Story of the mince pie (1916) (14566158230)

Identifier: storyofmincepie00gate (find matches)
Title: Story of the mince pie
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Gates, Josephine Scribner, 1859-1930
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Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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ry Christmas! It would have done your hearts good tohave seen that candy pull, and the pop cornballs were the finest ever made. They had aperfectly good Christmas that didnt cost acent. 69 TALE OF THE So I think molasses is quite importantin this world even if it is cheap.53 Molasses sat down amid a round of ap-plause. What a nice story! I wish some onewould tell another, murmured little All-spice, whose earnest blue eyes and claspedhands showed how she had loved the story. A splendid idea! The night is slowlypassing; perhaps some of us may think upsome interesting stories; incidents we haveseen in our various home lands. Now lets hear from the Vinegar King.We have had much sweet, perhaps we wouldlike a little sour for a change. His Majesty was tall and thin, dressed invelvet knee breeches and fancy coat with sil-ver trimmings. His cockade hat looked asthough he really did belong to royalty, butso sour an expression did he wear you couldtell at once that he stood for nothing sweet. 70
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Crt1-1 OJC/3 )H o OJ OJ C/3 <DT3 O D CO • PUBLI ASTO iTILl tt I- VINEGAR KING Ladies and Gentlemen: I am happy— Happy—you4? queried the audience ingales of laughter. I didnt mean to say I was happy. Istarted to say I am happy to inform you thatin wine countries I come from fermentedpoor wines, elsewhere from malt or applecider/5 With that he sat down. Here! Here! Is that all you have totell us? cried Cinnamon Stick. . All! It is much more than Molasses hadto say. You have talked for twenty seconds.Molasses entertained us for many minutes! Yes, Mr. Chairman, but if you simmerdown what Molasses told you of her history,it will take three seconds by the clock to sayit. It was this: I am the juice from the su-gar cane boiled down and gurgled into a bar-rel! TALE OF THE Vinegar tried so hard to imitate Molasses,even to the sweet expression, he sat downamid roars of laughter. Molasses now hopped up in the greatesthaste, crying: So I did gurgle into a barrel, and into ajug, too. It w