PEERLESS BEAUTY THE CAKE-BAKER … PEERLESS BEAUTY THE CAKE-BAKER IN a far-off land lived a Tsar and a Tsaritza who hadone son, whom they named Ivan. They were veryglad when he was born, and placed him in a beautifuloaken cradle among pillows of the softest down,covering him with a little eider-down quilt of silkfrom Samarcand. The…
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