. St. Nicholas [serial] . rying all inthe same breath; and as he picked himself upfrom among the beets, she fairly shouted: Teddy! Teddy! Here it is! You have beendigging diamonds! As sure as you re alive,here is my great-great-grandmothers ring! And there it was, sure enough, lying in whatwas left of that last riddleful of earth that hehad shoveled up when he decided not to strikehis colors, but to sink with his colors nailed tothe mast. There it was—the diamond ringthat had been lost, more than a hundred yearsbefore, in the cow-stable, and that some timeor other had been brought out into the
. St. Nicholas [serial] . rying all inthe same breath; and as he picked himself upfrom among the beets, she fairly shouted: Teddy! Teddy! Here it is! You have beendigging diamonds! As sure as you re alive,here is my great-great-grandmothers ring! And there it was, sure enough, lying in whatwas left of that last riddleful of earth that hehad shoveled up when he decided not to strikehis colors, but to sink with his colors nailed tothe mast. There it was—the diamond ringthat had been lost, more than a hundred yearsbefore, in the cow-stable, and that some timeor other had been brought out into the gardenwhen the litter from the cow-st?ble was spreadthere in the spring. What a story Mrs. Radford and Teddy hadto tell to Captain Radford when he camehome! For he did come home,—after beingfrozen fast for two whole seasons,—and broughtalong with him a cargo of oil that paid off morethan half of the mortgage (the rest was paid ayear later) that Teddys diamond-digging hadsaved from being foreclosed that hard By John Bennett. There were three crows sat roosting high,With a down, derry down ! When a farmers boy came marching by,With a down, down, down J {Also a gun/) Vol. XXIX.—i 10. You ugly-mugly thieving three,Why do you steal my corn? said he;But all the crows replied was, Be-cause, cause, cause !
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