Lucy Maud Montgomery's Holiday Classics (Tales of Christmas & New Year). Lucy Maud Montgomery

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I’ll do! I’ll write to Abby Morton in Trenton to send me Mrs. Henderson’s address, and I’ll write her a letter and ask her not to let Ida know she didn’t send the cake.”

      Ida went into a confectionery store and invested in what Josie Pye was wont to call “ready-to-wear eatables” — fancy cakes, fruit, and candies. When she reached her room she found it full of expectant girls, with Miss Monroe enthroned in the midst of them — Miss Monroe in a wonderful evening dress of black lace and yellow silk, with roses in her hair and pearls on her neck — all donned in honour of Ida’s little celebration. I won’t say that, just for a moment, Ida didn’t regret that she had given up her cake.

      “Good evening, Miss Mitchell,” cried Mary Craig gaily. “Walk right in and make yourself at home in your own room, do! We all met in the hall, and knocked and knocked. Finally Miss Monroe came, so we made bold to walk right in. Where is the only and original fruit cake, Ida? My mouth has been watering all day.”

      “The other Ida Mitchell is probably entertaining her friends at this moment with my fruit cake,” said Ida, with a little laugh.

      Then she told the whole story.

      “I’m so sorry to disappoint you,” she concluded, “but I simply couldn’t tell that poor, lonely child that the cake wasn’t intended for her. I’ve brought all the goodies home with me that I could buy, and we’ll have to do the best we can without the fruit cake.”

      Their “best” proved to be a very good thing. They had a jolly New Year’s Eve, and Miss Monroe sparkled and entertained most brilliantly. They kept their celebration up until twelve to welcome the new year in, and then they bade Ida good night. But Miss Monroe lingered for a moment behind the others to say softly:

      “I want to tell you how good and sweet I think it was of you to give up your cake to the other Ida. That little bit of unselfishness was a good guerdon for your new year.”

      And Ida, radiant-faced at this praise from her idol, answered heartily:

      “I’m afraid I’m anything but unselfish, Miss Monroe. But I mean to try to be more this coming year and think a little about the girls outside of my own little set who may be lonely or discouraged. The other Ida Mitchell isn’t going to have to depend on that fruit cake alone for comfort and encouragement for the next twelve months.”

      ANNE OF GREEN GABLES SERIES

       Table of Contents

       ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

       ANNE OF AVONLEA

       ANNE OF THE ISLAND

       ANNE’S HOUSE OF DREAMS

       RAINBOW VALLEY

       RILLA OF INGLESIDE

      Anne of Green Gables

       Table of Contents

       I. Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Surprised

       II. Matthew Cuthbert Is Surprised

       III. Marilla Cuthbert Is Surprised

       IV. Morning at Green Gables

       V. Anne’s History

       VI. Marilla Makes Up Her Mind

       VII. Anne Says Her Prayers

       VIII. Anne’s Bringing-Up Is Begun

       IX. Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Properly Horrified

       X. Anne’s Apology

       XI. Anne’s Impressions of Sunday-School

       XII. A Solemn Vow and Promise

       XIII. The Delights of Anticipation

       XIV. Anne’s Confession

       XV. A Tempest in the School Teapot

       XVI. Diana Is Invited to Tea With Tragic Results

       XVII. A New Interest in Life

       XVIII. Anne to the Rescue

       XIX. A Concert a Catastrophe and a Confession

       XX. A Good Imagination Gone Wrong

       XXI. A New Departure in Flavorings

       XXII. Anne Is Invited Out to Tea

       XXIII. Anne Comes to Grief in an Affair of Honor

       XXIV. Miss Stacy and Her Pupils Get Up a Concert

       XXV. Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves

       XXVI. The Story Club Is Formed

       XXVII. Vanity and Vexation of Spirit

       XXVIII. An Unfortunate Lily Maid

       XXIX. An Epoch in Anne’s Life

       XXX. The Queens Class Is Organized

      


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