. What happened at Olenberg . some of them would not tell whether or notthey had found it. Louisa had not found her clothes box until Mondaymorning. Then, at last, after a most anxious search,she discovered it in a closet. It was a clumsy old chestand quite heavy, and was filled with a lot of her oldbaby dresses and toys. These she tumbled out on thefloor, without stopping to examine them, and turnedthe box upside down and shook it; but nothing morecame out. She thumped on it, and felt all over it, andbanged it up and down, and poked a knife into all thecracks, and then loosened the bottom of
. What happened at Olenberg . some of them would not tell whether or notthey had found it. Louisa had not found her clothes box until Mondaymorning. Then, at last, after a most anxious search,she discovered it in a closet. It was a clumsy old chestand quite heavy, and was filled with a lot of her oldbaby dresses and toys. These she tumbled out on thefloor, without stopping to examine them, and turnedthe box upside down and shook it; but nothing morecame out. She thumped on it, and felt all over it, andbanged it up and down, and poked a knife into all thecracks, and then loosened the bottom of it with a ham-mer. But it was no use. She could not make a locketcome out of it. Then, all at once, she caught sight of one of the toysthat had fallen on the floor. It was a little china pig. AT OLENBERG 119 In tumbling out of the box its head had come off, andshe was surprised to see that its body was stuffed withcotton. She did not remember ever having seen thisbefore, and a sudden thought flashed through her \ \V. --Gssgp. mind. Quickly dropping the hammer she hastilysnatched up the headless piggie and poked her fingerinto its cotton stuffing. Oh, dear me! what have Ifound? and she gave a little scream. With tremblingfingers she pulled out the top layer of cotton, andthere, before her very eyes, lay a tiny locket. 120 WHAT HAPPENED She was so excited at first, she hardly dared to touchit. She just gazed at it and her eyes looked as thoughthey were going to pop from her head. Finally, shepicked it up and held it in her hand, and before sheknew what she was doing she began to jump about andshout O joy! O joy! I have found it! I am thePrincess! She could not keep it to herself. She must tellsomebody at once, or she felt she would burst. Sheran to the door and saw Pretzel walking along on theopposite side of the street. O Pretzel, she cried,hopping up and down and holding out the locket, Iam the Princess! I am the Princess! See, see! I havefound the locket! And then, before Pret
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