Mathews, Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe), 1849-1901 · New York : R. Carter & Brothers · leaf 134
think it quite right andnatural that they should be so very wideawake, and not only gave them an extraamount of petting and kissing, but told themstories of Uncle Ruthvens pranks when hewas a boy, and of his wonderful sayings anddoings, till mamma, coming up and findingthis going on, was half… … Bessies Friends. p. 124. Uncle Ruthven. 125 her heart out. Perhaps she did not reallymean it with the one more than with theother. And to think of him, she said, wipingthe tears of joy from her eyes, — to think ofhim asking for his old mammy most before hehad done with his greetings to the…
Children's stories · Moral education
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial02dodg-452-294.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial03dodg-765-580.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial71dodg-184-134.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial231dodg-300-224.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial04dodg-477-296.webp)
