Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 · New York : Harper and Brothers, printers and publishers · leaf 107
e thatch, and the little birds crouched shiveringin the bare and leafless hedge-rows. But inside the farm-house all was warm and pleasant;the great logs snapped and crackled and roared in the widechimney-place, throwing red light up and down the walls, so that the dark night only looked in through… … in it, warmed in the hot ashes beside the blazing logs,simmering pleasantly in the ruddy heat. Dame Griggss spinning-wheel went humm-m-m!hum-m-m-m-m! like a whole hiveful of bees, the cat purred PEPPER AND SALT 71 in the warmth, the dog basked in the blaze, and little redsparks danced about the…
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