Johnson, Virginia W. (Virginia Wales), 1849-1916 · New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers · leaf 31
e glad if you arc thoughtful of others,said the sea-shell. Grandfather is a good man ; he gives me tender morsels,said the Angora cat gratefully. The old clock had finished its story, and for a few minutesnothing was heard in the room but the slow, steady ticking ofthe long pendulum as it swung… … Each one may tell what heknows, said the sea-shell, in asoft, liquid voice. Where did you come from ?I mean, where did you grow ?asked Job, eagerly. A sweet little laugh camegurgling from the depths of theshell as water bubbles out of aclear spring hidden among the moss of the woods. Where did I…
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