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To him who is destined to arrive, the fates never fail to afford, on the way, their small encouragements; in less than two minutes, I had come across a rusty button-hook. This was truly magnificent. In the nursery there existed, indeed, a general button-hook, common to either sex; but none of us possessed a private and special button-hook, to lend or refuse as suited the high humour of the moment.
Wasn't there a merry time, though, for the next half-hour, till Polly had had her bath, and was arrayed, Mother Fisher and Phronsie here, there, and everywhere, helping to tie and to hook Polly's clothes Phronsie bringing her little silver button-hook that Auntie Whitney gave her, declaring that she should button Polly's boots. "Oh, no, child," protested Polly.
"Do you intend to patronize a young man's bootmaker? A nice young man you would make! Do keep to your own top-boots; they are the kind for a steady-going man with a wife and family and a mistress." "Indeed, if you would take off one of your boots, sir, I should be very much obliged," persisted Camusot. "I could not get it on again without a button-hook," said Lucien, flushing up.
Oh, we must do something for Jack. He's crying and going on terribly because he can't get his thumb out." Uncle Wiggily thought for a minute. Then, putting his paw in his pocket, he felt the button-hook which had dropped from the automobile that nearly ran over him. "Ha! I know what to do!" cried the bunny uncle, suddenly. "What?" asked Mother Goose.
The only time the Burnell children ever played with them Kezia had got a prize, and when she undid three bits of paper she found a very small rusty button-hook. She couldn't understand why they made such a fuss.... But they never played with the Samuel Josephs now or even went to their parties. The Samuel Josephs were always giving children's parties at the Bay and there was always the same food.
And my desire was granted, for I saw near a corner of Broadway and Twenty-ninth Street, a little flaxen-haired man with a face like a scaly-bark hickory-nut, selling to a fast-gathering crowd a tool that omnigeneously proclaimed itself a can-opener, a screw-driver, a button-hook, a nail-file, a shoe-horn, a watch-guard, a potato-peeler, and an ornament to any gentleman's key-ring.
I see that idea is no good. Have you such a thing as a pocket-knife?" enquired the Chintz Imp. "A beauty," said Marianne; "four blades, a button-hook, and a corkscrew." "Ah, the corkscrew might be of some use if we could draw him out with it; but he might object. However, I'll try what I can do with the knife." "You won't cut him! You'll have to be very careful!" "Of course," said the Chintz Imp.
Opening it she took out a tablet of soap, a bottle of Lubin's extract, a sponge, a box of hairpins, a button-hook, and curling-tongs. Then she amused herself by finding places in which to put them. She talked incessantly as she opened the drawers: "I must bring some linen in order to have a change. We shall each have a key, besides the one at the lodge, in case we should forget ours.
"Trade your soul off for a pair of ear-bobs and a button-hook a hank of jute hair and a box of lily-white! I've buried not less than ten old chums this way, and here's another nominated for the tomb." "But you've got no REASON about you," began Bert, "I want to" "And so do I 'want to, " broke in John finally, "I want to get some sleep. So 'register' and come to bed.
There are the bits of string that he used to cut off the parcels and keep, because string was always useful; his button-hook, and there is the peg on which he used to hang his h h hat!"
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