. St. Nicholas [serial]. ed andsome checked, made by a simple pattern anddrawn in at the waist with a narrow brownleather belt. I wish you could have seen her inone of these every-day frocks, climbing a cur-rant-bush to get at an especially large, juicy redcurrant she spied at the top. Elizabeth was allready to catch her if she fell. And was nt itlucky that Alice was in-de-struc-ti-ble? Alice looked very cunning, too, in her newbathing-suit. This was made of white flannel,trimmed with several rows of light green braid. 1912.] AND HER CHEERFUL LITTLE DOLL 841 Sophie and Elizabeth and Charlotte
. St. Nicholas [serial]. ed andsome checked, made by a simple pattern anddrawn in at the waist with a narrow brownleather belt. I wish you could have seen her inone of these every-day frocks, climbing a cur-rant-bush to get at an especially large, juicy redcurrant she spied at the top. Elizabeth was allready to catch her if she fell. And was nt itlucky that Alice was in-de-struc-ti-ble? Alice looked very cunning, too, in her newbathing-suit. This was made of white flannel,trimmed with several rows of light green braid. 1912.] AND HER CHEERFUL LITTLE DOLL 841 Sophie and Elizabeth and Charlotte some-times played out in the meadow, the same meadowwhere Alice was christened. And the brookflashed in the sun, and babbled its low, crooningsong, to which the daisies nodded a bright blue darning-needle whizzednear them. Butterflies—brown, yellow, and white—tilted on the swaying grasses. Bossy, the calf,played, too, and the children were very happy. Jack thought it rather stupid under the butter-. YOUK MAMA IS N T AS YOUNG AS SHE WAS ONCE,SAID ELIZABETH. nut-tree. He liked better to fly his kite, and todash with it from end to end of. the field, Giest,the puppy, at his heels. The dolls sat in a rowfacing their young mothers. How quickly sup-per-time came! Would Mama remember thatthey wanted their bread and milk on the piazzainstead of indoors? Guess whether she did or not, and I will tellyou the answer in the next chapter. Chapter IV HOW THE DOLL WORKED She did nt! Ah, I caught you that time! Butwait a moment! As it happened, it did nt makeone bit of difference that she forgot, becauseUncle Nathaniel did remember, and reminded Mama of the childrens wish just as the blue-and-white bowls were being put on the dining-roomtable. The next Monday, as Elizabeth was starting,directly after breakfast, to play in the nursery,Cousin Eleanor brought from the kitchen a basketof peas, and asked her to help her shell them. So Elizabeth sat on the top step of the sidep
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