Bear, Gilly, Gabriel, Gilbert W · New York : Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co. · leaf 37
ry sparkswere darting downinto the mouth ofthe stove—into themidst of the fuel.There was a sudden bursting into red flame, and the fire wasstarted I Then Peterkin—clever cook that he was—laid his purpleflowers and his orange vines prettily within the cup of a sea-shell, and sprinkled them over with… … PETERKINS COOKING 31 lavender, gushed up from the heart of the sea-shell andspread themselves across the sky. There came a resoundingcrackle of flames . . . the whole shell, trailing its glowingmists behind it, rose up, up, above the tree-tops, into theclouds, and out of sight! It was gone, forever…
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