Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 264
usly so depressed by this state ofaffairs, that Elsie thought best to change the sub-ject, so she said: I wonder if you would call my brother Toman odd one. 193-J THE DIM FOREST 165 How old is he? inquired the little man,briskly. Thirteen and a half, said Elsie. The gnome hesitated. Wait a minute,… … ALICE AND THE EXASPERATING CAMEL Elsie and Amos waited a long time, but thegnome failed to return with the answer. So theystole cautiously round to the other side of thetree. The gnome was gone ! Amos, cried Elsie, the little man has runaway ! Amos went round and round the tree, sniffingvery hard;…
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