Maggie opened her eyes, and sat up beside Bessie. On the foot of the bed--one on Maggie's side, one on Bessie's--were two boxes. On each sat a large doll--and such dolls! They had beautiful faces, waxen hands and feet, and what Bessie called "live hair, yeal live hair." They were dressed in little white night-gowns, and sat there before the surprised and delighted children as if they had themselves just wakened from sleep. Maggie threw off the bed-covers, scrambled down to the foot of the bed, and seized the doll nearest to her.