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... spots, rather pretty to look at, only they were dry and prickly. Nurse was frightened when she looked at them. She turned all the little sisters out of the night nursery, covered Lucy up close, and ordered her not to stir, certainly not to go into her bath. Then there was a whispering and a running about, and Lucy was half alarmed, but more pleased at being so important, ...

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...tion Little Lucy’s Wonderful Globe by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...itor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of liter... ...ut during the week and about the house she wore a green gown, with a brown holland apron and bib over it, quite straight all the way down, for she had... ...ISIT VISIT VISIT VISITORS FR ORS FR ORS FR ORS FR ORS FROM OM OM OM OM THE SOUTH SEAS THE SOUTH SEAS THE SOUTH SEAS THE SOUTH SEAS THE SOUTH SEAS “MIS... ...ou’ d hardly see all over one of those dots if you were in one. That’s the South Sea, Miss Lucy, and those are the loveliest isles, except, may be, th... ... name is—is Isabel—such a little wee one.” “I can’t tell you much of those South Sea Isles, Missie, as I made only one voyage among them, when Bunker ... ...ming down with arrows and spears at a boat’s crew. So we only went to such islands as the missionaries had been to, and had made the people more gentl...