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Five Little Peppers Midway; A Sequel to Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Five Little Peppers Midway A Sequel to Five Little Peppers and How They Grew Author:Margaret Sidney General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1893 Original Publisher: D. Lothrop Company Description: Pepper children, especially Phonsie, win over their hoity-toity cousin while taking joy in their mother's wedding. Subjects: Five Little Peppers (Fictitious characters) Single-parent families Brothers and sisters ... more »Cousins Weddings African Americans Social status Kindness Juvenile Fiction / General Juvenile Fiction / Classics Juvenile Fiction / Family / General Juvenile Fiction / Family / Siblings Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Friendship Reference / Weddings Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER V. AFTER THE PLAY. IT was all over. Phronsie had been swept off, a vision of loveliness, to the cave ; the dragons had roared their loudest, and the gallant knight had covered himself with glory in the brilliant rescue of the Princess ; the little page had won the hearts of all the ladies ; Mr. King had applauded himself hoarse, especially during the delivery of the prologue, when " I cry you mercy, sirs, and ladies fair," rang out; the musical efforts of Polly and Jasper in the "Wait" between the two acts were over, and the crowded house in every way possible, had expressed itself delighted with all things from beginning to end. " Phronsie, Phronsie, they're calling you,"whispered Polly excitedly, out in the green room. " Come, Princess." The head dragon held out his hand. " Hurry, dear ! See, the flowers ! " "They can't be for me," said Phronsie, standing quite still; " Polly has done all the work ; they're hers." "Nonsense, child!" cried Polly, giving her a gentle push forward. "Go on, and take them." " Polly, you...« less