Johnson, Virginia W. (Virginia Wales), 1849-1916 · New York : Harper & Brothers, Publishers · leaf 61
Be off with you ! said the clock. Come here, Nip, coaxed Job, holding out his hand. SoNip flew up and sat in the palm of Jobs hand, crossing hislegs like a Turk. If Job closed his fingers gently over thesaucy elf, he seemed to hold a velvet insect. The little mouse still crouched in the corner, not… … The Eljin Banquet. 57 RAPP, THE GNOME KING. Many years ago, before the white race came to live on thebanks of oar Hudson, a certain Elf King decided to give a tea-party on one of these very mountains, and to invite a greatprince. He chose a peak over yonder. Do you see the highhill on the right now…
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