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Identifier: stnicholasserial372dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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blossomed posies readyfor-the buttonholes. The stems were held by girlshidden behind the screens, and whenever a bou-quet was taken, a flower-fairy appeared, breakingher way through the green wall. Douglas gath-ered a rose and drew Cecily after it; and whenCourt plucked a spray of his own orange-blos-soms, forth stepped Carol to be his partner. The hours of that evening might have beenstolen out of fairy-land. Yet how soon it was allover, and instead of the brilliant dance-musicthere sounded only the strains of the wind-harpin the chimney! The young people of the house-party clustered around the fireside, listening. I. know what Veronica really did with hervoice, said Court. She left it to you, Carol. And it had to be kept in storage in the chim-ney a whole century waiting for me, Carol re-plied. That s why it s degenerated so. You re wrong there, said he. It s onlygrown richer and sweeter with age, like a violin.She dropped him a courtesy that would have donecredit to her ancestress.
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THE PLUNDERERS CAME DOWN TO DINNER ARRAYED IN THE SPOILS. 687 688 THE LEAGUE OF THE SIGNET-RING The clock on the stairs chimed a warning tothe loiterers to leave the fireside. Jean peepedinto the chimney before she turned away. I wishI could see you, you cunning little sprite upthere! she called. And I wish you d tell mewhat you re singing about! It s singing an ode on the way Miss Fran-ces and I made things hum to-night, saidHoward. And I think, said his sister, it s also tryingto coax the house-party to come back some day. Chapter V AN ILL WIND Carissima mia! How are you, darling? I vegot oceans to tell you ! And I m longing to hear, little daughter.Jean had come home from school to spendSunday. What a joyful difference there was be-tween this year and last! A year ago her fatherand mother had been far away in Brazil, but nowthey were back in the Northern world again,henceforth New York, not Rio Janeiro, wasJeans home. Soon they were sitting side byside, the happy daughter and the s

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