. St. Nicholas [serial] . 621. FLYING THE FERRET. By Frederick Wendt. Quick ! quick ! there she goes ! quick —oh !— Jiminy ! and a boys head and arms comeout from a green shawl-tent, just in time to catcha big white rat that has tried hard to slip away. Georgie and Nellie were playing with theirtwo pets, Georgies ferret and Nellies whiterat. The brother and sister had put up ashawl-tent on the side of a grass terrace. Theyhad chosen this particular spot for two reasons:the terrace formed a natural wall for one sideof their house, and secondly, there was adelightful air of mystery about an old
. St. Nicholas [serial] . 621. FLYING THE FERRET. By Frederick Wendt. Quick ! quick ! there she goes ! quick —oh !— Jiminy ! and a boys head and arms comeout from a green shawl-tent, just in time to catcha big white rat that has tried hard to slip away. Georgie and Nellie were playing with theirtwo pets, Georgies ferret and Nellies whiterat. The brother and sister had put up ashawl-tent on the side of a grass terrace. Theyhad chosen this particular spot for two reasons:the terrace formed a natural wall for one sideof their house, and secondly, there was adelightful air of mystery about an old earthenpipe, six inches in diameter, which came out atthe bottom of the embankment. Georgie, said Nellie, why did pa say wehad to move from this beautiful place ? Whycould nt we stay here ? Well, I dont know exactly, answeredGeorgie, cutting a pear into fine slices to repre-sent chops; but I believe it s because we reso far away from the city. Pa says if we onlyhad a telephone we could stay here. Why dont they put up teleg
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