and sosurely as the clerk came in with the shovel,the master predicted that it would be neces-sary for them to part. Wherefore the clerkput on his white comforter, and tried to warmhimself at the candle ; in which effort, notbeing a man of a strong imagination, he failed. A merry Christmas, uncle ! God saveyou ! cried a cheerful voice. It was thevoice of Scrooges nephew, who came uponhim so quickly that this was the first intima-tion he had of his approach. * Bah ! said Scrooge, Humbug !
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H Cbrtstmas Carol He had so heated himself with rapid walk-ing in the fog and frost, this nephew ofScrooges, that he was all in a glow ; hisface was ruddy and handsome ; his eyessparkled, and his breath smoked again. Christmas a humbug, uncle! saidScrooges nephew. You dont mean that,1 am sure. I do, said Scrooge. Merry Christmas !What right have you to be merry ? Whatreason have you to be merry ? You re poorenough. Come, then, returned the nephew gaily. What right have you to be dismal ? Whatreason have you to be morose ? You re richenough. Scrooge having no better answer ready onthe spur of the moment, said, Bah ! again ;and followed it up with Humbug. Dont be cross, uncle, said the nephew. What else can I be, returned the uncle, when I live in such a world of fools as this ?Merry Christmas ! Out upon merry Christ-mas ! Whats Christmas timie to you but atime for paying bills without money ; a timefor finding yourself a year older, but not anhour richer; a time for balancing your book

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