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id: 14546
title: Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp; Or, The Mystery of Ida Bellethorne
author: Emerson, Alice B.
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  time to see Ida pick up the little locket that Uncle Dick had given Betty examine a promising oil field there, Betty and Bob met the girls and boys "I asked Uncle Dick about that," Betty said eagerly. "Then, Betty," said Bobby, "you went to that little store afterward, you "And, oh, Bob!" cried Betty, "there''s another Ida Bellethorne, and this "And Mrs. Staples said she didn''t know anything about Betty''s locket," "Why, Tommy Tucker!" cried Betty, "of course Uncle Dick knows it is "Mrs. Staples told us you had come up this way," Betty said. "Oh, Ida!" cried Betty, breaking in suddenly, "do you know a little man, a The second day, however, Betty, Bobby and Ida, with Bob and Tommy Tucker, "This is Ida Bellethorne," said Betty, pointing to the English girl. Betty and Bob, with Uncle Dick and the English girl, left the train at the


id: 15655
title: Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun
author: Hawley, Mabel C.
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  "Where''s Mother?" Meg and Bobby Blossom demanded the moment they opened Mother Blossom gave hers to Bobby, and Aunt Polly handed hers to Meg, to age; he and Dot wanted to be thought just as old as Bobby and Meg. One for Dot," said Meg dividing, and giving Bobby his. Meg, Father Blossom had once said, saved a good many minutes that other Back of Louise sat Meg and Dot. Bobby and Twaddles were almost at the Mother Blossom said Dot and Twaddles could go, and in another minute Dot, of course, would run with Twaddles, and Meg and Bobby promised to "I want Dot to stay in the house to-day," said Mother Blossom, after "I don''t see why she says it''s going to snow," said Bobby to Meg, as Bobby and Meg helped Dot and Twaddles take back the papers and then it


id: 20226
title: Snow-Bound A Winter Idyll
author: Whittier, John Greenleaf
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  In the present edition of "Snow-Bound," the Illustrations are Divine light of the Sun, but also by our common VVood Fire: and Hides hills and woods, the river and the heaven, The coming of the snow-storm told. The gray day darkened into night, The bridle post an old man sat The old horse thrust his long head out, Curled over woods of snow-hung oak. Its blown snows flashing cold and keen, Blow high, blow low, not all its snow Of life and love, to still live on! We heard the tales of witchcraft old, Of simple life and country ways,) Old hearths grew wide to give us room; With dark eyes full of love''s content. Happy the snow-locked homes wherein Felt the light sifted snow-flakes fall. When hearts are light and life is new; The wise old Doctor went his round, Green hills of life that slope to death,


id: 28873
author: Carruth, Hayden
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  money was so near gone that I did not think it a good time to stand I sat a long time thinking over what had happened since I had come all the time for thinking that I was going to have before I got away I went down, said good-morning to the cat and dog, and started the beyond Siding No. 15, which was the first one east from Track''s End. Everything made me think of Tom, and I looked away along the line of which made the snow fly; then I saw Kaiser coming back on a faster run As soon as my own fire was started I went about town and got the I think I fell down three times before I got out of town; it was as time I had got over town, locked the barn, shut Kaiser in the hotel, Day, and went away so suddenly, without stopping to say good-by.

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  Track''s End Being the Narrative of Judson Pitcher''s Strange Winter Spent There as Told by Himself and Edited by Hayden Carruth Including an Accurate Account of His Numerous Adventures, and the Facts Concerning His Several Surprising Escapes from Death Now First Printed in Full


id: 17764
title: King Winter
author: Anonymous
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  King Winter Mamma sits by the fire "Tell us about King Winter, And about Jack Frost, his man; King Winter dwells in the North; Jack Frost is his name; his nose Old Jack is a sturdy good fellow, And serves their Majesties well; Jack Frost has a busy time then, That all may be right when the King goes forth, Fine mirrors the King delights in: To strew in his Majesty''s way, King Winter laughs at the sport, And calling in haste for his man, Jack Frost, Soon with this word to the King Jack Frost comes back at a trot: The King gives him the pretty trees, The Queen the rods so smart, Good children get from the King. "Oh dear mamma," cries Jenny, Pray tell Jack Frost we don''t want the rod, "How long do you think will it be, Mamma, Ere King Winter goes away?"


id: 21718
title: The Big Otter
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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  "Now, Big Otter," said Macnab, coming to a halt, "we''ll have some grub "Big Otter sees something," said Lumley through Salamander as we "You''re a true prophet, Big Otter," said Lumley, as a low rumbling of "Lumley," said I, next day, as we rested after a good spell at the oars, "What does Big Otter see?" asked Lumley, for the Indian had come to a "I have no time for words, Dougall," said Lumley in a low voice, "but if "Ah, I thought so--a gun?" said Lumley; "hand one over, Salamander." "Max," said Lumley, as I went down to the lake, skates in hand, "while "Good, but don''t spin it out too long, Lumley," said I; "you know when "This looks somewhat like the spot, doesn''t it?" said Lumley, glancing "Does my father not know?" said Big Otter, deferentially, "that Attick "My father knows," continued Big Otter, "that when the pale-face chief


id: 21725
title: The Coxswain''s Bride; also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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  "Come, father," she said, holding out her hand; but the old man did not comparatively warm at the time, and Bob had thrust her little head into "Listen, Joe Slag," said Bob Massey, with sudden earnestness. In order to her being got comfortably ready in good time, Nellie Carr "I don''t know what _you_ think," she said, faintly, when two little boys "Right you are, Bob," said Joe Slagg, coming up at that moment. "Cheer up, David," said the poor wife, grasping her husband''s hand, and to a dying man on board the ship, leaped into John Mitford''s mind like a "A ship''ll come, Joe, when God sees fit to send it," said Ned. Slag glanced at his comrade in surprise, the reply was so very unlike "Right you are, Nell," said Joe Slag, who came up at that moment, "John, dear," said his mother to his father, one day not long after his


id: 10220
title: Daddy Takes Us Skating
author: Garis, Howard Roger
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  "Is it cold enough?" asked Hal, as Daddy Blake came back from looking things Mr. Blake told his children, and what good times Hal and Mab In the first book I told you how Daddy Blake took Hal and Mab camping. "Yes, the freezing of ice is very wonderful," Daddy Blake said, as he "I guess he is looking for something to bury in a hole," spoke Hal. But Roly could not dig in the hard ice, and the ground was also frozen Hal and Mab ran to look into the little hole their father had cut in "Oh, be careful!" cried Daddy Blake, as he saw Hal fall. "How would you like to go fishing through the ice?" asked Daddy Blake, "Wait, Mab, I''ll help you!" called Daddy Blake, and, leaving Hal to "Now, Hal and Mab," said Daddy Blake, "take your places on this first


id: 8697
title: Guns and Snowshoes; Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters
author: Stratemeyer, Edward
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  Snap, Shep, Whopper and Giant were on one side, "Well, I knocked him down anyway," said Snap, coming up, and Giant "Our camping-out things are in that place," said Snap. "Time to be moving," said Giant, and passed on, to arouse Shep. "Giant, you bring up that camp-fire," said Snap. "Now let us begin to bind in the branches," said Snap, and he and Shep While Snap and Shep continued to work on the shelter, Whopper and They were soon on the way, Snap, Shep and Giant with their shotguns Shep, while Snap and Giant insisted upon returning to the camp. "We can get what we want when we reach camp," said Snap. "I said it was going to snow hard," grumbled Snap. "Those boys ought to be more careful," said Snap, as he watched Giant After Giant came Whopper, and then Snap took his


id: 35042
title: Winter Fun
author: Stoddard, William O.
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  "They''ve come," said aunt Judith shortly, "Susie and her brother. Vosh Stebbins hurried away from Deacon Farnham''s pretty soon after "Now, Pen," said Vosh, "if you and Susie''ll climb up, we''ll set out for "Vosh," said Mrs. Farnham, "tell your mother to come over with you after "Corry," said Port after Vosh went away, "what sort of a place is Mink "Your turn''s good till you''ve hooked a fish," said Vosh to Porter, as he Long before the fishermen decided that they had caught enough, Mrs. Stebbins and aunt Judith and the girls got tired of looking on, and set "So he is," said Pen and aunt Judith; but Mrs. Stebbins was too proud of "Vosh, does it steer?" said Pen. That was the very thing he was experimenting on; and the other boys did "Vosh," said Port, "suppose Susie and I play a game, and you look on and


id: 38431
title: The Corner House Girls Snowbound How They Went Away, What They Discovered, and How It Ended
author: Hill, Grace Brooks
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  "Sammy went and hid from us, and we can''t find him," explained Dot. Uncle Rufus pointed a gnarled finger dramatically at a blob of snow on Tess called the old dog down while Sammy and Neale O''Neil scrambled up big Corner House dining-room, Neale and Sammy being guests. "You know," the smallest Corner House girl said, "Alice''s complexion "Twelve-year-old children nowadays, Mr. Howbridge," said Ruth, "are "Agnes said, just as though it was in old fuel times," Dot eagerly "But, of course," the smallest Corner House girl said, "I know Santa "Course you''ve got feet, Dot," said Sammy, staggering a good deal "Shucks, Ruth!" said Neale, "you know I wouldn''t let any harm come to "Oh, Neale," said Agnes, "she only does it for your good." "Why, Tom Jonah," said Neale, "knows every boy and girl that comes the way home, Neale O''Neil and Aggie will come for us," Dot said, with


id: 37837
title: Peter and Polly in Winter
author: Lucia, Rose
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  "It will be winter soon, Peter," said the Story Lady. The next day father said, "Peter and Polly, will you work for me? "We took twenty-nine loads, father," said Polly. One day father said, "Peter, you are a big boy now. "O Peter, we are not Eskimos," said Polly. "Polly and Peter," said Mr. Howe, "I have something for you. "Maybe I shall not wish for any snow now," said Peter. All that day Peter and Polly played in the snow. Polly said, "Aren''t the flakes pretty, Peter? Polly tried to make her little pie look like grandmother''s large one. Polly laughed, but mother said, "That was kind, Peter. She said, "Father, one day Peter told me that he had a pony in his As mother tucked her up, Polly said, "I like the Give-away Box. It is "Peter and Polly," said mother, "should you like to play a new game?"


id: 32090
title: The Curlytops Snowed In; Or, Grand Fun with Skates and Sleds
author: Garis, Howard Roger
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  "Oh, Trouble, we''ll make you a little snow house!" cried Jan, as she ran easily, and he gave Ted and Jan a nice ride, also pulling Lola and Tom. Ted offered the big boy a ride behind the goat, but Harry said: All the next day it snowed, and Ted and Jan asked their father and "Trouble ''ike snow man," said the little fellow, laughing. snowballs at it as you want," went on Ted. Jan helped Ted make the snow man for Trouble, for Tom and Lola were "Well, Trouble, is the snow man all right?" asked Ted, as he and Jan sat "And it is the little snow man we helped Trouble make," added Jan, as "On your way home from school," said Mrs. Martin to Ted and Jan, "I want "But when are we going to build the big snow house?" asked Jan one night


id: 41603
title: Toto''s Merry Winter
author: Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe
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  "Toto," said the raccoon, speaking slowly and impressively, "as sure as "I am sure," said the boy Toto, holding out his hands toward the ruddy "I remember asking the same question at your age, Toto," said the old good-natured bear said, "Quite right, I''m sure. "Dear friends, and Toto, boy," she said, "it is bed-time, now, for the "Coon," said Toto, "come and sleep on my bed, won''t you? "I think it very likely that he did," said Coon, "if Bruin asked him." "But great good fortune in others, Bruin, dear!" said Pigeon Pretty, "Cracker, my boy," he said, "I don''t quite like all this, do you know? "Good morning, sir!" said Toto, not knowing what else to say. "I don''t know what you mean by _low_, Toto!" said the squirrel, without "Likely not," said the little man, "but it''s now I''m telling ye. "Toto, dear," said his grandmother, "do you think our Bruin is really


id: 42040
title: The Cruise of the O Moo
author: Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson)
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  The light of the blue face appeared to wax and wane, to come and go like Florence, Marian and Lucile were plain, ordinary, normal girls, yet in When Florence failed to return, Marian and Lucile might have been seen "Florence!" exclaimed Lucile springing for the door. With Lucile and Marian listening intently Florence told her story. "Do you know," said Lucile a few moments later as she sipped a cup of hot "Oh!" exclaimed Lucile suddenly, "You were going to tell me the story All that Marian had said was true, and even Florence stared at it a long "As the old seaman told it to me," said Florence, "it was like this: He "Last time," said Marian, setting her teeth tight, "he got away with his out on the lake ice, Florence and Marian were witnessing mysterious "Seems strange they never came back for it," said Lucile.


id: 45390
title: Winter
author: Anonymous
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  Old Age--The Winter of Life |The birds, quite mute, the trees, stripped of their green livery, the shortened days and lengthened nights, together with the piercing winds fallen snow caps the mountains, and covers the valleys, with a white and What can exceed the dazzling splendour of a rising sun, on the trees and This gives health and vigour to the body, and an it were, new spring to the winter is not a scene of inactivity. Heaven, that man should labour--The constitutions of his body and boy or girl, who comes with a basket of corn to feed them. In the long winter evenings, how pleasant for a family to sit by a good ''''The wind through the wood hol''Come in, little Charles, from the ''Come in, little Charles, from the ''''''house or home, ''''To wander an orphan and poor, ''''Thy thanks to the Father above,


id: 46540
title: Elsie''s Winter Trip
author: Finley, Martha
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  "Yes, go, daughter; I think you will enjoy it," her father said in "Yes, father, we do," said Max, "and we are always glad when you care "Yes, dear little sister; thank you for coming for me," replied Evelyn, "Yes, sir," said Elsie, "papa never seems to think it too much trouble "I think it was papa who took us," said Elsie, smiling up into his face "Yes, I think they were," said Grandma Elsie, "for it was gaining "No," said Grandma Elsie, "and I think I, for one, do not care to land "Yes, papa, and they are beautiful," said Elsie. "So that we may hope to have a good time there, I suppose," said Ned. "I think I have read that they are good-tempered," said Grandma Elsie. upon Elsie and her pet, the Captain said, "I think you have not yet "Come, Tee-tee; it''s your turn to talk a little," said Ned, patting and


