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Identifier: stnicholasserial221dodg (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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al patrons,and yet managed to take in all the sightsthat have made forever famous this celebrated annex to the splendid palace of Versailles. The days flew by. Philip did remember hisdismissal and reinstatement sufficiently to stirhimself up to such a desire to show his gratitudeto the Emperor and Empress, that Citizen Dau-nou cautioned him against over-exertion; andUncle Fauriel, who was less vituperative afterhe found how nearly he had brought the boyinto trouble, nevertheless declared that Philipwas fairly running his legs off for the Corsi-can, and stated his intention of applying atthe palace for the position of Philips sub-stitute, so that he might work off some of hissuperfluous flesh. The picnic in the Boulogne woods came aboutin due time. Babette was there, and so, too,were Citizen Daunou and Uncle Fauriel. Andwhom should the children meet in their wan-derings in the woods, but the Emperor andEmpress, walking about like any goodmanand his wife, and not close hedged by all the
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IN THE BOULOGNE WOODS PHILIP AND BABETTE MEET THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS. A BOY OF THE FIRST EMPIRE. 293 state and escort that usually environed them intheir outings around Paris. The) recognized Philip, and stopped to speakwith the children. The Emperor questionedBabette about her schooling, and had some-thing kindly to say to Mademoiselle about herescape from the Embassy; he pinched andpetted the little girls, and rumpled all the orderand dignity out of Philips yellow locks, untilBabette lost her timidity and laughed aloud atthe imperial pranks, while Mademoiselle was socharmed with both the royalties that, afterhearing her enthusiastic talk, Uncle Fauriel de-clared the house in the Street of the Fight wouldbe contaminated by her -imperialism, andvowed that he would have to desert it for somered republican gathering in the St. Denis quar-ter, or consort with the only real haters of theCorsican, the Bourbon exiles beyond the Rhine. Autumn passed and winter came. Fouchewas in disgrace. H

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