. Little Mr. Thimblefinger and his queer country : what the children saw and heard there . NGER. had a very pleasant face and manner, and he spoketo the boy in the kindest way. 6 If you want some water/ he said, you maydrink from my silver cup. If you are hungry,you may peel a pomegranate with my silver knife, The boy thanked the traveler and said that hewould eat and drink later in the day. He thoughtto himself that a man who could drink from asilver cup and eat with a silver knife ought to beable to travel in a carriage or on horseback, butthere was no horse nor carriage in sight. Well, said
. Little Mr. Thimblefinger and his queer country : what the children saw and heard there . NGER. had a very pleasant face and manner, and he spoketo the boy in the kindest way. 6 If you want some water/ he said, you maydrink from my silver cup. If you are hungry,you may peel a pomegranate with my silver knife, The boy thanked the traveler and said that hewould eat and drink later in the day. He thoughtto himself that a man who could drink from asilver cup and eat with a silver knife ought to beable to travel in a carriage or on horseback, butthere was no horse nor carriage in sight. Well, said the traveler, if you will neithereat nor drink, you can at least rest yourself/ So the boy seated himself on one of the bigrocks close by the spring, and the traveler beganto ask him all sorts of questions. What was hisname, and where did he come from, and wherewas he going. What was his name ? asked Sweetest Susansuddenly. Well, I declare! exclaimed Mrs. Meadows have nt I told you his name ? If you did, we did nt hear you, said BusteiJohn. Mrs. Meadows raised her hands above her head. VALENTINE SLAYING THE SPIDER THE STORY CONTINUED. 20? and let them fall helplessly in her lap. 1 toldyou I did nt know how to tell stories ! she cried. You had fair warning. Well, well, well! AndI never even told you his name ! She pausedand stared at the children as if she wanted themto pity her weakness. To think that I shouldforget to call his name! Everybody knew it inmy day and time, and they knew about his won-derful adventures. His name was Valentine, because he was bornon St. Valentines Day, and the little girls namewas Geraldine. Well, the traveler asked Valentine all sortsof questions, and tried hard to persuade him todrink some of the water and eat the pomegranate-seed. I have heard, said the traveler, that allthis country around here is ruled by a cruel Con-jurer, and that he has power over all except thosewho may chance to find this spring and this pome-granate-tree in passing, and
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