St Nicholas [serial] . lovely colored yarnsfor her to begin on. Polly could knitbeautifully, andH I dobelieve the prospectof earning somethingto help her motherwas the best presentshe had that day. In the evening,when I was on myway to a Christmasparty at Nells, Ipassed by Pollys,and the curtain wasnot quite drawn. Icould nt help just peeping in. There she lay halfup on her elbows, a book in her hand, but notreading, looking at nothing, with the most lovely,happy look I ever saw. I ve often wished I hada picture of her. We were careful not to neglect Polly after that day she was the
St Nicholas [serial] . lovely colored yarnsfor her to begin on. Polly could knitbeautifully, andH I dobelieve the prospectof earning somethingto help her motherwas the best presentshe had that day. In the evening,when I was on myway to a Christmasparty at Nells, Ipassed by Pollys,and the curtain wasnot quite drawn. Icould nt help just peeping in. There she lay halfup on her elbows, a book in her hand, but notreading, looking at nothing, with the most lovely,happy look I ever saw. I ve often wished I hada picture of her. We were careful not to neglect Polly after that day she was the happiest girl I ever saw,busy from morning to night, knitting or reading,or repeating poetry, which she learned by the earned a good deal of money, and she knit sobeautifully that she always had lots of orders her mother knits too, and takes in somework, but does not go out any more. I dont knowany happier or nicer place to visit than PollyStevens. I think that Christmas was the nicest one I NELL BROUGHT THE COFFEE. I 12 THE KINGDOM OF THE GREEDY. [DecfJ| THE KINGDOM OF THE GREEDY. (By P. J. Stahl.) Translated by Laura W. Johnson. Part of the envious or ill-tempered declared itwould be impossible to cook the edifice whichMother Mitchel had built; and the doctors were,
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