Transcriber's Notes:
Blank pages have been eliminated.
Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in theoriginal.
A few typographical errors have been corrected.
The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain.
Christmas Stories
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO · DALLAS
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MACMILLAN & CO., Limited
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Christmas Stories
By
Jacob A. Riis
New York
The Macmillan Company
1923
All rights reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Copyright, 1897, 1898 and 1909,
By THE CENTURY CO.
Copyright, 1911,
By THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Copyright, 1903, 1904, 1909, 1914 and 1923,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1923.
THE FERRIS PRINTING COMPANY
NEW YORK
CONTENTS
THE KID HANGS UP HIS STOCKING
The clock in the West Side Boys' Lodging-houseticked out the seconds of Christmas eve asslowly and methodically as if six fat turkeys werenot sizzling in the basemen