On Our Hill (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ILLUSTRATIONS Our Family looks discreetly away into space while Our Mother buys the stocking toys ......... i;,intiniirrr " I'm going to wipe my mouth now," says Tertius .... 9 " His house was called Mount Vernon " ........ 29 Secunda executes the most perfect pirouette ...... 31 " I'm just licking it to see if it's good for you " ..... 33 " Good-by! Pleasant dreams! " .......... 35 The procession required some time to pass a given point . . 45 "A noble army, men and boys," shout Tertius and his choir 53 Tertius gazes dreamily, contentedly, at the fluffy brown bough of cuddling mites ..... ......... 58 His eyes never leave the admiring eyes of his audience ... 65 The bears depart to the various corners of their den .... 68 The most truly humorous objects on Manhattan Island . . 69 Dancing their hard-learned little dances under the pink apple- blossoms ................ 95 She is tense with pride in her school and her part .... 99 The tree must be filled again for the children in the stable and the cottage .......... /.- ,/ pag 128 Tertius .................. 146 Cousin Quartus ............... 147 Our Cousin lay mooning over a book while the old Gloucester hammock rocked, a pirate sloop, in terrific gales . . . 151PACE Between the girls, with a view to Increasing his devotional velocity 165 "Whoof, whoof!" Tertius contributes. "Over you go, Quart!" 175 " I will follow! Death to the Saracen ! " cries Sccunda Pacing page 196 Prlma was little Hans, poor but honest 205 "I'm an Arab ?look!" 208 Tortius sits like a statue of victory! 211 Tertius is about to begin. Now he makes a quaint little bow 217 " Perhaps not ? any more," says Our Mother, and she fell to thinking why this should be...