StNicholas [serial] . ILLUSTRATIONS FOR STORY, HAVING VISITORS, WRITTEN BY ELIZABETH HAVING VISITORS (An Illustrated Story) BY ELIZABETH C. WALTON (AGE 13) (Silver Badge) What delight to have a few cheery visitors ! What sun-shine and brightness they bring ! What delightful memo-ries they leave behind ! But, oil ! the distress of unwel-come ones ! Several years ago, there lived a tiny girl whowas exceedingly fond of having visitors, but her visitorswere always dolls. She had a cat, too, but she never in-vited him to company teas, because, as she informed herwee guests, he never behav
StNicholas [serial] . ILLUSTRATIONS FOR STORY, HAVING VISITORS, WRITTEN BY ELIZABETH HAVING VISITORS (An Illustrated Story) BY ELIZABETH C. WALTON (AGE 13) (Silver Badge) What delight to have a few cheery visitors ! What sun-shine and brightness they bring ! What delightful memo-ries they leave behind ! But, oil ! the distress of unwel-come ones ! Several years ago, there lived a tiny girl whowas exceedingly fond of having visitors, but her visitorswere always dolls. She had a cat, too, but she never in-vited him to company teas, because, as she informed herwee guests, he never behaved well enough. One bright, sunshiny afternoon, she invited a few guests(dolls, of course) to a little tea, served on her porch. Theday being warm, she removed her shoes and stockings, and tidied her house, and made preparations for her guests,who arrived as if by magic. Betty came, of course, be-cause Betty was a great favorite. She was not beautiful,but her fond mother saw only delight in her smutty little was kept
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookidstnicholasse, bookyear1873
