Nancy Lee (1912) (14566119790) - Public domain book illustration

Identifier: nancylee00dunt (find matches)
Title: Nancy Lee
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Dunton, Edith Kellogg
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Publisher: Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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ected, as she dressed. Imight say over Kitten—Halloween—Halloween-Kitten for hours, and it wouldnt start any-thing. But Jane says it once, and it turns into awitch for her. Gracious me ! I cant go and dis-cuss Halloween things with Jane at recreation. Ipromised to begin teaching Lloyd Mallory todance. But when the recreation bell rang, Jane flew in,demanding that Nancy should come at once andhelp her hunt for Margaret Lewis, so the threecould talk over the new stunt for Sarah, whichwas to be the crowning feature of the Halloweenparty. And Nancy forgot Lloyd again and went. Sarah Williston ought to be a witch, youknow, Jane explained to Margaret, so she canhave a cat to trot around with, poor homesickinfant. Now youre literary. Cant you remem-ber a nice witch in a book that could be adaptedfor Sarah ? Margaret considered. Im not so speciallyliterary, Jane. Then you shouldnt talk like a book and makepeople think you are, interposed Jane hastily. Hurry up now and think of a witch. 62
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CANT YOU REMEMBER A NICE WITCH ? GHOSTS AND WITCHES The only ones I can think of this minute arethe three in Macbeth/ that made a charm in acauldron and told Macbeths fortune.7; Jane frowned. Sarah cant be three witches.The idea of saying youre not literary, Margaret,when you can reel off words like cauldron. Whatis a cauldron, anyway ? Why, a kind of kettle, isnt it? explainedMargaret doubtfully. They cooked the charmin it over a fire, I think, and—I dont know whatit had to do with the fortune.3 It would be terribly cute for young Sarah tocook a charm in a kettle. Why couldnt she fishout the fortunes the way sleight-of-hand men fishlive rabbits out of dishes and hats and other suchplaces ? But probably young Sarah cant do magictricks, objected Nancy. Oh, it can be arranged somehow, Im sure/3Jane told them easily. She can wear a pointedblack hat and a black cloak, and lean on a cane.Her hair is witchy-wild to start with, and it willlook great powdered. And we will borrow a hugeblack