. St. Nicholas [serial]. SOKKV, Slli, HUT THIS HOTEI. IS , ; NOTHING LEFT BUT THE HOOF. VOU SUUULU UAVbENGAOliU ACCOMMODATIONS IN c^c? Lad an J Lucks House Wonder-Box Stories i)y Will Bradley Here to-day, and there to-morrow. That is theway it is with some folks, for no sooner do theyrap, tap. tap at the front gate of one town, thanthey must be tucking their toes in the dust onthe road to the next. Yes, that is the way it is with some folks; andsome there are who must always be crimping andprimping and fol-de-roling. Off they go, dancingand prancing, at this ball to-night and th
. St. Nicholas [serial]. SOKKV, Slli, HUT THIS HOTEI. IS , ; NOTHING LEFT BUT THE HOOF. VOU SUUULU UAVbENGAOliU ACCOMMODATIONS IN c^c? Lad an J Lucks House Wonder-Box Stories i)y Will Bradley Here to-day, and there to-morrow. That is theway it is with some folks, for no sooner do theyrap, tap. tap at the front gate of one town, thanthey must be tucking their toes in the dust onthe road to the next. Yes, that is the way it is with some folks; andsome there are who must always be crimping andprimping and fol-de-roling. Off they go, dancingand prancing, at this ball to-night and that ballto-morrow night, and then all day long they aresleepy and cross. But none of that for me. Whennight comes I like to toast my shins in a cozycorner by the fire, with the good wife a-knittingand the yellow yarn dancing over the amberneedles. That s the time the fairies come. Ilove to watch them skipping and rom]3ing in theblaze —blue ones, red ones, green ones, and some-times, on the rarest occasions, there comes a littleone of pure gold. And in summer—my! but that is when thefairies have the good times ! Out in the garden,in the
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