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Title: Story of the mince pie
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Gates, Josephine Scribner, 1859-1930
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Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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d really coming true, forthere embedded in the gold gleamed a starryjewel. When Anna Belle found it the nextmorning, she ran to Mothers room cryingearnestly : Mother, do you think the Fairy leftit? cNo doubt, replied Mother with twin-kling eyes, at least she must have touched it 103 TALES OF THE SALT with her wand, for you see she has left hermessenger: and the Star is shining/ The story ended, the Sprite vanished, andin her place the light of a beautiful star sheda halo about the little heads. The tiny creatures sat spellbound, dream-ing again with Anna Belle, till they weresuddenly awakened by Cinnamon Stick whocried: Well! Well! Wasnt that a grandChristmas story! I almost felt as though wetoo were flying fairies playing Santa Claus,but since we are just plain mince pie elvesplaying school we better go on with ourgame. Now I am most anxious to hear from theblack and white pair of twins. Allow me tointroduce Salt and Pepper, both of whomseem very necessary in this world of ours.3 104
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I am used very extensively as an April Fool PIJ) H AND PEPPER TWINS Salt and Pepper now teetered forward. Acute little pair, indeed. Salt, all robedin frosty white, first began, and saucilycried out her big name of Sodium Chlor-ide. I havent much to say except that I lookso like sugar you can hardly tell which iswhich. For that reason I am used very ex-tensively as an April Fool and am mostpopular on that day. I come principally from the UnitedStates, of which you all know without myshowing you; from Michigan, New York,Ohio, Louisiana, West Virginia, California,Kansas, and Utah. Michigan and New York gave in 1888about three quarters of all the salt producedin the United States. The salt of California is made by evapo-ration of sea water. That of Utah fromwater of Great Salt Lake. 105 TALES OF THE SALT That found in Louisiana and Kansascomes by mining rock salt. Ill give you a riddle. What is it thathas to be in most everything we eat, or elseit isnt good? Ill answer because youcouldnt

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