. The pot of gold, and other stories . It was about three weeks be-fore Christmas. The children all put on their things, and went homeand told their parents what they were going to do ;then they started upon the search for the silver searched with no success till the day beforeChristmas. Then they thought they would ask DameLouisa, who had the reputation of being quite a wisewoman, if she knew of any more likely places in whichthey could hunt. The twelve scholars walked two by two up to DameLouisas front door, and knocked. They were very THE SILVER HEN. 157 quiet and spoke only in whi
. The pot of gold, and other stories . It was about three weeks be-fore Christmas. The children all put on their things, and went homeand told their parents what they were going to do ;then they started upon the search for the silver searched with no success till the day beforeChristmas. Then they thought they would ask DameLouisa, who had the reputation of being quite a wisewoman, if she knew of any more likely places in whichthey could hunt. The twelve scholars walked two by two up to DameLouisas front door, and knocked. They were very THE SILVER HEN. 157 quiet and spoke only in whispers because they knewDame Louisa was nervous, and did not like childrenvery well. Indeed it was a great cross to her that shelived so near the school, for the scholars when out intheir own yard never thought about her nervousness,and made a deal of noise. Then too she could hearevery time they spelled or said the multiplication-table, or bounded the countries of Africa, and it wasvery trying. To-day in spite of their efforts to be.
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