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The Three Little Spades, by the Author of 'the Golden Ladder'.
The Three Little Spades by the Author of 'the Golden Ladder' Author:Anna Bartlett Warner General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1868 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 book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. " Well, young ones," said Mr May, next morning at breakfast, " what of the lists ? Are they made up ?" "Not finished, papa," said Clover. " Papa," said Lily, " it's terribly hard work! " Mr May laughed. "I thought so," he said. "And so you have all been bankrupt half-a-dozen times 1 Well, I have chosen three places for the gardens. My part of the work was easy." " Oh ! papa," said Lily, " whereabouts is mine 1" " Why, that is as you all agree," said Mr May. " I promised to provide the places, but you must do the dividing yourselves. The first is down by the fence, just in front of the bow-window. The second lies close at the foot of the window itself." " Papa," said Clover, " may the one who has the place by the fence let her flowers run on it ?" " The one by the fence may do what she likes with the fence, except pull it down. In like manner the one by the window may do anything with that except break it. The third place lies down at the foot of the slope to the west; toward the side fence but not by it. This is rather the largest of the three." " Oh, I should like to have the largest!" said Lily. " Till the weeds come," said her father. " My dear, have you thought about the weeds 1" " Oh, I 'don't mean to let 'em come -- so I needn't think about "em," said Lily. " But Clover's the oldest, she ought to choose first." "I don't care about choosing," said Clover, "I daresay I can make something of either place." " Well then I shall take the large place down at the foot of the slope," said Lily. "I can't bear to be crowded." " Now, Prim," said Clover, "you must choose next." " ...« less