ich some
people did not have their fill of laughter in the outset; and knowing

[Illustration: Original manuscript of Page 65.]

that such as these would be blind anyway, he thought it quite as well
that they should wrinkle up their eyes in grins, as have the malady in
less attractive forms. His own heart laughed: and that was quite
enough for him.

He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total
Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him,
that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed
the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as
Tiny Tim observed, God Bless Us, Every One!

THE END.

[Illustration: Original manuscript of Page 66.]

[Illustration]

[Illustration: _The Last of the Spirits._]

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT

Charles Dickens

[Illustration: _Scrooge's third Visitor._]

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