. St. Nicholas [serial] . a bird-cage with a fat robin sitting in it ona perch, and peering sharply at her sidewayswith one of his bright little eyes;—and shefound she was sitting on the floor of the littleparlor of the Blue Admiral Inn, with her littlerocking-chair overturned beside her and thecushion firmly clutched in her hand. And asfor the roaring sound in the air — why, UnclePorticle was fast asleep in his big arm-chair, withhis handkerchief spread over his face, and Ithink it more than likely that he had somethingto do with the sound. Dorothy stared about for a moment, and thenjumped up
. St. Nicholas [serial] . a bird-cage with a fat robin sitting in it ona perch, and peering sharply at her sidewayswith one of his bright little eyes;—and shefound she was sitting on the floor of the littleparlor of the Blue Admiral Inn, with her littlerocking-chair overturned beside her and thecushion firmly clutched in her hand. And asfor the roaring sound in the air — why, UnclePorticle was fast asleep in his big arm-chair, withhis handkerchief spread over his face, and Ithink it more than likely that he had somethingto do with the sound. Dorothy stared about for a moment, and thenjumped up and ran to the window. It wassnowing hard, and she saw through the drivingsnow-flakes that the Highlander and Sir WalterRosettes were standing on their pedestals, com-placently watching the people hurrying by withtheir Christmas parcels; and as for the Admi-ral, he was standing on his.,.._• pedestal, with a little pile of snow like asugar-loaf on top of his hat,and intentlygazing overthe streetthrough
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