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'No; I've got a room, though not a doll-house, Celestina replied. 'It once was a kitchen, but I played with it too much when I was little, and the things got spoilt. So father did it up for me with new paper like a parlour a best parlour, you know. Not a parlour like you use every day.
'What a nice birthday it's been! said Bride, as she and Alie kissed Celestina, whose mother managed to spare an hour to come to fetch her and at the same time to wish Biddy 'many happy returns. 'How good of you to dress the dolls for me, Mrs. Fairchild! she went on. 'I think I shall love the doll-house more and more every day, for, you see, it's full of kind things you've all done for me.
If it could be found here, then here would she seek it. Her long struggle with fate had brought to the fore every latent power she possessed. One stroke on the tiny brass knocker, old-fashioned and quaint like everything else in this doll-house, brought Miss Weeks' small and animated figure to the door. She had seen Mrs. Scoville coming, and was ready with her greeting.
'Yes, she said, 'I should think little dolls would be much more amusing to play with alone. You could make them act things, and you could make houses for them. Biddy, wouldn't you like to furnish our old doll-house fresh? 'I don't know, said Biddy rather surlily. 'You'd call me a baby. 'Indeed I wouldn't, said Alie eagerly. 'It would be such a nice play for you.
But however much or little there might have been of the Harris blood in her, the few who knew her found her charming, as she grew from childhood into a beautiful girl of eighteen, apparently forgetful of everything pertaining to her Florida home. The doll-house, with all the expensive toys bought for her, had been banished to a room in the attic, and with them finally went Judy and Mandy Ann.
Next they went upstairs to a big playroom which covered the whole top of the house. Shelves covered with books and toys lined the walls. A fire, burning in the big fireplace, made it very cheerful. “Oh, what a darling doll-house,” Maida exclaimed, pausing before the miniature mansion, very elegantly furnished. “Oh, do you like it?” Laura beamed with pride. “I just love it!
You will have all the rest of the day to play with the doll-house, but it is such a lovely morning, and I think it's always so nice to have a good walk on a holiday. The little girls were quite of their governess's opinion, only sorry that Randolph could not make one of the party. He came home, however, in good time in the afternoon, and they all had a very merry tea together.
She seemed to feel only a fierce disgust for his foolishness. "But you may go up and look at the black good-for-nothing if you like," she said, grudgingly enough I thought. I climbed the brief flight of stairs. I knew that Clem had not refused to get up without reasons that seemed sufficient to him. In a narrow bed in one of the doll-house rooms he lay coughing.
Mamma says it's very teasing to talk about secrets, but it's all right now, and we are all going to be so happy with the doll-house, aren't we? Now you must kiss Celestina too; you don't know what a lot she's done. She hemmed the sheets of the beds and the table-cloths and ever so many things, and her mamma dressed the dolls and oh yes, Roughie papered nearly all the rooms, and
They form themselves into two armies, and one army fights against the other. They fight with balls of wet clay. Often the battle lasts two or three hours. Indian girls have dolls, and they dress them and sing them to sleep. They play "house," and often have doll-house moving. Indian men and boys are fond of swimming, and they are very good swimmers. They are also fond of sailing in their canoes.
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