. St. Nicholas [serial] . a habitof satin the color of flame. His mantle wascovered with threads of silver and gold ; he hadred shoes, gold garters, and a velvet hat loopedwith a herons feather, and with streamingplumes sparkling with little diamonds! The first requisite in a boys education wasto know how to ride. But even in Paris thestreets were narrow and unpaved, full of mudand dirt, for they were never cleaned, and reek-ing with dreadful odors. They were unlightedat night, save by the torches carried by lackeysseeing their master or mistress home. Robbersand cutpurses swarmed in the dark
. St. Nicholas [serial] . a habitof satin the color of flame. His mantle wascovered with threads of silver and gold ; he hadred shoes, gold garters, and a velvet hat loopedwith a herons feather, and with streamingplumes sparkling with little diamonds! The first requisite in a boys education wasto know how to ride. But even in Paris thestreets were narrow and unpaved, full of mudand dirt, for they were never cleaned, and reek-ing with dreadful odors. They were unlightedat night, save by the torches carried by lackeysseeing their master or mistress home. Robbersand cutpurses swarmed in the dark corners,so that it was considered unsafe to be abroadafter dark. Who would change places with little Marie?Who would return to the days when there wereno steamships or engines, no telegraphs or tele-phones, no post-offices, no paved and lightedstreets, not many books or well managedschools, nor homes warm and bright, even tohave lived in a palace, such as a palace wasthree hundred years ago? Not I, and not you, I am THE JUMPING-JACK : THE JACK-IN-THE-BOX I LL SAVE HER, OR DIE IN THE ATTEMPT!BRAVE BOY! BUT YOU RE BOTH MADE OF WOOD, AND CAN T SINK.
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