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. St. Nicholas [serial] . HE WAS BARELY KEEPING HIMSELF ABOVE THE SURFACE. (See Page 600.) 578 libr*ry, ST. NI Vol. XLVII Copyright, 1920, by The Ce ^pTp Qrder O/. It was Mid-Mays eve and all the forces oiwhite magic were abroad. Brownies, elves)pixies, leprechauns, fairies of field and forest—it was their night of power. With so man}spells floating about, it was no wonder thatieven the captain began to dabble in magic. Theldeep veranda where he gathered the Band was!in a midst of moonshine filtering through the |green of the overshadowing beeches. On thewide rail he laid before the
. St. Nicholas [serial] . HE WAS BARELY KEEPING HIMSELF ABOVE THE SURFACE. (See Page 600.) 578 libr*ry, ST. NI Vol. XLVII Copyright, 1920, by The Ce ^pTp Qrder O/. It was Mid-Mays eve and all the forces oiwhite magic were abroad. Brownies, elves)pixies, leprechauns, fairies of field and forest—it was their night of power. With so man}spells floating about, it was no wonder thatieven the captain began to dabble in magic. Theldeep veranda where he gathered the Band was!in a midst of moonshine filtering through the |green of the overshadowing beeches. On thewide rail he laid before them four Indianarrow-heads wonderfully chiseled and grooved,the work of forgotten warriors a thousandyears dead. One of quartz crystal seemedcarved out of ice; another was made of murkyblack flint; a third had been fashioned frommilk-white chalcedony; while the last was ofobsidian, like smoky glass. They are magic arrow-heads, said the cap-tain, impressively. Where did you get them? inquired FirstLieutenant Trottie. Never mind, returned the captain, darkly. How do they magic? chorused the rest ofthe Band. Palace, the littlest of the Band, but I wantone norful. So do I
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