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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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uck, Which wud 690 MISTRESS FLYNN AND THE POT OF GOLD. (June, ye prefer: to be roasted afore the fire, or stewedin a saucepan ? Siz the Duck to the Cook,siz he, If its all the same to yersilf, I d soonerbe biled in a shtrame av cold wather. An if I had the full av a cup av that samecold wather at the prisint moment, siz she, I d be more thankful an less thirsty. Meheart s broke, siz she, wid the load an thefatigue an the hate. Purty soon she began to get drowsy, an worin the act av composin hersilf for a nap, whinshe sat up suddin-like an siz : Whisht! siz she. What s that beyant? An well she might; for right undher the An, houldin her breath for fear av wakinhim, she crep up shly, an clutched him widboth hands. The Little Man kicked an strug-gled, but it wor no good; for Kitty had him sotight that his heart leapt intil his mouth an hisribs curled round his backbone. An what may ye be a-wantin wid me,good woman? siz he, whin he wor fairly awake. Good woman yersilf, siz she, in a buff.
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shade av a big fern, almost within rache av herarrum, wid his head restin on the top av a con-vanient toadstool an his legs comfortably crossedover a leaf av the bracken, lay wan av the LittlePeople, fast asleep. T is the fairy postman, mutthered she. There s the little leather mail-bag, an the bluejacket wid brass buttons, an the shtovepipe hatwid the gould band. Ah, but it s the luckywoman I am this day, siz she. The LittleMan knows ivery crock av gould an trisurethat s buried in the County Roscommon. MISTRESS FLYNN DISCOVERS A FAIRY RING. Misthress Flynn, madam, at yer sarvice,thin, siz he. I want ye to lind the help av yer assistanceto a lone widdy, siz Kitty. I know nothin respictin the trisure, siz he. Who axed ye ? siz she. I see it in yer eye, siz he. Troth, ye 11 see it in me pocket afore wepart company, siz she. I dont know where it is, siz he. Ye do, siz she. T is a long way off, siz he. We 11 tramp it, siz she. But I m late, siz he, an the king expictsme. Av ye dont show m

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