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Identifier: stnicholasserial351dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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oxes from which she took queer oldbonnets and hats that made Bab shriek with glee.There were wedding gowns, coming-out gowns,visiting gowns, ball gowns; but Babs favorite,from the moment she espied it, had once beenSister Clothildas, who had been dead for thirtyyears. It was a sea-green silk tissue, the wideskirt had a woven border of brocade velvet rosesin softest pinks; the baby waist was made with alow neck, and flowing sleeves edged with weepink roses and finished with narrow white fringe. Ohee! cried Bab, as she caught sight of it THE GENTLE INTERFERENCE OF BAB 489 among its paper wrappings. Aunt Twilla, itlooks just like Spring! Aunt Twilla, pleased as a child by Babs de-light, hastened to undo a monstrous floweredbandbox, from which she took a miracle of a Oh, just once, please, Aunt Twilla! So Miss Twilla, nothing loath, arrayed Bab in the sea-green and the great bonnet, tying the wide sea-green strings under her rosy chin. Then from the open box she took a pair of short white
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BOO ! CRIED BAB, AS SHE AND COMET SUDDENLY PUT THEIR HEADS THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW. (SEE PAGE 490.) bonnet. Bab took it in both hands and gloated.Such a bonnet! A coal-scuttle of Neapolitan,trimmed, if you please, with branches upon whichgrew small peaches, most luscious-looking amongtheir green leaves, while upon the top was a tinybirds-nest in which were three pale green eggs,and beside it perched a little mother bird. Wasit any wonder Bab danced up and down andbegged Aunt Twilla to let her try it on? kid gloves, a long coral chain from the end ofwhich dangled a little pink fan with gilt sticks,and a sea-green reticule with wee pink velvetpockets set around its fascinating sides. Ohee, ohee! was all Bab could gasp as MissTwilla flung the long chain about her neck andhung the reticule on her little fat wrist—thatreticule with its wee pockets! Oh, Bab, if youonly knew ! 490 THE GENTLE INTERFERENCE OF BAB (April, There, said Miss Twilla, now you canimagine how Sister Clothilda looked

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