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One day , as four children , named Frank , James , “ You need not come in , ”
shouted James ; Helen , and Elizabeth , were playing in front of “ peddlers never
sell anything here . " their father ' s house , a queer thing happened . The old man
...
One day , as four children , named Frank , James , “ You need not come in , ”
shouted James ; Helen , and Elizabeth , were playing in front of “ peddlers never
sell anything here . " their father ' s house , a queer thing happened . The old man
...
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They were half afraid , and he nodded his head three or four times ; and and yet
they could not stay away from him . he fixed his eyes on Elizabeth ' s face with so
beauti“ No , dear children , " he said ; “ I am not deaf ful an expression of good ...
They were half afraid , and he nodded his head three or four times ; and and yet
they could not stay away from him . he fixed his eyes on Elizabeth ' s face with so
beauti“ No , dear children , " he said ; “ I am not deaf ful an expression of good ...
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went Helen ' s clock fence , and stepped away from it a few feet . Helen in a tone
so spiteful and hateful that all four of the and Elizabeth put theirs down in a line
with it . children jumped . Frank still held his in his hands , and was looking “ That
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went Helen ' s clock fence , and stepped away from it a few feet . Helen in a tone
so spiteful and hateful that all four of the and Elizabeth put theirs down in a line
with it . children jumped . Frank still held his in his hands , and was looking “ That
...
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His clock was standUpon which all four of the clocks struck together ing on the
window - sill . three notes , so musical and sweet you would have “ I was caught
that time , " said Frank . “ Never said fairy - bells must have been ringing in the air
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His clock was standUpon which all four of the clocks struck together ing on the
window - sill . three notes , so musical and sweet you would have “ I was caught
that time , " said Frank . “ Never said fairy - bells must have been ringing in the air
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Finally , when four feet or more of sand had ment of the animal wonders of that
ancient time . been cleared away , they saw a hut - shaped object , So enormous
was the shell that when the sand that seemed , through the hole made by the pick
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Finally , when four feet or more of sand had ment of the animal wonders of that
ancient time . been cleared away , they saw a hut - shaped object , So enormous
was the shell that when the sand that seemed , through the hole made by the pick
...
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| Title | St. Nicholas, Volume 13, Part 1 Volumes 591-599 of American periodical series, 1850-1900 |
| Contributor | Mary Mapes Dodge |
| Publisher | Scribner, 1886 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 24 Oct 2007 |
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