Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows), 1863-1931 · Boston, L.C. Page and Company (Incorporated) · leaf 23
eb i g scissors ! shecried, so interestedthat she spoke aloud. I must wait to seeif it opens. There was some-thing mysteriousabout that gate acrossthe road. Like Mon-sieur Grevilles, itwas plain and solid,reaching as high asthe wall. Only thelime-trees and thesecond story win-dows of the house… … 22 THE GATE OF THE GIANT SCISSORS. been in Monsieur Grevilles home, she hadwatched every day to see it open; but if anyone ever entered or left the place, it was cer-tainly by some other way than this queer gate. What lay beyond it, no one could tell. Shehad questioned Gabriel the coachman,…
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