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Title: Andiron tales
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922
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Publisher: Philadelphia : Winston
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ories and fill up beside. Well—I de-clare! cried the Bellows. What an idea! Youmost ungrateful boy! Not at all, said the Poker. Not at all. Its merely thehabit of his kind. Manys the time when Ive heard of men andwomen devouring their favorite authors. Tom couldnt better showhis liking for the lobster than by eating him. On the other hand, ifhe goes there and turns his back on the Candydike hell miss themost wonderful sight in all creation, and that is the Nesselrode Cata-ract on the Soda Water river. It is located at the point where theVanilla glacier comes down from the Cream mountains on the oneside, and the famous Marrons orchards line the other bank for a dis-tance of seven miles. Its a perfectly gorgeous sight. \o<\ 98 Andiron Tales Mercy me! cried Tom. Indeed, I should like to see that. No doubt, put in the Bellows. Nevertheless, you can see Nesselrode pudding at home at any time, but did you ever see there a Turtle that can recite a fairy story of his own composition or a
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DEVOURING HIS FAVORITE AUTHOR. Home Again 99 Crab capable of narrating the most thrilling story of the Americanrevolutionary war that anybody ever dreamed of ? O dear, O dear, 0 dear! said Tom. What shall I do ? As he spoke, from far down in the valley there seemed to comea crash and a roar, following close upon which the barking of a dogmade itself heard. The ice is slipping, cried the Poker, as the mountain trembledbeneath them. Theres going to be an avalanche, and were on it! The whole top of the mountain shook as if it had been in anearthquake, and then it began to crash rapidly downward. Dear me! How annoying, observed the Bellows. As if wehavent had enough coasting this trip without taking a turn on anavalanche. But what shall we do? roared the Andirons excitedly. Inever foresaw this. Slide, I guess, said the Poker calmly. Its all we can do. The barking of the dog approached closer. Good! cried Righty, clapping his claws together gleefully, asan idea flashed across his mind. Its

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