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    The Nursery, February 1878, Vol. XXIII, No. 2 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
    The Nursery, February 1878, Vol. XXIII, No. 2 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
    The Nursery, February 1878, Vol. XXIII, No. 2 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers
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    The Nursery, February 1878, Vol. XXIII, No. 2 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
    The Nursery, February 1878, Vol. XXIII, No. 2 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

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      The Nursery, February 1878, Vol. XXIII, No. 2 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers - Various Various

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      Title: The Nursery, February 1878, Vol. XXIII, No. 2

      A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

      Author: Various

      Release Date: February 20, 2009 [EBook #28141]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NURSERY, FEBRUARY 1878 ***

      Produced by Emmy, Juliet Sutherland and the Online

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

      by Linda Cantoni.

      THE

      NURSERY

      A Monthly Magazine

      For Youngest Readers.

      VOLUME XXIII.—No. 2.

      Contents.

      IN PROSE.

      IN VERSE

      EBONY AND LUCY.

      BONY is the name of Lucy's black dog. I will leave you to guess why he is so called.

      On a bright, cold winter day, when no wind was stirring, and the ice of the pond was smooth as glass, Lucy went out, followed by Ebony. Such joyful barking as there was!

      Her father knew that the good dog would pull her out of the water, if the ice should break through. But the day was so cold, there was little danger from thin ice.

      A bright idea occurred to Lucy when she had put on her skates. She had scarfs and handkerchiefs with her, and, tying three or four of these together, she made a noose, which she threw over Ebony's head. Thus she held him, so that he could pull her on her skates over the ice.

      Now, Ebony, let us see how fast you can go, said Lucy. Ebony started at a full gallop; and she began to sing,—

      "We issue no tickets, we close no gate,

      We blow no whistle, and nobody's late;

      Our train is off as soon as we're in it;

      We go at the rate of ten miles a minute,

      (And that is six hundred miles an hour!)—

      For ours is an engine of one-dog power;

      But that dog's Ebony, bold and fleet,

      A dog, you'll find, that is hard to beat:

      So look

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