Dedication
TO
MISS MARY W. JEWETT,
(of Clarkson, N. Y.)
WHO HAS BEEN SO LONG IDENTIFIED
WITH THE
PARISH OF ST. LUKE’S,
AND WHO IS
ALMOST AS MUCH A PART OF THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL AS THE CHRISTMAS-TREE ITSELF,
I DEDICATE THESE STORIES,
SOME OF WHICH HAVE IN THEM MORE OF FACT THAN OF FICTION.