St. Nicholas, Volume 46, Issue 12Scribner & Company, 1919 - Children's literature |
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Page 1060
... asked courteously . " I don't know what to do , " answered the old lady , nervously . " I'm not used to traveling alone . My son Tom expected to come as far as Buffalo , but at the last minute things came up to change his plans . He ...
... asked courteously . " I don't know what to do , " answered the old lady , nervously . " I'm not used to traveling alone . My son Tom expected to come as far as Buffalo , but at the last minute things came up to change his plans . He ...
Page 1061
... asked the porter . " You mean that old lady what lost the pock- etbook ? " queried the darkey . " She done leave the train at Buffalo , Miss . " " What ! " gasped Kathleen . " She was on her way to Evanston ! " " No , ma'am . She done ...
... asked the porter . " You mean that old lady what lost the pock- etbook ? " queried the darkey . " She done leave the train at Buffalo , Miss . " " What ! " gasped Kathleen . " She was on her way to Evanston ! " " No , ma'am . She done ...
Page 1083
... asked Jimmy . " I dunno , " said I ; " it might have ; nobody knows this place ; it must have just got loose and rolled down . " We did n't say anything more about it , think- ing it was nothing ; but about five minutes later another ...
... asked Jimmy . " I dunno , " said I ; " it might have ; nobody knows this place ; it must have just got loose and rolled down . " We did n't say anything more about it , think- ing it was nothing ; but about five minutes later another ...
Page 1084
... asking , " Where did that boy get those wonderful things ? " Some tried to follow ; but Jimmy always gave them the slip ... asked me about it , and he does n't usually bother with such doings . Then one day it came out that the head of a ...
... asking , " Where did that boy get those wonderful things ? " Some tried to follow ; but Jimmy always gave them the slip ... asked me about it , and he does n't usually bother with such doings . Then one day it came out that the head of a ...
Page 1086
... asked . " I don't know about most of them , " said Jimmy , " but Powless went in one ; and when he came out he said it was dead Indians , and I was afraid to look and see . He said he wanted me to have some of those things in the cave ...
... asked . " I don't know about most of them , " said Jimmy , " but Powless went in one ; and when he came out he said it was dead Indians , and I was afraid to look and see . He said he wanted me to have some of those things in the cave ...
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