St Nicholas [serial] . ^0.^p-. BRINGING THE MILK AND THE BUTTER. From another quarter came a whole army ofcountry people, rolling wheelbarrows and carry-ing huge baskets, all filled with cherries, plums,peaches, apples, and pears. AH these fruits wereso fresh, in such perfect condition, with their fairshining skins, that they looked like wax or paintedmarble, but their delicious perfume proved thatthey were real. Some little people, hidden in the corners, took pains to find this out. Between our-selves, Mother Mitchel made believe not to seethem, and took the precaution of holding Fanfre-luche
St Nicholas [serial] . ^0.^p-. BRINGING THE MILK AND THE BUTTER. From another quarter came a whole army ofcountry people, rolling wheelbarrows and carry-ing huge baskets, all filled with cherries, plums,peaches, apples, and pears. AH these fruits wereso fresh, in such perfect condition, with their fairshining skins, that they looked like wax or paintedmarble, but their delicious perfume proved thatthey were real. Some little people, hidden in the corners, took pains to find this out. Between our-selves, Mother Mitchel made believe not to seethem, and took the precaution of holding Fanfre-luche in her arms so that he could not spring uponthem. The fruits were all put into bins, each kindby itself. And now the preparations were was no time to lose before setting to spot which Mother Mitchelhad chosen for her great edi-fice, was a pretty hill on whicha plateau formed a splendidsite. This hill commandedthe capital city, built upon theslope of another hill close having beaten down theear
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