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Identifier: stnicholasserial372dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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ation. Betty had no wishto offend either boy by choosing the other, andshe was decidedly in a quandary. She stood look-ing at them and smiling. It s so hard to choose between you, she said,provokingly, but really to gain time. Suddenlyshe bethought herself of the penny in her pocket! igio.) A LUCKY PENNY 1117 Ah, here was a way to circumvent those mis-chievous girls! I m sorry, she said, with a little sigh, that Icant choose either of you very gentlemanly ap-pearing boys. But my Fate was foretold me, andmy talisman here bids me await the coming ofthe knight appointed for me by Destiny. Betty held up her penny with a roguish look. chosen by such a merry witch ! I am lucky indeed \So the girls were foiled in their little plot, andLena, accepting her defeat good-naturedly, de-clared she had to choose both the remainingknights, and taking an arm of each, she followedthe procession to the dining-room. The feast was abundant and the guests verymerry. More fortune-testing was provided in the
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WHAT DO YOU MOST WANT TO KNOW? DRONED OUT THE MAGICIAN. What do you mean ? exclaimed Lena, whoknew nothing of what Hal had said to Betty inthe Room of the Fates. Ah, here he comes! Here s the Bad Penny,who always turns up when he s wanted! Hal was just entering the room, his first ap-pearance except in his disguise as Fate. Hehad removed the uncomfortable wig and whiskers,but still wore the gorgeous costume. The smile with which Betty greeted him quitetook away the sting of being called a Bad Penny,and he said gaily: A Lucky Penny, rather, to be mottos and snapdragon, and at last the fortune-cake was cut. This looked almost like a bride-cake, save that its frosting was red and chocolateinstead of white. It was decorated with tiny witches and blackcats, which were, of course, confectionery, andcandles were burning all round it. In it had been baked a thimble, signifyingspinsterhood; a gold ring, betokening matrimony;a penny, meaning wealth; a gold pen for literaryfame; a button for a b

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