. St. Nicholas [serial] . y arranged in a knot, and covered witha net. A pair of large, gold-rimmed spec-tacles ornamented her hooked nose; she car-ried a long, crutch-handled stick,and under one arm was a greatbundle of papers. Elfie thought the old ladylooked very familiar to her; shefelt sure she had seen her or herpicture before, and she was justabout to ask Santa Claus whoshe was, when the old gentle-man burst out with : Oh, dear me, here comes oldMother Goose, with a whole lotof new verses and stories forme to select those that I thinkwill best suit my boys and girls for nextChristmas! I
. St. Nicholas [serial] . y arranged in a knot, and covered witha net. A pair of large, gold-rimmed spec-tacles ornamented her hooked nose; she car-ried a long, crutch-handled stick,and under one arm was a greatbundle of papers. Elfie thought the old ladylooked very familiar to her; shefelt sure she had seen her or herpicture before, and she was justabout to ask Santa Claus whoshe was, when the old gentle-man burst out with : Oh, dear me, here comes oldMother Goose, with a whole lotof new verses and stories forme to select those that I thinkwill best suit my boys and girls for nextChristmas! Itsno use. MotherGoose! saidthe jolly oldman,raisinghisvoice, I pos-itively will notlook over anyverses am too tired—besides, I amengaged. Callwhen I am notso busy. Elfie thoughtthis was ratherabsurd, seeingthat he seemedto have nothingto do but towatch his gob-lins play leap-frog and to talkto her. Old Mother Goose — but I think that MotherGoose deserves a new chapter, so we will makea pause and give her ELFIE SAW A VERY FUNNY-LOOKING OLDWOMAN WALKING TOWARD THEM. (To be continued.) THE STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. By Andrew Lang. II. THE SEARCH FOR THE FLEECE. Some years after the Golden Ram died inColchis, far across the sea, a certain king reignedin Greece, and his name was Pelias. He wasnot the rightful king, for he had turned hisbrother from the throne, and taken it for , this brother had a son, a boy called Jason,and he sent him far away from Pelias, up intothe mountains. In these hills there was a greatcave, and in that cave lived Chiron who washalf a horse. He had the head and breast ofa man, but a horses body and legs. He wasfamed for knowing more about everything thanany one else in all Greece. He knew about thestars, and the plants of earth, which were goodfor medicine, and which were poisonous. Hewas the best archer with the bow, and the bestplayer of the harp, he knew most songs andstories of old times, for he was the last of apeople ha
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