. St. Nicholas [serial]. e ye calling for the spring to come,To scatter flowers far over hill and dale? Be comforted, ye giant sentinels!Did eer spring fail ? THE STORY OF A WORD. BY KATHARINE J. BAILEY (AGE 13). {Gold Badge.) In concluding a letter to a friend weoften write Yours sincerely, and yethow many have ever paused to think whatthe word sincere originally meant,and how it became changed in its mean-ing ? This is the story. A great many years ago, a little townin Italy was very widely known, and itsfetes were attended by thousands of peo-ple. This fame was entirely due to acertain kind
. St. Nicholas [serial]. e ye calling for the spring to come,To scatter flowers far over hill and dale? Be comforted, ye giant sentinels!Did eer spring fail ? THE STORY OF A WORD. BY KATHARINE J. BAILEY (AGE 13). {Gold Badge.) In concluding a letter to a friend weoften write Yours sincerely, and yethow many have ever paused to think whatthe word sincere originally meant,and how it became changed in its mean-ing ? This is the story. A great many years ago, a little townin Italy was very widely known, and itsfetes were attended by thousands of peo-ple. This fame was entirely due to acertain kind of pottery made there, andthe people came to the fetes in order tobuy some of it, or, if they were not richenough to buy, at least they might seeand admire. The process of making it was knownto one man only, and he concealed theknowledge from the prying eyes of allthe world. So much was made that the man be-came rich. Unfortunately, his richesmade him miserly, and one day he triedan experiment, putting a little wax into.
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