This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ...Clatworthy, and the whistle for Chris, and the pink ribbon for the cat, and the great, big bladder ball for Bobin what burst on the beach." The shopwoman naturally looked puzzled, but the gentleman seemed to understand thoroughly. "Yes," he said, "I expect that is just the price of the one in the window with the man's ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ...Clatworthy, and the whistle for Chris, and the pink ribbon for the cat, and the great, big bladder ball for Bobin what burst on the beach." The shopwoman naturally looked puzzled, but the gentleman seemed to understand thoroughly. "Yes," he said, "I expect that is just the price of the one in the window with the man's head." The woman's eyes opened. "Why, sir, that's meerschaum, and costs" "Yes, costs just seven and sixpence halfpenny, all but the monkey, and the peppermint drops, and the whistle." The pipe was reached out of the window, and it gave great satisfaction, as it had a leather case lined with blue satin to live in. Then it was discovered that a china young lady, whose head lifted off and whose ample skirts contained tobacco, could also be procured with the money in Linnet's pocket, at least so the gentleman calculated; he even thought that elastic sum could be made to include the black boy at the shopdoor, for which Kitty had a great longing, only the shopwoman insisted that it was not for sale and could not be parted with at any price. Then came the important matter of paying. Linnet's pocket was turned out on the counter, and the coins arranged in a row according to size, when I Kitty, who, having been shopwoman herself in the morning, knew by experience what was right in a customer, asked for the change. "To be sure!" said the gentleman, "we had almost forgotten the change. Sixpence halfpenny, I believe." Scarcely was this done up in a little envelope, with "Your change with thanks" on it, and the pipe and tobacco jar carefully wrapped up in paper, when, just as the gentleman was lifting Kitty down from the elevated seat, Mrs. Chugg's anxious and crimson face appeared ...
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