The House With Sixty Closets: A Christmas Story for Young Folks and Old Children
Frank Samuel Child
THE HOUSE WITH SIXTY CLOSETS
BY FRANK SAMUEL CHILD
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. RANDOLPH BROWN]
THE CHILDREN TAKE POSSESSION OF THE HOUSE. Page 13.]
THE HOUSE WITH SIXTY CLOSETS
A Christmas Story for Young Folks and Old Children
by
FRANK SAMUEL CHILD
Author of "An Old New England Town" "The Colonial Parsonof New England" "A Colonial Witch""A Puritan Wooing" etc.
With Illustrations by J. Randolph Brown
BostonLee and Shepard Publishers1899
Copyright, 1899, by Lee and Shepard
All rights reserved
THE HOUSE WITH SIXTY CLOSETS
To Frank and Bess and Arthur and Theodora and Grace and Ruth and Amy and the "Little Judge" and All Their Merry Friends
ALL ABOUT IT
A
PAGE HOUSE, PEOPLE, THINGS 11
B
THE HOUSE THAT THE JUDGE BUILT 15
C
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE HOUSE THAT THE JUDGE BUILT 33
D
THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE HOUSE THAT THE JUDGE BUILT 53
I
PORTRAITS WALK AND TALK 57
II
CLOSETS TALK AND WALK 85
III
THE PROCESSION OF GOAT, DOG, CAT, BICYCLES, PORTRAITS, CLOSETS, RUTH, AND THE "LITTLE JUDGE" 113
IV
THE PARTY WITH SUPPER FOR SEVENTEEN, AND TOASTS WITH A TOASTING-FORK 141
V
STOCKINGS FILLED WITH MUSIC, RAINBOWS, SENSE, BACKBONE, SUNSETS, IMPULSES, GOLD SPOON, IDEALS, SUNSHINE, STAR, MANTLE, FLOWERS,--AND THE LIKE QUEER STUFF 185
E
HAPPY DAY 215
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE THE CHILDREN TAKING POSSESSION OF THE HOUSE _Frontispiece._
INITIAL O 15
MRS. "JUDGE" PLANNING THE CLOSETS 19
MRS. "JUDGE'S" LIVING-ROOM 24
CANDLESTICK AND BIBLE 29
INITIAL I 33
NAILING FLAG TO CHIMNEY 41
THE CHILDREN TAKING A RIDE 44
INITIAL I 57
RUTH SEES FIGURES IN THE FIRE 59
STEPPING OUT OF THE FRAMES 61
SUSIE AND LITTLE JUDGE 67
ENTERING THE CLOCK 80
INITIAL T 85
PLAYING TAG 87
CHAMPAIGN COMPLAINING 93
THE CLOSETS TALK AND WALK 103
THE JUDGE SITTING ON THE COG-WHEEL 105
INITIAL I 113
BILLY EATING FUNERAL CLOTH AND WREATH 114
THE PROCESSION STARTS 121
BILLY, SATAN, AND TURK TAKING A RIDE 126
MRS. "JUDGE" AND MAN IN MOON 132
RETURNING FROM THE CHURCH 135
INITIAL W 141
THE WALK AROUND 163
THERE WAS THE GREATEST CONFUSION 180
INITIAL R 185
RUTH AND SATAN 186
THE ROOM WAS A BLAZE OF GLORY 187
THE ROOM STUDDED WITH TWINKLING, RADIANT STARS 211
