“To think,” said the amused general, “that those children should have kept their secret the whole evening, and that after all it should have been the dog that let the cat out of the bag!”
But the cat was out, and thus ended the farce for our masqueraders.
The evening had been a delight, and we will leave the happy children laughing and complimenting one another on the extraordinary shrewdness they had displayed in disguising themselves. We may meet them again in a year and a day; who knows where? Possibly in the City of the Silver Gate, possibly in Europe. But wherever it may be, The Merry Five will not appear again with masks on their faces.
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Miss Penn Shirley is a very graceful interpreter of child-life. She thoroughly understands how to reach out to the tender chord of the little one’s feelings, and to interest her in the noble life of her young companions. Her stories are full of bright lessons but they do not take on the character of moralizing sermons. Her keen observation and ready sympathy teach her how to deal with the little ones in helping them to understand the lessons of life. Her stories are simple and unaffected.—Boston Herald.
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