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Description:This illustrated children's Christmas volume was published in 1884 and contains six short stories.Stories: -- Who Ate the Pink Sweetmeat? by Susan Coolidge -- The Whizzer by Mary Hartwell Catherwood -- The Patroncito's Christmas by F.L. Stealey -- Cherry Pie by Kate Upson Clark -- Bertie's Ride by Lady Dunboyne -- Asaph Sheafe's Christmas by E.E. HaleBook excerpts:But it was not quite all, for after her husband had gone to bed, Mrs. Wendte, a tender look on her motherly face, sought out a small, screwed-up paper, and with the air of one who is a little ashamed of what she is doing, dropped into each stocking a something made of sugar. They were not sugar almonds, they were not Salem Gibraltars — which delightful confections are unfamiliar to London shops — but irregular lumps of a nonde- script character, which were crumbly and sweet, and would be sure to please those who did not often get a taste of candy. It was of little Jan that his mother had thought when she bought the sweet- meats, and for his sake she had yielded to the temptation, though she looked upon it as an extravagance. There were three of the sweet- meats — two white, one pink — and the pink one went into Jan's stockings. Mrs. Wendte had not said anything about them to her husband. ..............................................................................................The Whizzer:. That was a cold evening. The snow was just as dry as flour, and had been beat down till the road looked slick as a ribbon far up and far down, and squeaked every step. I pulled Mrar on our sled. All the boys went home by the crick to skate, but I was 'fraid Mrar would get cold, she's such a little thing. I like to play with the girls if the boys do laugh, for some of the big ones might push Mrar down and hurt her. She misses her mother so I babies her more than I used to. ..............................................................................................Bertie's Ride."A real old-fashioned Christmas, Father calls it ! " thinks Alice as she goes to the window and looks out at the whitened landscape, amongst which the leafless branches of the trees stand out like the limbs of blackened giants. The snow which has been falling at intervals for some days is not deep, but there is a heavy lowering appearance about the sky betokening that the worst is yet to come. The little birds, which Alice has been befriending ever since the winter set in.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Who Ate the Pink Sweetmeat?...and Other Christmas Stories. To get started finding Who Ate the Pink Sweetmeat?...and Other Christmas Stories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This illustrated children's Christmas volume was published in 1884 and contains six short stories.Stories: -- Who Ate the Pink Sweetmeat? by Susan Coolidge -- The Whizzer by Mary Hartwell Catherwood -- The Patroncito's Christmas by F.L. Stealey -- Cherry Pie by Kate Upson Clark -- Bertie's Ride by Lady Dunboyne -- Asaph Sheafe's Christmas by E.E. HaleBook excerpts:But it was not quite all, for after her husband had gone to bed, Mrs. Wendte, a tender look on her motherly face, sought out a small, screwed-up paper, and with the air of one who is a little ashamed of what she is doing, dropped into each stocking a something made of sugar. They were not sugar almonds, they were not Salem Gibraltars — which delightful confections are unfamiliar to London shops — but irregular lumps of a nonde- script character, which were crumbly and sweet, and would be sure to please those who did not often get a taste of candy. It was of little Jan that his mother had thought when she bought the sweet- meats, and for his sake she had yielded to the temptation, though she looked upon it as an extravagance. There were three of the sweet- meats — two white, one pink — and the pink one went into Jan's stockings. Mrs. Wendte had not said anything about them to her husband. ..............................................................................................The Whizzer:. That was a cold evening. The snow was just as dry as flour, and had been beat down till the road looked slick as a ribbon far up and far down, and squeaked every step. I pulled Mrar on our sled. All the boys went home by the crick to skate, but I was 'fraid Mrar would get cold, she's such a little thing. I like to play with the girls if the boys do laugh, for some of the big ones might push Mrar down and hurt her. She misses her mother so I babies her more than I used to. ..............................................................................................Bertie's Ride."A real old-fashioned Christmas, Father calls it ! " thinks Alice as she goes to the window and looks out at the whitened landscape, amongst which the leafless branches of the trees stand out like the limbs of blackened giants. The snow which has been falling at intervals for some days is not deep, but there is a heavy lowering appearance about the sky betokening that the worst is yet to come. The little birds, which Alice has been befriending ever since the winter set in.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Who Ate the Pink Sweetmeat?...and Other Christmas Stories. To get started finding Who Ate the Pink Sweetmeat?...and Other Christmas Stories, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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