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Christmas Stories

Mary Jane Holmes

Among the prominent characters are Alice Warren, the beautiful daughter of a blind man, and Adelaide Huntington, who wrestles with issues of class conflict and pride.

"Christmas Stories" by Mary Jane Holmes is a collection of festive narratives. Among the prominent characters are Alice Warren, the beautiful daughter of a blind man, and Adelaide Huntington, who wrestles with issues of class conflict and pride.

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It was Christmas eve, and the parlors of No. 46 Shelby Street were ablaze with light; rare flowers, in vases rarer still, filled the rooms with a sweet perfume, bringing back, as it were, the summer glory which had faded in the autumn light, and died in the chill December’s breath. Costly pictures adorned the walls; carpets, which seemed to the eye like a mossy bed inlaid with roses, covered the floors, while over all, the gas-light fell, making a scene of brilliant beauty such as was seldom witnessed in the quiet city of ——, where our story opens.

It was the night of Alice Warren’s first presentation to society, as a young lady, and in her luxurious dressing-room she stood before her mirror, bending 10her graceful head, while her mother placed among her flowing curls a golden arrow, and then pronounced the toilet complete. Alice Warren was very beautiful with her fair young face, her waving hair, and lustrous eyes of blue, which shone with more than their wonted brightness, as, smoothing down the folds of her dress, she glanced again at the mirror opposite, and then turned toward her mother just as a movement in the hall without attracted the attention of both. It was a slow, uncertain step, and darting forward, Alice cried:

“It is father—come to see how I look on my eighteenth birthnight!”

“Not to see you, my child,” the father answered; and in the tones of his voice there was a note of sorrow, as if the struggle of nineteen long years were not yet fully over.

Contents

  1. 01Alice and Adelaide.
  2. 02Chapter I. Christmas Eve.
  3. 03Chapter II. The House of Mourning.
  4. 04Chapter III. The Brown House in the Hollow.
  5. 05Chapter IV. The White House on the Hill.
  6. 06Chapter V. Calls.
  7. 07Chapter VI. Pay-Day.
  8. 08Chapter VII. The Unknown Deliverer.
  9. 09Chapter VIII. The Party Dress.
  10. 10Chapter IX. The Figure on the Hearthstone.
  11. 11Chapter X. Revelations.
  12. 12Chapter XI. Natural Consequences.
  13. 13Red-Bird. A Brown Cottage Story.
  14. 14Chapter I. Introductory.
  15. 15Chapter II. The Story.
  16. 16Chapter III. Robin’s Home.
  17. 17Chapter IV. Little Stupid.
  18. 18Chapter V. Black-Eyes and Bright-Hair.
  19. 19Chapter VI. Conclusion.
  20. 20Ruth and Rena.
  21. 21Chapter I. Christmas Eve in Oakfield.
  22. 22Chapter II. Christmas Eve in New York.
  23. 23Chapter III. The Fire.
  24. 24Chapter IV. Rena at Uncle Obed’s.
  25. 25Chapter V. Daisy.
  26. 26Bennie’s Christmas.
  27. 27Chapter I. Bennie’s Home.
  28. 28Chapter II. Bennie’s First Christmas.
  29. 29Chapter III. Bennie’s Second Christmas.
  30. 30The Christmas Font.
  31. 31Chapter I. Introductory.
  32. 32Chapter II. Something About the Church, and the Children Who Bought the Font.
  33. 33Chapter III. The Children’s Sewing Society.
  34. 34Chapter IV. What Was Done in the Infant Class for the Fair.
  35. 35Chapter V. The Day of the Fair.
  36. 36Chapter VI. The Night of the Fair.
  37. 37Chapter VII. Poor Little Hunter
  38. 38Chapter VIII. Christmas, 1867.
  39. 39Adam Floyd.
  40. 40Chapter I. Adam.
  41. 41Chapter II. Anna.
  42. 42Chapter III. In the Cottage.
  43. 43Chapter IV. In the Beech Woods.
  44. 44Chapter V. Mildred Atherton.
  45. 45Chapter VI. The Result.
  46. 46John Logan’s Thoughts About Repairing Old Houses.
  47. 47The Passion Play at Oberammergau, 1880.

About this edition

Author
Mary Jane Holmes
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
223 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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