Snap-Dragons: A Tale of Christmas Eve, and Old Father Christmas, an Old Fashioned Tale of the Young Days of a Grumpy Old Godfather
Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, Aug. 2, 2012)
It began with the father and mother. They were a worthy couple, and really attached to each other. But they had a habit of contradicting each others statements, and opposing each others opinions, which, though mutually understood and allowed for in private, was most trying to the by-standers in public. If one related an anecdote, the other would break in with half-a-dozen corrections of trivial details of no interest or importance to anyone, the speakers included. For instance :S uppose the two dining in a strange house, and Mrs. Skratdj seated by the host, and contributing to the small-talk of the dinner-table. Thus :O hyes. Very changeable weather indeed. It looked quite promising yesterday morning in the town, but it began to rain at noon. A quarter past eleven, my dear, Mr. Skratdj svoice would be heard to say from several chairs down, in the corrective tones of a husband and a father; and really, my dear, so far from being a promising morning, I must say it looked about as threatening as it well could. Your memory is not always accurate in small matters, my love. But Mrs. Skratdj had not been a wife and a mother for fifteen years, to be snuffed out at one snap of the marital snuffers. As Mr. Skratdj leaned forward in his chair, she leaned forward in hers, and defended herself across the intervening couples. Why, my dear Mr. Skratdj, you said yourself the weather had not been so promising for a week.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing