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    The Hickory Limb
    The Hickory Limb
    The Hickory Limb
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    The Hickory Limb

    By Rose Cecil O'Neill and Parker Fillmore

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      The Hickory Limb - Rose Cecil O'Neill

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Hickory Limb, by Parker Fillmore

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

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      Title: The Hickory Limb

      Author: Parker Fillmore

      Illustrator: Rose Cecil O'Neill

      Release Date: May 20, 2009 [EBook #28886]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HICKORY LIMB ***

      Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Suzanne Shell, and the

      Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

      (This file was produced from images generously made

      available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

      THE HICKORY LIMB

      By

      PARKER FILLMORE

      Illustrations by

      ROSE CECIL O'NEILL

      NEW YORK

      HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY

      Copyright, 1907, by

      The Ridgway Company

      Copyright, 1910, by

      John Lane Company

      TO MARTHA

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

      THE HICKORY LIMB

      Mother, may I go out to swim?

      Yes, my darling daughter;

      Hang your clothes on a hickory limb,

      And don't go near the water.

      THE HICKORY LIMB

      ladys Bailey had a parasol in one hand and a card-case in the other. From her own wide experience in social usage, she was going to initiate the twins into the mystery of formal calls. She had told them earlier in the day that they might bring their younger sister, but later reflection decided her to withdraw this permission. As Katherine and Alice were ready first, it was easy to explain to them her reasons.

      Four, Gladys said, are too many to go calling. Margery's too little for our crowd anyway, and, besides, that would make three from one family. We had just better start before she comes down.

      For a moment the twins looked doubtful; then, as usual, agreed. Thereupon, all three cautiously tiptoed off the porch and down the lawn. Before they reached the street, Margery was after them, calling: Wait a minute, Katherine! Wait, Alice!

      The twins had barely time to slip through the gate and hear Gladys's low injunction, Don't let her come, when Margery was upon them.

      You can't come with us, Margery, Katherine began, with an assumption of innocence.

      Why, Katherine, you promised I could.

      That was for to-morrow, suggested Alice weakly.

      Margery looked from her sisters to Gladys, who was staring vaguely across the street. Her excessive aloofness was suspicious, and Margery instantly jumped to conclusions.

      I bet I know what's the matter. That old Gladys Bailey doesn't want me. But I'm going anyhow! I don't care what she says! I'm going!

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