Making the Best of Our Children (Paperback)

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...her side, crying, "I want to go, too, mamma; take me." " Oh dear, I thought I was rid of you Well, I suppose you 've made up your mind to go, so I may as well give in. Come along, then, but you'll have to put down that apple." Eager to go, the child laid the apple on a chair, suffered his face to be washed without protest, and was soon trotting by his mother's side, chatting joyously. But the afternoon did not prove wholly delightful. He did not walk fast enough, and so had to be jerked along. He could not jump over the gutters, and had to be lifted across by one arm. He was held fast by the hand, with his nose close up to the dreary dress-goods counter, hidden smotheringly away in the skirts of a crowd of women shoppers. His mother would not buy the toys he wanted, and slapped him when he demanded them. Altogether, the trip was a disappointment, only mitigated by the bag of bonbons from which he smeared his face and fingers and made himself a being avoided by all who desired not to have him become personally adherent to themselves. It was five o'clock when Mrs. Burton hurried pantingly into her home, for the cries of the baby had reached her even in the street, as she drew near. " Oh dear, has she cried all the time? " "Pretty nearly all the time," responded Mrs. Graham, who was walking the floor, tossing the wailing child from side to side in a vain effort to still its noise. "I fed her milk, and I made her some panada and some catnip tea, but nothing did her any good. She must have colic. See how she draws up her feet. If I could have found the paregoric or some whiskey, I could have got her still. " "Here, give her to me," panted the mother, not stopping to take off her hat. She was heated with fast walking, worried by her anxiety, but she...

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...her side, crying, "I want to go, too, mamma; take me." " Oh dear, I thought I was rid of you Well, I suppose you 've made up your mind to go, so I may as well give in. Come along, then, but you'll have to put down that apple." Eager to go, the child laid the apple on a chair, suffered his face to be washed without protest, and was soon trotting by his mother's side, chatting joyously. But the afternoon did not prove wholly delightful. He did not walk fast enough, and so had to be jerked along. He could not jump over the gutters, and had to be lifted across by one arm. He was held fast by the hand, with his nose close up to the dreary dress-goods counter, hidden smotheringly away in the skirts of a crowd of women shoppers. His mother would not buy the toys he wanted, and slapped him when he demanded them. Altogether, the trip was a disappointment, only mitigated by the bag of bonbons from which he smeared his face and fingers and made himself a being avoided by all who desired not to have him become personally adherent to themselves. It was five o'clock when Mrs. Burton hurried pantingly into her home, for the cries of the baby had reached her even in the street, as she drew near. " Oh dear, has she cried all the time? " "Pretty nearly all the time," responded Mrs. Graham, who was walking the floor, tossing the wailing child from side to side in a vain effort to still its noise. "I fed her milk, and I made her some panada and some catnip tea, but nothing did her any good. She must have colic. See how she draws up her feet. If I could have found the paregoric or some whiskey, I could have got her still. " "Here, give her to me," panted the mother, not stopping to take off her hat. She was heated with fast walking, worried by her anxiety, but she...

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Rarebooksclub.com

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United States

Release date

July 2012

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July 2012

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246 x 189 x 2mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

Pages

34

ISBN-13

978-1-151-67989-5

Barcode

9781151679895

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1-151-67989-5



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