St. Nicholas, Volume 49Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner, 1922 |
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... turned to the blankness of a high privet hedge behind an iron fence . The girl laughed softly . " Behind the hedge , I hedge , I mean , " she explained . " The gate is a little way around the corner there , on Summit Street . " " Oh ...
... turned to the blankness of a high privet hedge behind an iron fence . The girl laughed softly . " Behind the hedge , I hedge , I mean , " she explained . " The gate is a little way around the corner there , on Summit Street . " " Oh ...
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... turned face , that she had never seen such eager , appealing eyes . " You can't read ? " Beatrice exclaimed , for- getting politeness in her surprise . " My own language , yes , but not yours . My boy Olaf made me learn to talk English ...
... turned face , that she had never seen such eager , appealing eyes . " You can't read ? " Beatrice exclaimed , for- getting politeness in her surprise . " My own language , yes , but not yours . My boy Olaf made me learn to talk English ...
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... turned to look back and saw the Finnish woman still looking after her . Beatrice raised her hand in a quick gesture of leave - taking . It was a slight move , but it had important consequences , since it seemed to cement their regard ...
... turned to look back and saw the Finnish woman still looking after her . Beatrice raised her hand in a quick gesture of leave - taking . It was a slight move , but it had important consequences , since it seemed to cement their regard ...
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... turned out the light and had gone to the window to put up the curtain when she called her sister with a sudden cry . " Oh , look ! " she cried in terror , as Beatrice came to her side . The big , ramshackle building on the next block ...
... turned out the light and had gone to the window to put up the curtain when she called her sister with a sudden cry . " Oh , look ! " she cried in terror , as Beatrice came to her side . The big , ramshackle building on the next block ...
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... turned a somersault , and waited for the next . " Diminutive , " said the Green Goblin . " That , " said the Dwarf , uneasily , " is a word no one ever used in my presence . What does it mean ? " " It means very little , " said the ...
... turned a somersault , and waited for the next . " Diminutive , " said the Green Goblin . " That , " said the Dwarf , uneasily , " is a word no one ever used in my presence . What does it mean ? " " It means very little , " said the ...
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