English Fairy Tales by Flora Annie Steel
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Headpiece--Lawkamercyme A funny-looking old gentleman engaged her and took her home White-faced simminy has got a spark of hot cockalorum on its tail [Illustration: Headpiece--St. George of Merrie England] ST. GEORGE OF MERRIE ENGLAND In the darksome depths of a thick forest lived Kalyb the fell enchantress. Terrible were her deeds, and few there were who had the hardihood to sound the brazen trumpet which hung over the iron gate that barred the way to the Abode of Witchcraft. Terrible were the deeds of Kalyb; but above all things she delighted in carrying off innocent new-born babes, and putting them to death. And this, doubtless, she meant to be the fate of the infant son of the Earl of Coventry, who long long years ago was Lord High Steward of England. Certain it is that the babe's father being absent, and his |
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