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THE STORY OF THE MINCE PIE
Here! what's this rolling across the floor?
“Here! what’s this rolling across the floor?”
(Page 142)
THE STORY OF
THE MINCE PIE
BY
JOSEPHINE SCRIBNER GATES
Author of “Captain Billie,” “The Story of Live Dolls,”
“Little Girl Blue,” etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY
JOHN RAE
printer's mark
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1916
Copyright, 1916
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, INC.
By   courtesy   of  St.  Nicholas,   in   which
“And  Piped  Those  Children  Back  Again”
and  “Anna  Belle’s  Christmas  Eve”  first
appeared, they are included in this volume.
The Mince Pie has always held an importantplace in Christmas Tales, but it remained for Mrs.Mildred G. Potter to conceive the idea of makingit the main feature.
It is my pleasure to give to her my grateful acknowledgmentfor the happy thought which it hasbeen my privilege to embody in story form.
Here’s to the Dolls that will come to life,
Here’s to the Tales they’ll tell
Out of the depths of the Christmas Pie,
To the tune of a Christmas Bell!
 
Here’s to the Sugar and Fruit and Spice,
Here’s to the Story Elf,
Here’s to that Fragrance of Christmas Time,
Here’s to the Pie itself!
 
Big and spicy and rich and brown,
What does that top crust hide?
You know how it looks from an outside view,
Now read what it’s like inside!
BY
DOT AND NICK
WHO ALSO WANTED A FINGER
IN THIS PIE!
J. S. G.
CONTENTS
PAGE
The Mince Pie1
Raisin Doll10
Currant Doll18
Clove Doll21
Dance of the Elves26
Sprite’s Tale27
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