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Identifier: stnicholasserial4311dodg (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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that a friend of his, a sea-captain, had given it to him years ago. Thecaptain said it was an heirloom that had been inthe family many years. An ancestor of his hadfound it in a vessel that had been wrecked, andhad been floating around for several months—aderelict, Mother called it. This old captain saidit was so handy and substantial that he had car-ried it with him on all his voyages. But as hewas nt going to sail any more, and had nt anychildren to leave it to, he gave it to Father. Well, at least it explains one thing—how thisstrange book came to be in your house, musedCorinne. But it does nt help a bit about un-raveling the rest of the mystery, after all. Now,the next thing is to go over all this writing care-fully, and see if we can find anything we ve OR, THE LASS OF RICHMOND HILL 253 overlooked that might be a chie. Oh, girls, Iwish you d let me show this to Father ! He dbe so interested, and perhaps he could help uswith it, too ! Well, as far as I m concerned, you re wel-
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She was so earnest and so pathetic in her ap-peal, that not one of the others had the heart todeny her request, knowing, as they did, what thelittle club and its absorbingly interesting secretmeant to her shut-in, circumscribed life. ■\>ry well, honey! We ill do just as you say ! agreed Corinne, giving her ahug. Xow let s read thiswhole thing over, and see ifwe can unearth a clue. They started once more atthe beginning, reading slowlyand thoughtfully through thestrange record till they cameagain to the allusion TheRichmond Hill.Marearet inter- Lass ofSuddenlyrupted: ■■I vething! I THIS IS VEKYKCTLY MADDBNWG I TO HAVE IT LEAVE OFF IN SUCH A PLACE! come to, answered Bess, and Jess nodded herhead vigorously in assent. But Margaret criedout pleadingly: Oh, no, no, Corinne ! Dont do that yet! Itwould spoil all our lovely secret society to havegrown folks know about it! Let s wait awhileand see what we can do ourselves. And then ifwe find we cant make any headway, I 11 consentto te

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