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Russ looked at the five-cent piece in his hand as if wondering if it would stretch that far. "Send the other children to me, and I'll give them each five cents," said Grandpa Ford with a laugh. "Then we can all go to the store!" said Rose, clapping her hands. "They have lovely five-cent grab-bags down at Henderson's store." "Well, don't eat too much trash," said Mrs. Bunker.
You roused an old woman from her knitting behind the stove and demanded that a choice of grab-bags be placed before you. Then, like the bearded phrenologist at the side-show of the circus, you put your fingers on them to read their humps. Perhaps an all-day sucker lodged inside a glassy or an agate marbles best for pugging or a brass ring with a ruby.
On meaner days shriveled grab-bags could be got at the corner for a penny if such mild fortune fell your way mere starvelings by comparison and to this shop you had often trotted after school when learning sat heaviest on your soul.
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