SANTA CLAUS'S PARTNER

BY

THOMAS NELSON PAGE

ILLUSTRATED BY W. GLACKENS

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1899

Copyright, 1899, by Charles Scribner's Sons

TO MY FATHER

who among all the men the writer knew in his youth was the mostfamiliar with books; and who of all the men the writer has ever knownhas exemplified best the virtue of open-handedness, this little Book isaffectionately inscribed by his son,

THE AUTHOR

ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII

ILLUSTRATIONS

FROM DRAWINGS IN COLOR BY W. GLACKENS

Vignette
"Guess who it is?" she cried.
Livingstone had to dodge for his life.
Half a dozen young bodies flung themselves upon him.
He took the shopkeeper aside and had a little talk with him.
The little form snuggled against him closer and closer.
And James with sparkling eyes rolled back the folding doors.
Standing in the Christmas evening light in a long avenue under swaying boughs.

CHAPTER I

Berryman Livingstone was a successful man, a very successful man, and ashe sat in his cushioned chair in his inner private office (in the bestoffice-building in the city) on a particularly snowy evening inDecember, he looked it every inch. It spoke in every line of hisclean-cut, self-contained face, with its straight, thin nose, closelydrawn mouth, strong chin and clear gray eyes; in every movement of hiserect, trim, well-groomed figure; in every detail of his faultlessattire; in every tone of his assured, assertive, incisive speech. Assome one said of him, he always looked as if he had just been ironed.

He used to be spoken of as "a man of parts;" now he was spoken of as "aman of wealth—a capitalist."

Not that he was as successful as he intended to be; but the way was allclear and shining before him

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