St Nicholas [serial] . ladder wasseen to be not long enough, and everybodygroaned. What s the matter? roared the Giant;and everybody kept quiet. tight, said the Giant, in a firm but pleasantvoice. Little Johnny obeyed. Although he wasvery much scared, he wanted to get back tohis father and mother so much that he lost notime in climbing into the very top of the pine-tree, where he hung on for dear life. JOHNNY AND THE GIANT. 251 Then the Giant slowly, slowly went downthe ladder again. When he reached the groundhe bowed to Mrs. Nagg, and said: Madam, I have the honor of returning toyou a very ni
St Nicholas [serial] . ladder wasseen to be not long enough, and everybodygroaned. What s the matter? roared the Giant;and everybody kept quiet. tight, said the Giant, in a firm but pleasantvoice. Little Johnny obeyed. Although he wasvery much scared, he wanted to get back tohis father and mother so much that he lost notime in climbing into the very top of the pine-tree, where he hung on for dear life. JOHNNY AND THE GIANT. 251 Then the Giant slowly, slowly went downthe ladder again. When he reached the groundhe bowed to Mrs. Nagg, and said: Madam, I have the honor of returning toyou a very nice little boy. So speaking, he pointed the pine-tree straight roared out:at her. Little Johnny scrambled out of its Let s go home to dinner! top, and fell into his mothers arms. How he And they all went. and his father and mother laughed and criedfor joy! And how the throng of little childrencheered! When they were all so tired of hurrahingthat they could nt hurrah any more, the Giant UNSPOKEN SYMPATHY. By Belle -E was a big, burly,good-natured conduc-tor on a country rail-road, and he hadwatched them withmuch interest as theygot on the train. Therewere two handsome,round - faced, rosy-cheeked boys, and three sunny-haired, prettylittle girls of various sizes and ages. A grave,kind-looking gentleman, evidently their guar-dian, got in with them; and the conductorsattention was soon caught by the fact that theapparently eager conversation was carried on bymeans of the deaf-and-dumb alphabet, the gen-tleman joining in so pleasantly that the conduc-tor beamed on him with approval. Naturallykind-hearted himself, it pleased him to seethis trait in others. But his honest eyes weremisty as he thought of his own noisy crowd ofyoungsters at home, and contrasted them withthis prim little company who smiled and ges-ticulated, but made no sound. It was plain they were off on a holiday jaunt,for they all had satchels, and wore a festive, go-away air; and the conductor, whosefancy play
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