Bear, Gilly, Gabriel, Gilbert W · New York : Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co. · leaf 45
ove an hour before. So he hastened to kindle aroaring fire in the black ironthroat of its oven. Then heran this way and that on thebeach until, half sunkin the sands, he founda huge, pearly sea-shell. He tore it out and carried it back and set it on thestove. To make sure, he added a sprinkling of… … PETERKIN ESCAPES 37 a little shivering and rocking—then POUF! Up wentshell and Peterkin and all! Up, up, sailing up! Peterkin, clutching madly at thesharp sides of the shell, could feel the rush of wind against hisface. He dared not look down, but he knew that the shoreand all the wide-spread trees…
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