. St. Nicholas [serial]. the menuthat he remarked, witha joyous glance atQueen Elizabeth : By our Lady, wehave never been morebountifully served! Belinda was leavingthe room with her armsfull when the remarkwas made, and therecame to the ears of theguests a sudden crashof crockery, whichcaused Lucy to ex-claim, Oh, dear! buther papa, like the goodhost he was, took nonotice of it. Mirthand joy prevailed inthe hearts of all exceptRichard III, whosenature was too sinisterto join in the hilarity,and Lorimer Grim-weed, who, despite thathe had partaken ofevery course, was notquite easy in his mindre
. St. Nicholas [serial]. the menuthat he remarked, witha joyous glance atQueen Elizabeth : By our Lady, wehave never been morebountifully served! Belinda was leavingthe room with her armsfull when the remarkwas made, and therecame to the ears of theguests a sudden crashof crockery, whichcaused Lucy to ex-claim, Oh, dear! buther papa, like the goodhost he was, took nonotice of it. Mirthand joy prevailed inthe hearts of all exceptRichard III, whosenature was too sinisterto join in the hilarity,and Lorimer Grim-weed, who, despite thathe had partaken ofevery course, was notquite easy in his mindrespecting Mme. Tus-saud. One toast, onlywas proposed. Queen Elizabeth rapped uponthe table, and all eyes were turned upon raised her glass. To our dear Lucy and Lydia, sweet healthand fair desires. The enthusiasm was immense. Lucys face was rosy-red, and it grew rosier-redder whenshe was called upon to respond to the to her great relief, Lydia at that momentrose to her feet, and bowing gracefully to the. AND THIS MENU, EXCLAIMED HENRY VIII, IT LIKES US WELL assembled company, looked around the tablewith a beaming smile, waited until the cheeringhad ceased, and then simply said: Thank you ! All the glasses on the table rang out in mu-sical applause, and Lucys papa, with tears of A COMEDY IN WAX. 823 With the majority of the company the mostpopular were the dissolving views, winter melt-ing into spring, spring into summer, summerinto autumn, autumn into winter with the snowfalling, and the moving pictures, conjurersthrowing balls, girls skipping, the flower in theflower-pot changing to a Turks head, and theclown jumping through a hoop. Great stamp-ing of feet, clapping of hands, and amazed ex-clamations of delight greeted each fresh Bower wound up his entertainmentwith the pictures which described the deathand burial of poor Cock Robin, and to hearthe celebrities joining in the chorus to eachverse was something to be remembered: All the birds in the
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