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    The Nursery, September 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 3
    The Nursery, September 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 3
    The Nursery, September 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 3
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    The Nursery, September 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 3

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    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      The Nursery, September 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 3 - Various Various

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      Title: The Nursery, September 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 3

      Author: Various

      Release Date: March 29, 2008 [EBook #24940]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NURSERY, SEPT. 1873, VOL.XIV NO.3 ***

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      THE

      NURSERY

      A Monthly Magazine

      For Youngest Readers.

      VOLUME XIV.—No. 3

      BOSTON:

      JOHN L. SHOREY, No. 36, BROMFIELD STREET.

      1873.

      Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by

      JOHN L. SHOREY,

      In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

      Boston:

      Stereotyped and Printed by Rand, Avery, & Co.

      THE QUEER THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO NELLY.

      THE QUEER THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO NELLY.

      ELLY BURTON had been weeding in the garden nearly all the summer forenoon; and she was quite tired out. Oh, if I could only be dressed up in fine clothes, and not have to work! thought she.

      No sooner had the thought passed through her mind, than, as she looked down on the closely-mown grass by the edge of the pond, she saw the queerest sight that child ever beheld.

      A carriage, the body of which was made of the half of a large walnut-shell, brightly gilt, was moving along, dragged by six beetles with backs glistening with all the colors of the rainbow.

      Seated in the carriage, and carrying a wand, was a young lady not larger than a child's little finger, but so beautiful that no humming-bird could equal her in beauty. She had the bluest of blue eyes, and yellow crinkled hair that shone like gold.

      She stopped her team of beetles, and, standing upright, said to Nelly, "Listen to me. My name is Pitpat; and I am a fairy. I see

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