Identifier: stnicholasserial292dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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es,—all sorts of kites,—un-til the heavens seemedto tremble with thefluttering mob. Whenfinally chaos gave placeto some sort of order,and the little kites hadceased to harass theirmore dignified rela-tives, a chorus ofahs swept over thefields, and on lookingup to the right I sawtwenty pretty para-chutes sailing high inthe sky straight to thecity beyond the Pen-obscot. A hearty cheergreeted the next flightof parachutes, whichwere released a mo-ment later, and the din became almost deaf-ening as shower after shower of the tissue-paperballoons burst into the sunshine like glitter-ing jewels. Many of these were so exquisitelypoised that in place of falling they steadilysoared higher, and must have traveled long- distances indeed ere reaching Mother Earth.Before the last shower of parachutes had fadedin the distance, the boys set to work busily onthe mysterious-looking windmills, and five min-utes later a most gorgeous spectacle broke intoview. Just think of twenty-two brilliantly col-
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A BRILLIANTLY COLORED WINDMILL MORE THAN FOUR FEET IN HEIGHT. ored windmills, more than four feet in height,decked out with long streamers of bright bunt-ing, revolving up a kite-string! Just imaginetwenty-two great catharine-wheels whizzing upinto the heavens, and you may form some ideaof the glorious sight which blazed through the 822 A CIRCUS ON A KITE-STRING. (July,

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