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EBOOK ADVENTURES OF A SIXPENCE ***
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ADVENTURES OF A SIXPENCE IN GUERNSEY.
BY
A NATIVE.
SEELEY, JACKSON, AND HALLIDAY, FLEET STREET;
AND B. SEELEY, HANOVER STREET.
LONDON. MDCCCLVII.
Printed by G. BARCLAY, Castle St. Leicester Sq.
[Illustration: Frontispiece]
ADVENTURES OF A SIXPENCE IN GUERNSEY.
The breakfast was ready laid on the table, and a gentleman was standing
by the fire waiting for the rest of the family, when the door burst
open, and two little girls ran in.
"A happy new year, papa!--a happy new year!" shouted each as she was
caught up to be kissed, and found herself on the floor once more after a
sudden whirl to the ceiling.
"Now catch," said their father, as he started aside and flung a sixpence
to each.
Of course they did not catch, for little girls have a strange
propensity for turning just the wrong way on such occasions; but the
bright new sixpences were none the duller for their fall, and called
forth none the less admiration from their proud owners.
Many were the calculations which passed through those curly heads during
breakfast-time as to what a sixpence could buy; and it was with many
bright visions that they darted away to be dressed to go into the town
with their mother.
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