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Identifier: adventuresofpete00bear (find matches)
Title: The adventures of Peter Peterkin
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Bear, Gilly Gabriel, Gilbert W
Subjects: Children's stories Whales
Publisher: New York : Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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lovers, was staring 54 THE ADVENTURES OF PETERKIN eagerly at the rose of her cheeks and the bow of her little redlips. Oh, no! the princess saw nothing—but she was blush-ing, just the same. Hold! said the King at length as he juggled a biscuitthoughtfully upon the end of his diamond-studded scepter.*We shall eat no morsel or a mouthful until we have heardyour story, good stranger. So tell us it now. If it pleasesus, you shall dwell in our midst, in all the pomp and com-fort you have had this morning—and whatever you ask, foryour happiness shall be ours. His Majesty shot a know-ing smile at his lovely daughter. But if your tale fails toplease us, if it tells of cowardice instead of bravery, ofweakness instead of strength—why, then, good stranger,you shall be driven out of our palace, out of the Four King-doms, with a tattered coat and an empty stomach—an exilein disgrace. So, hem your throat and purse y©ur lips andmake a good beginning of your tale. ?flfi NEW YORK^ -! LIBKAEY
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Take him away! ordered the King XII PETERKINS FATE TT was an hour—a full and -*• hungry hour—before Pe- terkin had told his tale. For he told to the King and his courtiers all of the strange happenings which had brought him floating from the pumpkin patch and flying in through the bed-room window. And, all the while he spoke, he could see the shadows of wrath grow darker on the ^ ^ brow of His Majesty and that the little princesss red mouth drooped sorrowfully. Peterkin faltered. He wondered what was wrong with his 55

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  • bookyear:1916
  • bookdecade:1910
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Bear__Gilly
  • bookauthor:Gabriel__Gilbert_W
  • booksubject:Children_s_stories
  • booksubject:Whales
  • bookpublisher:New_York___Sam_l_Gabriel_Sons___Co_
  • bookcontributor:New_York_Public_Library
  • booksponsor:MSN
  • bookleafnumber:67
  • bookcollection:newyorkpubliclibrary
  • bookcollection:iacl
  • bookcollection:americana
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