The Misfit Christmas Puddings

"An' are ye insinooatin', Misther Rafferty, that my son would ever wear an old brass ring? I'd have ye know that real gold is none too good for the poor, dear b'y to be drownded...

The shirt being consigned to the soaking process, Bridget next attacked her father. When his ablutions were finished, she pinned a shawl around his shoulders, and moved his chai...

So unexpectedly questioned as to her resources for the morrow's provisions, Bridget was startled into the admission that there was nothing in store save a few potatoes and the g...

_CHARACTERS_ HERR BAUMGÄRTNER, with a mercenary heart and an eye to the main chance. KATRINA BAUMGÄRTNER, with a tender heart and an eye on her lover. HERR BAUMGÄRTNER'S EMPLOYE...

When the twelve o'clock bells began to ring, Bridget poured the water over the tea and set the teapot over the fire, where the beverage immediately began boiling with a vigor th...