Journeys through Bookland - a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922) (14800415893)

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Title: Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children

Year: 1922 (1920s)

Authors: Sylvester, Charles Herbert

Subjects: Children's literature

Publisher: Chicago : Bellows-Reeve

Contributing Library: Internet Archive

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ives, or any other job that wouldfall in his way. Weel an good—he was one daywalking alone in the mountains of Kerry, withouta hapny in his pocket (for though he traveledafoot, it cost him more than he earned), an know-ing there was but little love for a County Limerickman in the place where he was, an being half per-ished with the hunger, an evening drawing nigh, hedidnt know well what to do with himself tillmorning. ^ery good—he went along the wild road; an ifhe did, he soon sees a farmhouse at a little distanceo one side—a snug-looking place, with the smokecurling up out of the chimney, an all tokens of goodliving inside. Well, some people would live wherea fox would starve. What do you think did my father do? HeMouldnt beg (a thing one of our people never doneyet, thank heaven!) an he hadnt the money to buya thing, so what does he do ? He takes up a coupleo the big limestones that were lying in the road, inhis two hands, an away with him to the house. 467 468 Limestone Broth

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HE SOON SEES A FARMHOUSE AT A LITTLE DISTANCE Limestone Broth 469 Lord save all here! says he, walking in the door. And you kindly, says they. Im come to you, says he, this way, looking atthe two limestones, to know would ye let me makea little limestone broth over your fire, until Ill makemy dinner? Limestone broth! says they to him again: whatsthat, arooV Broth made of limestone, says he; what else? We never heard of such a thing, says they. Wh3% then, you may hear it now, says he, ansee it also, if youll gi me a pot an a couple o quartso soft water. You can have it an welcome, saj^s they. So they put down the pot an the water, an myfather went over an tuk a chair hard by the pleasantfire for himself, an put down his two limestones toboil, an kept stirrin them round like stir-about. Very good—well, by-an-by, when the watherbegan to boil— Tis thickening finely, says myfather; now if it had a grain o salt at all, twouldbe a great improvement to it. Raich down the salt-box, Xell, s

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