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Title: American messenger
Year: 1843 (1840s)
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Subjects: American Tract Society Christianity
Publisher: New York (N.Y.) : American Tract Society
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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by the look on Mar-jorys face, that something was workingin her mind. At last she gave expres-sion to it. Mother, could we charge ten cents ad-mission, and give the money to the RedCross? Then we would really be doingour bit on the Fourth. And we wouldall feel so much happier, than spendingmoney for fire-crackers and the rest. Mrs. Price smiled her approbation. a week, the mornings were filled withbusy doings. The eventful day dawned bright andclear. Its advent was marked by theringing of bells, but no cannonading ush-ered in the day. Marjory and Phyllis were up with thedawn, so full of excitement were they,that sleep seemed to have taken wings. They hurriedly dressed, tiptoed down-stairs and out into the garden, wherethey emerged some hours later, witharms and baskets full of flowers. Whatmatter if their dresses and feet werewet with the morning dew. It was all ina good cause. And clothing could beeasily dried. Such a busy household as the Pricespresented that memorable July day. The
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THE MAKING OF OLD GLORY. The warm June days spent in theschool-room, flew like magic to Mar-jory and Phyllis, for their minds werevery busy conjuring up scenes fromAmerican history, that would take anaudience by storm on the Fourth ofJuly. And not only Marjory and Phyllis,but many other girls and boys, membersof Miss Rays history class, took anunusual interest in American history thatparticular month, which surprised andastonished their teacher, who up to thattime, had found many wanderingglances, and imperfect lessons. She waslater to learn the cause of this sudden,and absorbing interest. Rehearsals proceeded without interrup-tion, two or three afternoons each week,after school, until its close. Then for excitement and bustle reached even tothe kitchen, where Miranda, with sleevesrolled to her elbow, was dropping fasci-nating little balls of oatmeal mixture,with fat raisins, into big pans, and sing-ing the while in a shrill crescendo voice,Over There, Over There. By noon the veranda

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