. St. Nicholas [serial]. things as well as provisions—air-pistols,bows, arrows, and targets, bats and shuttle-cocks, skipping-ropes, humming-tops, whip tops,balls, kites, monkeys on sticks, Japanese fire-works, rolling-hoops, marbles,ping-pong, and an Aunt Sally ; and he hired a magic lantern andslides. He almost emptied the toy-shop. Lydiakept pulling at his sleeve and saying, No,no, Harry! and he kept on ordering morethings and saying, Yes, yes, Lydia; it s allright! The more the merrier. At last shesank despairingly into a chair in a state of comicstupefaction,—which made her look prettiert
. St. Nicholas [serial]. things as well as provisions—air-pistols,bows, arrows, and targets, bats and shuttle-cocks, skipping-ropes, humming-tops, whip tops,balls, kites, monkeys on sticks, Japanese fire-works, rolling-hoops, marbles,ping-pong, and an Aunt Sally ; and he hired a magic lantern andslides. He almost emptied the toy-shop. Lydiakept pulling at his sleeve and saying, No,no, Harry! and he kept on ordering morethings and saying, Yes, yes, Lydia; it s allright! The more the merrier. At last shesank despairingly into a chair in a state of comicstupefaction,—which made her look prettierthan ever, if anything could,—and the shop-woman brought her a glass of water. They made half a dozen journeys back to 1904.] A COMEDY IN WAX. 60 ? the Lodge, followed by a regiment of stout enjoyed, the ladies sitting in it one after an-errand-boys carrying heavy loads, and every other, and the gentlemen pulling the ropes andtime they presented themselves they were re- pushing. Higher, higher, higher! screamed -. the celebrities were wild for fun, and were behaving likeschool-boys set free from school. (see page 604.) ceived with shouts of approval by a very jollylot of fun-loving royalties and notables. All the toys and games they had purchasedwere carried to the playground, and Harryand Lucy and Lydia had as much as theycould do to explain them to the fitted up a new swing, which was much Queen Elizabeth and Mme. Sainte Amaranthe ;but Mary Queen of Scots was less daring, andshrieked in terror when she was whirled highin the air. Animated as was the scene whichhad been presented to the eyes of Mr. Scar-lett when he first beheld the celebrities, it wastame in comparison with what was now to be 604 A COMEDY IN WAX. [May, seen in the playground. The celebrities werewild for fun, and were behaving like school-boys set free from school. They flew fromone pastime to another. Queen Elizabeth wassitting on a rocking-horse, and Tom Thumbwas rocking her; Cromwell
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