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CHAPTER XI CHRISTMAS IN SMUGGLERS' HOLLOW
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"Merry Christmas!"
At the sound of Pat's roar the three guests hastily tumbled out of their bunks1 with answering greetings. A cheerful fire blazed up the chimney and added its flickering3 light to that of a couple of candles, for the sun was not yet up. Alec was cutting bacon and Pat was mixing flapjack batter4.
"Breakfast will be ready in fifteen minutes, and the one who isn't ready goes hungry," he announced.
"It won't be yours truly," declared Hal, reaching for his clothes.
"My tummy, oh, my tummy!
It gives me such a pain!
I wonder will it ever——
"Say, who swiped one of my socks? I can't find but one, and I left 'em together." He began to toss things left and right in search of the missing article.
Meanwhile Upton was down on his knees fumbling5 under his bunk2. At Hal's complaint he looked up suspiciously. "I can't find one of mine," he sputtered6. "Somebody's been putting up a job on us. Hi! What the——" He finished by pointing toward the fireplace.
Hal looked. There hung his missing sock. Also one of Upton's and one of Sparrer's, all three misshapen and bulging7.
"Ut would not be Christmas an' we did not hang the childer's stockings," announced Pat gravely.
With a whoop8 the three boys fell on the stockings. Entering into the spirit of the occasion they seated themselves on the floor in front of the fire and pulled out the contents as gleefully as ever they had emptied Christmas stockings at home in their younger days. The gifts were
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dressing
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wilderness
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killing
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scrambling
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thoroughly
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| growth; economy; management; and customer satisfaction 增长 | |
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grandeur
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vestige
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undertaking
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cleft
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leisurely
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dire
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