. St. Nicholas [serial]. rs were descendedfrom a long line of noble ancestry, and the jewels werethe only relics of former splendor. There was an antique gold bracelet, a pearl cross,a ruby ring, and a pearl necklace of extraordinarybeauty. This last Amette wrapped neatly in tissue-paper. Shethen replaced the other articles and crept into bed. Amette was up betimes next morning, and, leaving anote, she set out for the Spanish headquarters, which shereached in a short time. She was admitted into the governors presence, anda smile gradually broke over that gentlemans counte-nance as the little F
. St. Nicholas [serial]. rs were descendedfrom a long line of noble ancestry, and the jewels werethe only relics of former splendor. There was an antique gold bracelet, a pearl cross,a ruby ring, and a pearl necklace of extraordinarybeauty. This last Amette wrapped neatly in tissue-paper. Shethen replaced the other articles and crept into bed. Amette was up betimes next morning, and, leaving anote, she set out for the Spanish headquarters, which shereached in a short time. She was admitted into the governors presence, anda smile gradually broke over that gentlemans counte-nance as the little French girl with dark, curly hair andsnapping black eyes asked, in the most businesslikemanner, if he would exchange Pierre de Valvier forthe necklace. The governor agreed, and father and daughter startedhomeward to gladden the hearts of their loved ones. The pearl necklace has been carefully preserved bythe governors descendants, and is now in the possessionof Ronald Tracy of Baton Rouge. 104: ST. NICHOLAS LEAGUE. [ WHAT WE LEFT BEHIND. BY ALICE WANGENHEIM, AGE 8.(SILVER BADGE.) THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. BY MARGARET MINAKER (AGE 15).{Gold Badge.) Monsieur Daulac stepped on to the wide piazzathat ran the length of the long white house, and spokequickly to his wife, a fair, dainty lady with high coiffureand stately mien. The priest has told me, as I rodethrough the village, that all negotiations with NapoleonBonaparte have been settled, and these, motioning tothe wide fields of their Louisiana home, no longerbelong to dear France, but to America. Madame clasped her hands in an attitude of were pretty white hands that had done little or nowork save embroidering and painting. But why shouldMadame Daulac work?Was she not a granddame of France, who hadcome over to this big, sunnyland with her husband? Andhad she not half a hundrednegroes at her command?She was, in truth, a littlequeen, and when shethought her small kingdomwas to be taken from herno wonder
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