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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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erful plays. When thattricksy imp Puck said that he would put agirdle round the earth in forty minutes, therewas no electric telegraph, no telephone, noAtlantic cable; and the girdle has been putround the earth, and under the sea, and we canspeak to our friends in America, and they totheir friends in England, just as though we andthey were all living in one house — not to men-tion speaking across the water without any wiresat all. If that is true, Mr. Grimweed,—whichit is,—why should not this be true ? 706 A COMEDY IN WAX. (June, Of course, of course, he said eagerly. I shall not try. You re fond of curious And seeing s believing, is nt it ? (I wonder things ? if Shakspere said that!) But, my dear woman, Rather ! I am not asleep — I am awake. Oh, you ve Would you like to see something very, very no idea how wide awake I am ! I say — what curious? a magnificent dress Queen Elizabeth has on — Is there anything to pay ? a magnificent dress ! No, not a penny; it is quite free.
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RICHARD III MISSED WITH HIS FIRST AND SECOND STICKS, BUT WITH HIS THIRD SMASHED THE PIPE. I should think she has, said Mme. Tus-saud. It cost enough. She must have paid no end of money forit. Mme. Tussaud smiled. And, grimes !look at her jewels ! Why, that sixteenth-centuryfan she is waving is worth a little fortune.Should nt I like to get hold of it! Wonderwhat she wants for it ? D you think she dsell it ? I m a judge of those things, I am.You cant take me in, so you d better not try. I m your man, then. Trust me for nevermissing a chance. If I can get something fornothing, I get it. You are a clever one, said Mme. Tus-saud. I rather flatter myself that I am, said Lor-imer Grimweed, with a knowing look. Come along, then, said Mme. Tussaud,leading the way to the school-room. Whichof all those grand people do you like best ? A COMEDY IN WAX. 707 Oh, I like that Richard III, he replied,with enthusiasm. There s something so kinglyand noble about him. You have found that out, have you ? C

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