Excerpt: ...books for children. May I go with you? And would-would you mind if I got that doll?" XII CHRISTMAS SHOPPING Five minutes later Laine and Claudia were caught in the crowd of Christmas shoppers and valiantly made their way to a counter on which were objects gay and glittering. With a seriousness and persistency that was comic to the girl watching him, Laine began with the blue scarf-pin and the bracelet, but not until he was giving an order did she touch him on the arm and draw him aside. "We can't get those, Mr. ...
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Excerpt: ...books for children. May I go with you? And would-would you mind if I got that doll?" XII CHRISTMAS SHOPPING Five minutes later Laine and Claudia were caught in the crowd of Christmas shoppers and valiantly made their way to a counter on which were objects gay and glittering. With a seriousness and persistency that was comic to the girl watching him, Laine began with the blue scarf-pin and the bracelet, but not until he was giving an order did she touch him on the arm and draw him aside. "We can't get those, Mr. Laine, indeed we can't." She nodded in the direction of the counter. "There aren't but six dollars and sixteen cents of the pig money, and a dozen things to buy yet." "Oh, blow the pig money! She won't know the difference. That pin is only one dollar and ninety-eight cents and the bracelet two dollars and forty-eight cents. Nothing could be worse than that, could it?" "It could. Johnnie is a lazy good-for-nothing, and twenty-five cents is all his pin is to cost. It will be big and blue, but not a penny over twenty-five can be spent on it. I think we'd better get the doll and the silk stockings and the sled first. I've already bought a doll for Rosy, but it's in white, and we'll have to get the pink one." "And is the pig money going to do all that?" Laine's eyes were searching Claudia's. "It is." She laughed and turned away as if to see some one who was passing. "It doesn't matter whose pig." "Then I'll play the pig to-night! I've played it the wrong way often enough. Why can't we be sensible? I've got a spending jag on, and I've never been Christmas shopping before. Something is happening to my backbone, something that used to happen in the days when I hung up my stocking. Please be good and let me have a little Christmas!" Claudia's forehead wrinkled and for a moment she hesitated, then again her eyes sought his doubtfully. "I don't know whether I ought to. You are very kind, but-" "But nothing. I'm merely very selfish. Those things are...
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Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Prev. owner's bookplate and name "Helen M. Hays" on fep. Slight tanning at edges. Binding has slight wear at edges. 182 p. 20 cm. Sewn binding tight & clean. Illus. facing title page A classic novel that has withstood the test of time.
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Very Good. Octavo, 7 3/4" tall, 182 pages, decorative green cloth with gilt title and decoration on front panel, title on back strip dimmed; b&w frontispiece illustration. A very good, clean, neat hard cover with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper moderately yellowed with a touch of foxing to the fore-edges. Previous owner's signature on front free end paper and with date penned 1913.
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Good with no dust jacket. E--Green cloth covers worn and rubbed. Faint name on front end page. Spine slant. Binding sound. Text clean of highlighting, underlining or other pen/pencil marks. A Little Store that's BIG on Service. Tracking on every package.
